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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Anyone else prefer the app over the desktop website? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Idk it just seems to work/look better and doesn't sign me out whenever I go on some certain instances

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely prefer the app because it has a critical feature for me: tap to collapse

I read a lot of the comments and being able to quickly collapse them is absolutely essential. There's no way I'm able to hit that tiny little box in the webgui on mobile.

I've signed up to support the dev because honestly, for an alpha this is pretty good. It seems to get timeout errors all the time even when the vote goes through, and you're right it's annoying that it can't load Lemmy links internally, but it's a great start and I hope it continues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Although it's still missing the button to go to the next top level comment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That was one of my favourite boost features. And you could use your volume button to jump.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There are functionalities that are missing but overall I'm pretty satisfied, for an alpha release

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Jerboa was the reason for me to take the plunge and actually create an account. It feels very similar to Sync out of the box which I have been using to browse Reddit before. But there are definitely some rough edges still that need to be ironed out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not Sync for Reddit, but it gets the job done. Hopefully more development can be made seeing the user base is growing so fast

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't take my desktop pc to the toilet so...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, you can, but you choose not to..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

you got me

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm back and forth. I made a Firefox app and it works. I use Jerboa and it works. I'm waiting to see which one comes out on top in the coming weeks before making a decision.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can I use jerboa with kbin?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you can follow kbin magazines with your lemmy account, an then I suppose they'll show up in Jerboa.

You cannot use Jerboa as a client directly for kbin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely not! Clicking on links to a LOT of other communities/posts ends up opening a web browser within Jerboa to view the content. I got so tired of it that I moved to the mobile web site and now the user interface is consistent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is very true, the app is definitely not perfect and I still do use desktop for moments like those, I just find that more manageable than it signing me out everytime I'm on certain instances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's fixed in an upcoming release. I forget if it's 0.0.34 or whatever comes next, but that was implemented in the last week.

It's a fast moving project, so check back in every week or two. It may be a bumpy ride in the next couple weeks as lemmy (the server bit) gets a new release and instances slowly upgrade, so have some patience with it in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s an app?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think someone needs to make a /c/lost_lemmings or something. ;)