Mlem for Lemmy

I like this happy looking guy. I originally thought his ears were his arms - now I just keep thinking of it that way. Like a white Kirby reaching for the stars.

Anyway, I enjoy the app very much and support what y’all are doing.

Mlem 1.1.1 is now available on the App Store, bringing 0.19 compatibility, new icons, and some highly-requested features!

Major Features

• 0.19 compatibility. Mlem is now up to date with the latest Lemmy (0.19.0-rc.12, as of this posting), meaning that users on lemmy.ml, lemmy.sdf.org, and other instances running bleeding-edge beta builds can once again use Mlem!
• New default app icon designed by our very own Sjmarf. The classic Clay/s icons are still available in Settings > Appearance > App Icon, where you will find another new icon (Alien) and a neater icon organization system.
• Tapping the Feeds, Inbox, and Profile icon now scrolls to the top if you are already in that tab

Minor Features

• Updated the image viewer. It now appears much faster, and allows saving and sharing the image via context menu (long press).
• Jump button can now be placed in the center
• User labels can now display multiple flairs, including a new "banned” flair
• Added top 3/6/9 months sort modes
• Rewrote inbox backend. It should still behave the same, but it’s much more efficient now.
• Added context menus to search results
• Search bar is now always shown in the search tab
• Improved “no posts found” message
• Added a reset button to the Widget Wizard
• Adjusted haptic feedback
• Improved account deletion page

Bug Fixes

• Fixed compact comments not appropriately displaying vote status when net votes are displayed
• Fixed crashes and state loss when moving to the background on iPad

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

Tiny update that adds a prompt to reauthenticate when logging into a 0.19 server for the first time. This should fix the incorrect_login errors that users have been reporting.

While browsing your feed you can swipe a post to up/downvote it, or reply to it. However if you are within the post itself this does not appear possible and you have to use the buttons. Can this be changed?

Collapsing a post/comment currently only needs a slight touch, and as such I have collapsed posts, or a comment while merely trying to scroll. Can this action be made to require a long touch (or give us the option?)

If either of these are already available within the app would someone point me to the settings as I have been unable to find them.

While browsing in dark mode the color of the instance is very close to the background in color. Is it possible this could be made the same color as the community name? My poor eyesight is having a really hard time reading the instance name and there are some I just would rather avoid.

Thanks to the feedback from our wonderful TestFlight users, we’ve fixed a number of bugs with the 1.1.1 RC.

Features

• Jump button can now be placed in the center

Bug Fixes

• Fixed decoding error when marking posts as read that caused the error haptic to trigger every time a post was opened or an image was viewed
• Fixed being unable to block users from a post
• Fixed being unable to edit own posts from the expanded post view
• Fixed image uploading not working on 0.19 instances

At first I thought maybe the users i was attempting to block were mods or admins or something because i keep getting a message "unable to block xxxxxx" then i tried using another app without issue.

Any reason why mlem does not allow user blocking? I had tried on both my ipad and my iphone.

We have achieved (hopefully) full 0.19 compatibility, and added a couple new features while we’re at it!

Features

• 0.19 compatibility. You should now be able to properly log into and use accounts on instances running 0.19.
• Double tap feed, inbox, and profile to scroll to the top
• New image viewer. We’ve moved from QuickLook to a popup sheet that appears much faster and lets you long press the image to save, share, or open the full QuickLook interface.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crashes and state loss when moving to the background on iPad
• Sorting by top 3/6/9 months now works

@mlemapp hi Mlem, how do I post in your app please?
I’m going nuts trying to figure this out

If you do not have the YouTube app installed and you open a YouTube link there is no way to close the YouTube window that opens and return to mlem without closing mlem.

Device: ipad pro 11" (2018)

iOS: current, non-beta

Mlem: test flight

I’ve noticed that comments I’ve made where the overall score is negative don’t show up when looking in the Comments tab under my profile. Is this a problem with Mlem, or the instance I’m using?

Is there an icon key for the user icons mlem uses? It appears the hammer is moderator, maybe? And the >_ is bot? I looked through all of the settings within mlem and could not find anything that showed what is what it a way to change it.

It looks absolutely amazing

We have released our first release candidate for 1.1.1 to TestFlight. This is a backend-focused update that adds compatibility with Lemmy 0.19 and cleans up some of our backend logic.

Features

• Rewrote inbox backend. This is the biggest thing to test in this release, since we’ve implemented a completely new approach to displaying feeds that we hope to roll out across the app. There shouldn’t be any new behavior (although swipe actions should feel a tiny bit smoother), but it’s way more computationally efficient and should be easier to work with moving forwards.
• Added Lemmy 0.19 compatibility and features (note that these features are only available on the few instances currently running 0.19 pre-release software):
  • Added option to delete posts and comments when deleting your account
  • Added cursor-based pagination, which should result in slightly more efficient page loading
• Added context menus to search results
• Improved “no posts found” message
• Search bar is now always shown in the search tab
• Added a reset button to the Widget Wizard
• Organized app icons by creator
• Added a new icon, “Alien Mlem,"" by Sjmarf
• Adjusted haptic feedback
• Improved account deletion page

Bug Fixes

• Fixed compact comments not appropriately displaying vote status when net votes are displayed

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

This has been happening quite a lot lately, i switch to safari to get a link to post to lemmy and when i come back to mlem the page reloading (i was viewing a thread in all, but upon copying the link i am back at my default viewing of subscribed and unable to find the thread again.) Can mlem not reload when you are within a thread? Or provide a quick way back to where you were?

ETA: This appears to only be happening on my iPad Pro. I opened Mlem on my phone after posting this and the thread I was browsing hours ago was still open.

Anyone else seeing mlem login issues? Guess my instance may have updated. I was getting a parse error on my user page, tried reinstalling/relogging but now cant log in with mlem. works ok on the webservice, though.

I will check bug reports for this but I noticed mlem refreshes the feed when you change from portrait to landscape or vice-versa. Happens when trying to switch aspects while viewing an image, which loses the image, which is Very Annoying. Anyone else have same experience?

For UI consistency, tapping the Feed button after you’re already in the Feed View should scroll to the top of the feed. That’s what similar apps do (like tapping the News button in Apple News).

If you’re worried about accidental taps, pressing it a second time should take you back to where you were in the feed.

The other toolbar buttons should work similarly. If you’re in the Inbox and you tap a comment, tapping Inbox should take you back to the main inbox. Tapping Inbox when you’re already in the inbox should scroll to the top of the Inbox (if you’re not there already).

Trying to click a link in the top of a post is way too difficult.

1. You can’t open a text link from the newsfeed. You have to open the post, then tap the link.

2. Even in the opened post, the link is next to impossible to open if the text is too close to the preview link at the top of the post.

For an example, try tapping “discussion on Hacker News” link in any of the hacker news posts. 99% of the time it will take you to the linked story instead of the discussion.

Example post…

https://derp.foo/post/367260

It’s a short lived feature I loved having on Apollo as it made you feel more connected with the community you were lurking on as it would enable you to know the current weather conditions of the communities based on places.

Hi Mlem Community,

It’s been a bit quiet here recently, so I just wanted to let you all know what we’ve been up to in the last couple weeks.

Development Progress

The current development cycle has been very backend-focused, so there hasn’t been much shiny new stuff to push to the TestFlight. We’ve instead been developing stable long-term solutions to thorny problems that we didn’t have time to address while we were racing towards core features. There should be a TestFlight coming out soon-ish with some major backend rework that will make the app more stable and robust.

Donations

We are extremely excited to announce that you can now donate to the project!

Where do I donate?

Right here

What will the money be used for?

100% of the money that you donate goes directly towards the project. It will be used to cover operating expenses (e.g., Xcode cloud server time), dev tools, and new features like push notifications that cost some money to operate.

Our donations are run through Open Collective, which means that all of our income and expenses are fully transparent so you can donate with confidence.

What do I get for donating?

The eternal gratitude of the development team, a bright future for Mlem, and some cool updates down the line. Due to App Store restrictions, we cannot currently offer perks as a reward for donation; see below for more details.

Can I donate in-app?

Not yet. In-app purchases must go through the App Store, which requires a whole bunch of additional setup that we are currently still working on. The App Store also prohibits us from selling “content or functionality” through any market but the App Store (App Store review guidelines §3.1.1), which is why we can’t offer tangible rewards right now.

Will functionality ever be paywalled?

Absolutely not, and nor will we ever run ads. Ads and paywalled functionality violate the fundamental philosophy of the Fediverse: social media created by and for the community, free of corporate influence, supported by nothing more than the community’s desire for the platform. When we do get our in-app purchases up and running, we will never restrict the functionality of the app; every feature will be available to every user. Rewards will be in the form of digital bling (e.g., a custom flair visible to all Mlem users), wholly cosmetic perks (e.g., special icons or color themes), or bragging rights (e.g., a shoutout on our info page).

If you have any questions, drop them below and we’ll do our very best to answer them.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Hi!

We all try to make the lemmy fediverse active by posting interesting content! It's currently painful to share a picture I just took. I would love to share it easily.

Currently :

• I take a picture
• I select "share..." in the iOS menu
• I send it to myself as an email to resize it (otherwise it will be rejected because it's too heavy)
• I save the picture in my photos
• I launch a lemmy app
• I go to the right community
• I create a new post
• I browse the photo library to get the picture

What I would love :

• I take a picture
• I select "share..." in the iOS menu, I find a lemmy app
• I am ready to select the community
• (The lemmy app resizes the picture for me)

I know that it is not an easy feature to implement. However, the lemmy fediverse would gain activity from it.

Also : it's less painful, but sharing an URL directly from the browser would also be a must.

Currently, as far as I understand, there is no notification support. May I ask, is it on roadmap?

Hi! Thanks to the devs for their great work with this app. I've enjoyed using it as my primary since the latest update. I was wondering if there are plans to implement different theme (highlight) colors instead of the standard blue. I like the blue just fine, but would sure love other options to choose from like Lemmy's mint green. I imagine other users would welcome this option as well. Thanks for the consideration! ✌️ 🙂