Avelon App

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Avelon for Lemmy is now on the App Store! (apps.apple.com)

submitted 1 year ago by evgiz@lemm.ee to c/avelon@lemm.ee

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Hi everyone!

It's been quite the journey, but Avelon is finally on the App Store!

Click here to download!

The app is includes a lot of awesome features requested by the community, including:

Sleek design that fits right in on iOS & iPadOS
Highly customizable look & behavior
Mark read on scroll & hide read posts
Customizable swipe gestures
Multiple account support
Smart link previews in posts and comments
Support for videos, gifs, photos & other media
Custom font support
Write replies with markdown highlighting
Privacy focused - the app has no tracking of any kind
Gallery mode + hide bars on scroll = full immersion ... and a lot more!

Screenshots

Here's some cool app store screenshots of the app:

Developing this app has been one of the best development experiences I've had, and I feel very privileged and happy to have been able to contribute to Lemmy in this way. Nothing is more motivating than seeing so many people already enjoying the app and providing suggestions and feedback.

I really hope you enjoy Avelon, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about what everyone thinks. Keep the feedback coming!

Thank you, Sigve Rokenes

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[–] ephimetheus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any reason for not using SFSafariViewController over the custom UI?

[–] evgiz@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really, just liked the option to customize more. Probably switching over for the next version tho since the current one doesn't support reader mode among other things.

[–] Thee0023@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That's great to hear! I've been using a lot of different Lemmy apps lately as a lot have come out and I really enjoy this one. Good work so far. But this so far is one of the bigger annoyances. The reason being that SFSafariViewController allows Safari's enabled content blockers to work. The current web view does not and it's something I haven't been used to for a good while (browsing without some form of ad / annoyance blocking).