[Owncloud] iOCNews - An iOS client for the News app

Peter Hedlund peter at peterandlinda.com
Fri Jul 19 16:29:04 UTC 2013


It's not in the App Store. It's not polished enough yet. I wanted some feedback first. Options right now:

- If you are an Apple developer you can run it on an iPad.
- Try in the simulator.
- Show me enough interest to set up an ad-hoc distribution.
- Show even more interest to get it in the App Store.

Peter

On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Swen Wendler <swen.wendler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't find it in the App Store
> 
> von unterwegs
> 
> Am 19.07.2013 um 18:13 schrieb Peter Hedlund <peter at peterandlinda.com>:
> 
>> OK, because I had some concerns about the API (if this has not been changed):
>> 
>> - The path to add a feed requires an id (contrary to the documentation) although the newly added feed of course returns it's own unique id.
>> - The path to star an item is very different from the path to mark an item read even though both basically do the same, i.e. set a flag on an individual item.
>> 
>> Otherwise everything has worked for me and even though it was my first time with JSON it proved remarkably simple on iOS.
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Bernhard Posselt <nukeawhale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just released 1.2
>>> 
>>> Really cool btw :)
>>> 
>>> Now we got a:
>>> 
>>> * BB10 app (also runs on jolla and android apparently)
>>> * Windows Phone app (Icewind)
>>> * Android app
>>> * iOS app
>>> 
>>> That should cover most of the platforms :)
>>> 
>>> On 07/19/2013 09:47 AM, Adam Pigg wrote:
>>>> Are you finding that users are happy about ising the git version of the news app?  Ive been holding off releasing anything to the markets until the news app is released.
>>>> 
>>>> I think i should probably now implement the read/starred functionality to keep up ;)
>>>> 
>>>> Adam
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Frank Karlitschek <frank at owncloud.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>> 
>>>> this sounds definitely more than interesting. We are missing an iOS app at the moment.
>>>> Let me know if you need any help.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Frank
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 19.07.2013, at 02:27, Peter Hedlund <peter at peterandlinda.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have done some work on an iOS (currently iPad only) client for the News app. See https://github.com/phedlund/iOCNews. Is there any interest in such an app?
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you want to get a general feel for the interface you can check out my standalone feed reader FeedDeck in the Appstore (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/feeddeck/id566967636?ls=1&mt=8).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Things that should work:
>>>>> - requires API version 1.2 of the ownCloud News app.
>>>>> - initial sync.
>>>>> - staying up to date.
>>>>> - mark items as read.
>>>>> - star and unstar items.
>>>>> - add new feed.
>>>>> - delete feed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Things that do not work:
>>>>> - no iPhone/iPod touch interface yet.
>>>>> - folders are not implemented.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Feedback much appreciated (e. g. a better name).
>>>>> 
>>>>> See also http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13571.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter
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