[ANN] Bitcointalk Android app | Bitcointalksearch.org

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Quote from: darkagentx on May 21, 2016, 08:33:27 PM

Any coming updates for this App? How was the experience on using this? Any plans for iOS?
Btw Dev, if you are still active, you had experience on making android wallets?
Thank you.

This project is pretty much dead. I have stopped working on it due to my inexperience with and lack of care for GUIs.

darkagentx

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Any coming updates for this App? How was the experience on using this? Any plans for iOS?
Btw Dev, if you are still active, you had experience on making android wallets?
Thank you.

achow101

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Quote from: BitTalkyy on October 19, 2015, 04:29:54 AM

Hey, knightdk! if you want, I can publish your app to Google Play, I have developer access.
Also, I think I'll make the UI look better

I have developer account as well. It is not ready for publishing yet, it will be once I iron out all of the bugs and add the remaining features.

If you can make the ui look better, please do. Submit a pull request to the Github and I will take a look.

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Hey, knightdk! if you want, I can publish your app to Google Play, I have developer access.
Also, I think I'll make the UI look better

achow101

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Quote from: everaja on October 18, 2015, 08:47:48 PM

A suggestion!! Add splashscreen to app , or let me know if you want me to do it !! Tongue

If you can do it, go ahead. Submit a PR and I will have a look.

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~ScapeGoat~

A suggestion!! Add splashscreen to app , or let me know if you want me to do it !! Tongue

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Quote from: achow101 on October 18, 2015, 08:17:19 PM

The next version of the app, v0.6, has been finished

Notable changes:

Posts can be quoted
Your own posts can be edited and deleted by yourself
New PMs can be sent
PMs can be quoted and replied to
Basic Notifications about new posts and messages added
Notifications can be configured in settings

The release can be viewed on Github: https://github.com/achow101/BitcointalkForum/releases/tag/v0.66

that link doesnt seem to be working im getting a 404 error also hey great job on the app so far, and is it just me or does the app take a fairly long time to load up threads, im talking about in the range of ~20-30seconds

achow101

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The next version of the app, v0.6, has been finished

Notable changes:

Posts can be quoted
Your own posts can be edited and deleted by yourself
New PMs can be sent
PMs can be quoted and replied to
Basic Notifications about new posts and messages added
Notifications can be configured in settings

The release can be viewed on Github: https://github.com/achow101/BitcointalkForum/releases/tag/v0.66

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I have completed the next version, v0.5, of the app. You can now post new replies to topics. There are no shortcuts for styling (smileys, code, quotes) and the additional options drop down does not exist. Styling will still work if you do it by hand, but there are no shortcuts for them.

You can download the apk at https://github.com/achow101/BitcointalkForum/releases/tag/v0.5

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I will surely test as long as it runs on htc

darkagentx

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Wow nice app for the forum, too bad it does not go with IOS and it only works for android.

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Quote from: bitwarrior on September 30, 2015, 08:43:55 PM

Is there any ETA yet for the release of your App in the market? Will this be free or it needs to be purchased instead?

No ETA yet. The app will be free.

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Is there any ETA yet for the release of your App in the market? Will this be free or it needs to be purchased instead?

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Quote from: bloods-n-cryptos on September 30, 2015, 02:01:43 PM

Apologies if this has been asked, but any plans on an iOS version?

Already been asked, but I will answer again.

No, there are no plans for an ios version. I currently am not capable (I neither have the knowledge, money, nor a mac) of writing ios apps.

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Quote from: Ceizer54 on September 30, 2015, 02:16:02 PM

Nice Idea but i would like to point out something that i noticed from screenshots..
The login page is custom build and many people (including me) can't just trust some page and enter the login information..I know you have provided the source code but still i advice you to alteast make users login directly to original page at bitcointalk.org in your app and then redirect them to your custom app pages for other purposes..This will make your app look more awesome and genuine Wink

I know that is a concern, which is why I made it open source. Even so, logging into the original page on bitcointalk probably won't work too well and it would still have the same issues with logging in through the login firm in the app. After all, it would still go through the app and that opens it up to attack by the coder.

What I will be trying to do is actually deterministic builds, just like what bitcoin core does. That way you can verify that the binary was built from the source I punished. Unfortunately there is no easy way to do deterministic builds for Android yet, but I will be working on that. The guardian project (Android tor apps) managed to do it so I will try to mimic them.

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Nice Idea but i would like to point out something that i noticed from screenshots..
The login page is custom build and many people (including me) can't just trust some page and enter the login information..I know you have provided the source code but still i advice you to alteast make users login directly to original page at bitcointalk.org in your app and then redirect them to your custom app pages for other purposes..This will make your app look more awesome and genuine Wink

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From Russia with love

Looks good!

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Quote from: achow101 on September 28, 2015, 10:56:38 PM

Today I am announcing an Android App for the Forum that I have been writing. It is not complete yet and still has a few bugs to be worked out. The app will allow you to do everything you could do on the website but in an easy-to-read and mobile friendly format.

Current Features

Browse topics and boards in the forum
Browse and read Personal Messages

Upcoming Features

Post and edit posts in the forum
Send Personal Messages
Receive notifications about new PMs and Posts

Contributing
You can contribute to this project in many ways

Donate me some BTC at 1WCMh2uka2G5xyL9ojebWh1NCKCGThgu8
Contribute code and create pull requests for bug fixes or new features that you want
Submit bug reports and new feature requests to the issue tracker at Github

Source Code
The source code can be browsed at the Github Repository

Installation
Once the app is finished, it will be released onto the Google Play store. The APK files will also be available in the Releases section of the Github repository

Direct APK Download: https://github.com/achow101/BitcointalkForum/releases/download/v0.4/com.achow101.bitcointalkforum.apk

Bugs
If you happen to find a bug in the app, please open a new issue if there isn't already an issue in the issue tracker on Github. The issue tracker page also lets you submit feature requests. Everything marked with the "TODO" label on the issue tracker is something that I am currently working on or plan on working on in the near future.

License
The app is open source and released under the GNU General Public License

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