Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world Neb @lemmy.world 1y ago

is there a Lemmy App for the smartphone?

Or do i have to use my browser?

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Jerboa for Android, mlem for ios
- Thanks!
  
  Looks like for iOS this is still in beta, so you will need to install "testflight" from the appstore (allows to install beta apps) and then go to https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc on your iphone/ipads browser and accept the invite link. Then you can install mlem, start it and log in (dont forget to type in the address of your instance at the top)
  
  Typing this from mlem and the experience is incredible and very Apollo-like. And this is a pre-release version -- great work by the dev.
  
  Oooh, thanks for sharing that info for others!
- I’m using mlem and it mostly works fine, though it is pretty early access still and has its quirks
  
  This echoes my Jerboa experience.
  
  These are still early days.
- There's also memmy for ios now (beta, in test flight)
  
  Just installed it, thanks for the recommendation. I like its interface so far, I might use this instead of Mlem.
  
  Trying memmy now for the first time, ty for the heads up. I like some of the design better than Mlem, but there are def quirks that need to be worked out on both. Nice to see this much interest in developing for Lemmy!
- I like Jerboa but, is there a way to collapse comments and replys on a post? I just can't figure it out
  
  Tap the comment and it will collapse.
  
  Click the speech icon under the text in the post on Jerboa to reply to it.
There's Jerboa, which is pretty good. I'm still getting used to it's functionality.
- I haven't figured out how to subscribe to new communities on Jerboa. I keep having to go back into the web browser to do it.
  
  If you are on this post : click on the name of the community at the top (above the post title). Then the community opens and you can click "subscribe". In some communities you need to be approved, then you see "pending".
- Do you get the bug that messes with your cursor if you try to move it and then write? Or the backspace issue?
  
  Highlighting text is a pain. I've realized you can't tap or swipe the cursor to select more. You can only swipe over text and hope you got it all. This is still an alpha build in active development though.
- Scrolling feels really janky
Jerboa seems alright, been using it myself.
- What's this error I keep getting, "value type of <html> java something something
  
  If you joined lemmy.ml it was probably because of the instance being slow. You can always create an account on a less popular instance to avoid that issue. I don't think it's Jerboa specific.
Memmy
- Yes beybey?
  
  I’m pretty new to this corner of the world so if this is a reused joke then whatever. But I thought this was fucking hilarious.
- Memmy feels like it could be a spiritual successor to Apollo.
  
  The only things I'm really missing right now is the compact post size and tap to collapse.
  
  Hopefully we get that in time.
NATIVE ALPHA for Android. It's better than Jerboa (IMHO)
- Jerboa seems fine but the more I use the small things do annoy me. I mostly use the website on my laptop so it isn't that big of a deal to me.
  
  Native Alpha shows any website in a borderless full-screen window using Android System WebView
  
  https://github.com/cylonid/NativeAlphaForAndroid
I use Thunder
Memmy
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