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.
You should consider seasonal themes like halloween and shit down the road
For the love of god please make a dark mode
Edit: nvm found out there is a settings menu. FYI it's easy to overlook, at least for smooth brains like me
I love this app. I can lurk all my favorite subs without using their dogshit website, its convenient and allows me to lurk AND give them a constant middle finger without indirectly supporting pedophile spez and his army of abusive subreddit mods. Thank you!
There are multiple light and dark themes already available in Settings > Appearance. Will add a full theme customiser as a vanity feature somewhere in the future.
Maybe the wrong place, but I’ve consistently had a bug with the iOS version where it will start repeating posts after awhile with no way to fix it. Refresh or restarting the app doesn’t fix it.
It's the correct place. If you only subscribe to a handful of subs and they don't update frequently your home feed will be stale. Other than that I don't see any reason. If you could explain further on what screens you face this problem I will be able to help.
Looks nice! I sent a link to the gf who's on iPhone. She's always complaining about ads, and I never know what's out there for her as I'm on android. I installed it too so I can give it a look.
After not looking at Reddit's front page in a year, it's a bit of a shock seeing an unfiltered feed! 😮
95% of the features are same on iOS and Android.
How does this work? I thought the API charges killed all free reddit viewers.
Probably parses old.reddit.com
Reddit claims that's illegal too. They now block Microsoft from indexing them because Microsoft isn't paying them.
That's only because they honor robots.txt. App users aren't robots, so it's ok.
Looks great, I've been using Stealth but it has trouble with albums and some other content. It also doesn't let me search for posts in a specific subreddit.
This looks like it will do both of those things, as well as being actively maintained and improved. Thanks for making it.
I still need to really take the App a test drive, but my initial observation is the inability to display in landscape. That's my own personal pet peeve with all Apps.
Had to disable landscape mode because it didn't feel as finished(you can still landscape video by swiping from left to right on a full screen video), I will make some adjustments for tablets and wider viewports in general and then push an update in near future.
I can vouch that this thing is pretty dope. While I don't even so much as lurk Reddit at this point, it was definitely useful when there was a natural disaster in my area and I was checking the local sub for updates.
Seems nice, how do you handle reddit overpriced api, or do you not use it maybe?
it's just for lurking, so not using it
As a habitual lurker, this is amazing. I can keep abreast if my local town subreddit without loading their horrendous mobile site. Bravo.
Were not going back!
That being said, I appreciate sticking it to reddit in this way.
Same here. The app looks great and I applaud the hard work you put in, but that bridge is done burned and gone. I hope your app is a great success nonetheless.
Installed, I love all the themes! Thanks!
The most fun feature to make. I love all the theme suggestions from users.
Is there a FUCK SPEZ theme?
I had some issues trying to import my subreddits via the .json file on my Fire HD10 tablet. The on screen pop up I am able to select the file just fine but I am not able to hit the import or cancel button. Import worked just fine on iOS version.
Try tapping around the import button(like 1-2cm up/down where the import button is). Are you able to hit the cancel button?
I did. I even used a stylus. It’s like the buttons don’t have an ability to activate. I am unable to hit either the import or cancel button.
I will fix it in the next update. Are you on the latest version?
Does this violate any applicable policies such as Reddit's or Google's end user agreement?
Afaik No?
I've been using the IOS app since it was launched and just wanted to say you're awesome! The app has been very helpful when I need to check my city's sub and r/nba (both exist in lemmy but aren't as active yet).
Thank you so much for your kind words! A new update to the search page and some more customisation options in settings are coming in the next minor update for iOS.
Very cool! Any thoughts on getting this on fdroid?
You could also post this on [email protected] and other places
Some thoughts so far:
Otherwise really cool :)
Yeah I have to make the subscribe button more prominent. Multireddits are planned for a future updates however you can import your subscriptions currently in the Settings tab.
I do have two questions here to be honest,
I'm not the OP, but I suspect Reddit may ban/shadowban any post promoting a reader app that doesn't use the official API. Or maybe he posted there already and wants to spread his message on Lemmy too. As for RedReader, I use it occasionally, but I stopped posting and commenting on Reddit since the API exodus.
I would think, because quite a lot of people came to Lemmy when Reddit killed the apps they used. Having a new app may be of interest to them?
RedReader? Didn't know it existed, I just assumed all prior reddit apps were DOA.
There are some you can compile yourself but after the API fiasco, I just switched to the Fediverse and my favorite app has been Connect so far.
Yep I have Infinity compiled with my own api key and while I don't use it a lot it's certainly a lot better than trying visit reddit through their website/app.
I guess this is just solving the same issue really without having to jump through hoops.
Also using connect for lemmy.
I am happy to answer them.
Why post on lemmy when you can post it on Reddit? Increased visibility?
Because a lot of contributors and users when the web app launched a year ago were from Lemmy only. A lot of lemmy users use rdx on iOS or web app to lurk on the niche subs that haven't made it to lemmy yet. Also when I launched the iOS version so many of the users here asked me to let them know when I launch an Android version. I have linked one such thread in the first line of my post.
Why use this instead of RedReader?
