Mild guess. The dev(s) don't know about navigation buttons. Gestures have been "standard" for a while now so maybe someone forgot about this as a possibility?
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God, this might be why a certain micro rental car company in Los Angeles has the same problem in their app. Fuck them gestures!
I gotta gesture for ya right 'ere, pal!
Nah, you just have to pick android or iPhone in the settings, which is just laziness on the devs part.
If this true this means they purposely ignore default APIs and reinvent the wheel. Android adjusts the viewport automatically in order not to overlap the navigation area, regardless of the actual navigation method. Sounds like incompetence
It was fine until monday or so.
Go to settings - appearance - theme- device mode (scroll down)
Select android or apple depending on your device
Oh snap! I've been putting up with this for over a year! I had no idea there was as a toggle. Why doesn't the android build installed from FDroid default to the android compatibility mode?
Wow, this just fixed so many issues. Thanks!
Doesn't fix it for me. It was already set to android, I tried switching to apple and back, it only changes the look of the menu, not the positioning.
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At first I thought this was a meme akin to not being able to get up because cat.
App devs have a tendency to not take into account mobile OS design. It's aggravating.
Its not not a meme about not being able to get up because cat.
I'm noticing this in more and more apps :(
Voyager does this to me occasionally. I just endtask it and re open.
Try rotating ur screen landscape, then back to portrait, seems to temporarily fix it for me.
Thanks for the tip. Will try next time.
I second this, usually fixes it for me too.
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How the heck am I supposed to use the app if I keep clicking the desktop/main page? Actually, how is the desktop called on a phone? Hold that thought, its not useful to me rantnow! All I rant to do is rant!
Rant this ranting rantotanter app!
Do you smell toast?
I'm more concerned why there isn't an Outbox button, but I digress..
I don't have an exact answer, but have you tried turning the screen sideways?
Like this?
I also enabled gestures LOL fuck Android's buttons!
No no, I meant the cat is sitting on the inbox, if you tilt it to left, you might empty the outbox in the trash..
I have this issue but at the top of the screen. The title bar sometimes overlaps the time, notifications, etc.
I have the navigation buttons turned on at the bottom of the screen but I don't think I've seen this problem
Rotating my phone's screen by turning it sideways temporarily 'fixes' this problem for me.
Looks like the developer doesn’t know about the env(safe-area-inset-bottom) variable in CSS. Voyager is a web app, which is why it has this problem to start (I think), but that variable can be used as margin/padding to clear those buttons (and similar on other OS-es).
Btw, any lemmy app that isn't a webrender?
Connect uses flutter, which I'm pretty sure isn't web render based
Jerboa
I’m on iPhone, so don’t know about Android apps, but Mlem is solid for iOS!
This was last updated Mar 26, 2024 and the developer has been AWOL ever since.
Much as I love the app, Lemmy has gone through multiple API changes (and has more to come) such that staying on an outdated app isn't viable. Last I used it, it was already having issues loading pictures and comment threads.
Damn, you're right. Last update was exactly 2 years ago.
Damn, how's next week looking, time traveler? Is trump dead yet?
At the risk of causing the universe to implode, I'm afraid I can't tell you.
I've been using blorp, AFAIK it isnt
Blorp dev here. Blorp actually is too 😅
I wanted to build a universal web and native app. I started out using react native on iOS/Android and react on web. I realized that I was spending most if my time trying to get native to work as well as web. For example, the markdown renderers/editors on web are far superior to native imo. Making native a web app solves a lot of problems, but obviously it creates new issues like this post mentions.
The biggest issue with being a web app is I will likely never be able to get Liquid Glass working on iOS. I’m guessing same for voyager. But Liquid Glass kinda sucks, so we’ll call it a feature instead of a bug. I think these web apps can work around most other issues, including the one this post mentions.
It works properly on my phone. Does the APK work?
I don't recall where I installed this one from. I think its form the googslop play store.
Wait, is that on purpose?
Damn cat!
This is it. The cat is a bit more heavy than it looks, and is pushing the buttons down into the bottom of the phone. Try feeding it some snacks filled with helium, the problem should disappear after a couple of days!
Indeed!
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