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Voyager

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It's taken a lot of hard work and I'm excited to announce that Voyager is now on the Apple App Store!

If you have time, download the app and consider leaving a review! This helps Voyager gain visibility and legitimacy.

Get the App!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762

Can I continue to use the PWA?

Of course! The PWA is self-hostable, hackable, and receives updates quicker. However, it doesn't have access to certain native APIs that the native app takes advantage of.

Can I continue to use the Test Flight beta?

Yes, but I recommend switching to the App Store release if you aren't actively involved in testing. It's a more stable release :)

Get the App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762

Enjoy! 💙

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[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 102 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"The developer does not collect any data from this app."
love it <3

[–] Humanbiscuit@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am so in love with this. What an amazing gift this app is in a world of corporations and data harvesting. If ever there’s a project that deserves our huge support, it’s this one.

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Best lemmy app, period. So sleek, so smooth.

But how we are supposed to enjoy a Lemmy app without spending $20 on it?

[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah! It respects your privacy and there's no ads!

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[–] xan1242@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was hoping the "scroll freeze after swipe back" bug would've been fixed by this...

[–] Sentau@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this an apple only problem¿? I don't face this on android

[–] xan1242@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep it's a Safari (and its webview) bug. This is a quirk that will haunt this app and I don't think there's much that can be done from developer's side other than porting this app to a native library.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The safari bug is actually resolved in the native app for iOS. It only ignores gestures if you swipe quickly while the view is still transitioning, but it no longer latches which is the safari bug.

The problem is that Ionic view transitions are too slow on swipe back (vs native views) this is an Ionic bug though that can be resolved in a future version of Ionic. Basically the view transitions too slowly and you try to swipe right at the tail end of the animation and this initial gesture is ignored.

But it should no longer "freeze" until you stop all gestures, this is resolved in the native app.

[–] xan1242@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Oh nice.

It's still driving me crazy though. I'll wait patiently for that to get fixed...

[–] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] xan1242@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn't fix this unfortunately. This is a Safari/Webkit bug that still isn't fixed.

More info for context here: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/18

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[–] 0x96EA@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Congrats! I’ve been using the PWA for a few weeks and I’ve been convinced to do it for my next project.

[–] ZeroDrek@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can I get the old icon back? I’m not a fan of the new one.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

In the future there will be an app icon switcher :)

[–] Teal@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

App icon switching is planned for a future update. Maybe the original will be included, but I can’t say.

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[–] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’ll try it! Looks a bit like Apollo! Me likey!

[–] GadgetGirlOz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Been waiting for this app to be released on iOS and it DOES NOT disappoint! Hands down the best way to view Lemmy.

If it’s already this good on its first release I can’t wait to see what the future updates will bring!

As a former Apollo user, this app also brings me back to the good times of using it before it was shutdown.

Fantastic work devs!

[–] Jearom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Posting from the app, looking great! Thank you, @aeharding, you’re doing amazing work here. Migrating to Lemmy from the other place has been such a breeze with this app to smooth the way.

[–] Javish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Whoa. This looks very promising! THANK YOU.

[–] BennyInc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Looks good to me. What I still miss from Apollo is a swipe right to get „back“ to a post I just swiped left from. Something like the browser forward button.

[–] Zombiebadguy@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago

I’m just a layman in terms of app development, but have a basic understanding of the monumental amount of work that has gone into this app, so I would like to congratulate everyone, or singular person, who has made my viewing habits as streamlined as they are.

I look forward to your success, and wish you all the praise, financial, emotional and learning support you could wish for.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[–] waratchess@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been using the Android version, and it's awesome, y'all IOS buddies are in for a treat.

[–] mistborn@lurkers.club 5 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Been waiting for this to switch from Memmy, as I loved the PWA except for the limitations. Thanks for your hard work!

[–] sennalonso1981@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Teal@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Awesome news! Congratulations aeharding and team! 🎉🥳

Downloaded and reviewed. :)

[–] BURN@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Already downloaded! Didn’t realize how much I missed the haptics

[–] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Congratulations!

[–] Arose8334@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome work :)

[–] Taeye0n@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't really use any apple devices but I'm really happy for you guys. Congrats!

[–] aquarisces@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for all your work into this app! Currently replying from the iOS app 😁

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Commenting directly from the new app!!

Thank you! It looks and works wonderfully!

[–] BennyInc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would it be possible to change accounts while staying on a post? In case I browse with one account and want to comment from a different one? Or some setting to autoswitch accounts when I open a post from a different instance which I also have an account on?

[–] Dalinar 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that so you can have conversations with yourself?

[–] BennyInc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

😁 Rather because it’s sometimes more useful to comment with a „local“ account instead of the standard one I browse with. It’s a little complicated with the whole federated approach.

[–] Sentau@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

However, it doesn't have access to certain native APIs that the native app takes advantage of.

How much extra programming overhead does adding code to use these native APIs add to you¿?

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
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[–] HandmadeOuch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is odd. I can upvote, scroll, sort, login … all of it with Memmy. None of that works the first time with Voyager. I keep getting errors saying it can’t login, can’t vote and so on. I have to try it twice for it to work.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's very strange, I haven't heard any reports similar to that. I'll keep an eye out though. Sorry for the problems.

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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

it's possible that it's because at the time you were trying to do that the instance was down

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