This is a problem most of us will have to face one day. So here, I will show you how I roleplay through the Tumblr app when I’m mobile. Fair warning, the result might not be as aesthetically pleasing as doing in on your computer.
I am not the best at explaining so message me if you have any questions, but I will try to make it as clear as possible and use screencaps to make it clearer.
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Step 1 - Find your reply
This is fairly simple, and probably does not need any further explanations. Just find the thread you want to reply to, and hit that reblog button.
Step 2 - Go into html
This is an important step in order to edit your reply however you want, and use a gif/gif icon/static icon. To do so, you will need to click on the gear icon in the top right corner, just under the Post button. It will redirect you to an options page. Scroll down to the Editor section and click on HTML. Once you’re done this step, you may go back to your post by clicking on the <Reblog button on the top left corner.
Step 3 - Typing your reply and editing it
You may now type your reply, with no HTML coding yet, just like you would do on your laptop. But you will want to add a gif/gif icon/static icon. For that, you will need to open the browser app, and find which gif/gif icon/static icon you ant to use. Once you have it, press and hold it to get the Save Image and Copy options. Since you need the URL link of the picture, click on copy.
Once you have your image’s URL, you will want to add it to your reply. For that, you need to use the <img src=“link”> code, and place it at the end or at the beginning or the reply, depending on your preference.
Once this is done, you may also edit your text to make it look the way you want it. In this case, I only want small text, so I will use the <small> tag. For a list of different HTML tags, you can look here.
You may also want to tag your reply. You can use your usual tags, but I also suggest using the tag section to mention to your partner that you are mobile.
Step 4 - Cutting your thread (optional)
To my knowledge, there currently isn’t a way to only cut your previous reply, and keep only your partner’s, on the mobile app. For this reason, I will leave this optional, since your partner can cut the thread if they are mobile. If you do wish to have your reply short and not clog the dash, you can click on the red ‘x’ at the top of the reblog post. Warning: it will delete the whole box, including your partner’s reply. The result will only leave the reply you just typed.
It does occasionally happen that the mobile app has a glitch, and it gives you the HTML of the thread instead of a reply box. It hasn’t happened to me in a while, but if it does, I will be sure to make another tutorial for this glitch, as it lets you cut posts in a similar way as you would on a computer.
