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

Fri Jul 19 20:33:28 UTC 2013

Hi Alessandro,

On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Alessandro Cosentino <cosenal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> Thanks for developing the app and for the feedback on the API.
> I added some info about the app in the README of the News app:
> https://github.com/owncloud/news/blob/master/README.rst#unofficial

Thanks

> 
> Please check if the information is correct. If it is not, feel free to
> make a PR.

Looks good.

> 
> Also, under what license are you going to release the app?

I have used a BSD license for my iOS apps. It is using third-party BSD or MIT licensed components.

Thanks,
Peter

> 
> Thank you,
> Alessandro (aka zimba12)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Bernhard Posselt <nukeawhale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ah right, thats a bug, took a look at everything else and its fine. You
>> should actually be able to just use a bobus id for that since it is not
>> used.
>> 
>> Fix is pushed btw, but I'm waiting til monday to get a bugfix release out ;)
>> 
>> Item ids are unique but we used to update items by deleting and recreating
>> them (its complicated). This release doesnt use updates anymore, but for the
>> sake of compability we keep it this way. This also allows us to maybe get it
>> back in if we need to. And it doesnt really hurt to use two params imo ;)
>> 
>> 
>> On 07/19/2013 07:15 PM, Peter Hedlund wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Bernhard Posselt <nukeawhale at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> - The id that you need to create a feed is a folder id. use 0 if you dont
>>>> want to create it in a folder.
>>> 
>>> I am talking about this (line 278 in routes.php):
>>> 
>>> $this->create('news_api_feeds_create',
>>> '/api/v1-2/feeds/{feedId}')->post()->action(
>>>        function($params) {
>>>                return App::main('FeedAPI', 'create', $params, new
>>> DIContainer());
>>>        }
>>> )
>>> 
>>> A feed id must be added to the path (route) when it shouldn't be needed.
>>> Any number seems to work, but it has to be added as it is now. E.g.
>>> "/feeds/3".
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> - The reason for the starred route is because of updated articles. I wont
>>>> go into too much detail, but it allows us to update an article and still
>>>> star the correct one.
>>> 
>>> OK, no details, but aren't item ids unique?
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>>> On 07/19/2013 06:13 PM, Peter Hedlund wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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