v0.0.4 — nested reply threads

Early pre-release for testing on Android.

⚠️ This build is signed with a real key. Earlier builds — including the first upload of
v0.0.4 — used a debug key. Android refuses to replace an app whose signature changed, so
uninstall any previous version first. This is a one-time break; releases from here on
update normally.

Which file

File	Size	For
textlog-0.0.4-arm64-v8a.apk	18 MB	Virtually every phone from the last decade — take this one
textlog-0.0.4-armeabi-v7a.apk	15 MB	Older 32-bit devices
textlog-0.0.4.apk	48 MB	Universal; runs on anything, if you would rather not choose

Nested reply threads

Tapping "N replies" now opens a real thread — replies nested under what they answer, each
level indented behind a hairline rail, with − / + to fold a branch you are done with.
The post a thread is about is set larger, as it is on the site.

A note on how this works, because the API shapes it: /posts/{id}/replies returns direct
children only, so a thread is assembled one request per branching node. Every post reports
its own reply_count, which is what lets the app know where the branches are without
spending a request to find out, and say exactly how many replies it has not loaded.

Threads nest five levels at a time. Deeper than that — or wider than the request budget
allows — a branch shows + N more replies, which opens that reply as its own thread. Nothing
is hidden without being counted.

Also in this release

• The caret mark from textlog is now the app icon, as a proper Android adaptive icon
• Properly signed builds, and per-device APKs at a third the size
• Fold controls are real buttons for screen readers

Installing

Download one and open it. Android asks once for permission to install from your browser or
files app.

Unofficial client. textlog is by stagas.