We’ve made it easier to break down and manage your work on the go! You can now create, add, and remove sub-issues seamlessly on GitHub Mobile, keeping everything organized and structured. Stay on top of your tasks with improved sub-issue management, ensuring smoother collaboration and better progress tracking.
The general availability of enterprise-owned GitHub Apps brings several updates based on feedback from the public preview.
Most significantly, organizations and users can now transfer private visibility Apps to their enterprise, where they will become usable by the entire enterprise.
In addition, permission updates made to an enterprise-owned App are now automatically accepted by all of the organizations in the enterprise.
These updates allow enterprise owners to consolidate multiple per-organization Apps into a single registration that is managed efficiently at the enterprise level.
For enterprise-managed (EMU) users and organizations, both private and internal Apps can be transferred to the enterprise. Private Apps are those that only the owning account can use, while internal Apps are those that any organization and user in the enterprise can use. However, Enterprise Classic organizations and standard user accounts can only transfer private Apps, as internal Apps are not supported in Enterprise Classic.
At this time, internal is the only visibility setting allowed for enterprise-owned Apps, which means that only organizations in that enterprise can install it, and only users in the enterprise can authorize it. Any App that is transferred to an enterprise will be updated to be internal and uninstalled from the user account that owned it, if applicable.
To reduce abuse vectors, enterprises cannot transfer Apps to another enterprise, and organizations and users cannot transfer an App to an enterprise that they are not part of.
As in the preview, only an enterprise owner can manage Apps owned by the enterprise. However, we are actively working on App manager roles and permissions that will allow users and teams to manage specific Apps, as well as manage all of the Apps in an enterprise. These new fine-grained permissions will be introduced for both the enterprise and the organization—keep an eye out for these in the middle of the year.
For more information about enterprise-owned Apps, see our docs page. These updates will be available in GHES 3.17.
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January and February brought a number of improvements to GitHub Mobile, making it more powerful and flexible. We’re rolling out exciting new features designed to make coding and collaboration easier on the go. From third-party integrations that extend GitHub Copilot’s capabilities to in-chat coding assistance, sub-issues, and refined notification preferences, these updates are designed to boost productivity and keep you connected wherever you are.
What’s new:
- Introducing GitHub Copilot Chat to all users on GitHub Mobile for free. Just tap the Copilot button to start getting answers for coding questions, or chat about issues, pull requests, and repositories wherever you are.
- Copilot Extensions on GitHub Mobile are generally available. Developers can extend Copilot’s capabilities on the go, integrating third-party tools, automating tasks, and receiving personalized code suggestions.
- Introducing sub-issues on GitHub Mobile. Track progress and understand remaining work within a parent-child hierarchy on the go.
- Review your notification preferences: from time to time, we’ll ask that you check in on your notification preferences to ensure that you’re receiving the kinds of notifications you want, at times you want to receive them.
| Copilot Extensions | Sub-issues |
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iOS bug fixes:
- Widgets reflect the accent color when tinted.
- Add reactions to the latest release in the Releases view.
- Inbox swipe actions get dismissed before entering batch selection mode.
- In the Explore view, avatars load correctly with transparent background.
- In the Issue view, remove an extra animation when data loads.
- Navigate content in the Explore view’s “For You” feed using assistive technologies.
- Pull request reviews from Copilot code review show the “Copilot” brand name.
- Clearing a field used for a grouping within a project re-groups content without duplicate group titles.
- Fixed an issue where the search bar was improperly updated during text input with marked text in Japanese or Chinese input methods.
- Fixed an issue where pull-to-refresh in discussions failed to refresh data and the loading indicator remained stuck.
- The pull request widget responds to user specified tints.
- Issues in archived repositories no longer show update actions.
- Code vulnerability alerts in Copilot chat are no longer duplicated.
- Indented code blocks in Copilot chat display within a chat response.
- Nested lists in markdown content display with less indentation when viewed with larger text sizes.
- Issue and pull requests display their issue or pull request number when scoped to a single repository.
- Shortcuts scoped to a single repository will no longer list the repository name for each issue or pull request.
Android bug fixes:
- Improved scrolling performance for lists where list items contains web views.
- The correct default commit message now appears when creating a new file in a repository.
- Improved line wrapping in the Code view.
- Various sub-issues design tweaks and improvements.
- Fixed file header appearance in pull request reviews.
- Pull request reviews now display the correct submission date.
- Anchor links in markdown files will now scroll to the correct position.
- The delete branch button will now be shown after closing a pull request.
- Bots are now mentionable in pull request reviews if they are the author.
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This month, we’re highlighting two major updates to GitHub Mobile: repository forking and create a pull request!
Repository forking
Fork repositories directly from your devices, making it easier than ever to collaborate and contribute.
Create a pull request
Create a pull request on the go from your mobile device, making your workflow smoother when moving between desktop and mobile.
iOS
What’s new
- Tapping on a link in a Copilot chat response navigates to the destination in the app, if possible.
- When using a hardware keyboard, send a message to Copilot by pressing return, and add a new line by pressing shift + return.
Bug fixes
- Add accessibility hint for navigating to release details from feed.
- Improve accessibility for setting status with emojis.
- Present editing files window in full screen on iPad.
- A response of Copilot Chat automatically scrolls until its message header is on top of the chat view.
- Assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, announce the expansion state of code lines in code search results, improving accessibility.
- Issue and pull request cells display without unnecessary vertical space.
- Fixed Copilot button duplication.
- Keyboard inputs are recognized when setting the user status.
- Pull requests in the feed display the title.
- The commit list toggle view in the create pull request sheet is accessible via keyboard with full keyboard access enabled.
- Unsubscribe displays as a swipe action for notification in the inbox for team mentions.
- Swiping a notification in the inbox animates the change.
- Resolved an issue where backticks in issue titles rendered with unnecessary spacing in pill shapes.
- Pull request review comments now correctly reflect the review submission date rather than the comment creation date.
- Jump to the issue template picker via a deep link that requires account switching.
- Contrast improvements for buttons in dark mode.
- Improved screen reader support to announce the expansion state of the commit list while creating a pull request while editing code.
- Fixed an error when navigating to files or folders in repositories with branch names containing
/characters. - Navigate to user profiles directly from issue and pull request timeline events.
- Project views display relevant content without unnecessary loading spinners at the bottom of the view, providing a smoother experience.
- Issue and discussion titles display emojis as images instead of text codes.
- Preserve scroll position on a long ReadMe when the app is background and then resumed.
- Commit history for code directories and files appears in a three-column layout.
- Render file changes of a pull request where the head repository doesn’t exist.
- Previewing file changes of a pull request doesn’t open unnecessary extra modal views.
- The ReadMe header in the repository screen aligns its content accordingly.
- Links within the same content doesn’t open new screens.
Android
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that was breaking search in discussions.
- Fixed a bug that prevents dragging favorite repositories downwards.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating to the newly forked repository.
- Fixed a bug where the
Add your reviewbutton was sometimes not visible on the pull request screen. - Increased contrast of the create pull request subtitle and commit chevron for improved accessibility.
- Improved contrast and touch target accessibility in the deployment review screen.
Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.
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If you loved this, check out our Mobile 2024 in Review for highlights of major feature releases last year.
With this update, developers can review edited files and open a pull request from an existing branch anytime, anywhere, making your workflow smoother when moving between desktop and mobile.
Simply tap the + button on the repository or pull request view, select a branch, review the code and create a pull request if everything looks good. You can then continue testing or making adjustments on the desktop, making the development process more flexible and efficient.
Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.
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You can now fork a public repository to your personal account directly from GitHub Mobile! This new feature allows you to easily create your own copy of a public repository on the go, making it simpler to contribute to open source projects, experiment with new ideas, or collaborate with others. It’s easier than ever to contribute to your favorite projects anytime, anywhere.
Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.
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This update includes several key improvements: Copilot Chat on Mobile now includes beta supports for Copilot Extensions, iOS users can enjoy three new app icons in celebration of Universe, and Android users can pin their favorite repositories to the home screen.
With Copilot Extensions on Mobile, developers can extend Copilot’s capabilities on the go, integrating third-party tools, automating tasks, and receiving personalized code suggestions.
iOS
What’s new
- GitHub Copilot Extensions are in beta.
- In celebration of Universe this year, we added 3 new app icons: Copilot, Nova Mona, and Quack. Head to Settings to choose your favorite.
Bug fixes
- The
morebutton in Copilot chat shows the three most recent conversations. - See contributors of a repository in the Explore tab with keyboards.
- Select multiple code lines to add a review comment with keyboards.
- Voiceover announces file status when jumping to a file while reviewing a pull request.
- Entering the required inputs of a dispatched workflow correctly enables the Run Workflow button.
- The settings button on iPad maintains its aspect ratio when the username is long.
- Links to relative images within Markdown which include query parameters render the image without error.
Android
What’s new
- GitHub Copilot Extensions are in beta.
- Pin your favorite repositories directly to your device’s home screen.
Bug fixes
- Checkboxes in the Files Changed screen now show the correct state when scrolling.
- Relative images within Markdown files are now rendering correctly in all cases.
- Longer Discussions now indicate page loading.
- Improving accessibility for Feed headers.
- More accurate TalkBack descriptions in trending repositories.
- Color contrast improvements for Pull Request merge options.
GitHub Apps are now subject to a limit of 25 private keys per application and can create scoped tokens with access to more repositories. These changes support safer key management and access practices in your applications.
25 key limit for GitHub Apps
There is now a limit (25) on the number of private keys a GitHub App can have registered at one time. 99.99%+ of apps are below this limit – the ones above this limit will be unable to create more keys until they have deleted all but 24 of their keys.
Use of multiple keys for zero-downtime key rotation is encouraged. However, sharing keys among multiple parties is not recommended, which an unlimited number of keys lead developers towards. This new limit should help app developers look for safe alternatives earlier in the development lifecycle.
See our documentation on GitHub App key management for more details and best practices.
No limit on repositories for permissions-scoped tokens
In February 2024, GitHub placed a limit on the complexity of the scoped tokens that apps could request. Now, part of this limit no longer applies. Apps can now be installed on any number of repositories in an organization and request a scoped token for all those repositories. The limitation on tokens that request a subset of both permissions and tokens remains.
To learn about scoped tokens, and how they can improve the least-privilege access of your App’s tokens, see our GitHub App authentication documentation.
Enterprise owners can now create GitHub Apps owned by their enterprise, with access restricted to just the organizations and members in the enterprise. Previously, if you wanted to share an app across multiple organizations within your enterprise, you had to either:
- Duplicate the app for each organization, leading to management overhead and potential inconsistencies, or
- Make the app public, potentially exposing it to users outside your enterprise.
With this update, you can now safely share an app across your entire enterprise without exposing it to the rest of GitHub.com, and manage your critical apps in a more secure and centralized location.
This also simplifies distribution and management for Copilot Extensions. You can now build custom extensions and share them across your enterprise without making them public – allowing you to create tools specific to your company’s needs and workflows, while keeping them private. Use of a single app across your enterprise ensures consistency and makes it easier to update extensions across all of your teams.
These apps can only be installed on organizations in your enterprise, and only members of your enterprise can sign in to them. To ensure the security of your app, user accounts cannot install these apps, only sign in to them. When users or organizations leave your enterprise, they immediately lose access to enterprise-owned apps, and the apps lose access to those users and organizations.
Besides the limitations on where they can be installed and who can sign in, these are standard GitHub Apps. Organization and repository administrators can install them depending on the permissions requested, and they have access to all of the organization and repository APIs that other apps do. Like other apps, they support Copilot Extensions and can be used in Copilot Chat.
Today, only enterprise owners can create and manage these applications. In the future we’ll add support for the App Manager role that exists for organization-owned applications as well, to make it easier for administrators to delegate access to apps in a secure manner.
To learn more about this public beta, see our documentation on GitHub Apps and the enterprise.
August and September contained a number of improvements to GitHub Mobile, including Focused Notifications for those high-priority items in your Inbox, a contribution graph widget on Android, and a continued focus on accessibility.
Introducing Focused Notifications
View important notifications first with the new Focused filter in the Inbox.
Learn more about Focused Notifications in the Changelog blog post.
iOS
What’s new
- When accessing content protected by SAML single sign-on (SSO) login, authenticate directly with your organization without logging out.
- Achievement badges rotate in your palm, just as it would in real life.
Bug fixes
- Activate filters in Explore via keyboard navigation.
- Assistive technologies iterate through reviewer information in the pull requests.
- Confirm saving draft or deleting content before dismissing modal forms.
- Description of a forked repository isn’t cut off when using large text sizes.
- Dismiss triage sheet view with mouse on iPadOS.
- Dismiss user status update, repository watch settings or the edit “My Work” view using the Escape key on a connected hardware keyboard.
- Filter bar doesn’t clip at large accessibility sizes.
- Font sizes respect the user’s Dynamic Type preference when composing comments.
- Hide “Read More” button when Explore item doesn’t include truncated content.
- Hovering over Copilot button with trackpad or mouse on iPadOS shows a pointer effect.
- Improved support for large accessibility sizes within user profiles, account lists, pull request review line numbers, repository headers, the Explore view, code review view, comment author usernames, and editing Home “My Work” items.
- Items in the Explore feed no longer truncate when using large text sizes.
- Merge confirmation dialog appears as a modal on iPadOS.
- Merging or marking a pull request as ready for review updates the pull request state in the Inbox and Recent Activity list.
- Moving an item from one project group to another updates the title of the group.
- Project pickers for a repository shows projects owned by the repository owner.
- Repositories in lists no longer truncate their content when using large text sizes.
- Scale badge icons on repository profile with font size.
- Tapping a user avatar or username within comments navigates to the user profile.
- Tapping on links to issue and pull request comments scrolls to the destination comments.
- The area next to floating elements no longer blocks scrolling.
- Toast messages no longer overlap with other floating elements on the screen.
- Toolbars for user input fields scale with font size.
- User and organization details no longer truncate when using large text sizes.
- Username in a comment doesn’t disappear when using large text sizes.
- VoiceOver announces “Jump to file” and “Dismiss line selection” buttons when reviewing file changes.
- When sharing an issue or pull request, assistive technologies distinguish between the two types of content.
- When viewing a list of workflow runs that have no runs yet, an empty state displays on the screen.
Android
What’s new
- Introducing the Contributions Widget! See your GitHub contributions right on your home screen.
Bug fixes
- Actions workflow logs show clearer error messages.
- Editing a file opened via permalink no longer shows an endless spinner.
- Filtering notifications by repository is more accessible for TalkBack users.
- Improved accessibility for bulk selection of notifications.
- Improved keyboard accessibility when reordering shortcuts.
- Improved keyboard navigation on Home tab.
- Pull request review suggestions are accessible via keyboard navigation.
- Releases are more accessible via keyboard navigation.
- Replying to and resolving comments is more accessible with large fonts.
- Subscribing or unsubscribing to an issue or pull request considers custom repository watch settings.
- The code options screen is more accessible with large fonts.
- When viewing a list of workflow runs that have no runs yet, an empty state displays on the screen.
Focused Notifications is now generally available on iOS and Android, helping you focus on the most important updates. Focused Notifications shows you notifications from the past 30 days that are more relevant to you, such as items that you’ve authored, items in which you’ve been directly mentioned, and items to which you’re assigned or you’ve manually subscribed. This helps you stay on top of what matters most while reducing notification noise.
Learn more about GitHub for mobile, download GitHub for iOS today, and send us your feedback to help us improve.
You can now can easily track your GitHub contributions right from your Android home screen with the new Contribution Widget for GitHub Mobile.
Add the widget by either long-pressing your home screen or long-pressing the GitHub app icon and selecting the widget option. Whether you’re on the move or just curious about your progress, the Contribution Widget makes it easier than ever to track your contributions.
This widget will be available on the Android GitHub Mobile Beta on September 17th, 2024. Join the beta for early access. The widget will be available to all users September 27th, 2024.
Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.
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Recent Highlights: Update your Profile status on Android, plus enhanced accessibility and project search on both iOS and Android
You can now update your Profile status directly from GitHub Mobile on Android. On both iOS and Android, you will find improvements in large accessibility sizes, better content descriptions and keyboard navigation, with particular focus on the “Request Reviewers” and “Merge Options” screens.
| Android (NEW) | iOS |
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iOS
- Project pickers for a repository shows projects owned by the repository owner.
- Moving an item from one project group to another updates the title of the group.
- You are now prompted to confirm dismissal before dismissing any input forms.
- Tapping on links to issue and pull request comments now scrolls to the destination comments.
- Improved support for large accessibility sizes throughout the app. This includes user profiles, account lists, pull request review line numbers, repository headers, the Explore view, code review view, comment author usernames, and the edit “My Work” view.
- You can now iterate through reviewer information in the pull request view using assistive technologies such as VoiceOver.
- You can now dismiss user status update, repository watch settings or the edit “My Work” view using the Escape key on a connected hardware keyboard.
- Code lines in code search scale with accessibility font sizes.
- On iPad, Markdown keyboard controls no longer appear outside of their container.
- Improved accessibility when editing project field values for issues or pull requests.
- Merge buttons on pull requests indicate to assistive technologies when not enabled.
- Merge options appear as a button to assistive technologies.
- Selected merge option announced as selective for assistive technologies.
- The markdown formatting bar no longer overlaps with the text on iPad.
- Fixed accessibility label to correctly distinguish between issue and pull request on share button.
Android
- You can now personalize and update the status in your Profile.
- You can now quickly return to the top of the screen by double tapping the icon of the active tab in the navigation bar.
- Improved search results when searching in projects.
- Improved error messages in the check log screen.
- A new date picker makes it easier to read the dates using a device configured with a large font.
- The Files Changed screen now has better content descriptions.
- Merge option buttons are now more accessible with large fonts.
- Accessibility improvements in the Pull Request “Request Reviewers” and “Merge Options” screens.
- Accessibility improvements to keyboard navigation and reset all filters button.
- Fixed a bug that prevented you from dispatching a workflow with no prior runs.
- Fixed a crash when prompting for biometrics.
- Fixed a bug where you could not add starred repositories to Lists in landscape.
- Fixed a crash opening the Triage sheet (i) in the issue and pull request screens.
In July, GitHub Mobile introduced three major improvements
- App Lock! Securely unlock the GitHub app with just a glance. Enable App Lock in Settings to use FaceID, TouchID or pass code to protect your information in the GitHub app.
- A smarter Copilot Chat! It knows where you are in the app. Ask Copilot about the file or repository you’re viewing to try it out.
- Workflow Dispatching! Kick off new Actions on the go from the list of workflow runs for a given workflow.
As well as several other fixes and features to both iOS and Android apps
iOS
- Edit files in full screen on iPad.
- Introduced pinned issues! View pinned issues in a repository’s list of issues. Pin and unpin issues by tapping the … menu within an issue, or by long-pressing within a repository’s list of issues.
| Pinning an issue | Pinned repository issues |
|---|---|
- Fixed viewing file from a pull request on a fork.
- Improved contrast on issue and pull request triage sheet.
- Fixed an issue that caused discussions filter not to persist.
- Fixed the overlapping Copilot button when editing items in Inbox.
- Fixed the memory leaks across the app.
- Fixed the crash that sometimes occurs when sanitizing diff lines.
- The project item sheet now renders emoji codes in labels..
- Edit a project content field updates the project view.
- Mono-spaced font now changes its font size according to the settings.
- Explore tab shows a loading indicator when initially loading content.
- Project picker only shows projects for which users have write permissions.
- Workflow run list paginates correctly.
- Workflow run list shows the name of the workflow.
- Select workflow runs deselect when navigating back to workflow runs.
- Navigated to commit screen from release details no longer displays an error.
- Triage sheets adapted to larger font sizes.
- Navigate and interact with the “More Actions” button in issues and pull requests using a hardware keyboard.
Android
- Added scrolling indication in markdown bar of actions when composing comments.
- Editing metadata fields on an issue or pull request is now more accessible.
- Fixed broken images in repository descriptions and user bios throughout the app.
- Fixed list names showing the previous name after editing.
We’re excited to introduce a new security feature in GitHub Mobile: app lock via biometrics. This adds an extra layer of security, ensuring only you can access your GitHub account on your mobile device. With fingerprint or facial recognition, you can have peace of mind knowing your projects and data are protected, providing a secure experience on the go.
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