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Eugen Rochko

And Mastodon for iOS has been downloaded over 87K times just in the month of April alone! Those are huge numbers!

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Heinz Skunk

@Gargron do you think mastodon has a much bigger iOS user base or are people using mastodon also very likely to use sources like f-droid on android?

Eugen Rochko

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

LambLeeg :blobfoxcomfysip:

@Gargron I tried that app and am currently writing it from it, and there are a couple of questions: lacking functionality and bugs, for example when I'm typing a toot and cut all text all just crashes (OnePlus 9R, Android 12). Otherwise it's ok but feels raw

Maria Liv

@Gargron Yes, but when I download it, I just get Finnish as language and I can not change it to English or anything else. So if people get that problem (or similar) they will probably not use the app. 😔

Eugen Rochko

@marialiv Yeah, we have a number of 1-star ratings because of this. Somehow, a sv-FI translation has been added, and somebody translated it into Finnish, and the actual Finnish translation is empty. But I think 1.4.0 added Swedish?

Maria Liv

@Gargron I did see some Swedish in the sign in, but then it's all Finnish. I downloaded it again now and got in by guessing the Finnish words. But it's better to skip the Nordic countries languages completely and just keep everything in English. We do all speak English from early childhood but we usually don't understand each others Nordic languages... 🙃

Rafael Carício 🇺🇦

@gargron why I cannot use my instance in the app? Is there a way to use a custom instance url?

Eugen Rochko

@rafael Of course there is. Enter the domain into the search field.

Rafael Carício 🇺🇦

@gargron yes! It worked :blobcatsip: Thank you for all the hard work, I love this platform! :blobcatheart:

Luis Hernández

@Gargron Awesome job. FYI we are featuring @Mastodon on our Android App Store (web and native) en.uptodown.com/android @uptodown

hae_aehm

@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

TheNextOne

@Gargron I agree that Mastodon should get featured on the App Store.

stux⚡

@Gargron How many ratings total on iOS? :ed_grin:​

谁能不爱小白狗🦩

@Gargron probably thanks to Elon and Jinping:ablobcatwave:

Louis R. Couture

@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 ?

jon

@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.

Shawn Morphic

@Gargron like pavement once wrote : it's a brand new era, and it feels great ....

tekphloyd

@Gargron oh I forgot… sorted! 😉 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kashouri

@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 😀

Malcolm Bastien

@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!

Char

@Gargron would be nice if the iOS app allowed switching between local and federated

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