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Mlem for Lemmy

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Download the latest Mlem for Lemmy 0.1.0(14) TestFlight beta for iOS 16+ (new signup required!)

After a change in leadership and another massive reorganization, we've brought you another INCREDIBLY MASSIVE update full of new features and improvements to Mlem that we just know you're going to love! Hooray!

NEW ADDITIONS

  • Swipe-to-vote
  • Community list and search View between accounts page and Feed Tab
  • Added communities list to the feed tab to browse your favorites and subscribed communities
  • Post/comment saving
  • Colored thread indicators
  • Updated NSFW tag/blur
  • Revamped usernames to show OP, Moderators, bots, etc.
  • Community image headers
  • Beautiful, new Community sidebars
  • Much-improved functionality with iOS's Accessibility tools Guided Access, VoiceOver, and Screen Reader

BUG FIXES

  • LemmyAPI 0.18.0 compatibility

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Comment reply button is temporarily missing. Swipe left to reply for now, and we'll get the button back in the next build!
  • Community List/Search view may not show remote instances until widespread adoption of LemmyAPI v0.18.0 which just released. Be patient!
  • Swipe voting on posts have a slight delay to feedback due to server delay
  • Feed sort setting may not persist after updates

MORE TO COME

  • Full a11y compliance which should work perfectly with iOS's Accessibility functionality like Guided Access and Screen Reader coming. Each build comes with increased functionality!
  • New Profile Tab
  • Messages Tab
  • New & improved fullscreen image viewer
  • Inbox notifications
  • Custom app icons

Again, please keep in mind that this is an early beta. As such, it's not feature-complete and there will be bugs and unexpected behavior. Enjoy testing, and we look forward to hearing your bug reports via TestFlight and your feedback! You can comment here or come chat with us in The Mlem Space on Matrix.

We'd like to dedicate this release to David, for creating the foundation without which we could have built nothing.

And to Christian Selig, for being the trailblazer and guiding light to every iOS developer, granting every one of us the vision to build great things our users will love and remember forever.

Enjoy!

The Mlem Team

EDIT: ok, there's some confusion with users of the old beta-- DELETE IT! It no longer works, and we had to distribute a new beta. After you delete the old beta, you can sign up for the new TestFlight beta by tapping/clicking the link above! The group is limited in capacity, so get it quickly!

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This release has cemented my belief that Mlem will be the default iOS Lemmy experience. Incredible work on display here. To everyone at the Mlem team thank you so much and can’t wait to see what the future is for Mlem!!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how very generous of you to say! thank you!

we have worked extremely had to make it the best experience we can, and continue to work very hard to bring you all of the features you want and love!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Loving the new app updates.

Random question not app related. How did you get an icon next to your name?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Looks like you have an icon next to your name 😁

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I have the test flight versions of Mlem and Memmy installed. Lately I’ve been opening Memmy more because the UI was better to me.

Until today.

I grabbed the new Teatflight link, downloaded it and opened it up. I had to check to make sure I opened the right app!

Sure there are some performance issues and glitches to get worked out - but Wow! It looks really nice now!

Great job! Looking forward to future updates.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is the same for me, I love the look of Mlem and really hope development keeps going strong. Really rooting for this team

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same here! Wow love the new update!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The compact UI is 🤌🏻

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

congrats to the team, this is a very smooth iteration so far! The new community tab is clear and concise, love the direction this app is going.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Wow! This update is absolutely wonderful! I am amazed at how far you've come in such a short period of time. I first installed Mlem the night before the Reddit blackout started, and you've definitely come leaps and bounds since then. Great job!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Awesome! Quick question!

When will gifs/videos be a thing? I hardly see them on the Fediverse. Is this an ActivityPub limitation or will an app, hopefully Mlem, address this?

Thanks for your work! Really enjoying this!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Just a guess but they are a lot more storage and bandwidth, so maybe they are being avoided.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Finally I could get into the beta and all I can say is wow, I’m in love with this app 🤩

Keep up the good work!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The new voting experience and comment collapse are insanely enjoyable

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yay I got it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Swiping to go back has a delay, as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

we'e working on it, but, please feel free to open an issue on our Issue Tracker on our GitHub repo! That way our dev team will have something to keep an eye on!

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

Looks great, posting from the new beta! First thing i noticed is the big text you use at the top of this, in the main feed, it is way too big, taking up a lot of space :) Good work guys, looking forward to all the work you guys do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, this post from the main feed is unclickable. https://beehaw.org/post/731374 I can’t view the comments as clicking anywhere takes me to the embedded link. :)

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

Lovely to hear more about the team. Congrats on the latest release and looking forward to the future of Mlem!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How’d you get a new version? Mlem disappeared from TestFlight for me, and hasn’t come back as far as I can tell …

Is there a new link to sign up?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

ok, there’s some confusion with users of the old beta-- DELETE IT! It no longer works, and we had to distribute a new beta. After you delete the old beta, you can sign up for the new TestFlight beta by tapping/clicking the link above! The group is limited in capacity, so get it quickly!

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

It’s the blue link in the first line of this post.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Lol, I had an old version of Mlem that didn’t actually show me the blue link — no wonder I was confused. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My god this update is amazing! You fixed Lemmy for me mate!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I’ve never been able to login with my self-hosted instance using Mlem but all of the other apps work just fine….I just updated Lemmy to 0.18 and this new beta still gives error messages…. “uses an outdated instance of Lemmy that Mlem doesn’t support” but I’ve been running the current stable versions the entire time. Any ideas?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

PM me some test credentials and I can debug this when I get a chance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

we want all of of terror message data you can send us. create an issue on our repo, and we'll do what we can!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This app is coming along very nicely and really reminds me of Apollo. Excellent job! -Posted from Mlem

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

we can but stand on the shoulders of giants

[–] ImFresh3x 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still having an issue on my sh.itjust.work account not showing any posts when I got to all. My lemmy.ml account works fine. Tried singing in and out. Didn’t help.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many instances are upgrading to the new LemmyAPI 0.18 and are experiencing lags and downtime during that process. We just happened to launch this new beta at the same time. Be patient with them!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found the swipe to be a tad sensitive, the comments and posts wiggle a bit to the side when I scroll past it. Also, I can’t find the search, I’m on the latest beta. Help?

Besides that, this app is solid and I’m trying it over Memmy. I like the design more.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Love this update! Keep up the good work!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see that the community list may not show remote instances - but mine only seems to show remote instances. All my subscribed communities are only showing ones outside of Lemmy.ml

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looks great, guys. Well done!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm glad to see this TestFlight out so soon, it's starting to feel nice and familiar now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@BrooklynMan @mlemapp where do I get an invitation code from?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Managed to get in on the Beta - the app is looking fantastic and has pulled me across from Kbin. Keep up the good work!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what does the setting for ‘vote complex style’ do?

I can’t tell by switching between the options

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

Just like one of the other comments the mlem app disappeared from testflight for me. I'm still using the app almost daily, that was odd.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You need to delete the old one and then click the new sign-up link at the top of this post. we had to start a new test cycle, so you need to sign up again!

[–] timmytbt 2 points 1 year ago

Excellent. Freaked out for a second when the previous beta wasn't working! This new version is looking really great. Thanks!

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