Guess what! Mastodon’s official #Android app was finally approved and is now on the Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android
F-Droid submission still being processed.
@Gargron CONGRATULATIONS!!!
@didek @Steve12L @Gargron @apps
Oh, that makes sense.
I did notice that some instances which are walled off from the rest of the fediverse are inaccessible from this app. I can see this being problematic for churches or other groups who would like to harness the power of Mastodon but wish to keep their memberships selective and communications within the group.
@CapSilverFox @didek @Steve12L @Gargron @apps Hey, sorry for the late response. Check this out: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/
@z428 Thanks ! I'll try it when it's on @fdroidorg @Gargron @apps
github.com/mastodon/mastodon-a… 🙂
@Gargron @fdroidorg @apps
@xypnox @Gargron @Mastodon was also a bit broken for me, though. i couldn't press next as there was no search result to select and when i pressed enter i got the sign up form instead.
i went back and this time my instance was actually showing up in the results, so i was able to select it and proceed. this time i was able to authorize my existing account via oauth :)
@xypnox @Gargron @Mastodon Oookay I managed to get it working (I'm typing this from the official app, seems great so far!).
I had a few issues with logging in:
- "Get started" and "Log in" open the same dialog as far as I can see. This really confused me.
- It was not obvious to me at all that I could enter an instance URL in the search bar. I think it would be good to indicate that more prominently than just in the placeholder text.
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- When I correctly entered only the host part of the instance URL I could submit the input using the keyboard, but the "Next" Button was still disabled. An entry for my instance appeared in the list below the search input, but that was completely blocked by my keyboard, so I did not notice that. Is that step really necessary? If I enter an instance URL manually, it should not be necessary to select it from a list.
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@Gargron YAY that's great news, going to try it right now
@Gargron wow! great work!
@Gargron yujuuuuu!!!!
@Gargron first "bug" detected. The field to enter the server URL isn't marked as URL so it capitalizes the first letter after dots and keyboards add a space after the dots too.
Carlos Mogas da Silva, this was already fixed since that version
@Gargron congrats!!
@Gargron what's the difference from Tusky?
@Ursalzona @Gargron they're VERY different clients. the official mastodon app was built from the ground up and has more twitter-like discovery features, while tusky respects more traditional fediverse features. (multiple timelines for instance)
@Ursalzona @Gargron totally ok! honestly i think the main reason why the official mastodon app was made was to get more people to move here more easily
@Gargron how can i see the followers of a user in the android app?
@Gargron Fantastic, good job and congratulations to all of us!
@Gargron Great Job! I'm happy being one of the 1st who downloaded😉
@Gargron not available in Italy yet
@Gargron that's awesome
So we better wait for FDroid to announce and deliver. :))
@Gargron congratulations!!! 💙💙💙💙
@Gargron Keep seeing this in my feeds BUT on my phone the app does NOT show up. 😕
@Gargron Is there a way to view the federated timeline? I can't see such an option
@osslate is it better than @Tusky ?
@jcolson I would say in terms of design, definitely. In terms of features, it has all the basics, but it being a first release means some edges are a little rough still
@Gargron congratulations!
@Gargron
Congrats! Onto bolder frontiers. I'll check it out.