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Bruno Finger @beehaw.org

I am working on a new lemmy app for iOS and Android, here's my current progress

❗❗❗ Announcing the official community here: !beyond@lemm.ee and also announcing the first open testing for the alpha version is available for Android here: https://lemm.ee/post/688038 ❗❗❗

Hi all, keeping this post short, I am working on a new Lemmy app for iOS and Android, heavily inspired on the Infinity for Reddit app.

The app is very much still a work in progress, but I's like to share some screenshots and a few MVP functionalities already implemented:

Screenshots

Already implemented:

  • Anonymous browsing;
  • Login;
  • Multiple accounts support;
  • Account switcher;
  • Post cards
  • Sorting posts by Lemmy's sorting options (Active/Hot/New/etc..);
  • Listing posts by Lemmy's listing options (Subscribed/Local/All);
  • Upvote, downvote (and counters), comment counter, save;
  • Mark post as read;
  • Infinite post scrolling (keep on scrolling, app loads more posts in the background);

What's next before I make it available in the app stores (MVP):

  • Post view (see post's comments);
  • Add a comment to a post;
  • Create a post;
  • A sexier selected account card on the sidebar;

What's still to do before I can call it a beta version:

  • Profile view;
  • Community view (rules mods other details);
  • Search;
  • Dark mode;

What's to come after:

  • Custom theming/Material You support;
  • Advanced post filters;
  • Community groups (Add communities to a group, see posts only from selected group);
  • A video player with controls over speed playback and maybe quality if possible;
  • Alternative posts view (compact card, list, etc)
  • Other cool misc options.

Dreams:

  • Kbin and Mastodon accounts support.

Keep an eye for future posts, I may be able to announce the MVP by the end of this week if everything goes well, but I can't promise anything :)

EDIT:

This post got so much traction than I had predicted. Thank you so much for all your comments and ideas! I tried to reply to as many as I could.

I also collected from this post a bunch of good suggestions from you which for now I am keping track of here: https://brunofinger.notion.site/brunofinger/Beyond-45cabaae7f724cd5ad2b77d902e9a97e

The app name probably will be "Beyond" as suggested by a couple of users here, and really like this idea as it creates a sort of symbolic link to Infinity as the inspiration for my work by the famous "To Infinity and Beyond" phrase :)

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  • Quick update today I worked on the sidebar, I've hidden the items buttons that still don't do anything, added some icons, created a nice card for the logged in account. The only thing I am still not happy with is the contrast of the account name vs the background image, so I will look into something to fix that soon.

    I am still not sure where to post this those kind of updates, maybe a community is not such a bad idea but I cannot create communities on beehaw, maybe I will create one on another instance and mod it from this account. In any case, I will post that info here too.

    • Another update, with basic post and comments view ready, we should be soon approaching an alpha release date so you all can have a look by yourselves :)

      • Just another quick update, I got the domain beyond.onl and I'm planning to run a small Lemmy instance there. I probably won't be allowing account creations but I will be creating some official communities for Beyond announcements there.

        The idea is to have a community where you can follow for new post updates about Beyond and comment, suggest features and improvements etc.

        I will probably host it somewhere like Azure, I am not sure, as I have no idea of the costs associated with it, so I will be taking it very slowly and see how that will turn out. Maybe at some point I will open it up for new users too, let's see :)

        • Not sure if this works Bruno, but here you can create a free server in the cloud:

          https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/

          Don't understand what you need.... Have a look

          I am running my webserver here for free, works fine !!

      • can't wait to try this out, thanks for all your hard work on this!!!

      • I realized I haven't post anything new in a couple of days, so here's another quick update, made tons of improvements already and have also identified a few points for future improvements that I will be addressing soon.

        All posts and comments action buttons work now, so you can upvote, downvote, save, share, etc, all the basic things you'd expect are there.

        Today I also started working on the commenting feature, so you can reply directly to a post or a comment in a post. This isn't ready yet but there's a bunch of progress. As soon as this feature specifically is ready, I believe I am ready to announce an alpha version. Keep in mind this is very much barebones, with the minimal functionality to keep it usable and fun. There aren't any customizations or settings yet, but slowly we will be getting there. I will also be happy to collect some of your feedback.

        Here's a new screenshot :)

        • This is it everyone! I've submitted the alpha version for open testing on Google Play and the app is currently in review. iOS will follow later this week.

          Again keep in mind the app is still very limited but there are the basic features you can use to browse, comments, etc. We will be getting better with time, and your feedback will be much appreciated!

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