Hi all,
I have been working on (yet another) unofficial Android app for Speedrun.com for the last couple months. The project has really been making headway in recent weeks, so I figured I would open a thread here to get some feedback/following.
Link to the app on the Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=danb.speedrunbrowser
The app has a number of nice features:
- Support for watching youtube AND twitch videos in the app
- Locally stored watch history, no sign in or registration
- View all leaderboards and categories and levels in a compact and conformant manner
- Dedicated backend servers not connected to speedrun.com--the app is very fast and snappy!
- View player personal bests and graphs of PBs over time
- Support for both phones and tablets, landscape or portrait.
- Notifications within minutes of a favorite runner or game's PBs or WRs
Possibly in the future I can do an iOS clone of this as well, depending on how well the Android app turns out.
For those curious of the source code, it is here. Good luck tho, its not documented ;)
https://github.com/dl00/speedrun-browser-android https://github.com/dl00/speedrun-browser-middleware
I plan to keep working on this app for the future so, again, I would really appreciate feedback!
This forum post has been modified to update features list.
Just a question, how long do you think it will take for the iOS version to be released
Just a question, how long do you think it will take for the iOS version to be released
The iOS version has been kind of a big if since the beginning. If it seems like there is enough interest for it, then one could probably be ready a couple of months after it is decided to be produced. I have also considered partnering with one of the existing app implementations for iOS (I know they are not the same).
Can I log in in this App?
No, the app is only intended to be a browser. Logging in via the app would require logging in or accepting your API key which is something I believe would not be worth it, and most of the functionality from logging in is just submitting speedruns or moderating, which is best done through the site itself.
I would check this out but I own apple products. Sounds cool
