New Lemmy App for iOS

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‎Maliki

Hello Lemmy. I just released a new Lemmy client for iOS. I'm still working on a few key features (background notifications, word block filters, i18n, community creation and moderation, plus a few other random things). I hope to have them complete soon. If you have the time, please take a look and let me know how I can make it better: Maliki Issues.

I want to release this app for Android, but Google requires that I have 12 Android testers. Anyone up for that?

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3d ago

New Lemmy App for iOS

apps.apple.com /us/app/maliki/id6698846047

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Is it FOSS?
- It's free, but not open source. Maybe I'll reconsider, but no promises either way.
- Yes it has a GitHub page.
  https://github.com/abnormalization/maliki

It’s good to have more choices as we have less options on IOS compared to Android.

Looking good! Also: !lemmysilver

It looks nice and smooth, but you need to add support for 2FA because I can't log in without it.
- Yes, it's on the list!
  
  Good to hear, I'll be sure to check it out when that's added!

I’m definitely gonna try the iOS app out, I hope you find the droids you’re looking for
- Thank you. I only know a few people who use Android, so it's a challenge.

Great! Another great way to get Android users is to publish releases on the github page a lot of Lemmy users will install directly if available or use a service like Obtainium that pulls directly from GitHub.
- Thanks for the advice!

Count me in on Android! Foxes are my spirit animal and I'm a chronically online loser so I'll be a great beta tester.
- Great! Thank you. I'll be in touch when I release the latest test build.

Thank you!

Do you have a community for discussion etc? Or just the GitHub?
- A community would probably be a good idea huh? I'll get on that.

If you still need android testers let me know.
- Great! Thank you

Are you planning on a Material You design implementation for the Android version or just sticking with the iOS look?
- For now at least, it'll be the same on Android and iOS

I want to release this app for Android, but Google requires that I have 12 Android testers. Anyone up for that?
Don't you just... build an APK and let people download it? Or are you trying to use some Play Store beta system?
- I think it's only a requirement for new Android developers.
  I can think of a few ways around it, but I would in fact like some actual testing done on this thing before release.
  
  Where are you seeing that requirement? Like I said, there should be nothing stopping you from simply building the APK and letting any arbitrary user download/install it. Think of all the APKs available on GitHub, itch.io, etc. Anyone can download/install those without the user or developer having had to register for anything. Android is not a closed system like iOS in which distribution of applications is restricted to some official channel.

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