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

@Coeus@coeus.sbs
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I cannot find out how to change to list view.

EDIT: For some reason the play store didn’t download the most recent version. Fixed now.

The list view only showslike 2 posts on the screen. Is there anyway to get multiple posts on the screen at once?

Should be in Settings > Card type > switch to list > Press save at the bottom

@thann@beehaw.org
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I would strongly recommend open-sourcing it! There are several FOSS apps already and it would be hard to compete against them without opening up =]

DrPhred
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Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

Flax
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Looks amazing! I’ll try it out!

Scary le Poo
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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.

Kuro
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Hi, thanks for the feedback and I’m glad you’re liking it! I’ve added some more spacing between comments on the latest release which should help to separate them. Please let me know what you think! Also added the ability to edit comments.

Scary le Poo
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Yeah that’s a lot better. I do think that you should make the names, points, and time a different color to make the poster information more prominent. Also would help it stand out a little better

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

@Zoop@beehaw.org
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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
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Thank you for the kind words, it’s much appreciated!

Bradamir
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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.

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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.

@Hovercat90@feddit.de
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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

Kuro
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Thank you @Hovercat90@feddit.de! I’m glad you like it.

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

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

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

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

@pattern@beehaw.org
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Thank God there’s a filter setting 😭😭😭 sorely missed coming from infinity. First thing filtered? “reddit.”

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Congrats for the release! I finally have alternative to Jerboa!

Some feedback if you don’t mind:

  • Full Height view. It’s like the full width view, but display the image without any cropping.
  • Tap and hold to show image in full screen, release to close. Very useful for compact views. Also should works for articles thumbnails.
  • Native imgur support. Right now it’s treated as a web page. If it’ll require using paid API, just disregard this until you have some funding.
  • Preload images when on wifi (optional setting). Basically preload the next N images in the list so they’ll appear instantly.
  • Show full community names and user name. Right now it only show the community name and user name, but not the instance name. This is confusing if you subscribed to multiple communities with the same name from multiple instances. Same for usernames.
  • option to toggle denser comments views with minimal whitespace.
  • (possible bug?) The community list on the side menu doesn’t show all my subscribed communities.

These are very good suggestions! would also like for it to show the instance name of a post as well as the hold-to-show-image

Kuro
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Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!

runs very smooth on my 5 year old phone. Some suggestions for improvement

  • With All selected not all feeds were showing up on the sidebar
  • Adding a compact layout for sidebar and comments
@olpappy@mander.xyz
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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
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Hi, both of those issues have been resolved in the build last night (1.0.25)!

@sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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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.

Kuro
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Thanks for the feedback! I’ll add the new comment counter in the next release.

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