Hey all,

So I told you search would be released tonight, and I wanted to make sure that I got something out to y’all. Search tab is now there, and functionality is there to search for the top 20 results of users, posts, and communities. I will be completing this screen tomorrow and will have more for you then.

There is now a profile page that is in the works. You can preview yours by pressing Profile, or view other peoples’ by searching for them and pressing there. There is no listing of posts or comments here yet though, nor will any of the buttons work quite yet. Expect this functionality tomorrow as well.

On the feed view tab, you can now press the feed button at the bottom to scroll back up to the top.

Debugging actually works now (forgot to include a trailing slash…), so if you encounter any issues at all, if you could please forward those logs to me. If you press email, it will automatically open inside the app for you to email me. I seriously appreciate this.

I believe I have ironed out most of the issues with link handling. There were a few underlying issues that were not my fault, but some were mine. Things should be OK now though. If you continue to get these crashes please let me know and I’ll deal with them.

There shouldn’t be any more white screen errors if you go to a community that is empty. Instead, you’ll receive a notice saying nothing is there and maybe it’s time to do your duty 🫡.

I’ve also done a few other pieces of work throughout the app, and have cleaned up a few things that may have caused performance issues on older devices (although so far I have not heard of any so that’s great!).

I am still awaiting Google to approve the build I submitted for an open test track. I am not sure when that will be, but I would expect it to happen tomorrow. I am also not sure what their policy is with uploading subsequent builds without approval, so builds there may be significantly less frequent and likely will be closer to stable IF THAT IS THE CASE. If not, I’ll do with Android builds the same I do with iOS builds.

I’d like to aim to have a MVP ready to submit to the Apple App Store by the 27th of this month. It is a tight schedule, but I believe that I can get there. That’s the goal, we will see what happens.

In other news, I have configured a server and domain to do some work on push notifications coming up probably beginning at the end of the week. First, I’ll want to get the inbox/alerts wrapped up, obviously so you have something to receive alerts about…

I will also begin some work likely next week to bring some moderator actions to the app. I have a design available that will make this a pretty nice process, and I hope to integrate it pretty smoothly.

All of the support you guys have been providing has been great and I love the feedback. Please continue to let it flow. Please know that even if I do not respond, I am reading it. Integrations are slow, but I do have two great people helping me out along the way!

Hopefully you enjoy the release, and hopefully things start getting smoother around the edges.

NOTE: I have seen some instances where user settings are getting cleared. If this happens to you, please do the following:

  1. Open the app and email the debug log to me. Please let me know what you were doing at the time this happened (or if a crash happened first, what seemed to cause the crash?)
  2. Uninstall the app.
  3. Sign back in.

I’m not 100% sure why this is happening, but to reproduce it, I need as much info as possible to try and reproduce it. It isn’t happening very often, but often enough for me to have gotten a few reports.

Thanks guys! Happy scrolling! 🖖

    • Teflo@lemmy.worldM
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      I’ll be honest, we’re all going through withdrawal at the moment so it’s full-steam ahead!

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    1 year ago

    Also forgot to add. I’m aware of scaling issues and small text. I’m looking and thinking “damn I’m happy I have glasses”. We are working on a scale slider so you can make adjustments as you please.

    We are also reworking all of the views to pull colors from a single file. This will allow two things: 1. Users can submit their own themes to GitHub to have added to the app. Also might make a way to”download” them in the future. 2. Customize yourself in app. Bear with me please on the “shit” theme we are currently using 😅

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      Also I’m seeing the compact view has some issues. Result of a bit TOO much optimization. I’ll fix this tomorrow. Sorry about that.

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    1 year ago

    Wow, you guys are pushing out quality updates very fast! Really appreciate the teams hard work. This has been the main client I’ve been using on iOS now. Thanks for the transparency and keep up the good work everyone!

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    With this new version I’m getting a lot of “that content or community was not found” when tapping on community links.

    The communities work in the web browser.

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      Ok so it looks like I have to go into the web browser and search the community first from my home instance, then it’ll work back in the app.

      Not sure if this is a Lemmy limitation or something the app can work around, but it’s a little annoying.

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        Could be a federation bug. I’ll see if I can find a solution and will dig into how it actually works with Lemmy in general.

        Could you give me a description of all the steps you’re taking and how you eventually get it to work?

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    I am really loving the app so far. Very frequent updates and great changes so far. Loving the UI so far!!

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    Really like the app and I appreciate all the work you put in! This made the transition from reddit much easier haha

    Keep up the good work!

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    How is this app already better than the vast majority of Reddit apps out there? Kudos to you, and thanks for giving me hope for mobile Lemmy!

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    Thanks gkd!

    On the feed view tab, the only thing still missing is refreshing feed view if you’re already at the top.

    The bar at the top seems to have lost its functionality though? Tapping on the account lists the server the account is on with a > at the end, but tapping on that does nothing now. Can’t figure out how to enter community feed view anymore.

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      Pull to refresh doesn’t work for you?

      Community feed views are available by pressing either the star on the left to see your subscriptions, or press a community name in a feed.

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    My link issues seem to be fixed, I haven’t gotten any more crashes or white screens so far. Thank you!

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    GKD, thank you for all the hard work and updates. Really loving the app and very exciting to be along for the ride as Memmy grows!

    One question, is light mode coming soon? My old eyeballs get retinal burn in from dark mode, so I can only get 20-30 mins at a time before needing a break.

    On another note, I’m no programmer and can’t help there, but I am a graphic artist of 30+ years and would be more than happy to create some additional app icons for you. If you like.

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      Hey there! Light mode has been fully mocked up and will be implemented shortly. As for the icon, believe it or not we were discussing a new icon today. I’ll send you a message!

      Thank you for the kind words and the offer as well, we really appreciate it.