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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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[–] 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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[–] Pbody@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 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.

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

Lemmy and Kbin are entirely different Software. Fediverse just allows posts to be visible between other fediverse applications.

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

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

[–] cyps@typemi.me 1 points 1 year ago

Posting from the app. Awesome progress for only 10 days.

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[–] ilbradipo@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Google Play say that is not available/compatible for my Xiaomy 12 Pro

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

Wow, impressive work, in such a short time. I really like it.
Thank you!

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

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[–] ledditor@leddit.minnal.icu 1 points 1 year ago

runs very smooth on my 5 year old phone. Some suggestions for improvement

  • With All selected not all feeds were showing up on the sidebar
  • Adding a compact layout for sidebar and comments
[–] Bradamir@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] PaintedSnail@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On Kbin, Lemmy groups are called "magazines," so all you have to do is go to the magazines list, search for what you want, and subscribe. You can even subscribe to magazines hosted on other servers from there.

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[–] 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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[–] Yewb@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How hard would it be to add a view to make it look more like old.reddit.com?

Not sure what the hate is about you can look at stuff multiple ways

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

Thanks for making this!

My first impressions upon downloading are that I'm glad it exists but I think I'll stick to Jerboa for the time being. It looks really well made for those who are into the cards display format, however I'm personally not a fan of cards views on apps and I feel the list view isn't quite there yet.

One interesting quirk I noticed worth noting for the developer, not sure if it's a bug. I signed in with Urnchos@sh.itjust.works and when I click profile it seems to display my comment history of my Kbin account by the same name. I'm not certain if the profile would display the comments and whatnot of all instances that have that name?

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

Looks amazing! I'll try it out!

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

so far I'm really liking it. I would like alternating backgrounds on comments just to help separate them out a little.

I don't see the ability to edit my comments. I had to pull up the pwa to edit this one.

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

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

[–] 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.

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