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Is there any feedback of the current blackout? Feels like everything will be over soon and it's going on like before. (lemmy.world)
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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm using "jerboa for Lemmy". Is that the best option? Feels very beta.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's because it's actually still alpha ;)

Definitely plenty of kinks to work out. Give it time, it's still very new.

[–] pinwurm@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please keep in mind that Reddit was around for almost 10 years before an App was created.
I'm sure the developers of Jerboa are working hard for a full & stable release, especially before Reddit's 3rd Party Kill Date of 6/30/23

The best option for Android will likely be Tildes App by the 'Reddit is Fun' developer. Source. While Tildes is not Lemmy, it does Federate with it and you'll be able to access Lemmy.ml communities.

Swipe to Vote app applied for TestFlight approval today for a beta test. I'm not sure if this will be iOS only or have an Android counterpart.

I'm using the beta for mlem on iOS - but there is no Android version.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was using Jerboa before, but honestly I think just using the browser page for Lemmy is better. Load up your preferred instance in your phone's web browser and then in your browser options hit "add as app" or "add to home screen"

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Huh, I didn't even realize it was a PWA, I never got the prompt on the first load (or I didn't notice it). That actually works pretty nicely. Only problem is that you can only use it for one instance.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh never saw that "install app" on Chrome before, just "add to home screen". Is this just like a shell that hides the address bar?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically yes. Some websites are more designed for it than others and behave as what's called a "progressive web app". If you ever hear PWA, basically what that means is that it's a browser app pretending to be a desktop app.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Ah I'm familiar with PWA, really they should be the future. Google has a love hate relationship with Android, so they push PWA.

[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

This is it for Android. And it's basically all betas right now, this is all very new and development takes time.