Release v0.9.18 · liftoff-app/liftoff
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Added post style settings pane Added Font size option Added more compact post functionality Added SafeArea

Hey everyone! We have been blown away by the response to Liftoff and we really appreciate the support of the community. We’re passionate about creating an app that we want to use and we’re excited with the progress. There have been a ton of updates and bugfixes this week and we wanted to share the latest state of things

v0.9.18 Release

iOS:

Android:

Changelog

  • Fixed issue where “Everything -> Subscribed” feed showed no posts
  • Added better compact view
  • Added Post Customization page in settings with live preview
  • Added ability to customize font size
  • Added ability to quickly toggle between card and compact view
  • Fixed mark as read not working, added mark all as read
  • Fixed issue with comment share link not being generated properly
  • Added Gesture Navigation (Thanks shocklateboy92!)
  • Added TOTP Login support (Thanks swmarks!)
  • Added animation configuration (Thanks johnc86!)

Known Issues (In progress)

There are a few bugs still that we’re working through and we really appreciate all the support from the community helping us Beta test. Here are some of the known issues we’re working on:

  • User and community link opening within the app is finicky #107
  • Separate default comment sort from default post sort
  • New sort in community page’s posts sometimes not working properly
  • Unclear usage of everything feed causing seemingly duplicated posts across the difference instances.
  • Check here for a full list

Screenshots

  • koolkiwi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I can easily see this becoming my new time sink once Boost dies in two days! Loving the app so far, very very impressive for such an early version. One thing I’d love to see (correct me if this is already possible) is having the refresh not only available at the top of the page. Having to scroll up for half a minute just to refresh is a bit tedious :D

  • AnonLordo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Your app is awesome, many thanks. I’m missing only the possibility to change the main color, otherwise it has aöready everything I need.

  • tymon@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Y’all are doing really great work, and so goddamned quickly too. Jerboa won’t even let me log in, much less navigate this easily.

  • Tetsuo666@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I was eager to try out Liftoff but unfortunately I can’t seem to log in on it :/

    I noticed my password contains a space in the middle and I always get an “invalid password” error.

    I didn’t try yet to change the password and try again but I suspect the password field when you login might not like a space in it.

    In any case, if I can check if the password is really the issue, I will try to create a proper bug report on the git repository or something.

    Thanks for the hard work ! It makes me happy to see devs embracing Lemmy and trying to make the best out of a pretty sad situation with reddit.

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh you might be on to something. There was a similar bug report but we thought it was their password length. It might be spaces. I’ll take a lol. Thanks!

  • wheresyourshoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t see it on your list, but communities I have blocked are showing up on the frontpage when I have “all” selected.

  • Soulsbane96@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Any plans to add comment collapsing? Sorry, I’m new to the app, play store installed

    Edit: jk, figured it out. Press and hold

  • TheInsane42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just installed the app via the playstore. I needed to use the website to be able to access it.

    BTW, rating can’t be correct:

    Content rating
PEGI 18 • Extreme violence

    I like how you can add multiple accounts and get an overview of all the subscribed channels in 1 view. Posting seems to be an issue yet, at least here with multiple acocunts. (probably pebkac issue, as it’s less then an hour on the device)

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This I’m sure is due to the fact that people can upload nsfw posts, even though it can be moderated.

      Would love support here if any one has experience with the play store in this area

  • Sneckster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Do we have any notification of getting replies yet?

    Using oled dark if that makes a difference

          • Sneckster@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Lovely, thank you.

            Would love to be able to jump to the top of the feed by hitting the home button too if that’s being planned.

            You’re all doing a great job so far. I already feel that little bit of loyalty to liftoff.

        • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah that’s on my list. We’ll have to implement something for iOS also so we’re taking this enhancement slow.

  • LemmyFeed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just installed the app and really like it so far. Keep up the great work!

    I’d love to see the ability to hide read posts. I’m coming from baconreader and loved that feature.

  • wildchandelure@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Everyday it gets harder to pick a lemmy app to use that isn’t Jerboa. Lmfao. This is great! Atm im between this and Thunder.

    I do have one issue i see wasn’t fixed, but i believe someone has mentioned it. Which is I cannot see content if i go directly to an NSFW sub. It acts like there isnt anything there, but i know I’m able to as I can see it in the everything feed and subscribed feed.

  • ThisIsNecessary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I keep getting a message like this whenever I try to interact with or subscribe to a community outside of lemmy.world. I’m easily able to do this in other apps like Thunder. What do I need to do differently? “This thread was retrieved via lemmy.ml. You are not logged in there.”

    Everyone says Liftoff is one of the best apps but I find it unusable as I can’t interact with any other federation.

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      If you’re using the everything view from the home feed then you’re going to get posts that you might not be federated with, an aggregate of any instances you’ve added to the app.

      We’re working through tweaking this view and making it smarter to be able to support that interaction. Also I’m not sure thunder actually can do that because im thunder you’re seeing comments/posts that are “outside” of lemmy.world but you’re accessing them through lemmy.worlds federation.

      Long story short if you want it to work like thunder, just use the Lemmy.world -> all feed on the home tab and you’ll still see those posts that are “outside” you’ll just be seeing them through Lemmy.worlds federation