cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1249875

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Note this is very much a work in progress still and this is very barebones. I plan to continue work and submit nightly builds on TestFlight, so be on the lookout for the new releases.

Happy scrolling!

  • butterypowered@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    @gkd@lemmy.world This looks like a fantastic start! As an Apollo user it’s a very familiar experience.

    At the very least I’ll try to test and submit bug reports. If I can find the time I’ll try to do some development too. (I could do with a React side-project…)

  • Naatan@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Always great to have more options! But this seems very similar to Mlem in terms of goals (Apollo like). Why not combine efforts?

    • shinratdr@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Underlying technology is completely different. One is Swift, one is React. It talks about this on the GitHub.

      This is one of those cases where two is better than one, because not everyone can contribute to a Swift app, and multiple projects isn’t splitting effort, it’s bringing on people who wouldn’t otherwise be involved at all.

      Plus, probably worth having a few going just because there is so much activity now. Mlem is moving a little slower than I had hoped so while I’d prefer a native Swift iOS app, this one is already a little more functional and it’s the first release.

      • gkd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Those are some of the main reasons. Also, the fact that it can be easily released as an Android build as well is nice, especially for users who would want a more Apollo-like feel on android devices. I have not personally tested Jeroba, but from screenshots I have seen (while it does look great!) it doesn’t have the same look as some of the old Reddit apps.

        Bottom line is this is a huge preference thing. I don’t want to take anything at all away from Mlem. If you know Swift and think you can contribute to that project then by all means you should! Looks like a great project. Glad that there’s so many people working on things for Lemmy already!

  • Evolone@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    this is great! I really enjoy the UI and the feel of this app.

    @gkd@lemmy.world - any plans to allow for adding multiple accounts?

  • Lloir@lemmy.0x3d.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This looks amazing!!

    Are you able to convert into Android too??

    nvm ignore my comment, i saw the option to compile for Android!

    • z2k_@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m not the dev but I think that’s the intention based on the readme on GitHub.

      It’s written in Expo/React Native which means it’ll be easier to support both iOS and Android.

      • gkd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yup. I took it for a spin on a simulator and things are about 90% functional out of the box. There’s some weird scaling issues with the text, but I believe that to be the patchwork way I’m rendering the markdown right now. Once I finish the markdown parser it should be the same across both platforms.

          • z2k_@lemmy.nzOP
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            1 year ago

            As far as I know kbin doesn’t have API access enabled at the moment. They’re still trying to finalise how they do it. This means that apps can’t communicate with it just yet.

  • columns_columns@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Looks great! Bit of a pain during login because it would bring my cursor back to the server line after each letter when I was typing in my username

    • gkd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Glad to hear it’s working well! Let me know if you run into any issues or have ideas!