Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts
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:
Version 1.5.0 (Mar 21, 2026):
- Search for posts
- [Android] Fixed touch ripple on inbox conversation rows
- [Android] Fixed support for high-RAM devices
- [Android] (1.5.1) Fixed comment reply sheet on Android 11-14
- [iOS] Fixed blur on Sort button on iOS 26
- [iOS] Fixed ugly shadow between panes on iPadOS 26
- [iOS] Fixed overly large vote label on own comments
Edit: Currently on TestFlight only on iOS for the next week or so.
[iOS] Version 1.4.5 (Jan 2026): Fixed UI bugs on iOS 26
[Android] Version 1.4.5 (Apr 2025): Fixed YouTube bugs, voting bugs on Android 11 and earlier
Search has been near the top of my to-do list for a long time, so it feels good to finally release this feature.
I did some custom UI this time and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Despite its basic appearance, it required a decent amount of detailed UI programming on both Android and iOS, to avoid breaking the adjacent Sort feature. I also had to redo the search results screen a few times, due to navigation quirks on each platform.
There are a couple related features that didn't make it this time: Searching for posts and comments within your own profile is not possible yet. Also "find in page" for comment text is not here yet either. These are both pretty high priority to me, and as usual it's a matter of making time and finding motivation to work on it.
Also on Android, expect a hotfix v1.5.1 coming out soon, to fix the comment reply sheet on Android 11-14. Big thanks to the user who reported this bug! The hotfix is already available to sideload, and under review on Google Play, as of this writing.
Previous topic: April 2025
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
Search is the one thing I've been waiting on, I really like how you implemented it! Very slick
Thank you! Glad you like it!
Is there a way to see bookmarked posts?
Thanks for Three Cheers!
Good point, I'll try to remember to add viewing bookmarks when I eventually update the profile screen.
Thanks as always for your continued development of this app, definitely one of my favorite ways to browse Tildes! Funnily enough I was just thinking earlier this week that it'd be nice to have a search bar. Love the little animation of the search field growing/shrinking.
I guess the iOS app is in a review queue? I see 1.4.5 as the most recent version on my phone or when viewing the App Store page in the browser.
I should've mentioned, it's on TestFlight only for now. I usually promote it to general availability after a week or so.
Drafts stopped working for me at some point, and still aren't working in this version. Is this a known issue? When I click the save button I get the pop-up saying a draft has been saved, but the button to reload a draft always says there are none saved.
Hmm I'm not able to see any bug with drafts on Android or iOS, tried a few different OS versions. Could I get your device model and OS version? (e.g. Pixel 5, Android 15) If Android, the Android version is under System Settings under "About phone" and on some devices "Software version". - Also feel free to private message me if you prefer.
Also are the drafts showing up inside Three Cheers, Settings tab, after tapping "Manage drafts" near the bottom of settings?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S22+, model name SM-S906U, Android version 16. Drafts aren't showing up in the settings either.
Unfortunately I can't reproduce the error on Android 16. From web searches, and from past experience in Android dev, it might indicate some corrupted database file. So you may have to clear your app data, and possibly also uninstall/reinstall. Drafts are the main data being lost if clearing data. Will need to login again also.
Weird. I cleared the app data and the app cache, reinstalled and relogged, but it still doesn't work. Guess I'll just have to do without. shrug
That's frustrating. Sorry to have you go through all that for nothing. I just tried another way to reproduce the bug but still no go.
Would you ever consider an option in the app for changing the base URL? I’m thinking of setting up a Tildes instance for a community and it would be so awesome to be able to have people use the Three Cheers app.
Edit: In my case this is for a local non-profit.
That is a really cool idea. I'm curious how the Tildes codebase fares running a third-party deployment. I'd be willing to help out with that I think. I'd likely lean toward a separate app for that community. There are 3 approaches and I think that's the only one that really makes sense for the end user.
(Bad) Adding a hidden setting to the Three Cheers app: No because it's confusing; user might think they're already in this other community when they're actually on Tildes. Adding a setup screen before starting the app: probably no because I don't want to increase friction for Tildes users.
(Acceptable) Launch a separate app that has a setup screen requiring setting a base URL. Maybe by scanning a QR code or something? I'd consider this alternative too but it's not ideal.
(Good) Launch a separate app specifically for that community. Best for end user.
That all said, I wonder if you'd consider writing your own app? Or even a web wrapper app. Then you'll have full control over all the details and won't have to wait on me for updates.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! What a nice surprise to finally get search.
When the keyboard is up I cannot see the content of my comment:https://imgur.com/a/9avtYd4
Pixel 4a on stock firmware - android 13
Thanks for the screenshot. That bug is fixed in the hotfix v1.5.1 which is currently under review on Google Play. (v1.5.0 finished review in less than a day, but it appears reviews are slower during the weekend.)
Seconded on a Pixel 7. Is there an option to allow for scrolling through the thread when the comment input window is up?
Love the app. I use it almost exclusively
No but it has been requested before. It's challenging from both design and technical perspectives, so I'm not sure if that will ever happen in any reasonable timeframe. Unless I decide to redo the entire commenting experience.
/noise
Purely out of app-dev interest. Are you leveraging AI for any of the development on 3cheers? I am curious if it holds up as well on mobile app dev as it does for web-app development.
Almost none. The ones I tried are surprisingly bad at iOS. When I tried to get a particular animation transition, it was unusably buggy after multiple tries. I did it by hand and got better results.
On the other hand, when doing rote work like "reorder the z-index of the table rows in such-and-such a way" it was able to create a working function.
I haven't written it off in general, especially for new projects. There is potential when scaffolding a new project quickly, especially when doing things a very standard/boring way. I've seen impressive performance in cases like that. But when dealing with intricate UI issues, it fails, in my experience so far, and I'm guessing a big part of that is it has no visual input and can't reason spatially.
Yes LLMs are universally bad at UI minutiae. However they do a lot better if you give them a feedback loop. They can process visual input if you give it to them. In that realm they're both suprisingly good and bad in different ways at "understanding" what they "see".