I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i’m new to Lemmy and looking for a good client to use it with. I’ve been using Sync which is what i used to use with Reddit but i’ve noticed that it isn’t getting updates now. Any other good mobile apps I can usr Lemmy with?

    • Az_1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Took a look and love it, mostly because it looks like an iOS app but on Android. I’ve really missed iOS app design and this is just refreshing lol.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      There’s a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because it’s a web browser in disguise. As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it’s enough to switch to the actual browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.

      Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.

      Voyager’s UI is great, mainly because it’s not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.

      • Az_1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I think they do that so it can be accessed on as many platforms as possible. If the dev had to maintain the website and an ios and android app, they’d probably just shut down the android app since it has less users

        • [object Object]@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          That’s understandable, but the result is what it is. Plus, native apps seem to have built-in remedy for being kicked out of the memory, in that the stack of activities is remembered and the input is kept, so after a brief loading screen I’m back to where I was and can back out through the previous screens too. Voyager should probably explicitly implement something like this.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I use Jerboa, is fine. Haven’t tried anything else so don’t know what I might be missing.

      • moseschrute@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Anything specific or just everything? Admittedly, I don’t spend enough time testing Blorp on older phones.

        • Konstant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It’s when opening a post to see the comments, going back to main feed, etc. It’s not snappy. The phone is a Samsung (not premium), and is like 4-5 years old.

              • moseschrute@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                2 months ago

                This might be tricky then. I’ll do some poking around and see if there are any obvious performance improvements I can make. But no promises

                • Konstant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  Well, since you’re available, I’d like to tell you about another thing that annoys me a bit. Which is when I reopen the app after it has been in standby, it automaticaly refreshes the feed after a few seconds once. Which results in it refreshing while I’m already in the middle of watching the “old” feed content. Does this not happen to you?

                  Would be great an option to let it refresh feed automatically or not after reopening the app.