Android Update

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nickolsen
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Android Update

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Is there any talk of updating the Android app to be more like the iOS app?
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nickolsen wrote:Is there any talk of updating the Android app to be more like the iOS app?
Well, at least the Android app works right now. Had a chat with any of the iOS 7 folks lately?

Yeah, for a while I think the iOS version was better, but the Android developers have certainly stepped up to the mark lately, in my opinion.
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Definitely not complaining. I actually really like the app, just curious to see if a major update was scheduled like there was with iOS.
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The alpha version of the android app is out there and being worked on - it has the same design layout as the IOS version. The Priesthood department clearly drove Apple development as a pre-cursor to the adoption of mobile technology for full-time missionaries, since they will all be given ipads, the ios app had to look like they wanted. The Android person has a lot of catching up to do... Maybe someone could donate about 80,000 nexus 7 devices to the missionary program and see if we can get some love :)
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Re: Android Update

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Thanks for the info!
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JohnShaw wrote:The alpha version of the android app is out there and being worked on - it has the same design layout as the IOS version. The Priesthood department clearly drove Apple development as a pre-cursor to the adoption of mobile technology for full-time missionaries, since they will all be given ipads, the ios app had to look like they wanted. The Android person has a lot of catching up to do... Maybe someone could donate about 80,000 nexus 7 devices to the missionary program and see if we can get some love :)
Are you aware of a way to access the Alpha?
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nrothe wrote:
JohnShaw wrote:The alpha version of the android app is out there and being worked on - it has the same design layout as the IOS version. The Priesthood department clearly drove Apple development as a pre-cursor to the adoption of mobile technology for full-time missionaries, since they will all be given ipads, the ios app had to look like they wanted. The Android person has a lot of catching up to do... Maybe someone could donate about 80,000 nexus 7 devices to the missionary program and see if we can get some love :)
Are you aware of a way to access the Alpha?
http://www.ldsmobiletester.com/android
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danpass wrote:
nrothe wrote:
JohnShaw wrote:The alpha version of the android app is out there and being worked on - it has the same design layout as the IOS version. The Priesthood department clearly drove Apple development as a pre-cursor to the adoption of mobile technology for full-time missionaries, since they will all be given ipads, the ios app had to look like they wanted. The Android person has a lot of catching up to do... Maybe someone could donate about 80,000 nexus 7 devices to the missionary program and see if we can get some love :)
Are you aware of a way to access the Alpha?
http://www.ldsmobiletester.com/android
Sorry, that just gets you Beta level code.
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It's in there you just need to look around - it's under the /next folder I believe
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JohnShaw wrote:It's in there you just need to look around - it's under the /next folder I believe
Yes, found it.

http://www.ldsmobiletester.com/android/gl/next/
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