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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

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With a lot of talk around new apps in development & coming on stream, something I've been happy to see, & commented on, as choice is always a good thing... I thought I'd just voice my appreciation for the Jerboa team, love this App, such nice Ui & UX, I find it very easy to use, all the view options, post layouts, especially the compact view are really easy on the eyes, & great to scroll through quickly. I know there are some errors from time to time, & the odd glitch here & there, but thats something to be expected, given that Jerboa is still in its Alpha form.. Thanks for all you do, each iteration makes the experience, better & better..๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

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[โ€“] fosho@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I tried to use but when I went to login I got an error that says the server version (0.17.4) is too low. but when I check all the popular instances they are all on the same version. so how is it working for other instances?

[โ€“] PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

My understanding is Jerboa 0.35 requires server version 0.18, which isn't widely adopted yet. I'm using 0.34 from F-Droid and I've been having no issues.

[โ€“] Kovari@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have issues logging in now too. It just errors and closes the app entirely, haha.

Any idea what that might be about? I've had to resort to using browser for now.

[โ€“] elephantintheroom@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. We'll have to wait until our instances update their servers to v0.18.

We'll have to use a browser or a different client until then.

[โ€“] laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or a previous release (<0.35) of jerboa

[โ€“] elephantintheroom@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, that's what I meant by "older version".

[โ€“] Rentlar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Always be wary of downloading random people's files, but you can try my fork which implements some of the 0.35 features (until June 15) but is before the v18 update:

https://github.com/ShinyLuxray/jerboa/releases

[โ€“] nei7jc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I love Jeroba too but it just crashes after loading so I have to use the web or Connect.

Same here, crashes instantly on Android 10 :'(

[โ€“] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Likewise. I look forward to trying it out again later and hopefully update my rating to something more befitting.

Connect works, but the UI is definitely lacking.

[โ€“] laenurd@lemmy.lemist.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That might be because of backend API changes in Lemmy 0.18.0.

You may have to use the most recent version to get around this problem.

[โ€“] count0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why is that update to 0.0.35 (from my locally installed 0.0.34) not shown to me in Droid-ify? When I click on Jerboa in the installed list, it shows up in the list of versions at the bottom. The global list of Updates in Droid-ify is empty, however. Clicking/Spamming the "sync" button there does not help.

[โ€“] count0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

aah, found it - it uses a different signing key.

[โ€“] bridger@tucson.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So I'm posting here from a browser. I want to use jerboa but I can't get it to do much of anything. It asks me to log in but gives me no option to do so. I can't find a manual for it or any help. I'm pretty sure I just don't know how to use the thing, but I know I'm not alone

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[โ€“] uranushertz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was my first choice, but the app would not stay open. Installed fresh on Note 10+ and it would not actually start open long enough to acknowledge the first screen of notes before crashing.

I'll keep an eye on it, but makes me sad ๐Ÿ˜ข.

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Memmy is also extremely good (on iOS).

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