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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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[–] vpsxhtus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

i'm currently using this and it's great!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[–] robotrash@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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!

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[–] theory@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may be wrong but, are you not showing all communities subscribed in the list, just the first page? I see 10 but im subbed to somewere closer to 50...

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah 10 I believe is the default limit on that API call. I'll increase that in the next release!

[–] theory@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

There is a maximum for the limit, you'll need to do actual pagination

[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks great. Hopefully gets availabe is Irish play store soon

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Should be available now in the Irish store!

[–] gnzl@nc.gnzl.cl 1 points 1 year ago

Looks great! I'll also chime in that the Play Store website tells me it's not available for any of my devices, and the Play Store app says it's not available in my country (Chile).

[–] Alkaseltzer028@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks nice, but not available in my country.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Kaizo107@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

[–] Pbody@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 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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[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe bug: in list view, the width of post title and content seems to be limited to around 80% of my screen width.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Hi, just wanted to make sure you saw this but that issue is now fixed. Thanks again!

[–] DrPhred@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My keyboard constantly tries to switch to caps as I type in Connect. I am using Grammarly. It will flicker the upper case layout between each key press. It's unusable as it is.

[–] Bradamir@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] QHC@kbin.social 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] Macallan@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing is showing up in my feed when signed in to lemmy.ml

Also, the Google password manager is trying to input the password into the instance text box when trying to sign in. Pixel 7 Pro.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hi, this should now be fixed on the latest release (1.0.25). Thank you for your feedback!

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[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The screen shots look good. I'll download it and try it out. Let me know if you make a community for it so we can give back feedback on there. The more apps the merrier now that Reddit is getting rid of all them!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, let me know what you think! I made a community here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[–] Hovercat90@feddit.de 0 points 1 year 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

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you considered creating a community for your app? Would make it a lot easier to follow development

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I made one, it's empty right now but I'll post new releases + changelogs there. https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[–] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joined! Great progress already.

!lemmyconnect

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...how much have you slept since starting this project?

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