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Kind of off topic: How can we get Mastodon links like this to open in the Mastodon app? On android this is decided by the url (apps can request certain urls t

Kind of off topic: How can we get Mastodon links like this to open in the Mastodon app? On android this is decided by the url (apps can request certain urls to be forwarded to them) but since there are many different servers in fediverse that becomes impractical

2Gkashmiri 3y ago
https://ibb.co/v4pw6rw https://ibb.co/v4pw6rw This URL actually resolves in my android fedilab app so don't know if this has hardcodrd instances or uses regex. It shouldn't be difficult to build a regrx, I know of an app that did for peertube
shrx 3y ago
I'm using Link Eye [1] which lets you open any url in the application of your choice. It's fantastic, also enabling you to open youtube links in NewPipe. [1] https://f-droid.org/packages/kuesji.link_eye.fdroid/ https://f-droid.org/packages/kuesji.link_eye.fdroid/
- Aachen 3y ago
  Youtube links open in newpipe also without that app
  - shrx 3y ago
    Hmm, it could be dependent on which app you're opening the links from. I remember having issues before Link Eye.
    - tadfisher 3y ago
      Verified Links make it so if the official YouTube app is installed and enabled, other apps won't be launched for the same URL patterns with a simple ACTION_VIEW intent.
      - Aachen 3y ago
        Didn't know of that one yet. And so the lock-in continues https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/246819/how-to-disable-the-verified-links-feature https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/246819/how-to-di... Thanks for the heads up. I wonder at what android version I'll decide it's no longer worth the breakage to upgrade. I was still happiest with the options of Cyanogenmod 4.4, the only new thing I can remember being happy about since then is "allow permission while using" (and even that is not working well)
fdgdd 3y ago
Open With, although it's no longer maintained: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/open-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/open-with/
jeroenhd 3y ago
There are ways to do this, i.e. through custom protocol handlers. They could also be used to deal with following accounts on other servers without having to copy/paste all the time. Mastodon had a custom URI for interacting with it, but it wasn't an opt-in feature and the constant prompt to register the handler annoyed people. That's why the feature and the protocol were removed and they haven't been added back. I think it's rather silly to first ignore the calls to opt into the protocol popup, then remove it completely because there were too many complaints about the protocol popup, and now refuse to add it back because of "bad UX".

2Gkashmiri 3y ago

https://ibb.co/v4pw6rw https://ibb.co/v4pw6rw This URL actually resolves in my android fedilab app so don't know if this has hardcodrd instances or uses regex. It shouldn't be difficult to build a regrx, I know of an app that did for peertube

shrx 3y ago

I'm using Link Eye [1] which lets you open any url in the application of your choice. It's fantastic, also enabling you to open youtube links in NewPipe. [1] https://f-droid.org/packages/kuesji.link_eye.fdroid/ https://f-droid.org/packages/kuesji.link_eye.fdroid/

Aachen 3y ago
Youtube links open in newpipe also without that app
- shrx 3y ago
  Hmm, it could be dependent on which app you're opening the links from. I remember having issues before Link Eye.
  - tadfisher 3y ago
    Verified Links make it so if the official YouTube app is installed and enabled, other apps won't be launched for the same URL patterns with a simple ACTION_VIEW intent.
    - Aachen 3y ago
      Didn't know of that one yet. And so the lock-in continues https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/246819/how-to-disable-the-verified-links-feature https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/246819/how-to-di... Thanks for the heads up. I wonder at what android version I'll decide it's no longer worth the breakage to upgrade. I was still happiest with the options of Cyanogenmod 4.4, the only new thing I can remember being happy about since then is "allow permission while using" (and even that is not working well)

fdgdd 3y ago

Open With, although it's no longer maintained: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/open-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/open-with/

jeroenhd 3y ago

There are ways to do this, i.e. through custom protocol handlers. They could also be used to deal with following accounts on other servers without having to copy/paste all the time. Mastodon had a custom URI for interacting with it, but it wasn't an opt-in feature and the constant prompt to register the handler annoyed people. That's why the feature and the protocol were removed and they haven't been added back. I think it's rather silly to first ignore the calls to opt into the protocol popup, then remove it completely because there were too many complaints about the protocol popup, and now refuse to add it back because of "bad UX".