If you haven’t been following the Interstellar magazine, I’ve added a lot of functionality since the last thread here, including views for magazines/users/domains, better navigation for wider screens, QoL additions (like the @ button to reveal originating domain, inspired by Artemis), and a lot of different bug/functionality fixes.
This latest update finally includes the ability to log in to a kbin account, and it’s not even restricted to just one; you can log in to as many accounts (or view them anonymously) as you want.
Now that you can log in, you can also vote/boost threads and comments. In addition, you can subscribe/follow any magazine/user/domain. Finally, the feed view has tabs for Sub/Mod/Fav/All when logged in.
For would-be testers, here’s the link to the latest working build: github.com/jwr1/interstellar/releases (AppImage and APK).
The new kbin.earth server (open registration and API enabled) can be used for people wanting to test the app logged in, or maybe you just want to try a different instance.
Feel free to post any bugs or suggestions in the comments, on GitHub, or on the Interstellar magazine.
Edit: Here’s a link to the matrix chat room: kbin-interstellar:matrix.org
This is awesome! Keep up the great work and I hope the project doesn’t get abandoned like Artemis, seems great so far, maybe you should look into creating a discord too for short-form discussions revolving around the project :)
Hopefully I won’t abandon it, but if I did, it is open source, so at least someone else could pick it up (at some point, I’d like to get more maintainers, so I’m not the only one). Here you go for a chat room: kbin-interstellar:matrix.org, I did matrix to keep it close to the other kbin rooms.
BTW I highly suggest you make a launch announcement on places like m/KbinMeta here with github downloads linked to get more users’ attention
EDIT: I think you made a concept post here a while ago?
- Are you planning on throwing a copy of your app in Google Play?
- So if my kbin account is in kbin.social, I am not able to login in the app at all?
So if my kbin account is in kbin.social, I am not able to login in the app at all?
That’s correct, for now at least. It’s not a limitation of the app, but that the API has not been enabled (by the kbin.social admin) on this server yet. At the moment, kbin.earth might be the only server that has working login functionality, but you could try some of the other API enabled kbin servers, it’ll pop up an error if they don’t work. See my related comment here.
Are you planning on throwing a copy of your app in Google Play?
Yes, probably once it’s more mature. I looked into the process already but was thrown off by the fact that Google wants my government ID (I’m a privacy advocate), but I’ll probably end up doing it eventually. Also, if the project gets enough financing, I might put it on the Apple store as well.
@Damaskox Apple Store- does this mean you’d rewrite for iOS, or is it already compatible? If so, would you be able to throw up a .IPA on the github? With a stock iPhone, users can sideload apps for testing purposes for up to a week at a time- you wouldn’t need to make testflight or put it on the store until you are ready. Altserver is something people use to refresh the permission indefinitely.
I already found a bug where voting/boosting the main thread on a details/comments page doesn’t update the status. So if you try to vote, it most likely has worked; it just didn’t update the screen.
Unfortunately, not yet. Only once the api is enabled for kbin.social (you can check by seeing if the API docs page loads) will it work. At the moment, the only api enabled instances I know of include karab.in, kbin.run, kbin.melroy.org, and kbin.earth. While working on the app, I found a kbin bug that causes logins to fail, so unless they’ve updated already, it’s possible kbin.earth is the only instance you can actually log in on.
