Hey Everyone,

First of all, I owe you an apology for the lack of updates and communication from me. I totally understand the frustration from everyone and the feeling that the rug’s been pulled out from under you.

I’m not going to many any excuses, I can only express my apologies and plans to rectify this moving forward.

Next week, I will be working to fix some of the issues highlighted in this community: chiefly the inbox issues and switching to using the Authorization header now that Lemmy has made the change.

After that, I want to work with you all again as I did during the beta testing phase to figure out what priorities should be.

I of course, don’t expect anyone to take my word any face value but I hope that actions speak louder than words and that you’ll bear with me while I pick development back up on Bean.

It’s pretty late here in the UK but I didn’t want to head to sleep while everyone was expressing their concerns.

• Steve

Hey Everyone!

I’m submitting a small update (1.0.7) to the App Store today that changes the following:

• Added new theme: Sky
• Added an option to hide or show usernames on the feed.
• Bookmarks no longer hide read posts.
• Fixed format bar on comments covering text.

Apologies for the delay on getting an update out to you all, hopefully I’m fully recovered from being sick and ready to get some more stuff out to you all soon.

I’m still working on messaging which will hopefully be in 1.1 soon. After that, priority will be iPad with smaller patches for bug fixes in between.

Thank you so much for the support and welfare checks while I was gone. I really appreciate you all ❤️

Hey everyone!

Just a heads up that the sale on Bean Pro Lifetime will be ending tomorrow, 31st August 2023. The price will be rising to $49.99 so if you were thinking of picking it up at the 40% discount, now is your last chance (for a while)!

I also want to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to everyone that has supported me in the last couple of weeks. It’s been a extremely overwhelming to see people subscribing to Bean Pro, leaving reviews, or spreading the word about the app.

I made Bean for me and it’s so cool to see other people using it too!

Messaging should be coming next week, but I’ll be taking some time this weekend to knock off some of the smaller issues like automatic theme switching and layout issues in the composer on some devices.

— Steve ❤️

Submitted to App Review…

• Added Translation menu items for posts and comments.
• Fixed the Blur Images setting not saving correctly.
• Fixed “Browser” option not working on post context menu.
• Fixed issue with html entities in push notifications.
• More efficiently calculate drop shadows.

I've not been able to replicate any kind of memory leak or crashing on my side but I did notice the way I was handling shadows may have caused issues. I'm hoping that the changes I've made today will improve performance.

I've also started work on messaging and that will be coming in the next couple of days as well as some refinement on the inbox and push notifications (it's glitchy and annoying me at the moment).

Made this one for my mum’s birthday. Lemon sponge cake with lemon frosting and topped with fresh raspberries and lemon zest.

Just submitted to App Review and set to automatically release. Hopefully won't be too long!

• Fixed missing icons on older versions of iOS.
• Fixed long press for account picker not working when tab labels were turned off.
• Reverted automatic link detection for the time being due to some issues with the regex.

Rolling out to the App Store now

• Fixed html entities not decoded on link previews.
• Added options to show avatar and community icons on posts.
• Fixed issue with spacing on the inbox.
• Improved markdown parsing to add links to users and communities.

Hey testers! Please use this thread for give any feedback and report any bugs for Bean 1.1

Hi All,

I'm looking for testers for the iPad version of Bean as currently it's a bit of a mess…

I've started work on switching over to things like split views there but there's a lot of work to be done and I want the app to be a first class citizen on the platform.

This means supporting things like keyboard short cuts, Split View, multi-window, and more.

If you're interested in testing please leave a comment with the following information:

• iPad Model
• iOS Version
• Whether you use a keyboard

I'll DM you a link to the limited TestFlight once it's been approved by Apple for testing.

Of course, if anyone has suggestions for what else could be improved on iPad, I'm all ears. I don't own one so I only know so much!

Releasing on the App Store now:

• New theme: Dracula
• New icons: Lime and Wild Berry
• Fixed issue with audio playback being paused when Bean was backgrounded.
• Fixed issue that caused an empty response to be returned when read posts was activated.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when hide read posts on scroll was activated.

v1.0.2 rolling out to the App Store now.

• Added a setting to mark posts as read when scrolling past them.
• Read posts are now only hidden on refresh to stop the screen jumping.
• Truncated the text in link preview cards to 200 characters.
• Fixed multiple spoiler tags collapsing into a single tag.
• Fixed marking posts as read when viewing an image.
• Fixed image gallery not always appearing on post view.
• Fixed positioning of community selector and + button on the composer on some devices.
• Fixed pull to refresh indicator missing after first use.
• Renamed Harry icon to Xander.

Hi All, I’ll be resetting the TestFlight list tomorrow and will be putting a link out for a smaller test group moving forward soon.

If you’re still using the TestFlight version of Bean, please switch to the App Store version to continue using it.

Hey all, the first patch for Bean is rolling out now. Here’s what’s changed:

• Added new “Block” icon pack.
• Fixed issue with composer on some devices.
• Fixed issue with some links to communities.
• Fixed issue that caused accent colour not to affect the comment indicators.
• Fixed issue with opening and collapsing spoilers.
• Fixed links not showing on posts with image galleries.
• Fixed posts with one image in the body not displaying.
• Fixed ellipsis showing when it wasn’t needed.
• Improved spoiler parsing.
• Fixed scrolling on the comment composer.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3170870

> Hey everyone 👋 > > Bean for Lemmy is now available on the App Store for everyone to download! > > The app is free to use with a "Pro" plan that gives you access to some premium features like push notifications and multiple accounts, as well as a bunch of customisation options with more themes and app icons available. > > Thank you to everyone who tested the app over the last month. I'm really happy with what I've made in a short period of time but… This is just the beginning and I have so much more planned including mod tools, kbin supported more! > > I hope you'll check it out and I look forward to hearing your feedback ❤️ > > ! > ! > ! > ! > ! > ! > ! > ! >

Hey everyone 👋

Bean for Lemmy is now available on the App Store for everyone to download!

The app is free to use with a "Pro" plan that gives you access to some premium features like push notifications and multiple accounts, as well as a bunch of customisation options with more themes and app icons available.

Thank you to everyone who tested the app over the last month. I'm really happy with what I've made in a short period of time but… This is just the beginning and I have so much more planned including mod tools, kbin supported more!

I hope you'll check it out and I look forward to hearing your feedback ❤️

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

• 5cm Shorter
• Detachable Disc Drive
• 2 USB-C Ports on the front
• Redesigned face plates

Source: https://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-8930782-1-1.html

Hey everyone 👋

I'll be submitting Bean to the App Store today and have finalised the pricing for Bean Pro launch.

Bean Pro is completely optional and gives you access to the following:

• Multiple accounts
• Push notifications
• Grouped communities
• Premium themes
• Accent colour options
• Comment themes
• Custom app icons
• More font options

Pricing will be as follows:

• $1.99 / month
• $14.99 / year
• $49.99 / lifetime with a discount to $29.99 for the first week

I know pricing is difficult and subscription fatigue is a real thing but hopefully I've got a good balance of pricing and features with much more planned including mod tools, widgets, and more customisation options.

Thank you to everyone who has helped test Bean and get it to where it is. I couldn't have done with without you! ❤️

Jazzy wanted to make sure everything was okay before I pushed it to TestFlight 🙈

Hey Beanies! 👋

First of all, thank you so much for your help testing Bean, ironing out bugs, suggesting features, and encouraging me to work on this app. It’s been a blast so far and I look forward to working on Bean for a long time.

I’m happy with where Bean is and I’ll be pushing it to the App Store this week. There are just a couple of things I need to finalise first, like the ability to block users and editing Groups.

I’ve also decided to go down the “Pro” plan route for monetisation. Bean will be free to download and use, and the paid plan will unlock additional themes, icons, and some premium features (like push notifications).

Pricing will include monthly, annual, and lifetime options.

Expect to see Bean Pro pop up in a build in the coming days and I hope you’ll all support this decision. I’ve put a lot of time into Bean and have taken time away from my day job to work on it. Hopefully this monetisation route will enable me to continue to dedicate a lot of time each month as there is so much more I want to do.

— Steve ❤️

Testers: I’ve pushed some changes today, please can you re-register for notifications.

I may re-write this entirely soon!

Update: Definitely re-writing this. It’s unreliable af at the moment.

Update 2: I’ve rewritten the notification server so it should be much more reliable.