Sync for Lemmy Beta 50 release notes
Sync for Lemmy Beta 50 release notes
Key points
- Random and random nsfw back as actions!
- Added the ability to browse all instances and communities on an instance
- Added admin tools (see #312 for details)
Ultra
- Added a new article summarizer
New
- Added user + community block managers (Settings > Lemmy preferences)
- UI changes to the post options bottomsheet
- Icons are now shown next to the user and community items
- User and community items can be expanded out
- A few user items have been moved to a separate bottomsheet
- The filters bottomsheet now uses icons
- catbox.moe links are now opened in-app (can be disabled)
- Imgur video posts now show a small preview image
- You can now view the moderators of a community
- Added an option to disable the new hiding behaviour (Settings > experimental > keep posts hidden)
Github issues closed
- Deep linking causes a transparent, unresponsive Activity to appear if Sync isn't already running #345
- Random NSFW #246
- Expose instance name and view its communities #242
- Add the ability to generate a random base theme color on app launch #358
- "Failed to start subscription purchase (2)" when subscribing to Ultra #231
- Crash when using lemmy.ca instance #204
- Unable to share direct image on Android 14 Beta #104
- Unable to direct share image #216
- Remove the "Display if a post is OC" setting #361
- Block button shown twice in the about menu #403
- Block list #305
- Block button does not change to "Unblock" when you block a community #300
- [Feature Request] Block Community option added to Post Menu #225
- Function to unblock a user #269
- When viewing comments in your own or someone else's profile... #401
- Summarize article/post/comment feature for Ultra #251
- Switch Media Upload Dialog for Bottom Sheet #160
- Support for verified links (top X instances maybe) #77
- Community in drawer sidebar has blank space between name and instance #47
- Back arrow in action bar isn't visible in login screen on tablets #53
- Theme sharing generates screenshot only #96
Other fixes
- Fixed a crash when starting chrome custom tabs
- Fixed a crash when searching
- Added a potential crash for TextViews crashing
- Fixed an issue where searching from the drawer would say todo...
- You can now enter "-" and "_" in the username field
- Fixed a crash where some S4R backups would cause a crash
- ProgressBottomSheetDialogFragments now auto dismiss
Updates
- androidx.annotation:annotation > 1.7.0-rc01
- com.google.android.material:material > 1.11.0-alpha02
- com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle > 2.9.9
Notes
- NSFW images can no longer be uploaded via Sync
- Android 14 should behave better now
- View + saved are now enabled by default in the actions manager
- Your default community has been reset to handle the new local feed changes
- The voting icons in comments now match slides
- The profile icon is now accessible via the 3 dot menu for comments
NSFW images can no longer be uploaded via Sync
Why not? How can Sync tell if an image is NSFW?
33 0 ReplyThis was added in response to last weeks incident. Once additional tools are in place on instances I'll look to remove this.
Sync uses a local ML model to attempt to classify nsfw content.
67 1 ReplyNeat, thanks!
Think the restriction might be lifted in the future once this CSAM thing is figured out?
Not a huge deal to me, I don't plan on uploading any NSFW content and my instance has disabled all image uploading (for now) anyway. Really, I'm just curious.
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Why not?
Because Google is a diarrhea-soaked abomination of a company that will accuse you of personally trafficking child porn if people have the ability to abuse your app for unintended purposes. This is probably coming because lemmyworld's shitposting board was closed after people spammed it with CP, and LJ is trying to get ahead of Google so they don't de-list his app. Unfortunately for him, Google reviewers don't (can't) read, and will delist his app for a few days anyway. Calling it now.
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Thank you again for all your hard work!
21 0 Reply(シ_ _)シ
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Added a potential crash for TextViews crashing
Sounds intriguing!
13 0 ReplySpoiler alert. It didn't work.
5 0 ReplyShoot! I really wanted a new crash!
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Killing it as usual! Great work
13 0 ReplyHell yeah good patch
11 0 Replyaverage sync w
10 1 ReplyAnyone know if there are any plans to have sync for iOS?
9 1 ReplyNot currently.
I'm playing with the idea of Sync for Kbin and Sync for Mastodon on Android though 👀
79 0 ReplySync for mastodon would be great
20 0 ReplySync for Mastodon please, also Sync for Hacker News
14 0 ReplyOk, sync for mastodon, I didn't see it coming!
That would be beautiful.
12 0 ReplySync for Mastodon
Whoa, I'll take "Things I didn't know I needed until now" for 500!
8 0 ReplySync for mastadon would be amazing
8 1 Replywould grouping all of this together and calling it sync for fediverse (im not crazy about the name tbh) work better? I'd like to have everything in one app since they all use the same protocol to talk to each other.
6 0 ReplyHuh, that might get me to try mastodon again. The browser experience used to be crap.
5 0 ReplySince kbin has a drastically different API (which is WIP as I understand), will you rely primarily on the ActivityPub bits for the common interface between lemmy/kbin/Mastodon? I suppose you still need to rely on the actual kbin API for account information, etc.
4 0 ReplyAs in separate apps or all merged here?
Either way I'm excited to see this in the future, don't let the FOSS bros discourage you.
4 0 ReplyThat's funny. Just a few days ago I thought about Sync for Mastodon.
It would need to be more than great though, because the Fedilab and Tusky apps are already quite good.
5 1 ReplyYes pls
3 0 ReplyI hope Sync for Mastodon has replies to a post inform of a comment thread, the way it is in lemmy/reddit
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Yes you can gaffer tape an Android to your overpriced telephone
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The article summariser is such a fantastic addition!
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6 0 ReplyHell yeah! I've been trying to figure out if it was a super intrusive Pixel feature or a Sync one. 😅 It's been super useful so far
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How do you browse other instances ?
6 0 ReplyBrowse "Everything"
There's a chip at the top for "Instances"
5 0 ReplyThx
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This looks great, thank you!
I'm already loving the article summarizer feature!
5 0 ReplyIt appears filtered communities are not filtered when viewing/browsing an instance.
Great update overall!
5 0 ReplyI haven't been able to find a way of viewing where filters work at all. Are they broken, or do they only work in specific circumstances?
1 0 ReplyWhen I'm browsing "everything", and see a post I want to filter out I click the three dots, then at the bottom of the popup there's a filter tab. From there you can filter out from seeing posts from that person or from that community.
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Added ability to browse all instances on communities on an instance
I am confused as to what this means, can you elaborate?
4 0 ReplyGo to "everything" and you'll see two new chips "communities" and "instances"
8 0 ReplyWow, I love this. I've generally relied on looking at stuff that hits the main feed to find content but this has opened up so much extra content that I didn't know existed. Great feature!
5 0 ReplyGo to "everything" and you'll see two new chips "communities" and "instances"
FTFY
This new feature is an absolute game changer!!! Amazing!
5 0 ReplyOh cool, thanks!
3 0 ReplyLove having that available! Could you add a search bar in the list, though? It's kind of difficult finding specific instances sometimes.
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Great stuff, man! How does one subscribe to the beta release channel?
4 0 ReplyThe current production channel is still "beta" for now.
There's an internal track I'm doing testing releases on but that's limited to 100 spaces sadly.
6 0 ReplyOh cool, so I'm already using beta! Is there any way to force an update to get the upper mentioned changes?
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Is there currently a way to unhide an individual post once I've clicked "hide"? I want "keep posts hidden" on, but if I hide a post by accident I want to be able to unhide it.
3 0 ReplyIf you switch between accounts it will unhide. Planning to add an extra section here.
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My filters aren't being applied across any of my installed accounts. Suggestions for troubleshooting unapplied filters?
3 0 ReplyCan you screenshot the filters you have set in the settings pages please?
2 0 ReplyNot op, but I'm also having the same issue. Here's my filters https://ibb.co/r05JMXM
3 0 ReplyI can't as it's most prominent on my nsfw alt account where I'm filtering out weird porn.
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Is anyone else still stuck on beta 40?
3 0 ReplyYeah, waiting for the update to clear whatever needs to happen with the Google play store. It can take a stupid amount of time. I don't make apps, so I don't know all the details on the process, but I've had this happen with previous updates.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
4 0 ReplyThanks. I did try all the cache clearing stuff, but no go. I'll just try to be a little more patient.
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Update just went live
4 0 ReplyThank you so much!! This is a great update! Especially loving the ability to browse instances and their communities now.
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2 0 ReplyThree dots edit?
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I only see the random action but not the random nsfw action.
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