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

  • arcrust@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    The app looks great! Feels very fluid.

    I have only three requests:

    • make it FOSS in spirit of the fediverse (obviously you don’t have to, that’s your choice)
    • give me a way to download pics from inside the app. I very often download memes and share them in other chats. You’ve got open external, which works, but it’s an extra step. Downloading in app would just be more convenient.
    • lastly, give me a way to buy you a beer 😁
    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hi, thanks for the feedback and I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I’ve added a download button to media views. Open source is on the roadmap as well if there’s enough interest.

  • pattern@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

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

  • redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.comEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    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.
    • CreepyRainbow@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      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

  • thann@beehaw.orgEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    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 =]

  • WreckingBANG@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    That UI looks really clean. I love it. Is it open source? Not that i dont trust you but i try to not use any closed source apps anymore, i would appreciate it if you would share the link to the source code.

  • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    It’s interesting. Needs some more formatting options imo. I liked how in boost for reddit the titles of posts were always at least as big as the preview of the body of the post. Just makes it look much cleaner imo. Could use a font size option. Could use some color options too eventually.

    Also, it needs a “Subscribed” page. Default lemmy has this page that only shows you content from communities youre subscribed to. You should see about getting that feed on your app.

    Overall though great work, it looks really promising thus far and I’m impressed with how quickly you’ve put this together.

    • Flicsmo@rammy.siteEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      ‘Subscribed’ is called ‘Frontpage’ in the app, you can find it in the sidebar. Edit - oops, looks like kuro_neko beat me!

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ll take a look at how Boost for Reddit formats their titles, thanks! The ‘Frontpage’ once you’re signed in should be equivalent to the Subscribed page.

  • gelberhut@feddit.deEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    And you designed, developed, tested and published it in a less than 10 days? Your first android app? Really?

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      I switched over when the subreddits started going private. It’s been a lot of long nights haha.

      Not my first app :)

  • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Can you also host the APK or upload it on F-Droid?

    //edit

    I ask because im on a de-googled pixel 5 running lineage OS so I cant exactly just go get it off the Play Store.

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah I’ll look into uploading the APK and add a reply here when it’s ready.

        • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I think I will open source it in the future but right now it’s a very messy codebase coming from essentially a long coding binge.

          • golden_calf@beehaw.orgEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            A lot of people think that way but don’t be afraid to post code because it isn’t perfect. Lots of enterprise software looks awful. Also anyone who wants to be an ass about your code for such an early release isn’t worth listening too. Most are just happy to help and can do pull requests to make your project better.

            • halvdan@beehaw.orgEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Agreed. I’ve seen some horrors in corporate code bases in my time. Created some, even. 😁

  • tom42@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Tried it quickly and was not well surprised. I appreciate thr approach a lot! The app is nice looking but feels too chewy. Prefer the mobile browser.

  • Bloody Harry@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Damn that looks awesome! Did you find any good docs on the API? I only found the lemmy-js-client, which is a library, though. Wanted to do some shenanigans with Python and Lemmy, but there doesn’t seem to be too much documentation…

  • Tywele@dataterm.digitalEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Looks great from the screenshots!

    The Google Play link doesn’t let me install it though and I can’t find it via the Google Play app.

    Edit: it says that the app is not available for any of my devices. I’m using a Pixel 7

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Strange - I’ll take a look! I’m testing on a Pixel 6 so I would think it would work.

  • sylverstream@lemmy.nzEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    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@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

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