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Introducing Connect for Lemmy (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kuro_neko to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love the app! I just wanted to give you some debug info. I can't log into a second account on my current andoid tablet or andoid 10 phone. The button to do so does nothing.

[–] kuro_neko 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hi! could you confirm you're on the latest version? it should say 1.0.31 under settings

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That fixed it! You and your team are working very fast! Keep up the good work! It is appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That fixed it! You and your team are working very fast! Keep up the good work! It is appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That fixed it! You and your team are doing great work! It is appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (6 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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks nice, but not available in my country.

[–] kuro_neko 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which country? I'll add it to the list of supported countries.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Impressive ! Would you mind open sourcing the app and publish it on F-Droid ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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 [email protected] 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?

[–] kuro_neko 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks @[email protected] for the feedback. I'll work on improving the list view and I hope you'll check out future releases!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm testing it right now and it looks good. Needs a few more tweaks here and there but overall doesn't look half bad. A decent alternative to Jerboa though I'll need to test it fully then probably add to this comment (if I don't forget to)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! It's the first app for my old android phone (2015) which works :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] kuro_neko 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not quite that easy, unfortunately, as we don’t have an API yet, but it is being worked on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, this Lemmy guy should really charge for his API access, I bet he could make a hell of a lot of money and nobody would even be upset!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Kbin will continue to be profit driven until profits arrive!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On Kbin, Lemmy groups are called "magazines," so all you have to do is go to the magazines list, search for what you want, and subscribe. You can even subscribe to magazines hosted on other servers from there.

[–] [email protected] 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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm very thankful to you! I wanted a nice app to browse lemmy and I found your app a couple of days ago! I've had a very nice experience so far

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How hard would it be to add a view to make it look more like old.reddit.com?

Not sure what the hate is about you can look at stuff multiple ways

[–] kuro_neko 1 points 2 years ago

I think the List view under Settings is pretty close, maybe the biggest difference being that List view shows some of the selftext content.

[–] [email protected] 1 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

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