Sync for Lemmy @lemmy.world Ljdawson (Sync dev) @lemmy.world 2y ago

Sync for Lemmy Beta 29 release notes

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You can now post!
The upload image dialog has been replaced with a bottom sheet
The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker

Github issues closed

Support for new posts #37
Unable to share direct image on Android 14 Beta #104
Support login with email address #186
Add lemdro.id to the instance list #194
Add tag and Remove tag generate two toast messages each #189
Sync doesn't parse /c/ links #198
Links are unclickable here #276
Post options subtitle still mentions flair #257
Broken comment hierarchy in comments under View more #93
Restore removed comments still showing in search #284

Other fixes

Fixed "view more" comments hierarchy issues
Renamed the share handler to "Submit with Sync"

Updates

com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging > 23.2.1
androidx.browser:browser > 1.6.0
androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0-beta01

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Posting is finally here!

I'll be continuing to work on all open issues over the next few weeks:

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues

And I'll be applying regional pricing to ultra soon.

Cheers!

Lj
Love it! If only there was enough lemmy content so I could leave Reddit.
- Eh, there's more than enough content for mindless scrolling. Good enough for me
- Now that Sync users can post we will get more content.
  
  It was kind of a pain having to switch out to post so it's definitely nice to see this coming along.
- That'll only get better with time, unfortunately.
Aaaaand now I can delete all of the other Lemmy apps. Thanks!
- You shouldn't have post this, all the FOSS folks are gonna be mad.
  
  No. They'll be righteously smug as they try to keep up.
“ You can now post! “

The day when Lemmy Exploded !!!
Broken comment hierarchy in comments under View more #93

Yesssss! I didn't find this one the first time I read about the update and was kinda worried it was something wrong on my end.
- I'm still having this issue when sorting comments by Top :(
The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker

The fancy new photo picker is a significant downgrade. It can't search file names, it doesn't work with microSD cards, and it's painfully slow. Can we get an option to select images with an external gallery app?
- You also lose the ability to use apps like scrambled exif 😢
  
  Lemmy strips all exif information by default when posting, so there's no need for a scrambler to begin with.
- I don't know how it looked pre-update but the image picker from Sync for Reddit was absolutely more functional and still not ugly
- I completely disagree with this, but that's probably because I actually have a photo gallery as opposed to a set of files.
  
  Wait till this man finds out what digital photos are stored as
  
  I do too. Are you sure you're responding to the right person? Because you're not making a lick of sense.
- Yeah, plus one for this, the new picker is so limited compared to how it was before. Would 100% vote for a reversion.
- Added for the next release.
  
  Nice, thanks!
✨✨new photo picker✨✨
The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker

Oh this is very nice. Thank you for your continued hard work!
How do I get access to the beta? I feel like I should know but I don't and can't figure it out.
- The main version on the app store is the beta right now but with submitting finally in I guess it might be time to graduate out of beta.
  
  The version on the play store is from 8-3. 😪
  
  Thank you!
  
  At that point we would be able to hop in the beta on the play store right ?
  
  Hi ljdawson, the play store app seems to be in beta 27 still for me, is that because of my region?
- I'm also confused; my version from the Play Store is v23. Edit: Oops I guess some broken comment hierarchy is still present in my build cause I couldn't see all the replies from Sync. Edit 2: Ok so the beta version isn't the same as app version, you can see beta version in parentheses here Settings shortcut: Everything else > Sync for Lemmy So I guess there are still some of these issues in the latest beta because I have beta v29.
Very nice update. Now if hidden posts would stay hidden I could actually use it as my main app!
- Fixed for the next beta
Awesome. Love your app, LJ. Use it every day. And great to have posting back.

I'd love to see an option to exclude responses to a post from going to the inbox like in the reddit app. If a post gets popular, the inbox fills up real quick.

Thanks again.
- I can't seem to find a way to even do that on the desktop site
Very good! Nice to see the /c/ link issue fixed too.
Can you make default view to be comments+posts instead post-only in the profile page please?
- Make it a option to choose, I want comments-only to be my default view.
  
  Yes, same as setting the default for your main feed.
Sounds great, sync is really boosted my overall experience in Lemmy, it's really fun to use. Great work.
Sweet. Thank you!.

Are there plans to give the "comment reply" window a similar visual overhaul to the "create post" window?
- I was thinking about that. Do you prefer the new one?
  
  Yes, the new one looks nice and clean. I think a bit of padding really helps to make it look modern. (yeah, I know this will ruffle some feathers because some people apparently prefer 0px padding on everything)
  
  One thing that always irked me a bit about the old "comment reply" window is that it has a fixed division of the comment you're replying to, and your own reply. Maybe a toggle would be nice? (and it would also be nice if that top window would also show the text from self-posts when I'm writing a top-level comment; that way we would be able to copy/quote from the selftext. IIRC on reddit it only worked when I was replying to a comment)
  
  Thanks for your work! Using Sync here feels like coming home.
Awesome work! Anyway to include release notes with the update on the play store? I'm a sucker for those!
- I should add that back actually
Awesome work as always!
First, thank you so much for this app. I've tried so many and this one was a no brainier, especially since it is so incredibly customizable. The major feature I've been waiting for is multi column views (I can never go back lol)

I have a couple requests: Is it possible to add voting without opening the post?

This is the only RIF screenshot I have lol but you can see what I mean in the bottom right.

Second, some posts get kind of wonky when there's a title and image so it gets very long:

Any way to make the post on the right look like the one on the left? I think it's specifically when the image is a link preview.

Again thank you so much and either way this app is amazing. I so appreciate the work you've done to make this happen ❤️
- Not sure about the layout you're using, but with cards layout there are swipe gestures to up vote/down vote without opening the posts.
  
  I'm using a 2 column layout and swiping hides the post. I don't see a setting to customize gestures but I'll look again, I didn't even think of that
Is there a way to give the new photopicker access to more folders? I can only see three (Camera, Screenshots and Downloads) but I have multiple other folders (from editing apps, screenshots, downloads from Twitter etc), that I now can't access from Sync.
- Added an alternative source for selecting images for the next beta.
  
  Legend, thank you :-)
New

You can now post!

The upload image dialog has been replaced with a bottom sheet

The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker

Too much amazing!
Sync for Lemmy and Voyager are my main Lemmy clients now, I'm glad Sync is getting better.
Viewed posts still don't hide when you refresh :(
- Fixed for the next beta
Very nice!
Is it possible to upload multiple images? I can upload one image in a post, but can't embed images in the body or a comment without receiving an error ("Could not upload image.")
- These errors come from your instance I'm afraid. Uploading too many images (even just more than 1...) can cause this.
  
  Ok, thanks for the reply! I've been using Sync for a decade, and it is by far the best app I've used. Thanks for all your work porting it over to Lemmy!
Testing something, brb!
Probably wrong place to request or mention this but special character like + should be allowed in username field, as it's valid for emails.
- Fixed for the next release
  
  Awesome, thanks!
Is there a post right handed mode for upvote/downvote?
- Do you mean this?:
  
  Settings shortcut: View type > Right aligned voting
  
  That's just on comments I think as I've got that enabled. I'm more looking for posts
Weird thing that I noticed making my first post, keyboard was keyboard only. Didn't have an option suggestions and didn't have any autocorrect. Only time I've encountered that issue with this keyboard that I've been using probably as long as sync for reddit. Which was a while.
- Fixed for the next release.
  
  Dope! Thanks!
- Same, but only in the Title field. For the rest I'm getting full keyboard functionality.
  
  Device information
  
  Sync version: v23.08.12-23:05 Sync flavor: googlePlay View type: Cards Push enabled: false Device: redfin Model: Google Pixel 5 Android: 13
  
  Using SwiftKey
Is it possible to have seperate counts for upvotes and downvotes?
- I've added the percentage of upvotes to downvotes for the next release.
  
  That's a bit too complicated, no? I mean is there a reason for going with that instead of two counts?
Are the spoiler tags supposed to be working properly with beta 29? I don't see any mention aside from one comment 2 weeks ago... Even longer ago on the github open issues page, so I was just wondering. (Usually spoiler tags are there for a good reason)
- Added for todays release
  
  Excellent! I'm looking forward to the update - excited to watch the app develop, too. Thanks for all your work!
- This does feel a little overlooked. It's a top QOL feature.
I keep getting Error Loading Page 400 over and over
Thank you!

I am not getting notifications for messages and replies. Is there a setting, that I am missing or is this not yet implemented?
- The messaging background job isn't hooked up yet, I was holding off as to not spam the lemmy servers at launch day with Syncs release. Will be adding push notifications hopefully soon.
Bug report: Sharing comments creates reddit links for some reason (couldn't find a way to report it in app)
- Fixed

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