When I asked the admin of lemmy.zip about images no longer loading in the Boost app but everything loading when I switch to my account on a different instance, the admin speculated that it's Lemmy.zip's move to convert all images to Avif. The theory makes sense, considering the move is recent and Boost had no problem displaying images from the server earlier. As such, I'm requesting Avif support in the app!
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SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
ohhhhhhh is that what has been going on
4am@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 217d
It also makes sharing images using iOS’s share functions not work because apps like Messenger don’t support AVIF. I have to screenshot (I use voyager). If this gets implemented, applying a conversion to a supported format for most apps might be a welcome addition, unless Android has wide support for AVIF natively?
Toes@ani.social · 0 pts · 217d
avif has been fully supported in iOS since version 16.4. So the failure is on the app developer for not including it. Often with closed projects like these it's caused by multiple teams not communicating.
https://caniuse.com/?search=avif
Android is more tricky to define as the app developer is free to use any library they want. But officially it's been supported since Android 14.
https://developer.android.com/media/platform/supported-formats
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d
Long press and open in browser as a work around.
rmayayo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 172d
It should be fixed on the new version
Rose@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 172d
Fixed indeed! Thank you. Lemmy.zip is finally usable again and I can return to Boost from Summit. Writing this from Boost.
rmayayo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 172d
Glad it works now. Thanks for the feedback!
crandlecan@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 100d
Thank YOU, I suppose :)
Toes@ani.social · 1 pts · 217d
avif works for me on boost. It's potentially an unhandled exception with the image proxy feature my instance doesn't use.