‎Avelon for Lemmy
apps.apple.com
‎With Avelon you can explore every topic, navigate seamlessly using customizable gestures, and tailor the look of the app to your preferences. Engage in diverse conversations and discover the content you care about. Key Features - Sleek design that fits right in on iOS - Support for videos, gifs, p…

Hi everyone!

It's been quite the journey, but Avelon is finally on the App Store!

Click here to download!

The app is includes a lot of awesome features requested by the community, including:

  • Sleek design that fits right in on iOS & iPadOS
  • Highly customizable look & behavior
  • Mark read on scroll & hide read posts
  • Customizable swipe gestures
  • Multiple account support
  • Smart link previews in posts and comments
  • Support for videos, gifs, photos & other media
  • Custom font support
  • Write replies with markdown highlighting
  • Privacy focused - the app has no tracking of any kind
  • Gallery mode + hide bars on scroll = full immersion ... and a lot more!

Screenshots

Here's some cool app store screenshots of the app:

Show
Show
Show
Show
Show

Developing this app has been one of the best development experiences I've had, and I feel very privileged and happy to have been able to contribute to Lemmy in this way. Nothing is more motivating than seeing so many people already enjoying the app and providing suggestions and feedback.

I really hope you enjoy Avelon, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about what everyone thinks. Keep the feedback coming!

Thank you, Sigve Rokenes

  • shuntipepperment@lemm.ee
    ·
    11 months ago

    Big Congratulations evgiz,

    I’m sure the love and fan base for Avelon will only grow from here on just the way we loved it here in TestFlight..

    I wish you all the success and growth with Avelon development.

    Thanks and really happy for you.

    • evgiz@lemm.eeM
      ·
      11 months ago

      Looking at adding reader mode for the next version!

      • brcl@lemm.ee
        ·
        11 months ago

        I hope you can keep reader mode with the browser you’ve used. I love the done/close button being in the bottom!

        • evgiz@lemm.eeM
          ·
          11 months ago

          Not sure that's possible unfortunately. Apple is a bit strict with their default web view so it can't be customized as much. I'm pretty sure the one I'm using now doesnt support it unless I do some kind of custom web parsing stuff from scratch

          • feifei@lemm.ee
            ·
            11 months ago

            I’m pretty awestruck by the way you can swipe down to close websites in bean. Maybe you can implement something similar? It’s really intuitive and convenient.

            • evgiz@lemm.eeM
              ·
              11 months ago

              When I redo the in-app browser I'll consider making it a sheet you can swipe down, sounds pretty nice. Kinda annoying when the close button is at the very top

              • feifei@lemm.ee
                ·
                11 months ago

                Great! Even better if you could add a “add to reading list” button

          • brcl@lemm.ee
            ·
            11 months ago

            Well that’s unfortunate. But I suppose the improved features would be worth it.

  • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
    ·
    11 months ago

    Installed and set it up and it’s a very nice and impressive app! Will jump between voyager, memmy, and this to see which one I stick with.

  • JDMaybeMD@lemm.ee
    ·
    11 months ago

    I switched from Memmy a couple weeks ago and before that was a long-time Apollo for Reddit user. I have moved over just now from the TestFlight and couldn’t be happier. Thanks and congratulations on the official app!

    I do note that the app doesn’t seem to remember the placement of the thumbnails, it resets back to the left after closing. Not a biggie though.

    • evgiz@lemm.eeM
      ·
      11 months ago

      Awesome. That's weird, I'll take a look. Let me know if you have any other feedback!

    • evgiz@lemm.eeM
      ·
      11 months ago

      Nope, you'll have to take a screenshot for now. It's a pretty cool feature tho, I'll look into it

  • Gabadoo@lemm.ee
    ·
    10 months ago

    It would be nice to be able to view pictures in landscape mode, sometimes portrait is too small on a phone. Loving the app!

  • TerrapinM@lemm.ee
    ·
    11 months ago

    Love the app. Two questions.

    I feel like I’m missing something obvious, but how do I create a new post? I can reply easily but when I’m in a community I don’t see any way to create a new post. I assume I’m missing something obvious.

    Second, the full page swipe is fantastic and something I love from Apollo. Would it be possible to support swiping the other way also? In other word, I open a post, accidentally swipe right, but then I could swipe left to go back exactly where I was. Another thing Apollo did so well.

    Thanks for an awesome app.

    • evgiz@lemm.eeM
      ·
      11 months ago

      Thank you!

      Adding posts in not supported yet unfortunately. It's a bit tricky to make a nice UI for that on mobile, but I'm working on it.

      Love full width swipe back myself. I'd love to add the "forward again" swipe too, but it's a quite a bit more complex to do. I'll probably look at it eventually, but gonna focus on some other things first.

      Let me know if you have any more feedback!

      • TerrapinM@lemm.ee
        ·
        11 months ago

        Sounds good. I just thought I was missing something obvious. Thanks again for all the hard work!

  • brcl@lemm.ee
    ·
    11 months ago

    Also, just wondering if you have any thoughts on adding support, or creating an Avelon for kbin when the API goes public?

    • evgiz@lemm.eeM
      ·
      11 months ago

      Haven't looked much at the kbin api yet. Whether Avelon will support it greatly depends on how good the api is and how difficult it will be to maintain it in parallel with Lemmy