After using Apollo for years, yesterday I decided to completely stop using Reddit for obvious reasons.

I found Lemmy to be a very competent alternative, but the only catch is the mobile situation: it seems that there aren’t many good mobile clients for Lemmy.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and develop a new mobile client for Lemmy.

After a couple hours, I have a good looking and working subscription feed; super glad to see that the API is easy to use :)

What do you think about the look of the app? Any suggestions?

  • that_funny_feeling@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I personally don’t like Material design in general, and if I had a choice I’d pick something with Apple’s design principles.

    With that said, the more the merrier so I’m definitely rooting for the app. Don’t mean to sound discouraging. It’s just a preference, but I would definitely try it out at least.

  • 「fleece!」@furries.club
    1·
    3 years ago

    @jesusrp98 I would LOVE for the ability to somehow connect/log in with my Mastodon account so I can comment on posts with it. Even if the subscriptions are managed by the main Lemmy account, the ability to comment via Masto is pretty crucial for me

  • steven@feddit.nlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Looks nice, but I wonder if the upvote and comment icons aren’t a bit too small/compact for touch.

    Also a question: what do you intend to do differently than the Mlem app?

    • jesusrp98@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I think mainly design, this app will feature Material design, rather than the look of iOS. Going to implement certain features so that it feels right and home in an iPhone.

      However if you prefer the regular iOS theme, there should be other alternatives, like mlem.

      In the end, it’s just personal choice, and having multiple options is great for all of us :)

      • feifei@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 years ago

        An iOS app without adhering to iOS design guidelines and looking like android wont be popular with iOS users 😉.

        I personally must have iOS design and all bells and whistles. Else it won’t feel at home.

  • Shrinra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    While I usually prefer something that follows Apple’s design language, this looks very, very nice! I’m very impressed at far you got after just a few hours.

    If you are entertaining feature requests, one thing I’d like to see from third-party Reddit clients like Apollo, Slide, and Narwhal is Haptic Touch throughout. Haptic Touch link previews, post previews, parent comments when you long press a comment, etc. This has always been one of my favorite features, and far too many apps don’t incorporate this.

  • TeddE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I’m not an Apple user, but I think it looks good! Does it have the ability to collapse/hide comments and threads?

    • jesusrp98@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      At this very moment, the only feature it has is the ability to display your subscription feed (started like 2h ago), but adding a feature-rich comments section is planned :)

  • Pekka@feddit.nlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    This looks quite nice. The current mobile website looks quite messy, so something like this would be a huge improvement!

  • Graphine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Apple user here! This looks great! What is the minimum iOS version you’re building for? I have a ton of devices on iOS 14 and 15 for jailbreaking purposes and would love to use this app on them :)

  • Thoralf Will@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 years ago

    This is indeed the most pressing issue. Mlem looks promising as well. Maybe you could pool your efforts. On the other hand: Having 2 different clients to choose from, is not a bad thing either.

    I’m definitely up for testing the app.

  • Yankeebobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    Certainly looks good by the screen. Definitely will be interested to run it through test flight

  • grimer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    Great! I look forward to using it and expanding my use of Lemmy and this will help a lot!

  • _thisdot@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Since you mentioned Apollo I have to say that the app looks a lot more like Boost. I will probably end up using this. Apollo was meant to be what reddit would look like if Apple themselves designed it and that worked really well!

  • b_crussin@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    This looks awesome! Would it be possible for users on different clients to log in as well, i.e. kbin?

  • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 years ago

    It looks very good! Although, I am curious how your app and / or mlem is going to approach iPad support. That was the one thing that I always found somewhat disappointing on Apollo and I hope a better option exists for Lemmy.