this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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I took a quick look while it was up and it was just a user guide, similar to the lemmymigration subreddit

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Has anyone been able to get mlem iOS app to connect to kbin yet? I just get a long timeout and then a generic error message.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kbin doesn't have a Lemmy compatible API, though it's something the lead dev (and the Lemmy devs) have been discussing. But the instances can federate to each other beautifully.

For now your best bet would be using kbin as a PWA, which works great in my experience.

Info here: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/07/19/howto-progressive-web-apps-iphone-ipad/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much! I forgot about this option. :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did I not know about this? I've been using a shortcut that opens the URL in my phone browser, which is way less elegant. Works fabulously, thanks!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You're very welcome!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

AFAIK, kbin uses a different url scheme so Mlem might not be set up to handle that. The alternative I’ve seen suggested is to use kbin’s progressive web app (PWA) and install it as a pseudo-app. It works well enough for now. I do hope more native can exist in the future.