As a fun project, I started developing an Android app for myself a few weeks ago, because I already missed Boost for Reddit, even though it's still usable. So I took Boost as an inspiration and started working. It's come quite far and I have decided to publish it on Google Play, in case others feel the same way. It's still lacking some features, most notably the ability to see when someone sent you a message or replied to your comments, as well as the ability to create posts, but for casual lurking it's already quite nice I think. It will hit Play Store in a fews days.
Will it be open-source?
I'm not sure yet. Right now it's not, but if the majority of people wants it to be then I'd oblige. I have zero experience with managing open source projects though, so I'm not sure if it's a good idea
As the whole Lemmy and Fediverse ecosystem is mostly open source at least for me the usage of non open source reader apps is out of the question. It is about freedom so i would love to see this also as open source.
I'd also love to be able to download it from F-Droid. For now I'm sticking with Jerboa. It would be a bit weird to use a proprietary app, to access a free network. But still thanks for makung that app. The more good apps there are, the stronger tgd network will get 😀
Yes, if it's on F-Droid I will try it out!