Apollo for Reddit 1.15.17
Free Version
Publisher Description
Apollo was an iOS app for browsing Reddit from 2015 to 2023. In 2023 Reddit announced significant price changes to their API, going from free to potentially costing tens of millions of dollars per year, with 30 days notice before developers would start incurring charges. As a result, Apollo was forced to shut down after the better part of a decade building for an incredible, supportive community. With over 100,000 five star ratings, and many accolades, I was incredibly proud of what Apollo accomplished.
The app now exists in a commemorative/historic state, with a thank you message, the option to unlock a Goodbye Apollo wallpaper pack, and options to export data if you had the app downloaded previously (shake the device), and all previous app icons are now automatically unlocked. You can also use the app as a hub to get updates about other things the developer (Christian Selig) is working on.
Again, thank you so much for all the years of fun, it was the honor of a lifetime building the app for all of you!
Nov 28, 2023
Version 1.15.17
Updates merch link
About Apollo for Reddit
Apollo for Reddit is a free app for iOS published in the Newsgroup Clients list of apps, part of Communications.
The company that develops Apollo for Reddit is Christian Selig. The latest version released by its developer is 1.15.17.
To install Apollo for Reddit on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2023-11-28 and was downloaded 6 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Apollo for Reddit as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Apollo for Reddit on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the Apollo for Reddit is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After Apollo for Reddit is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
Program Details
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| Publisher | Christian Selig |
| Released Date | 2023-11-28 |
| Languages | English |
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| Category | Communications |
| Subcategory | Newsgroup Clients |
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| Operating systems | ios |
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| File size | 155.08 MB |
| Total downloads | 6 |
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| License model | Free |
| Price | N/A |
Version History
version 1.15.17
posted on 2023-11-28
Nov 28, 2023
Version 1.15.17
Updates merch link
version 1.15.16
posted on 2023-11-17
Nov 17, 2023
Version 1.15.16
Updates metadata and in-app details to more accurately reflect the nature of this app being in a "historic/commemorative" state, but still with the option to unlock wallpapers if you so choose
version 1.15.15
posted on 2023-07-20
Jul 20, 2023
Version 1.15.15
Adds an option to download all wallpapers rather than having to do it individually. Also adds an option to sign up to be notified for my Next Thing™!
version 1.15.14
posted on 2023-07-02
Jul 2, 2023
Version 1.15.14
Apollo has now closed down, this update pushes out a few fixes to make everything a bit nicer in that state, so explore around!
- Adds ability to migrate your Apollo Pixel Pals to the new separate Pixel Pals app, and even includes a fun easter egg if you do so. If you're not familiar with Pixel Pals, it's a really fun app that lets you customize your iOS device with a variety of cute virtual pets. It'd really mean a lot to me if you checked it out and considered supporting it!
- Added a bunch more wallpapers to the "Goodbye Apollo" Wallpaper Set. It's available in Settings, and is a great way to remember Apollo for years to come with some incredible wallpapers by the amazing designers who have created Apollo's icons over the years.
- If you have time left on your subscription, you have the option to go to the Settings tab and decline the automatic refund. Developers pay refunds out-of-pocket, so your kindness and consideration would mean a lot to me there given how unexpected the last few weeks have been. Cancelling your subscription in the Settings app isn't enough, you also have to manually decline the refund in Apollo if you so choose.
As the hour gets closer the app will change automatically to no longer being able to browse Reddit, but you'll still be able to open it and customize the home screen app icons with the over 100 incredible icons added over the years. Pixel Pals migration, wallpapers, merch, and more are also available, as well as the possibility of another fun easter egg revealing itself.
I feel like I've said it a lot over the last few weeks, but I feel so, so fortunate that I've been able to build an app over the last 9 years alongside such an incredible community who helped me to shape the app for the better. I've met and talked with so many cool people, and the app is infinitely better than it was from the outset because of it. I'm heartbroken it's ending this way, but I've loved every minute of building this app for you folks and wouldn't have done a thing differently. Love y'all.
- Christian
version 1.15.9
posted on 2023-06-08
Jun 8, 2023
Version 1.15.9
Added tip jar back in app for those interested!
version 1.15.5
posted on 2023-05-09
May 9, 2023
Version 1.15.5
Fixes a bug where flair could be rendered weirdly when displaying a right-to-left language.
version 1.15.3
posted on 2023-04-20
Apr 20, 2023
Version 1.15.3
In addition to the changes below, this update fixes a few small bugs folks pointed out.
# New Comments Highlightifier
(May need to enable under Settings tab > General > Show Unread Comments)
If you read a thread, and then encounter it again later, in your feed Apollo will show a count of how many comments have been added since you last viewed it, and when viewing the thread, it will highlight the new comments. This is really handy for coming back to a thread later and seeing what you missed out on.
# Easter Sale
Just for this short Easter period you can grab Apollo Ultra lifetime at a discounted rate!
## Richer Title Flair
Some subreddits elect to have images and icons in their title flair to better represent a specific flair (like "Happy News" with a smiley face or something), and before Apollo would just show this as a text approximation (for instance, :happyface:), now the imagery is fully rendered right into the title!
# New Icons
Some of my favorite new home screen icons in awhile. Featuring an absolutely gorgeous set of icons by Adam Whitcroft, an adorable Easter themed icon by Matthew Skiles, and a really cool, kinda spooky icon by s4pete.
# New Pixel Pals
Added three adorable new Pixel Pals! We have a T-Rex named Rory, Freya the Butterfly, and Kermy the Borzoi.
# Other
- No longer supports iOS 14. iOS 14 has had miniscule usage in Apollo for awhile now, and as of recently it dipped to well below 1% of users, so this version requires iOS 15 or newer. Having a newer baseline iOS version means devs are able to use newer iOS features (for instance every year there's really awesome advancements to SwiftUI) that make development easier/faster
- Revamped the Settings screens a little, in addition to how it looks I also moved the Themes option into the "Appearance" section to reduce confusion
- New icons
- Should fix bug with home feed showing same old content from when you were signed out
- If you select a paid feature Apollo now prompts you to unlock Ultra. This is an attempt to simplify because of confusion around the dual offerings (Pro and Ultra) in Apollo, where it'll hopefully be more simple/obvious what to unlock if you simply want everything in the app, which is better for most users than "buy this, then this". (Pro is still available to purchase though and can be done so through Settings)
- Changed the icon for "Best" sort, firstly to somewhat commemorate a change in how the Best algorithm works in Apollo, and secondly because it's the primary sort icon that Apollo users are exposed to, and I've had a ton of feedback over the years that the trophy icon is not at all clear for "tap this to sort"
- Open in Apollo Safari extension now works properly with old Reddit as well
- If you have the option enabled to automatically collapse AutoModerator, Apollo will now properly collapse the comment even if it's not stickied
- Revamped the live comment sort a little, so it should be faster and work even better
- Exclude Subscriptions from Feed now works not only with r/All, but with r/Popular as well
- Related to the previous item, added an option in Settings to always enable subscribed subreddit exclusion from r/All and r/Popular, so you don't have to manually enable it each time
- Fixed a bug with Wikipedia preview parsing for non-English languages
# Thank You
I really hope you enjoy the update! Thank you for using Apollo!
- Christian
version 1.15
posted on 2023-04-07
Apr 7, 2023
Version 1.15
Hey! This update has a bunch of awesome additions, I really hope you love it!
# New Comments Highlightifier
(May need to enable under Settings tab > General > Show Unread Comments)
If you read a thread, and then encounter it again later, in your feed Apollo will show a count of how many comments have been added since you last viewed it, and when viewing the thread, it will highlight the new comments. This is really handy for coming back to a thread later and seeing what you missed out on.
# Easter Sale
Just for this short Easter period you can grab Apollo Ultra lifetime at a discounted rate!
## Richer Title Flair
Some subreddits elect to have images and icons in their title flair to better represent a specific flair (like "Happy News" with a smiley face or something), and before Apollo would just show this as a text approximation (for instance, :happyface:), now the imagery is fully rendered right into the title!
# New Icons
Some of my favorite new home screen icons in awhile. Featuring an absolutely gorgeous set of icons by Adam Whitcroft, an adorable Easter themed icon by Matthew Skiles, and a really cool, kinda spooky icon by s4pete.
# New Pixel Pals
Added three adorable new Pixel Pals! We have a T-Rex named Rory, Freya the Butterfly, and Kermy the Borzoi.
# Other
- No longer supports iOS 14. iOS 14 has had miniscule usage in Apollo for awhile now, and as of recently it dipped to well below 1% of users, so this version requires iOS 15 or newer. Having a newer baseline iOS version means devs are able to use newer iOS features (for instance every year there's really awesome advancements to SwiftUI) that make development easier/faster
- Revamped the Settings screens a little, in addition to how it looks I also moved the Themes option into the "Appearance" section to reduce confusion
- New icons
- Should fix bug with home feed showing same old content from when you were signed out
- If you select a paid feature Apollo now prompts you to unlock Ultra. This is an attempt to simplify because of confusion around the dual offerings (Pro and Ultra) in Apollo, where it'll hopefully be more simple/obvious what to unlock if you simply want everything in the app, which is better for most users than "buy this, then this". (Pro is still available to purchase though and can be done so through Settings)
- Changed the icon for "Best" sort, firstly to somewhat commemorate a change in how the Best algorithm works in Apollo, and secondly because it's the primary sort icon that Apollo users are exposed to, and I've had a ton of feedback over the years that the trophy icon is not at all clear for "tap this to sort"
- Open in Apollo Safari extension now works properly with old Reddit as well
- If you have the option enabled to automatically collapse AutoModerator, Apollo will now properly collapse the comment even if it's not stickied
- Revamped the live comment sort a little, so it should be faster and work even better
- Exclude Subscriptions from Feed now works not only with r/All, but with r/Popular as well
- Related to the previous item, added an option in Settings to always enable subscribed subreddit exclusion from r/All and r/Popular, so you don't have to manually enable it each time
- Fixed a bug with Wikipedia preview parsing for non-English languages
# Thank You
I really hope you enjoy the update! Thank you for using Apollo!
- Christian
version 1.14.26
posted on 2023-02-22
Feb 22, 2023
Version 1.14.26
- Fixes some media display issues
- Adds two new Ultra icons: Notebook and Year of the Rabbit
- A few other small tweaks and fixes to make things run even smoother
version 1.13.1
posted on 2022-05-26
May 26, 2022 Version 1.13.1
This update includes some absolutely amazing additions, featuring insane new notifications, brand new gorgeous, never-before-seen icons, and a big ol' group of awesome improvements and bug fixes across the board. Read on!
- Brand new, completely redesigned notification experience
- Introducing custom subreddit watchers. Incredibly powerful, you can now create filters and have Apollo watch for interesting content in your favorite subreddits, and get a notification as soon as a matching post exists. So you'll never again miss out on a fascinating discussion about your favorite character Mark in your favorite TV show subreddit, or about PS5 or Xbox sightings in your city's subreddit, or about the squirrels being posted in r/aww. It's so unbelievably handy.
- Trending subreddit posts. With a tap you can turn on trending post notifications for subreddits of your choosing, so when a post in your favorite subreddit does super well, Apollo will send you a little notification to brighten your day
- Remind Me In… tired of summoning "remind me bots" in comments? Apollo can now easily schedule a notification for a post you want an update on, so you can know to come back when OP posts the juicy update they promised
- Completely rebuilt inbox notifications (post replies, comment replies, messages, mentions)
- Probably the best set of icons ever added to Apollo. An absurdly talented crew of designers created some of Apollo's best icons for this update, and guess what, there's like literally 10 of them, ready to make your home screen shine
- A bunch of new custom notification sounds. You can even have A-P-O-L-L-O being typed on a mechanical keyboard as your notification sound!
- Added Video Deblurinator feature/setting which helps with videos not appearing blurry for the first few seconds
- Added option to hide media controls by default when opening media viewer
- Improved album/gallery loading speed
- On profiles can sort user comments and post by time period now
- Greatly improved efficiency with enormous images
- Added option to paste Reddit URL into Search tab search bar to open that link
- Fixed issue where users could be sorted incorrectly in subreddits list
- Option to share watchers via a URL
- Can long-press on Search tab to quickly go to the search bar
- Can long-press on Posts tab to quickly jump to the Jump Bar
- Tweaked Apollo logo for Safari extension
- Fixed bug where it looked like you could edit the text of what you were replying to
- Playback speed options for YouTube videos using API
- Fixed bug where sometimes titles weren’t selectable in Select Mode
- Added option to completely hide blocked users
- Fixed missing "Open in YouTube" setting
- Fixed Markdown formatting for long lists of subreddits in comments
- Added pretty icons for long-pressing notification actions
- Underscores can italicize/bold in Markdown editor now
- Fixed bug with favorited users
- Fixed bug where some URLs wouldn’t open properly
- Fixed bug where underscores in links could load weirdly in Apollo
- Fixed Open in Apollo redirect loop
- Improved some icons in comment composer
- Fixed weird animation when upvoting a comment with a Wikipedia link
- Fixed bug where custom gestures and Markdown tables could conflict
- Fixed bug where some table-heavy posts could crash (mostly in r/LeagueOfLegends)
- Keyboard opens faster when commenting
- Fixed bug with Face ID/Touch ID
- Fixed bug where the pulsing "live sort" icon for comments would stop animating
- Fixed bug with some Reddit shortlinks
- A ton of other small little improvements
This update was a ton of work, so I really hope you enjoy it. I also want to give a massive thank you to André Medeiros, a brilliant server engineer who was instrumental in building the backend server for this update.
If you're enjoying this update, it would mean the world to me if you could check out Apollo Ultra and all the new goodies inside it!
- Christian
(1.13.1 fixes a few small bugs from 1.13)
version 1.12.3
posted on 2022-05-22
May 22, 2022 Version 1.12.3
Here's a delightful update featuring a bunch of nice improvements/bug fixes:
- An insane amount of gorgeous new Ultra icons from some incredibly talented icon designers, probably my favorite bunch of icons in awhile!
- Fixed bug with Face ID/Touch ID
- Fixed bug where rules weren't showing up in sidebar
- Fixed a visual bug where it seemed like you could edit the text in a comment you're replying to
- Fixed bug where some table heavy threads could crash, specifically in subreddits like r/LeagueOfLegends
- Fixed bug where some links (especially those with some strange characters) wouldn't operate properly
- Fixed issue where some Reddit awards weren't showing up
- Fixed bug where swipe gestures could conflict with wide Markdown tables
- Fixed bug where sometimes titles couldn't be selected in Select Mode
- Christian
version 1.12.2
posted on 2022-01-19
Jan 19, 2022 Version 1.12.2
Version 1.12.2:
This update improves an open in Apollo issue, as well as a few other small issues.
Version 1.12.1:
Here's an update with some handy bug fixes and improvements based on great feedback from the Christmas update. Read on!
+ A new, really cool icon from Yannick Lung. It's of the Apollo mascot in an old school scuba suit by the incredible Yannick Lung, and I love how the details really make it feel like an icon from a nostalgic era of time passed. Have been enjoying it a lot on the ol' home screen.
+ Improvements to table rendering. Thanks y'all for sending in some great examples of tables that (alongside Apollo's new inline table renderer) weren't quite displaying properly, so I've tidied those all up so they should display gorgeously now.
+ Also tweaked layout algorithm a bit so that some tables that were a bit cramped should display nicer now.
+ Fixed bug where the "Quote" option in "Select Text" mode and in the comment composer wouldn't show up.
+ Fixed bug where the subscriber count and number of currently active accounts wasn't showing up in the sidebar (and also added the short subreddit description to the top of it).
+ Fixed bug where some links wouldn't be tappable or only the subreddit/user part would be if it was a Reddit link.
+ Fixed a bug where tapping on some user or subreddit links could jump you into the browser/out of Apollo rather than staying in the app (same with Wikipedia links, fixed too).
+ Fixed bug where preview text (like for a text post in a subreddit, or underneath an Inbox item) was too dark, made it a bit lighter like before so as to blend in better
+ Fixed a bug with some escaped Markdown characters and those inside code blocks.
+ Fixed a bug around newlines/line breaks in Markdown.
+ Fixed a bug where sometimes you could get a duplicate notification.
+ Fixed bug where text in private messages could be visually hard to read due to low contrast.
+ If you tap on a link to u/me, it'll properly load your profile now.
+ Added option in Settings tab > General to share Reddit links as their "old.reddit" version.
+ Fixed bug where Apollo was mean to usernames with hyphens in them.
+ Fixed bug where when comments loaded self text could refresh/flash in a non-cool way.
+ Fixed bug where couldn't select the title of the post in "Select Text" mode.
+ If you tap on a timestamped YouTube video it will now open to that time.
+ Limits comment link previews to 5.
+ Fixed bug where subreddit rules could get cut off at the top slightly.
+ Flattened large groups of newlines in a comment/post into just two.
+ Fixed bug where code blocks could get cut off at the bottom.
+ Fixed bug where widgets would not show up on iOS 14.
+ A fix for a crash that could occur on iOS 12 devices. Really sorry about that one, strange bug that was but everything should be in tip top shape now. As a note, after this update (1.12.1) Apollo will likely require iOS 14 and higher for further updates. You'll still be able to run Apollo on iOS 12 and 13 just as you were before, but new updates will require iOS 14 and higher. Statistically very few Apollo users are still on these older versions (well under 1% of users) and the work to maintain these older versions and put off using nice, newer iOS features in full (SwiftUI, SceneDelegate, Combine, Swift Concurrency, etc.) is beginning to get a bit tough to maintain given the small userbase (and I'm just one person building this app), so I figure now's a good a time as for iOS 14 to become the base. Hope that's understandable.
Hope these first two weeks of 2022 have served you well, and if not, well I endeavour to make the rest happier through Apollo updates!
- Christian
version 1.12
posted on 2021-12-25
Dec 25, 2021 Version 1.12
Merry Christmas!! Santa has arrived with a bug full of Apollo updates for you to enjoy! HO HO HO!
+ Added three awesome new icons! First, you've been visited by Santapollo, created by the perpetually ingenious Matthew Skiles and depicts our jolly Father Christmas as if he was the Apollo mascot. Second, we have Broby, a beautifully hand made depiction of our Apollo mascot made by u/burkybang’s 5 year old son. Yes three, icons!
+ New Markdown renderer using Apple's new efficient library. Loads comments even faster, and brings benefits like inline table rendering (finally!), syntax highlighted code blocks, better list rendering, and more!
+ Improved SidebarViewController to use the new renderer as well, so sidebars load richer with tables inline, links open in Apollo, etc.
+ Improved the viewing of random subreddits with r/random in Apollo. Now it loads even faster, and you can simply pull down to refresh and it'll load you a new subreddit each time, even remembering which sort you had set
+ If you long-press on a link the context menu will now have a quick Open in Browser option (thanks u/2-718!)
+ Added inline Wikipedia previews to comments, including a thumbnail and brief article preview, so you can get a gist of what the article is about without having to summon one of the wiki bots.
+ Added Dracula theme (thanks u/IsoPhoenix!)
+ Added Mint theme (thanks u/BobQuentok!)
+ Fixed bug where on some iPads in comments for a post with a GIF they would lag badly when scrolling, update iOS to make doubly sure though (thanks u/cats-lock!)
+ Fixed bug where some linked posts in Apollo would just try to load the Reddit homepage because they had weird symbols in their URLs (thanks u/BasementDweller3000!)
+ You can now zoom in further on images, even if low res (ENHANCE!)
+ Fixed issue where sometimes the media viewer could think you were zoomed in a hair and be hard to swipe to dismiss
+ If you compose a comment and type an author, it'll now offer to autocomplete the actual post's author as well.
+ You can now easily add subreddits to a specific multireddit directly from your list of subreddits
+ Polls are now properly accessible to VoiceOver
+ You can now scrub YouTube videos to go forward and backward in time easily if you have Apollo Pro
+ If Apollo shows a tweet and the user is verified, there will be a little checkmark icon now
+ Option to hide the subreddit when choosing Share as Image
+ Fixed bug where when Sharing as Image the comments could appear out of order
+ Removed legacy modmail option as Reddit no longer supports
+ Added accessibility labels to all app icons and themes, so now if you're curious what an app icon or theme looks like and are using VoiceOver, it will describe it to you
+ Fixed bug where YouTube player wouldn't work well with Low Power Mode
+ New Chumbus content
+ Command/Control-F style "Find in Comments" search now also searches the post's text as well if present
+ Fixed issue where if a gallery/album's first item liked to a YouTube video it would try to open that
+ Improved "Select Text Mode"
+ Fixed issue where sometimes albums could be hard to scroll between
+ Updated Gfycat API
+ Fixed a potential crash when running on Apple silicon Macs
+ Added a Doomscroll Defeater™ which if turned on will disable infinite scrolling and allow you to choose to load the next page each time (in Settings it's just called "Infinite Scrolling" on/off)
+ Properly matches Reddit's recent changes to collapsing blocked users
+ Improved comment composer preview
+ Mods can comment on locked posts now
+ Fixed a GIF download crash
+ If a comment is collapsed, the username and score is now untappable so you don't tap accidentally
+ Added a better indicator if you manage to reach the end of a subreddit's available posts
+ Crossposts now match the subreddit they're posted to's content settings
Hoping you all have the happiest of holidays, and I can't wait to show you what I have cooking for 2022. :)
- Christian
version 1.11.7
posted on 2021-11-04
Nov 4, 2021 Version 1.11.7
Here's a quick little update with some quality of life/bug fixes, and two new icons!
- Improvements to SharePlay support (requires iOS 15.1 and greater), if you elect not to use it for the FaceTime call Apollo will remember that and not prompt you continually (appreciate the feedback there!). Also includes a banner when highlighting comments to other participants.
- Two new icons! The first is a terrific icon named Dr. Spaceman by Jeff Broderick. The second is a beautiful icon named N.E.L.S.O.N. by Gavin Nelson. Together the two icons make an excellent pair. :)
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Apple silicon Macs
- Fixed an issue with keyboard navigation on iPad
- Christian
version 1.11.6
posted on 2021-10-27
Oct 27, 2021 Version 1.11.6
Happy Halloween everyone (if you're in a country that celebrates)! Here's a quick update that provides a fun icon, new SharePlay integration, plus some bug fixes to some weird edge case behavior that you were kind enough to report!
# SHAREPLAY INTEGRATION
Apollo has full support for Apple’s new SharePlay technology (requires most recent version of iOS), so when you’re on a FaceTime call, Apollo just leveled up to a whole new experience. You can share the subreddit you’re viewing with other participants, as well as media, and even browse comment threads together (say, for your favorite new movie discussion thread) and highlight specific comments for others to look at.
Hop on a FaceTime call, make sure participants have Apollo, and they should be prompted to join. It’s a delight, and really cool if I may say so myself!
# GORDON RAMESSES
Get it?? Like the pharaoh? Because he’s a mummy! Here is Apollo’s Halloween 2021 icon, created by the incredible Matthew Skiles. Available in Settings tab > App Icon!
# FIXES AND TWEAKS
This update improves on a few issues you fine folks were great enough to report. First off, some issues around an occasional GIF playing weirdly should be fixed now (such as starting/restarting from a weird point, or not playing at all).
Also fixes some issues around theming, specifically the search bar could occasionally look weird against the top navigation bar. Further, there were reports of Apollo occasionally not properly switching between light and dark modes, that should be fixed too.
Further, an issue around uploading images to Imgur should now be fixed!
Lastly fixed an issue around GIFs sometimes starting to play after you paused them and unmuted the video, and a somewhat related issue around pressing the volume buttons on your iOS device not turning the sound on properly for a video.
Oh, and if you missed it in the last bug fix update, for Face ID / Touch ID locking Apollo, you can now set a timer delay so it optionally won’t activate immediately!
As always if you’re having any other issues please reach out! Thank you for being so awesome!
- Christian
version 1.11.5
posted on 2021-10-24
Oct 24, 2021 Version 1.11.5
Happy Halloween everyone (if you're in a country that celebrates)! Here's a quick update that provides a fun icon, plus some bug fixes to some weird edge case behavior that you were kind enough to report!
# SHAREPLAY INTEGRATION
Apollo has full support for Apple’s new SharePlay technology, so when you’re on a FaceTime call, Apollo just leveled up to a whole new experience. You can share the subreddit you’re viewing with other participants, as well as media, and even browse comment threads together (say, for your favorite new movie discussion thread) and highlight specific comments for others to look at.
Hop on a FaceTime call, make sure participants have Apollo, and they should be prompted to join. It’s a delight, and really cool if I may say so myself!
# GORDON RAMESSES
Get it?? Like the pharaoh? Because he’s a mummy! Here is Apollo’s Halloween 2021 icon, created by the incredible Matthew Skiles. Available in Settings tab > App Icon!
# FIXES AND TWEAKS
This update improves on a few issues you fine folks were great enough to report. First off, some issues around an occasional GIF playing weirdly should be fixed now (such as starting/restarting from a weird point, or not playing at all).
Also fixes some issues around theming, specifically the search bar could occasionally look weird against the top navigation bar. Further, there were reports of Apollo occasionally not properly switching between light and dark modes, that should be fixed too.
Further, an issue around uploading images to Imgur should now be fixed!
Lastly fixed an issue around GIFs sometimes starting to play after you paused them and unmuted the video, and a somewhat related issue around pressing the volume buttons on your iOS device not turning the sound on properly for a video.
Oh, and if you missed it in the last bug fix update, for Face ID / Touch ID locking Apollo, you can now set a timer delay so it optionally won’t activate immediately!
As always if you’re having any other issues please reach out! Thank you for being so awesome!
- Christian
version 1.11.3
posted on 2021-10-21
Oct 21, 2021 Version 1.11.3
Happy Halloween everyone (if you're in a country that celebrates)! Here's a quick update that provides a fun icon, plus some bug fixes to some weird edge case behavior that you were kind enough to report!
# GORDON RAMESSES
Get it?? Like the pharaoh? Because he’s a mummy! Here is Apollo’s Halloween 2021 icon, created by the incredible Matthew Skiles. Available in Settings tab > App Icon!
# FIXES AND TWEAKS
This update improves on a few issues you fine folks were great enough to report. First off, some issues around an occasional GIF playing weirdly should be fixed now (such as starting/restarting from a weird point, or not playing at all).
Also fixes some issues around theming, specifically the search bar could occasionally look weird against the top navigation bar. Further, there were reports of Apollo occasionally not properly switching between light and dark modes, that should be fixed too.
Lastly fixed an issue around GIFs sometimes starting to play after you paused them and unmuted the video, and a somewhat related issue around pressing the volume buttons on your iOS device not turning the sound on properly for a video.
Oh, and if you missed it in the last bug fix update, for Face ID / Touch ID locking Apollo, you can now set a timer delay so it optionally won’t activate immediately!
As always if you’re having any other issues please reach out! Thank you for being so awesome!
- Christian
version 1.11.2
posted on 2021-09-22
Sep 22, 2021 Version 1.11.2
KABOOM! That’s the sound of a juicy new update dropping. Here’s some of the really cool things I've been working on this summer, focused around the new iOS 15 update. (Apollo’s always gotta have the latest and great, right?) There’s a lot of awesome features and fixes in this update that I think you're going to love, so read on!
MORE WIDGETS
Widgets are too much fun, so I couldn’t stop there. iPadOS 15 introduced the absolutely gargantuan “Extra Large Widgets” and of course I wanted to take advantage of that with Apollo. So now you have FOUR new choices there for widgets, all being hit with whatever the opposite of a shrink ray is. You have an enormous photo widget that just oozes details from your favorite subreddits, as well as a variant that shows photos at a time in a beautiful gallery look. You can also now display your feeds in the Extra Large style as well, with a media-rich version that shows a large item to the left before the rest of your feed, or a more info-dense variant that shows up to 10 items from your feed all at a glance in the widget, you can basically browse Reddit right from there!
NEW ICONS
I worked with the delightful Michael Flarup to create these two awesome new Ultra icons (okay he did all the heavy lifting, he’s so talented). Apple isn't the only ones with new silicon this fall! Introducing the Apollo A1 and its mascot, Chippie! Both of these icons are delightfully cute, and show the powerful (if imaginary) chip that powers Apollo’s super fast and super customizable experience. Fun fact: did you know Apollo now has over 100 icons available?
AND ANOTHER FUN ONE TO MATCH
Apollo’s icons are so gorgeous (I can say that without bragging because most of them I had designers do, hehe) that wouldn’t it be great if you could see them up close in even more luxurious detail? The new “Jumbopollo Widget” can take an icon of your choosing and blow it up to a gorgeous size, so you can have all the beauty of your favorite icon even bigger! Gather your friends around to marvel at the detail of the new Apollo A1 icon on your home screen. That’s a thing people do, right?
OPEN LINKS IN APOLLO
With iOS 15 adding support for Safari Extensions, it's now easier than ever to read Reddit links in Apollo via the Apollo Safari Extension available through the iOS Settings app!
EVEN MORE
With iOS 15 if you’re composing a comment, you can now swipe down from the top to shrink your writing and reference the thread for a second, before swiping back up to finish writing your comment.
You also have Quick Note support in Apollo, as well as Siri easily being able to share with friends. For Quick Note, just summon it from the bottom corner and you can easily add a link to the thread or subreddit you’re currently reading. And with Siri, simply say something like “Share this with Tim” and Siri will share your thread, subreddit, etc. with a friend named Tim. And even better, it’s not restricted to people named Tim! Tom is allowed too!
Also fixed some issues up around GIFs, plus a bunch of other little tweaks and improvements to speed things up. If you have any feedback or issues please reach out!
THANK YOU
Thanks for always being so awesome and supporting my work, I love my job so much! I'm continuing to work hard on some really great updates that I can't wait to show you! Always got something better and better coming. :)
- Christian
[Note: this .2 version fixes a potential issue around Apollo Pro that a few users encountered, as well as Face ID and the Apple Silicon/iPad version]
version 1.10.12
posted on 2021-08-12
Aug 12, 2021 Version 1.10.12
Hey all! Been hard at work on a bunch of goodies this summer. In the meantime, here's a quality of life update that adds and fixes some nice things.
- New YouTube player! This update features a new YouTube player, since the old one could be a wee bit fragile at times, the new one is super-powerful, and uses the system video player so you'll feel right at home on iOS, and still with video-scrubbing capabilities like you know and love.
- Twitter functionality restored! There was a small bug a little while back around tweets showing inline in Apollo, so I took the time to rewrite the engine for Apollo's tweet previews, and that's now live in this version, so everything should work just lickety-split!
- New icon! There's a brand new Ultra icon by Alfrey Davilla, lovingly called Gorilla Gus. I hope you love Gorilla Gus as much as I do. He's a very kind-hearted gorilla.
- Known issues: there's a small bug around the new YouTube player and Low Power Mode being active, so it'll kick you off to the web browser while Low Power Mode is active. That will be fixed shortly!
Got some goodies coming your way soon, can't wait to share more in the next update! :)
- Christian
version 1.10.11
posted on 2021-07-01
Jul 1, 2021 Version 1.10.11
Hey all!
- New icon by the ever brilliant Matthew Skiles, called Coconut Head. This declassified icon pays homage to the very warm start to the summer season many of us have experienced.
- Fixed random crash that could occur on launch for some users
- Fixed bug on Apple Silicon Mac version of Apollo where closing the media viewer could sometimes result in a crash
- Fixed bug on Apple Silicon Mac version of Apollo where pasting could sometimes cause the app to just spin indefinitely
- Fixed issue with videos bouncing you to Safari sometimes
- Fixed issue where GIFs could seem somewhat stuttery when scrolling, especially around their progress bar
- Fixed issue where home screen widgets would sometimes get a little annoyed when trying to refresh during poor network conditions
- Improved widget timing/reloading logic
- Fixed issue where some GIFs with audio would be weirdly quiet sometimes
- Fixed bug where GIF progress bar couldn't be hidden if you weren't a fan (how dare you)
- Fixed trending subreddits in Search tab not updating
- A few other little things to make everything a tad bit smoother
Been working on some cool stuff behind the scenes in between these quality of life releases, can't wait to show you more soon. :)
- Christian
version 1.10.9
posted on 2021-05-26
May 26, 2021 Version 1.10.9
Hey all!
Today I bring you a delightful release with that has some great quality of life improvements and some fixes so things work even smoother. Read on, adventurer!
- New Apollo Ultra icon, a beautifully cute version of the Apollo mascot holding an upvote lovingly. A big thank you to the incredible Alfrey Davilla for designing it!
- Improvements to widgets, should load faster and have less issues if you occasionally had a blank one. If you see an error, email me a screenshot!
- Fixed a bug where some links in subreddit sidebars wouldn't load properly
- "Share as Image" can now share links as well as GIFs and thumbnails (it'll use a thumbnail for the latter two)
- Realigned a thumb-tack in the post composer
- When composing a post or comment, if you have an external keyboard attached you can now quickly submit the post or comment with the ⌘Enter keyboard shortcut
- Fixed bug where if you wanted to keep thumbnails disabled Apollo would bug you over and over again to re-enable until you began cackling in frustration (sorry)
- If you tap on a URL to a specific subreddit search Apollo will now resolve it in-app
- Fixed bug where tapping on a user link would sometimes fail to load
- Fixed issue with video playback occasionally
- Fixed bug where VoiceOver could be tricky to navigate with on user profiles
- Fixed bug with the built-in translation function for citizens of the EU
- Fixed bug where some symbols in code blocks wouldn't be decoded properly
- Fixed bug where video time length could be wrong, which could affect video progress bars too
- Fixed issue where the nbsp symbol could randomly show up in comments
- Some other small tweaks and bug fixes to lower the coefficient of friction further
Thank you all so much for using Apollo and providing excellent suggestions, feedback, and support. I will keep listening and keep making Apollo better!
- Christian
version 1.10.8
posted on 2021-04-08
Apr 8, 2021 Version 1.10.8
As the winter season draws to a close it's time to harvest our winter crops, turning some annoying bugs into some delightful tweaks and features as a result. o/
I'm pullin' a big turnip out of the ground, and this turnip's name is Apollo 1.10.8. That's one juicy turnip right there. Inside the turnip is delicious, flavorful changelog:
- It's not an Apollo update without some custom new home screen icons. :) This update we have three new ones, the first two being Apollo Ultra monthly icons for last month and this month. The first is a gorgeous icon by Gleptech called 'Sasageyo', picturing a cute (potentially monstrous?) depiction of our friend peering out. The second is a terrific, sleuthy detective version of Apollo by Matthew Skiles, and lastly we have an awesome community icon pack icon called 'Floaty Boy', showing a very cute and minimally metallic floating rendition of the icon!
- 'New User Highlightenator' is a new feature suggested by users to help spot potential misinformation or suspicious users by optionally highlighting new accounts that are less than one month old (it adds a little icon with their age by the comment or post). The vast majority of Reddit newcomers are awesome, but sometimes users create a bunch of new accounts to try to brigade a subreddit with a silly opinion, and it's nice to be able to instantly see, "Hey, this account is 4 hours old and came right to this subreddit saying some silly things. Little suspicious, you are" rather than having to look up each account manually. Let Apollo do the heavy lifting!
- If you're linked to a specific comment (direct link or by tapping on your inbox, for instance) and that linked comment has parent comments above it, you can now long-press any of the parent comments to view any additional replies to those parent comments in addition to your own
- When signing in Apollo will now alert you if your thumbnails are disabled (sometimes this Reddit setting gets disabled for one reason or another, and it can cause the posts feed to look a little blank)
- If a comment is in a foreign language from what your iOS device is set to, when long-pressing the option to translate that comment will now be at the top
- Rewrote some areas of Apollo's home screen widgets to fix some bugs and make things faster so now they should run smoother for everyone
- If a subreddit can't be accessed it'll now state the reason (private subreddit, etc.)
- Fixed bug where when tapping "load more comments" could duplicate infinitely
- When saving images/GIFs/videos Apollo now uses the title of the post (if available) as the file name
- Fixed an issue where VoiceOver wouldn't read the account username if 'Always Show Usernames' was enabled
- Identified a bug where for some users Apollo could take up more storage space than intended, if you find this to be the case just go to Apollo > Settings tab > General > Clear Cache and it will walk you through tidying things up nicely
- Fixed bug where an error could occur when trying to gift an award
- Improved detection for when a thread of comments has been deleted by a moderator, will now auto-collapse properly and label it
- Improved detection for 'Auto-Collapse Auto Moderator Stickies' setting for subreddits that have a big ol' wall of text stickied to every thread
- Fixed bug where lists with multiple levels of indentation wouldn't show further indentation after first level
- Fixed bug where scrolling when composing a crosspost could get messed up
- Fixed bug where trying to open an image or GIF in Safari could cause a crash
- Fixed bug where when dragging your finger sometimes Apollo would tap to collapse
- Added some new 'text faces' to Apollo's comment/post composer
- Performance improvements in general, should have smaller memory footprint overall
Oops, ran out of text. For the full changelog see the r/ApolloApp subreddit!
Thanks as always for the support everyone, I'll continue to work hard to make Apollo even greater!
- Christian
version 1.10.6
posted on 2021-02-05
Feb 5, 2021 Version 1.10.6
Hey all! Here's a delicious update with a bunch of new features and bug fixes! Read on for details!
FEATURES
- A BUNCH more custom home screen icons, two new Ultra ones (both by the awesome Matthew Skiles), two new community icon pack ones (by berrymetal and johnnysilverpaw), and a BUNCH of secret ones included in Pro as well. (Reminder: Apollo Ultra includes all of them!) See if you can find them all! A bunch of them are homages to some of my favorite video content creators.
- Apollo now supports Family Sharing across all in-app purchases and subscriptions, so if you have a family member wanting to get in on the Apollo goodness they easily can now!
- Added ability to "follow" users you find interesting, just like a subreddit!
- Added back option to open Reddit links on your clipboard in Apollo. It's off by default but you can enable it in Settings > General
- Improved photo uploading in private messages
- Added a suspicious looking text face to list of Text Faces in the comment composer
- Added option to hide usernames in Share as Image (sometimes subreddits ask you to hide them when sharing, or sometimes people just have weird usernames)
- Also in Share as Image you can now share link posts and it'll include the cute little thumbnail and everything!
- Includes "Privacy Nutritional Label" information! Apollo is a good privacy citizen!
- Added support for Reddit's new "awarder and awardee" karma that you get for giving and receiving awards. If you tap your/another user's karma header in their profile it will detail it.
- Added support for Reddit's new "Snoomoji". It seems to only be a test in a few subreddits, but you'll be able to see little Reddit style emoji in comments.
- Apollo now properly displays inline GIFs that Reddit has added to certain subreddits in the same inline way Apollo shows other GIFs in comments
- Added subscribe and follow options to subreddits and users in the haptic touch context menus!
- If a comment or post has been edited you can now tap the little pencil icon and it'll show you when the comment was edited
BUG FIXES
- Everyone upvoted a bug with a GIF of a fluffy dog in it so I fixed that bug too. Not going to lie the cute dog distracted me a little but I think it was something to do with GIF progress not updating in crossposts.
- Fixed bug where you couldn't fully disable "tap to collapse", so now you can!
- Fixed bug where subreddits in subreddit listing in dark mode had slightly lighter background color
- Fixed some issues with video playback
- Fixed crash that could occur when downloading some GIFs
- Fixed background color of inbox boxes in dark mode
- Fixed occasional crash that could happen with opening videos in media viewer
- Fixed bug where haptic touch context menus would be reversed for subreddit and user
- Fixed bug with moderators setting flair where custom flair wouldn't get set
- Fixed bug where when refreshing your Inbox some messages could randomly disappear for a second or cause the badge count to be incorrect
- Fixed another crashing bug that could occur with formatting dates (calendrical, not the fruit)
- Some other tiny bug fixes and tweaks and tidies that make everything just a little bit spiffier
I would have had even *more* features and bug fixes in this update but I've been working around the ham sandwich on the juicy iPad update (no olives), stay tuned for details on that!
As always, thank you for supporting Apollo and my work and I'll do my best to keep impressing you with awesome things to come! Have a great one!
- Christian
version 1.10.5
posted on 2020-12-07
Dec 7, 2020 Version 1.10.5
Hey all! I've been hard at work on this update that includes some awesome tweaks and additions, as well as a bunch of bug fixes to some areas you have messaged me about that have been a teensy bit annoying. Read on!
- Two new awesome icons! Getting everything together for this update took a bit of time, so we have two Apollo Ultra icons in one this release: the icons for November AND December. The November icon is an absolutely gorgeous, very happy and cute icon from the incredible Raphael Lopes, I just love how this came out and it makes me smile. For December, something festive is in order, so we have a very tasty gingerbread man rendition (named George) of the Apollo icon by the awesomely talented Qi Sandor (who did the Christmas icon two years ago as well) that will spruce your home screen up for the holiday season and whatever you celebrate
- Fixed some issues around videos loading improperly or slowly
- Fixed bug where audio wouldn’t come unmuted sometimes, leaving you awkwardly alone with your thoughts
- Some fixes around some widget bugs that could occur where the widgets might not load, or potentially show old content. If you run into any further bugs, should me an email with details and include your logs by going to Settings tab > About > Logs
- Fixed bug with hiding r/All, r/Popular, etc. and added confirmation/explanation dialog
- On the screen with your list of subreddits the stars and collapse buttons are now spaced further from the right
- Fixed bug where reading a message sometimes wouldn't mark it as read
- Fixed bug where “Save to ‘Apollo’ Photo Album” option in Settings > General wasn’t working
- The video/GIF progress bars now only show if the content is more than a few seconds long
- Fixed bug where posts could show up as having an error when they really didn’t
- Fixed bug where crossposted albums weren’t swipable
- Fixed bug where user comments on their profile could repeat infinitely
- Fixed bug where sometimes GIFs would just save as images
- Fixed bug where subreddit icons wouldn’t show in crossposts
- Fixed bug where custom moderator removal reasons wouldn’t stick
- Fixed bug where the “successfully posted” banner wouldn’t show up
- Added option to disable tap to collapse on just comment headers
- Should look a little sharper on new iOS devices
- Fixed bug where keyboard could disappear after first key typed in Search tab
- Added some more bugs for me to find in the future
- Christian
version 1.10.4
posted on 2020-10-09
Oct 9, 2020 Version 1.10.4
A bunch of bug fixes as well as two new icons, including a spooky Halloween themed icon! Happy Halloween season!
- Apollowe'en icon by the incredibly talented Anthony Piraino from The Iconfactory depicting our loveable hiding under a spooky bedsheet, getting in that Hallowe'en spirit and hoping for some candy, included as this month's Apollo Ultra Icon. But that's not all *infomercial voice*, unlock Apollo Ultra now and you won't get just one new awesome icon, we'll double the offer! TWO ICONS! Also included with Ultra is a new community icon pack called Rimuru, depicting a loveable slime by u/StevSarm.
- Fixes bug where widgets would show posts from the Popular feed rather than posts from your Home feed.
- Fixed bug where when scrolling over a comment it was way too easily to accidentally collapse the comment.
- Fixed bug where when rotating device and then back it could throw you up the feed like a fun but annoying rollercoaster.
- Fixed bug where audio from a previous video could be randomly duplicated into the next video.
- Fixed bug where "comment submitted" banner would sometimes not show up.
- Better error states for widgets.
- Fixes text being cut off when making a cross post.
- Larger accessibility text sizes now better track the system default sizes.
- Filters affect widgets properly (as well as searches).
- Fixed bug where when uploading a bunch of photos Apollo could crash from high memory usage.
- If device has room the Posts Feed Widget will now show 5 entries instead of 4.
- For iOS 14 I changed the option to save photos/GIFs/videos to a specific “Apollo” album due to some permission requirements/changes and made it so saving GIFs and videos requires less permissions.
- If you want to remove r/Popular, r/All, or a Moderator multireddit from the top of your subreddit listing you can simply swipe to do so, or re-enable it via Settings tab > General.
- General bug fixes for widgets and other general parts across the app to make everything even smoother.
And of course all the goodies from 1.10 and 1.9:
- Awesome, customizable iOS 14 home screen widgets to show posts, shortcuts, and more! To add, simply long-press on the home screen, tap the + in the top corner, and select Apollo!
- Picture in Picture video so you can continue watching video from Apollo when you're doing other things!
- Viewing and performing crosspots!
- Icons/images in flair!
- Set your own flair! Simply go to the subreddit of your choosing, and you can choose from a list of customizable flairs!
- Tap on the long flair to bring up a window that expands it fully!
- If the subreddit lets users tag their posts with individual flairs, you can now simply tap on that flair and Apollo will show you all the other posts in the subreddit that have been tagged with that same flair.
- 5 new icons, the first three are Ultra icons, all made by the incredibly talented designer, Matthew Skiles! Next, we have a beautiful new icon representing the trans pride flag (originally by Monica Helms), which came out awesome! And our incredible community designer, FutureIncident, created the Japanese-inspired Apollo-san icon!
- Detect if the language of a comment or post is different than the language of your iOS device, and if so, offer to quickly translate it so you can understand the conversation!
- New auto-completing window that makes it super fast to search and add subreddits.
- Two handy new additions to collapsing comments in Apollo. The first, Apollo will show you at a glance how many comments are in the collapsed conversation. Second, if you collapse a bunch of comments, and then come back to that same comment section later, Apollo will now remember which comments you had collapsed, and keep them collapsed for you!
Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy the update! More to come!
- Christian
version 1.10.3
posted on 2020-09-23
Sep 23, 2020 Version 1.10.3
Massive update ahead! iOS 14 features like Widgets, Picture in Picture Video, new Photo Picker, plus tons of other stuff like crossposting, flair improvements, translation features, and so much more! Read on!
# Widgets
Apollo now includes a bunch of awesome, customizable iOS 14 home screen widgets to show posts, shortcuts, and more! To add, simply long-press on the home screen, tap the + in the top corner, and select Apollo!
# Picture in Picture Video
Apollo now lets you enjoy Picture in Picture video so you can continue watching video from Apollo when you're doing other things!
# Crossposts
Crossposting (taking an existing post and reposting it to a similar subreddit) has been a big part of Reddit for ages, but recently it became a full-fledged feature where you can see exactly which subreddit it came from, and quickly jump to the original post. Apollo now supports this fully! You can perform crossposts too!
# Image Flair
Flair is a little “tag” users can add to their usernames in subreddit, and some subreddits even allow small images/icons to be added in addition to text, like the icon for your favorite sports team, or a character from your favorite TV show. Apollo now shows these beautifully!
# Setting Your Flair
In addition to being able to view the flair as discussed in the previous item, you can now set your own flair! Simply go to the subreddit of your choosing, and you can choose from a list of customizable flairs!
# View Long Flair
Some users set looong flair, and as a result it can get off, which can be annoying when you’re trying to figure out what it says. Now you can tap on the long flair to bring up a window that expands it fully!
# Find Posts with Same Flair
If the subreddit lets users tag their posts with individual flairs, you can now simply tap on that flair and Apollo will show you all the other posts in the subreddit that have been tagged with that same flair.
# 5 (Yeah, Five!) New App Icons!
The first three are Ultra icons, all made by the incredibly talented designer, Matthew Skiles! Next, we have a beautiful new icon representing the trans pride flag (originally by Monica Helms), which came out awesome! And our incredible community designer, FutureIncident, created the Japanese-inspired Apollo-san icon!
# Easy Language Translation
Reddit is home to a diverse set of communities, but sometimes it’s tricky to understand what’s being said if the conversation is in a language you’re not familiar with. Now Apollo will be able to detect if the language of a comment or post is different than the language of your iOS device, and if so, offer to quickly translate it so you can understand the conversation!
# Fast Subreddit Selector
Whethering you’re trying to add a single subreddit to a filter, or adding multiple subreddits at a time to a multireddit, Apollo is now even faster at doing these tasks, with an auto-completing window that makes it super fast to search and add subreddits.
# Total Collapsed Comments & Remembering Collapsed Comments
Two handy new additions to collapsing comments in Apollo. The first, Apollo will show you at a glance how many comments are in the collapsed conversation. Second, if you collapse a bunch of comments, and then come back to that same comment section later, Apollo will now remember which comments you had collapsed, and keep them collapsed for you!
# And So Much More!
Tweaks, bug fixes, and more! For even more details, check out the in-app changelog!
# Thank You!
I’ll sound like a YouTuber for a second, but if you're enjoying these really thorough changelogs (they take a lot of time to put together!) as well as all the awesome new additions I worked on, leaving a tip of literally any size inside the app helps me so much, as it’s just me building Apollo!
[This .3 update includes bug fixes to widgets and accounts randomly signing out, if in this update your account is signed out, please send me your logs and mention this issue. Settings tab > About > Logs]
version 1.10.2
posted on 2020-09-21
21 Sep 2020 Version 1.10.2
Massive update ahead! iOS 14 features like Widgets, Picture in Picture Video, new Photo Picker, plus tons of other stuff like crossposting, flair improvements, translation features, and so much more! Read on!
# Widgets
Apollo now includes a bunch of awesome, customizable iOS 14 home screen widgets to show posts, shortcuts, and more! To add, simply long-press on the home screen, tap the + in the top corner, and select Apollo!
# Picture in Picture Video
Apollo now lets you enjoy Picture in Picture video so you can continue watching video from Apollo when you're doing other things!
# Crossposts
Crossposting (taking an existing post and reposting it to a similar subreddit) has been a big part of Reddit for ages, but recently it became a full-fledged feature where you can see exactly which subreddit it came from, and quickly jump to the original post. Apollo now supports this fully! You can perform crossposts too!
# Image Flair
Flair is a little “tag” users can add to their usernames in subreddit, and some subreddits even allow small images/icons to be added in addition to text, like the icon for your favorite sports team, or a character from your favorite TV show. Apollo now shows these beautifully!
# Setting Your Flair
In addition to being able to view the flair as discussed in the previous item, you can now set your own flair! Simply go to the subreddit of your choosing, and you can choose from a list of customizable flairs!
# View Long Flair
Some users set looong flair, and as a result it can get off, which can be annoying when you’re trying to figure out what it says. Now you can tap on the long flair to bring up a window that expands it fully!
# Find Posts with Same Flair
If the subreddit lets users tag their posts with individual flairs, you can now simply tap on that flair and Apollo will show you all the other posts in the subreddit that have been tagged with that same flair.
# 5 (Yeah, Five!) New App Icons!
The first three are Ultra icons, all made by the incredibly talented designer, Matthew Skiles! Next, we have a beautiful new icon representing the trans pride flag (originally by Monica Helms), which came out awesome! And our incredible community designer, FutureIncident, created the Japanese-inspired Apollo-san icon!
# Easy Language Translation
Reddit is home to a diverse set of communities, but sometimes it’s tricky to understand what’s being said if the conversation is in a language you’re not familiar with. Now Apollo will be able to detect if the language of a comment or post is different than the language of your iOS device, and if so, offer to quickly translate it so you can understand the conversation!
# Fast Subreddit Selector
Whethering you’re trying to add a single subreddit to a filter, or adding multiple subreddits at a time to a multireddit, Apollo is now even faster at doing these tasks, with an auto-completing window that makes it super fast to search and add subreddits.
# Total Collapsed Comments & Remembering Collapsed Comments
Two handy new additions to collapsing comments in Apollo. The first, Apollo will show you at a glance how many comments are in the collapsed conversation. Second, if you collapse a bunch of comments, and then come back to that same comment section later, Apollo will now remember which comments you had collapsed, and keep them collapsed for you!
# And So Much More!
Tweaks, bug fixes, and more! For even more details, check out the in-app changelog!
# Thank You!
I’ll sound like a YouTuber for a second, but if you're enjoying these really thorough changelogs (they take a lot of time to put together!) as well as all the awesome new additions I worked on, leaving a tip of literally any size inside the app helps me so much, as it’s just me building Apollo!
[This .2 update includes bug fixes to widgets and accounts randomly signing out, if in this update your account is signed out, please send me your logs and mention this issue. Settings tab > About > Logs]
version 1.9
posted on 2020-09-12
Sep 12, 2020 Version 1.9
WAPOW! This has been a massive update bringing to life a ton of incredible ideas from the community. Lately the state of the world can feel a little dreary sometimes, so you know what you need? An awesome, bursting at the seams, feature-packed update to your favorite app for Reddit! Read on for all the juicy details, and there's a version of this changelog with images inside Apollo!
# Crosspost Viewing
Crossposting (taking an existing post and reposting it to a similar subreddit) has been a big part of Reddit for ages, but recently it became a full-fledged feature where you can see exactly which subreddit it came from, and quickly jump to the original post. Apollo now supports this fully!
# Crossposting
Similar to being able to view crossposts, you can also easily perform a crosspost if you want as well!
# Image Flair
Flair is a little “tag” users can add to their usernames in subreddit, and some subreddits even allow small images/icons to be added in addition to text, like the icon for your favorite sports team, or a character from your favorite TV show. Apollo now shows these beautifully!
# Setting Your Flair
In addition to being able to view the flair as discussed in the previous item, you can now set your own flair! Simply go to the subreddit of your choosing, and you can choose from a list of customizable flairs!
# View Long Flair
Some users set loooong flair, and as a result it can get off, which can be annoying when you’re trying to figure out what it says. Well be annoyed no longer, for you can simply tap on the long flair to bring up a window that expands it fully!
# Find Posts with Same Flair
If the subreddit lets users tag their posts with individual flairs (say, being able to tag whether your question is about a certain character, or a certain topic), you can now simply tap on that flair and Apollo will show you all the other posts in the subreddit that have been tagged with that same flair.
# 5 (Yeah, Five!) New App Icons!
The first three are Ultra icons, all made by the same incredibly talented designer, Matthew Skiles, who I’ve been a fan of for a long time. Next up, we have a beautiful new Apollo icon representing the trans pride flag (originally created by Monica Helms), which came out really awesome and is a great addition. And last but not least, our incredible community designer, FutureIncident, created the Japanese-inspired Apollo-san icon!
# Easy Language Translation
Reddit is home to a diverse set of communities, but sometimes it’s tricky to understand what’s being said if the conversation is in a language you’re not familiar with. Now Apollo will be able to detect if the language of a comment or post is different than the language of your iOS device, and if so, offer to quickly translate it so you can understand the conversation!
# Fast Subreddit Selector
Whethering you’re trying to add a single subreddit to a filter, or adding multiple subreddits at a time to a multireddit, Apollo is now even faster at doing these tasks, with an auto-completing window that makes it super fast to search and add subreddits.
# Total Collapsed Comments & Remembering Collapsed Comments
Two handy new additions to collapsing comments in Apollo. The first, Apollo will show you at a glance how many comments are in the collapsed conversation. The second thing, if you collapse a bunch of comments, and then come back to that same comment section later, Apollo will now remember which comments you had collapsed, and keep them collapsed for you!
# And So Much More!
Tweaks, bug fixes, and more! For even more details, check out the in-app changelog!
# Thank You!
I’ll sound like a YouTuber for a second, but if you're enjoying these really thorough changelogs (they take a lot of time to put together!) as well as all the awesome new additions I worked on, leaving a tip of literally any size inside the app helps me so much, as it’s just me building Apollo!
version 1.8.7
posted on 2020-09-07
Sep 7, 2020 Version 1.8.7
Just a quick update that fixes some issues when watching videos uploaded to Reddit.
version 1.8.6
posted on 2020-07-27
Jul 27, 2020 Version 1.8.6
Mostly bug fixes in this one plus a thank you!
- Fixed an annoying crash that could occur with galleries
- Fixed a bug where the slider in the video controls wouldn't go right to the edges (AHHH)
- iOS' Low Data Mode is now properly handled in Apollo and GIFs/videos won't autoplay in the feed if it's enabled for your cellular connection or WiFi
- The username of the person submitting the post is now included in Share as Image as many requested (good idea!)
- Fixed bug where "Continue thread…" sometimes wouldn't be tappable
- Fixed two silly typos
Also a very VERY big thank you to everyone who uses Apollo. The proceeds for Apollo sales over the weekend were donated to my local SPCA Animal Shelter and we managed to raise over $42,000 from the community really coming together for an awesome cause. Y'all are the best. At the time I'm writing this tomorrow morning I'm going to meet up with the SPCA and see some kitties so I'll pass the kindness from the community into the kitties and puppies via pets and head scratches. :)
- Christian
version 1.8.5
posted on 2020-07-16
Jul 16, 2020 Version 1.8.5
Bunch of bug fixes, plus an awesome new Ultra icon – Mechapollo Part II – included as well!
- Fixed bug where haptic touch on vote went away
- Native Reddit album support
- Archived posts have the voting arrows gray plus more minimal alert if voted on
- Fixed a bug with some links being unclickable
- Added auto-load for new comments in a thread
- Fixed bug with GIFs not being able to be scrubbed back to the beginning
- Fixed bug with accidentally muting background audio
- Fixed bug with crashing when download a GIF
- Fixed bug where some GIFs/videos wouldn't save
- Fixed bug with missing gild notifications
- Fixed bug where Apollo could show half a screen weirdly and become unresponsive
- Fixed potential crash bug with media viewer
Thanks y'all! More goodies to come!
- Christian
version 1.8.4
posted on 2020-06-13
Jun 13, 2020 Version 1.8.4
1.8.4 builds on 1.8 with a bunch of improvements and fixes based on awesome feedback from the community! I really appreciate all the terrific support the last update received, as well as a bunch of terrific feedback that’s serving to make the update even better (as well as squash some bugs!) Read on!
- Fixed "save image" disappearing
- For video playback, controls automatically fade out now
- “Remember” setting for video audio, where it remembers if you unmuted the video until you either re-mute it or leave the app (or you can set to always unmute, or never unmute)
- On iPad you can go to the Jump Bar with the command-L keyboard shortcut’
- Can now use headphones control to pause video
- Apollo now is more intelligent with autoplaying GIFs/videos and only starts them playing them once a majority is on-screen
- Fixed crash that could occur with live videos
- Fixed bug where some GIFs wouldn’t play
- Fixed bug that could cause app to slow down after watching a bunch of videos
- If user has thumbnails disabled in their Reddit prefs, Apollo will offer to enable them since it’s normally done accidentally
- Marking posts read is now harder to do accidentally
- Fixed bug where you could upvote and downvote at the same time (sidevote?)
- Fixed bug around tapping awards after collapsing comment
- Fixed bug with play arrow overlapping video for some GIFs
- Fixed bug with mouse scroll-wheel support on iPad
- Fixed bug where some weird GIFs would open in Safari instead of in the app
- Support for new Reddit/subreddit posting requirements for certain communities
- With large posts mode, the voting arrows have larger tap targets
- When sharing with “Share Includes Post Title” enabled, it will now put the post title properly as the subject in an email
- Subreddit icon fixes
- Creating links fix
- Audio resume bug
- Picture position on iPad
- Some weird crash fixes
As always, if you have any further suggestions I’d love to hear them! Thanks for being so awesome! And if you missed all the goodies in 1.8, here’s a quick summary of them!
# Media Viewer (Images, GIFs, Videos, etc.)
- In addition to GIFs, videos now also play inline in the feed, so you no longer have to tap into them in order to see what’s going on at a glance.
- Save/share as GIF!
- Pause GIFs!
- Sharing the video file for Reddit videos now automatically merges the video and audio stream
- Sharing’s much improved and more streamlined, so you can share content even easier.
- On iOS 13 and later you can use haptic touch to long press on an image/video/GIF to preview it quickly
# Share Comment or Post as an Image
- If you’re the type that likes to screenshot a funny comment and send to a friend, now you don’t have to mess around with screenshoting, then cropping, or piecing together multiple images, Apollo will handle it all for you!
# Portrait Lock Buddy
- Apollo now has a Smart Rotation Lock as well as a Portrait Lock Buddy! Check out Settings > General for more info.
# 5 (Five!) New App Icons to Choose From
Two new Apollo Ultra icons, as well as 3 new additions to the Community Icon Pack!
# New Reddit Awards
- Reddit recently updated the award system to evolve from just Silver, Gold, and Platinum to a variety of fun, new awards. You can view and gift them!
# Reddit Polls
- Support for the new Reddit Polls! Have fun voting in heated community discussions about the intricacies of crocheting.
# Comment Parent Previewing
- On iOS 13 and later comments now get a nice context menu when you use haptic touch on them, but beyond just having some nice options it’ll now actually show you the parent comment to the comment you selected!
# iPad Pointer Support
- iOS 13.4 added a ton of awesome functionality around iPads and mouse/trackpad cursor support. Apollo now supports this thoroughly!
# Thank You
Y’all are genuinely the best community, thank you so much for all the support and I really hope you enjoy this update!
- Christian
version 1.8.1
posted on 2020-05-24
May 24, 2020 Version 1.8.1
[1.8.1 has a few bug fixes to version 1.8 described below]
Here we goooo! Apollo 1.8 is now available, it brings a ton of awesome improvements, focusing specifically around the media viewer, but also extending to a ton of different areas of the app. Apollo already makes consuming media from Reddit a super smooth and enjoyable experience, and this update really brings it to another level, especially alongside all the other goodies. So without further ado, here’s all the awesome stuff!
# Media Viewer (Images, GIFs, Videos, etc.)
- In addition to GIFs, videos now also play inline in the feed, so you no longer have to tap into them in order to see what’s going on at a glance.
- Save/share as GIF!
- Pause GIFs!
- Sharing the video file for Reddit videos now automatically merges the video and audio stream
- Fixes a longstanding bug where when playing music in the background Apollo sometimes wouldn’t resume the audio if it interrupted it because you wanted to play a video.
- Media is also more clear if there was an issue loading it (say, the site’s having some trouble)
- Sharing’s much improved and more streamlined, so you can share content even easier.
- On iOS 13 and later you can use haptic touch to long press on an image/video/GIF to preview it quickly
# Share Comment or Post as an Image
- If you’re the type that likes to screenshot a funny comment or post and send to a friend, now you don’t have to mess around with screenshoting, then cropping, or piecing together multiple images, Apollo will handle it all for you. Just tap “Share as Image” and Apollo will generate an image of the post or comment(s) ready for you to share, and stitch together as many screens as necessary. You can even share image posts as well, for instance if you want to have the title merged with the image for context.
# 5 (Five!) New App Icons to Choose From
I was working so hard on this update that I blasted right through April so I’m including April’s as well as May’s Ultra icons in this update. And as a thank you for your patience as I worked away at this update it also includes 3 brand new, highly requested icons for the Community Icon Pack. I really love these icons, the beautiful jungle theme is by Ilya Shapko, the ethereal astronaut is from Lalit, and for the community icons, the sketch icon is from Charlie Chapman and his podcast, the incredible knight by ben5292001, and crazy cool fiery icon from joeyeatsfridays.
# New Reddit Awards
- Reddit recently updated the award system to evolve from just Silver, Gold, and Platinum to a variety of fun, new awards. You can view and gift them!
# Reddit Polls
- Support for the new Reddit Polls! Have fun voting in heated community discussions about the intricacies of crocheting.
# Comment Parent Previewing
- On iOS 13 and later comments now get a nice context menu when you use haptic touch on them, but beyond just having some nice options it’ll now actually show you the parent comment to the comment you selected!
# iPad Pointer Support
- iOS 13.4 added a ton of awesome functionality around iPads and mouse/trackpad cursor support. Apollo now supports this thoroughly!
# Misc
I also improved icons in small ways across the app, to make things feel a little more crisp, nice, and pretty. Select Mode is also available in more places, and it automatically selects the text right away to be even faster/friendlier. In addition to this, the new modern iOS 13 Context Menus are supported fully across the app, which makes Apollo feel even more like the iOS first class citizen it is! And of course, there is a bunch of awesome bug fixes and performance improvements across the board, should make Apollo feel even snappier.
# Thank You
Y’all are genuinely the best community, thank you so much for all the support and I really hope you enjoy this update, a ton of work went into it! I have some really great updates in the pipeline for the rest of 2020 as well. :)
- Christian
version 1.7.4
posted on 2020-04-01
Apr 1, 2020 Version 1.7.4
Weeee update today, featuring this month's Apollo Ultra icon. I wanted to have the full 1.8 version available for you all for this update (long story short it's a bunch of awesome improvements surrounding the media viewing experience among some other nice things) but if you've seen my Twitter essentially a few nice to have features that I really want to ship with it have proved a little more challenging to build than anticipated, so I'm hoping to finish up a few more things then get it out to y'all as soon as I can, just don't want to rush something good!
For this month's icon, it's by the awesomely talented Huang Zitao. I love the art style, it's so cute and fun so it seemed fitting due to a recent game release and in spite of the gloomy news as of late, and the name (Stringfish) represents a fun fish some have fought with in the month of March.
All the best everyone and stay safe, your support in these challenging times genuinely means the world to me and my family,
- Christian
version 1.7.3
posted on 2020-03-01
Mar 1, 2020 Version 1.7.3
Just a small (but delightful!) update today bringing this month’s Apollo Ultra icon, created by the incredibly talented Mark Jardine of Tapbots/Tweetbot fame. I’ve been a big fan of his art style for a long time used throughout their apps, so it’s an absolute honor to have him do a really amazing icon for Apollo: Apollobot! In addition to this amazing icon, this update brings a 1-2 punch with another awesome icon for the Community Icon Pack by the awesome flashboy131 (this is his second icon included!), I love this icon and it was a very popular one amongst the community, so I’m very happy to have it included.
The 1.7 version has had an such incredibly warm reception and I’ve been so floored, thank you so much for the kindness and I’m really, really glad you like it. I’ve been working a ton on 1.8 as a result (I mean 1.7 was great, but gotta keep going!) and I think you’re going to really love it as well, can’t wait to show you. :) The support means the world!
– Christian
version 1.7.2
posted on 2020-01-31
Jan 31, 2020 Version 1.7.2
Apollo 1.7 IS HERE! I’ve been working around the clock on this update for months and months, it’s a doozy! I’ve been keeping track of the most requested features/additions and for 1.7 I wanted to tackle a ton of them to really bring Apollo to new heights. I ended up adding a lot more than I originally intended (I contemplated calling this the Apollo 2.0 update!) but I think the work paid off and there’s really a ton of awesome stuff in this update that I just can’t live without now.
- Ctrl/Command-F style searching in comments! Just like on desktop Reddit you can now search through a comments thread for keywords and jump directly to them, it’s so handy for seeing if something specific was mentioned, or finding a user, or a mirror for a video. So. Handy.
- A new Ultra icon by the incredibly talented Alexa Grafera depicting good ol’ Apollo as a tasty birthday cake.
- Community icon pack! Finally. The Apollo community/subreddit has a ton of talented people in it, and from time to time a really cool icon gets submitted to the subreddit that people really want to see added to the app. So I talked to the creators of some of the most popular icons and purchased the icons from them to include in a new Community Icon Pack section.
- GIF sounds! A new phenomenon on Reddit as of late has been GIFs that have audio. Is that basically a video? Totally, but it’s great in a pinch on Imgur and Gfycat to give a little more life to a GIF of a kitty yawning. (Don’t worry the audio won't auto play, but if you preferred the old style there's an option in Settings to revert back)
- Enhanced filtering! A few parts to this. Now you can filter well beyond the normal Reddit limitation of 100 subreddits in r/All and r/Popular. Also it’s a lot easier to add filters now, you can filter subreddits directly from the post/subreddit and you can block users directly from their profile.
- Choose which photo album to select from when uploading!
- Save photos to an “Apollo” folder option!
- Upload via paste! When creating comments or messages if you have an image (or set of images) on your clipboard, you can now paste them directly into the text field and it’ll offer to upload them for you.
- Live comments sort! No more needing to manually refresh live TV episode threads or sports threads!
- View parent comments! If you go directly to a specific comment and it’s deep into a discussion, now you can load the upper comments directly inline!
- Compact thumbnail size options! Now you can choose between three different thumbnail sizes for Compact Mode: small (default), medium, or large!
- Subreddit icon options! You now have the option to show subreddit icons by posts and by the subreddit in the subreddits list.
- Search saved items! The saved section is a treasure trove for your favorite posts, and now you can find them so much easier with a quick and very fast search bar.
- Easier multireddit adding! You can now now add a subreddit to a multireddit directly from the subreddit.
- Mute/unmute comment threads.
- Mark text as a spoiler in a comment/message!
- Option to disable Auto-Hide Read Posts in specific subreddits.
- When you go to the About screen it’ll now show your current icon rather than just the default one. :)
- If a moderator removes an entire comment thread Apollo now auto-collapses it so you don’t have to scroll past a wasteland.
- A ton of other small additions and tweaks to make things more pleasant!
- Lots of little bug fixes!
Appreciate the patience while I worked on this big update and I hope it was worth the wait. 2020 is going to be an amazing year for Apollo, thank you so much for your generosity and giving me my genuine dream job. :)
- Christian
[This changelog is sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends.]
[Just kidding.]
[1.7.2 has a few bug fixes, plus an option to revert/disable audio in GIFs back to the old behavior until I get a chance in 1.8 to make it a little more flexible overall]
version 1.10.4
posted on 1970-01-01
2020年10月9日 Version 1.10.4
A bunch of bug fixes as well as two new icons, including a spooky Halloween themed icon! Happy Halloween season!
- Apollowe'en icon by the incredibly talented Anthony Piraino from The Iconfactory depicting our loveable hiding under a spooky bedsheet, getting in that Hallowe'en spirit and hoping for some candy, included as this month's Apollo Ultra Icon. But that's not all *infomercial voice*, unlock Apollo Ultra now and you won't get just one new awesome icon, we'll double the offer! TWO ICONS! Also included with Ultra is a new community icon pack called Rimuru, depicting a loveable slime by u/StevSarm.
- Fixes bug where widgets would show posts from the Popular feed rather than posts from your Home feed.
- Fixed bug where when scrolling over a comment it was way too easily to accidentally collapse the comment.
- Fixed bug where when rotating device and then back it could throw you up the feed like a fun but annoying rollercoaster.
- Fixed bug where audio from a previous video could be randomly duplicated into the next video.
- Fixed bug where "comment submitted" banner would sometimes not show up.
- Better error states for widgets.
- Fixes text being cut off when making a cross post.
- Larger accessibility text sizes now better track the system default sizes.
- Filters affect widgets properly (as well as searches).
- Fixed bug where when uploading a bunch of photos Apollo could crash from high memory usage.
- If device has room the Posts Feed Widget will now show 5 entries instead of 4.
- For iOS 14 I changed the option to save photos/GIFs/videos to a specific “Apollo” album due to some permission requirements/changes and made it so saving GIFs and videos requires less permissions.
- If you want to remove r/Popular, r/All, or a Moderator multireddit from the top of your subreddit listing you can simply swipe to do so, or re-enable it via Settings tab > General.
- General bug fixes for widgets and other general parts across the app to make everything even smoother.
And of course all the goodies from 1.10 and 1.9:
- Awesome, customizable iOS 14 home screen widgets to show posts, shortcuts, and more! To add, simply long-press on the home screen, tap the + in the top corner, and select Apollo!
- Picture in Picture video so you can continue watching video from Apollo when you're doing other things!
- Viewing and performing crosspots!
- Icons/images in flair!
- Set your own flair! Simply go to the subreddit of your choosing, and you can choose from a list of customizable flairs!
- Tap on the long flair to bring up a window that expands it fully!
- If the subreddit lets users tag their posts with individual flairs, you can now simply tap on that flair and Apollo will show you all the other posts in the subreddit that have been tagged with that same flair.
- 5 new icons, the first three are Ultra icons, all made by the incredibly talented designer, Matthew Skiles! Next, we have a beautiful new icon representing the trans pride flag (originally by Monica Helms), which came out awesome! And our incredible community designer, FutureIncident, created the Japanese-inspired Apollo-san icon!
- Detect if the language of a comment or post is different than the language of your iOS device, and if so, offer to quickly translate it so you can understand the conversation!
- New auto-completing window that makes it super fast to search and add subreddits.
- Two handy new additions to collapsing comments in Apollo. The first, Apollo will show you at a glance how many comments are in the collapsed conversation. Second, if you collapse a bunch of comments, and then come back to that same comment section later, Apollo will now remember which comments you had collapsed, and keep them collapsed for you!
Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy the update! More to come!
- Christian
version 1.7.3
posted on 1970-01-01
1 มี.ค. 2020 Version 1.7.3
Just a small (but delightful!) update today bringing this month’s Apollo Ultra icon, created by the incredibly talented Mark Jardine of Tapbots/Tweetbot fame. I’ve been a big fan of his art style for a long time used throughout their apps, so it’s an absolute honor to have him do a really amazing icon for Apollo: Apollobot! In addition to this amazing icon, this update brings a 1-2 punch with another awesome icon for the Community Icon Pack by the awesome flashboy131 (this is his second icon included!), I love this icon and it was a very popular one amongst the community, so I’m very happy to have it included.
The 1.7 version has had an such incredibly warm reception and I’ve been so floored, thank you so much for the kindness and I’m really, really glad you like it. I’ve been working a ton on 1.8 as a result (I mean 1.7 was great, but gotta keep going!) and I think you’re going to really love it as well, can’t wait to show you. :) The support means the world!
– Christian
version 1.8.4
posted on 1970-01-01
13 giu 2020 Version 1.8.4
1.8.4 builds on 1.8 with a bunch of improvements and fixes based on awesome feedback from the community! I really appreciate all the terrific support the last update received, as well as a bunch of terrific feedback that’s serving to make the update even better (as well as squash some bugs!) Read on!
- Fixed "save image" disappearing
- For video playback, controls automatically fade out now
- “Remember” setting for video audio, where it remembers if you unmuted the video until you either re-mute it or leave the app (or you can set to always unmute, or never unmute)
- On iPad you can go to the Jump Bar with the command-L keyboard shortcut’
- Can now use headphones control to pause video
- Apollo now is more intelligent with autoplaying GIFs/videos and only starts them playing them once a majority is on-screen
- Fixed crash that could occur with live videos
- Fixed bug where some GIFs wouldn’t play
- Fixed bug that could cause app to slow down after watching a bunch of videos
- If user has thumbnails disabled in their Reddit prefs, Apollo will offer to enable them since it’s normally done accidentally
- Marking posts read is now harder to do accidentally
- Fixed bug where you could upvote and downvote at the same time (sidevote?)
- Fixed bug around tapping awards after collapsing comment
- Fixed bug with play arrow overlapping video for some GIFs
- Fixed bug with mouse scroll-wheel support on iPad
- Fixed bug where some weird GIFs would open in Safari instead of in the app
- Support for new Reddit/subreddit posting requirements for certain communities
- With large posts mode, the voting arrows have larger tap targets
- When sharing with “Share Includes Post Title” enabled, it will now put the post title properly as the subject in an email
- Subreddit icon fixes
- Creating links fix
- Audio resume bug
- Picture position on iPad
- Some weird crash fixes
As always, if you have any further suggestions I’d love to hear them! Thanks for being so awesome! And if you missed all the goodies in 1.8, here’s a quick summary of them!
# Media Viewer (Images, GIFs, Videos, etc.)
- In addition to GIFs, videos now also play inline in the feed, so you no longer have to tap into them in order to see what’s going on at a glance.
- Save/share as GIF!
- Pause GIFs!
- Sharing the video file for Reddit videos now automatically merges the video and audio stream
- Sharing’s much improved and more streamlined, so you can share content even easier.
- On iOS 13 and later you can use haptic touch to long press on an image/video/GIF to preview it quickly
# Share Comment or Post as an Image
- If you’re the type that likes to screenshot a funny comment and send to a friend, now you don’t have to mess around with screenshoting, then cropping, or piecing together multiple images, Apollo will handle it all for you!
# Portrait Lock Buddy
- Apollo now has a Smart Rotation Lock as well as a Portrait Lock Buddy! Check out Settings > General for more info.
# 5 (Five!) New App Icons to Choose From
Two new Apollo Ultra icons, as well as 3 new additions to the Community Icon Pack!
# New Reddit Awards
- Reddit recently updated the award system to evolve from just Silver, Gold, and Platinum to a variety of fun, new awards. You can view and gift them!
# Reddit Polls
- Support for the new Reddit Polls! Have fun voting in heated community discussions about the intricacies of crocheting.
# Comment Parent Previewing
- On iOS 13 and later comments now get a nice context menu when you use haptic touch on them, but beyond just having some nice options it’ll now actually show you the parent comment to the comment you selected!
# iPad Pointer Support
- iOS 13.4 added a ton of awesome functionality around iPads and mouse/trackpad cursor support. Apollo now supports this thoroughly!
# Thank You
Y’all are genuinely the best community, thank you so much for all the support and I really hope you enjoy this update!
- Christian
