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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ljdawson to c/syncforlemmy
 

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

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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[–] ljdawson 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Love it! If only there was enough lemmy content so I could leave Reddit.

[–] ProvableGecko 26 points 1 year ago

Eh, there's more than enough content for mindless scrolling. Good enough for me

[–] Cabeza2000 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that Sync users can post we will get more content.

[–] scottywh 7 points 1 year ago

It was kind of a pain having to switch out to post so it's definitely nice to see this coming along.

[–] ConditionOverload 5 points 1 year ago

That'll only get better with time, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aaaaand now I can delete all of the other Lemmy apps. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You shouldn't have post this, all the FOSS folks are gonna be mad.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. They'll be righteously smug as they try to keep up.

[–] Prethoryn 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Didn't you know, LJ shouldn't get paid for his work. FOSS is better in every way./s

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

β€œ You can now post! β€œ

The day when Lemmy Exploded !!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm still having this issue when sorting comments by Top :(

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

✨✨new photo picker✨✨

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You also lose the ability to use apps like scrambled exif 😒

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[–] NickCudawn 6 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] BallShapedMan 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do I get access to the beta? I feel like I should know but I don't and can't figure it out.

[–] ljdawson 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The version on the play store is from 8-3. πŸ˜ͺ

[–] ljdawson 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Give it a few hours to clear review

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

Thank you so much! Will be eagerly checking the Play store for the update.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Will do. Excited to give it a test drive.

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[–] NickCudawn 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very nice update. Now if hidden posts would stay hidden I could actually use it as my main app!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker

Oh this is very nice. Thank you for your continued hard work!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ljdawson 10 points 1 year ago

I can't seem to find a way to even do that on the desktop site

[–] Madbrad200 9 points 1 year ago

Very good! Nice to see the /c/ link issue fixed too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you make default view to be comments+posts instead post-only in the profile page please?

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[–] ouzkse 8 points 1 year ago

Sounds great, sync is really boosted my overall experience in Lemmy, it's really fun to use. Great work.

[–] SnoopyGirl09 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 ❀️

[–] isdfoa 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] mrjfilippo 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome work! Anyway to include release notes with the update on the play store? I'm a sucker for those!

[–] ljdawson 6 points 1 year ago

I should add that back actually

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Viewed posts still don't hide when you refresh :(

[–] ljdawson 10 points 1 year ago

Fixed for the next beta

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweet. Thank you!.

Are there plans to give the "comment reply" window a similar visual overhaul to the "create post" window?

[–] ljdawson 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking about that. Do you prefer the new one?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] Kerensky1101 7 points 1 year ago

Awesome work as always!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Sync for Lemmy and Voyager are my main Lemmy clients now, I'm glad Sync is getting better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] sanguinepar 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

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