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Sync for Lemmy @lemmy.world

Ljdawson (Sync dev) @lemmy.world

1y ago

Sync for Lemmy Beta 96 release notes

New

Support for Lemmy 0.19
Lots and lots of refactoring cleaning up technical debt
Added "Account settings" to replace "Lemmy Settings"
- This new section syncs up with your Lemmy account
- A few things will need updating such as your nsfw setting and sort

Changes

Any action that fail now alerts the user via notification
Show / hide NSFW has been moved to Settings > Account settings (this now respects your account choice)
Sort has been moved to Settings > Account settings (this also now respects your account choice)
Removed "mark posts as read" and "remember across devices" as Lemmy does this automatically

Github issues closed

Tasker Integration: Action Configuration Broken & No Post Syncing #350
User domain not shown in posts for accounts with a custom name #118
Portrait 2 columns layout bug #11
Unsubscribe action fails silently #151
S4L doesn't expose Bot account preferences #173
Show NSFW content doesn't sync with Hide NSFW Posts #170
Show scores doesn't sync with account setting #171
Disabling "mark posts as read" does not work #356
Show Read Posts not synced with Hide Read #174
Default sort settings not shared with web app #163
Show Profile Pictures doesn't sync with Show Avatars #172
S4L doesn't pull/ignores web settings #70
Crash when Biometric account lock is enabled #110

Other fixes

Fixed a crash when searching within messages
Fixed a crash in the in-built webview
Fixed a crash when sharing posts
Added a fix for HTML chars in the summarizer

Updates

androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0
com.android.tools.build:gradle > 8.2.0-beta04
com.google.gms:google-services > 4.4.0
androidx.core:core-ktx > 1.12.0

80 comments

Holy shit! Welcome back!

Well that came out of left field
- Lemmy 0.19 has a breaking change for it's API. Can tell with the tech debt LJ has been sitting on this for a while waiting for that to go. This is definitely one of the longer release cycles for Lemmy
- I had been expecting this.
  Lemmy itself is still a work in progress and the new version apparently makes some major changes from the current version.
  Sync is currently in a usable stable state so instead of squashing bugs in the current Sync version it was a better use of their dev time to work on a build for 0.19.

Great! Now we wait for lemmy 0.19 to go stable!

Since the update the app crash at startup. I've tried to delete the cache but it still doesn't start.
- try delete the data and start over again. something wrong with the previous config (when restored) that's not compatible with the updated version.
  
  Bleh, now when was my last backup..?
  
  Worked with deleting data.but I had to relogin/reconfigure my accounts which I was trying to avoid.

Sort is broken now, trying to change it says "network error" and it defaults to "top 6 hours" which for many communities shows no posts.
Can't revert to previous version of Sync for some reason, it prompts me to update it and refuses to start if I don't.
The "Communities" button under the three dot menu still doesn't do anything.

App crashes on launch after update for me repeatedly after it scanned my fingerprint. After a successful scan it sat on the main page with no content loading, and no buttons working for a half second or so before the crash.
Couldn't get past it with a force close or a clear cache. I had to wipe the apps data which logged me out and reset my settings, and then I was able to log in again.
On a Samsing S22 Ultra running Android 13 OneUi 5.1
- Did you have obscure usernames is account picker enabled?
  
  My name was starred out in the left pull out menu so I believe so yes.
- Interesting, i am not having issues.
  Device information
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  Sync version: v23.11.29-22:27 Sync flavor: googlePlay Ultra user: true View type: Slides Push enabled: false Device: b0q Model: samsung SM-S908U Android: 13

I can't used previous settings. App will crash if I restore from backup. The only way I can use the updated app is by login and use default settings. Dev, please look into this. I don't want to set the settings all over again.
Anyway, if you app crash, delete the data and cache, start over.
- Did you have hide username in account picker enabled? If so there a bug with that.
  
  Update: thanks. that's really the bug. I manage to get it working. First, I uninstall the updated version and install the earlier version by using old apk (apkmirror). Then I restore backup. After that need to unhide the account picker, and make a new backup. Then, update the app to a new version and sign in, and restore with the backup. The new app will be good to go with the old setting (except the hide username option).
  
  yes, I have. That could be it.
- Could be leftovers from anti-piracy measures of reddit sync. I remember it was quite difficult to restore settings through titanium backup.
  
  Nah I ripped all that out

Welcome back! Thank you for the update.

Based

Is he still supporting sync, development hasn't been updated for awhile
- In theory, yes he is. Longtime fans of Sync for Reddit will tell you that this is normal and he works in sporadic bursts, but accomplishes a lot in the times he is actively working on his projects.
  That being said, I don't know that there has been any official word about it. Just people saying that 3 months - or longer - breaks are normal for @ljdawson@lemmy.world. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
  People have been asking this for months now. It'd be cool to get an updated status, but I doubt it'll happen (until he's actually back). We just have to deal with the broken features (and all the issues tracked in GitHub).
  
  First sentence sums me up perfectly. Intense working + winter blues = burnout this time around but I'm back and just trying to make my way through a few months of posts + messages.
  Todays release is just a quick hotfix for the crash but hoping to release a fairly big update soon.
  Thanks for the patience.
  
  Yep, it's normal. Nope, he doesn't usually say much about it. It's probably still actively worked on since nothing has been said. The only time I can remember was when it was actually communicated that development would be slowing down some years ago due to life stuff. As such, assuming that development is still ongoing is reasonable IMO but of course that isn't necessarily something all users see as something worth paying for.
- Yes. Sorry for the crap comms.
  Hotfix pushed today to fix the crashes and I'll be pushing a large update soon after.

Thank you for this <3

Thanks for the update!
The app was crashing for me on startup like other people have described. I reset the data and as soon as I enabled "Hide username in account picker", it started crashing on startup again.
- So that's the issue then? Has anyone reported this on the github issue tracker?
  
  Doesn't look like it. Go for it! (Sync doesn't crash for me, or I'd take care of it)

Seems support for the 'scaled' sorting option is missing :(
- Your instance isn't updated to 0.19 yet (as it's not finalized). Wait for the official release and for your instance to upgrade.
  
  Hmmm I tried it with an anonymous account on lemmy.ml and it didn't worked :(

Thanks for the update!

How can I get access to the beta?
- I was able to sign up for it in Google Play, then I was able to update to the Beta after being accepted by going to the app page in Google Play.

Is there any way to hide the profile picture in the comments?
- There is a toggle for it in account settings, but it doesn't appear to stick. I toggled it off, but still saw profile pictures, and when revisiting the setting to copy the following link for you, I saw that it turned itself back on.
  Settings shortcut: Account settings > Show avatars
  
  This setting is not getting saved properly. Even after saving it multiple time the settings just roll back to normal again.

Thanks so much for all these important updates!
Basically the only feature I need now is the ability to upload images (but it also doesn't seem to work in Voyager or Boost, so not sure if that's something the Sync developer needs to fix or not)
- From the Lemm.ee sidebar of features:
  Image uploads are disabled, please use external image hosting
  So, there's yer problem...
  Edit: autocorrect did a thing.
  Edit 2: here's the why
  
  Thank you so much for making this comment. I was browsing this community in my browser hoping for a crash fix. I happened to open your link and chose open with "sync link handler" and it actually opened without crashing and from there I was able to get into my settings via the FAB and disable the hide username setting!

If your app crashed, read on. It's been pointed up that the bug is due to the 'hide username' option. I manage to get around it by restoring earlier backup to the earlier version. To those that need a temporary fix, before the dev patch the update, here you go.
First, you need to uninstall the updated version and install the earlier version by using old apk (apkmirror). Then, restore the old backup. After that, need to unhide the account username, and make a new backup. Then, update the app to a new version and sign in, and restore with the backup. The new app will be good to go with the old setting (except the hide username option).
- Alternatively, the app only crashes on the startup homepage. If you're able to open a post on Lemmy from Firefox you can open with sync link handler and open your setting from the comments screen.

Thank you! I love this app!

I have the version 23-11-29 22:27 and since it came there are NSFW posts in Everything. All the NSFW filters are on but the odd one appears as I scroll down, but blurred out thank goodness.
- Do you have NSFW disabled in your lemmy account settings?
  
  Yes. I expect a filter to work in the app. The post is marked NSFW but has appeared. To me this means this filter has not worked. But the preview is blurred. So that filter has worked. I would therefore conclude that a filter is not working since the last update. Before the update there were the occasional NSFW posts, but they were not marked NSFW.

Seems to be working with Lemmy 0.19, except we can't select scaled sort. Although if I have my default set to scaled sort on my profile settings in browser, it kind if works on Sync and sorts correctly. Just the UI is missing for it.

Settings shortcut: Account settings > Show read posts
This option doesn't work. How can I show read posts?
- I had this problem, I also couldn't upvote after my instance upgraded to lemmy 0.19. Logging out and logging back in fixed all my issues.
  
  For some reason I was logged out, but now after hiding read posts I still can't display then back.

My subscribed feed on discuss.tchncs.de crashes the app. Except making this comment fixed the issue?
Device information
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Sync version: v23.11.29-22:27 Sync flavor: googlePlay Ultra user: true View type: Slides Push enabled: false Device: d2q Model: samsung SM-N975U Android: 12
- When it happens, I use my browser and the link handler to fix the issue. (It happened again)
  
  Upon futher testing disabling Hide username in account shortcut fixes the issue without having to recreate my profile.
  Settings shortcut: Security > Hide username in account picker

Much appreciated :)

I might be doing something wrong, but since this update I can't filter NSFW posts. I put the filter on, but when I reopen the app, bam, titties. Now I love boobs, but I need to limit my exposure to them or I'll never get anything done. Is there an easy fix or is this a recognised problem with this, ahem, release?
- I'm having a weird issue now where I can't view any other instances other than my main one and it's kinda annoying. Does anyone know how to fix this?

This app refuses to run on my TI-86 from 2004. Devs please fix.

Hey! Congrats on shipping the new release. I was wondering if/when you'd have a chance to take a look at https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues/459. Being able to migrate people from reddit to lemmy just by letting them sign up and have them automatically subcribed to all the equivalent communities would be huge, no?

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