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Voyager released to the App Store! (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by aeharding@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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It's taken a lot of hard work and I'm excited to announce that Voyager is now on the Apple App Store!

If you have time, download the app and consider leaving a review! This helps Voyager gain visibility and legitimacy.

Get the App!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762

Can I continue to use the PWA?

Of course! The PWA is self-hostable, hackable, and receives updates quicker. However, it doesn't have access to certain native APIs that the native app takes advantage of.

Can I continue to use the Test Flight beta?

Yes, but I recommend switching to the App Store release if you aren't actively involved in testing. It's a more stable release :)

Get the App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762

Enjoy! 💙

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[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 102 points 10 months ago

"The developer does not collect any data from this app."
love it <3

[-] Humanbiscuit@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

I am so in love with this. What an amazing gift this app is in a world of corporations and data harvesting. If ever there’s a project that deserves our huge support, it’s this one.

[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago

Best lemmy app, period. So sleek, so smooth.

[-] PoorlyWrittenPapyrus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

But how we are supposed to enjoy a Lemmy app without spending $20 on it?

[-] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

Yeah! It respects your privacy and there's no ads!

[-] realSpez@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Very suspect!

[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

“If I’m not the product, then WHO AM I??”

[-] 0x96EA@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Congrats! I’ve been using the PWA for a few weeks and I’ve been convinced to do it for my next project.

[-] xan1242@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago

I was hoping the "scroll freeze after swipe back" bug would've been fixed by this...

[-] Sentau@lemmy.one 6 points 10 months ago

Is this an apple only problem¿? I don't face this on android

[-] xan1242@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

Yep it's a Safari (and its webview) bug. This is a quirk that will haunt this app and I don't think there's much that can be done from developer's side other than porting this app to a native library.

[-] aeharding@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

The safari bug is actually resolved in the native app for iOS. It only ignores gestures if you swipe quickly while the view is still transitioning, but it no longer latches which is the safari bug.

The problem is that Ionic view transitions are too slow on swipe back (vs native views) this is an Ionic bug though that can be resolved in a future version of Ionic. Basically the view transitions too slowly and you try to swipe right at the tail end of the animation and this initial gesture is ignored.

But it should no longer "freeze" until you stop all gestures, this is resolved in the native app.

[-] xan1242@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Oh nice.

It's still driving me crazy though. I'll wait patiently for that to get fixed...

[-] FlaxPicker@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Wait it doesn’t?

[-] xan1242@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

It doesn't fix this unfortunately. This is a Safari/Webkit bug that still isn't fixed.

More info for context here: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/18

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[-] ZeroDrek@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

How can I get the old icon back? I’m not a fan of the new one.

[-] aeharding@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

In the future there will be an app icon switcher :)

[-] Teal@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

App icon switching is planned for a future update. Maybe the original will be included, but I can’t say.

[-] unwinagainstable@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Any options would great! Some of my favorites weren’t included in the poll

[-] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I’ll try it! Looks a bit like Apollo! Me likey!

[-] GadgetGirlOz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Been waiting for this app to be released on iOS and it DOES NOT disappoint! Hands down the best way to view Lemmy.

If it’s already this good on its first release I can’t wait to see what the future updates will bring!

As a former Apollo user, this app also brings me back to the good times of using it before it was shutdown.

Fantastic work devs!

[-] Jearom@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Posting from the app, looking great! Thank you, @aeharding, you’re doing amazing work here. Migrating to Lemmy from the other place has been such a breeze with this app to smooth the way.

[-] BennyInc@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Looks good to me. What I still miss from Apollo is a swipe right to get „back“ to a post I just swiped left from. Something like the browser forward button.

[-] Javish@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Whoa. This looks very promising! THANK YOU.

[-] waratchess@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've been using the Android version, and it's awesome, y'all IOS buddies are in for a treat.

[-] sennalonso1981@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Fabulous

[-] Zombiebadguy@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 10 months ago

I’m just a layman in terms of app development, but have a basic understanding of the monumental amount of work that has gone into this app, so I would like to congratulate everyone, or singular person, who has made my viewing habits as streamlined as they are.

I look forward to your success, and wish you all the praise, financial, emotional and learning support you could wish for.

[-] mistborn@lurkers.club 6 points 10 months ago

Awesome! Been waiting for this to switch from Memmy, as I loved the PWA except for the limitations. Thanks for your hard work!

[-] BURN@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Already downloaded! Didn’t realize how much I missed the haptics

[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Congratulations!

[-] Teal@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Awesome news! Congratulations aeharding and team! 🎉🥳

Downloaded and reviewed. :)

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

Great news!

[-] Taeye0n@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I don't really use any apple devices but I'm really happy for you guys. Congrats!

[-] aquarisces@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thank you for all your work into this app! Currently replying from the iOS app 😁

[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Commenting directly from the new app!!

Thank you! It looks and works wonderfully!

[-] Arose8334@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Awesome work :)

[-] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Woah boi do I feel at home ! It looks so much like Apollo, I love it ! It’s so nice, everything is where it should be. I’m loving it so far, thank you so much

[-] HandmadeOuch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

This is odd. I can upvote, scroll, sort, login … all of it with Memmy. None of that works the first time with Voyager. I keep getting errors saying it can’t login, can’t vote and so on. I have to try it twice for it to work.