Hi there fellow Apple enthusiasts!

Yesterday I announced that my native iOS app for Lemmy called Avelon is finally ready for testing, and I figured some people here might also be interested in checking it out!

My focus for the app has been performance, design and ease of use. As you can probably tell I got a lot of inspiration from Apollo and other iOS-first apps - but I think I’ve added my own cool spin on both the design and functionality.

Here’s a couple screenshots of the app:

If you wanna try it out I’d greatly appreciate any feedback/suggestions so I know what to focus on next! I think the core experience is pretty solid already, but the app still lacks some important features such as adding new posts.

Download Avelon (Testflight)

Avelon is developed in Swift using almost enitrely SwiftUI. For those unfamiliar, SwiftUI is the newest UI library by Apple intended to replace things like UIKit over time. SwiftUI is cross platform, so Avelon also runs on macOS actually, though the UI is not tweaked to fit mac just yet. The tech is really great to work with, and it makes it super easy to fit right into iOS. I posted some more details about the project over on the community page for the app here if you wanna check it out.

Thanks, let me know what you think!

  • ChicagoCoder9@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is probably my favorite out of all the ones I’ve tried. Only one that comes close is Mlem.

    Would love to see some gestures in here but otherwise it is great for a first pass. Nice work! Excited to see where it goes

    • ChicagoCoder9@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Back for some more feedback.

      • Comment threads are a little overwhelming and need some spacing or distinction between each individual comment.

      • I also can’t figure out how to see my posts and go to them with ease (checking for replies and such)

      • No notification area…so I’m missing out on replies to my posts.

      Other than those things, it is so smooth and a pleasure to use.