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  • mondul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    Hi again, your app is getting better and better on each release, thanks! Today I would like to report:

    spoiler

    It seems spoilers doesn’t work on Bean yet

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Changelog August 2nd

    Build 2023.08.02.01.29

    • Added Toebean icon pack designed by my friend Noah (Instagram)
    • Improved GIF -> JPEG representation rendering to only do it on animated GIFs.
    • Fixed cut off text on Markdown lists.
    • Fixed bookmarking.
    • Added a loading indicator when navigating to a federated community.
    • A toast is now show if a community cannot be loaded.
    • Added a basic empty state to the inbox.
    • Added the ability to block or unblock a community.
    • Added a notice when a community is blocked and the ability to view it anyway.
    • The image viewer can now be dismissed by swiping up.
    • Added loading indicators for images.
    • Fixed post title not showing on comments in the user profile.
    • shuntipepperment@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Hi Steve,

      A small [ BUG ] i want to bring to your notice, I’m still not able to see my bookmarks after reinstalling the app and I’m on the latest build,.

      Otherwise the the app feels very snappy and polished already.

      And I love the new set of icons too.

      Thanks and appreciate your time and hard work on this.

  • Skyraptor7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    The hacker theme looks so amazing. Thank you so much. Let me know if there is a link to donate. Would be more than happy to do so

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Changes: July 25th

    build 2023.07.26.00.32

    • Added the ability to create a post from community screens. This will be improved in upcoming builds with the ability to upload images and also select which community you wish to post to. Please test it in the meantime though.
    • Switched to using the large title style for the nav bar and added an option to the Display settings toggle it off.
    • Pulled out comments on user profiles.
    • Added an option for Full Screen Swipe to Go Back to Actions settings.
    • Added options to the Actions settings to hide floating action buttons.
    • Added an option for the comment line width.
    • Added an option to the Filtering settings to unbar NSFW images. For science.
    • Fixed the incorrect background colour on the Search screen.
    • Fixed some visual issues with the image gallery.
    • Fixed visual issue with long community names.
    • Fixed issue where sometimes the large title would not collapse correctly.
    • Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong account to load on the Account tab.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the count and vote not to show correctly on the single post view.
    • Fixed an issue that allowed you to tap through to your own profile from your profile screen.
  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Changelog August 6th

    Build 2023.08.06.22.41

    • Added the ability to sort comments.
    • Added a default comment sort to the Filtering settings.
    • New theme: Midnight
    • New theme: Forest
    • New theme: Hacker
    • New font: Futura
    • New font: Menlo
    • Fixed correct font styles not loading in the markdown editor.
    • Fixed http:// and https:// links automatically being detected.
    • Updated dependencies including SDWebImage. Should solve some crashing images with WebP and SVG parsing.
    • Stopped reloading Inbox on focus as it seemed to be causing some glitches. Will reassess later.

    –

    Push notifications are now also functioning as expected. Please test and let me know if you encounter issues.

  • Dame @lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Issues with opening communities within the community tab. No action happens when clicking on a community

      • Dame @lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Of course. Work-a-round is using the web browser and then adding and or pinning a community. Once it’s pinned it typically works in Bean.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    A couple more fixes are incoming:

    1. The weird layout issue caused when tapping a username in the comments.
    2. GIFs will no longer be automatically rendered as animated images anywhere in the app, except when opening the image viewer.

    I want to give a bit more context about 2.

    GIFs (and animated WebP images) have been the most common cause of crashes and UI freezes in Bean. The last couple of days have been particularly bad as this image of the Lemmy version of r/place has been shared.

    This image is 12.4MB, animates for over 2 minutes, and (most importantly) is almost 3,000 frames. I can’t even tell you exactly how many frames as both Preview and Photoshop froze on my Mac when trying to open the image.

    The reason the number of frames is important, because a GIF is just a container for multiple images. Each frame is an individual image that needs to be decoded and rendered on the screen, and it turns out when there are a lot of them at 1000 x 1000px it is impossible to decode performantly.

    Bean uses SDWebImage to download, cache, and render images behind the scenes. It’s a fantastic library that is the de facto standard when working with remote images on iOS or macOS. Even with the progressiveLoad and scaleDownLargeImages options enabled, SDWebImage just cannot render certain images without iOS sounding the alarm and firing an OOM exception — especially when that image is 12.4MB and 3,000 frames.

    At the moment, Bean will crash if you attempt to open this image. I have even tried working around this and rendering it in a web view, or using another library — FLAnimatedImage. Neither of these solutions worked and believe me, I’m not happy about that (seriously, I really hate GIFs now).

    In the coming days, I’ll be pushing another update that will check for the size of the image before deciding whether to animate it or not. When not animated, SDWebImage only decodes the first frame of a GIF which is no issue at all.

    I know this isn’t brilliant, as in the ideal world every image would be viewable within Bean, but it’s the best solution I can think of to avoid a single image crashing the app.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Today’s big change (aside from earlier’s network rewrite) is image uploads and a redesigned post composer.

    It’s going to be hitting TestFlight in a few minutes so please let me know what you think when you’ve had a chance to try it 😄

    • infinite_zero@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Tried testing the new image uploader with a cat photo on this reply. It says “uploading images” but nothing uploads.

      • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Huh that’s weird. I wonder if that specific image is causing issues? Are you able to try another?

            • infinite_zero@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

              The error it gives me when I use the mobile site is that my images are too large. I’m betting that it’s either a generic error because they don’t actually support images, or they have the limit set so low that it’s effectively disabled.

              Maybe the best thing is to pass on any error messages the server gives the user trying to upload?

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’ve just pushed a build that will hopefully stop any slow down or crashes when scrolling. It still needs some optimisation but please let me know if you encounter any issues.

  • robmexx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    The overlay is a bit confusing at the bottom of a thread and it’s hard to reach the upvote on the left. [edit] bean is still my go to Lemmy client btw. Can’t wait for the upcoming releases. You’re a blast, Steve. Thanks a lot.

    • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying Bean! It looks like this is a positioning but in themes with translucent tab and nav bars. I’ll look to fix it tomorrow but in the meantime if you use the Dusk theme it should solve it.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Changes: July 24th

    Build: 2023.07.24.23.14

    • Added the Inbox.
    • Added posts, communities, users, and URL search.
    • Added option to hide tab bar titles.
    • Added an option to hide the inbox notification badge.
    • Added an option to hide the footer/actions on comments.
    • Moved bookmarks to the account screen.
    • Increased the size of the comment indicators.
    • Refresh the profile screen whenever it’s viewed.
    • Removed the large header from communities and inbox for consistency.
    • Fixed missing item separators on the profile view.
    • Fixed issue where tapping the search tab on the search screen crashed the app.

    Note: *The inbox view will be improved tomorrow. It’s currently not possible to tap through from there to posts/comments. I’ll be fixing this and improving the view with information about what post is being replied to, as well as adding an empty state.

    In the meantime, please let me know if you encounter any issues with the Inbox.*

    • orangeNgreen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I like the ability to remove the comment actions. But is there a way to show whether I’ve already upvoted/downvoted a comment even without the footer?

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Changelog: July 30th

    Build 2023.07.30.22.45

    Smaller update than anticipated this weekend because it was pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ and I was out celebrating with friends ❤️

    This one is mainly bug fixes but there is a big change to how I’m handling multiple accounts. States are now persisted when accounts are changed. This means if you have a certain post open, switch accounts to browse on another instance, and then switch back — it will still be right where you left it.

    • Added state persistence between account switches.
    • Added press and hold on the account tab to open the account switcher.
    • Removed background on the card and post footer.
    • Removed background from featured posts on the single post view.
    • Featured post backgrounds are now based on the accent colour.
    • Made the entire card view tappable, not just the title.
    • Tidied up the card and single post views.
    • Fixed issues with bookmarking.
    • Fixed issues with sharing links.
    • Fixed issues with overlapping content in the post composer.
    • Changed search on the communities selector in the composer.
    • Fixed a visual glitch between the composer and community selector.
    • Keyboard can now be dismissed in the composer community selection screen.
    • Fixed an issue with scroll to top offsets.
    • Added a link to posts on the Inbox and profile comments views. Still a WIP.
    • Content of comments is now hidden if removed by a moderator or deleted by author.
    • Added a link to the community on the Inbox and user profile comments.
    • Markdown editor is now reset when creating a post or comment.
  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I’ve pushed an update to the way images are rendered tonight which I’m hoping will finally (finally), finally (FINALLY) fix the crashing issues caused by GIFs and animated webp images exhausting memory allocation.

    I have noticed that it’s broken the full height images option (sorry about that) so I’ll be patching that back in tomorrow.

    In the meantime, I’d you encounter any issues with GIFs, please let me know.