This changelog is a non-exhaustive list of changes in this release. It was compiled manually by auditing pull requests on GitHub to ubp-5.1 and xenial branches. You won't find it anywhere in the Ubuntu Touch system yet, we haven't got that set up to work correctly.

[Marius Gripsgard]

• Allow loading media_codecs from vendor partition: ubports/apparmor-easyprof-ubuntu#18
• Remove indicator-transfer's dependency on mirclient: ubports/indicator-transfer#2
• Support external displays on Android9/hwc2 devices: ubports/mir-android-platform#23
• Replace QString::null with QString(): ubports/history-service#31
• Allow building content-hub without Libertine support: ubports/content-hub#14
• Fix history-service building with -Wall -Werror -Wextra, fixes ubports/history-service#29 and more random crashes: ubports/history-service#30
• Pay back technical debt inside mediascanner2: ubports/mediascanner2#4
• Replace deprecated QByteArray::append(const QString &str): ubports/u1db-qt#1
• Use cmake-extras instead of duplicating its logic: ubports/history-service#33
• Add enum to handle mir_window_state_attached: ubports/unity-api#26

[JBB]

• Update extra-cmake-modules to 5.70.0 from 5.52.0: ubports/extra-cmake-modules-packaging#4

[Alberto Mardegan]

• Simplify media-hub build process and improve crossbuilder support: ubports/media-hub#13
• Modernize online-accounts QML: ubports/ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts#12
• Fix building qqc2-suru-style in crossbuilder: ubports/qqc2-suru-style#50
• Always set up a video surface since we can't know if we need it or not: ubports/media-hub#5

[Luca Weiss]

• Print glib errors to assist in diagnosing test failures: ubports/unity-api#25
• Fix ubuntu-ui-toolkit deprecation warnings on Qt 5.15: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#72
• Make ubuntu-ui-toolkit compatible with Qt 5.15: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#83
• Don't hardcode path to python3 in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#70
• Replace qt5_user_modules with target_link_libraries: ubports/telephony-service#10
• Fix crash when using newer glib: ubports/unity-api#24
• Fix 'missing sentinel in function call' warning: ubports/ubuntu-app-launch#11
• Fix non-standard __environ usage: ubports/ubuntu-app-launch#10
• Link trust-prompt against libintl: ubports/trust-store#13
• Fix qmenumodel building. Just in general. ubports/qmenumodel#3
• Fix ubuntu-download-manager deprecation warning: ubports/ubuntu-download-manager#27
• Handle mir_window_type_decoration: ubports/qtubuntu#9

[Lionel Duboeuf]

• Fix duplicating attachments after adding a message recipient, fixes ubports/messaging-app#229: ubports/messaging-app#236
• Show the end of the message list when opening messaging-app to a conversation from another app, fixes ubports/messaging-app#240: ubports/messaging-app#241
• Add swipe actions back to multimedia messages, fixes ubports/messaging-app#238, ubports/messaging-app#230, ubports/messaging-app#221: ubports/messaging-app#239
• Fix escaping of output file name for contacts exports, fixes ubports/address-book-app#155, ubports/address-book-app#157: ubports/address-book-app#166
• Handle SMS/MMS messages being received without an explicit "sent date": ubports/telepathy-ofono#14
• Use message send date for timestamps, not receive date: ubports/telephony-service#9
• Hide the FastScroll list when using a contact's TrailingActions, fixes ubports/address-book-app#162: ubports/address-book-app#165
• Fix display of Birthday field on a contact, fixes ubports/address-book-app#152: ubports/address-book-app#153
• Force dialer-app to display in portrait, fixes ubports/dialer-app#6: ubports/dialer-app#131
• Clean up QML warnings: ubports/messaging-app#237
• Do not show "Online Account" information in dialer, it is not implemented: ubports/dialer-app#132
• Do not overwrite written text with a saved draft, fixes ubports/messaging-app#232, ubports/messaging-app#235: ubports/messaging-app#234

[Ratchanan Srirattanamet]

• Properly reroute audio to a Bluetooth headset on reconnect, fixes ubports/ubuntu-touch#1045: ubports/pulseaudio-packaging#5
• Fix crashing when user touches an app too early in its initialization: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#90
• Import systemd 229-4ubuntu21.28: ubports/systemd-packaging#1
• Fix crash if /etc/writable/localtime is not a symlink, fixes ubports/ubuntu-touch#1585: ubports/systemd-packaging#2

[Joan "Cibersheep"]

• Add splash image to External Drives app: ubports/ciborium#37
• Fix contrast of overlayTexts, fixes ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#67: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#89
• Remove 'strokeColor' from buttons. It didn't do anything anyway. ubports/system-settings#250
• Make button text take on the strokeColor if it is defined, fixes ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#85: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#88

[Rodney "dobey"]

• Make ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts build: ubports/ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts#13
• Make qt4 dependency optional: ubports/autopilot-qt#1
• Fix translations loading on indicator-network, fixes ubports/indicator-network#12: ubports/indicator-network#44

["Flohack"]

• Add Nexus 6P to UBports Installer
• Change "Ubports" to "UBports" in Halium-7.1 recovery: ubports/android_bootable_recovery#10

["Guf"]

• Add Xperia Z4 Tablet to UBports Installer

["filman230"]

• Fix build on cmake 3.1 and newer: ubports/biometryd#2

[Dalton Durst]

• Allow access to qt5 translations and libraries in /usr/lib or /lib: ubports/apparmor-easyprof-ubuntu#17
• Skip test_drag_indicator_item_down_shows_menu to work around ubports/unity8#334: ubports/unity8#335

[Willem-Jan de Hoog]

• Send a default album art to indicator-sound when none is found, fixes ubports/media-hub#6: ubports/media-hub#7

[Jonatan Hatakeyama Zeidler]

• Add information on using utqemu Ubuntu Touch virtual machine, fixes ubports/utqemu#5: [ubports/utqemu#6]

[Mateo Salta]

• Fix morph-browser fullscreen mode on Wayland devices: ubports/morph-browser#378

[Alfred "fredldotme"]

• Allow reading media-hub codecs from /vendor: ubports/media-hub#17

[Michele "mymike00"]

• Remove unreachable code: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#96
• Make Dialogs follow the system theme and dim the background differently, fixes ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#91: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#97

["NotKit"]

• Only switch to the speaker and wired headphone port for ringtones if it's available: ubports/telephony-service#12
• Fix physical screen size calculation on Android 9 devices: ubports/mir-android-platform@732621fe

[Kevin Keijzer]

• Add "Screenshot" button to Power menu: ubports/unity8#329

[Jami Kettunen]

• Add support for Volla Phone flashlight: ubports/indicator-power#34