My 3rd party app is coming along! Got it pulling actual data from kbin.social! Huge inspo from Apollo app.
3 years ago by hariette to c/kbinMeta
Hoping to have a private beta test within a month or two. For now calling the app Kmoon (K🌛)
Sign up here!
EDIT: the app will be x-platform (iOS, Android and Mac)
This kind of stuff is exactly what the fediverse needs. Great work!
Which Android device are you looking at? I've always wondered how devs develop for Android since there's so many different kinds of devices that run Android with different capabilities. With iPhones, I'm (hopefully correctly) assuming that it's a little easier since there's only so many versions to support.
You should try using Android as your daily driver though. Some months ago I tried iOS and I hated it. Of course this is a personal opinion, but you should really try it. My current phone is the OPPO Reno8 Lite. It's cheap, fast and overall really good.
I'm happy to see kbin apps start popping up so fast. Signed up for this beta.
This is great! I miss features from apps on Kbin, like saving posts, collapsing comments, etc. Signed up.
Wanted to add - Joey for Reddit was my go-to on Android when I left iOS/Apollo. Might be good inspiration, as well; I actually felt that Joey handled somethings much better than Apollo did.
Joey for Reddit is/was the ULTIMATE client if you desire customization of the experience.
Man...I spent days on those font size and elements to be show/hide on the cards/threads. But it was in the end MY PERFECT experience
You absolute legend. Make it paid and I’ll pay for it. This is how we win.
Looks like it'd be super handy. went ahead and signed up on the form :)
Appreciate it!
A decade back I spent some years running another indie app and the best part was the community helping test and recommend features. It really elevates the quality of a product. Unlike what we're seeing with reddit....
Understandable. I've coded some chat/forum apps before as well as android app stuff. never anything popular though lol. hopefully things go well for you :)
I'd rather see Relay or Infinity inspired stuff but I guess it's a first step for this type of field.
Applied! I've spent a lot ot my free time on kbin the last few days, I would love to provide feedback on an app.
Can't wait to see this, it should make it easier for people to join that would have ended up using the reddit app instead.
Maybe a name like Aurora or Nova could work. Like it is still space / celestial themed but both symbolize “new” (aurora - new morning after nighttime, nova, explosion of light / pent up energy), and can work as a spiritual successor paying homage to Apollo. Great idea btw I just signed up.
Wouldn't recommend using "Aurora". It's already the main alternative to the official google play store, and it's getting hunted down by Google.You wouldn't this nice new app to get stuck into this unrelated mess.
That’s fair! I was giving examples but you’re right this and what another user mentioned about Nova make them imperfect choices. I like the idea of paying homage to Apollo somehow.
Signed up. The mobile web interface is clunky, I’d love to help refine an app.
We're watching your career with great interest!
Hell yeah!
Uff yea, it was a bit of work, more so than building the app so far.
I’m setting everything up so when the API goes live I can just swap and replace the unofficial API service I’m hosting. but it’s good enough to help get the app fleshed out in the meantime :)
I'm not on ios, but still great to see people making apps for the fediverse. Also this is the first time I'm seeing a kbin thread from lemmy, so I guess kbin has federation working again!
Thank you from an excited Android user!
federation has been working slightly and slowly these past few days. nothing speedy. not sure it's 100% back yet? but yes I'm on kbin.social and seeing your comment clearly :)
There's another new app that was started just 5 days ago that can be built for android, not sure if it's usable yet but it'll be good to keep an eye on: https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy
Community at memmy@lemmy.ml
Will this be open source?
Great going. All the best
Signed up! Appreciate the work!
Excellent work!
I'm so pumped you're doing this! Just signed up :-)
Amazing work! Just signed up.
Kmoon is a fantastic name. Looking forward to it!
Looks great! How did you manage to actually pull data from Kbin? I just can't seem to get it working
I am definitely interested, but I have a question: if I entered the beta testing, what would be my responsibilities? I ask before I have never beta tested anything...
Like using an app but you can't hate on it if anything is broken lol. Instead you have to submit feedback/issues so they can be addressed. But also, could just be new ideas in the form of feature requests.
I'll prob setup a Discord and an issue tracker on github.
Thank you. Honestly I am very nervous about it, I am still unsure if I will subscribe. The problem is more about me being a tech noob than anything, I am really just a casual user who has learned how to Google tech/computer tutorials when needed (and even then, with mixed results lol) so I worry I would be a useless tester
Great work, keen to see how this progresses.
good idea. signed up
This is wonderful! Looking forward to seeing how the app shapes up. Have signed up for the beta test :)
Would you consider Linux support as a Flatpak app?
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That's fantastic. Keep up the good work!
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