Watch out! Theres another update incoming 🎉
This release has a lot of changes under the hood which will pave the way for better performance overall, and hopefully allow for shiner features in the future! There’s a lot of quality of life changes in this one to make your experience hopefully better.
Since this release has a lot of under-the-hood changes, its expected that bugs may show up that were previously not there. Please open up a GitHub issue if you find any of those!
Obligatory message: If there are any developers out there who want to contribute to this project, that would be greatly appreciated!
To see the full details of this release, check out the GitHub release announcement: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B8
For those on TestFlight, the update should automatically install on your device. For those who obtained the app through IzzyOnDroid, that update should eventually reach your devices!
There is also a discussion page here for any general discussions about this release if anyone is interested: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/discussions/115
I am so glad to see all the support for this so far, and it has truly been incredible. Thank you all for helping me build this app, and let’s continue to make it even better
For those on Android, theres a few things I would like to get your feedback on (I don’t have a physical Android device so I cant see it for myself):
- How does the icon look like to you? Has it improved from last time?
- How is Material You? Does it work as expected?
- Did the name of the app change to Thunder instead of thunder (capital case vs lower case)?
Icon looks great, Thunder is capitalized! Material You is working beautifully, though I might consider having it theme the floating New Post button as well?
AMAZING release, dude!
- Icon’s great now! Fills the full app circle
- Material You works as expected! Colors are themed correctly
- It’s now Thunder instead of thunder
The icon changed to a full black circle with the logo in the middle as it should be and the “T” is now capitalized. I am running Android 11 so no Material You testing for me. That was adden in Android 12 and up
The app feels amazing! One thing that I personally want is the possibility to share images, gif or videos as they are, not only as a link to the post…
Other than that, I’m switching from connect!
@darklightxi this app is still under development but it’s very promising.
the icon for me is a square with white background, and the loading posts is a hit or miss, but still it’s way better then all other clients I have tried in it’s current state, nice
I just downloaded the app. I love the feel, look & everything so far!
I’m such a baby at this, so please excuse my ignorance. But I can’t seem to like comments under posts. Am I just missing something?
Also I don’t know where to find my comments that I’ve made. Again, am I just so dumb I can’t find it? How do I see My posts & comments & how do I like other ppl’s comments? Please & thank you.
Sorry, I didn’t know where else to ask this. 🥺 I love this app so much rn.
Hey! Thanks for trying Thunder out :D I would like to preface this by mentioning that this is still in (what I would consider) very very early alpha. Because of this, there’s still a lot of features that I’m working hard to bring to everyone in the community!
But I can’t seem to like comments under posts.
You can perform actions on comments by swiping on them! Currently, that’s the only way to upvote/downvote, save, and reply to comments
Also I don’t know where to find my comments that I’ve made.
This is currently in the works! In the next release, I’m hoping to have a more detailed profile view where you can see your posts, comments, and hopefully saved items
I hope this answers your questions!
You added everything I asked for and everything else I secretly wished for! What an amazing update, you are awesome! The new icon and Material You theming are A+, thank you so much for all your work on Thunder.
Is the Android version 64-bit only? I can’t install it on my older phone with 32b system.
Yoooo this is the best Lemmy Android app I’ve tried by far! Will this be on the Play Store eventually?
Congrats for the monet icon!
Wow this is a great app. So smooth!
e: Please add kbin support
Everything looks good but I am experiencing some skipping or lag when scrolling down.
Yup, I’m aware of some performance issues and I’ll hopefully have some improvements to those soon
No rush, just making mention of it. Keep up the great work!
Loving the swipe to upvote function. Reminds me of Relay ☺️
Love the update! Default sorting options and default starting page is just what I was waiting for. I have found two regressions so far on android:
- It’s now impossible to exit the app by pressing the back button multiple times. Not a big deal, but annoying.
- The swipe gestures to upvote/downvote/reply/save no longer vibrate when swiping on comments, only on posts. I suspect I have upvoted many comments by accident while trying to scroll.
Nice update! Any word on support for refresh rates above 60? Whenever I scroll on my 120hz screen phone the app feels like it’s lagging.
Hey! I am aware of the performance issues and am working to improve them slowly over time
Thanks! Just to clarify, it’s locked to 60Hz on Android. So it’s not that the performance is dipping, it just doesn’t seem to support high refresh screens.
Can we get fully collapsed comment threads back as an option? Also when a comment is collapsed, there should be some indication that there are child comments hidden
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