NodeBB Android App

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Looks and works like a charm on my Nexus 5, ironically it works better then Firefox

Google updated the WebView just a few months ago, if I am not mistaken it is the same/identical framework Google Chrome for Android is built on.

Robert

Should really think of switching to Chrome. But I'm way to used to Firefox for all my devices

psychobunny

You should publish on Google Play

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@psychobunny said:

You should publish on Google Play

Thank you, but as I am underage and credit cards are uncommon in Germany it will take me somewhile. I also think it would be better to wait until I got the upload working.

Robert

@AOKP if you want I am thinking of acquiring a publisher account. We can speak about it if you like

priapo

I don't know if you guys are aware but you can make it for various OSens using Apache Cordova or Crosswalk. I made an Android app for my BBS using cordova and its really easy.

Apache Cordova

(cordova.apache.org)

https://crosswalk-project.org/

Edit: Cordova's platform support:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/guide_support_index.md.html#Platform Support

Edit2: Some banks offer prepaid international debit cards that work with Google Play. Plastic ones; virtual ones don't work with Google Play.

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@priapo said:

I don't know if you guys are aware but you can make it for various OSens using Apache Cordova or Crosswalk. I made an Android app for my BBS using cordova and its really easy.

Apache Cordova

(cordova.apache.org)

https://crosswalk-project.org/

Edit: Cordova's platform support:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/guide_support_index.md.html#Platform Support

Edit2: Some banks offer prepaid international debit cards that work with Google Play. Plastic ones; virtual ones don't work with Google Play.

Quick delete this post. He is destroying my work

Joking aside:
I took a closer look at Crosswalk already due to the simple upload support.
Maybe you want to share your Cordova approach with us, I am very interested in it.

About the prepaid debit card:
I could apply for it, but it takes time and still costs me money. However I asked a friend who is willed to lend me his card for this purpose.

Robert

@AOKP Lucky you, I need to stalk some friends from the US to do the same

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@Kowlin said:

@AOKP Lucky you, I need to stalk some friends from the US to do the same

Finnland rules :bowtie:

Robert

@AOKP I think I can easly order a prepaid creditcard but... Well... meh the prices...

priapo

My app is just a simple wrapper for inappbrowser. The files I changed were:

`cd bbs/`

$ cordova platform ls
Installed platforms: android 4.0.0
Available platforms: amazon-fireos, blackberry10, browser, firefoxos, ubuntu

$ cordova plugin ls
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 1.0.0 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.0.0 "Whitelist"

`cat www/index.html`

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <!--
        Customize this policy to fit your own app's needs. For more guidance, see:
            https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-whitelist/blob/master/README.md#content-security-policy
        Some notes:
            * gap: is required only on iOS (when using UIWebView) and is needed for JS->native communication
            * https://ssl.gstatic.com is required only on Android and is needed for TalkBack to function properly
            * Disables use of inline scripts in order to mitigate risk of XSS vulnerabilities. To change this:
                * Enable inline JS: add 'unsafe-inline' to default-src
        -->
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self' data: gap: https://ssl.gstatic.com 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; media-src *">
        <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
        <meta name="msapplication-tap-highlight" content="no">
        <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/index.css">
        <title>Hello World</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/index.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

`cat www/js/index.js`

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);

function onDeviceReady() {
	//window.open = cordova.InAppBrowser.open;
	window.open('http://bbs.kassius.org', '_blank', 'location=no');
}

`cat www/css/index.css`

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
* {
    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); /* make transparent link selection, adjust last value opacity 0 to 1.0 */
}

body {
    -webkit-touch-callout: none;                /* prevent callout to copy image, etc when tap to hold */
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;             /* prevent webkit from resizing text to fit */
    -webkit-user-select: none;                  /* prevent copy paste, to allow, change 'none' to 'text' */
    background-color:#E4E4E4;
    background-image:linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left top,
        left bottom,
        color-stop(0, #A7A7A7),
        color-stop(0.51, #E4E4E4)
    );
    background-attachment:fixed;
    font-family:'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'HelveticaNeue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size:12px;
    height:100%;
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    width:100%;
}

#bbs-frame
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 5%;
	left: 5%;
	width: 90%;
	height: 90%;
}


/* Portrait layout (default) */
.app {
    background:url(../img/logo.png) no-repeat center top; /* 170px x 200px */
    position:absolute;             /* position in the center of the screen */
    left:50%;
    top:50%;
    height:50px;                   /* text area height */
    width:225px;                   /* text area width */
    text-align:center;
    padding:180px 0px 0px 0px;     /* image height is 200px (bottom 20px are overlapped with text) */
    margin:-115px 0px 0px -112px;  /* offset vertical: half of image height and text area height */
                                   /* offset horizontal: half of text area width */
}

/* Landscape layout (with min-width) */
@media screen and (min-aspect-ratio: 1/1) and (min-width:400px) {
    .app {
        background-position:left center;
        padding:75px 0px 75px 170px;  /* padding-top + padding-bottom + text area = image height */
        margin:-90px 0px 0px -198px;  /* offset vertical: half of image height */
                                      /* offset horizontal: half of image width and text area width */
    }
}

h1 {
    font-size:24px;
    font-weight:normal;
    margin:0px;
    overflow:visible;
    padding:0px;
    text-align:center;
}

.event {
    border-radius:4px;
    -webkit-border-radius:4px;
    color:#FFFFFF;
    font-size:12px;
    margin:0px 30px;
    padding:2px 0px;
}

.event.listening {
    background-color:#333333;
    display:block;
}

.event.received {
    background-color:#4B946A;
    display:none;
}

@keyframes fade {
    from { opacity: 1.0; }
    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
    to { opacity: 1.0; }
}
 
@-webkit-keyframes fade {
    from { opacity: 1.0; }
    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
    to { opacity: 1.0; }
}
 
.blink {
    animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
    -webkit-animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
}

Pixel

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

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@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

Pixel

@AOKP said:

@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

I've also tried in another mobile running Android 4.0.4 with no luck, I get the same error. Very strange.

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@Pixel said:

@AOKP said:

@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

I've also tried in another mobile running Android 4.0.4 with no luck, I get the same error. Very strange.

Thats not KitKat.

a_5mith

Works fine on Lollipop, but would be nice if that NodeBB Community bar at the top could vanish. Full screen apps for the win-zip.

Pixel

@AOKP ups, you're right. So I've checked the versions the other mobile is 4.2 (jelly bean?), so it isn't kitkat neither.

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@a_5mith said:

Works fine on Lollipop, but would be nice if that NodeBB Community bar at the top could vanish. Full screen apps for the win-zip.

Same thought, I will make it happen within the next release.

@Pixel said:

@AOKP ups, you're right. So I've checked the versions the other mobile is 4.2 (jelly bean?), so it isn't kitkat neither.

Nope.
Your phones must be quite old.

Edit:
I tried Crosswalk out. It is quite good. Uploading works out of the box, so it is a big benefit.
However I am not so happy with it's performance and size (25kB vs 20MB). I will see if I can optimize it a bit maybe.

Edit 2:
Here a little preview for v2:
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6593/test-from-new-webview-app

Pixel

It seems that the link to the apk doesn't work.

By the way, it is made so that in a future any nodebb forum will be able to be used from the app?
Thank you

CreeperFace

Nice application, mind if I do some personal touches to the code? I am an advanced coder with professional work in PHP7, JavaScript, C++, and HTML5.