Arctic v0.2.8 released on TestFlight yesterday. The biggest change in this version is updated support for Lemmy v0.19. I noticed d that several lemmy instances have already updated to v0.19 RC, so I wanted to get this release out as soon as possible.

I also finally added support for overriding the default system font size, and an option to open links in the default browser, or in reader mode.

I finally tracked down a long standing bug that would cause crashes for many users when exiting a post view, or shortly after doing so.

Coming up next in v0.2.9

In the next release I’ve added an all new Mod Zone for quick access to all your mod/admin tools. You can view all your reports, or mod-logs per community. I also added Admin support for managing new user applications.

You can now access your moderated communities in a new section on the subscriptions view, and you can also swipe to unsubscribe from communities.

I’m working on a few more QoL updates before rolling out the next release

v0.2.8 change-log


  • Updated support for Lemmy v0.19     - Note: Not all of the new features are supported yet, though all of Arctic’s current features should be supported
  • Added support for customizing the font size in Arctic
  • Added the instance Lemmy version to the sidebar
  • Added link options:     - Open in default browser     - Open in reader mode
  • Added support for editing Community Watchers
  • Added a new App Icon
  • Fixed issue where the community selector search did not respect the sorting mode
  • Fixed Lemmy Explorer failing to load communities
  • Fixed issue where the application badge would not update immediately after changing notification settings
  • Fixed an issue with image loading that could cause a crash when exiting a post view
  • Updated post composer to pre-select the open community when using the long-press gesture
  • Updated in-app Safari to use Arctic’s tint color
  • Updated Arctic’s theme support

Arctic Push Notifications

  • Added support for updating community notification
  • Added support for notification sounds
  • Added support for running on a local machine for debugging
  • Added support for sending local-urls in notifications
  • Added collapse identifiers to notifications, in the off chance a duplicate notification is sent, it will be collapsed with the previous one
  • Fixed incorrect parsing of dates in community notifications
  • Fixed an issue that would cause registration application notifications to send repeatedly until they were all approved
  • Updated badge notifications to update less frequently, and improve reliability
  • Updated support for Lemmy v0.19
  • Updated the format of sent notifications to improve client-side parsing support

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