What's Changed

🪄 Features & 🐛 Bugfixes

• Set build tools to 36.0.0 by @validcube in #5619
• Add Lawnfeed to FeedBridge.kt whitelist by @lebao3105 in #5624
• Revert "Add Lawnfeed to FeedBridge.kt whitelist" by @validcube in #5640
• Fix About showing update button despite Lawnchair being its latest version by @lebao3105 in #5653
• Fix the search bar needing 2 taps sometimes by @lebao3105 in #5654
• Replace ViewModelFactory with using AndroidViewModel by @Goooler in #5677
• Improve build performance by enabling R8 parallelism by @Goooler in #5682
• refactor(permissions): Unify file and media permission handling by @SuperDragonXD in #5683
• fix(search): Correct state handling and connect settings to providers by @SuperDragonXD in #5687
• docs: Establish public roadmap and professionalize contribution workflows by @SuperDragonXD in #5695
• Material 3 Expressive Icon Shape by @validcube in #5605
• refactor(about): migrate screen to ViewModel and UDF by @SuperDragonXD in #5698
• fix: address minor bugs in updater and permission by @SuperDragonXD in #5707
• initial fastlane structures from IzzyOnDroid by @IzzySoft in #5689
• feat(about): redesign screen with new information hierarchy by @SuperDragonXD in #5728
• feat(about): add "View changes" button with detailed commit history by @foXaCe in #5711

🧑‍💻 Dependencies

• chore(deps): update plugin com.gradle.develocity to v4.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5621
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-compose to v2.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5627
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.compose:compose-bom to v2025.07.00 by @renovate[bot] in #5629
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.concurrent:concurrent-futures to v1.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5630
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.navigation:navigation-compose to v2.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5628
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common to v2.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #5633
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:ktlint to v0.4.24 by @renovate[bot] in #5643
• chore(deps): update plugin com.diffplug.spotless to v7.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5644
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:ktlint to v0.4.25 by @renovate[bot] in #5645
• chore(deps): update plugin com.diffplug.spotless to v7.2.1 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #5647
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:ktlint to v0.4.26 by @renovate[bot] in #5648
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to v2.41.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5656
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.navigation:navigation-compose to v2.9.3 by @renovate[bot] in #5690
• chore(deps): update plugin androidx.baselineprofile to v1.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5691
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.benchmark:benchmark-macro-junit4 to v1.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5692
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core to v3.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5693
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.test.ext:junit to v1.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5694
• chore(deps): update agp to v8.12.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5700
• chore(deps): update dependency gradle to v9 by @renovate[bot] in #5701
• fix(deps): update dependency io.nlopez.compose.rules:ktlint to v0.4.27 by @renovate[bot] in #5727
• chore(deps): update actions/download-artifact action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #5719
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #5742
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.compose:compose-bom to v2025.08.00 by @renovate[bot] in #5745
• fix(deps): update dependency androidx.core:core-ktx to v1.17.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5746
• fix(deps): update protobuf monorepo to v4.32.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5747
• chore(deps): update agp to v8.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5750
• chore(deps): update plugin com.gradle.develocity to v4.1.1 by @renovate[bot] in #5752

New Contributors

• @lebao3105 made their first contribution in #5624
• @IzzySoft made their first contribution in #5689
• @foXaCe made their first contribution in #5711

Full Changelog: v15.0.0-beta1...nightly