Thunder App

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An open-source, cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android.

This community is intended to discuss features and feature suggestions for Thunder; as well as friendly, respectful talks about Lemmy in general.

Please use the GitHub repository linked below to submit bug reports, so keeping track of them is easier, and make sure to search first if you already can find an issue for your report.

If there are any developers who would like to contribute, feel free to reach out on GitHub!

General Links
Website: Link
GitHub Repository: Link
Matrix Space: Link

Android Releases
IzzyOnDroid: Link
Google Play: Link

iOS Releases
Apple App Store: Link
TestFlight Beta: Link

Related Communities
Nightly Community: Link

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Hey everyone! This is just a minor update that addresses a few issues with the recent v0.6.0 update. To see the full release notes of v0.6.0, check out the previous post: https://lemmy.world/post/25166612.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

Now onto the update notes. This update mostly fixes some issues reported in the v0.6.0 update:

Changes

  • Modified user/community tooltips to show their full name by micahmo

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with visual artifacts appearing on certain Android devices by hjiangsu
  • Fixed unintended keyboard popup when navigating back to main screen by hjiangsu
  • Fixed progress indicator not being displayed during post refresh on experimental post page by micahmo
  • Fixed comment reply/edit action not working on experimental post page by hjiangsu

Misc

  • Updated instances by @github-actions
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Hey everyone, Thunder v0.6.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

For those using Google Play or the App Store, it may take a couple of days before you receive this update as it's currently going through app reviews.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

I would like to again thank all the incredible contributors that have helped with Thunder so far, including all translators!

Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

  • Media Management: You can now manage your uploaded media directly in Thunder. To access your previously uploaded images, go to Settings → Account → Danger Zone → Manage Media.
  • Account Settings Import/Export: Easily migrate your Lemmy account information, subscriptions, and blocklists between instances. You can access this option under Settings → Account → Import/Export Settings.
  • Alternative Link Sources: Thunder now supports Archive Today, Internet Archive, and Ground News for posts. Access these alternative link sources from the post page overflow menu or by long-pressing a link thumbnail.

ℹ General

  • UI/UX Enhancements: Redesigned post and comment action sheets, improved video player and image viewer usability, and introduced quick image previews with long-press.
  • Minor Additions: Support for alternative text on images, inbox counts in the profile switcher, and new settings for theming and taglines.
  • Moderator and Post Actions: Added post reporting and tools for moderators to ban users or assign community moderators.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org


Here are the changes between versions v0.5.1 and v0.6.0. For improved readability, internal issues introduced and fixed in nightly versions will be omitted.

Additions & Major Changes

  • Migrated internal video player package and updated video player controls by hjiangsu
  • Added additional searchable settings for account and debug settings by micahmo
  • Added reporter to post/comment reports by hjiangsu
  • Added support for displaying alternative text for images by micahmo
  • Added alternate link sources for links (Archive Today, Ghost Archive, etc.) by micahmo
  • Updated design of post action sheets by hjiangsu
  • Updated design of comment action sheets by hjiangsu
  • Added ability to report posts by hjiangsu
  • Added moderator actions (ban/unban user from community, add/remove user as community moderator) by hjiangsu
  • Added support for quick peeking images on long press by micahmo
  • Added unread counts to profile switcher by micahmo
  • Added reader mode for in-app browser by micahmo
  • Added ability to go to previous/next top-level comment using comment navigator in experimental post page by hjiangsu
  • Added video player viewing setting (in-app video player, browser, external app) by ggichure
  • Added ability to specify alternative text when creating/editing posts with images by micahmo
  • Added ability to navigate to modlog for removed comments by micahmo
  • Added option to toggle pure black mode when using system theme by hjiangsu
  • Added setting to automatically expand taglines by hjiangsu
  • Added support for managing uploaded media by micahmo
  • Added ability to import/export Lemmy account settings by micahmo
  • Overhauled account page to use feed related logic under-the-hood by hjiangsu
  • Overhauled image viewer to improve usability when zooming by CTalvio

Changes

  • Modified end of feed/comment message to be more generic by hjiangsu
  • Modified input hints to labels in create post page by micahmo
  • Updated feed logic to use image dimensions from API when available by hjiangsu
  • Updated condensed post view to show URL on link posts by hjiangsu
  • Updated feed to highlight the last tapped post by micahmo
  • Updated comment handling logic to handle additional comment link formats by micahmo

Fixes

  • Fixed theme settings page bottom spacing by ggichure
  • Fixed partial percent encoded links in markdown images by hjiangsu
  • Fixed create comment/post markdown toolbar visibility on certain devices by hjiangsu
  • Fixed certificate issue with LetsEncrypt for older Android versions by hjiangsu
  • Fixed incorrectly triggered end of feed when too many filters are applied by hjiangsu
  • Fixed inbox "Mark All as Read" not updating UI by micahmo
  • Fixed issue where inbox reloads when already selected by micahmo
  • Fixed layout jank when scrolling back up to post body by hjiangsu
  • Fixed issue with profile/hamburger visibility during feed refresh by micahmo
  • Fixed create post snackbar error message by hjiangsu
  • Fixed end of feed message being shown when more posts are available by micahmo
  • Fixed image viewer stuck in fullscreen mode by micahmo

Misc

  • Upgraded Flutter version and related dependencies by hjiangsu
  • Updated instances list by github-actions
  • Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
  • Updated NDK version by gwbischof
  • Removed unused package dependencies by hjiangsu
  • Removed go_router dependency for navigation by hjiangsu
  • Migrated from uni_links to app_links for deep link support by hjiangsu
  • Removed unneeded image permissions for Android by hjiangsu
  • Fixed macOS build by gwbischof
  • Fixed additional linting and deprecation warnings by hjiangsu
  • Updated web build to use Drift database by gwbischof
  • Added app-link support for thunderapp.dev by hjiangsu
  • Migrated Android build to use gradle declarative plugin by hjiangsu
  • Added automated build workflow for Android by hjiangsu
  • Added documentation on database updates by micahmo
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For example if I wanted to search for things that contained the words "Japanese" & "countryside" on Google I'd use

intext:("Japanese" & "countryside")

Does the thunder app support something like search operators for searching on lemmy

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I've recently switched to Thunder from Sync, but am surprised that there's not an option to resize tall images to the display size. When opening an image in full screen, it does this, but not in the feed or when opening a post. Basically this would be an option in between card view and full height imagea, for images which are taller than the display window.

This is an egregious example, but this post takes up so much of the feed when full height images is set. Also, I'm not sure about most instances, but they seem to resize the thumbnail aggressively on tall posts, so even if full height images without resizing is your preference, the quality looks terrible anyway, and you're forced to click into the post to see the full size image.

Anyway, maybe I'm missing some settings, but this behavior seems like something someone else would have wanted, but I don't see it as a setting.

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In the settings I've found card view and compact view, but even in card view images are not full sized.

Is there a way to enable this through some other means? I dislike having to open images all the time when scrolling to view the entire thing.

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This issue has bitten me several times. It was a problem in 0.6.0 and maybe earlier, and it is present in 0.6.1.

I'll make an edit to fix a couple of typos that I saw immediately after posting, and then I'll see something else or want to add some more context. So I'll edit the post again, but this edits the contents of the original post, therefore I put back in all my typos! (And lose anything else I added in my first edit.)

When it first happened, I thought I was going crazy and ended up going back and forth, fixing the same few typos over and over while adding more content! 😂

For a test, I'm going to edit this post to add the text, "first edit". Then I'm going to edit it again after 10 seconds to add the words "second edit".

Second edit.


Third edit:

Now that I manually refreshed, I can see "second edit", and when I edit the post, those words are there, but "first edit" is gone.

Here's a screenshot of my post immediately after adding the first edit:

You can see that it does not contain the words "first edit" at the bottom.

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Same with making a post. I accidentally cancel making a comment all the time while simply trying to select text.

Like this:

I select some text and them try to drag that little blue tear drop on the left to change the selection and invariably just close the comment editor. It's so frustrating.

I have all gestures disabled because all they do is fire by accident, but I can't see any way to disable this one.

Here is a screenshot of it in action. I turned on the developer option to show touches, and you can see how wide the activation area is for dragging from the left.

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I'm tired of seeing american news spam and reich wing american politician spam on lemmy everytime I open it up especially when I don't even live there

It's why I want a filter that I can turn on and off so I can have it on by defualt and not see that spam but still be able to turn it off when I want to be aware of whats happening in america

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This just started happening today so probably something I've changed in the settings but I don't know what. Whenever I take a "back" action, the phone keyboard pops up. This is true if I swipe on my phone (system default action), or press back in the top left of the screen.

I've tried toggling the swipe to go back in the settings but it doesn't seem to impact this one.

Any ideas gratefully received, it's quite annoying

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world
 
 

I'm trying the latest build on Izzy F-droid repo 0.6.0 and it has graphical issues changing pages and scrolling.

[edit] Solved in 0.6.1

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Hi!

I often find threads where Thunder says there are several comments but when I open that thread there are only a few or none. Why is that?

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I can't find the option, if there is one, to report posts that are breaking a communities rules for example.

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It's been happening for a while.

Here is the source of the above screenshot:

Wonder how much that stomach acid cares about the Alkaline^®^ topper. 
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First, I’d like to say how much I appreciate the Thunder app. It had been overall great!

Lately, just in the past couple days, I’ve been having problems with it showing some images. Most noticeable is the Hexbear stickers.

This is what it looks like on my mobile browser:

And this is how it looks in the Thunder app lately:

As you can see, it isn’t all of them, only some of them that won’t show. It seems like it is only happening in more recent posts, and seems to be mostly the hexbear stickers, but it also seems like some articles’ thumbnails and some uploaded pictures are broken too.

I was wondering if this was happening to others, if there’s a quick fix I could try, or if anyone knows the issue before I submit it as a bug on GitHub. Thanks!

Edit: Can I get some feedback on the downvotes? Is it just because you guys don’t like Hexbear? Because that’s one of the reasons I use Thunder. If it’s something else, like this is a dumb question or “duh, that’s a bug, why not just submit it?”, please let me know. I’m just trying to do the right thing and not waste anyone’s time.

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When the combined length of the username and the vote tally approaches or exceeds the width of the comment, the vote tally gets hidden behind the timestamp or pushed off screen entirely.

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Title. I don't want to see a political shitshow upon opening the app and i never even touched r/all on reddit, all i want to see are memes and cute animals :c

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As per title. I really don't need a shortcut to settings taking up the prime real estate corner closest to my thumb. Is there such a feature or feature request?

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Is there any way to keep this little banner expanded so I always see whatever the featured community is?

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@thunderbird
@thunder_app

Bonjour,
Je me demandais s'il était possible d'exporter uniquement une "fiche" d'un contact sur #thunderbird ? (et pas le carnet en csv :).

J'ai regardé là :
https://forums.mozfr.org/search.php?keywords=exporter+un+contact

Je n'ai pas vu la question ???
Est-ce si facile ou personne ne s'est posé la question ?

Et sur les add-ons, il est proposé une extension CardBook... des pbs sont reportés sur le forum...

Merci d'avance de vos retours.

Amicalement, bon dimanche

José

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I haven't used the app in a while but I'm looking for a new one.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world
 
 

In the past day or so, vote tallies ceased to be visible.

Main feed:

Post and comments:

I can see how I voted, but the vote totals are no longer displayed.

This can't be an instance issue, as other apps display the vote totals just fine.

Is there some setting which I accidentally toggled, or was there some update under the hood which broke this?

Anyone else encounter this issue?

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The image link in question:

Screenshot of web UI of this post:

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I just crossposted something using Thunder and another user let me know that my crosspost did not show that the other post was the original.

See here: https://lemmy.ca/comment/11901004

Not sure how that can happen but seems like a bug in Thunder then?

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