81
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
107 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Macallan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing is showing up in my feed when signed in to lemmy.ml

Also, the Google password manager is trying to input the password into the instance text box when trying to sign in. Pixel 7 Pro.

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] ilbradipo@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

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

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

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

[-] Pbody@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

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.

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

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[-] cyps@typemi.me 1 points 2 years ago

Posting from the app. Awesome progress for only 10 days.

[-] DrPhred@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[-] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] 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)

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.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Looks amazing! I'll try it out!

[-] 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.

[-] 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.

[-] Zoop@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

I'd also love to see an option to change the font size, but for the opposite reason - my eyes suck and I need bigger text! Lol. I love it so far either way!

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

Options for text sizes coming up in the next release :)

[-] Zoop@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Fantastic! Thank you so very much! Also, damn you're quick, lol! I hope you're looking after yourself and taking care of yourself above all. It's important - you're important! <3

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

Thank you for the kind words, it's much appreciated!

[-] olpappy@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

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.

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

Hi, both of those issues have been resolved in the build last night (1.0.25)!

[-] 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.

[-] 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.

[-] vintageballs@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

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

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

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

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 1 points 2 years ago

Joined! Great progress already.

!lemmyconnect

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

Thank you!

[-] AnonLordo@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

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

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

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

[-] Alkaseltzer028@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Looks nice, but not available in my country.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] harry315@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Damn that looks awesome! Did you find any good docs on the API? I only found the lemmy-js-client, which is a library, though. Wanted to do some shenanigans with Python and Lemmy, but there doesn't seem to be too much documentation...

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

I had a hard time with the API docs too to be honest. I read through https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/04-api.html first but it was pretty high level. My main reference was the typing on the lemmy-js-client as well. I used the Dart Lemmy API client here https://github.com/LemmurOrg/lemmy_api_client but unfortunately it's not being maintained (and didn't work without modification since the API has changed since then).

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
81 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

40598 readers
306 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
rs5th@beehaw.org
coldredlight@beehaw.org
SemioticStandard@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@kbin.social
remington@beehaw.org