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Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It is written in React Native, with some self made Swift modules here and there. I wrote some background info in a previous post if you’re interested (:

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would absolutely love to implement swipe to go forward, it was one of my favorite features. I’ve tried to search how one would implement that, but so far I haven’t found anything useful sadly :(

If an iOS developer reads this and has suggestions on how this could be implemented, I would love to have a chat!

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It’s written in React Native, with some Swift modules here and there. I wrote down some more in depth behind the scenes in a previous post.

When Apollo shut down I really missed it in my day to day use, so initially this project started out as a personal project to see if I could replace that Apollo craving. Since then the development was going so well that I wanted to share it with the rest of the community as well.

Since then I’ve also build some things that imho are an improvement, for example:

the onboarding
the markdown editor
the chat interface for private messages

It’s been really fun to work on, but now that the basis is quite stable I’ll look into features that make it more tailored to Lemmy

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback! Initially this started out as a personal project, so most of the UI is tailored to my personal preference.

I’ll have a look at supporting better accessibility with regards to text sizes

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Awesome to hear! I spent quite some time on getting the video player right, so I’m glad to hear people enjoy it (:

The fact that videos don’t play when you’re viewing a post is actually a dumb thing I forgot haha. Videos get a signal to auto play as soon as they get into view of a virtualized list, since it’s not in a list when viewing a post it actually never gets the signal 😅

I’ll make sure that this is fixed it the next release

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

From what I understood the API for Kbin is still work in progress. That makes it quite a bit more difficult to create a third party client, which might explain the lack of third party Kbin clients

Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It isn’t forked from any existing Lemmy client, I built it from the ground up myself. Took me a while to get it of the ground with enough features to make it usable in the day-to-day life, but I’m quite proud of the current state :D

The design has been greatly influenced by Apollo (like a lot of other Lemmy iOS apps), so there might of course be some similarities.

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Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gromdroid@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

36 comments fedilink

Welcome to Lemma - Your New Favourite App!

I’m thrilled to introduce the very first public release of Lemma on TestFlight. Get ready to experience a whole new level of browsing the fediverse!

🌟 Key Features 🌟

Super-charged Media Viewer
Powerful Markdown Editor
Effective Search

🔥 Why You'll Love Lemma 🔥

Fully Customisable
Swipe Gestures
Multiple Accounts
Cross-post Support
Share as Image
‘Open in Lemma’ Safari Extension
Private messaging

📣 Join The Community 📣

I would love to hear from you! Join our growing community of users to share your feedback, ideas, and suggestions. Together, we'll make Lemma even better.

💡 How to Get Started 💡

Download TestFlight from the App Store if you haven't already.
Follow this link to find Lemma in TestFlight.
Tap the "Install" button to get early access to Lemma.
Explore the app, try out its features, and let me know what you think.

🤝 Feedback & Support 🤝

Your feedback is invaluable to me. If you encounter any issues, have suggestions, or just want to say hello, please reach out to the Lemma community (!lemma@lemmy.world). Thank you for being a part of our journey. Together, we'll shape the future of Lemma. Get ready to experience something amazing!

🍺 Buy Me a Beer 🍺

I’m building Lemma as a side project in my free time. If you’re enjoying Lemma and would like to say an extra thank you, you can buy me a beer ❤️

📌 Note: This is a TestFlight release, so your feedback will help me fine-tune the app for its official launch.

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Lemma - TestFlight - Public Release 🚀 (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gromdroid@lemmy.world to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

18 comments fedilink

Welcome to Lemma - Your New Favourite App!

I’m thrilled to introduce the very first public release of Lemma on TestFlight. Get ready to experience a whole new level of browsing the fediverse!

🌟 Key Features 🌟

Super-charged Media Viewer
Powerful Markdown Editor
Effective Search

🔥 Why You'll Love Lemma 🔥

Fully Customisable
Swipe Gestures
Multiple Accounts
Cross-post Support
Share as Image
‘Open in Lemma’ Safari Extension
Private messaging

📣 Join The Community 📣

I would love to hear from you! Join our growing community of users to share your feedback, ideas, and suggestions. Together, we'll make Lemma even better.

💡 How to Get Started 💡

Download TestFlight from the App Store if you haven't already.
Follow this link to find Lemma in TestFlight.
Tap the "Install" button to get early access to Lemma.
Explore the app, try out its features, and let me know what you think.

🤝 Feedback & Support 🤝

Your feedback is invaluable to me. If you encounter any issues, have suggestions, or just want to say hello, please reach out to the Lemma community (!lemma@lemmy.world). Thank you for being a part of our journey. Together, we'll shape the future of Lemma. Get ready to experience something amazing!

🍺 Buy Me a Beer 🍺

I’m building Lemma as a side project in my free time. If you’re enjoying Lemma and would like to say an extra thank you, you can buy me a beer ❤️

📌 Note: This is a TestFlight release, so your feedback will help me fine-tune the app for its official launch.

Several Lemmy iOS apps look to have left TestFlight! by gromdroid in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kind of a shameless plug, but you could have a look at !lemma@lemmy.world.

The ‘Share as Image’ feature is still work in progress, it doesn’t handle very long threads that well yet, but overall I think it’s working quite well already.

I pushed a new release yesterday, once that’s approved by Apple I will announce (and share) the public TestFlight link!

Lemma: Enhance Your Lemmy Experience on iOS! by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It’s not some random “it’s all inspired by the same thing”

But it is? I think Apollo has a special place in the hearts of most iOS Reddit users, so it's only natural that we use this as inspiration. For example these are screenshots of Apollo that I used:

For the icons I'm using Apple's SF Symbols, which is probably the same as Memmy uses.

Lemma: Enhance Your Lemmy Experience on iOS! by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I can see where you're coming from, since I have a separate page on my homescreen with all the iOS Lemmy apps as well, but I built this UI myself. However, I must admit that my design has been greatly influenced by Apollo (like a lot of other Lemmy iOS apps). In fact, I have a folder filled with Apollo screenshots that I captured before it went offline, using them as a source of inspiration. While I genuinely believe that Memmy is an exceptional app with a lot of features that I haven't even built yet, my main objective was to challenge myself into building an app that has the same native iOS feeling like Apollo.

Lemma: Enhance Your Lemmy Experience on iOS! by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's definitely on my list! Together with Share as Image, those two were my absolute favorite features of Apollo

Lemma: Enhance Your Lemmy Experience on iOS! by gromdroid in c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

[-] gromdroid@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get it, right now it's not perfect, but I'm starting with a closed beta to work out the kinks first. Once we've got that sorted, anyone can hop in and join the beta with a simple link (:

Edit: It is indeed like @mrmoj0rising said a way for me to invite people to the group in TestFlight. I'm pretty new to publishing apps on TestFlight too, so I'm still learning as I go but I figured this was the best way to start.

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Lemma: Enhance Your Lemmy Experience on iOS! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by gromdroid@lemmy.world to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world

53 comments fedilink

Hey everyone! I'm thrilled to announce Lemma, yet another Lemmy client for iOS!

As a longtime fan of Christian's work with Apollo, like many others in the Lemmy community, I embarked on developing Lemma when Apollo closed its doors. My goal was to create a native feeling iOS experience that captured the essence of Lemmy.

What began as a personal project to challenge my technical skills has now evolved into something remarkable. I'm delighted to share Lemma with the world, even though it's still in its beta phase. I'm continuously working on adding more features every day. At the moment, the focus is on optimizing the viewing experience and discovering new communities. Soon, I'll be incorporating features like submitting new posts and responding to existing posts and comments.

Key Features:

Super-Charged Media Viewer
- From videos and GIFs to (Imgur) albums, Lemma supports it all.
- Lemma goes the extra mile by parsing the body of posts to find even more media than most other apps. For example, it can collect all images inside a markdown post, displaying them in a neat image album overview.
Powerful Search
- Lemma seamlessly integrates with Lemmyverse.net, making it easier than ever to discover new communities.
Fully Customizable
- Personalize your experience with 16 themes (both dark and light mode), 6 comment color themes, and a compact post viewing mode.
Swipe Gestures
- Upvoting, downvoting, or saving a post? With Lemma, it's just a swipe away.
Share as Image
- Sometimes, a picture says more than a thousand words.
Safari Extension
- Effortlessly open Lemmy content in Lemma using the built-in Safari Extension.
Cross-Post Support
- Stay updated with cross-posts in your feed.
Multiple Accounts

TestFlight

In the coming days, I'll be launching Lemma on TestFlight for a closed beta. If you'd like to be part of Lemma's development, sign up using the form below:

https://forms.gle/38YK7Merm1MzzcP89

Join the Lemma Community:

Excited about Lemma? Want to connect with other users, share feedback, and stay up-to-date on the latest developments? Join our community at lemmy.world and be a part of shaping the future of Lemma!

!lemma@lemmy.world