QuantumBadger / QuantumBadger/RedReader

Handle network losses better while browsing a thread

Open
#401 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Bug Enhancement
Dominant language
Java
Stars
2.7k
Forks
527
Avg merge
20d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

I'm using Reddit frequently while on a train. Sadly, my internet connection there is not the way I want it to be. Sometimes it's really fast, sometimes it's really slow and sometimes there's nothing.

So when I'm reading a thread I'm reacting to several comments by upvoting or downvoting. I don't test my connection before this.

And frequently I get the message that my connection dropped - but this only happenes a while after I upvoted a comment. I don't know which comment it was by then.

It would be nice if RedReader could cache my actions and try to do them again if they fail because of a network dropout.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the thread comment voting flow and its network-failure handling; done means failed upvotes and downvotes are retained and retried after a network dropout without losing track of the affected comment.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.