It’s here!

Download Mlem for Lemmy on the App Store

Please note: it may take a couple minutes for it to be available in all regions. We just pressed the button.

Mlem for Lemmy is out of beta and live on the App Store!

Thank you to everybody who tested our app and submitted feedback, whether through TestFlight or a GitHub issue or a post on the community. Your insight has been an integral part of making this app what it is, and we look forward to working with you to make it even better in the months to come.

The past month and a half of hard work has been an amazing journey, but this is just the beginning. We hope you give it a download and join us as we strive to bring you the best mobile Lemmy experience we can.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

  • mv777711@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I like the design and the layouts but there are a few things to improve. The biggest for now is the image viewer. When I click on a post it just opens the post with the title and comments, but not the image itself. I can’t zoom in or anything.

    Overall though it’s very clean and off to a good start.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      341·
      1 year ago

      The image viewer is our #1 priority right now. To zoom you can tap the image once in the post view–we’re working on getting a hotfix out shortly to make that work the intuitive way, where tapping the image in feed opens the quick viewer.

      Longer-term, we’re working on a much more robust, fully-featured media viewer, but it’s a complex piece of code and we want to get it right–it’s slated for our next milestone (1.1, targeted Aug 5).

      • mcgEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Glad you’re working in the image viewer. As of this release, images don’t even open in the post view. Touching them does nothing.

    • 1eyepatch@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      This and scrolling lags/choppy after going back. Apart from that for initial launch this looks amazing, also loving those extra icons 👍.

  • Angel@beehaw.orgEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Congrats! even though it has only been such a short time, It has been amazing seeing this project grow.

  • afruitpie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    1 year ago

    Congrats! I’m excited that Mlem is built in SwiftUI instead of a cross-platform framework. Native-built apps are usually so much better.

    • Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Me too! The differences really become apparent when more features are added. Battery life I notice. Also just the way the thing feels; I can intuit where things are in the app because I already know how to use my iPhone.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      38·
      1 year ago

      Yes! We will continue using TestFlight to try out our beta features, so if you want the cutting (and maybe buggy) edge of our development, stay on there. If you just want the stable, reliable app, the App Store version is your friend.

      • scytale@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        I’m staying on beta to get first dibs on the coming improvements. lol. Congrats on the official app store release!

  • 5473MP4RRit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Just downloaded and will give it a try. Already really like the interface. Replying to a post needs some more obvious buttons, but this is great so far.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      401·
      1 year ago

      There are a couple smaller reasons, but the big one is that we use NavigationStack to handle our core view navigation–it’s a truly monumental improvement over the old NavigationView, and lets us do things like build an iPad version without rewriting all our nav stuff, but it is unfortunately only compatible with iOS 16+.

      I know that’s probably not a super satisfactory answer, but I’d rather be transparent than spin some PR nonsense at you.

      • Jessica@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for the quick reply! I just wanted to confirm it wasn’t something superficial. I’ll look into updating and see what the performance hit looks like

      • feifei@lemm.eeEnglish
        62·
        1 year ago

        The less headache for the devs, the better. I fully support this decision

        • EricOPMEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          Yes! We’re planning to get it into beta as part of our 1.2 milestone, which should start development early August

      • Jessica@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        1 year ago

        Oh I know. I’ve just been burned many times in the past with upgrading iOS on older phones so I generally avoid it these days until I have a compelling reason to upgrade. Forced obsolescence and all that

  • ecpc@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Love your app! I’ll take a look at your GitHub and see if there’s anything I can help with.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Glad you like it!

      The project board todo column is the place to look if you want to pitch in

  • Fester@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I love seeing the memes devs are choosing for the screenshots for these apps. Well done!

    • EricOPMEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      We’re working on a fully-featured media viewer with the image saving + a whole bunch more—stay tuned for the next update!