just updated to the v0.0.35 f-droid build and jerboa started to consistently crash at seemingly random times. likewise, I would get web UI error notifications while using the web frontend.
did a little testing and noticed that it may be related to the “show avatars” setting being enabled.
turning “show avatars” off and saving the settings seems to have eliminated the issues on both web and app.
will continue to test and update the post if needed. any others able to confirm or refute this particular issue might be helpful.
edit: there are still crashes related to editing a post, but crashes while scrolling through posts and comments seem to be much reduced. any feedback is welcome.
edit2: further poking suggests the underlying cause may be jerboa not handling server response timeouts well. turning off avatars may reduce the number of API calls and therefore the number of potentially mishandled timeouts. crash frequency is likely variable as a result of variable server load. if others also experience reduced crash frequency with avatars turned off then I can either create a github issue or add info to an existing one.
There’s a patch to fix most of it in for the next release. So it should be a lot better in 0.0.36.
When does that come out? At the moment, Jerboa is borderline unusable: Every time I try to upvote or downvote a post, the app shuts down completely. When I reopen the app, I get a message saying that I’m on version 17, but Lemmy’s on version 18, so I need to contact an administrator. I can dismiss the notification and mostly use the app as long as I don’t try to upvote anything, but it’s confusing as hell.
July 1 is a critical day for Lemmy’s success when Reddit’s API access gets shut off. Plenty of people will be checking for Reddit alternatives on that day. First impressions are super important. If the app continues to crash and give these cryptic messages by July 1, a huge chunk of potential users will be so off-put by the site that they’ll never return.
Desalines has said the goal is a release each week, but there’s no set timetable
Yeah the app is nearly totally unusable for me as well. Incessant crashing every 30 seconds makes it really hard to browse and comment. Hope there will be a fix soon.