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Jul 21 2015, 10:34 pm

Jeran Korak

Applies to:

Dream Seeker

Status:

Open

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I'm unsure if this feature is actually already in Byond, as I don't really own any mobile devices that I use very often. However, I do have a number of friends that have a lot of free time, but don't spend much of it on an actual computer. Therefore, I was wondering if Byond was compatible with many mobile devices such as phones, tablets and so forth. If they aren't, seeing a version that works at least with windows phones and other devices capable of browsing the internet would be pretty awesome.

Jul 21 2015, 11:03 pm
Lummox JR	The webclient is compatible with mobile devices, at least newer ones. I'm sure it won't work on my first-gen Kindle Fire, but on an iPad with iOS 7 or higher it should be fine.

Jul 22 2015, 12:05 am In response to Lummox JR
Ss4gogeta0	Lummox JR wrote: The webclient is compatible with mobile devices, at least newer ones. I'm sure it won't work on my first-gen Kindle Fire, but on an iPad with iOS 7 or higher it should be fine. any chance we will be seeing a Byond pager app in the near future? possibly akin to the steam app in a way?

Jul 22 2015, 12:29 am In response to Ss4gogeta0
Lummox JR	Ss4gogeta0 wrote: any chance we will be seeing a Byond pager app in the near future? possibly akin to the steam app in a way? No. This has already been summarily rejected with prejudice as an earlier feature request. The effort would be prohibitively expensive.

Jul 22 2015, 12:48 am

In response to Lummox JR

A.T.H.K

Lummox JR wrote:

Ss4gogeta0 wrote:

any chance we will be seeing a Byond pager app in the near future?

possibly akin to the steam app in a way?

No. This has already been summarily rejected with prejudice as an earlier feature request. The effort would be prohibitively expensive.

Easiest method is to make the forums/website mobile responsive.

I honestly don't mind looking into that if you want. It's my day job after all.

Jul 22 2015, 9:20 am
Kumorii	Could we at least get a mobile friendly version of the site someday? I'm not asking for priority, but 90% of my forum browsing is done from my phone now and it'd be convenient for a lot of people.

Jul 22 2015, 11:03 pm
Kats	Honestly the Android SDK is so easy to work with, you don't really need much else, even if it is a little verbose. No one cares about iPhones. If you think you care about iPhones, you don't. As far as a mobile-friendly version of the website, I'd be all over that.

Jul 23 2015, 1:28 am

Amidaychi

Lummox is working to port things to html5, which will be platform agnostic. Using it on a mobile device would be as simple as having a separate interface layout/skin for the same program. Working on apk would not only directly go against platform agnostic development but split development to take much longer.

Also, if a reason you might want apk based byond tools is 'html5 doesn't run well on my device', then apk wouldn't change much, especially if already running an apk-based browser that is fully accelerated on your device. There would have to be a dedicated push to develop the program with cut down features in order to support lower end platforms.