Does this guy even sleep, so many updates and it gets better and better. Thanks very much for the good work. Just downloaded it and it works perfectly also as App.
iOS UI/UX on Android doesn’t make any sense
Settings / Appearance / Themes / Device mode / Android (beta)
Looks pretty beta though…
Well… It’s is beta…
Someone finally said it. Can’t stand it, sorry.
It has Android mode also.
I must be an idiot, as I cant tell the damn difference. There are posts. They have thumbnails. I scroll through posts, I click on and read comments. How the hell is different than any other Lemmy app?
it’s ios-like
But how, though?
The iconography, full text up button in the action bar. Doesn’t use material elements in the ui and it’s themed ios blue instead of using the device theme.
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Ya that would be my main complaint. Awesome app for iOS users, but Android here. Doesn’t seem the Android mode works ATM but I’ll keep an eye on the progress! Good efforts from devs regardless!
Ummm… What’s the problem with Android mode? I’m using it ever since it’s here.
I should rephrase. It works, but as of now the Android mode doesn’t look all that different. I notice some minor changes, but still feels mostly like an iOS app.
It kinda bothers me to have an iOS UI on my Android phone lol.
There’s an android Mode. But it isn’t really material ui either. It threw me off at first, but having the same EXACT experience on my Desktop, iOS, and Android is 🔥🔥🔥.
I don’t have iOS devices, but I already installed Sync on my desktop (W11 Android subsystem) and laptop. So I’m getting the same experience everywhere, with the added benefits of tablet mode on desktop.
So many good apps coming out. Have you tried infinity for Lemmy yet? And that Android subsystem on Windows 11 is GOLD. I use my iptv app and some other Android apps on it.
Using IfL rn. Feels just as right as og Infinity (which I solely used during my time on Reddit), no unpolished experience as of UI, but I’m expecting to see some bugs and inconviences as usual (as of writing I’m using v0.0.8) but let’s be real guys, Rome wasn’t build in a day.
Feels absolutely on par with Liftoff (v0.10.10), and Jerboa (v0.0.42), which pretty much sets my happily permanently staying on Lemmy.
Yeah, Infinity feels less polished, but expected considering how much older Sync is. The Android subsystem has worked well, I used the script that adds Google Play services so my purchases are synced between phone and desktop.
Infinity feels polished to me because it’s exactly the same as the reddit app is. I actually was using it today thinking I was on the Reddit one. Wild lol. Only thing is inbox doesn’t work so I’m back on Voyager for now. I need to try Sync tho.I always heard good things about it on Reddit, but I went from Boost to infinity (because it’s FOSS) and never had the need to try anything else.
Inbox works. Are you perhaps still on 0.0.6?
Yes, working for me now but still barely functional. For example, I seen your reply but I can’t see my comment that you replied to. So I’m working off of memory of what I said. Lol
infinity on WSA is great because of the 3 columns option on tablet mode, but it doesn’t have tabbed browsing like sync
Good to know. Infinity inbox still needs to sort some bugs out before I switch from Voyager lol.
So that’s an ad.
The UI feels kinda like… a toy? Don’t like it. The app runs well tho!
Is it weird that I like the iOS mode look rather then the Android one on my Android phone?
It looks like a very old version of Android. Sync is much better in terms of adopting the new Material You design philosophy.
Ah that’s why Sync looks so ugly with it’s off-red color to everything? Damn. Do you know whether I can turn that off?
It is probably basing the colour scheme on your background? You can turn this off in the theme settings.
Sync uses Material You. It’s using the colors of your wallpaper. And you can customize the theme manually on settings.
This is not a sync thread. Please stop advertising an app with ads.
wallpaper… i am always surprised that people give a shit and set a wallpaper on a mobile device…
in any case, thanks for the feedback, that is an interesting setting.
Why wouldn’t you set a wallpaper? It’s a good way to personalize your phone and make it unique
Because I would never see it. Either I want an app so I am looking for that, or using an app, so I am looking at that. Black saves battery and makes it easy to see what I want.
It’s interesting thinking about it, I have very simple wallpaper on my linux desktop (no photo just very slowly changing shape/color pattern, but I do not have icons on the desktop at all. I turned that functionality off.
I wonder if I would think differently about my phone if I didn’t have icons to interact with on the screen?
Customization is a big selling point after all. Just see how much hype there was for iOS 15 only because you could finally customize the lock screen.
It’s basing the color scheme based on the main accent color you choose.
Set it to blue and set the intensity to minimum, and you’re good. Ideally paired with AMOLED black mode and extra powerful dark mode.
So this is an ad.
I think the Android mode is not completely polished yet
Yeah says beta right
Oddly enough, I’m also quite liking the iOS mode…🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Not weird. I’m an android user, but I like the iOS look a lot better. iOS does look better
thankthan android.Good thing you can change basically everything about how Android looks if you want
True. I have hex installer on my Samsung and I can make my phone look like iOS if I wanted to
Yes very weird
Jk but I like the Android one better
I think it’s a nostalgic reason for me.
It’s subjective, but that’s exactly the reason why I dislike it.
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I have an ipad. That’s enough.
how is it on ipad?
Tbh I haven’t even picked up my ipad since Apollo died
Why bother. Version two is already available.
That one is/will be lost in outer space sooner or later 🤣
If you search for “voyager lemmy” reddit is like the 3rd hit, and “voyager for lemmy” is like #30 after a bunch of completely random apps.
We need to give Google time to properly index the app, since it’s been released recently. I think they don’t easily surface new apps in order to prevent phishing or spam.
By the way, leaving 5 stars and a review probably helps.
If there’s one thing Google is really bad at, then it’s search algorithms.
At least for any product that isn’t the Google Search.
google search is pretty bad too
Hold on! I thought it was a web apponly? That’s awesome. I’ll download it
It’s basically the web app but with haptics and better back gesture support
The back gesture is actually stopping me from using it. It registers both in-app back gesture and the operating system gesture at the same time. It skips the main feed with the two backs, goes all the way back to the communities screen and forgets where it was on the feed.
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But I do have both with Vandium/Chromium
It basically is, this is just a wrapper that lets the web app hook into a few more native things like haptics
Does it have an internal browser that I don’t know of?
Voyager is great but it should be noted that this is just a glorified web app.
It runs really well for a web app, you can barely even tell.
But the web app spams my browser history with everything I ever touched on Lemmy. I absolutely don’t want that. It is nice to have the app separate from my chrome history.
yes but I think you can’t download images and videos of the app
The new update can!
Why should I note that? Will it eat me in my sleep if I didn’t know that?
It won’t be as optimized as a native app, basically.
I agree, but trust me: Voyager is the best webapp I’ve ever tried. It truly feels like a native app.
So what? For a hybrid app like that to be smooth and performant, he has my kudos. If I hadn’t already seen this running in a browser, I don’t think I would have realized it was. I personally like the Sync experience, but it’s really cool to have lots of different choices that use different tech.
Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into this project. This app is amazing. I’m just shocked at how quickly you work.
Is there a way to point the Play Store version of the app to my Voyager container running on my server?
I’m really digging this so far. The built-in subreddit import is amazing! I also like how relatively simple the app is in general. Most apps have a ton of options I never use, and this one seems to mostly be including the stuff I do care about.
If you ever end up going the donate route or whatever, I’d pitch in.
The dev’s donate link is https://github.com/sponsors/aeharding
Is this any different to the web app?
It respects android back gesture
I’ll try it out! I’m already using Voyager
And vibrates!
I installed it as a web app earlier. I don’t recall conflict with back gesture. What’s the issue with back gesture?
You know how in Android the back button is sometimes not a back button? It sometimes transforms to a close button (modal, image overlay, keyboard, etc.)
With an app built for iOS, these “close on back” was not working
As a web app, such behaviour will also need to be programmed to work on a browser first. Packaging it for Play Store should not grant that behaviour automatically.
(2) Image overlay For Voyager, back button for image overlay works in browser.
When opening an image viewer, the web app triggers a browser history change like this:
- Browsing on feed - https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/all
- Opening an image viewer - https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/all#galleryOpen
^ notice the extra
#galleryOpenWhen back button is triggered, the web page will listen to a “back” event, and close the image viewer.
(3) Keyboard: Keyboard is a native UI. So triggering “back” will always close the keyboard
(1) Modal / bottom sheet
But… I couldn’t figure out this one yet
Clicking on the “3 dots icon” in a post opens a bottom sheet interface.
Play Store version response to back button properly. But the web app version does not.
Bold to have two posts with “Fuck Spez” as thumbnails in the second screenshot
It is not easy these days to screenshot anything-internet without Fuck spez in it. He took the net by storm.
I read what you said and completely missed it. It’s there, but pretty hidden. Might not even be known. I’m not sure that makes it bold.
It took over the top spot with Connect for me. Voyager gives me instant reddit vibes like the Apollo app. Great layout. It’s super smooth.
Yeah, I had tried a few and settled on Connect as my app of choice. I think this just took over that spot.
I’m not able to install the app, anyone know why this could be happening?
I had users complain to me about the same issue. It’s likely as it’s rated 18 and you haven’t age verified your account.
The man himself!
Why is it rated 18? Reddit has the same kind of functionality and it’s just rated “parent guidance”
User generated content
Reddit also has UGC but it’s not 18+. That’s why I was asking
I’m guessing Google Play handles things on a case-by-case basis for apps that are more popular
So far liking it. Completely different ui and feel compared to thunder and connect.
How? How is it different? I see thumbnails and text. I click on it, it becomes posts and comments. I cannot see the difference.
The ui dude.
You’re describing UX. Not UI
