Hi there fellow Apple enthusiasts! Yesterday I announced that my native iOS app
for Lemmy called Avelon is finally ready for testing, and I figured some people
here might also be interested in checking it out! My focus for the app has been
performance, design and ease of use. As you can probably tell I got a lot of
inspiration from Apollo and other iOS-first apps - but I think I’ve added my own
cool spin on both the design and functionality. Here’s a couple screenshots of
the app:
[https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=lemm.ee%2fpictrs/image/b532a3c3-73fc-4f13-b675-7fe3a7d4359b.webp]
[https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=lemm.ee%2fpictrs/image/df9440bd-0ced-4339-a8c8-32b1a39aa3a3.webp] If you
wanna try it out I’d greatly appreciate any feedback/suggestions so I know what
to focus on next! I think the core experience is pretty solid already, but the
app still lacks some important features such as adding new posts.
[https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=lemm.ee%2fpictrs/image/d58f0f22-c93a-4448-b085-fb94c7f443ec.webp]
Download Avelon (Testflight) [https://testflight.apple.com/join/IzB0ZiBO] Avelon
is developed in Swift using almost enitrely SwiftUI. For those unfamiliar,
SwiftUI is the newest UI library by Apple intended to replace things like UIKit
over time. SwiftUI is cross platform, so Avelon also runs on macOS actually,
though the UI is not tweaked to fit mac just yet. The tech is really great to
work with, and it makes it super easy to fit right into iOS. I posted some more
details about the project over on the community page for the app here
[https://lemm.ee/post/1358038] if you wanna check it out. Thanks, let me know
what you think!
Récupéré, j’aime bien l’interface, c’est clair et sobre, et c’est du natif iOS qui tourne bien. À voir comment ça se comporte et ça évolue dans le temps.
Pas open-source ? Franchement vu la maturité de l’écosystème des applications Lemmy sous licence libre il n’y a aucune raison de basculer vers du logiciel propriétaire.
Chacun sa position sur le sujet, il y a sans doutes des utilisateurs pour qui ce n’est pas un critère discriminant.
Chaque client, même à source fermée, offre un moyen supplémentaire d’utiliser la plateforme, ça reste bénéfique