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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Looks much cleaner, love the magnifying glass instead of the three lines.

Noticed that the "Saved" tab also says "Search" though...

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

"search"

... "also search" ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Came here to say this

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey!

I want to thank every contributor and developer for working on this app and to bring so many updates in such a short amount of time. :)

Got a quick question though: if I have Jerboa installed via the playstore, is it possible to update it with the apk? Or would I need to deinstall the app and install it fresh?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In case anyone reads this and asks the same question:

I just deleted the app on my phone and installed via the apk. Works fine now! I had some trouble signing back onto my account, but I guess that was because of high traffic on my instance

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can recommend the app obtainium to keep custom apk up to date via linking it with a GitHub URL!

Obtainium gave me a notification that a new release had been made on GitHub and with 1 click it updated the all on my phone to the newer version ๐Ÿ˜„

(I had Lemmy via the Playstore first, the uninstalled it and installed it via the apk obtainium)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Legend, I'm gunna give this a go

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Legend, thanks for suggesting this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Loooove this update. The bottom navigation bar is much improved, and the new icon is superb, now I can proudly let Jerboa live in my homescreen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The speed at which this app is being updated - and with quality updates - is insane. Keep up the good work everybody!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used some images found on the web to make shortcuts, and Nova Launcher was nice enough to round the edges.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Magnifying glass instead of three lines was very much needed, thank you!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah perfect !

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much for your work. This app is awesome for the early stages and this update improved functionality massively. I have zero context of how to make suggestions for the app. I mean it in a constructive way. So here it goes.

  1. In your inbox have a way to see the context of that response. Currently, If you click on it, it opens the entire thread and you have to sort through it to find your comment. In large threads that's a big issue.

  2. Not sure how possible it is to make the functionality to be able to create groups of communities. For example, if there is an [email protected] and [email protected] and [email protected] etc a user can add all them as they find them to a multicatagory they created named awww... consolidating them from a user's standpoint but still keeping things decentralized.

  3. Make an option for a user to set a default sort/home page. Like clicking home can be set to default to "all" or "subscribed" sorted by "Hot" or "Active".

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lets keep it going! Until june 30 we will be ready for mass adoption haha

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ya'll are kickin ass with the updates! It's literally getting better each day. I love watching the progress. History in the making right here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The last few days have been incredible with the amount of contributions pouring in. We had 13 first-time contributors in just 3 days, and the release before that was 14 contributors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Do I need to deinstall from the Play Store in order to run the newest version? The app won't update when I try to install the APK from github.

How long would it generally take for the app to get updated in the Play Store? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm not very experienced with APK's.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think it's about one day for the app to arrive in the Play Store.

[โ€“] Album 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah you have to uninstall the play store one. They have different signatures (I think) so it won't just install over top.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Hot damn!! That one mighty fine update since the previous one.

Which was like 3 days ago ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't search comments for text (ala boost for Reddit) so:

  • Login in for the first time is confusing. Make profile take you to the login screen.
  • Make the "need to login first" Pop Up (can't remember exacr wording" act as a link when you tap on it, so you can go to the login screen.
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I was so confused as to how to login when I first opened the app. I literally had to do Google search to figure out how.

[โ€“] venuswasaflytrap 4 points 2 years ago

Inbox Replies working!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not seeing it in either Play Store or F-Droid yet

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Download apk straight from github

[โ€“] n2burns 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IzzyOnDroid now has a 0.0.34 build on F-Droid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scrolling is noticeably less smooth than the stable F-Froid x.33 build for me, though.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The bottom bar is much improved but it says search twice, the right one should be saved

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"New users complain about discoverability, so we doubled the search functionality!"

~ Jerboa devs probably

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Is there any "About Jerboa" in the app to see what version you are running?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The speed at which this app is being updated - and with quality updates - is insane. Keep up the good work everybody!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This app is starting to look pretty awesome! There's a feature I really want from Infinity for Reddit which is swiping between posts. Can that be implemented?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm (again) overlooking something, but where is the "button row" below messages? I can't interact at all with messages, just read them and tap the "mark all as read" button.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is a known bug and is being delt with, the settings option to have the comment action bar hidden/showing by default doesn't effect the inbox.

To reveal the action bar press and hold the empty space beside the username of the reply/mention/message.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't see it mentioned in the changelog, but they also added more instance links to the Android Open Links By Default section.

Settings - Apps - Jerboa - Open by Default, click Add Link button, checkmark the new entries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for letting me know, I've got it turned on now

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

How do i search for posts? Just upgraded to the new alpha with a big search button but just shows the communities I'm subbed to.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Post item thumbnail opens comments instead of pic/link

Edit: not consistent. Sometimes works normally

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks so much for your efforts! This app is really great, and I'm really excited for the future.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can the UI elements be made "tighter"? Example, hide the upvote/downvote and all other icons till the user long presses on a comment. Most lf the times people want to view the thread. That way, we don't have to scroll as much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't this already a setting in look and feel?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Still can't scroll in Settings/About.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This update is amazing! Thank you so much for putting your efforts to make this app better.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Big thank you for making this!

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