🚀 HyperBridge Dev Build 09

[D4vidDf]

🚀 HyperBridge Dev Build 09

Build Date: January 3, 2026
Focus: Theme Engine Polish & UX Overhaul 🎨✨

Warning

⚠️ Work in Progress
The Theme Engine and Creator are evolving rapidly. This build includes significant refactors to how themes are built and applied. Some existing themes might need adjustment.

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✨ New Features & Changes

🖌️ Redesigned "Design" Screen

The main customization hub has been completely overhauled for a smoother, cleaner experience.

• Unified UI: New carousels for Themes and Widgets that feel native and fluid.
• Smoother Scrolling: Refactored the card rendering engine to eliminate stuttering when browsing large lists.
• Direct Actions: "Create New" and "Browse" actions are now seamlessly integrated into the carousels.

🎨 Theme Engine v2

The engine has gotten smarter and more flexible.

• Dynamic "Smart" Colors:
  • Added useAppColors: The island can now automatically extract the most vibrant color from the notification's app icon.
  • Smart Filtering: The engine intelligently ignores boring backgrounds (white/black/gray) to find the true brand color.
• Shape Fine-Tuning: You can now set specific shapes for Call Buttons (Answer/Decline) independently of the global icon shape.
• Hot Reloading: Saving a theme now instantly updates the active island without needing to restart the service.

🛠️ Theme Creator 2.0

A major workflow upgrade for theme builders.

• New Navigation: Split the creator into focused screens (Colors, Icons, Calls, Actions) for a less cluttered workspace.
• Scrollable Preview: The live preview now scrolls with your options, so it never eats up your screen space on smaller phones.
• Save & Apply: New dialog to instantly apply your theme upon saving, speeding up your testing loop.
• Global Actions Manager:
  • Added a Search Bar to find specific rules quickly.
  • New visual Empty State and "Work in Progress" warnings for experimental features.

⚡ Translators & Logic

• Text Button Fix: Fixed an issue where text-only actions (like "Mark as Read") had hard-to-read colored backgrounds. They now render with a clean transparent background and white text.
• Performance: Added caching for color extraction to keep notifications snappy even with dynamic colors enabled.

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📝 Updated JSON Spec

The theme.json specification has been updated to Version 2.

• Added use_app_colors to global.
• Added answer_shape_id and decline_shape_id to call_config.
• New default_navigation and default_progress configuration blocks.
• Check the updated JSON structure here

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🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed layout issues where content was hidden under the top bar in the Creator screens.
• Fixed double top-padding on nested screens.
• Resolved stuttering in the main Design dashboard carousels.
• Fixed [FEAT] I want you to add an app widget icon in hyper island so that it doesn't appear blank so that it doesn't look like a bug #77
• Fixed [BUG] Island notification doesn't disappear when original notification is read #69

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What's new

• Refactor/theme creator ux by @D4vidDf
• Feat/smart colors palette by @D4vidDf

Full Changelog: 0.4.0-dev08...0.4.0-dev09

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