rdx for Reddit - Apps on Google Play
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Lurk on Reddit with ease!

Since a lot of you asked me to build an Android version and post about it here when I launch, and I sincerely apologise that I forgot to post on lemmy sooner. The free app was launched on Play store almost a month ago and has garnered some excellent reviews. It has feature parity with the iPhone App and works on all Android 8.0+ devices.

You can download the app here.

Any feedback is wholeheartedly welcome, you can also post issues and contribute to the rdx web app on Github.

  • alteredracoon@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Maybe the wrong place, but I’ve consistently had a bug with the iOS version where it will start repeating posts after awhile with no way to fix it. Refresh or restarting the app doesn’t fix it.

  • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Looks nice! I sent a link to the gf who’s on iPhone. She’s always complaining about ads, and I never know what’s out there for her as I’m on android. I installed it too so I can give it a look.

    After not looking at Reddit’s front page in a year, it’s a bit of a shock seeing an unfiltered feed! 😮

  • Alk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Hey, very cool app. One thing that could be a massive improvement is the ability to tap the thumbnails in “compact mode” to open a bigger version of the image without loading the whole post. Boost (for reddit and for lemmy) has something like this (though not as snappy as I’d like), and relay for reddit had the perfect implementation of this. It was quick and easy. You tap the thumbnail to blow the image up to the max screen width, tap again to dismiss the image. Ideally there would be no lag between when you tap and when the image is loaded, same with dismissing. (I disabled double tap in relay so the image dismissal didn’t wait for a 2nd tap, making it quicker.)

    Obviously this is a very nice and niche feature, so it might be outside the scope of the app. But if you find yourself itching to add some features, keep this in mind :) It would fit well with the “fast, fluid browsing” theme of the app.

    I took a video to give a quick example but uploading it to lemmy.world isn’t working, I don’t want to share my youtube account, and I don’t want to make you download a random file from a file sharing site, so you can check out this behavior in those 2 apps if you need an example.

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I get what you are saying, just pushed an update to Apple with the new compact mode. Android soon.

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Yeah I have to make the subscribe button more prominent. Multireddits are planned for a future updates however you can import your subscriptions currently in the Settings tab.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been using the IOS app since it was launched and just wanted to say you’re awesome! The app has been very helpful when I need to check my city’s sub and r/nba (both exist in lemmy but aren’t as active yet).

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Thank you so much for your kind words! A new update to the search page and some more customisation options in settings are coming in the next minor update for iOS.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Please make available outside the Play Store or add releases to you GitHub so I can install using Obtainium. I don’t use Google Play services.

    Thanks.

    You’re going to have a hard time measuring up to the Stealth app.

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I’ll second this request. I prefer to get software through FDroid when possible. I use Stealth in combo with Libreddit currently, but this has a nice UI.

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I will try to upload an APK somewhere for people to install. Stealth of course is a very good app.

  • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Does this violate any applicable policies such as Reddit’s or Google’s end user agreement?

  • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There are subreddits I want to archive before things get any worse, any tools I can use or any way to adapt the backend for this task?

  • Usually_Lurker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I had some issues trying to import my subreddits via the .json file on my Fire HD10 tablet. The on screen pop up I am able to select the file just fine but I am not able to hit the import or cancel button. Import worked just fine on iOS version.

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Try tapping around the import button(like 1-2cm up/down where the import button is). Are you able to hit the cancel button?

      • Usually_Lurker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I did. I even used a stylus. It’s like the buttons don’t have an ability to activate. I am unable to hit either the import or cancel button.

  • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Hi, thanks again for making this app. Any chance of swipe to collapse? I find it takes less effort than double tapping

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Since both left and right swipes(to go back and forward) work already it will be messy to implement that.

      • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I meant like Alien Blue and Apollo where if you swipe on the comment and not on the edges, Apollo had a full half centimeter of edge space for front and back while AB was more like RDX (which imo is better really)

        No worries if you don’t want to though, just thought I’d ask

    • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Intriguing, my first reaction is that this must be some accident. On iOS it’s marked as not collecting data, and the privacy policy is a single line.

      I’m sure the dev will swing by shortly, I’m just expressing my surprise at seeing that

    • overdevs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      When you donate, a token id and status of purchase is sent to the server (in case anyone donates accidentally, rare I know, requests for a refund for their donation I can match order ID and issue refund) . That’s all, no credit card info, email or stuff like that. I wasn’t sure if this counts as financial info on play store so just to be safe I checked that box.

  • 5oap10116@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Were not going back!

    That being said, I appreciate sticking it to reddit in this way.

    • anivia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Were not going back!

      There are still some niche subreddits I can’t live without, that either don’t exist on Lemmy or are so small here they might as well not exist

    • Sho@mander.xyzEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Same here. The app looks great and I applaud the hard work you put in, but that bridge is done burned and gone. I hope your app is a great success nonetheless.

  • anivia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It looks like gated communities can’t be accessed using your app. I tried opening /r/steroids and just got a blank page