UI enhancements and fixes - [FIX] Change monitoring mode does not work anymore #919 - [FIX] Unexpected behavior when deleting waypoints via setWaypoints #920 - [NEW] MQTT protocol version now defaults to 5 - [FIX] updated sodium library

UI enhancements and fixes - [NEW] Xcode 27, minimum iOS Version 17 - [NEW] do not clear waypoints and queue for connection changes #900 #906 - [NEW] Status info page enhancements #899 - [NEW] date and number formatting according to system settings (Region, Language, Number Format, Date Format, Measurement System) #901 - [NEW] increase log level - [NEW] Transitioning to the UIKit scene-based life cycle - [FIX] show region monitoring problems in UI and log #908 - [FIX] Card Info is published it main device topic instead of /info #914 - [FIX] avoid crash when using intents w/o auth keys - [FIX] Copy coordinates / topic into clipboard #903 - [FIX] incomplete address book selection lists for friends

### Security This release addresses a security advisory covering several intent-handling and remote configuration vulnerabilities. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade. Thanks to [Noel Gomillion](https://github.com/engomillion) & [Pranati Majhi](https://github.com/pmajhi) at Texas A&M for working with us on this. - External configuration loading (via `owntracks://` URLs and config files) is now disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled in Settings - A confirmation dialog is shown when enabling external configuration, warning that any config URL can fully reconfigure the app - All intents/shortcuts now require a shared secret (`Intent Auth Key`) in every intent, preventing unauthorised apps from triggering location publishes or changing monitoring mode. The `Intent Auth Key` is created once when the app is installed. - Security-related preferences (`allowConfigurationByURIAndConfigFile`, `allowIntentControl`, `intentAuthKey`) cannot be changed via imported config files or URLs ### New features - New **Remote Control** preferences screen showing the intent auth key (with a copy-to-clipboard function) for use with shortcuts. The `Intent Auth Key` is created once when the app is installed. - A new setting `remoteConfguration` controls (defaults to `off`) - Config import screen now shows a structured diff of what is changing ### Under the hood - [NEW] UI implemented in Swift - [NEW] replace Cocoapods with swift packages - [NEW] replace Cocoalumberjack with os_logger

Bug Fixes and iOS 26 adpation [NEW] adapt to XCode 26 - requires iOS 17 or later [FIX] Settings options missing HTTP Mode #874

Bug fixes and translation updates [NEW] Russian and French translation update [FIX] SUBSCRIBE is not repeated if MQTT broker reports no "sessionPresent" in CONNACK #866 [FIX] cleanup if broker repors no sessionpresent in CONNACK (mqttc)

Bug fixes and additional Languages [FIX] honor broker's max_topic_alias in MQTTv5 #864 [NEW] Add simplified Chinese [NEW] Add Russian [NEW] Add Romanian [FIX] Remove abandoned Czech

Bugfixes and Performance Enhancements - [FIX] speedup message burst processing

Bugfixes [FIX] Reconnect timer gets set to 86400 when using HTTP Issue #857

Enhancements, bugfixes, and performance optimizations [NEW] Automatically "adapt" to changes in movement #843 [NEW] offline mode #722 [NEW] Add motion state detection #846 [NEW] add Romanian and Russian (placeholder) [FIX] Incorrect log message (cmd is handled elsewhere) #841 [FIX] Processing duplicate (same tst and createdAt) location messages results in @(null) timestamps #840 [FIX] remove abandoned Czech language [FIX] Language cleanup [FIX] use CMMotionActivity even with CMMotionActivityConfidenceLow #846

Bugfixes and performance optimizations [FIX] App killed due to overrun background time #836 [NEW] show warning message after app swipe out #832 remove sharedFriends only used by obsolete today widget processing messages Streamline logging #835 [FIX] CoreData synching fixes [FIX] UI transparency for background processing

UI fixes [FIX] warn and correct negative or zero position max [FIX] Can't post POI with image #834 [NEW] add section index to history for easy naviagation [FIX] History tab shown although disabled by default #833

UI enhancements [NEW] Display region on Friends' details page? #831 [FIX] speedup old waypoints deletion [NEW] Navigate to Region / POI #829

UI enhancements [NEW] POI with photos (tagging) #824

Some UI enhancements, French, and Galician Language [NEW] Galician Language #671 [NEW] French Language #671 [NEW] keep user location available even in no-map mode #809

iOS 18 ready, cleanup, and bug fixes [NEW] iOS 18 ready (with Xcode 16), minimum supported iOS/ipadOS version 16.0 [NEW] upgrade libsodium [FIX] tentative fix for not being able to upgrade monitoring mode in background [FIX] Swedish Language #671 [FIX] rename "Publish" in Settings #803 [FIX] +follow region is too small #797 [FIX] tentative fix for OwnTracks publishing invalid coordinates #668 [FIX] reportLocation command triggering in Manual mode #800 [NEW] remove deprecated Featured Content #802

UI Improvements and Bug Fixes [NEW] osmTemplate / osmCopyright optional parameters #794 [NEW] OSM map tiles #794 [NEW] force MQTT cleanSession after configaration change #792

UI Improvements and Bug Fixes [FIX] timer triggered locations updates use fresh GPS fix #781 [NEW] Fully reset configuration when changing mode and/or host/port #771 [FIX] "Change Monitoring Mode" doesn't work if the app is on the settings page #768 [FIX] Make encryptionKey for payload encryption configurable over .otrc #774 [FIX] Robustness of settings and configuration messages #775 [FIX] use defaults for imported regions/waypoints where possible [NEW] use publish topic, qos for MQTT will. willRetainflag always false #780 [NEW] status message #778 [FIX] OwnTracks crashes with _type:location containing batt:null #775 [FIX] region tab disappeares but not re-appears when toggling locked setting fast [FIX] include all pods in the project repo [FIX] final Marker layouts [FIX] Launchscreen Attribute #783 [FIX] Remove AbsoluteAltitude for compatibility

UI Improvements and Bug Fixes [FIX] reconnect after config load from URL inline #770 [FIX] use NSReletiveDateTimeFormatter for timestamp age display [NEW] hide Pin Marker for '+follow' regions

UI Improvements, Localized Units, Custom HTTP Headers and Bug Fixes [NEW] Show POIs [NEW] Show Regions as Markers instead of deprecated Pins [NEW] httpHeaders added #761 [FIX] allowInvaidCerts setting only in MQTT mode [FIX] default POI to empty string (not transmitted) closes #763 [NEW] hide all MQTT related parameters in HTTP mode on settings screen #759 [NEW] add pressure reading to status view [NEW] use NSMeasurementFormatter for localized units #765

Bug fixes avoiding crash in some environments [FIX] process both encrypted and non-encrypted messages avoiding crash #755 [FIX] Credit Texts

Bug fixes [FIX] crash when receiving illegal json closes #755

JSON Schema Validation and Accessible Logs [NEW] Accessible Logs and JSON Schema Validation [NEW] ISO timestamps in log [NEW] Export functionality for Mac Catalyst [FIX] move "Logs" button to status view [FIX] missing "response" cmd (for tours) [FIX] position of share menu on iPad [FIX] cleanup client certificate selection [FIX] use UTF-8 for .strings files consistently

Remote command extensions and bug fixes [NEW] add clearWaypoints command #745 [FIX] reconnect after config load via URL #743 [FIX] crash on MQTT negative PUBACK

Homescreen quick actions and bug fixes [NEW] Homescreen quick actions for monitoring change #737 [FIX] Shortcuts no longer switching mode when phone is locked #740 [FIX] Shortcuts in background mode #740

Tags, POI marker, Danish translation and bug fixes [NEW] add scale to map view #721 [NEW] tag and POI #705 [NEW] Cleanup the info screen #726 [NEW] Danish Translation [FIX] English Translation "You did disable background fetch" closes #727 [FIX] Crash when saving card with no image #723 [FIX] mark positions triggered by "visits" correctly