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Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now

Since a lot of you asked me to build an Android version and post about it here when I launch, and I sincerely apologise that I forgot to post on lemmy sooner. The free app was launched on Play store almost a month ago and has garnered some excellent reviews. It has feature parity with the iPhone App and works on all Android 8.0+ devices.

You can download the app here.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ae0c54a4-30db-46e4-96a3-646c9af57922.png

Any feedback is wholeheartedly welcome, you can also post issues and contribute to the rdx web app on Github.

Toes ,

Does this violate any applicable policies such as Reddit’s or Google’s end user agreement?

overdevs OP ,

Afaik No?

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Please make available outside the Play Store or add releases to you GitHub so I can install using Obtainium. I don’t use Google Play services.

Thanks.

You’re going to have a hard time measuring up to the Stealth app.

overdevs OP ,

I will try to upload an APK somewhere for people to install. Stealth of course is a very good app.

overdevs OP ,

You can use APKpure and it’s siblings to download for now.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Never heard of that. Is it safe to use? Does it have updates?

Player2 ,

APKpure is pretty well regarded, but you have to / get to install any updates manually with a new apk download

z3rOR0ne ,

I’ll second this request. I prefer to get software through FDroid when possible. I use Stealth in combo with Libreddit currently, but this has a nice UI.

scytale ,

I’ve been using the IOS app since it was launched and just wanted to say you’re awesome! The app has been very helpful when I need to check my city’s sub and r/nba (both exist in lemmy but aren’t as active yet).

overdevs OP ,

Thank you so much for your kind words! A new update to the search page and some more customisation options in settings are coming in the next minor update for iOS.

otter , (edited )

Very cool! Any thoughts on getting this on fdroid?

You could also post this on !android and other places

Some thoughts so far:

  • it might help to be able to import multireddits
  • the subscribe button feels a bit hidden

Otherwise really cool :)

overdevs OP ,

Yeah I have to make the subscribe button more prominent. Multireddits are planned for a future updates however you can import your subscriptions currently in the Settings tab.

Fake4000 ,

I do have two questions here to be honest,

  1. Why post on lemmy when you can post it on Reddit? Increased visibility?
  2. Why use this instead of RedReader?
overdevs OP ,

I am happy to answer them.

Why post on lemmy when you can post it on Reddit? Increased visibility?

Because a lot of contributors and users when the web app launched a year ago were from Lemmy only. A lot of lemmy users use rdx on iOS or web app to lurk on the niche subs that haven’t made it to lemmy yet. Also when I launched the iOS version so many of the users here asked me to let them know when I launch an Android version. I have linked one such thread in the first line of my post.

Why use this instead of RedReader?

  1. RedReader afaik was only available only Android while rdx is available everywhere(it’s a pwa too).
  2. Better Media viewing, although not as accessible as RedReader I made it initially to mimic some Apollo features like fast subreddit switching etc.
  3. Read-Only so focuses on lurking on Reddit only, no way to login. Some people consider this a feature as this saves them time.
jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

I would think, because quite a lot of people came to Lemmy when Reddit killed the apps they used. Having a new app may be of interest to them?

RedReader? Didn’t know it existed, I just assumed all prior reddit apps were DOA.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io avatar

There are some you can compile yourself but after the API fiasco, I just switched to the Fediverse and my favorite app has been Connect so far.

Teknikal ,
@Teknikal@eviltoast.org avatar

Yep I have Infinity compiled with my own api key and while I don’t use it a lot it’s certainly a lot better than trying visit reddit through their website/app.

I guess this is just solving the same issue really without having to jump through hoops.

Also using connect for lemmy.

Monomate ,

I’m not the OP, but I suspect Reddit may ban/shadowban any post promoting a reader app that doesn’t use the official API. Or maybe he posted there already and wants to spread his message on Lemmy too. As for RedReader, I use it occasionally, but I stopped posting and commenting on Reddit since the API exodus.

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