

I am glad (and honoured) to hear that you like the app… unfortunately Raccoon has a very small community and does not have a lot of visibility so Lemmy maintainers do not consider it brings too much value.
Mobile application developer, open source enthusiast.


I am glad (and honoured) to hear that you like the app… unfortunately Raccoon has a very small community and does not have a lot of visibility so Lemmy maintainers do not consider it brings too much value.
With Lemmy 1.0.0 many apps, including Raccoon, may stop working, because the backend developers completely broke compatibility and with not all instances upgrading at the same time this is a recipe for disaster.


All the rest of Europeans, basically.


The Italian government’s undemocratic decisions have effect only in Italy, fortunately, and nobody in Europe has ever cared about what happens to Italian citizens (since they are not even consider properly civilized people). So the rest of EU is safe, this is just a click bait title.


I am sorry, there have always been issues, especially with animated ones, I’ll investigate into it more when I have a little time.


Yes I know. Moreover they didn’t even took the time to list all of them.
The worst possible aspect of open source development.


On Raccoon you can see the list of communities of an instance in the “Instance details” page, which can be accessed from the top bar menu in the community detail screen.
Moreover, you can explore instances in guest mode, both from user detail and community detail.


Could you please tell me what Android version you are on?


You remember correctly, there was an “edge-to-edge” mode until some time ago. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your POV if you like immersive mode) Google has decided to enforce edge-to-edge by default on Android >= 15. So you, as a developer, are free to choose whether to comply now or to comply slightly later.
I’ve made some adaptations to the app but probably forgot to apply some inset when the nav bar is present in some screens.


Thanks for reporting, I’ll create ad issue for it!


Feel free to report bugs: there is an issue tracker, a Matrix room, an ActivityPub group, an in-app feedback form and an email address to write to. Criticism is welcome, this is a community project so speak up!


Dev here. Could you please tell me:
The fact that you are seeing “hearts” to like makes me think it is < 0.4.0 because now there are thumbs up/down (since Friendica allows disliking too).


I’m ashamed (as an Italian) to discover only now thanks to this post that “orzo” can be a pasta format and not just another cereal (it also means “barley”). I always heard the term “risoni” for it but “orzo” apparently is used as well. And I agree, it sucks.
In case you did not know there is a cylindric variant too called “tempestina” which is even more awful (mainly used for soups, or for small children). It’s uncommon to see grown adults eat them but, unfortunately, they exist.



Ok, I think I get it: customize per-user the sorting of posts and comments when you visit their profile, just like we already do for communities. That is an interesting feature too!


User tagging is a super interesting feature, if it can be useful to someone it could be implemented in Raccoon too.
Can I ask what you mean by “post/comment sorting”: how could it be improved?


Yes they are separate projects, two completely independent apps. But they are maintained by the same people (person) and are built on similar tech stacks, although not entirely equal.
Raccoon for Lemmy is the oldest one (and most feature rich) and is a Lemmy client, Raccoon for Friendica is a Friendica/Mastodon client born as a “spinoff” but focusing more on social interactions rather than news aggregation.
Friendica needed a mobile client, I thought to leverage what I had learned doing the Lemmy app to create one.


Thanks to you for the appreciation and for using the app, it really means a lot to me. I love Lemmy and I am really glad if I’ve managed to contribute even a tiny little bit to make this place nice for us all. This journey has made me grow as an individual (more than as a developer), I received a lot in terms of support, help, new friends, etc. and I hope to be able to give it back to the community.


Multi-communities? Really? 😍


Since I worked on a Mastodon client, I know that there is a hide_collections parameter in the account settings which allows you to not disclose publicly your followers and following.
It’s in the PATCH v1/accounts/update_credentials API request body, see documentation here.
Hyperlinks should have the same “primary” color so it changes depending in the color scheme you select in the system settings (or whether you are not using any of the app “animal” palettes and are using system color).
In the meantime, what Android version have you installed and what version of the app are you using? Thanks.