Raccoon for Lemmy app

I am going to (finally) move again the localization of the app to Weblate, just like before the project changed ownership this summer.

Considering:

1. there is a number of messages for the free tier which is shared with the other app;
2. in order to be compatible with Weblate, resource files have to be converted (manually 😅);

I am planning to remove some of the least used languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Greek, Esperanto, Estonian, Hungarian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian (both variants), Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Toki Pona, Turkish… based on the fact that nobody ever reported translation errors (which are there).

Does anyone have any objection? I can add one or two more if you are using some of them (but you've been very silent indeed if you do). All the other languages which have not been mentioned in this list will be preserved.

Raccoons of Lemmy, as promised in December's AMA session, version 1.13.3 has been published. Here is the changelog:

• feat(app): support for opening posts and comments;
• fix(postlist): image height;
• fix(zoomableimage): high resolution image, loading state and action buttons;
• fix(createpost): autofill empty message;
• refactor(di): improve dependency injection;
• refactor(build): define and apply Gradle convention plugins;
• chore(deps): update dependencies;
• chore(qa): add more unit tests.

Enjoy the rest of the week and – as always – #livefasteattrash 🦝

Hi everyone! Sorry, I forgot about last week's "Ask me anything" session, so let's use this post as usual: you reply with questions and I'll answer them.

Moreover, I would like to give you some news about the project roadmap. I did not forgot to release a stable version, actually 1.13.3 is expected by the end of the year. In the meantime I've been focusing mostly on technical improvements, refactoring and code cleanup. For example I made dependency injection and gradle scripts much more maintainable, and I've been fixing a couple of issues that you reported.

Once I'm done with some more bugs (e.g. the ones concerning images) I'll be releasing, so don't worry. If some of you are willing to test the beta releases, you are more than welcome, thanks.

As always #livefasteattrash 🦝🦝🦝

I love this app,fits oneui so well (When customized),And it feels wat more buttery smooth then jerbora ans extremely feature packed, kinda wish there was push notifications support.

Today a new synchronization job has run and the app has been imported! 🎉🎊🎉 I know it may not mean much to you, but for me (after more than a year for the first build attempt) this is a great achievement! I had lost hopes but, since I was starting the submission again for the "twin" project Raccoon for Friendica, I thought it would cost little to try again. And the idea proved successful!

If you are wondering what the root cause of the issues was last year, builds were not reproducible due to a l10ns plugin. F-Droid maintainers told me so I proceeded to remove it and find another way to read localization files.

Another "infrastructure" news is that I've set up a cool code coverage (Kover) plugin to measure how much the code is covered by unit tests and upload the reports to Codecov to see charts about how the metric evolves.

Raising the min Android version would be a proactive move to focus the development on limited set of Android versions and to keep the code modern and to avoid problems in the future.

If the app got released into F-Droid with the current min api, there will always be the chance you would need to choose in the future between having the best app or serving the highest amount of users and that would lower the value of this client compared to other clients.

I see that Raccoon for Lemmy has a great potential, but I am scared it will turn out as a generic client.

To see my point clearly, check out Summit for Lemmy, in theory in a couple of months both Raccoon and Summit would be in the same level in terms of functionality, the only competing factor in my eyes is the user experience.

Thank you for your valuable work on reviving this client.

Hi there, I decided the app is ready to see a first stable release after the project "relocation".

Here is the changelog of this version compared to the latest beta:

• fix: ripple effects (e.g. top bar titles, drawer drop-down button);
• fix: video rendering in timelines and attachment detail;
• feat: button to reveal sensitive images in timelines;
• enhancement: update "Saved" label for bookmarks;
• enhancement: update font scale factors;
• enhancement: change default name of settings JSON when exporting;
• chore: dependency updates (most notably, Compose Multiplatform 1.7.1);
• chore: update CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, SECURITY.md and PRIVACY.md.

Hope you like it, have a nice rest of the weekend and remember to #livefasteattrash 🦝

In the Friendica/Mastodon application I am working on, while it was in alpha and beta stage, I have adopted the Sentry SDK for crash reporting, which works very well on Kotlin Multiplatform and is easier to setup than other (closed source, capitalistic and ugly) alternatives.

In doing so, I made an interesting , while I was submitting the app to open source stores (IzzyOnDroid and F-Droid), that if crash reporting is opt-in (i.e. disabled by default but it can be enabled in the app settings) the app is acceptable for their policies because users have to give their consent to enable reports (which are a form of tracking).

Considering there are users complaining about Raccoon for Lemmy crashing (e.g. while creating posts/comments) and that being a "deal breaker" (understandably!), my question is: would you accept it if I included Sentry, making it opt-in? In this way you could enable it just if there is some reproducible issue and turn it off whenever you like (restarting the app is needed to make any change to initialization effective).

Opinions are welcome, I will not do anything unless we decide together, especially because adding this service implies extra work for maintainer(s) 🤣

Hi raccoons of Lemmy! A new version of the app has been released and is available to all testers!

Here is the changelog:

• fix: text style used for links in Markdown (which appeared larger than the rest of the paragraph);
• fix: restore UI state after closing default sort bottom sheet in community detail;
• chore: improve readability of vote actions with arrow icons;
• refactor: migrate image loading to Coil3 (and remove obsolete Kamel library on iOS);
• enhancement: add new instances to default list;
• refactor/feat: migrate video player to Compose Multiplatform Media Player and make it possible to open videos full screen;
• refactor: migrate web views to Calf;
• enhancement: add Atkinson Hyperlegible font instead of Charis SIL;
• chore: review inter-item spacings in setting lists, modlog and side menus;
• chore: update user manual (new screenshots, new sections, table of contents and internal links);
• chore: update several dependencies.

Remember to have fun and #livefasteattrash

I have forgotten where in the app are saved posts and comments. In the profile section there is only my posts and comments.

I would like to introduce a new font in the next version, with a particular focus on readability, in order to make the app easier to use.

My choice would be the Atkinson hyperreadable font by the Braille institute, which I personally use in other apps too because it gives my eyes some relief.

However, the APK size of the app increases with every new resource, so instead of just adding a new font I would like to replace the least used of the current ones.

Answer in comments to tell me what you would like to be removed. Thanks as always and #livefasteattrash

Hi everyone, first Wednesday of month so it's "Ask Me Anything" time. As usual, post your questions in reply to this post and I'll do my best to answer.

Forever L.F.E.T. 🦝🦝🦝

Thanks to all those who reached out to me to report bugs, here is the new version containing the following changes:

• fix for block action from timeline;
• restored user manual URL;
• fix for multi-paragraph quote rendering;
• font size and typeface are visibile again in their selection bottom sheets;
• migration towards Material 3 modal bottom sheets is finally over (this was quite a hard and time consuming task which drained resources from other activities);
• several dependency updates.

Hope you enjoy it and #livefasteattrash 🦝🦝🦝

Hi folks, a new beta has been released today! It contains some updates to the "App information" dialog (e.g. the link to the new Matrix room) and a fix for the selection of the feed type in the home screen, which incorrectly opened the instance selection.

I'm continuing the migration of all bottom sheets to Material 3 modal bottom sheets, there are just 9 left for the refactoring to be complete.

Thanks to everyone for continuing using the app, have a nice weekend and remember #livefasteattrash 🦝🦝🦝

I'd like to know if I should file a bug, or if this is just something in my config. In particular, I'd be grateful for confirmation about what I'm seeing.

In Raccoon, in this post, I see only the first paragraph of the post. If I "view raw," I can see the entire post text; it also shows up correctly in Thunder, and in the web interface.

I don't see a way to expand the post, and I'm not sure if it's only this post or if it's happening a lot and I just haven't noticed, because the only way to detect missing content is through the "view raw" function.

Is this a setting, or a bug? I

A new beta has been released this week, here is the changelog:

• fix bug which prevented navigation after a long press on a bottom sheet item;
• add cancel action to the text toolbar to make it easier to close it;
• continue the revision of bottom sheets in the settings and advanced settings screens;
• several dependency updates, most notably Compose Multiplatform, so now all pull-to-refresh indicators have a matching material 3 style as well as MaterialKolor palette generator with a more playful theme if you use a custom theme color;
• restored the project website and manuals.

Let us know your feedback, feature suggestions, comments or anything you want to share. Given the app has no tracking whatsoever it's very difficult to understand whether there are actually people using it or not, and how much effort it is worth to continue the project.

Trashy yours, L. F. E. T. 🦝🦝🦝

Raccoons of the Lemmyverse, we're back! A new beta version of the app has been released, as promised in the last AMA (it was the next internal milestone).

Let us know what you think about it, you'll notice that there have been several layout improvements since the last version, e.g. bottom sheets have a new style, clickable areas now show the ripple effect, etc.

Hope you all enjoy it and, as always, L.F.E.T. 🦝🦝🦝

Welcome to the third session! For the rest of my day, I’ll be looking for replies to this thread and will answer your questions. If something remains unanswered, replies can be posted even during the following days.

There are no rules - “anything” is anything! Feel free to ask development questions, future plans, or things completely unrelated to Raccoon.

Ad, as always: Live Fast, Eat Trash 🦝🦝🦝

Welcome to the second session! For the rest of my day, I’ll be looking for replies to this thread and will answer your questions. If something remains unanswered, replies can be posted even during the following days.

Just like the first time, there are no rules - “anything” is anything! Feel free to ask development questions, future plans, or things completely unrelated to Raccoon.

Most importantly, have fun!

Just asking, because I do not see much activity on Github or here. Not blaming or complaining. Just wondering if I should slowly move on to another client. I really wouldn't want to do that, of course.

Welcome to this session! For the whole day I'll be looking at the replies to this thread and answer your questions. If something remains unanswered, replies can be posted even during the following days.

There are no rules, "anything" is anything! Use a grain of salt and a little bit of irony, though. Also, I would really like to hear something in your native language on your first comment: it can be a greeting, the question itself, a joke, an insult or anything crosses your mind in that moment. Have fun!

The last message before closing the old community stated that, after a break, it would be decided whether to restart from an existing fork or to recreate a repository in an anonymous account. We have decided to do both things, taking the most active fork (which was updated to the latest commit), transferring it to a neutral organization and using that as a starting point.

The biggest limit of the previous approach, as emerged on August 1st, was that even if the app was presented as a “community project”, its ownership and all the decision making process (as well as the majority of the development heavy-lifting) was concentrated in the hands of a single person, which could take questionable decisions due to personal contingencies. Being a human and having a single point of view, errors can be made and reactions can be disproportionate with respect to their causes.

In order to prevent this from happening again, the new organization will have a more open, transparent and community-driven approach, and everyone will have to participate more in the decision making process, so that ownership is shared as well as responsibility.

The new repository will be available here and we are working to restore everything so that a new development release will be available soon and can be installed from GitHub (in order to have a new Google Play account more time will be needed).

Moreover, in order to make sure everyone’s voice is listened to, there will be periodic AMA sessions once a month in this very community, using the [AMA] prefix in the post title. The session will be held the first Wednesday of each month, so the day after tomorrow will be the first one.

We hope you are convinced that mistakes like last week’s one will not happen again and you’ll participate in this new stage of the journey.