Changes in Element v1.6.2 (2023-06-02)

Features ✨

• Element Android is now using the Crypto Rust SDK. Migration of user's data should be done at first launch after application upgrade. (#8390)
• Marks WebP files as Animated and allows them to play (#8120)
• Updates to protocol used for Sign in with QR code (#8299)
• Updated rust crypto SDK to version 0.3.9 (#8488)

Bugfixes 🐛

• Fix: Allow users to sign out even if the sign out request fails. (#4855)
• fix: Make some crypto calls suspendable to avoid reported ANR (#8482)

Other changes

• Refactoring: Extract a new interface for common access to crypto store between kotlin and rust crypto (#8470)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.2