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Introducing Connect for Lemmy (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kuro_neko@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Hi lemmings, I switched over from Reddit 10 days ago now but I couldn't find a mobile client that I was happy with with an experience similar to the Reddit experience I was used to. So I decided to build my own and I hope you will like it as well!

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

Features:

  • Material U
  • Dark and Light themes
  • List view / Card view / Fullwidth view
  • Filter lists for hiding posts
  • Multiple accounts + switcher across multiple instances
  • Guest accounts for viewing an instance without signup
  • Search and community autofill
  • Markdown support + attempt to navigate links correctly (/u/foo will open that user instead of browser kickout. Same for /c/, !, and @)
  • Saving posts
  • full sort types
  • NSFW view options (hide, blur, show)
  • copy text and url on all posts and comments
  • add comments, replies, and new posts
  • comment replies with line indicators

Here's other screenshots:

Future plans:

  • Improving the inbox
  • Swipe actions
  • Multi-~~reddit ~~communities

Thank you for taking a look. I hope others who are migrating from Reddit like me will find the app useful and I'd love to know your thoughts!

Edit: Community for the app is here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

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[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, you are really fast! I've been using Jerboa and the PWA, but not super happy with either. Yours look great! Will use it more and feed back to you if that's okay.

One thing I found is that it doesn't show the number of new comments. I usually sort by NewComments, and I would expect to e.g. see "49 comments (14 new)" like Jerboa/PWA.

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[–] crius@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

just a quick feedback, when being in the dark mode, the user switching remain in light mode. Also the node selection suggesting the possible nodes would be appreciated.

also, adding new accounts after the first one, doesn't seems to work.

I added my lemmy.world and it seemed to work.

anything else besides it, didn't work (tried, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, etc.)

overall it's a good mvp, well done, need a little more work and i would appreciate if it was a FOSS to absolutely avoid situations in which an app become the unofficial-official app but then a sudden surge of egocentrism from an individual take it away.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks great. Hopefully gets availabe is Irish play store soon

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[–] Hovercat90@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey, i like your app a lot! Jerboa doesnt work on my Motorola, so i installed your app. Looks very nice and works well as a first impression!

I just want to tell you good luck, we are all counting on you! :D

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you @Hovercat90@feddit.de! I'm glad you like it.

[–] vpsxhtus@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

i'm currently using this and it's great!

[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe bug: in list view, the width of post title and content seems to be limited to around 80% of my screen width.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Hi, just wanted to make sure you saw this but that issue is now fixed. Thanks again!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

That's a bug! Thank you. I'd guess it's leaving the 20% space for an image thumbnail which doesn't exist. I'll fix this in the next release.

[–] robotrash@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Downloaded and used for an hour or so. I'd like to see an option to change the font size. I like my stuff to be small so I can get more content on the screen. 1.6 posts is pretty bad for me. I also couldn't find a way to change my default homepage to "subscribed - new" but maybe I just didn't search hard enough. Either way, it's good to have some competition for Jerboa!

Edit: Found Frontpage. Might be worth changing this to Subscribed since that seems to be the Lemmy equivalent.

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The screen shots look good. I'll download it and try it out. Let me know if you make a community for it so we can give back feedback on there. The more apps the merrier now that Reddit is getting rid of all them!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, let me know what you think! I made a community here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you considered creating a community for your app? Would make it a lot easier to follow development

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I made one, it's empty right now but I'll post new releases + changelogs there. https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[–] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Joined! Great progress already.

!lemmyconnect

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[–] olpappy@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm able to sign in but no posts populate the feed. Also only a small amount of my subscriptions show up in the sidebar.

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[–] jetpackbarry@vlemmy.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks great but it says it's not available in my country (Brazil)

[–] lupec@lemmy.lpcha.im 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just checked and was able to get it to install on my end, OP might have updated it in the meantime.

[–] jetpackbarry@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

yeah it's fixed now, thanks anyway

[–] ilbradipo@feddit.it 0 points 2 years ago

Google Play say that is not available/compatible for my Xiaomy 12 Pro

[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I cannot find out how to change to list view.

EDIT: For some reason the play store didn't download the most recent version. Fixed now.

The list view only showslike 2 posts on the screen. Is there anyway to get multiple posts on the screen at once?

[–] Bradamir@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

I can't even be accepted to join Lemmy. I'm on Kbin right now.

Tbh, these platforms confuse me. The Kbin app is great though, so I guess I don't need to change.

Would like to know how to follow a group though.

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