Are you a developer? Want OGS on a mobile device? (OLD Android and iOS app development thread)

[dont.wanna.tell]

I’d like to also bring up Sabaki http://sabaki.yichuanshen.de/ as a possible starting point. It’s already written in html5 (and quite beautifull) and has a nice interface to command line go clients.

Creating a command-line tool to play on OGS (I think one would need to speek the GO Modem Protocoll here) could be a viable way to get a Desktop Client, as well as a relatively easy road towards a iOS and Android client.

Prototyping this comand line client in python is something I could do - for the iOS & Android port however, python IMO isn’t an option. Does anybody know?

[Drew]

Has there been any progress on an Android app?

[copacetic]

Yes

New Android app for playing on OGS

Hi all, I’ve been working on an Android app for playing on OGS the last few weeks, and I think it is ready for a first alpha release. The accept stones part has not received much testing, so you may still need to be near a web browser for that part of the game, but I have made many correspondence moves with no problems. Depending on the settings in the app, the first click and drag on the board will zoom making it possible to play 19x19 on a phone which was difficult for me in the phone’s web …

[TMA]

I’m a developer and would be keen to contribute and review code. I suppose react-native would do the job for the mobile app!

[trohde]

As you can see, this huge thread was split up:

@MrAlex’s OGS client app for Android**:

“Sente - Online GO” App for Android

Hi guys! Are people still interested in an Android client? I’m asking because I’m quite far ahead in developping one but not sure how it will be received. Who should I talk to about getting permission to release it to the public? Why do you guys think so many people have failed over the years? Is it because of lack of interest from the potential users? The app is fully native and written in Kotlin. Right now it can: login persist and refresh token so you never have to log in a second time fet…

@HongAnhKhoa’s OGS client app for iOS:

Surround — iOS client for OGS

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some screenshots of my (in progress) iOS app for OGS. For a long time it has been something I wanted to work on; and recently I managed to find some time for it, so it might be ready soon. Screenshots for iPhone and iPad [Screen Shot 2020-09-11 at 10.34.41] [Screen Shot 2020-09-11 at 10.33.21]

and finally, @HongAnhKhoa’s “variation thumbnails in chat” feature taken as a suggestion for OGS itself:

Variation thumbnail in chat feature request

Just saw this feature included in the iOS app and now I want it for the main site too [e2f2b41ed150bab517bfd4df62ff5cd0ed24808f_2_1308x1000] (Screen shot of the in-development fan-made OGS iOS app.) It would 100% need to be a setting, I’m thinking with a separate toggle for each individual board too… Hmm hard to say, the mini boards already exist, since we use them as thumbnails… But i couldn’t say whether it’s possible to make them show variations or embed them in chat.

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Please let us know If there is more in this thread that you think should be moved elsewhere or to a thread of its own (we now have a sub-forum 3rd Party Apps for OGS).

Thanks all for your awesome contributions!

Closing this thread now.