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Would love a mobile app, at some point. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since the reason so many people moved because of the third-party app changes, wouldn't it make sense for a Lemmy app to be made. Obviously not yet since the developers are already under a lot of stress with the amount of new users Lemmy is gaining.

Still, it would make me 100% swap full-time to Lemmy. Keep up the good work though.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Android already does have an app, Jerboa: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa/

Not sure about iOs, since I don't use it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Think it's called mlem?

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

That's what I've been using, and I enjoy it. Similar to the website, but a bit more convenient.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good thing is some Reddit apps announced plans of supporting Lemmy or other Fediverse accounts and I wish they follow through.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you know which ones have announced plans?

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

I don't have a list but the one I use RedReader have expressed a possibility. It won't be surprising if other capable devs would also do it and I'm surprised it's not as common as Twitter+Mastodon apps in the mid-2010s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

others have mentioned jerboa for android and there is mlem for ios! both are listed here if you want to look into them https://join-lemmy.org/apps/

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

Worth mentioning that mlem is in a very early stage of development. Expect daily testflight updates and missing features. I like it so far though! [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Also: it’s fairly useless on an iPad, because it’s simply a scaled iPhone version. Lots of wasted real estate and no fun.

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

I might have misunderstood this, but I think the Kbin developer was considering emulating the Reddit API. So existing Reddit apps could just be plugged into it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Check out jerboa! Just a couple days ago I would have told you it isn't worth it but in these days they have made a lot of improvement after much needed help from volunteers.

Also you can install lemmy as a progressive web app from chrome or firefox easily and it's also great.

I also hope for a better alternative, since I am used to the experience that Boost for reddit gives, but really I'm not missing reddit at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't feel as much need for an app, because the web interface works well on my phone and isn't slow and full of ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Since others have mentioned jerboa and Mlem already, you can also install your instances webpage as a PWA. Navigate to the page in Firefox or chrome on mobile (idk about safari) and click the install option within the browser settings. Then click to add to homescreen.