this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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I have Jerboa installed also and links open in that from the web browser, I'd rather they opened in Liftoff since it's the one I seem to be using most.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know little about how apks work, but it would be pretty nice if the list could be updated in-app without updating the app itself. Then as you implied we'd just need a list of known instances.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I asked about this before and it seems the list of urls is fixed and can't be changed in-app. Jerboa just has a huge list of active instances pulled from wherever. Liftoff should just do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't really want to do that because it's impossible for us to keep it up to date. Instead we're going a browser redirection route using app deep links with a tool called:

https://lemmy.guide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Very cool. Glad you got it sorted!