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[Greg Bernhardt]

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?

hmmmm perhaps try a fresh reinstall. I haven't gotten any new crash reports.

 

[trollcast]

hmmmm perhaps try a fresh reinstall. I haven't gotten any new crash reports.

I'll try deleting the old app data and then uninstalling it and the reinstall.

It doesn't crash it just freezes at the start up screen, I left it for about 30 minutes yesterday and it didn't load up anything.

 

[PeterDonis]

Turn off notifications?

Is there a way to turn off the notifications? I can't get them to stop and it keeps my tablet from going to sleep. I've had to uninstall the app.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is there a way to turn off the notifications? I can't get them to stop and it keeps my tablet from going to sleep. I've had to uninstall the app.

Next release there will be notification control. Looking like it will be mid April.

 

[[Quadratic]]

Any plans to work on a version optimized for tablets?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Any plans to work on a version optimized for tablets?

The apps work nicely in tablets already :)

 

[[Quadratic]]

The apps work nicely in tablets already :)

It works, that's for sure, but if you have a tablet and compare an app like Tapatalk with its tablet variant Tapatalk HD you can see how much friendlier the tablet optimized UI can be. The PF app is free of course and I'm not trying to come off as ungrateful, but this subforum is for feedback and suggestions after all.

Also it would be swell if the app could render latex but I'm not sure how difficult that would be to implement.

Sent from my Nexus 10 ;)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

It works, that's for sure, but if you have a tablet and compare an app like Tapatalk with its tablet variant Tapatalk HD you can see how much friendlier the tablet optimized UI can be. The PF app is free of course and I'm not trying to come off as ungrateful, but this subforum is for feedback and suggestions after all.

PF App will be getting the HD features in May. Thanks for your interest :)

 

[[Quadratic]]

PF App will be getting the HD features in May. Thanks for your interest :)

And thank you for your hard work. I may not post much but I've been a registered member for going on 8 years and PF is my go-to site for science discussion, and it is an invaluable resource for students like myself. I'm very thankful for what you and the staff here have done and offer to the rest of us free of charge. Keep up the great work and I'll keep coming back.

 

[PeterDonis]

Next release there will be notification control. Looking like it will be mid April.

Great, I'll keep an eye out for it!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Great, I'll keep an eye out for it!

Actually Peter, I just uploaded a new version yesterday. Go ahead and check it out :)

 

[[Quadratic]]

I keep getting a "duplicate provider authority" error when trying to update. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no luck. I'm running android 4.2.2 if that matters.

 

[PeterDonis]

Actually Peter, I just uploaded a new version yesterday. Go ahead and check it out :)

I downloaded and installed it and saw the setting to turn off notifications. So far it's been behaving fine with that setting checked. Thanks for the update!

 

[trollcast]

hmmmm perhaps try a fresh reinstall. I haven't gotten any new crash reports.

I should have posted how I solved it.

I tried reinstalling and at first it worked but then it started freezing again after it applied the update.

So I I went into Setting -> Backup & Restore and unchecked the Automatic restore option. (This stops android reusing the applications old data and settings)

Then I uninstalled and reinstalled and its been running fine since that.

 

[PeterDonis]

One other thing I've noticed: when viewing threads, the name of the poster for each post is not shown, only the avatar. Having the name visible would help a lot.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I should be releasing a new android version tomorrow.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

2.4.6.5 for Android has been released. Mostly bug fixes and a few added features like "In App Registration".

New iPhone update should be ready next week.

 

[tade]

is the gold membership deal still on?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

is the gold membership deal still on?

Indeed! PM me the name you used in the review.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

New update for the iPhone app. I'll be releasing another update later this week with the new graphics if you want to wait.

 

[greswd]

Now all we need is an app for the PC. cos it might be faster if it weren't browser based.

And we could have live updates

 

[Evo]

Now all we need is an app for the PC.



cos it might be faster if it weren't browser based.



and we could have live updates

Please do not multipost.

 

[DrewD]

I may just be stupid, but when I follow a link from the upper left menu to thread I'm following, there doesn't seem to be an easy way back to the home forum page. If I open the app, it's easy, but the 'back' button just closes the app if I followed a link. I may just be an idiot and even if I'm not, this isn't a huge issue; it would save me about 8 seconds a day though.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I may just be stupid, but when I follow a link from the upper left menu to thread I'm following, there doesn't seem to be an easy way back to the home forum page. If I open the app, it's easy, but the 'back' button just closes the app if I followed a link. I may just be an idiot and even if I'm not, this isn't a huge issue; it would save me about 8 seconds a day though.

For which OS?

 

[DrewD]

For which OS?

Android (4.2) on a Google Nexus7

 

[fluidistic]

Hey from Android ;)
I'm going to rate the application as soon as I get more familiar with it. So far so good!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hey from Android ;)
I'm going to rate the application as soon as I get more familiar with it. So far so good!

Yaaaay! Sounds good!

 

[Borg]

I downloaded the app today for our new phone. Seems to function good. The status of my subscribed threads seems to be out of synch with the web version but, I like the look-ahead that shows what the latest person posted.

 

[berkeman]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but how do you start a new thread when using the Droid version? I'm able to reply to posts, but haven't figured out how to start a new thread.

 

[Borg]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but how do you start a new thread when using the Droid version? I'm able to reply to posts, but haven't figured out how to start a new thread.

It's on the phone's menu button. You have to be in a forum where you can post and it will show up.

 

[berkeman]

It's on the phone's menu button. You have to be in a forum where you can post and it will show up.

Thanks very much! Don't know how I missed it before.

 

[Borg]

Thanks very much! Don't know how I missed it before.

This is our first smart phone so I have to be methodical to figure out anything. That's probably the only reason that I found it.

 

[fluidistic]

I've rated it 4 stars (would have been 5 if we could read latex) and I left a review comment.
However I don't know how to access to reviews. I only see mine when I'm logged in my google account and see none when I log out.
Also I don't know how many months of gold membership I still have, it may be infinite so adding 6 months of gold membership might be a waste of time for a mentor/Greg.
Edit: I'm having a slight "problem" when I click on "who's online". The list of people appears but it freezes for about 15 seconds and unfreezes for less than 1 second, over and over. Anyone else having this issue?
Edit2: I don't know how to vote in pools with the application.

 

[KrisOhn]

I'm having issues with it and polls: I can't see them. This is on the Android app.

 

[jamesb1]

When will there be TeX support on the android? I love this app but the only issue for me is that I that lack TeX support renders equations unreadable on the tablet forcing me to revert back to the laptop. Thanks!