Sync for Lemmy Beta 29 release notes
New
- You can now post!
- The upload image dialog has been replaced with a bottom sheet
- The image picker now uses the fancy new Photo Picker
Github issues closed
- Support for new posts #37
- Unable to share direct image on Android 14 Beta #104
- Support login with email address #186
- Add lemdro.id to the instance list #194
- Add tag and Remove tag generate two toast messages each #189
- Sync doesn't parse /c/ links #198
- Links are unclickable here #276
- Post options subtitle still mentions flair #257
- Broken comment hierarchy in comments under View more #93
- Restore removed comments still showing in search #284
Other fixes
- Fixed "view more" comments hierarchy issues
- Renamed the share handler to "Submit with Sync"
Updates
- com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging > 23.2.1
- androidx.browser:browser > 1.6.0
- androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0-beta01
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Posting is finally here!
I'll be continuing to work on all open issues over the next few weeks:
https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues
And I'll be applying regional pricing to ultra soon.
Cheers!
Lj
Love it! If only there was enough lemmy content so I could leave Reddit.
Eh, there's more than enough content for mindless scrolling. Good enough for me
Now that Sync users can post we will get more content.
It was kind of a pain having to switch out to post so it's definitely nice to see this coming along.
That'll only get better with time, unfortunately.
Aaaaand now I can delete all of the other Lemmy apps. Thanks!
You shouldn't have post this, all the FOSS folks are gonna be mad.
No. They'll be righteously smug as they try to keep up.
Didn't you know, LJ shouldn't get paid for his work. FOSS is better in every way./s
Foss advocates aren't saying he shouldn't be paid, just that they would like the app to be open source.
Yeah, you haven't been reading all the comments talking about how it's a problem that it requires people to pay for the app then.
The F in FOSS is free, and many are very sure Sync shouldn't cost, shouldn't have ads, and any money going to Sync is stolen from Lemmy and its instances.
It's not the majority. But it's a very vocal subset (who gathered enough upvotes it looked... like consensus.)
It's supposed to be free as in freedom, not free beer. I guess some people forgot about that.
“ You can now post! “
The day when Lemmy Exploded !!!
Broken comment hierarchy in comments under View more #93
Yesssss! I didn't find this one the first time I read about the update and was kinda worried it was something wrong on my end.
I'm still having this issue when sorting comments by Top :(
✨✨new photo picker✨✨
https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/photopicker
Fancy
The fancy new photo picker is a significant downgrade. It can't search file names, it doesn't work with microSD cards, and it's painfully slow. Can we get an option to select images with an external gallery app?
You also lose the ability to use apps like scrambled exif 😢
Lemmy strips all exif information by default when posting, so there's no need for a scrambler to begin with.
Good to know. But still it's cumbersome not being able to chose from specific folders/apps
I don't know how it looked pre-update but the image picker from Sync for Reddit was absolutely more functional and still not ugly
Yeah, plus one for this, the new picker is so limited compared to how it was before. Would 100% vote for a reversion.
I completely disagree with this, but that's probably because I actually have a photo gallery as opposed to a set of files.
Wait till this man finds out what digital photos are stored as
I do too. Are you sure you're responding to the right person? Because you're not making a lick of sense.
Added for the next release.
Nice, thanks!
Oh this is very nice. Thank you for your continued hard work!
How do I get access to the beta? I feel like I should know but I don't and can't figure it out.
The main version on the app store is the beta right now but with submitting finally in I guess it might be time to graduate out of beta.
The version on the play store is from 8-3. 😪
Give it a few hours to clear review
Thank you so much! Will be eagerly checking the Play store for the update.
Live now
Will do. Excited to give it a test drive.
Live now
Yup
Thank you!
At that point we would be able to hop in the beta on the play store right ?
Yup
Hi ljdawson, the play store app seems to be in beta 27 still for me, is that because of my region?
Still pending approval
Very nice update. Now if hidden posts would stay hidden I could actually use it as my main app!
Fixed for the next beta
Awesome. Love your app, LJ. Use it every day. And great to have posting back.
I'd love to see an option to exclude responses to a post from going to the inbox like in the reddit app. If a post gets popular, the inbox fills up real quick.
Thanks again.
I can't seem to find a way to even do that on the desktop site
Can you make default view to be comments+posts instead post-only in the profile page please?
Yes, same as setting the default for your main feed.
Very good! Nice to see the /c/ link issue fixed too.
Sounds great, sync is really boosted my overall experience in Lemmy, it's really fun to use. Great work.
Viewed posts still don't hide when you refresh :(
Fixed for the next beta
Sync for Lemmy and Voyager are my main Lemmy clients now, I'm glad Sync is getting better.
Awesome work as always!
First, thank you so much for this app. I've tried so many and this one was a no brainier, especially since it is so incredibly customizable. The major feature I've been waiting for is multi column views (I can never go back lol)
I have a couple requests: Is it possible to add voting without opening the post?
This is the only RIF screenshot I have lol but you can see what I mean in the bottom right.
Second, some posts get kind of wonky when there's a title and image so it gets very long:
Any way to make the post on the right look like the one on the left? I think it's specifically when the image is a link preview.
Again thank you so much and either way this app is amazing. I so appreciate the work you've done to make this happen ❤️
Not sure about the layout you're using, but with cards layout there are swipe gestures to up vote/down vote without opening the posts.
I'm using a 2 column layout and swiping hides the post. I don't see a setting to customize gestures but I'll look again, I didn't even think of that
On cards view, there is settings for "partial slide" where it goes from up vote, then down vote, and then hide post with full slide if that makes sense depending on how far I swipe.
omg!!! Thank you! I didn't realize a swipe was multiple things. I just have to finesse lmao. I am so perfectly happy rn
Nice!! Ive been using Sync for 10+ years and realized almost always whatever feature I wish was there had an existing setting already 😁
Awesome work! Anyway to include release notes with the update on the play store? I'm a sucker for those!
I should add that back actually
Sweet. Thank you!.
Are there plans to give the "comment reply" window a similar visual overhaul to the "create post" window?
I was thinking about that. Do you prefer the new one?
Yes, the new one looks nice and clean. I think a bit of padding really helps to make it look modern. (yeah, I know this will ruffle some feathers because some people apparently prefer 0px padding on everything)
One thing that always irked me a bit about the old "comment reply" window is that it has a fixed division of the comment you're replying to, and your own reply. Maybe a toggle would be nice? (and it would also be nice if that top window would also show the text from self-posts when I'm writing a top-level comment; that way we would be able to copy/quote from the selftext. IIRC on reddit it only worked when I was replying to a comment)
Thanks for your work! Using Sync here feels like coming home.
Is there a way to give the new photopicker access to more folders? I can only see three (Camera, Screenshots and Downloads) but I have multiple other folders (from editing apps, screenshots, downloads from Twitter etc), that I now can't access from Sync.
Added an alternative source for selecting images for the next beta.
Legend, thank you :-)
Too much amazing!
Yep you can do that here: Settings shortcut: Post options > Default post sort
Very nice!
Is there a post right handed mode for upvote/downvote?
That's just on comments I think as I've got that enabled. I'm more looking for posts
You're right, I'm half asleep. Thanks!
Probably wrong place to request or mention this but special character like + should be allowed in username field, as it's valid for emails.
Fixed for the next release
Awesome, thanks!
Testing something, brb!
Is it possible to upload multiple images? I can upload one image in a post, but can't embed images in the body or a comment without receiving an error ("Could not upload image.")
These errors come from your instance I'm afraid. Uploading too many images (even just more than 1...) can cause this.
Ok, thanks for the reply! I've been using Sync for a decade, and it is by far the best app I've used. Thanks for all your work porting it over to Lemmy!
Bug report: Sharing comments creates reddit links for some reason (couldn't find a way to report it in app)
Fixed
Are the spoiler tags supposed to be working properly with beta 29? I don't see any mention aside from one comment 2 weeks ago... Even longer ago on the github open issues page, so I was just wondering. (Usually spoiler tags are there for a good reason)
This does feel a little overlooked. It's a top QOL feature.
Added for todays release
Excellent! I'm looking forward to the update - excited to watch the app develop, too. Thanks for all your work!
Is it possible to have seperate counts for upvotes and downvotes?
I've added the percentage of upvotes to downvotes for the next release.
That's a bit too complicated, no? I mean is there a reason for going with that instead of two counts?
After it releases let me know what you think. This is a little cleaner
Can we have the vote breakdown when long pressing the vote buttons?
Sure, I'll reply to this comment
Weird thing that I noticed making my first post, keyboard was keyboard only. Didn't have an option suggestions and didn't have any autocorrect. Only time I've encountered that issue with this keyboard that I've been using probably as long as sync for reddit. Which was a while.
Fixed for the next release.
Dope! Thanks!
Same, but only in the Title field. For the rest I'm getting full keyboard functionality.
Device information
Using SwiftKey
Thank you!
I am not getting notifications for messages and replies. Is there a setting, that I am missing or is this not yet implemented?
The messaging background job isn't hooked up yet, I was holding off as to not spam the lemmy servers at launch day with Syncs release. Will be adding push notifications hopefully soon.
I keep getting Error Loading Page 400 over and over