Download the free PF App for iPhone/Android phones

  • Thread starter Greg Bernhardt
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In summary, the new PF App is based off the TapaTalk app, is very similar, and supports tex and list subscribed threads. There is a problem with not supporting LaTeX and I can't seem to find a way to list my subscribed threads. However, the subscribed threads are in Favorites. The app looks clean and supports Dark mode. There is a bug with white space around quotes, and the logo is not shown when starting the app. The app has been updated to version 2.4.4.1 and has 85 installs in under a week.
  • #36


jtbell said:
We can use one of those here on campus... we have bazillions of squirrels to decode.

Those aren't squirrels...those are miniature space stations...
 
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  • #37
Somebody rated it a 3 and didn't leave a review.
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  • #38
tahayassen said:
Somebody rated it a 3 and didn't leave a review.
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I will find him, and I will kill him.
 
  • #39
Just reviewed and rated the app (the review is in portuguese, since I downloaded from portugal's app store). Overall the app looks pretty good. The only flaw I can point is that it doesn't support Latex.
 
  • #41
Not sure if it has been already reported but the emoticons doesn't show up.

:)---> this turns to :smile:
but
: smile : (without spaces) doesn't show the smile emoticon.

I am using the PF App for Android.
 
  • #43
Greg Bernhardt said:
Thanks Pranav-Arora!

Rated and reviewed too! :)

EDIT: Why doesn't my review show up when I view the page as a guest on Google Play? I don't know too much about Google Play, can you see my review there?
 
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  • #44
Pranav-Arora said:
Rated and reviewed too! :)

EDIT: Why doesn't my review show up when I view the page as a guest on Google Play? I don't know too much about Google Play, can you see my review there?

It takes a day or two for Google to review the review and make it visible :)
 
  • #45
Greg Bernhardt said:
It takes a day or two for Google to review the review and make it visible :)

Ah, thanks! :smile:
 
  • #46
I'm using the Android app under an elderly droid 2.1, and have noticed two problems.

First BBCode doesn't seem to work, enabled in the settings or not. I always get the square brackets with the formatting, not the formatting. E.g. This is not bold for me, and I can see the [strike]fnords[/strike]bs in square brackets.

Second, if I press the back button in a sub-forum, it force-closes on me.

Is anybody else getting this too?

On a positive note, the app is still enormously better than the PF Mobile browser version.
 
  • #47
Ok - sorry - the bolded bit above is bold for me. My assertion was too bold, it seems. However, strike did not work. And I think sup and sub do not work:
supsub
Edit: nope, they don't. I see the tags. But italic does seem to work, and so do quotes and hyperlinks. Do I have font issues or does tapatalk?
 
  • #48
I just checked the previous page. Are you giving gold membership to those who review this app?
 
  • #49
Pranav-Arora said:
I just checked the previous page. Are you giving gold membership to those who review this app?

Yes indeed!
 
  • #50
Greg Bernhardt said:
Yes indeed!

Can I get promoted to "Da Moderator" if I review it?! Or has Evo already taken that title?

Da Moderator is out there. It can't be bargained with; it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, EVER, until you are BANNED.
 
  • #51


Greg Bernhardt said:
Yes indeed!

Can I have it? :)
 
  • #53
Greg Bernhardt said:
You do have it :)

Thanks, I was using PF on mobile when I posted my previous post so I did not notice it. :smile:
 
  • #54
I rated the app for iPhone. I'm happy to say it has a much nicer layout. Just need the TeX.
 
  • #55
BloodyFrozen said:
I rated the app for iPhone. I'm happy to say it has a much nicer layout. Just need the TeX.

Thanks, you look nice in Gold!
 
  • #56
The iPhone app is unusable for me. Immediately after logging in, it tries to go to a tab labeled "Unread", and it just crashes. I've attempted this 5 times. It crashes on "Loading Unread Topics"

I am using the iPhone 3gs iOS version 4.3.3
 
  • #57
Jack21222 said:
The iPhone app is unusable for me. Immediately after logging in, it tries to go to a tab labeled "Unread", and it just crashes. I've attempted this 5 times. It crashes on "Loading Unread Topics"

I am using the iPhone 3gs iOS version 4.3.3

Thanks for the feedback. I'll be submitting an updated version to the apple store on Monday. Once submitted it should take about a week to be accepted and released.
 
  • #58
Hey trying out the app but I cannot figure out how to maake threads
 
  • #60
Not sure whether its my bad wifi connection but on my Nexus 7 sometimes it doesn't load a thread properly and only displays the loading symbol, I've left it for a couple of minutes before and it hasn't loaded anything.

But if I go to the menu and click refresh the thread pops up automatically?
 
  • #61
trollcast said:
Not sure whether its my bad wifi connection but on my Nexus 7 sometimes it doesn't load a thread properly and only displays the loading symbol, I've left it for a couple of minutes before and it hasn't loaded anything.

But if I go to the menu and click refresh the thread pops up automatically?

I will be sending out an update to the app shortly. Hopefully will fix the issue.
 
  • #62
Tried the android app, liked it overall but the lack of latex support made me revert to web browsing. Hope it will be fixed!
 
  • #63
Will a Windows Phone (8) version ever be released?
 
  • #64
MrWarlock616 said:
Will a Windows Phone (8) version ever be released?

Very possible if Windows can gain some ground. Right now the number of visitors using Windows Phone is very very low.
 
  • #65
It has! People always have this misconception that wp doesn't have many fans..
 
  • #66
MrWarlock616 said:
It has! People always have this misconception that wp doesn't have many fans..

Windows Phone accounts for 1.28% of the mobile phone users that visit PF.
 
  • #67
Greg Bernhardt said:
Windows Phone accounts for 1.28% of the mobile phone users that visit PF.

grr..I was talking in general.:smile:
 
  • #68
Just got the app on the apple store and left a review. I love it. It's a lot easier to just go straight to PF than have to go through the tapatalk app.
 
  • #69
PF APP 2.4.5.3 for Android has been released. Mostly bug and stability fixes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapatalk.physicsforumscom

An iPhone update will be out shortly.
 
  • #70
The new update seems to have broken it for me as it now won't load at all from the icon on my desktop and it only starts about 1 in 5 times if I click on a notification?
 

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