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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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[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 1 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

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.

[–] 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!

[–] Pbody@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Will this app be compatible with kbin.social accounts? I've tried to sign in and it's throwing a whole page of an error message.

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

I will look to see how possible it is, I think the APIs are different which is why it's throwing those errors.

[–] Kaizo107@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

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

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

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

Wow, impressive work, in such a short time. I really like it.
Thank you!

[–] Bradamir@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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

Lemmy is not one thing, it's a way for different sites (called instances) to share content with each other.

What instances (i.e. domains) are you trying to create an account on? There have been some big bot waves in the last few days, but even without that every instance handles signup differently. Some are totally open, while others require manual review of some kind.

[–] tom42@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Tried it quickly and was not well surprised. I appreciate thr approach a lot! The app is nice looking but feels too chewy. Prefer the mobile browser.

[–] Urnchos@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for making this!

My first impressions upon downloading are that I'm glad it exists but I think I'll stick to Jerboa for the time being. It looks really well made for those who are into the cards display format, however I'm personally not a fan of cards views on apps and I feel the list view isn't quite there yet.

One interesting quirk I noticed worth noting for the developer, not sure if it's a bug. I signed in with Urnchos@sh.itjust.works and when I click profile it seems to display my comment history of my Kbin account by the same name. I'm not certain if the profile would display the comments and whatnot of all instances that have that name?

[–] ledditor@leddit.minnal.icu 1 points 2 years ago

runs very smooth on my 5 year old phone. Some suggestions for improvement

  • With All selected not all feeds were showing up on the sidebar
  • Adding a compact layout for sidebar and comments
[–] DerGreiss@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

just downloaded the app. I really like it. please keep up the good work

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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!

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

so far I'm really liking it. I would like alternating backgrounds on comments just to help separate them out a little.

I don't see the ability to edit my comments. I had to pull up the pwa to edit this one.

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

My keyboard constantly tries to switch to caps as I type in Connect. I am using Grammarly. It will flicker the upper case layout between each key press. It's unusable as it is.

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

Looks great. Hopefully gets availabe is Irish play store soon

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

Should be available now in the Irish store!

[–] 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.

[–] gnzl@nc.gnzl.cl 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks great! I'll also chime in that the Play Store website tells me it's not available for any of my devices, and the Play Store app says it's not available in my country (Chile).

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[–] theory@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I may be wrong but, are you not showing all communities subscribed in the list, just the first page? I see 10 but im subbed to somewere closer to 50...

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

Yeah 10 I believe is the default limit on that API call. I'll increase that in the next release!

[–] theory@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

There is a maximum for the limit, you'll need to do actual pagination

[–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] 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

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