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PieFed has a mobile app (interstellar.jwr.one)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
 

Well, actually, PieFed.social has enabled it's API which means that the app Interstellar can be used with it. Find out more about the app at https://interstellar.jwr.one/. iOS users can use the testing version at https://testflight.apple.com/join/JXRtHye2

https://feddit.online/, another PF instance, has enabled the API too and I expect others will follow in good time.

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[โ€“] MxRemy@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago

I'm always soooo excited for native fediverse apps, because PWAs are annoying in a bunch of ways. But then it actually happens, and I remember that none of the cool themes will be in there ๐Ÿ˜…

This is still AWESOME though!! I think that's what was holding a lotttttt of people off, waiting for an app

[โ€“] Jerry@feddit.online 10 points 3 days ago

Yep, it's enabled now on https://feddit.online/

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

It works too on the ios interstellar test flight!

[โ€“] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I am confused by piefed. They say it is a completely other platform which lemmy support but all i see is lemmy communities

[โ€“] wjs018@piefed.social 13 points 3 days ago

Well, it can federate with lemmy instances and there are way, way more lemmy users/communities than there are piefed user/communities. If you want to see the local communities on a piefed instances, it would be at /communities/local. This is the page for piefed.social.

[โ€“] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

It can federate with lemmy, essentially just being another type of node in the same web of individual websites.

Some of those sites are hosted with lemmy, some are hosted with piefed, some are hosted with mbin.

Each of those (lemmy, piefed, mbin) is a piece of software that can run as a "server" for a social media site, and can use the activitypub protocol to talk to other sites that are federated together making the contents of other sites visible. They can federate regardless of whether the software powering the site is the same or not.

[โ€“] JayGray91@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Guess I just ask here.

On scaled sorting for my subscribed comms, it's different on the app vs in the web browser. Dunno if this is a bug or intended.

On the app it's showing 2 months old posts. Which I kind of understand from reading the scaled sorting.

[โ€“] southsamurai@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not a huge fan of interstellar. It's better than the web app by a little, and looks nice. But the layout of things without labels is a difficult first use barrier.

definitely glad it's available though! I'm not hating on the app, just saying that it isn't what I prefer. I probably should have led with that.

one thing I really like is that the comment box still allows you to see the post

anyway, ignore me test driving it, I'm just an old fart babbling in the wind

:::

[โ€“] rimu@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

More apps will follow, I expect.

[โ€“] TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The app requires an existing login to use, right? I tried the app since the website's email/password registration screen just returns "An unexpected error occurred" every time I try it, but didn't see a new registration option for the app, just the login option.

[โ€“] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago

Sorry about that, it sounds very frustrating.

I've found that a field used to store account timezones was too short for yours. I've increased the size now so your next registration attempt will succeed.

[โ€“] jwr1@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

@TyrianMollusk@infosec.pub Yes, that is correct. There's no way to register for an account through the app ATM. You'll just have to do so through the website.

[โ€“] u@feddit.fr 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's not working on my oneplus x. I tried to install the three apk. Only the armabi-v7a.apk can be installed but it crash immediately when I open Interstellar. I guess my 10yo phone might be too old.

[โ€“] jwr1@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah sorry, I'm guessing Flutter (Interstellar's UI framework) doesn't support devices that old.

[โ€“] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does it work ok in your phone web browser?

[โ€“] u@feddit.fr 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, I can browse Piefed instances on my phone web browser and log without issues.