Daily Development Update: hSnaps GIF Fix and Mobile YouTube Handling Improvements

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GIF Animation Fix: Preserve Original Behavior

• fix(feed): preserve GIF animation by bypassing proxy resize.
• Identified issue:
  • GIFs were becoming static due to images.hive.blog proxy resizing.
  • Proxy was stripping animation frames during transformation.

• Solution implemented:
  • Detect .gif images and skip resize processing in proxy.
  • Bypass proxy resizing logic for GIF files.
  • Ensure original animated GIFs are rendered correctly.

• Applied fix globally via shared proxyImageUrl:
  • Feed
  • Lightbox
  • Markdown renderer

• Trade-off:
  • Slightly larger payload size accepted to maintain correct animation behavior.

Animated GIF Working Correctly in Feed

Mobile Fix: Open YouTube Externally on iOS and Android

• fix(feed): open YouTube externally on iOS/Android.
• Identified issue:
  • YouTube iframe embeds are unreliable inside Capacitor WebViews.
  • Failures caused by:
    • Referrer checks
    • Embed-domain restrictions

• Solution implemented:
  • On native platforms:
    • Bypass in-app iframe popup
    • Open links using system browser via openLink

• Platform behaviour:
  • iOS: Uses SFSafariViewController
  • Android: Opens in Chrome or YouTube app
  • Web: Keeps existing iframe popup with fallback option

• No additional native configuration changes required:
  • Existing Capacitor media flags already correctly set.

Watch on Youtube - YouTube Opened in System Browser (iOS/Android)

Web YouTube Popup Behaviour

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