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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa v36 fork with 0.17.x Lemmy account support (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hey everyone. If I'm spamming my repo too much let me know.

Since v37 came out, development is going at whirlwind pace, and there are still frequent complaints about crashing/no logins for 0.17.x, I decided to post again, but this time bearing good news.

I finally made a Jerboa version where you can log into both 0.17.x and 0.18 accounts.

Unlike the main repo my release is also compatible with phones running Android 5.0.

Check it out and let me know if this is helpful for you. I'm trying to get this merged in as PR#908 but Woodpecker is giving me a hard time.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing any issues using the app with a 0.17.x other than the pop-up at the start, are things not working correctly for me? Breaking backwards compatibility isn't great, but at least we are moving forward it's progress. As a developer myself I'm happy with a few teething issues and to be honest I'm surprised there aren't more than I have seen, it really speaks volumes to those that have committed to the project!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You simply can't login to a 0.17.x server.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it possible for your changes to be merged into the original jerboa?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if the post text was changed, but he says, that he tries to get a pull request (for a merge), but seems original Jerboa maintainer isn't jumping on it. But I don't know any details

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I have a PR open, I'm wrestling with the automated build system (woodpecker) that complains when I forget to put a space after // and things. I fixed all of it then it somehow got stuck compiling.

Be patient, I think the main developers will have another look through it in the next couple days.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nice, it's insane the app broke compatibility but I understand they are crunched for time! Adding this back in is important to ease adoption for Lemmy as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! It baffles me that the most popular Lemmy app doesn't work on .world, one of the top two Lemmy instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Still supports Android 5.0 and up as always.

Now here's some good news for people with older phones ☺️. Thank you kind stranger 👍.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I could finally login back to my lemmy.world account and realised that lemmy.ml was slow af.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much!!

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