Is anyone making a BV Android app?

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Is anyone doing this? If not, I’ll start today (just don’t want to duplicate efforts).

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I can tell you that I’m not, if that helps :slight_smile:

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Okay, with your Ubuntu app, where are you getting the list of shows (with url to the audio)?

I’ve put the skeleton on GitHub and will add to it when I can (anyone feel free to create pull requests).

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From the RSS feed. http://www.badvoltage.org/feed/

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Awesome, @joe!

We definitely want to see a range of apps for different platforms, with Android being a key one, so thanks for working on this!

I think they things it should do is:

  • List all the shows and allow the user to be able to read the show notes, stream, and download a show.
  • Provide an embedded view of this forum so people have quick access to it.
  • It could also be fun to have an embedded IRC view of the chat channel too.

Any chance you could post some screenshots?

Thanks!

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Hi @jonobacon,

Which feature do you want first, or do you want to wait until there are all 3?

I was just working on the streaming audio part at the moment, so there’s not much to show in the screenshot.

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Very cool!

I would say the order of importance is the order I listed them in. :slight_smile:

Thanks!

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No problem!

It may take a while though, I’ve not got much free time :smile:

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Nice work!

Message me if you’d like help with graphics, icons, etc.

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Cheers man,
I’m still working on the streaming side of things, so feel free to make some UI icons, if you want.

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There is an Android app for discourse.

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I started work on a freedom-hating iOS app: https://github.com/Ld00d/badvoltage

So far, it

  • Fetches the latest feed and displays the episodes.
  • Shows the summary in the player view.
  • Plays the episode, fast-forwards, rewinds, pauses, and stops.

TODO:

  • Clean up the play/pause image swap.
  • Finish the disabling of controls.
  • Handle errors better.
  • Ensure playback continues in background mode.

Feedback/help welcome.

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@Ld​00d very, very, cool!

I will ask @sil to check it out and provide more focused feedback; he has an iPhone. Thanks so much for helping here. We are not far being able to have an apps page on badvoltage.org! :slight_smile:

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Erm. How do I test it? I can’t compile apps because I don’t have a Mac. Do I need to provide you with my edid or something?

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I let my dev account lapse, so I have to get one. After that, yeah, there’s an ID on the phone I’ll need to create the provisioning. It’s not quite ready to test yet.

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well, let me know what you need and I’ll provide. :smile:

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Just wanted to give an update on this.

The iPhone app is really close to being beta for @sil. I just need to get the funds together to get back in the app store (a huge downside to iOS dev). I have a side project coming up that should take care of that.

Screenshots updated here: https://github.com/Ld00d/badvoltage

Also, I tried getting @joe’s project loading, but Android Studio isn’t liking the project set up. Is there missing gradle stuff in the repo?

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yep, i’ll push the repo when i get home

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@Ld00d / @joe This all sounds brilliant.

One thing I would love to do is get a page up on the main Bad Voltage website that links to the apps. It could provide screenshots and then details of how to download them.

I assume that the apps will be available in the respective stores?

I know @sil is going test the iPhone app, @joe can you put the Android online somewhere so I can test it?

Thanks!

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I need to get a wiggle on with it, been manic for the last couple of weeks! I’ll push what I have so far when I’m home.