[gopher] Overbite in the Android Play Store?

[Kevin Veroneau]

The current version available has a bookmark-like feature, it creates shortcuts on your Android Desktop when you use it.  My main issue with this, is that if you have lots of these shortcuts with very similar names, it's difficult to know which one is which.  You cannot specifically name these shortcuts, and the name defaults to the gopher URL, so for shortcuts to my own server, I just see many "gopher.veroneau.net/" and it cuts off just about there.  I end up memorizing there position on screen for where they actually point.  A more useful shortcut name would be just the filename portion of the URL.

Here are links to the current Overbite Android APKs:
gopher.floodgap.com/1/overbite/install/android

My forked version:
gopher.veroneau.net/1library/OverbiteAndroid

The official release by Cameron was built with compatibility with older Android handsets in mind.  So it's compatible with devices as old as 1.5.  Since I have a newer handset, I took the source and built a new APK targeting newer Android.  The result is Overbite with an Ice Cream Sandwich look and feel.  Nothing else really changed.

I'll be sure the release in the Play Store has a version compatible with older handsets as well, for those who might still be running an older device OS.

  Original Message  
From:wvermeir at gmail.com
Sent:April 29, 2016 4:11 PM
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Subject:Re: [gopher] Overbite in the Android Play Store?

Op 29-04-16 om 20:21 schreef Kevin Veroneau:
> Hello,
>
>    I did a search in the Play Store for Overbite and there were no app
> results.  I recently created a Dev account for the Play Store, and am
> wondering if anybody would be opposed of me uploading Overbite for
> Android into the Play Store?  It would be free and ad-free of course.

I think this is a great I idea. I make me no illusions that this will 
result in a massive new influx of new gopher users. But it will increase 
the potential exposure to "Gopher" and just be more easy to install it.

If you would work on the app I have a feature request; a bookmark function.

Walter



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