New iOS Lemmy app: Memmy Updated UI and Dark Theme - Apollo Inspired
New iOS Lemmy app: Memmy Updated UI and Dark Theme - Apollo Inspired
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!
Always great to have more options! But this seems very similar to Mlem in terms of goals (Apollo like). Why not combine efforts?
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.
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!
Oh it’s built with expo, nice!
This looks great! Does it work with kbin.social accounts as well?
Edit: never mind, I should have read all the comments first. Looking forward to seeing how this app progresses!
This looks amazing!!
Are you able to convert into Android too??
nvm ignore my comment, i saw the option to compile for Android!
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.
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_ Holy crap that's amazing. I might need to pull my iPhone out of the drawer
I'm not the dev. @gkd@lemmy.world deserves all the credit. He's amazing.
Thanks for the cross post! Please feel free to let me know if you guys run into any issues!
I was having such a good experience with Memmy I thought others should know about it too. The daily improvements have been amazing, keep up the great work!
Love it so far! Like some others here, I’d also love to see kbin integration if that’s possible. Thanks for putting this together!
Gonna give this app a try! Cannot see a clear search feature. Other than that looks very clean!
I have something in the works and should have it released today or tomorrow.
Showing a lot of potential, already like what I see! Can’t login with kbin currently so just hoping that will change, otherwise I’d be commenting from there now :D
Swipe options nailed the bare-bones already and the right options in the right spots! I’d love to have share as the last option on swipe left. Also needs vibration when ‘unselecting’ (?) a swipe option.
Performance is already great, smooth and no crash yet other than when trying to login with kbin. Looking forward to seeing this grow!
FYI, I don’t think kbin has enabled API access yet which is why apps won’t work with it
I just took a look at that, saw a lot of requests in TF feedback about it. I ran across something on GitHub. I'll see how similar the two are and what could be done to offer a full integration in the same app. Not sure about this one yet.
This looks great! I used Sync on Android and this looks similar. Hope to see an Android build soon.
It looks great! I’m definitely taking it for a spin and will create an issue on GH if I find any.
@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...)
I like this a lot and can tell there was a lot of work put into it. Only suggestion so far is to make it obvious in the top bar whether you’re looking at a local, subscribed, or federated sort right next to Hot, Top, etc.
I will keep using this, thanks for posting!
I just installed and loaded it up. This looks like a fantastic start. I hope I can provide feedback as I use it more!
I love it so far, better than mlem for me
Any particular reasons you like it better then Mlem?
Faster, smoother, clearly caches more aggressively so much less halting when scrolling, smaller fonts so more compact interface.
Both are so early in development though it’s basically irrelevant. Tomorrow Mlem could push a new build that includes their new interface that I’ve seen in the GitHub PRs and I’ll be back to that one. For now it’s just like Mastodon was, using all of the apps and seeing which one ends up fleshing out into a fully functional experience.
Not him, but I like how stable it is compared to Mlem. But UX wise I still like Mlem better for now. But good to see two apps already like this, both really good so far.
Have been using Mlem for a while now... But I find it worth to try and provide feedback!
Very cool. Posting from it now. Don’t like how the reply form takes up the whole screen. But given it’s v0.01 I’ll take these things in stride
While it does take up the whole view, I intend to have a few other buttons and things on screen. The comment that you're replying to will be visible under the comment section, and there will be some buttons to easily add markdown to the comment.
Using it now to post this comment. I'm really liking it, it's very smooth. Wish there was compact view but I'm sure its coming soon. I might switch over from mlem
Trying out now, it’s looking great for the first alpha release!
Just tested this. This app is AWESOME! Please keep working on it!! Will keep testing for bugs!
Edit: This is a cross post. I'm stupid lmao
Thanks for the feedback!
@gkd@lemmy.world the lead dev is browsing this post so I’m sure he’s seeing everyone’s feedback.
Is email required? I am having issues logging in with my existing account, that only has username and password. Said could not find username or email.
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Memmy is looking good. Definitely more stable at this point. It’s going to be exciting to see two different apps grow. Options are always better.
Testing it now, seems to work pretty well. Aside from search, which you said you’re working on, links don’t seem to work? It would also be nice to have somewhere to see replies to your comments/post. It would also be nice to see what instance each community comes from. Thanks for your hard work!
Wow, terrific! Love the tap to collapse, swipe to upvote, etc. Main thing in terms of common reading interactions that I’m missing from Apollo is a swipe action to collapse a thread back to its root. The app is already quite nice to use, though, thank you for sharing!
First comment from it, and I’m totally digging it over Mlem. Something about it feels more familiar to me already as a longtime RIF and Narwhal user!
This is a pretty good start. I like it a lot.
It's great to see more clients popping up. While the basic design of the feed and comment section are well thought out, I still prefer a native Swift UI application to a React Native application. I get why it's using React Native, but still.
Great job though!
Commenting through memmy. I love swiping right to upvote comments!
It says I need a code when I open the app to use it. I’m not finding a code anywhere
Click on the TestFlight link after you install TestFlight and it should automatically do it
Giving this a try!
I created an issue on GitHub but I’ll comment here also - I can enter the server name but when I go to enter my username I can enter one character and then the cursor goes back up to the server box
iPhone 13 Pro iOS 16.5
I'll try it out
Pretty cool so far, replying from the app 🙂
It is awesome. Very stable for such an early release.
Excellent! Good to see a second iOS app.
Currently posting this comment using the testflight beta, this looks pretty good! Good work :)
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?
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
Fixed that in the latest release. Sorry about that...
Other suggestions would be: Search feature (which you mentioned you would be rolling out soon) A way to block communities we don’t want to see (only option now is subscribe)
Wonderful. Where can I donate?
And is there a memmy community?
There's a "Buy me a coffee" link at the bottom of the github page: https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy
memmy@lemmy.ml is the community.
I don’t see the update. I’m still on the old version.
Have you checked the TestFlight app for an update?
Beehaw doesn’t use downvotes, but some instances do. Do the downward-facing arrows disappear, or simply not do anything when on an instance that doesn’t use downvotes? …or are those arrows something else entirely?
Ah I didn't know about this. I'll have to see how to get that information and render accordingly. Thanks for letting me know!