[APP] Forum Browser 0.3.1

nikwen · Sep 4, 2014

[APP] Forum Browser 0.3.1

View your favourite forums on the go!

Currently supported features:

Adding and saving forums
Supports all forums which have the Tapatalk plugin installed
Viewing forums
Forum login
Thread creation
Replying to threads
Viewing your subscriptions
Subscribing to forums and threads

NOTE: Forum Browser is no longer being actively developed

With Tapatalk no longer updating their API documentation, shutting down their developer support forums and killing other third-party Tapatalk clients through their lawyers, I do not feel like continuing Forum Browser development is worth the effort.

Your favourite forum cannot be accessed using the app? Ask the site owner to install the Tapatalk plugin. XDA comes preconfigured for you by the way.

Screenshots:

Forum Browser on XDA Developer TV (starts at 3:27):

nikwen · Sep 4, 2014

Big thanks to:

Michael Hall (@mhall119) for publishing his XDA Developers app under the GPL. This project initially started as a fork of that application.
Tapatalk for allowing us to use their API.

Source code:

The source code is released under the GPL v3 and can be found on Github.

Installing:

Download it from the apps scope on your Ubuntu device.

Featured on the portal:

This was featured on the XDA portal on September 5, 2014.

nikwen · Sep 4, 2014

Changelog

Code:

Version 0.3.1 (9th August 2015):
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* New message composer leaving more space for what you have to say
* Subject field being hidden by default when replying to a thread (check out the settings to get it back)
* Updated icon to match the new system and core apps icon set
* Changed default signature wording

Version 0.3.0 (4th July 2015):
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* Forum Browser has its own BB code parser now!
* Improvements to the thread view design
* Better image displaying
* New page navigation
* New date format (you can revert to the old one in the settings)
* Display the time at which a post was edited
* More space for content by letting the header fade out
* White splash screen
* Slightly improved app icon

Version 0.2.5 (28th March 2015):
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* Another small bugfix release while the work on proper BB code parsing continues
* Fixed issue with https-only forums (add "https://" to the URL to make already existing entries work)

Version 0.2.4 (31st January 2015):
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* Mainly a bugfix release while working on proper BB code parsing for version 0.3.0
* Adjust layout for signature list item in settings when signature is empty
* Use the right XPath queries, fix a couple of bugs related to thread and topic loading
* Bump Qt and Ubuntu.Components versions
* Use 14.10 framework instead of 14.10-dev3
* Use Qt's atob() and btoa() methods for base64 en- and decoding
* Remove trailing slashes from forum URLs

Version 0.2.3 (27th November 2014):
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* Rewritten page for post and topic creation
* Automatically save drafts for new posts and topics
* Ability to set a custom signature

Version 0.2.2 (23rd October 2014):
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* Subscribe to forums and threads from the app
* Show when a post was made
* Introduces a completely rewritten backend, ironing out a lot of bugs and making the implementation of new features much faster in the future
* Other bugfixes, especially related to the login process

Version 0.2.1 (21st September 2014):
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* Big forums (like XDA) load faster
* Parse [IMG] tags
* Multi-line header for long thread names

Version 0.2.0 (8th September 2014):
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* View your subscriptions
* Display how many people thanked a user for a post
* Fix: Login again if the current session expires
* Visual tweaks affecting list items

Version 0.1.0 (4th September 2014):
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* Initial release

mhall119 · Sep 4, 2014

This is great! Not being able to comment was a huge missing feature in my app, being able to do that now (posting this from my Ubuntu phone) is awesome!

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

popeydc · Sep 4, 2014

Thank you for this app which I am using to discover this thread and reply to it

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

nikwen · Sep 4, 2014

mhall119 said:
This is great! Not being able to comment was a huge missing feature in my app, being able to do that now (posting this from my Ubuntu phone) is awesome!

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

popeydc said:
Thank you for this app which I am using to discover this thread and reply to it

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

I'm glad you like it. Thank you for the feedback.

nikwen · Sep 5, 2014

It's on the portal.

To celebrate that, I wanted to share a screenshot which shows what I'm currently working on:

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

MIKEMON · Sep 5, 2014

Great job, many thanks

nikwen · Sep 5, 2014

MIKEMON said:
Great job, many thanks

You're welcome, and thanks for the compliments.

nikwen · Sep 8, 2014

Just pushed version 0.2.0 to the store. These are the new features you should check out:

View your subscriptions
Display how many people thanked a user for a post
Fix: Login again if the current session expires
Visual tweaks affecting list items

nikwen · Sep 20, 2014

Version 0.2.1 should be out soon. Usually, the review of a new version takes less than an hour. This is what you will get after the update:

Big forums (like XDA) load faster
Parse tags
[*]Multi-line header for long thread names
[/LIST]

The update reduces the time which it takes to load XDA on my Nexus 4 by about 10 seconds! :)

nikwen · Oct 23, 2014

@Jaskaran498 I just saw your positive review in the Ubuntu store. Thank you very much for it.

Version 0.2.2 is sitting here, ready to be released, and guess what it will bring: The ability to subscribe to forums and threads. That will do what you want from a bookmarking feature, won't it?

nikwen · Oct 23, 2014

And here it is: Version 0.2.2 of Forum Browser

Even though you won't notice too many changes in the UI, a huge amount of work has been put into completely rewriting the application's backend. This removed a lot of duplicate code, ironed out a couple of bugs and will result in faster development in the future.

The complete changelog:

Subscribe to forums and threads from the app
Show when a post was made
Introduces a completely rewritten backend, ironing out a lot of bugs and making the implementation of new features much faster in the future
Other bugfixes, especially related to the login process

Vlad Paul · Nov 20, 2014

test

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

---------- Post added at 21:09 ---------- Previous post was at 21:08 ----------

thank you nice for your app.

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

nikwen · Nov 20, 2014

Vlad Paul said:
test

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

---------- Post added at 21:09 ---------- Previous post was at 21:08 ----------

thank you nice for your app.

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

Hi,

I'm glad you like it.

If you have any suggestions to improve the app further or if you find any bugs, feel free to mention those here.
By the way, I've got a new version sitting here ready to be shipped which will bring a better page for replying to threads. (It will even save drafts.) I just need some time at the weekend to create the final package and upload it to the store.

Moreover, I've started work on proper BB code parsing but it's still in a very early state. Don't expect that to be part of the next update.

nikwen · Nov 27, 2014

I just discovered that Forum Browser is now listed as one of the six so called "Top Apps" in the Ubuntu store.

To celebrate that, I just released version 0.2.3 which ships with the following new features:

* Rewritten page for post and topic creation
* Automatically save drafts for new posts and topics
* Ability to set a custom signature

Additionally, I'll attach a screenshot of what I'm working on for version 0.3.0. I'm sure you'll notice the difference.

nikwen · Jan 31, 2015

Version 0.2.4 is out!

It's mainly a bugfix release while working on proper BB code parsing for version 0.3.0, so there aren't any major changes.

Here's the full changelog:

Adjust layout for signature list item in settings when signature is empty
Use the right XPath queries, fix a couple of bugs related to thread and topic loading
Bump Qt and Ubuntu.Components versions
Use 14.10 framework instead of 14.10-dev3
Use Qt's atob() and btoa() methods for base64 en- and decoding
Remove trailing slashes from forum URLs

nikwen · Mar 28, 2015

Another small bugfix release for Forum Browser is in the store while the work on proper BB code parsing continues. :cowboy:

The update fixes an issue with some https-only forums. Add "https://" to the URL to make already existing forum entries work.

jonny-boy · Mar 30, 2015

Is it possible to thank for a post with this app? I just realized that rotation doesn't work with the app, because I sometimes turn my phone up side down.

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

nikwen · Mar 31, 2015

jonny-boy said:
Is it possible to thank for a post with this app? I just realized that rotation doesn't work with the app, because I sometimes turn my phone up side down.

Sent from my awesome Ubuntu Touch device using the Forum Browser app

Thank you very much for your valuable reply.

Both issues are on my TODO list. At the moment, I'm working on proper BB code parsing and a redesign of the thread view page. As I also miss the thanks button very badly, I'll implement it shortly after the big update with the aforementioned features. Adding a thanks button right now would only delay that release any longer.
Rotation is currently blocked because there are some issues with the reply page in landscape mode. However, as full shell rotation will land in the devel-proposed images quite soon, that's one of my high-priority tasks. That might even come before the other big update.

Thanks again for your reply. Please let me know if you run into any further issues.

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