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Android users: Thoughts on new beta feature?

Android users: Thoughts on new beta feature? - vger.social

Hey Voyager users! I added a new feature for Android users (does not affect iOS). It’s currently available in beta [https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.vger.voyager]. Basically, if you try to swipe back from home/all/local you will see a popup asking you to confirm: [https://vger.social/pictrs/image/fe308f63-35e2-4ad7-ad03-90d12937bd01.png] This was added after a lot of feedback from Android users: https://vger.social/post/29745268 [https://vger.social/post/29745268] It’s a configurable setting (General -> Other -> Confirm Back from Home/All/Local). My question is: Should this be on by default? Or not? As an android Voyager user, have you experienced this problem where you accidentally swipe back to the communities list? Or have you not experienced this problem?

aeharding Sep 22

My first SAT (well kinda)

https://vger.social/post/26282875

My first SAT (well kinda) - vger.social

I did a much better one after this ;)

aeharding Jul 7, 2025

July in Wisconsin

https://vger.social/post/21438492

aeharding Jul 1, 2025

Voyager v2.37.1, with experimental Piefed support

https://vger.social/post/21052079

aeharding Jun 23, 2025

Experimental Piefed support is now available for Voyager

https://vger.social/post/20512447

Experimental Piefed support is now available for Voyager - vger.social

UPDATE June 29: Piefed support is rolling out to the official store listings today in v2.37.0 🎉 I’m excited to announce that Voyager now has experimental support for logging in with Piefed! You can try it out today on: - iOS Testflight [https://testflight.apple.com/join/nWLw1MBM] - Android Play Open Testing [https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.vger.voyager] - beta.vger.app [https://beta.vger.app/] This will roll out to the official app stores and vger.app soon™, once I’m confident there are no major regressions. If you prefer not to switch to beta builds, just hang tight. Please note that Piefed support is EXPERIMENTAL! There are still many things that don’t work quite right, which I’m hoping to improve over the coming weeks. The basics including scrolling home/all/local, viewing posts, blocking, commenting and voting should work well. However there are some known issues: - Can’t sign up for a Piefed account in-app, only log in with an existing one - Subscribed communities list is empty (should be fixed soon!) - Inbox tab doesn’t load - Comment search doesn’t work - Profile upvoted/downvoted doesn’t load - No moderation tools - Mark as read doesn’t persist - Creating/editing posts is currently untested - …probably a bunch of other stuff too, please let me know below! Behind the scenes, this interoperability is made possible thanks to aeharding/threadiverse [https://github.com/aeharding/threadiverse], a new library I am working on to normalize various threadiverse-software APIs. It’s open source so any project use it, but it’s under heavy development right now. What’s cool about this is in the future, adding support for mbin, or whatever else is possible! Again, feel free to try it out and let me know if there are any more issues to be documented and fixed.

aeharding Jun 10, 2025

CORS doesn't work on the piefed API

https://vger.social/post/19701006

aeharding May 21, 2025

Sharing posts with friends just got a lot easier. Also, vacation for next few weeks!

https://vger.social/post/18375854

Sharing posts with friends just got a lot easier. Also, vacation for next few weeks! - vger.social

Hey everyone, version 2.35.0 is here and it has a pretty cool update :) Lately I’ve been sharing Lemmy memes with one of my friends who has Voyager. Usually we just text meme images which works and is nice and quick. But sometimes I want to link to a specific Lemmy post! Previously, I sent the direct Lemmy link, e.g. https://lemmy.world/post/29827953 [https://lemmy.world/post/29827953]. However, this opens in a web browser when my friend taps the link in the text message. They could click “open in voyager” from the share menu or paste in Voyager’s search, but that’s a lot of work for viewing a dumb meme. So introducing https://go.getvoyager.app/ [https://go.getvoyager.app/]! By changing the setting “General” -> “Share Instance” to “Voyager” (will be changed to default option in a month or so), tapping “Share” on a post, comment, community etc will share a link via https://go.getvoyager.app/ [https://go.getvoyager.app/]. Like this: https://go.getvoyager.app/lemmy.world/post/29827953 [https://go.getvoyager.app/lemmy.world/post/29827953]. When my friend taps the link from their text message, it will automatically open in Voyager! And if my friend doesn’t have Voyager installed, it will open a preview of the link, along with options to install Voyager. Pretty slick! That’s the magic of universal links [https://www.criipto.com/blog/universal-links-and-app-links]. Let me know what you think! There’s more FAQ here too [https://go.getvoyager.app/]. In other news I’m going to be on vacation for the next few weeks if you’re wondering why development will slow/pause.

aeharding Apr 25, 2025

Introducing two-column mode! (BETA)

https://vger.social/post/16772446

Introducing two-column mode! (BETA) - vger.social

NOTE: This feature is currently being rolled out to the Apple and Google stores and should be available in the next day or two. However on desktop you can try it out right now (after enabling - see below) at https://vger.app/ [https://vger.app/]! — This is currently in BETA, and is turned off by default. On tablets and desktop, you can turn it on in Settings -> Appearance -> Layout. (The setting won’t show up on phones.) The right column is dedicated to viewing a specific post. The left column is for the regular navigation of the app. Pro tip: On macOS, I recommend adding Voyager to your Dock (https://vger.app/ [https://vger.app/]) with Safari’s new “Add to Dock” feature! [https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/add-to-dock-ibrw9e991864/mac] Check out the above screenshot - it’s quite slick. [https://vger.social/pictrs/image/b5d0a233-dfae-4e13-a9b2-f37324e83ac9.png] Enjoy and let me know what you think!

aeharding Mar 29, 2025

Voyager Android users: Should the Android theme be the default?

https://vger.social/post/15386926

Voyager Android users: Should the Android theme be the default? - vger.social

I’m curious what you Android users think of the Android vs Apple theme for the Voyager app. - Which one do you prefer? - Which one do you think should be the default for new/novice users? Why? This would be the default, but don’t worry, you will always be able to choose. I would also like to note that in the future Voyager will have a Material 3 theme, but not yet! Thanks for your help!

aeharding Mar 25, 2025

Voyager’s new promo site!

https://vger.social/post/15192818

Voyager’s new promo site! - vger.social

Hey there! I just published Voyager’s new promo site at https://getvoyager.app/ [https://getvoyager.app/]. This site is intended to be an easy way to share the app with your friends and family. Let me know what you think! I’m hoping to roll out a couple more improvements to user onboarding soon™️, so stay tuned. In other news, I hope you like the latest app update! ICYMI: the video player was significantly revamped, you can now upload videos (assuming lemmy instance support: keep reading…), and Android users can now long press links to preview the url, as well as for share/copy/open options. https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/releases/tag/2.26.0 [https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/releases/tag/2.26.0] Speaking of videos: If you’ve ever wondered why videos sometimes fail to play in iOS, it’s because many Lemmy instances are misconfigured. Please share this site I just published with your Lemmy admin to help debug issues: https://aeharding.github.io/lemmy-streaming [https://aeharding.github.io/lemmy-streaming] Around 50% of instances are misconfigured 😳 so I really appreciate your help on getting the word out to admins! 🫡