BYC Android App!!!!

[kukupecpec]

Can you get alerts from the app for things like messages or replies/quotes to your posts? It doesn't look any different than the mobile version of the website to me?

 

[Toddrick]

Can you get alerts from the app for things like messages or replies/quotes to your posts? It doesn't look any different than the mobile version of the website to me?

Yes, it is a WebView of the website. This was explained earlier in the thread, and users still requested it. Many will prefer to use the browser I'm sure, but there are a few minor advantages: It is a bit more secure because it is separate from the browser (popup ads are unlikely to work, for example), the image upload ability is custom and can do a bit more than the browser version such as open the camera for you to take a new photo, and the video playback is custom and locks the orientation so you don't accidentally rotate the screen and interrupt playback. Also the Search button on your phone/tablet is mapped to the BYC search page for quick lookups. Mainly I think a lot of people just want to be able to press a button and open the site, and the app certainly does that.

Like the iPhone app, I can add a menu, but it's just links that are already in the top menu, so I didn't waste the real estate. I cannot create alerts within Android without an API from the forum software, which apparently doesn't exist (until they change software). It is exceptionally easy to open the app, click the menu, and click Subscriptions to see if you have any replies. [In fact, you could use the app as nothing more than a quick way to check to see if you have replies or msgs.]

There is another thread for suggestions and feedback. If you would like to see something added or changed, please let me know. But Android alerts are impossible at this time without the aid of the vendor.

 

[michelle65a]

please please make an app...we chicken people are on the go...we need our info OUTSIDE and on the way to the feed store.

 

[canada-goose]

please please make an app...we chicken people are on the go...we need our info OUTSIDE and on the way to the feed store.

It's already done! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backyardchickens

 

[michelle65a]

Oh snap...now I got it!!

 

[rirye81]

MUST. HAVE. APP.

 

[canada-goose]

MUST. HAVE. APP.

Good news! It already exists. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backyardchickens

 

[wilmascluckmom]

I'm using a Windows phone but get photos to load in going to try from my lap top

 

[flippinggoldfis]

So glad there is a BYC app!

 

[Toddrick]

So glad there is a BYC app!

U welcome!

As of today there have been almost 2,300 downloads. Not bad for only being eight months old and not promoted.