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Thunder App

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

This community is intended to discuss features and feature suggestions for Thunder; as well as friendly, respectful talks about Lemmy in general.

Please use the GitHub repository linked below to submit bug reports, so keeping track of them is easier, and make sure to search first if you already can find an issue for your report.

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

General Links
Website: Link
GitHub Repository: Link
Matrix Space: Link

Android Releases
IzzyOnDroid: Link
Google Play: Link

iOS Releases
Apple App Store: Link
TestFlight Beta: Link

Related Communities
Nightly Community: Link

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to provide a big announcement that Thunder is now available on Google Play Store!

The direct link to the Google Play Store listing is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hjiangsu.thunder

As far as general releases go, I'll try to keep all the different versions in sync (GitHub, Google Play, TestFlight) to minimize the amount of confusion.

I would like to give a big thanks to @CTalvio for helping with the graphics and screenshots that you see on the listing page, and others for contributing to the overall project! This would not be possible without all their help. Thunder is a community-driven project, and all your contributions towards the project help shape the way it is. If you are interested in contributing to Thunder in any way, feel free to reach out!

If you would like to join in on the conversation for Thunder, we have a Matrix page here: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

If you would like to check out the GitHub page, it is linked here: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully ios will get a final release soon too. I love how quick Thunder is on my iPhone utilizing 120hz.

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

I like it! Just needs, mark read after scrolled past a post.

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

This and a FAB or a quick way to hide read posts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This and Connect seems to be the best ones currently for Android from the limited amount of time I've been using them...

At first glance, the design overall is more Material You in Thunder, however it lacks support of high refresh rate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Great work!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's not showing up on the Play Store when I search for "lemmy", "thunder", "thunder lemmy", or even "thunder for lemmy."

I wonder if there's some metadata you can add to help with search visibility? Or does it just take time for their search to index the app?

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

Hmm, that's weird because it's now not showing up for me either, even though I installed it that way an hour ago. 🤔

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

Did you install it via a direct link like posted above though?

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

No, I searched for "thunder for lemmy" and it was the first result.

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

Is there a reason why in so many apps (this was the case on many Reddit apps as well) the thumbnails never fill out the entire actual available space in compact mode? Why do they have to be so extra tiny when there's so much empty space left?

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

It's compact mode. The images are compact.

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

The images don't have to be more compact than the minimum available space of the rows. That's stupid.

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

I read your comment wrong

Edit: I just checked and the images are tiny, i'd file a bug report

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

tyggyedgshausu

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

Great for me so far, except I'm not liking the last comment in a thread being cut off.

The box for typing comments is also a bit weird, as is attaching photos to posts.

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

Is there a difference between the two?

The store appears simpler than manually finding, downloading and installing from gut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There shouldn’t be any functional difference between the two! The only thing right now is that pre-releases/nightly builds are only available through GitHub

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

Congrats on the Play Store release! Thunder is a fantastic Lemmy app, and is progressing along blazingly fast!

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

I think this is the best Lemmy client on Android so far, but the font kinda throws me away. I wish I could have the OS font instead of a different one.

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

If I originally downloaded and installed from GitHub, do I need to install the Google Play instance for Thunder to automatically update?

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

You would have to uninstall and reinstall it if you want to switch between the GitHub and Play Store versions!

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

Thank you! I will do that, only because I like the automatic updates vs pulling it from GitHub for each new version

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

Just downloaded and commenting from it! Buttery smooth experience till now. Feels like it will become my favorite Lemmy client

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