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FYI, Lemmy and Kbin are Progressive Web Apps, meaning you can install them as regular apps to your phone's home screen (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by spiritedpause@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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On iOS: tap the share button in browser => add to home screen

On Android: tap the 3 dot menu button in browser => tap "install" or "add to home screen"

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[-] the_right_god@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

has anyone any idea how to change the language? I'm unable to do that in my profile settings

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[-] bleuy007@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

FYI, for Firefox on android, I had to use Firefox Nightly for this, as the main version doesn't support PWAs (for some reason)

Edit: I take it back, when I tried to do the install on regular Firefox a few days ago, it didn't work. It does work now, so regular Firefox works for this!

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It does support them. At least on Android 13 and Firefox version 114.1.1.

[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On the same version as you and I've installed this on Firefox but it behaves like a regular website (has an address bar, tabs, etc.). Some other sites installed like this don't have those.

Edit: I tried installing it again and now it works as intended. Maybe some backend update between when I first installed and now?

[-] sharpsphere@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I had the exact same experience as you. No idea why, but you aren't alone.

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure, to be honest. It worked for me from the day I created my account.

Also, lol, lemmy is eating my comments.

Created Lemmy account in case this happens again.

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[-] bleuy007@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the correction, not sure why the PWA install didn't work for me on regular Firefox a few days ago, but it does work now.

[-] MeowKittyWow@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah! Kbin PWA is great. (Though there's a very small amount of sidescroll that makes my frontend web dev heart cry a bit... maybe I should open a pull request for it :))

Though it seems to override my screen orientation settings, making it hard to read while lying in bed XD

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[-] seluar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the heads up! Scrolling is smoother now while waiting for jerboa to fix their app.

[-] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

What the hell, I was just recently talking about it. I'm happy to hear it's already a thing. Thanks!

[-] dimspace@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If only the launcher I use on android supported homescreen icons :( (AIO)

[-] fpvian@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Any updates on Mlem? I tried installing TestFlight but it says the beta is full.

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[-] Kittiesmom13@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you!! I literally had no idea about this. You rock!

[-] Geronimo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm signed up on both, now. So let it be known; I am Geronimo

[-] llama@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you just did this with Chrome on Android! Easier than having to open a new chrome tab every time for sure

[-] Taxxor@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Did that with lemmy, but at least in my case it just happens too often that I get an infinite loading circle when switching threads and then I have to reload the entire page, which isn't possible when not in the real browser. Even closing the web app and reopening them doesn't help but once I open the page in Safari it works just fine.

Mlem for iOS just got an update which gives us the compact thread style I much prefer over the current web app look but it seems like I can't edit comments there and I also don't see any notifications so there's still a lot of work to be done before it becomes an option.

And kbin I just don't use on the phone at all as long as we can't collapse comment chains.

[-] cod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Does anyone know of any apps for Lemmy on iOS? I’m using Mlem and Memmy through Test Flight, as well as the Lemmy web app as explained in the post, but I’d like to know if there’s any more I could test out as well

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