My 3rd party app is coming along! Got it pulling actual data from kbin.social! Huge inspo from Apollo app.

Hoping to have a private beta test within a month or two. For now calling the app Kmoon πŸ‘πŸŒ•... #kbinapp #privatebeta #3rdparty #kbinMeta

https://tech.lgbt/@hariette/110545151572492176

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Attached: 2 images My #kbin app is now pulling data from kbin.social! Took all day but it's looking good and should scale for a beta test. Up next: * Login page * Comment page * Post actions Also, built in mind w support for #Lemmy instances too βš™οΈ For now calling the app Kmoon πŸ‘πŸŒ• #devdiary #iosdev #fediversemigration #apollo #typescript

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That's fantastic. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, just doing my part to serve the community!
I'm happy to see kbin apps start popping up so fast. Signed up for this beta.
iOS dev, making a cross platform app, inspired by how apollo was?! Oof, as an Android user, i cant wait! πŸ‘

Budgeting to get an Android device so I can test it myself too ;)

Also, Apollo was just iconic. If I can built half of that, we’ll be rocking it!

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.
Yep, much easier on iOS. For Android I'll prob pick a Pixel.
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 got a One Plus 11 coming tomorrow. Gonna be my daily driver while I polish the Android side of the app :)
Ooo, a pricey one. I've read great things about it.
it's sooo nice. The ultra charging ain't a lie, crazy how fast.
You absolute legend. Make it paid and I’ll pay for it. This is how we win.

Awww thanks. My aim is to keep it free (plus ad free!). Just wanna help the fediverse become more accessible :)

If I do charge for something it would be for unique features that go above and beyond.

This kind of stuff is exactly what the fediverse needs. Great work!
100%! So much growth left in the fediverse. And I can’t wait for more competition on the app space :D
Have you gotten the API to work, or are you just scraping the site? I haven't bee able to get the API to work, but I've messed around a bit with scraping to work on a desktop app

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 it in for the unofficial API service I’m hosting. but it’s good enough to help get the app fleshed out in the meantime :)

I signed up as well! Looks really promising!
Great going. All the best
Maybe a name like Aurora or Nova could work. Like it is still space / celestial themed but both symbolize β€œnew” (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.
Alright signed up! Looking forward to testing and helping out :)
This looks amazing! I love seeing all the sudden progress for these platforms
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.
Hadn't heard of it. But taking a look!
Wow! that's amazing, looks really good already!
I like it! Signed up for the beta. Do you plan on open sourcing it at some point?
I’ll consider once the codebase reaches a satisfactory point. Would want to write some contribution guides and whatnot.
How's it pulling data? There is currently no kbin API (previous one was removed)

I posted elsewhere in thread. But I’m hosting my own API service for it. I can write about it after I get the app out.

It’s a stopgap solution in the meantime.

Looks great! Signed up :)
This is awesome, thank you for working on this! Signed up and ready to be a tester.
Sweet! That’s awesome! πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘
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
Signed up! I've been using a Firefox shortcut on my Android phone for the past couple of days, but an app would make things much easier and more accessible.
Great work, keen to see how this progresses.
I'd rather see Relay or Infinity inspired stuff but I guess it's a first step for this type of field.
Noted. I'll take a look at those and see what I can pull from them too.
This is wonderful! Looking forward to seeing how the app shapes up. Have signed up for the beta test :)
Just signed up for the beta. Really looking forward to this!
That's fantastic news! Any chance it'll be available on F-droid ?
I'll take a look at that!
Would you consider Linux support as a Flatpak app?
Certainly! Remind me if I forget :P
Following this with great interest! Thanks for your hard work :)
Signed up!
It'd be nice to have a landing page like what Apollo has. One where you can favorite Magazines and the like.
Looks great! How did you manage to actually pull data from Kbin? I just can't seem to get it working
Kmoon is a fantastic name. Looking forward to it!