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If anybody wants to try Infinity for Lemmy you can do it here

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[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago

Using Infinity for Lemmy right now to reply to your comment. Infinity WAS my Reddit app. And really happy to have it again for Lemmy.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same. But I will use Voyager mainly along with some 7-8 apps including Infinity.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Wow that's a lot of apps for this lol do you just like having different accounts for different "regions" of the fediverse?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Haha. Nope. All are logged in with my single account. I am testing then all to see which fits my usage better. I'm loving Voyager more than the others rn.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Makes sense and making a mental note about voyager!

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Probably won't be using this but always nice to see many different options for apps being developed

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm stupid, I don't know how to use anything that isn't an app on the play store.

Eta: thanks everyone, I'll get my SO to translate after work lol.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

You download and install the APK file. When prompted to allow your browser to allow installation from unknown sources, you grant the permission.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When you install an APK directly like this as opposed to installing it from a package manager like F-Droid or Play Store, do you have to manually install upgrades when they're available?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In general, you do have to manually download and install updates. However, some apps will automatically check and download their own updates. Also, if the APK is available on a site such as Github or Gitlab, there is an app called Obtainium that you can use. It will notify you when an update is available, and download and install it for you if you choose: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

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

Double thanks, for the explanation and for the Obtanium suggestion.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Also: fdroid exists. It's like a playstore just for open source stuff. You just download it from their website and install the .apk like you would use an .exe in windows.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They have an fdroid in the playstore, should I avoid that or do I download it from a web browser?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I would get it from the official site: https://f-droid.org/

There are also other apps you can use to access the f-droid repositories. I personally use Neo Store instead of the f-droid client.

https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store/releases/download/0.9.15/Neo-Store-release.apk

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the link, it's hard to tell what's real or not with this kind of thing.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Install F-Droid from the official site (should be an APK - it's safe), and, from within F-Droid, you can install Neo Store. Then you can use Neo Store to access F-Droid stuff. Just make sure you stick to official/trusted repos, and you should be fine. I mainly use the Play Store for stuff, but sometimes the updates drop faster on F-Droid (or there's a handful of FOSS apps that aren't in the Play Store).

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm starting to be thankful Reddit shit the bed, I'm learning about lots of new software. Thanks.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't find Infinity for Lemmy on fdroid. Do I need to add a repo?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Right now it's only on codeberg. You can manage updates with Obtanium

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mine won't seem to update beyond 0.0.6 in Obtainium. It sees the update, downloads, click Update, and bam, still 0.0.6. Even tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Same thing.

EDIT: Dev is aware of the issue.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The developer just forgot to change the version number for the newest release

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a reply to my other comment haha. I edited my comment here like 2 seconds before your reply came through to reflect that. Still good for anyone this far down that missed the reply. ๐Ÿ˜

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's currently on the IzzyOnDroid repo, it only got added on the last day at some time.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/info

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I recommend installing Obtainium. In Obtainium, click Add App and then paste the Codeberg URL for Infinity for Lemmy: https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy

Obtainium will take care of installing and updating from various code repositories whether they're hosted on GitHub or Codeberg or some other place.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I get "Could not find a suitable release" when I try to add it to Obtainium on my Pixel 7 Pro

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You should enable "Include pre releases" option after pasting the link and before trying to install it. I think since the app version is still below 1.0, its considered a pre release somehow.

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

This worked, thank you!

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's fairly simple on modern Android. You simply download the APK file, and open it. It will then walk you through the install process.

If you haven't installed an app from your web browser before, you'll get a prompt saying your security settings don't allow the browser to install apps. There will be a settings link there. Tap that link and you'll get a list of apps that have the capability to install things. Find your web browser in the list and tap the toggle to give it permission, then back out. Then your app will install.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I was an Infinity user on Reddit before the APIcalypse. Trying this out now, and it looks great. Thanks!

One thing I've noticed is that it throws an error when trying to load the sidebar for a Kbin magazine. I'm not sure if you have full Kbin support on your road map, but that particular issue might be worth looking at for inter-operability's sake even before implementing Kbin completely.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nice! Is it planned to release it on f-droid or any f-droid repository? Appreciate the work, still using Infinity for Reddit! Edit: Found a comment from the dev over on reddit that he plans to put a version on f-droid! Awesome guy!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The latest update is awesome ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

due to my username, I am morally obliged to comment :)

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The latest update is so awesome. The app is so fast and buttery smooth now. Just like how I remember it, maybe even smoother.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Slightly off topic. Obtainium sees that there's an update to 0.0.7, but can't seem to update 0.0.6. It downloads, tries to update, and boom - update available, with currently installed 0.0.6. Uninstall, reinstall, 0.0.6 again. I guess that's just an Obtainium issue. A little weird though.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Nope! It's my fault. I forgot to update the version number before building this release.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No worries! I just started using Obtainium recently, so I wasn't sure if it was me - but it was the only app doing that after a new update. Glad it was easily and quickly figured out! ๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Obtainium has a setting just for issues like this.

Click on Infinity for Reddit in the app >click edit button bottom left > change Version Detection option to Use Release Date As Version

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

I must have missed that, as I selected No Version Detection and ended up on 0.0.6 again. Thanks for the heads up!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This looks amazing for a pre release. Infinity was my daily Reddit app too. So glad to see it here.

I hope it will be compatible with kbin eventually.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It also became my main app for Lemmy (I had like 6 installed). And the Dev is working really fast. Every 24-48 he drops some cool stabilizing updates.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I hope this better than sync.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nice! Hoping for Kbin support as soon as it's API gets available!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm considering implementing kbin support once the "Lemmy part" is in a better shape.

Also, could you update me on the status of the kbin API? Is it not yet available?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can't find the announcement but the kbin API is live on artemis.camp which Hariette has been using to test the API for the Artemis app (now in public beta I believe but the public beta only supports the API instead of web scraping so it only works with artemis.camp). I think I read that the API is on track to be released in the next week or two so by then other kbin instances should start having an API as well.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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