In case any of you are itching to know where I am with this, I’m still working on it; last few days I upgraded a few of the libraries to simplify the build process, and laid the groundwork for a modern app database so I can hook up the offline mode stuff, and some of the other pages more dependent on local data. I know its not very visible stuff though, so I’ve been holding off tagging a new version until I add at least one new feature. I could probably use some testing soon so likely I’ll implement either posting, commenting, or the Go to Subreddit box for browsing to a specific community, unless there’s something you want more?
Extra notes for the techies; been kotlinifying the codebase as I go, its now mostly done, but vast swathes of the code in the original namespace needs serious redesign. There are some really great things in this, like I just came across the subsampling imageview which is a brilliant idea, but its undermined a bit by mindbogglingly bizarre things like using sharedpreferences to communicate the result of a folder chooser dialog. Notably, I’ve added some homegrown error reporting in this, that auto posts a github issue with stack trace on crash, which I’m real happy about, and I’m sure will get a battering once I tag a release
It is great that you do this, I am just wondering if this is maybe too much work compared to a rewrite? Just thinking of what the original developer said, codebase was in too bad shape for fixing much and he wanted to start from scratch.
I think it didn’t help that he was probably quite sick of the codebase. I’m new to it, and I at least have a plan for the modernization, so it should go okay! Just a shame that a lot of it is behind-the-scenes work for now to get something that fully works. Also, personally I hate frontend work anyway so having a preexisting world class UI is a big win
Given the size of the project and that you are working alone, please take the time you need to do the groundwork. And hopefully everyone will understand that developing a good app takes time and we can’t expect a fully functional app by the end of next week.
Appreciated!
Just want to express my gratitude here for embarking on this project as Slide was easily my most used app and the thing I honestly miss the most. Very, very happy you’ve made this a thing. Hoping the F-Droid release isn’t too far in the future.
Hi. Just found out that my favorite Reddit app is switching over to Lemmy. When you release the iOS version, I’m absolutely going to try it out, probably even pay for it, like did with the previous one.
Unfortunately, I’m not going to be trying to work on the iOS version, unless at the very least I can find a codeveloper who has an iDevice
Ok, totally understandable. Thanks for the previous app anyway.
U can do it! Waiting for fdroid or gplay 🤞
Sweeeeet
This is great to hear, I was worried it had been abandoned. I was very impressed with the alpha release and will definitely be using is when it matures a little.
