Mastodon for Android has been installed over 32K times! Still only 400 ratings though. Please don't forget to rate the app!
I submitted a request to Apple for the app to be featured on the App Store, would really love to see it in their "Social Networking Basics" list
@Gargron Deserved Eugen, definitely deserved! 😬
@Gargron that would be epic! 🤞🏻
@Gargron Tim Apple should fast-track it just for fun.
@gargron why I cannot use my instance in the app? Is there a way to use a custom instance url?
@rafael@cybre.space @gargron@mastodon.social the app only allows logging in to servers from a curated list
@Gargron@mastodon.social @rafael@cybre.space then i must have really misinterpreted something you wrote earlier, my apology
@rafael Of course there is. Enter the domain into the search field.
@gargron yes! It worked 
Thank you for all the hard work, I love this platform! 
@Gargron Awesome job. FYI we are featuring @Mastodon on our Android App Store (web and native) https://en.uptodown.com/android @uptodown
@Gargron that would be awesome to see 
@Gargron can you cooperate with metatext? because metatext is really a good alternative, the native mastodon app lacks some functions e.g. i can not use mastodon . social on it
@Gargron I agree that Mastodon should get featured on the App Store.
@Gargron Good luck!
@Gargron How many ratings total on iOS? 
@Gargron probably thanks to Elon and Jinping:ablobcatwave:
@Gargron what technical challenges would there be for someone who knows swift ui to just fork the iPad app and make a Mac one. Is it something that was considered and deemed not feasible or just something that you just did not bother looking at ?
@Gargron just updated mine, works great:)
@Gargron this was a good nudge. I seldom leave app reviews. I took the time to leave a writeup on the Apple app store.
@Gargron is there a proper place to ask for improved behavior for iPad in horizontal mode? With that configuration, there’s a main column timeline taking 3/4 of screen and a smaller 1/4 area on the right that often has things I want to see in the main view. In particular, when I was setting things up, the main 3/4 window was blank until I started following people so the initial experience was poor. I’m mostly using Metatext now so not a big deal overall.
@Gargron like pavement once wrote : it's a brand new era, and it feels great ....
@Gargron Great numbers, I’m one of them. The app is really smooth and I look forward to reading about how you iterate on it going forward.
Keep up the great experience 😀
@Gargron Honestly I hope for good retention numbers! Great that people are checking the service out and downloading the app, creating accounts. I hope they all stick around!
@Gargron would be nice if the iOS app allowed switching between local and federated
@Gargron
Any ETA regarding a release on F-Droid?
@nick @Gargron The app still hasn't been merged in the F-Droid repo yet, so don't expect to happen soon 🙏 And as @fdroidorg is run by volunteers it may take some time and that's totally normal ;)
Nordnick, apparently something as trivial as the requirement of JDK 17 is a showstopper for them and now we gotta wait approximately one eternity for them to update the Debian image for their CI container... Because, of course, downloading a .deb file with prebuilt OpenJDK and installing it as part of the build script is also a non-starter, for reasons.
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/10909
@Gargron
I didn't download it from #Google, I downloaded it from #FDroid via @IzzyOnDroid 's repo.
FDroid doesn't having the ability to rate apps.
@PhotonQyv @gargron @IzzyOnDroid on UK Google Play it has only *just* appeared on searches for "mastodon social network" in last few days (although I had installed it before via a link tooted from here)
@Gargron Hope to see it on @fdroidorg soon so more folks can try it out. Oddly, didn't see a Request For Packaging yet:
@downey @Gargron @fdroidorg It is a shame for (the developers of) an app that created to free us from the power of corporations , that these same corporations have been chosen as the only (so far) distribution channel....
@miklo @downey @fdroidorg It is a shame that F-Droid is keeping us waiting for 2+ weeks, all the while we have to answer to all of these demands for the app to be added to F-Droid!
@Gargron @miklo @downey @fdroidorg I understand that this waiting time might be long, but fdroid are volunteers, so it might take some time, but in the end it will work !
@Gargron @miklo @downey @fdroidorg In the meantime if you do not want to wait that extra time, you can also get it on the repo of @IzzyOnDroid
@Arco
Get it there? It was available in my repo even days before it was listed on PlayStore 🙃
@Gargron @miklo @downey @fdroidorg
That reminds me, do you plan to open an FDroid compatible repository, like what Guardian Apps does?
@Gargron @miklo @fdroidorg I guess announcing it's available before it's fully available wasn't such a great idea 😆
@downey @miklo @fdroidorg Interesting.
@Gargron @downey @fdroidorg A pity. But... you can always maintain your own repo for f-droid.
@miklo @Gargron @downey @fdroidorg
Yeah but even if that's possible, that's not what most users would do :) The main fdroid repo is still a source of higher visibility.
@Gargron
Maybe we can keep the shaming down a bit? If the tech doesn't allow it, the F-Droid team has no magic wand to make it appear. It cannot be built with the current setup, if I understood correctly. And it's being worked on. Luckily you didn't use Xamarin... Or Qt. Those 2 would have made it even more complicated... I hope I have mitigated that a bit by listing the app in my repo immediately.
@miklo @downey @fdroidorg
@IzzyOnDroid @miklo @downey @fdroidorg Please see the use of the word shame in the post preceding mine.
@Gargron Yes, sorry – I meant it in general. It wasn't your choice to have it on G first (well, it was in my repo first anyhow 🤪) – and not the choice of the F-Droid team to delay the publication there. So let's focus on positive things: you built the app and made it available – and we all do our best supporting you as you support us. Together we're a big winning team! 
@miklo @downey @fdroidorg
@IzzyOnDroid @Gargron @downey @fdroidorg OK. Great ! @Gargron - will you list this repoo (https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.joinmastodon.android) on your page together with other installl options ?
@miklo @Gargron @downey @fdroidorg You can use one (or both) of the badges here for that:
@miklo @downey @Gargron @fdroidorg You just need to wait a some days for it to hopefully appear on fdroid 😃
@Arco @miklo @Gargron @fdroidorg No problem waiting as @apps and/or browser is doing just fine 😉
@downey @Arco @Gargron @fdroidorg @apps Of course... There are so many good apps. But since this one is supposed to be a "flagship", "official" one can (should?) have slightly higher requirements towards it.
@miklo Yes I understand and it's indeed unfortunate that it is taking a little bit longer :(
And Mastodon for iOS has been downloaded over 87K times just in the month of April alone! Those are huge numbers!