Topic: Quark Android Wallet Beta Testing (from HashEngineering) [w/ native hash!] - page 4. (Read 8789 times)

Actually, now I have 2 question/comments regarding the "request coins" function:
1) Is it possible to send the QR code with the request? I couldn't do it, but this would be nice to be able to scan an email request with the phone.
2) When I test the request coins function, the message adds a ? to the QRK address...also if I "include label" with the request, it looks like this:
amount=40&label+coinmama%20QRK...Its a bit hard to decipher.. also the request was for 40 QRK, not 20QRK

SilverMetal the "request" feature can be used in a number of ways!
When Quark becomes more widely acceptable for goods and services, etc...This is a nice way to invoice someone. You would fill out the requested amount, then choose the "share" icon to send the request..In that request, you could include details of the services you provided, or a quote for services to be rendered, or a product to be purchased, etc.

Also, another example.. Say your kid is at the cool movie theater down the street and they accept quarks! He requests x amount of QRK in a text to see the Matrix, part V...It starts in 30 seconds!! You get it to him just in time!!!
 

1-  The app does add a 0.00010 QRK transaction fee to each amount of coins that is sent.  Therefore, if you empty your wallet, the recipient will get the entire amount less the transaction fee.  With the desktop client, it is possible to send some coins for free, if certain rules are met.  However, it is not possible for the app to know all the information to see if a transaction can be free.  The transaction fees go to the miners.
2-  I will look into a Wifi only sync feature.
3-  Not sure why the exchange rates are not working.  The app uses Cryptsy then BTER to get the information.
4.  The best way to turn off background sync is to press the back button (from some testing that I have done.  It may not work in all cases).

Wonderful app! Compliments to the creator of the app, QRK foundation and Coinmama who initiated all this :-)

I already gave some feedback at the QRK forum and just updated the app with the newest version.

A lot of suggestions/comments are already addressed here.

Some things I noticed:

- When you empty your app wallet and for example 500mQRK is available, you can only send 499mQRK. It seems that there should be minimal 1 mQRK left on your app which is not visible anymore.
- It would be nice if there is a button that you can select that QRK only synchronize when it is connected to WiFi.
- The exchange rate is not working for my App.
- You can turn off the background synchronization now, but it is not easy to do. Can there be just a "turn off" button, which close the QRK app completely without background running?

The feature I don't understand  is "request QRK". Can that be explained? To my opinion it is a strange request

Looking into this..

Better peers will come from two things:
1.  A good list that the app can have.
2.  wait until the bitcoin people get a better peer system built into their code for Java (this will happen this year, I think).

For now, the list the app uses is this:


Each line is a node.  I did a" ping" on each one and found many that didn't work and others were duplicates of each other.  The items with a // in front were found not to exist or were the same as another. However, even though the ping failed from my computer, the phone was able to connect to several of them.  If there is another list somewhere that I can use of reliable servers that are always on, that would be great (http://forum.qrk.cc/thread/267/help-wallet-internet-seed-nodes).  This is important, because I think one of the rate limiting steps of syncing the blockchain for new users is the speed of these various nodes.  If many people are using the app, the nodes may not be able to handle all the traffic and it may be slow.  Currently, I am connected to three with my phone.

In the future when the Bitcoin Java Library is updated to include support for getting other node addresses from other peers and saving them for next time, then I will be putting this functionality into the Quark Wallet.  

Once I get the list of "better" nodes, then I will publish this beta on Google Play for final beta testing.  Thanks for the QRK's; they did arrive on my phone Wallet.  I back up my keys to ensure that I don't loose my coins during testing and resetting of the blockchain.

Hash, how do we get better peers? Is there anything we can do for this?

Congratulations and THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK on this, Hash Engineering!!!
Your communication has been excellent, the app is awesome, and the Quark community is very fortunate to have found you!
I will update all my threads re: the wallet update, and please everyone check out (and tweet!) the wallet update link so we can see if there are any last minute bugs that need fixing?
Hash I am sending you a DONATION (and I hope people will join me), because 15k QRK does not amount to much yet for all the hard work you have done...May one donate to the address on the uploaded wallet image, if one were so inclined??..If so, I would like to scan and send from my new cool app  
p.s. I think it is really sweet that we can now check the block explorer for transactions!!! This is awesome

Sorry, I forgot to include the link:  [link removed - out of date]

This should end up on the Google Play store soon.

great work - so does this now have a new download ?

or is it straight on the play store ?

Native support for the hash function has been added for several devices.  Several bugs with Send and Receive Coins have been fixed.  Have fun!

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Native support for the Quark Proof of Work has been developed for several devices.  This may speed up sync times as well as reduce battery usage.

The Java version of the Proof of Work took between 4 and 400 milliseconds to calculate (which is 2.5 to 200 hashes/second).   The native version on my phone takes about 0 to 1 ms per hash, which is about 1 KH/s or greater.

We are not sure if this will improve sync times, because network connectivity and bandwidth may become the rate limiting step here.  Sometimes the ping time with the peers is at 22 seconds!  That is outside of our control, unless we have better peers.

Nice one

Check out the Quark foundation forum about this Quark Android wallet too.

http://quarkfoundation.cc/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=299

So far so good still with the app, received some Quark without any issues

Thanks for the tip on checking the sync btw, I just noticed some other crypto Android wallets show the snc progress on the bottom of the screen, that had me a bit confused

Will do an article about this over @ CryptoArticles today ^^


EDIT : article is up!

http://www.cryptoarticles.com/crypto-news/2014/2/18/quark-android-wallet-beta-available-now

good news  testing

oh!! That sad. Windows is becoming like apple, closed for everything. This will hamper its market, as there are far lesser apps on windows and they still are choosy for it.  :-(

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This update fixes several bugs with the exchange rates and URI schemes.

Used to be 100000's of apps for the old WinMo 6.1 phones before they came out with "Windows Phone".  Shame...

Anyway I've been trading quarks between my phone wallet, my wife's phone wallet, my online accounts and my desktop wallet all day.  Really like it so far.  Maybe some tweaks to the UI, but so far it's great.

It just doesn't seem like there are enough audience for a window phone app. It's gonna be awhile before anyone focus any attention to it. Most are focusing on android and apple.

We have looked into a windows mobile app.  Unfortunately, Microsoft may not allow such an app on their store.
http://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/1ahavh/

although one app is on their store http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bitcoin-wallet/6beb6013-ec4c-47e2-80c8-4b5f9dc4a307