Hey! Why don’t we overlap buttons on purpose! What a great idea!
Go to settings and select android
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Hey! Why don’t we overlap buttons on purpose! What a great idea!
Go to settings and select android
Oh snap! I’ve been putting up with this for over a year! I had no idea there was as a toggle. Why doesn’t the android build installed from FDroid default to the android compatibility mode?
Wow, this just fixed so many issues. Thanks!
I don’t have this option available. ChatGPT makes up options that never actually existed. “Don’t ask it how I know”
It’s there! The theme sub menu is at the top, I missed it the first time.
I’m noticing this in more and more apps :(
At first I thought this was a meme akin to not being able to get up because cat.
App devs have a tendency to not take into account mobile OS design. It’s aggravating.
Its not not a meme about not being able to get up because cat.
How the heck am I supposed to use the app if I keep clicking the desktop/main page? Actually, how is the desktop called on a phone? Hold that thought, its not useful to me rantnow! All I rant to do is rant!
Rant this ranting rantotanter app!
Do you smell toast?
I’m more concerned why there isn’t an Outbox button, but I digress…
I don’t have an exact answer, but have you tried turning the screen sideways?
Looks like the developer doesn’t know about the env(safe-area-inset-bottom) variable in CSS. Voyager is a web app, which is why it has this problem to start (I think), but that variable can be used as margin/padding to clear those buttons (and similar on other OS-es).
Btw, any lemmy app that isn’t a webrender?
Connect uses flutter, which I’m pretty sure isn’t web render based
Jerboa
I’m on iPhone, so don’t know about Android apps, but Mlem is solid for iOS!
It works properly on my phone. Does the APK work?
I don’t recall where I installed this one from. I think its form the googslop play store.
I have this issue but at the top of the screen. The title bar sometimes overlaps the time, notifications, etc.
I have the navigation buttons turned on at the bottom of the screen but I don’t think I’ve seen this problem
Rotating my phones screen by turning it sideways temporarily ‘fixes’ this problem for me.
Damn cat!
This is it. The cat is a bit more heavy than it looks, and is pushing the buttons down into the bottom of the phone. Try feeding it some snacks filled with helium, the problem should disappear after a couple of days!
Indeed!
Wait, is that on purpose?
Is this Voyager? Is it the Webapp or the App Store App? If it’s the Voyager webapp you may need to tell it you are on Android in the settings.
It’s the Voyager app.
What kind of android phone do you have?
pedz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Mild guess. The dev(s) don’t know about navigation buttons. Gestures have been “standard” for a while now so maybe someone forgot about this as a possibility?
PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
God, this might be why a certain micro rental car company in Los Angeles has the same problem in their app.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I gotta gesture for ya right 'ere, pal!
Denvil@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
People use gestures…?
nyctre@piefed.social 1 day ago
Yes. You just swipe left from the edge of the screen to go back. You swipe up from the bottom to go to home. And a smaller swipe from the bottom, dunno how to describe it, for the square menu thingy. Easier than the buttons and you also gain extra screen space.
franzbroetchen@feddit.org 1 day ago
If this true this means they purposely ignore default APIs and reinvent the wheel. Android adjusts the viewport automatically in order not to overlap the navigation area, regardless of the actual navigation method. Sounds like incompetence