Lunar - a Lemmy Client for iOS

Posting here because the post on the Kbin magazine hasn’t gained much traction.

As I am sure many have heard, the Artemis Project for Kbin is dead in the water. Right now, it looks like Lunar here is the only app that has plans to support Kbin.

Are there any updates here? I know Ernest said he was planning to release the API soon.

Thanks for all the hard work! The interface is pretty slick and reminds me a lot of Apollo (RIP).

https://testflight.apple.com/join/GEFCCQTb

Note: If you see blank icons within the Quicklinks section in the Feed Tab after updating, go to Settings > Quicklinks > Reset Quicklinks List

Added

• Pulse Logging Framework (https://github.com/kean/Pulse) for easier debugging
• Customisable Quicklinks

Changed

• Updated posts fetching logic
• Optimised posts view for smoother scrolling
• Disabled unimplemented settings pages

Fixed

• Removed redundant files
• Glitches related to fetcher views

https://github.com/mani-sh-reddy/Lunar

I find that it is hard to follow a conversation when the username is at the bottom of the comment, especially with longish comments. Not only that, but a comment loses context when you don’t have an idea who is making the comment before you read it - having to scroll down to first read the username and then back up to read the comment is not great UX imo.

It would be great to have an option to move usernames for comments to the top of the comment.

Thanks to everyone that gave feedback on the first testflight release (0.8.64). The new release (0.8.67) has these changes below. Still waiting on testflight approval for this new version but should be approved shortly and the current testers will be notified.

Added

• Kbin app icon
• There is a new logs section that will save errors when interacting with the Lemmy API. If you face a bug, it could be used to see exactly where the error is coming from. You could also share it using the sharesheet and I can take a look.

Fixed

• Many of you have raised that you were unable to login with custom instances. I've now added many more popular lemmy instances as a workaround. The bug fix for custom instances will be coming at a later date.
• Added optional values for some of the variables in the site data model as some instances do not for example, use regex filtering. This was causing login problems for some people and should now be fixed.
• Potentially fixed the crash caused by changing app icon. It doesn't seem to happen for me so I'm curios to see if it has been fixed.

Full Changelog: 0.8.64...0.8.67

https://github.com/mani-sh-reddy/Lunar

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2005358

Just making this community to keep you updated on the progress I'm making with Lunar.

At this stage, Lunar is still in its early stages of development. While it's not available on the App Store or TestFlight just yet, you can get it up and running using Xcode and a Mac (instructions on Github)

I can only dive into Lunar during evenings and weekends so not got much time to dedicate to it at the moment but in the spirit of open source collaboration I welcome you to contribute your feedback and ideas and to even raise pull requests (pls mind my jank code)

https://github.com/mani-sh-reddy/Lunar-Lemmy-iOS

Keep track of progress here: https://github.com/users/mani-sh-reddy/projects/3

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2660306

Hey all, I’ve just released Lunar for Lemmy version 0.5.0.

Check out the post image for a TLDR on what’s released with screenshots.

Here's whats changed in v0.5.0:

Added

• Login Page and account information persistence to Keychain
• Redesigned settings page
• 4 new app icons
• Instance selector with 7 popular instances (custom instances coming soon)
• Image popover with zoom and pan features
• Debug Mode
• Haptics during the login flow and for upvote & downvote buttons
• Redesigned post metadata buttons
• Reset app button

Changed

• Included instance URL in Explore Communities Page
• Minor UI design changes
• Better divider between posts

Fixed

• Background thread publishing bug
• Tab resetting to feed view on loss of app focus
• Graphical glitch when swiping down to refresh

It's still not available on TestFlight yet unfortunately, there are still a few essential features I would like to add before releasing:

• [ ] Click on URL attached to the post opens the link in an in-app browser/external browser
• [ ] Collapsable and expandable comments
• [ ] Collapsed by default post body
• [ ] Functional upvote and downvote buttons
• [ ] Search communities
• [ ] Navigate to communities from posts view
• [ ] Markdown formatted post body and comments
• [ ] Upvotes and downvotes in comments
• [ ] Subscribe button inside community info view
• [ ] Subscriptions when logged in.
• [ ] Subscribed communities posts page

Once these have been added, it will be released for TestFlight. Follow the progress on the board here: https://github.com/users/mani-sh-reddy/projects/3

If you're curious and want to take a peek, you can run a preview on your iPhone using a Mac and Xcode. The instructions are in the GitHub repository, so feel free to give it a try and share your thoughts.

As always, I welcome contributions. If you would like to contribute, please get in touch/create a PR. I am still very new to iOS development so any help is appreciated.

https://github.com/mani-sh-reddy/Lunar-Lemmy-iOS

Hey! Just a quick update from me. I've created this new community to replace the lunar_for_lemmy_ios.

I decided to make a change because the old name, lunar_for_lemmy_ios, was a bit messy and hard to type. So, I've created a new community called "lunar" - short and sweet.

I'll be moving everything over shortly and I'll make sure to keep you all posted on the progress.