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Thunder App Nightly

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An open-source, cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android.

This community is intended for announcements and features related to pre-release builds of Thunder.

If there are any developers who would like to contribute, feel free to reach out on GitHub!

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This is the third, and final pre-release of Thunder for v0.2.1+11! (if all things go accordingly and I don't mess up TestFlight builds again).

Edit 5: New pre-release to fix minor issues: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.9%2B11

Edit 4: New pre-release to fix issues with missing inbox items, and missing comments on profile/user page: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.8%2B11

Edit 3: New pre-release to fix issues with long comment chains above 8 not showing up: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.6%2B11

Edit 2: New pre-release to fix issues with replying from inbox: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.5%2B11

Edit 1: New pre-release to fix issues with comment editing: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.4%2B11

There will most likely not be any more additions of features for the next release, just bug fixes for large bugs. I would like to give a huge shoutout to everyone that has been working on PRs for this upcoming release, it has been incredible. This includes but is not limited to @bactaholic, @micahmo, @Fmstrat, @CTalvio, @ajsosa, @guigs4, @coslu, @minicit! Please let me know if I have missed anyone :D

Another note: I have created a Matrix space for Thunder for anyone who wants to have general chat there or to get replies even faster. The link to it is here: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

Be fully prepared to know that these pre-release versions may contain major bugs which could cause Thunder to crash or behave unexpectedly.

For things to test out, I would suggest:

  • Test out everything you possibly can. Place heavy focus on general and most common actions (upvote, downvote, save, reply, comment, creating posts, etc)
  • Look around for any issues with performance overall, or things that seem like they require an immediate fix

Without further ado, these are the changes from the last pre-release:

  • Added initial way to block communities from the long press menu on posts. Long press a post in the feed page to show an option to block a community. Currently there is no way to unblock a blocked community, but that will come in a future release
  • Added a whole bunch of UI tweaks and changes to post page, and in other places - contribution from @CTalvio
  • Addition of community and user banners - contribution from @CTalvio
  • Added pull to refresh to a few more pages - contribution from @bactaholic
  • Showing collapsed comment count - contribution from @micahmo
  • Sharing media directly as images - contribution from @michahmo

...and probably a whole bunch of other under-the-hood changes I forgot to note down πŸ˜…

For a full changelog of things that have changed since the last release, visit this link: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md

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

I would also like to know if there are still issues with the ability to edit your own comments. If you find that you can't edit your own comments, please let me know the following:

  • Are you using a display name, or just your username?
  • Are you logging in via username or email?
  • Have you tried clearing the app data, uninstalling the app, and then re-installing the app? Did that resolve your issues?
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Editing my comments worked before.

I'm just using my username. I'm logging in via username.

I'll try a fresh install

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

I did a fresh install. I still can't edit at all. It was working before. Also, I don't know what sorcery is going on but I cleared the cache and app data before installing thunder but after installing the latest nightly my accounts were already logged in. I don't see how this is possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm, that’s weird. I was sure the database was attached to the app itself but maybe I’ll have to take a closer look at that.

The local database which holds your username and token for authentication should be stored together with the app

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you check if you have a thunder.db file in data/data//databases? It might be stored there apparently

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the Android file system? I assume it's hidden?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, It would most likely be in the file system somewhere if you can access it - I don't have an Android device so I can't help too much unfortunately.

I'm creating a new build as we speak to see if maybe I can fix the issues you mentioned with comment editing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I looked through the hidden files but no such directory exists that I can see

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

Here's the new build: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.4%2B11

Could you test it out and see if you can edit comments again? Also, try testing out clearing app data/re-install to see if your accounts are still logged in. Thanks!

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

When I clicked reply to this message in the inbox, the reply button does nothing.

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

Ignore this: testing reply from inbox

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Try this build to test out the reply issue - this also contains the previous stuff to hopefully fix comment editing: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.5%2B11

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

None of my my comments are showing up in this thread but I can see them in other apps.

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

Test 2. Not seeing the replies sent from inbox

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

Have you seen the 2 replies that I've made to this comment from my inbox? They aren't showing up for me.

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

@[email protected]

I have noted the issue where comments dont show up - this is because I set a maximum depth to 8 on the comments. I'll apply a quick fix again, and set you know so that you can test it out again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Try this build: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha.6%2B11

Just a heads up: this is the last quick change I can do for the next little while! I'll check this thread again later and see if there are any other issues that pop up!

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

Looks good so far. Thanks for the updates

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

Yup - I fixed this issue - creating another build right now for you to test out as well!