I’m going to start by saying we didn’t actually want to release this one just yet. A couple major instances changed their API spec without updating the published build number, which led to us needing to rush out a fix, so what we’ve got isn’t quite fully cooked yet. Anyway, we figured it would be more fun to ship what we’ve got then to ship a patch, so here’s what’s new:

Features and Improvements

  • Added an option to upvote posts on save (comments still WIP)
  • Added an option to show the user avatar in the tab bar instead of the generic profile
  • Made profile headers more readable
  • Updated the behavior of the NSFW filter. In expanded post mode, tapping anywhere on the image will dismiss the filter; in feed, the filter can still only be dismissed by tapping the warning sign.
  • Added post overscroll for the jump button

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed website icon not appearing in the right place on thumbnails
  • Fixed the “share” button crashing the app on iPad
  • Fixed the widget customizer not working on iOS 17
  • Fixed feed refresh not behaving consistently
  • Fixed login not handling incorrect 2FA code properly
  • Fixed instances with optional .admin field not loading
  • Added handling for inconsistent date formats across instances
  • Fixed unencoded URLs breaking the feed

Known issues:

  • Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
  • Comments don’t apply interactions instantly
  • It’s hard to get image posts to collapse
  • Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
  • Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you’ve got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!
  • In Large Post mode, all images are crunched into a square. This is a temporary hack for performance reasons while we polish up some fun new changes, and will be gone in the next build.

Cheers, The Mlem Group

  • @[email protected]English
    13•1 year ago

    Wow. The app is much more optimized now. It’s much more responsive on my iPhone 8 Plus.

    • SideshowBozEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Ah, my bad: Didn’t realize this was happening for all post types (not just image ones). Looking at it now :)

  • @[email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    I’m unable to access any communities through links. In particular, I’m subscribed to trendingcommunities. However if I click a link to check one out, I just get a loading message and then nothing happens. Apologies if this isn’t the place to point this out, but I haven’t found a report bugs button anywhere. This just started after the last update. iPhone SE 2nd gen iOS 17.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Added to our bug tracker, thanks for the report!

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    Thanks, rearranging widgets now work on iOS 17! Although it looks kinda strange that the info widget is centered, because I moved it to the left and now the time is surrounded by white space.

    Also I noticed the settings icons have wrong margin/padding on my iPhone 12 with iOS 17, but they look normal on my iPhone X with iOS 16. iPhone 12/iOS 17:

    iPhone X/iOS 16:

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    I know the app is named Mlem and makes you think of a cat with their tongue out, but could we get a native app icon that doesn’t look like that? I’m tired of people asking why I have a furry app on my homescreen.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Yeah, we’re working on it. It’s unfortunately shockingly hard to find good designers who are willing to volunteer their time, but we’re working on it.