Happy v1!

Yes, there are still outstanding bugs. It's not perfect, and we will continue to make things better! But Voyager has come a long way, and all of the core functionality is there to use and enjoy lemmy. 🙂

Happy version 1.0! 🎉

This release only has one major new feature: Unique time-based sort icons! You can now quickly glance to see what sort you're currently on. Thanks @tilden!

Voyager is going to the App Store

I'm also excited to announce that the next major focus will be on releasing Voyager as an iOS app! This will fix various iOS bugs that we've encountered (white status bar, scroll "freezing" etc), and bring some nice functionality like haptics and tapping the status bar to scroll to top, and also improve onboarding for people that aren't familiar with Progressive Webapps. It also opens the possibility for other neat features, like the option to open links in your browser instead of in-app. You can see most of the work done in #410, to be merged shortly!

If you're curious how this is possible, check out Capacitor and AppFlow!

Note, an iOS app is subject to approval from Apple which may significantly delay its public release.

(Don't worry! The PWA isn't going anywhere! It has it's own benefits like being self-hostable, quicker updates and being available on desktop computers.)

Once the iOS app is released, work will begin on releasing to the Play Store.

What's Changed

Add custom icons for time-based sorts by @tilden in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/524
Forcing high resolution icon for iOS by @fer0n in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/526
Fix block, message user not presenting login when logged out by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/528

New Contributors

@tilden made their first contribution in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/524

Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/0.28.1...1.0.0

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[-] cheerjoy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hooray 🎉🎉

[-] RedHair@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to this. I haven’t been using Lemmy that much because I dont like any of the apps out there. I check lemmy out once in a while in Voyager. A dedicated app with this UI is definitely something I am looking forward to.

[-] CorporateJapan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Been using Voyager since the death of Apollo and it’s become my preferred way to access Lemmy. Looking forward to an App Store release.

[-] Jerosh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very nice! Thanks to everyone who has put their hard work and effort into this project so far. It is much appreciated 😊

[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[-] wavymoney@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this! Many have doubted me when I said this would happen, it’s always nice to have options!

[-] swizzle9144 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which will be the lowest supported iOS version?

Edit: Please correct me if I'm wrong here's a trend in iOS app development where all new apps have arbitrarily high iOS requirements when they could run on older iOS versions just fine. I would love to use Voyager but if it goes down the same route, I won't be able to :(

I know about the PWA but it can stop working for me over time when the old release of WebKit on my phone eventually becomes incompatible with it

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[-] Jacksachatter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Wohoo this is so exciting! I can’t wait for the app to be available in the AppStore