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Happy v1!

Yes, there are still outstanding bugs. It's not perfect, and we will continue to make things better! But Voyager has come a long way, and all of the core functionality is there to use and enjoy lemmy. 🙂

Happy version 1.0! 🎉

This release only has one major new feature: Unique time-based sort icons! You can now quickly glance to see what sort you're currently on. Thanks @tilden!

Voyager is going to the App Store

I'm also excited to announce that the next major focus will be on releasing Voyager as an iOS app! This will fix various iOS bugs that we've encountered (white status bar, scroll "freezing" etc), and bring some nice functionality like haptics and tapping the status bar to scroll to top, and also improve onboarding for people that aren't familiar with Progressive Webapps. It also opens the possibility for other neat features, like the option to open links in your browser instead of in-app. You can see most of the work done in #410, to be merged shortly!

If you're curious how this is possible, check out Capacitor and AppFlow!

Note, an iOS app is subject to approval from Apple which may significantly delay its public release.

(Don't worry! The PWA isn't going anywhere! It has it's own benefits like being self-hostable, quicker updates and being available on desktop computers.)

Once the iOS app is released, work will begin on releasing to the Play Store.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/0.28.1...1.0.0

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[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

WOOO!!!

🎉 🎉🎉

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m not a developer so not sure if this question is even based on how things actually work or just how I imagine they work, but will the iOS app be a wrapper around the PWA, getting updates at the same time, or will it require separate updates and/or codebases?

(Also, a tip jar in the iOS would be great!)

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wrapper. It may lag. Depends on how affordable Ionic AppFlow Live Updates are ;)

[–] Andreas@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

If it means having these nice native features I’ll gladly wait!

[–] RedHair@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Looking forward to this. I haven’t been using Lemmy that much because I dont like any of the apps out there. I check lemmy out once in a while in Voyager. A dedicated app with this UI is definitely something I am looking forward to.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Amazing—just discovered it and I love the feel!

[–] wavymoney@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for this! Many have doubted me when I said this would happen, it’s always nice to have options!

[–] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Great news!

[–] Jacksachatter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Wohoo this is so exciting! I can’t wait for the app to be available in the AppStore

[–] swizzle9144@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which will be the lowest supported iOS version?

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure on lowest iOS support yet.

If the PWA doesn't work because of outdated Safari stuff, the app also won't work because of outdated Safari stuff.

[–] swizzle9144@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Understandable.

Still, I just hope iOS 15 will be supported—I like to get the most mileage out of my older devices.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is this going to allow spell checker/auto correct to work on post titles?

[–] CorporateJapan@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Been using Voyager since the death of Apollo and it’s become my preferred way to access Lemmy. Looking forward to an App Store release.

[–] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is so exciting! Finally!

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hey, congratulations! I like Memmy as well, but I'm starting to prefer Voyager lately!

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