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I'm still using Tusky on Android because it's on F-Droid. As far as I can see, the new official client is not there. Is it worth installing it or not worth the effort since it's not on F-Droid and I can't one-click install it?

What do you recommend?

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[–] aeroplain@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's good.

Some may complain about it lacking Local/Federated timelines, however.

[–] Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I can tell you that I read a spanish newbie, recently, wondering why the «followers/following» section in a profile were not buttons to see the list of them.

In the beginning, I didn't know that was the official Mastodon app.

[–] hellojack@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It doesnt have unlisted, and federated timeline

[–] Ninmi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

The federated timeline is so important to instances just starting out. Really, really hope Eugen reconsiders phasing it out.

[–] RBN93@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Hey mate, any updates about that right now or is this feature still missing?

[–] arinbasu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mastodon client has a better designed UI, but it does not support multiple accounts. If you are happy interacting with a single Mastodon instance, I'd say it is a very good app.

[–] LIESGREEDMISERY@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You mean account switching? If you hold the profile tab on the bottom right there'll be the account switcher popup.

[–] LIESGREEDMISERY@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It feels comfortable, though limited, but still developing. The commit is quite active on Github.

[–] angarabebesi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

any news on when it's coming on F-Droid?

[–] LIESGREEDMISERY@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's already on F-Droid via IzzyOnDroid repository.

[–] Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This person was mostly asking for the main F-Droid repository and not for that one or other.

[–] LIESGREEDMISERY@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Late reply because I didn't know much except someone said "it's on the pipeline" so I don't bother to reply.

I looked to its Github issue about F-Droid package, one refers to this merge request https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/10909

There's discussion about building dependency issue and how the push notification work because the one on IzzyOnDroid marked as dependent on non-free services. It's still being worked on.

[–] lenathaw@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Personally I prefer the official client more than Tusky, also it dropped just in time right before the Twitter news

[–] LeftyLayman@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I like it so far, comparable to tusky

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Worth it? It works for me

[–] toadmode@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

As someone who just started using Mastodon today, it seems like just using a mobile web browser is better than the official app.

[–] freakrho@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I couldn't login to an instance that wasn't listed in the app