this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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Sync for Lemmy

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founded 1 year ago
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Key points

  • Random and random nsfw back as actions!
  • Added the ability to browse all instances and communities on an instance
  • Added admin tools (see #312 for details)
Ultra
  • Added a new article summarizer
New
  • Added user + community block managers (Settings > Lemmy preferences)
  • UI changes to the post options bottomsheet
    • Icons are now shown next to the user and community items
    • User and community items can be expanded out
    • A few user items have been moved to a separate bottomsheet
  • The filters bottomsheet now uses icons
  • catbox.moe links are now opened in-app (can be disabled)
  • Imgur video posts now show a small preview image
  • You can now view the moderators of a community
  • Added an option to disable the new hiding behaviour (Settings > experimental > keep posts hidden)
Github issues closed
  • Deep linking causes a transparent, unresponsive Activity to appear if Sync isn't already running #345
  • Random NSFW #246
  • Expose instance name and view its communities #242
  • Add the ability to generate a random base theme color on app launch #358
  • "Failed to start subscription purchase (2)" when subscribing to Ultra #231
  • Crash when using lemmy.ca instance #204
  • Unable to share direct image on Android 14 Beta #104
  • Unable to direct share image #216
  • Remove the "Display if a post is OC" setting #361
  • Block button shown twice in the about menu #403
  • Block list #305
  • Block button does not change to "Unblock" when you block a community #300
  • [Feature Request] Block Community option added to Post Menu #225
  • Function to unblock a user #269
  • When viewing comments in your own or someone else's profile... #401
  • Summarize article/post/comment feature for Ultra #251
  • Switch Media Upload Dialog for Bottom Sheet #160
  • Support for verified links (top X instances maybe) #77
  • Community in drawer sidebar has blank space between name and instance #47
  • Back arrow in action bar isn't visible in login screen on tablets #53
  • Theme sharing generates screenshot only #96
Other fixes
  • Fixed a crash when starting chrome custom tabs
  • Fixed a crash when searching
  • Added a potential crash for TextViews crashing
  • Fixed an issue where searching from the drawer would say todo...
  • You can now enter "-" and "_" in the username field
  • Fixed a crash where some S4R backups would cause a crash
  • ProgressBottomSheetDialogFragments now auto dismiss
Updates
  • androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0-rc01
  • com.google.android.material:material > 1.11.0-alpha02
  • com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle > 2.9.9
Notes
  • NSFW images can no longer be uploaded via Sync
  • Android 14 should behave better now
  • View + saved are now enabled by default in the actions manager
  • Your default community has been reset to handle the new local feed changes
  • The voting icons in comments now match slides
  • The profile icon is now accessible via the 3 dot menu for comments
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Go to "everything" and you'll see two new chips "communities" and "instances"

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I love this. I've generally relied on looking at stuff that hits the main feed to find content but this has opened up so much extra content that I didn't know existed. Great feature!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Random is also pretty good for discovering new content too

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where do I find Random? Normally I just look at Everything or explore my local instance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

go to More Actions by either clicking the FAB (floating action button in the bottom-right corner of your screen) or [...] in the top-right corner. You should see an overlay menu with extra actions, within them you'll see Random and Random NSFW.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent. Thanks for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go to "everything" and you'll see two new chips "communities" and "instances"

FTFY

This new feature is an absolute game changer!!! Amazing!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha. That'll teach me to reply late at night

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hope you learned your lesson! Lol

Have a good one Laurence. Hope you are doing well and making bank on this amazing app!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh cool, thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love having that available! Could you add a search bar in the list, though? It's kind of difficult finding specific instances sometimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Filtering for instances, communities and filters should all be added actually.