Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (February 2025) — Version 1.3 uses edge-to-edge UI on Android
This topic is for the Three Cheers for Tildes mobile app.
I'll summarize the major updates at the start of each similar topic, so people can read the updates and then hit Ignore if they don't care about more frequent updates and user feedback.
Recently:
[Android] Version 1.3.6 (Feb 28, 2025): Fixed minor UI bugs.
[iOS] Version 1.3.1 (Feb 27, 2025): Fixed an annoying scroll bug when typing comments and posts.
[Android] Version 1.3.5 (Feb 19, 2025): Fixed keyboard and animation bugs.
[Android] Version 1.3.4 (Feb 12, 2025): Fixed keyboard and markdown bar bugs.
[Android] Version 1.3.3 (Feb 11, 2025): Fixed keyboard bugs. [Cancelled this release.]
[Android] Version 1.3.2 (Feb 11, 2025): Fixed bugs reported in comments.
Version 1.3.0 (Feb 9, 2025):
This is an Android-focused update. Android 15 makes apps edge-to-edge by default so it's time to move to edge-to-edge. I've enabled it on Android 11 and higher.
Edge-to-edge mostly means turning the system bars translucent, so you can see the content all the way to the edge, instead of a blank area. In practice, we still need to keep some translucent bars there, so status bar icons and the clock can still be distinguished from app content and not become a jumbled mess.
Implementing this was a gigantic pain (which is why Google received pushback from so many developers and added an opt-out). I had to redo many layouts and re-test every screen in the app multiple times, on different Android versions and different settings (portrait, landscape, single pane, dual pane). Hope it's well received by Three Cheers users! Personally it took me a day to get accustomed to it, but I've ended up liking the edge-to-edge style more. I probably won't add a setting to turn it off.
Screenshots of what it looks like on an Android 14 device as of v1.3.1:
- 3-button nav, edge-to-edge (new): https://postimg.cc/1nnc2rWG
- 3-button nav, old: https://postimg.cc/Hcq4g8Kf
gesture nav, edge-to-edge (new): https://postimg.cc/ctf744G6- gesture nav, edge-to-edge (v1.3.2): https://postimg.cc/TpwHPDYB
- gesture nav, old: https://postimg.cc/PNDQMKvh
Three Cheers for iOS v1.3.0 is only minor bugfixes. iPhone apps are already edge-to-edge, and this change is Google's way of copying/catching up to Apple.
Previous topic: November 2024
Where to get it
Android version on Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talklittle.android.tildes
Or sideloadable APK at https://www.talklittle.com/three-cheers/
iOS version on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/three-cheers-for-tildes/id6470950557
Join TestFlight for iOS beta testing: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mpVk1qIy
Thanks again for all your hard work on this app, Three Cheers definitely helps me get my Tildes itch when I'm on the go! The edge-to-edge update looks great!
I love the app and very much appreciate all the work you put in on it!
I just have one dumb question - where can I view stuff I've bookmarked? I've looked around in the app several times but I can't find them.
Sorry forgot to reply to this. Bookmarks are not yet implemented in Three Cheers. It's been requested a few times and will make it in there eventually.
Ah, ok no problem!
No rush, I'm just glad to know I'm not somehow missing it.
Just updated to give it a try and the edge-to-edge looks and works great!
The effect is far less noticeable at the top of the screen, but like you said, you kind of need to keep some of the translucency for the clock and status bar, so I prefer it that way over no translucency.
Looks great on my Pixel 9 Pro. Thanks for all your work!
This post on reddit literally brought me back to Tildes, i had forgot i was subscribed to this board. Thank you for putting so much effort into developing this app!
So I think this is a regression bug with the new update, but the formatting bar no longer appears visible when the keyboard is open but reappears when the keyboard is closed:
https://i.imgur.com/ynCa6f5.png
https://i.imgur.com/1B1UAUx.png
Android 15, Pixel 8 Pro
Thanks, good catch! I'm pushing out v1.3.1 that fixes the markdown bar on the reply sheet.
You're right that it was a regression. In v1.3.0 I added some code to hide the markdown bar in certain cases, because on some devices it's possible to get the sheet stuck behind the bar somehow. I've tweaked that code to hopefully fix the bug.
Just updated to v1.3.1. I still see the markdown bug when the keyboard is open. Running Android 15.
Darn. Thanks for the quick report on that bug.
I'm pushing out v1.3.2 which disables that new behavior entirely, so the keyboard bug should be gone for real.I couldn't reproduce the bug locally, so it's great to have people reporting the new bugs quickly.Edit: Finally figured out how to reproduce the bug. I'll put out v1.3.3 with the fix. Sorry for the inconvenience everyone.
If immediately responding to feedback and issuing fixes on your unpaid hobby project is considered “inconvenience” then I can’t even imagine what “courtesy” would look like for you! 😆
Thanks for being amazing, talklittle.
I'm on 1.3.2 and it still disappears when the keyboard opens. Pixel 7 Pro
Geez. Thanks. Ugh this was a disgusting bug to figure out. The Android libraries' code works differently on Android 15 versus Android 14 and earlier. Undocumented of course. So I had to write entirely new code paths to handle the keyboard and markdown bar in two different ways depending on the OS version. Might be a bug I need to file with Google, not sure. Going to catch some sleep and hope I didn't break everything with this version 1.3.3 I just pushed out. I tested as thoroughly as I could but can't always catch everything.
Edit: Nah. I cancelled the 1.3.3 release. Will give it another look tomorrow when I can keep my eyes open.
Confirmed working on 1.3.4! I'm amazed at how quickly you fixed it and were responding here. Awesome job and thanks for a great app!
I appreciate the hard work on this! Happy to check out the next release and see if it fixes it for me
Same happens with me on a Pixel 7a, Android 15
(Sorry I know this is no help to you, but...) Old Pixel 5/Android 14 checking in, and this is not an issue here.
I have a Galaxy S21 running Android 14 and I am not having the issue either.
Just donated 5 bucks. Been meaning to do it. You earned it a while ago, but even more so now. Hope that helps!
That's really nice of you. Thank you!
I didn't know edge-to-edge was a thing; this is nice. I'm using a Pixel 8 Pro and there's still that "swipe bar" at the bottom [1], is visibility for that component under the app's control?
[1] https://i.imgur.com/7n3EF6G.png
I think that's system level, I still have the classic three button setup, and that's sort of floating over text when I view this app. It doesn't make that big a difference to me, and I wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't the headline feature.
Yeah I just looked it up and apparently it requires root to disable (which I have). A few minutes and a magisk module later, and presto!
Thank you for the update! It looks fantastic :) way better than I had thought it would --> in general I'm not a big fan of anything new UI. Recently I was using an app that has borderless black, which then merged into the borderless black of the app behind it, and it was hard trying to figure out how to grab its non visible top bar.
but for mobile where i only have one app at a time anyway, it works great! thanks again
Not sure if this is related to the new version, but when I tried to share an article from Engadget, the title appeared in the URL section ahead of the actual URL, so it wouldn't let me share it until it was removed.
https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/civilization-7-is-coming-to-meta-quest-3-and-3s-this-spring-221250061.html
This happened when I tried to share from the article's share button, sharing from the browser seemed to be just fine. Looks like a weird edge case?
Thanks for the bug report. I've pushed out v1.3.1 fixing the URL parsing for links like those shared from Engadget.
out of curiosity, could you post a screenshot? i’m on ios so i can’t check myself.
My bad, I should have included screenshots in the OP. Here are some:
I intentionally picked unflattering screenshots with content underneath the bars. IMO it looks better during actual use, in live motion.
Posting these screenshots made me realize a bug in the "gesture nav" case. On Android 15 the thin gray bar is gone at the bottom. But on Android 11-14 it's still there, as shown in the screenshots. There's a way to remove it, I believe. I already just pushed out v1.3.1 with a couple bugfixes, so I'll see if I can fix that in the next update v1.3.2.
Fixed edge-to-edge with gesture navigation on Android 14 on Three Cheers version 1.3.2 https://postimg.cc/TpwHPDYB
That thin 1-inch long line in the bottom-middle is added by the Android system and I can't hide it. But I got rid of the unnecessary light-gray bar surrounding it.
I also like the little animation you gave the top bar with the post title when it zooms up and away.
thanks for taking the time to do that! i was having a hard time imagining it in my mind - haven’t seen the android ui in a few years.
Tildes doesn’t have native image hosting, but you could upload screenshots to a service like Imgur or Postimages and then link them here if you like.
it would just be a text link to where you are hosting the image (like imgur). OP ended up seeing my comment and posting several so no worries!
Not sure if it's a bug or just something suboptimal, but I just had the "3 new comments" pop-up cover the app's navigation bar so I had to wait to access my notifications.
Hey @talklittle
Having a persistent issue with the comment box and formatting bar again
Sometimes upon tabbing back into the app, the formatting bar is floating over the comment box and only moves back to the correct spot after you set the cursor in the comment box by tapping it.
When inputting a link, after put both parts in the pop-up, it keeps putting the cursor over/selects the Title portion in the main comment box meaning the next thing I type erases my title entirely, every time. Unless I remember, which I do not. The link pop-up also seems like it refreshs when I tab out to copy the headline separately. That could be my phone.
Pixel 7a on the most up to date Android and app release afaik.
Is there no way to search in the app?
Nope search is not yet implemented.
Submitted feedback in testflight about this- but for some reason my Tildes Home feed is now empty?
Uninstalling, reinstalling, viewing logged out and logged in, issue persists in all of those situations
The whole site seems to be having issues currently.
Oh, sure enough that was the issue, thanks.
When you will be adding the traditional search functionality?
Currently I only see Group search.