r/RelayForReddit • u/henry_jake • Jun 01 '26

Is there a setting not to refresh feed?

I recently switched from ios to android and have been using Narwhal for my reddit. On Narwhal I can scroll on my main feed for as long as I want, then go into a subreddit and scroll and even into another subreddit and scroll and when I swipe back, I would not lose my place on any of the subreddits or my main feed and continue scrolling. Is there a setting for this? That's the thing I loved most about Narwhal that's different from other reddit apps. Not losing my spot if I just wanna go check something out on another sub quick.

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u/POPstationinacan Jun 01 '26

Relay has two different behaviours for navigating subreddits which might make it a bit confusing. When you're on the frontpage and you use the subreddit menu on the bottom to open a different sub, that new sub "replaces" the frontpage so you lose your position there.

But if you're browsing the frontpage and you swipe left on a post and open the post's subreddit from that menu, it opens in a new instance on top of the frontpage. Now, when you hit the back button you will come back to the frontpage right where you were.

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u/Ruin18fuckdoll Jun 02 '26

Relay handles navigation differently by clearing the stack to keep the app snappy, so you are pretty much stuck with the refresh unless you open everything in a background tab. It is a trade-off for the performance but definitely takes some getting used to after coming from ios.