Hi everyone,

First of all, thanks so much for everyone using Avelon and everyone who've decided to support the development by upgrading, it really means a lot! All the feedback in the post following the release of pro was definitely insightful. If you're unaware, I recommend reading the post as well as my reply here.

I've decided to push towards a 1.0.7 release a bit earlier than planned to address everyone's feedback. My goal with these changes is to provide a wider range of features in a more basic free variant, whilst offering more extensive customization options and an even better experience as an optional upgrade. This way everyone gets to try out more stuff for free, and if you want the full capabilities you can feel confident that the features work as you'd expect. This setup is more in line with other apps as well as the feedback from all of you.

In addition to tweaks to the free tier, the update contains a new text selection tool, a new dark theme, the ability to lock the app with FaceID, more filtering options + lots of QOL improvements and bug fixes.

Full Changelog

Adjustments to the free/pro tiers

• Added a basic jump button to the free version
  • The smart jump button with extra settings and customisation remains pro
• Everyone now has access to a limited number of custom filters for free
  • The pro version includes unlimited filters and new filtering options
• The maximum number of profiles in the free tier is now three (guest + 2 custom accounts)
  • This change does not affect any accounts you've already added
  • The pro version has unlimited accounts
• Added a free 7 day trial option to enable everyone test out the pro features
• Added various descriptions to pro settings to more clearly explain what they do
• Replaced the groups “pro” tag in subscriptions with a link to a more details about the feature

New pro features

• Added ability to lock the app with FaceID
• Added new dark theme ‘Hacker man’
• Added option to place the smart jump button anywhere, not just around the edges
• Added ability to filter independently on either the post title or post body

New features, QOL improvements and bug fixes

• Added tool to select text from comments & posts
• Added ability to delete your own posts
• Added share option to links and comments
• Improved prioritizations for swipe gestures
  • This should prevent accidental downvotes when you’re trying to swipe back!
• Fixed issue where editing markdown links would sometimes show weird characters and symbols
• Limited the maximum number of smart link previews in posts
  • This should keep “link aggregation” posts from being unnecessarily long
• Fixed issue where adding accounts would sometimes fail
• Fixed issue where swipe-to-go-forward could sometimes break after tapping the navbar to go back
• Removed option to report/block yourself
• Lots of minor bug fixes and improvements

Hey everyone! For more than a month now I've been working hard on the biggest update to Avelon so far. Today I'm really excited to announce that it's finally out on the App Store! The update includes a whole bunch of cool new features for people who want that little extra and QOL improvements all-around.

Some of the highlights of this update include:

• Community groups
• App themes
• Right-edge swipe-to-go-forward gesture
• Custom app icons
• GIF/video scrubbing
• Advanced filtering tools, including keywords & instances
• Fixes to a bunch of iOS 17 related issues
• New markdown editor tools
• Smart comment jump button
• Ability to manage and clear app cache
• Support for Lemmy 0.19RC
• Lots of bug fixes & improvements all around

I really appreciate everyone who has helped with beta testing during the 1.0.6 cycle, you guys are honestly great!! It's super motivating to hear so many people enjoying the app, and as always I'm open to suggestions and feedback. I hope you find the Pro-model I've landed on a fair/decent way to run the app. I've tried my best to consider all factors like affordability, development, as well as the quality & quantity of what Pro offers - and I hope I've found a good middle ground.

As for the future: for 1.0.7 I'm thinking I'm gonna focus primarily on performance, stability & bug fixes, but I'll probably throw in some more QOL features as well. Just let me know if you're missing anything or if you find any pesky bugs or nuisances. Hope you enjoy the update!

~~Edit: Seems to be a slight issue with upgrading to pro, working on it 😅~~

Edit: Fixed!

Hi everyone!

A new update for Avelon is now out on the app store! This update adds a lot of requested features, including new search functionality, a brand new in-app browser with reader mode, a better video player, user/community instances & lots more. It also fixes all the major bugs reported.

Let me know what you think!

Full Changelog

• Added search!
  • Find posts, users, communities, comments...
  • Supports both filtering & sorting
  • Support for searching inside communities
• Brand new in-app browser
  • Reader-mode support
  • Swipe to dismiss
• Better video player
  • Fixed bug where videos would immediately pause background audio
  • Videos now keep track of where you were if you open a post
  • Hidden mute buttons for videos without sound
  • No more black bars around videos (unless they are too tall to fit on screen!)
• Added option to show community/user instances
• Added bio to profile pages
• Added option to disable haptic feedback
• Added swipe to dismiss for in-app notifications
• Improved quicksearch performance and design (the one shown when tapping the feed title)
• Compact posts now use the same font size as large posts
  • If you preferred the old look, there's a new setting to reduce the compact font size
• The account switcher now shows instances if you have multiple accounts with the same name
• Fixed bug where battery could sometimes drain in the background
• Fixed bug where posts/comments would sometimes get stuck mid-swipe-gesture when you scroll
• Fixed bug where thumbnail position setting wouldn't be saved
• Fixed bug where subscriptions page could sometimes get stuck loading
• Fixed bug where comments would sometimes be at the wrong depth after tapping "show parent comment"
• Fixed bug with image cache where it could grow indefinitely
• Cleaned up context menus a bit
• Improved & cleaned up settings a bit
• Other minor bug fixes & improvements

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4709758

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4709002

Hi everyone!

It's been quite the journey, but Avelon is finally on the App Store!

Click here to download!

The app is includes a lot of awesome features requested by the community, including:

• Sleek design that fits right in on iOS & iPadOS
• Highly customizable look & behavior
• Mark read on scroll & hide read posts
• Customizable swipe gestures
• Multiple account support
• Smart link previews in posts and comments
• Support for videos, gifs, photos & other media
• Custom font support
• Write replies with markdown highlighting
• Privacy focused - the app has no tracking of any kind
• Gallery mode + hide bars on scroll = full immersion ... and a lot more!

Screenshots

Here's some cool app store screenshots of the app:

Developing this app has been one of the best development experiences I've had, and I feel very privileged and happy to have been able to contribute to Lemmy in this way. Nothing is more motivating than seeing so many people already enjoying the app and providing suggestions and feedback.

I really hope you enjoy Avelon, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about what everyone thinks. Keep the feedback coming!

Thank you, Sigve Rokenes

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4709002

Hi everyone!

It's been quite the journey, but Avelon is finally on the App Store!

Click here to download!

The app is includes a lot of awesome features requested by the community, including:

• Sleek design that fits right in on iOS & iPadOS
• Highly customizable look & behavior
• Mark read on scroll & hide read posts
• Customizable swipe gestures
• Multiple account support
• Smart link previews in posts and comments
• Support for videos, gifs, photos & other media
• Custom font support
• Write replies with markdown highlighting
• Privacy focused - the app has no tracking of any kind
• Gallery mode + hide bars on scroll = full immersion ... and a lot more!

Screenshots

Here's some cool app store screenshots of the app:

Developing this app has been one of the best development experiences I've had, and I feel very privileged and happy to have been able to contribute to Lemmy in this way. Nothing is more motivating than seeing so many people already enjoying the app and providing suggestions and feedback.

I really hope you enjoy Avelon, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about what everyone thinks. Keep the feedback coming!

Thank you, Sigve Rokenes

Hi everyone!

It's been quite the journey, but Avelon is finally on the App Store!

Click here to download!

The app is includes a lot of awesome features requested by the community, including:

• Sleek design that fits right in on iOS & iPadOS
• Highly customizable look & behavior
• Mark read on scroll & hide read posts
• Customizable swipe gestures
• Multiple account support
• Smart link previews in posts and comments
• Support for videos, gifs, photos & other media
• Custom font support
• Write replies with markdown highlighting
• Privacy focused - the app has no tracking of any kind
• Gallery mode + hide bars on scroll = full immersion ... and a lot more!

Screenshots

Here's some cool app store screenshots of the app:

Developing this app has been one of the best development experiences I've had, and I feel very privileged and happy to have been able to contribute to Lemmy in this way. Nothing is more motivating than seeing so many people already enjoying the app and providing suggestions and feedback.

I really hope you enjoy Avelon, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about what everyone thinks. Keep the feedback coming!

Thank you, Sigve Rokenes