chore: add release announcement for InkNest v1.4.3

Author: pushpender-singh-ap

docs/blog/2026-01-02-release-v1.4.3.md

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+slug: release-v1.4.3
+title: InkNest v1.4.3 Release
+authors: [p2devs]
+tags: [release]
+---
+
+# 📢 InkNest v1.4.3 Release Announcement
+
+Hey everyone! 🎉 We're excited to announce **InkNest v1.4.3** is now available!
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+## ✨ What's New
+
+### 🔐 Google & Apple Sign-In
+- **Multi-provider auth** with Google and Apple, including iOS URL scheme + entitlement updates
+- **Auth state listener** keeps Redux in sync with Firebase users and profiles
+- **New `LoginPrompt` & `UserAvatar` components** for smooth sign-in and profile display
+
+### 🏘️ Community & Navigation
+- **Community posts & replies**: create posts, reply threads, tagged chapters, participant stats, and real-time updates
+- **Navigation updates**: new routes/modals for community, notifications, and detail views
+- **User activity tracking**: lightweight counters for posts/replies and cached post metadata
+
+### 🔔 Notifications
+- **Background push handling** that stores payloads and logs errors to Crashlytics
+- **NotificationSubscriptionBootstrapper** wired into the app root for subscription management
+- iOS background fetch mode enabled for more reliable delivery
+
+### 📚 Reading Data Pipeline
+- Refactored comic parsing into dedicated parser utilities (details, chapters, search, advanced filters)
+- Safer error handling with centralized downtime detection and Crashlytics logging
+- Cleaner host-specific URL handling and pagination support
+
+### 📦 Dependencies & Config
+- Added auth/identity deps: `@react-native-firebase/auth`, `@react-native-firebase/firestore`, `@react-native-google-signin/google-signin`, `@invertase/react-native-apple-authentication`
+- `example.env` now includes `GOOGLE_WEB_CLIENT_ID` and `IOS_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID`
+- iOS updates: Google Sign-In URL types, `GIDClientID`, Apple Sign-In entitlement, privacy API reasons
+- Version bump: **Android 32 / 1.4.3**, **iOS 1.4.3**; InkNest-Externals submodule refreshed
+
+## 🛠️ Upgrade Notes
+- Set `GOOGLE_WEB_CLIENT_ID` and `IOS_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID` in your env files
+- Update Info.plist/entitlements with your real Google/Apple credentials and URL scheme
+- Run `cd ios && pod install` after pulling to pick up new native deps
+- Ensure Firebase messaging is configured for push (APNs key/certs and FCM server key)
+
+---
+
+**Update now** to enjoy Apple/Google sign-in, richer community features, and smarter notifications! 📚
+
+As always, if you encounter any issues, please report them in our issues channel. Happy reading! 🦋