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February 11th, 2013 at 12:04 AM
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OT: MGoBlog for Android update

I've been working on an overhaul of the Android app, and it's finally in a state where people can start using it! Right now it's read only, but replying to comments and posting new threads will be completed this week. You can download the APK here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z1fs7tmjfquv5ev/MGoBlog-1.0-SNAPSHOT.apk

To install it on your phone or tablet, copy it over to the SD card and use the File Explorer to install it.

For the CSE MGoBloggers out there, you can track progress of the app at https://github.com/SeanPONeil/MGoBlog . The dev branch is where all the fun stuff is happening.

 

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February 11th, 2013 at 12:33 AM | Great news (Score:2 Normal)
IncrediblyBLUE
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Great news

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February 11th, 2013 at 12:46 AM | Android App version of the (Score:3 Normal)
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Android App version of the blog? Off topic? Definitely not OT.

February 11th, 2013 at 1:19 AM | Meta (Score:3 Normal)
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Meta

February 11th, 2013 at 12:46 AM | thanketh thy lord (Score:3 Normal)
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yes!!!!!!!!!

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February 11th, 2013 at 12:48 AM | Meta (Score:-1 Overrated)
February 11th, 2013 at 1:25 AM | There is already an iPhone (Score:3 Normal)
UMfan21
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There is already an iPhone app, unless Im misunderstanding the features of the Android app

February 11th, 2013 at 1:06 AM | Wow this is nice. FYI for (Score:2)
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Wow this is nice. FYI for anyone having problems installing... I had to uninstall the old version before installing the new one on my GS3

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February 11th, 2013 at 1:09 AM | Sorry about that, I forgot to (Score:4 Normal)
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Sorry about that, I forgot to bump the version code. Nice catch!

February 11th, 2013 at 1:14 AM | Mine crashes if I try to (Score:2)
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Mine crashes if I try to select a post.  Design is sharp, though.

February 11th, 2013 at 1:15 AM | Thanks! (Score:3 Normal)
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What kind of phone do you have?

February 11th, 2013 at 1:20 AM | HTC incredible. It's kinda (Score:3 Normal)
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HTC incredible. It's kinda old. And so am I.

February 11th, 2013 at 2:40 AM | It's a solid phone. Thanks (Score:3 Normal)
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It's a solid phone. Thanks for the heads up on the bug, I'll have a patch ready tomorrow morning if you check back at that link.

February 11th, 2013 at 6:31 PM | Droid patch? (Score:2)
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Any update on the patch?  Mine still crashes when I try to read posts.  Thanks

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February 11th, 2013 at 1:20 AM | Thanks for all the work! I (Score:1)
Danwillhor
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Thanks for all the work! I use it pretty exclusively and it obviously has major issues in it's current build. I think I'll wait until it is fully functional before changing but I cannot wait to.

February 11th, 2013 at 1:51 AM | Crashes instantly for me too (Score:1)
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It crashes immediately when I try to open any post either on main page or on the board.

I have a Droid X running 2.3.4.

 

February 11th, 2013 at 8:37 AM | I have the same phone and the (Score:2)
Hobbes217
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I have the same phone and the same issue.

February 11th, 2013 at 2:00 AM | Works as intended on my GS3. (Score:1)
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Works as intended on my GS3. I am abke to open each thread and read the comments. I can not however see any images that are in the thread or its replies. I will be switching back though since my app is the way I view and comment 95% of the time. Looks good so far, keep up the good work.

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February 11th, 2013 at 2:17 AM | Actually that should be links (Score:1)
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Actually that should be links and images just IN thread REPLIES not the OP.

"This is MICHIGAN ferGODsakes"

February 11th, 2013 at 3:12 AM | Can't (Score:-1 Offtopic)
February 11th, 2013 at 9:59 AM | You can (Score:2)
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But it's more of a glitch. See my Jan 1 boo boo

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February 11th, 2013 at 8:47 AM | How is it different than the (Score:1)
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How is it different than the current android app?

February 11th, 2013 at 11:03 AM | It looks better. It feels (Score:3 Normal)
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It looks better. It feels better. It won't kill your battery in one hour.

February 11th, 2013 at 11:54 AM | Block M (Score:2)
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I love the app icon! Can we expect the block M to be used in the play store version, or is that only being used on the beta? 

February 11th, 2013 at 12:03 PM | I can talk to Brian about it, (Score:3 Normal)
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I can talk to Brian about it, it's his Twitter icon

February 11th, 2013 at 9:39 AM | Awesome! (Score:2)
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I literally just picked up my new Droid DNA and the app looks fantastic.  Thanks for your hard work!

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February 11th, 2013 at 10:20 AM | Kindle Fire? (Score:2)
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Forgive me for my technolgoical ignorance, but does this app have any applicability to my Kindle Fire?  I don't think I'm running Android on it, but to be honest I'm not 100% positive.

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February 11th, 2013 at 10:38 AM | Yup (Score:5 Normal)
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Kindle Fire's run a modified version of Android that will be able to run the app. Here's a guide to sideloading the apk on to your tablet: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/kindle-fire-sideload/

February 11th, 2013 at 11:22 AM | I have Nexus devices, so no (Score:2)
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I have Nexus devices, so no SD card for me. When will the update be available via Play Store? Also, for those who have downloaded the update, can you post a screencap? I'm interested to see the new look/feel.

February 11th, 2013 at 11:50 AM | Works fine on Nexus 4 (Score:2)
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Downloaded and installed to my Nexus 4 with no problems. You don't need an SD card, in fact you can install straight from the downloads app as long as you allow your device to install from untrusted sources. Sidenote: I did need to uninstall the existing MGoBlog app.

 

IMO, the android version (both current and the linked beta) wipe the floor with the iOS MGoBlog app.

 

Thanks developer(s)!

February 11th, 2013 at 12:02 PM | The app will be up when (Score:3 Normal)
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The app will be up when thread and comment posting is fully working, so in the next couple days.

Here's some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/pvvQ1

February 11th, 2013 at 12:12 PM | Wow, that looks really nice. (Score:2)
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Wow, that looks really nice. Awesome job.

February 11th, 2013 at 12:51 PM | Looks great... (Score:2)
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...and so far works great on my Nexus 4 (read-only of course, like you stated).

Can you start another thread when the update hits the Play Store?

Some things I'd like to see eventually:

  • Ability to adjust font size
  • Ability to sort comments by time (ascending/descending)
  • Upvote/downvote capabilities

Sweet app. Good job.

February 11th, 2013 at 2:46 PM | Font size and comment sorting (Score:3 Normal)
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Font size and comment sorting is very easy to implement, and will be added for the Play Store release. The current API doesn't allow for upvoting and downvoting, but if that functionality is added server side in the future you can expect that in the app.

February 11th, 2013 at 1:49 PM | Awesome. I just got an (Score:1)
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Awesome. I just got an android a few days ago

February 11th, 2013 at 3:09 PM | THANK YOU! (Score:2 Normal)
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I use the app for most of my reading and have enjoyed the previous app.  Here are some comments regarding the update:

Pros:

Very clean and easy to read.

Swiping down to refresh.

It appears not including the comments make the pages load faster.  I noticed that pages with a lot of comments would take a long time to load.

Cons:

I liked being able to swipe left or right to switch between blog entries, mgoboard and diaries.

mgo.licio.us doesn’t work but it didn't work on the previous version either.  Is that Android thing?

Suggestions:

Search function

Swipe left or right to switch between blog entries, mgoboard, diaries

 

I'm running an SG3.

February 11th, 2013 at 3:21 PM | mgo.licio.us works a little (Score:3 Normal)
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mgo.licio.us works a little differently than the other ones, which is why you can't see the link. It's a simple fix that I already have working in the current dev build, so you should be able to use mgo.licio.us very soon! Just to clarify, is mgo.licio.us crashing for you in this version, or just not displaying the link?

 

I've heard from multiple people that they really liked the swiping between sections. I'll see if I can add swiping and still keep the menu drawer navigation.

February 11th, 2013 at 3:39 PM | mgo.licio.us opens but (Score:1)
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mgo.licio.us opens but doesn't display anything. 

 

February 11th, 2013 at 3:32 PM | Suggestions: I do like the (Score:1)
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Suggestions: I do like the left/right swipe feature too. I'd rather the whole thread appeared instead of having to click that button on the bottom right. 

I'd really like to see hyperlinks work correctly. It's a PITA to have to copy and paste from the app to a browser. I do like how the iphone app opens the link within the app. Nice feature. 

February 11th, 2013 at 4:23 PM | The rich text editor on the (Score:3 Normal)
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The rich text editor on the site is really bad at adding href tags to links, so a lot of links get pulled down to the app as plain text. I'm working on a search and replace for links that aren't tagged correctly, but it was a little awkward yesterday so I took it out for the read only version.

February 11th, 2013 at 5:46 PM | Suggestions: I do like the (Score:2)
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Suggestions: I do like the left/right swipe feature too. I'd rather the whole thread appeared instead of having to click that button on the bottom right. 

 

I do agree with the request to not have to click the button on the bottom right to view replies. It's a little tedious on the MGoBoard section (but welcome on the main page!)

 

Also, it seems like the on-screen back button on my nexus 4 doesn't actually navigate back, it will dump me out of the app, even if I've moved in several layers.

 

Lastly, since this app is $0 and ad-free, is there any way to donate? I hate being a freeloader.

February 11th, 2013 at 5:58 PM | It's going to have ads once (Score:3 Normal)
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It's going to have ads once it goes up on the Play Store :)

February 11th, 2013 at 6:13 PM | Please give us the option to (Score:2)
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Please give us the option to buy an ad-free token. 

 

As a user, I'd consider $5-$10 reasonable, but I'm not sure how that would compare to ad revenue. I'd prefer not to have to use root to block them.

February 11th, 2013 at 4:04 PM | Droid 3 (Score:1)
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The app won't install on my phone.

February 11th, 2013 at 4:21 PM | uninstall the old app first (Score:3 Normal)
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uninstall the old app first

February 11th, 2013 at 8:34 PM |     Just got home and (Score:2)
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Just got home and installed on my Nexus 10 - i have to say i actually prefer not to have to swipe to scroll between the different sections of the blog (for the tablet at least). Having the menu right there is intuitive enough that i don't see the need to scroll. Again, very sharp, I like it a lot. Also, I'd echo the poster above; I'd be willing to pay for an ad-free version.

 

 

February 15th, 2013 at 6:41 AM | Any update out yet? (Score:1)
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Any update out yet?

February 18th, 2013 at 2:42 AM | a few hours (Score:2)
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:)

February 15th, 2013 at 7:14 AM | Bin file (Score:1)
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Any chance anyone had the skill to convert the apk to a bin file for use on a blackberry playbook? 

February 18th, 2013 at 1:36 AM | test comment (Score:2)
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please ignore

February 18th, 2013 at 1:46 AM | Test Comment (Score:2)
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please ignore

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