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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa v36 fork with 0.17.x Lemmy account support (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hey everyone. If I'm spamming my repo too much let me know.

Since v37 came out, development is going at whirlwind pace, and there are still frequent complaints about crashing/no logins for 0.17.x, I decided to post again, but this time bearing good news.

I finally made a Jerboa version where you can log into both 0.17.x and 0.18 accounts.

Unlike the main repo my release is also compatible with phones running Android 5.0.

Check it out and let me know if this is helpful for you. I'm trying to get this merged in as PR#908 but Woodpecker is giving me a hard time.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it possible for your changes to be merged into the original jerboa?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if the post text was changed, but he says, that he tries to get a pull request (for a merge), but seems original Jerboa maintainer isn't jumping on it. But I don't know any details

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I have a PR open, I'm wrestling with the automated build system (woodpecker) that complains when I forget to put a space after // and things. I fixed all of it then it somehow got stuck compiling.

Be patient, I think the main developers will have another look through it in the next couple days.

[–] twistedtxb 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks! It baffles me that the most popular Lemmy app doesn't work on .world, one of the top two Lemmy instance.

[–] dukethorion 3 points 2 years ago

Probably because Jerboa is the Dev app from lemmy.ml, and they upgraded the app to work with THEIR server before anyone else could properly update.

Intended or not, it happened.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not seeing any issues using the app with a 0.17.x other than the pop-up at the start, are things not working correctly for me? Breaking backwards compatibility isn't great, but at least we are moving forward it's progress. As a developer myself I'm happy with a few teething issues and to be honest I'm surprised there aren't more than I have seen, it really speaks volumes to those that have committed to the project!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

You simply can't login to a 0.17.x server.

[–] techgearwhips 2 points 2 years ago

Can't login. I've been using the Liftoff app but would like to actually see how Jerboa has been working after all the updates.

[–] daftfuder 10 points 2 years ago

Nice, it's insane the app broke compatibility but I understand they are crunched for time! Adding this back in is important to ease adoption for Lemmy as a whole.

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

Still supports Android 5.0 and up as always.

Now here's some good news for people with older phones ☺️. Thank you kind stranger 👍.

[–] MrNemobody 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I could finally login back to my lemmy.world account and realised that lemmy.ml was slow af.

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have been trying to fix this all day and I'm on android 13. Thank you.

[–] Byakko 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you very much!!

[–] Alpagu 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for this

[–] needthosepylons 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, kind stranger !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I appreciate the effort, as lemm.ee has not yet upgraded. And while I can log in, it won't keep me logged in. I can see that it initially loads my profile, but then any action (upvote, read a post) returns to anonymous status, and the profile goes missing again. Am I doing something wrong?

I've tried logging out, uninstalling, re-installing, logging in again. The problem happens again.

[–] V4uban 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your work! Using it at the moment, seems to work fine!

[–] solrize 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks I still have your old 0.17 hotpatch version and lemmy.world finally upgraded to 0.18.1, so I will uninstall the old .apk and download and install the new one. I hope that is the right way to upgrade.

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

Yep I'll leave it up to you, feel free to use my Jerboa v36 or the mainline Jerboa, most of the big servers should be on 0.18.1rc now.

[–] solrize 1 points 2 years ago

Issue with mainline is last time I looked, it needed Android 8 or higher, and I'm still on Android 7. Do you know if they merged your backport?

[–] Zeus 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

what's your thoughts on building this with a different package name so that it can be installed alongside vanilla jerboa?

(i'm reticent about uninstalling vanilla just to try this out)

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