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Would this project come to Android or iOS apps? (self.wefwef)

submitted 2 years ago by kratoz29 to c/wefwef

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Ok, I wasn't sure to post this because I thought I'd look like a troll user but anyway.

I have been using this app recently and I'm amazed how well this works, I think it pretty much beats any Lemmy app for Android (the device I own) at the moment in design and stability (which is understandable since most of them are in alpha state).

I'm asking this because one of the reasons to have it as an Android app is that it could benefit from material UI and Monet icon (I really like those features) and many many other stuff (because I know not everyone is fan of those features).

What do you think? I'd personally love to see this as an Android or iOS app.

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[–] aeharding 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

wefwef is based on Ionic, which has support for material UI. In fact, it's just a switch to turn it on. :)

I just have to go through the app and clean up styling inconsistencies, but yeah, material design is totally doable!

As for being on the app stores: That's a big maybe, and also a very low priority at the moment. But Ionic does make this pretty easy as well.

However, being a web app allows us some freedom to implement some cool features. For example, we could embed piped.video for ad-free, privacy respecting youtube videos in app. That would never fly in the app stores. It would also set wefwef apart from the native apps.

[–] responsivemilk 5 points 2 years ago

+1 for being a native app. I understand why it’s low priority, but I think there will always be “clunkiness” with a web app on mobile that would go away if it were fully native. Plus performance gains. Having said that, the app is very impressive, thank you to the devs for your hard work!

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