My company's first Android app. Thoughts?

by mdjanic • 12 years ago

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duiker1012• 12 years ago

It looks very nice but why would I want documentation on my phone/tablet? Documentation like that is something I usually use when trying to find a solution for a very specific problem more than "generic reading" and in that case I will be in front of a PC. Best of luck.

mdjanic6• 12 years ago

Thanks for the feedback and good wishes. I agree that "generic reading" isn't the usual use case for this particular app. However we've found that a lot of people actually do want a mobile docs browser after their (great) experience with Dash on Mac.

duiker1012• 12 years ago

I don't know Dash so I can really judge but I am sure they will be happy with this one than.

I find it interesting that you are based in Croatia. How was your experience of setting up the company?

codedninja3• 12 years ago

Installed on Nexus 5 and crashed instantly while loading.

mdjanic6• 12 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. We've had a bit of trouble with ProGuard. 1.0.1 is already submitted to Store and waiting approval. Thanks for your patience! :)

codedninja3• 12 years ago

I got the 1.0.1 update and still the problem persists.

codedninja3• 12 years ago

Updated to 1.0.2 and it works. Even purchased pro version.

gaelow• 12 years ago

I wouldn't use it: my phone is too tiny and my china tablet sucks. I think is a good idea for people on the move, though. I currently use my tablet as a portable second screen when I travel. I use a usb share KM app to control it from the laptop and just keep a ssh there, mainly to tail -f logs or debug output (it charges through usb so I don't even need an extra charger and the whole set is compact enough to set up in a coffee table and fit in a laptop bag, plus it takes only 2 of the allowed 10kg handbag when I fly). I could easily see myself reading docs using your app on the next tablet I own every time I'm in a work trip, specially in the very few but still existent cases where online is not an option (even right now the wifi I'm in has a 5-10 second latency on any page I load and that's a pain in the ass when browsing the docs so I'm just using an offline version). That may not be a huge target audience group, but if you make a great product I'm sure you can sell it at a price high enough to make a good profit. Good luck :-)

mdjanic6• 12 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! :)

khaki54• 12 years ago

Could be useful during a meeting... or doing pair programming, etc.

One nitpick, the aliasing on the website mockups could use some work, I nearly had a seizure when I saw it.

mdjanic6• 12 years ago

Very well aware of it, thank you :)

My company's first Android app. Thoughts?

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