OcUK Forum App

Xinn · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:15

I was browsing XDA via the Android app today and wondered if there was any reason why one couldn't be made for these forums.

Is there something required to be installed on the site in order to make an app such as the XDA one to work like it does, im sure there would be a fair demand for such an app due to the popularity of these forums.

Participant · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:39

Can you explain the point of forum apps? I just use the browser.

Xinn · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:44

I find it much easier to navigate the forums using the XDA app than view it via the browser, much less scrolling around and zooming in and out etc.

EniGmA1981 · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:35

Get xscope browser

Craig321 · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:38

R34P3R said:
I was browsing XDA via the Android app today and wondered if there was any reason why one couldn't be made for these forums.

Is there something required to be installed on the site in order to make an app such as the XDA one to work like it does, im sure there would be a fair demand for such an app due to the popularity of these forums.

Yes, it's quite possible.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vbulletin-mobile/id401734344?mt=8

I'm actually quite surprised vBulletin haven't released the above for implementation with your own forum, or at least released some sort of mod or smart phone optimized theme.

There must be some smart phoned optimized themes out there, but it whether the admins are willing to implement one!

asim18 · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:33

http://www.tapatalk.com/

dekez · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:40

asim18 said:
http://www.tapatalk.com/

Has anyone used this with OcUk on android? Shame it doesn't have a lite version.

Xinn · 8 Feb 2011 at 21:48

asim18 said:
http://www.tapatalk.com/

Yeah that's the kind of thing that the XDA app is based on, not sure if OcUK have the plugin though.

Jimbeam3678 · 8 Feb 2011 at 23:05

I don't think they do iirc

Locke · 8 Feb 2011 at 23:42

They don't. It was asked before and the answer was no. Similar to us getting a favicon..

shaffaaf27 · 9 Feb 2011 at 12:24

maybe we should have a poll up for it, that the mods could aprove?

Deep · 9 Feb 2011 at 12:27

shaffaaf27 said:
maybe we should have a poll up for it, that the mods could aprove?

Nothing will ever get done with the results though

Xinn · 9 Feb 2011 at 12:50

Deep said:
Nothing will ever get done with the results though

Unfortunately true

Stretch · 14 Feb 2011 at 02:13

Can we get tapatalk support please?

uvarvu · 25 Mar 2011 at 15:53

AVForums have just gone live with their own app as mentioned in the Essential Android Apps thread, I think this one should be given a bump to try and drum up support for an OcUK app.

So....bump!

gropingmantis · 25 Mar 2011 at 17:26

Sounds like a good idea. I'd be behind it.

Jimbeam3678 · 25 Mar 2011 at 18:54

Would be good , think it's free ti implement as well IIRC

EniGmA1981 · 25 Mar 2011 at 18:55

We don't need our own app (though it would be nice!), tapatalk support would suffice... having used it with samdroid and xda, I so see the point of it... it's so much smoother than using your browser!!

I'd back this idea all the way!

haz_pro · 25 Mar 2011 at 19:45

yeah tapatalk is great, use it all the time!

Eliot · 25 Mar 2011 at 22:25

I could possibly make one for ocuk, wouldn't be too hard, I could do one for ios for sure and while I haven't done any coding with android I'm sure I could give it a go