memmy - An iOS and Android client for Lemmy

TestFlight Builds

You can now download and run Memmy on your iOS device by using TestFlight. To join the beta group and start doom scrolling, click here and join the group. Please submit feedback either by

• Screenshotting the issue you are having, then press the image. When you go to save it, you'll have an option to submit feedback. I'll receive the screenshot and your message.
• Opening an issue here on GitHub. There are also discussions where we can talk about idea or features you are thinking about.
• Message me on Lemmy or on the Memmy community
• Chat on Discord

About

An Apollo-inspired iOS and Android client for using Lemmy, a federated link aggregator. Heavly influenced and inspired by Apollo for Reddit. Thanks Christian.

Work in Progress

This is a work in progress and is not in a functional state - yet. I intend to release builds at least nightly on TestFlight, although I am going a bit fast right now (getting ready for the withdraw from no longer having Apollo!)

Building

If you wish to build on your own, you may do so. You will need to follow the instructions found here to install Expo first. Then, you can simply run the following to create your own builds.

git clone https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy.git
cd memmy

# IOS
eas build -p ios --profile preview --local --output memmy-build.ipa

# Android
eas build -p android --profile preview --local --output memmy-build.apk

Install the application through Xcode devices or however else you wish to install.

Info

This application uses Expo. The various pluses to using Expo/React Native are the following:

More opportunities for others to contribute

While there are certainly plenty of people who are adept at Swift, there are already a few projects out there that are using Swift to create their iOS Lemmy applications. I'd like to have a codebase where those who may not have a good grasp of native mobile app development to have a chance to contribute, such as those who already have a good grasp of React.

Compatible with already existing libraries

Especially since Lemmy is an ongoing project that will certainly evolve over time, we can easily use the official lemmy-js-client library to make our API calls. If changes to the API are made, we can expect this library to be updated by Lemmy developers themselves. This also saves on production time for us.

Contribution

You are more than welcome to contribute to the codebase on your own. Simply open up an issue or PR and we'll talk! You can always add me on Discord if you want as well: gk#5175

The codebase is a bit wild right now and needs some refactoring. It was written quite quickly (as of right now in about 3 days) to get something off the ground quickly. I'll be going through and refactoring it in the coming days.

Themes

Currently, I have thrown together a dark theme for the app given user preference. I will also work on a light theme to complement that theme. If you are interested in working on themes, you can contribute as well! I will offer support for multiple themes once we have a few different ones to pick from.

You can view theme.js for an example of a theme. Most of the items use one of the screen colors. Those are the base colors for the whole app. I plan to actually name each of these items so that you can easily contribute to themes.

For information, you can view the NativeBase docs for information about how themes work. You are more than welcome to submit a PR that includes code modifications to make use of themes better.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to [email protected] for creating app graphics.