Beyond app

Hello guys, sorry for the lack of updates in the past few months.

In between fighting long covid and having a lack of time for maintaining alone a side project of this scale, I have decided to make Beyond open source. I will later this week migrate the tickets from Notion to github issues.

If anyone is interested in keeping this project alive, please let me know, I'd be happy to continue working on it in case there's interest, but with the amount of other Lemmy apps around at the moment, I feel like another one may not be needed.

Feel free to use the code as a study case. I did some interesting things in a few places, some other very questionable in others. My goal was to have a working app up and running asap and fix the weird things later knowingly that the most permanent fixes are the temporary ones lol

In any case, here's the source code, hope you enjoy it :)

https://github.com/Protolane/Beyond

Hello all, today I am releasing yet another small update to Beyond:

• Refresh posts and comments with pull to refresh;
• Add app version to the sidebar;
• Fixed a bug where posts and comments would stop loading and show an infinite loading spinner;
• Improved performance when loading lots of posts;
• Home screen background image uses the full height;
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when loading comments from a post;
• Scroll position will reset to top on a new post;

You can get it here (please allow some time for Google Play to publish the release everywhere if you don't see the new version yet): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient

If you're interested in follow development status you can checkout the Notion page where I keep track of the roadmap: https://www.notion.so/brunofinger/Beyond-45cabaae7f724cd5ad2b77d902e9a97e?pvs=4

Thank you for all your support, and again if you find any bugs or have any suggestions, or anything at all, feel free to leave a comment!

(Mirrored from: https://lemm.ee/post/774742)

(Mirrored from: https://lemm.ee/post/739802)

I released today a new version of Beyond addressing a few issues. A small release but a big increase in functionality. Hope you enjoy it!

Release notes:

• Fix: Subscribed posts tab;
• Fix: Stability at switching between post type tabs;
• Feat: Logout;
• Fix: Anonymous card on sidebar;
• Feat: hide downvotes button based on instance rules.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient&hl=en&gl=US

(Mirrored from https://lemm.ee/post/688038)

Hello everyone, I am happy to announce Beyond has been approved into Google Play and is now available for open testing!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=software.protolane.fediverseclient&hl=en&gl=US

For those who may or may not have heard of Beyond, it was originally announced on Beehaw at https://beehaw.org/post/647773 and I am now creating the official community here on Lemm.ee so you can also subscribe and follow the development and be a part of the community.

As of my Beehaw account, I am not entirely sure what I will do with that due to the defederation anything posted from there won't reach the largers communities at lemmy.world and their users, so most probably I will keep this account at lemm.ee as my main one. I will also announce it from there so you guys know this is me and not someone else impersonating me here :)

Please keep in mind the app is in alpha mode and is not yet stable. It's designed with the community in mind, aiming to provide a smooth and inclusive experience for all users. We invite you to join us in refining and enhancing Beyond, by trying it out and providing your valuable feedback.

Current Features:

🔵 Multiple account support

🔵 Anonymous instance browsing

🔵 Solid posts and comments browsing by subscribed local and all modes

🔵 Sorting modes

🔵 Capability to add comments and replies

Please bear in mind that we still have a number of known issues to resolve:

⚠️ The dark mode is incomplete

⚠️ Occasionally, the app fails to load more posts

⚠️ A more streamlined login form is needed

⚠️ Avatar for anonymous users is currently not available

Future Roadmap:

I have big plans for Beyond and am excited to implement more features in the near future. I want to make Beyond the best way to enjoy Lemmy out there!

🔜 Remove account feature

🔜 Search functionality

🔜 Content filters (including NSFW)

🔜 Refresh posts and comments

🔜 Hide downvotes/upvotes button based on instance rules

🔜 Video player

🔜 Create account from the app

🔜 More nice stuff I don't want to reveal yet :)

I'm also planning to introduce alternative post layouts, enhance user profiles and improve the community view.

Your feedback and support are the cornerstone of Beyond's development, so don't hesitate to reach out.

Happy Testing!