Release v0.9.18 · liftoff-app/liftoff
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Added post style settings pane Added Font size option Added more compact post functionality Added SafeArea

Hey everyone! We have been blown away by the response to Liftoff and we really appreciate the support of the community. We’re passionate about creating an app that we want to use and we’re excited with the progress. There have been a ton of updates and bugfixes this week and we wanted to share the latest state of things

v0.9.18 Release

iOS:

Android:

Changelog

  • Fixed issue where “Everything -> Subscribed” feed showed no posts
  • Added better compact view
  • Added Post Customization page in settings with live preview
  • Added ability to customize font size
  • Added ability to quickly toggle between card and compact view
  • Fixed mark as read not working, added mark all as read
  • Fixed issue with comment share link not being generated properly
  • Added Gesture Navigation (Thanks shocklateboy92!)
  • Added TOTP Login support (Thanks swmarks!)
  • Added animation configuration (Thanks johnc86!)

Known Issues (In progress)

There are a few bugs still that we’re working through and we really appreciate all the support from the community helping us Beta test. Here are some of the known issues we’re working on:

  • User and community link opening within the app is finicky #107
  • Separate default comment sort from default post sort
  • New sort in community page’s posts sometimes not working properly
  • Unclear usage of everything feed causing seemingly duplicated posts across the difference instances.
  • Check here for a full list

Screenshots

  • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    My most awaited feature is for the download button to work. Liftoff is miles ahead of the other lemmy apps, if that button worked it would be feature complete at least as far as I know how to use it.

  • Tetsuo666@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I was eager to try out Liftoff but unfortunately I can’t seem to log in on it :/

    I noticed my password contains a space in the middle and I always get an “invalid password” error.

    I didn’t try yet to change the password and try again but I suspect the password field when you login might not like a space in it.

    In any case, if I can check if the password is really the issue, I will try to create a proper bug report on the git repository or something.

    Thanks for the hard work ! It makes me happy to see devs embracing Lemmy and trying to make the best out of a pretty sad situation with reddit.

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Oh you might be on to something. There was a similar bug report but we thought it was their password length. It might be spaces. I’ll take a lol. Thanks!

  • wabafee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Awesome release loving the app!

    Edit: I downloaded, the app from the app store, It seem to crash a lot when logged in, I wonder if its related to the instance Im logged in, currently using lemmy.world.

      • wabafee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Strange, been trying out a lot of stuff, using 0.9.18 and its just crashes for me everytime I visit the first page. I did observe that it seem to work fine if viewing directly a community when logged in, I gave up for now, I think it has something to do with the lemmy 0.18 update perhaps it will fix it self once lemmy.world gets updated to 0.18 or so.

      • wabafee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Found out it was a lemmy.world issue. I had a lemmy.ml account tried logging in with it and that seem to fixed the problem. I guess it is related to the switch to http which happen in lemmy 0.18 while lemmy.world is still in 0.17.

        Edit: While still using lemmy.world account, some observation I saw, It seem to crash only when viewing the first screen you encounter when opening the app, if you wait long enough there. If viewing directly to a community it works just fine.

  • Patariki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    First of all, great app. Question though: it seems there’s no button to block communities, am I missing it or hasn’t it been added (yet)?

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      You can from the 3 dots on the community page.

      There is however a bug where if you use the everything -> all feed blocked communities will still show up. Working on a fix for that

  • TheInsane42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Just installed the app via the playstore. I needed to use the website to be able to access it.

    BTW, rating can’t be correct:

    Content rating
PEGI 18 • Extreme violence

    I like how you can add multiple accounts and get an overview of all the subscribed channels in 1 view. Posting seems to be an issue yet, at least here with multiple acocunts. (probably pebkac issue, as it’s less then an hour on the device)

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      This I’m sure is due to the fact that people can upload nsfw posts, even though it can be moderated.

      Would love support here if any one has experience with the play store in this area

  • ainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Are any iOS users having some serious performance issues with Liftoff? I’ve tried both TestFlight versions and no matter what settings I use, Liftoff feels very sluggish.

      • ainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        What device are you using? I’m wondering if it’s related to ProMotion.

    • liftoff@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      We’re working on improving refresh rate from current default 60Hz, would that explain what you’re seeing? It’s my main app for browsing Lemmy and it’s generally doing pretty well unless there’s about 1000 comments in a thread.

  • tymon@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Y’all are doing really great work, and so goddamned quickly too. Jerboa won’t even let me log in, much less navigate this easily.

  • Sneckster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Do we have any notification of getting replies yet?

    Using oled dark if that makes a difference

          • Sneckster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Lovely, thank you.

            Would love to be able to jump to the top of the feed by hitting the home button too if that’s being planned.

            You’re all doing a great job so far. I already feel that little bit of loyalty to liftoff.

        • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Yeah that’s on my list. We’ll have to implement something for iOS also so we’re taking this enhancement slow.

  • wheresyourshoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I didn’t see it on your list, but communities I have blocked are showing up on the frontpage when I have “all” selected.

  • salt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Love the new update! Are you guys considering adding post/comment text size adjustment as well (rather than just title/header)?

    eta: It would also be great to be able to see the bottom navigation when viewing an instance/community page. The little autocorrect bubble is a bit wonky when writing comments as well.

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah comment font sizes are coming.

      Could you share a screenshot of what you’re talking about with the wonky comment writing?

      • salt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Sure! Here are a few screenshots. If you see the small gray/blue(?) line a bit above the highlighted text in the third screenshot, that’s where the autocorrect/text replacement was + it did work when I tapped it. But there have been a few instances where I haven’t been able to see it at all, I’m assuming it’s somewhere off-screen?