Boost For Lemmy

Hi Lemmy! I've just uploaded a new beta version that adds support for Lemmy 0.19.4 features, this is the changelog:

• Hide posts: Individual posts can be hidden now. There is Show hidden toggle on the toolbar menu (Lemmy 0.19.4)
• View previously uploaded images on your profile page, Uploads tab (Lemmy 0.19.4)
• Add custom thumbnail when creating a link post (Lemmy 0.19.4)
• Show mod/admin indicators next to usernames in posts and comments
• Fixed mark as read on scroll not working on some instances
• Bug fixes and improvements

[!Play Store Link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy)

Thanks for using Lemmy. You're the best!

The random sub button in boost for reddit was cool, could it be added to boost for lemmy?

when scrolling through my feed, sometimes the text in the description preview scrolls a bit when I put my finger on it to scroll

Is there any way in boost to browse all communities on an instance other than your own?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/24265007

Link to post: https://lemmy.world/post/19274834

If you tap that link in Boost it'll probably crash, so don't do it unless you're okay with that.

I'm guessing the problem is that the post URL is a magnet link.

Edit: oh yeah, to work around, you'll have to open it in a browser and hide it.

I've noticed that inline images will render to fill the available width of the comment they're on. This is much too large for some images, such as emotes that only have so many pixels to display and thus get blown out and fuzzy. I would much prefer inline images to render in their native resolution up until they reach the width of the comment. Is there already a way to change this behavior or is it not something that has been implemented?

Communities in left drawer are alphabetically sorted by default. Yet the sort is based on names and not on displayed names. Is there some option that I didn't found to change it? Or could it be fixed or added as an option? I know I could sort manually but it's not ideal when adding new communities.

For instance episode_discussion@ani.social use "Anime episode discussions" as display name. When I search for my anime subscribed communities I often forget it as the sort looks like it's wrong with what boost display as community name. 😕

That's pretty much it. It crashes at the same spot every time.

If I scroll fast enough I can skip over the point of the crash but when I scroll back up and reach that spot... It crashes again

when I tap on a notification for a mention, it's no longer highlighted, so it's showing it as being read, but the little number up at the top doesn't go away unless I hit the "mark all read" button.

Latest version of Boost on Android 11. When opening up DMs (not replying) the notification for unread messages stays unchanged and the messages aren't marked as read.

Can other people reproduce this issue?

No idéa why. Opening this post makes boost crash

Version: 1.0.14 (17)

Device: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

Browser: Firefox Mobile Beta

When opening links in comments, it collapses the comment.

Additionally, links in comments can take 30-60s to open after tapping them. When long pressing and then tapping open in browser, the link opens immediately. Similar behavior observed when opening some link posts - tapping post to open the link can take a while, while directly selecting the option is almost immediate.

This also means that several copies of the link open up and must each individually be closed

I realized I couldn't comment on anything this morning. I tried clearing the app's data and logging back in to no avail.

But then I disabled my NordVPN connection and everything went back to working.

Is this expected behaviour?

I just had an ad appear while scrolling through the comment section of a post.

No big deal in itself, but: the ad started to play at volume even though I put my media viewer in auto mute. It's night and I don't wanna wake people up with videos I never even wanted to see and even tho I didn't click anything wrong.

Is this how it should be? Is there an option to disable audio on ads? I have auto mute on enabled for my media viewer; why does this not automatically apply to ads as well?

I get that this app has ads to survive but there's always a nice and a really annoying way to do it and this is definitely on the annoying side for me rn.

Pretty much what the title says. Is there a log file or something I could provide to help diagnose what's happening?

I just bought it, and after a pop-up that says "Enjoy the ad-free version" or something, I was immediately brought back to my feed with an ad on it.

I get why it happened, and in my case it was just a funny moment that prompted me to restart the app, but a non-tech-savvy person might find it disturbing and waste your time with a support request.

Title. Is this happening for anyone else? Cheers.

The spoiler syntax is supported when editing but fails to render when viewing.

Example (spoiler alert I suppose!):

• (castaway) https://sh.itjust.works/post/23433848
• (not really a spoiler) https://quokk.au/post/421281
• (also not a spoiler) https://aussie.zone/post/12441801

Personally I have held back from discussing details of current films because spoiler masking isn't guaranteed and I don't want to ruin anyone's experience. If Boost can add this then we are one step closer to a perfect world.

I don't know if it's true for all instances, but for lemm.ee, you have your username that can never be changed, and then you have a display name.

on boost, I always see people's usernames, and my posts always show up under my username rather than my chosen name. is there a way to change that?

what does that mean? I get the error when trying to upload profile or banner pictures

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/14557202

The app is missing moderation capabilities, which would been very useful, such as the option to view upvotes, banning users etc.

A user did a test of all the Lemmy apps and frontends, and created a list of issues for each of the apps. The full post is here, which has information on expected behaviour and what is missing:

https://lemmy.world/comment/11514952

In particular, here is the section for Boost:

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Thanks :)

I would much prefer this piece of shit die in obscurity, thanks

Could an option be added to filter communities by language?

okay, so there are four areas to fill out when you're making a post using boost. up at the top, it says url, and there's a little "add image" button. when I add an image to a post that way, people have to physically click on it in order to see it, it doesn't just show up as an image post. at least not in boost

I've been ignoring the thumbnail option, I'm not entirely sure what to do with that.

then there's the body. I hit the little add image button at the bottom, it does the whole upload and everything, but then it shows up as a link instead of an image. I just want my post to be the title, and the picture

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Would be great to be able to post gifs straight from the keyboard. Currently greyed out and gives a message of this app does not support gifs here

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if I copy the link and open it in a browser, the image is there just fine. I posted it through boost, and I have not had this issue with other images before

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/4a55daf5-2802-4a22-9d42-3bca4fdb2437.jpeg

I enjoy the All feed, but I'm having to manually clear out a lot of foreign language communities. is there any way to do that automatically?

A good chunk of the time I can't share images because they're in Webp format. Is there a way to force a different format? I don't know if it's a function of the content or Boost.

A suggestion for my favorite Lemmy client: I would love to know that I am banned in a community before finishing a huge post/reply and pressing "send", not after T_T

Most thumbnails are useless if I'm trying to decide if I should click them and there's any text in them.

so it's not just a boost thing, but you guys are pretty knowledgeable about how Lemmy works. I'll put the link below, but sometimes there are posts like this where the image or link or whatever it is won't load it in boost. I tried copying the link and opening it in a browser, and it wouldn't load there either. people from the comments can obviously see it, any idea what's up?

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/pictrs/image/b83852ed-26fb-457a-a0c0-c1ab799000ad.jpeg

I browse lemmy primarily through the local feed and mute communities I'm not particularly interested in. When a different community posts a link to a muted community, the post opens without showing any comments.

Example: I have muted the no stupid questions community. Someone posts a link to a post in that community to best of. That post opens fine and shows the correct number of comments, but no comments are visible.