This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Since a lot of you asked me to build an Android version and post about it here when I launch, and I sincerely apologise that I forgot to post on lemmy sooner. The free app was launched on Play store almost a month ago and has garnered some excellent reviews. It has feature parity with the iPhone App and works on all Android 8.0+ devices.
You can download the app here.
Any feedback is wholeheartedly welcome, you can also post issues and contribute to the rdx web app on Github.
Hey, very cool app. One thing that could be a massive improvement is the ability to tap the thumbnails in "compact mode" to open a bigger version of the image without loading the whole post. Boost (for reddit and for lemmy) has something like this (though not as snappy as I'd like), and relay for reddit had the perfect implementation of this. It was quick and easy. You tap the thumbnail to blow the image up to the max screen width, tap again to dismiss the image. Ideally there would be no lag between when you tap and when the image is loaded, same with dismissing. (I disabled double tap in relay so the image dismissal didn't wait for a 2nd tap, making it quicker.)
Obviously this is a very nice and niche feature, so it might be outside the scope of the app. But if you find yourself itching to add some features, keep this in mind :) It would fit well with the "fast, fluid browsing" theme of the app.
I took a video to give a quick example but uploading it to lemmy.world isn't working, I don't want to share my youtube account, and I don't want to make you download a random file from a file sharing site, so you can check out this behavior in those 2 apps if you need an example.
I get what you are saying, just pushed an update to Apple with the new compact mode. Android soon.
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There are subreddits I want to archive before things get any worse, any tools I can use or any way to adapt the backend for this task?
makes app to evade reddit ads and stuff.
uses google service framework and puts it out only in playstore.
whats wrong with people?
Hi, thanks again for making this app. Any chance of swipe to collapse? I find it takes less effort than double tapping
Since both left and right swipes(to go back and forward) work already it will be messy to implement that.
I meant like Alien Blue and Apollo where if you swipe on the comment and not on the edges, Apollo had a full half centimeter of edge space for front and back while AB was more like RDX (which imo is better really)
No worries if you don’t want to though, just thought I’d ask
Should.. should I be concerned?
When you donate, a token id and status of purchase is sent to the server (in case anyone donates accidentally, rare I know, requests for a refund for their donation I can match order ID and issue refund) . That's all, no credit card info, email or stuff like that. I wasn't sure if this counts as financial info on play store so just to be safe I checked that box.
That makes sense. I believe you have nothing to be concerned about, but I'm not a dev, so who am I to say 🤷♂️
Great app!
Intriguing, my first reaction is that this must be some accident. On iOS it’s marked as not collecting data, and the privacy policy is a single line.
I’m sure the dev will swing by shortly, I’m just expressing my surprise at seeing that
I have explained in the parent comment.
Kinda wish I hadn't checked this out. Don't get me wrong OP, your app is fantastic! I'm just grossed out and disappointed by some of the comments in my "old stomping grounds" subreddits.
Rdx itself rules tho, good job bruh
I know that feeling, when mods left, some places turned into dumpster fires as expected.
thank you!
This would be amazing to be integrated with Voyager. People could migrate to Reddit via Fediverser and clone only their subreddits to the device.
It looks like gated communities can't be accessed using your app. I tried opening /r/steroids and just got a blank page
Reddit limitations :(
thx I just downloaded the ios app. I havent used reddit much anymore but I do miss few subreddits to check the latest news.
Thank you for checking out the app.
Sigma male grindset: lurk on reddit and then be active on lemmy
Hey I use this all the time on my browser, really appreciate it. I did install the "app" when prompted by chrome which I think just creates a chrome based app but one of the things I find difficult is getting to r/all and filtering to top hour. All doesn't come up when sarched and filtering by hour isnt an option.
Ill give the actual app a go and I really appreciate your work, it is a great experience.
Yes that's the web app. You can install from play store now, it has many new features.
There does seem to be some minor issues. I'm seeing the same posts I saw earlier reappear as I scroll, and it doesn't seem to be updating unless you sort by new.
It is by default sorted by "best" which takes some time to show new posts.
I got it thanks, for now the web app is preferable because I can get r/all and filter better. I would also recommend adding a download function for images and videos.
I suggest arrows to navigate main comments (I think they also call them "parent comments" or something). As an example, Sync for Lemmy and Now for Reddit have them.
Can you please elaborate? Like the arrow that takes you to the next comment?
As a suggestion/feedback. Could you please make it so you can block certain subreddits from appearing in your feed? I know you can subscribe but I am actually fine with most subreddits apart from a select view.
In next updates.
Huzzah! Thanks man!
Nice app, considering i still lurk on some subreddits using mobile browser.
Btw, is there a way to refresh the subreddit page? Seems I can't do usual pull down to refresh for now
tap the three bars on top left > Refresh
