ED Companion App: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD...!?!
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in the words of Micheal brooks..."we will have it soon"
According to Gartner it's 83.1%
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2944819
And yes, I eagerly anticipate the release of this App on Android! (ie I'm super excited!) My Nexus 6 will arrive tomorrow (hopefully) and there's nothing more I'd like (when not playing ED) than to be able to have the Android app with me where ever I go.
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2944819
And yes, I eagerly anticipate the release of this App on Android! (ie I'm super excited!) My Nexus 6 will arrive tomorrow (hopefully) and there's nothing more I'd like (when not playing ED) than to be able to have the Android app with me where ever I go.
What are the functions currently supported by the app? Does it work real time, letting you interact with the game as you play it on your PC?
+1. Why not HTML5 version for a BYOD? My suspicion is that they are worried about the ease at which you can decompile android apps or just look at the source of a HTML5+js app and see their API calls (not that you cant just do this with the game itself on windows already to see all their API calls going on)
Because Apple makes money on every app sold, while Android is for the most part, open source...
I, too, am waiting for the android app... sigh
I, too, am waiting for the android app... sigh
Yeah fair point - its a nice way of doing a phased launch; i.e. only launch to a device with small market share first and see how the servers hold up.
Someone told me they used a cross platform framework to make the game, so Id guess its only on iOS because thats all they tested it on so far.
I admit, I would have gone for a html5+js option myself too though if I was developing it. I cant imagine it needs native level performance or access. So, yeah, it might be a security thing. (although, honestly, as long as the javascript is obfuscated/minified its not going to be much easier then anything else to hack). Might also just be developer preference. Go with what you know.
I admit, I would have gone for a html5+js option myself too though if I was developing it. I cant imagine it needs native level performance or access. So, yeah, it might be a security thing. (although, honestly, as long as the javascript is obfuscated/minified its not going to be much easier then anything else to hack). Might also just be developer preference. Go with what you know.
That's kinda what I figured. If I wanted to see the market where.my ship was, surely I'd do it on the pc, not on my phone? Sounds like they wanted to have an app coz it's "cool" but didn't really have any idea what to DO with it.
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