Raccoon for Lemmy app

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This community is dedicated to the discussion about the Raccoon for Lemmy mobile app. Raccoon is an open source app powered by Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and Compose Multiplatform (CMP) which intends not only to provide a mobile client for Lemmy, but also to create a space where users' voice is listened to, and we grow together by exchanging opinions.

Main features:

view post feed and comments with different listing and sort types;
possibility to upvote and downvote (with configurable swipe actions);
community and user detail (with info about moderators/moderated communities);
user profile with one's own posts, comments and saved items;
inbox with replies, mentions and direct messages;
global search with different result types (all, posts, comments, user, communities);
create and edit new posts (with optional images);
cross-post contents to other communities;
reply to post and comments (and edit replies);
mark posts as read (even while scrolling) and hide read contents;
custom appearance (color scheme, fonts, text sizes, post layout, etc.);
custom localization (independent of system settings);
block users, communities and instances;
report post and comments to moderators;
support for multiple accounts with account-specific settings;
lazy scrolling (referred to as "zombie mode");
explore all the communities on a given instance in guest mode;
multi-community (community aggregation);
view the moderation log;
community moderation tool (examine and resolve reports, ban users, feature posts in community, block further comments from posts, mark comments as distinguished, remove posts/comments, review all created posts/comments, edit/create community);
save drafts for posts and comments;
anonymous mode with quick instance switch;
admin tools (purge users/posts/comments/communities, feature posts locally, hide/unhide communities).

Why was the project started?

experimenting and testing Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform in a real world project, to explore what could be achieved with multiplatform libraries and share as much code as possible in the commonMain source directory;
offering a feature rich Lemmy client mainly aimed at both beginners and “pro” users, i.e. users who are not content with just browsing the contents of the Fediverse, creating posts and answers but be able to customize the app and “feel at home”;
dig deeper inside Lemmy’s internals and understand better what it is like to work with a decentralized platform.

We believe that Lemmy has a lot of potential and part of its success depends on users being able to enjoy the experience on robust and well-done clients. Moreover, encouraging discussion between people is important to develop a healthy and tolerant society where everyone's right and freedom are safeguarded. To know more, have a look at the Procyon Project's manifesto.

References

Quick links

have a look at the source code;
create a report in the issue tracker;
join the Matrix room to reach out to the developers!

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[release] Raccoon 1.13.3 has been released! (github.com)

submitted 6 days ago by akesi_seli to c/raccoonforlemmyapp

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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 🦝

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[–] Zangoose 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Anyone else having issues when switching between multiple accounts?

[–] akesi_seli 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What issues? it's something I've not changed directly recently but I can not exclude something can have broken in the meantime due to various refactorings...

[–] Zangoose 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

If I try to switch accounts, tapping an account just doesn't do anything unless I press it a bunch of times and then even then it doesn't really work consistently. It usually works once after restarting the app though (but then goes back to not working after that). Same thing with the "Add account" button

Edit: I lied about the "Add account" part, it looks like that's just hidden behind the side menu which I'm assuming is still a bug, but it does work

[–] akesi_seli 2 points 5 days ago

Ok thanks I'll check it... as well as the fact that the add account button is hidden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Works great the font scaling is good, although the content scaling is affected when chsngjn the ui font scale...🤷🏻‍♂️. Would it be possible for the nav bar to be black when using the pure black theme or closer to it..? Thanks

[–] akesi_seli 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think something can be done...

Could you please tell me:

in Android's settings which kind of system navigation you are using, whether gestures or buttons and whether the bottom handle to switch between apps is visible;
in Raccoon's Advanced settings whether the "Edge to edge" switch is on, and what value is selected for "System notification and navigation bar theme".

All these parameters determine what color is used for the system bottom bar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hi, Gesture navigation with bottom bar visible to switch..

I've had the edge to edge on, with transparent, and the app navigation stays grey, same with opaque setting. With edge to edge off the same is evident, no change to the nav bar, whether in dark or pure black theme... The notification bar does seem to respect the choices whilst the nav.bar does not..🤷🏻‍♂️

One thing noted is the top bar which hides on scroll along with the bottom nav, also stays grey initially, this is evident also when not hiding the bottom nav bar, where both are then grey..

Hope this helps and Thank you 👍🏼

[–] akesi_seli 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes I'll look into it. Does choosing something else than "transparent" (i.e. opaque or solid) for system notification and navigation bar theme in Advanced settings change anything? Which version of Android are you using? Sorry for all these questions but it's hard to debug this one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Android 14, and I only see 2 options when edge edge is enable, either opaque or transparent... Before material you, there wasn't any issue, has been present since though...🤷🏻‍♂️ No worries, I appreciate all you do, thanks again..👍🏼

[–] akesi_seli 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know why I did not include the solid option, which would have been so easy and could have been the solution here. I'll do it when I take this issue in charge!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Will look forward to trying that out..👍🏻 Thank you..