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Android app for Bluesky. Bookmarks, thread posting and more Created by @michelbestaat.thereforeiam.eu Get it from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.mfnboer.skywalker ☕️ https://buymeacoffee.com/skywalker.thereforeiam.eu

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Ja, omdat het niet iets is wat je veel doet, kan het stuk gaan zonder dat iemand het merkt.
Ik heb net even getest, maar ontvolgen werkt wel. Mogelijk ging er iets fout in het netwerk en geeft Skywalker geen foutmelding. Zal ik bekijken als ik weer wat aan de code sleutel.

03.08.2025 14:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hmm. Ik zal eens kijken of daar iets fout gaat.

03.08.2025 08:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I see. I have an S21. When I start dragging it takes a little while before the feed moves, after that it moves 1:1 with my finger. Seems there is a little delay at the start. Is that what you experience?

30.07.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Is scrolling just slow or does it stutter?
May I ask what phone brand/model you have?
I have improved the scrolling quite a bit over time. On some phones it is fast and readably smooth. But on some phones it is not.

30.07.2025 06:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks for your update. I do have both apps installed without problems. Some problems are very hard to grasp.

30.07.2025 06:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fijn dat je dit meldt. Ik kan zelf onmogelijk zien wat er op andere telefoons fout gaat.

29.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, die heb ik gemist bij de upgrade naar Android 15. Ik fix het in de volgende release.
Bijzonder dat ie daar staat op een s22. Ik heb zelf een s21.

29.07.2025 06:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Link card extraction from a website is black magic.
I noticed that @skywalker.thereforeiam.eu failed to get cards from WSJ.
After analyzing the HTTP requests from a web browser and a lot of trial ang error, I changed my code: some extra cookie dance for WSJ and appending "(android)" to the
🧵1/3

27.07.2025 12:36 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

@infinitescream.bsky.social

24.07.2025 17:08 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes. Streaming is that the video content streams over the network to you while playing. If you turn off streaming (as it has always been) then Skywalker downloads the full video before playing.

23.07.2025 19:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oi, I missed this screen when upgrading to Android 15.
I tried it here. The saved button (✔️) is on the upper right, hidden behind the status bar at the top. It just peeps out but I can press it. I hope that helps you out.
I will move it next release.

23.07.2025 17:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are you sure it is off? That option was not available in the previous release.

23.07.2025 17:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also the positioning of the copy/paste anchors is broken in 6.8.2 That has been broken for a long time.

23.07.2025 15:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can build with 6.8.2 However video streaming is broken in 6.8.2 But you can switch that off in the settings of Skywalker.

23.07.2025 15:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Ehm. Qt6.9.2 has not yet been released.

23.07.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Convert to inage or video?

Convert to inage or video?

When you post a GIF Skywalker asks if you want to post it as a video or a still image.

22.07.2025 18:02 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I hope Qt6.9.2 will be stable. Then I can drop this patched release. Should come out end of August.

22.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you don't patch you can still build and run Skywalker locally but you will have the blank screen bug.

21.07.2025 18:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

stack.
It's been a pain.
So I took the code change from the Qt devs and patched it locally (it was a fix in Java code only).
I added the patch to the Skywalker repo! You can use it to patch your own Qt installation: you need to rebuild Qt6Android jar file after patching.
🧵2/2

21.07.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I patched one of the Java source files to fix the blank screen issue that showed up before after upgrading to Qt6.8.3.
I was waiting for Qt6.8.4 to get it fixed, but that release is only available commercial users.
Qt6.9.1 should also fix the problem but that has a serious bug in its TCP
🧵1/2

21.07.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🥳

21.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I made a new release that may recover from the error you got.
I also saw that you have changed your handle often, multiple times per day. Not sure, but maybe that caused the error somehow.

21.07.2025 13:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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v4.11.1 is out
* Fallback to default entry point if PDS resolution fails.

21.07.2025 13:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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v4.11 is out!
* True video streaming. Video will start faster
* Aggregate like and repost of reposts notifications
* Bug fix: copy/paste anchors positioned correctly
* Bug fixes
* Upgrade to Qt6.8.3 (patched)

20.07.2025 13:27 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

It's good to know that the link works. I will have a look at my code later this week to find out what may cause this problem.

20.07.2025 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hmm, that is odd.
Can you reach plc.directory in a browser?

20.07.2025 14:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sounds like network connectivity problem. Possibly DNS.

20.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Skywalker - Apps op Google Play App om op ATProto gebaseerde sociale medianetwerken te verkennen, b.v. Blauwe lucht

v4.11 is out!
* True video streaming. Video will start faster
* Aggregate like and repost of reposts notifications
* Bug fix: copy/paste anchors positioned correctly
* Bug fixes
* Upgrade to Qt6.8.3 (patched)

20.07.2025 13:27 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

While waiting for the new release build I was scrolling through my timeline. Then suddenly the app disappears.
Oh crap, a crash
Wait, it's not a crash the build was ready and the build system shot down the app to install the new release. It starts up, rewinds the timeline to where I was reading!🥳

20.07.2025 11:52 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Just noticed the screen to chose colors for the anniversary card looks broken, but it still works.

20.07.2025 08:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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