Your rapid update and willingness to listen to customer feedback here completely justify (and more) the price tag of this application. Thank you very much.

I have been experimenting this requested feature. It is reasonably easy to implment and here is what I have now:



The problem is that some Apps claim to be able to handle SGF data when in reality they do not properly open the data supplied by Go4Go App. Well that is not my problem so this feature will be included in the next release. I try to include at least one other small feature before the release.

Go4Go Android Client v1.0.6

I just uploaded the new version to the Google Play Store. This version contains the following changes:

- New feature: I have incorporated goratings.com data in the App. From the Player Search screen, find a new menu item 'Top-ranked Players' to show the list.
- New feature (requested by apetresc): In the Go Board screen, find an additional menu item to open the current game with external Go Apps. I've tested the following: BW-Go, Gobandroid, GridMaster, Hactar Editor. They can all open Go4Go games. Occasionally you might need to try to open the game a second time for it to work. Apps that don't work: GOdroid, noGo. Use external Apps to edit Go4Go games until I have my own editing function.
- Enhancement (requested by bayu): for people with small displays, game descriptions in game lists often get truncated. Added a new option to scroll the text so that the complete description can be viewed. Some of you might find the animation a bit distracting. For that reason, the feature needs to be turned on from Settings.
- a number of small fixes.

Thank you! I like Go4Go as a database. But I now open any game in Gridmaster (I think the board is not a strength of go4go yet, but no problem), so here is my suggestion:

- Please add a global option in the preferences, "Always open games in standard go application".
- If you are even more kind , let us define which app to use.

Now you open a game in Go4Go App, select 'Open with' in the menu to use an external App to view that game. If I understand correctly, you want to be able to tap a game from a game list and open it directly in an external App. That is currently not possible because the actual game data isn't stored with the game list so there's not enough data to pass to the external App. And the data shouldn't be stored with the game list (lots of unnecessary downloads from the server when scrolling the list)

This should already be supported by Android. When selecting the external App, choose your favorite and tap 'Always' button instead of 'Just Once'.

I also need to make some general comments on GridMaster in case my other users want to try it. It is a powerful editor with lots of interesting functions. But it in my opinion is not particularly suitable if you simply want to browse games. There's no easy way (such as a slider) to navigate the game quickly. The navigation buttons are too small (only 4mm high on my 5.5' phone, which is significantly smaller than the recommended value so it is very easy to misclick into the nearby comment area). The tabs in the user interface are even smaller.

Ohhh But tap->load data->"pass to app" sounds pretty natural?
I'd use your app for watching a game if I could a) zoom and b) if there were different boards and stones. I prefer plain black/white stones for instance. Maybe one day you add some variation there?

Gridmaster has no visual slider. You can tap->hold->drag (up/down or left/right) the move buttons!
Also... In the options, you can define the buttons height.

Thank you for the tips. It works much better after enlarging the buttons from Settings. I also find it helpful to remove the 'New' button to free up more space for wider navigation buttons. Tap, hold a button and then drag to quickly navigate works well.

My concern now is that changing button size or a unusual gesture for a certain function is not what ordinary user would expect. And I gather very few bother to read document. First impression really matters in App design.

BTW, Go4Go App's board actually can be zoomed in. It is not perfect implemented but it works reasonably well. In GridMaster, you can not 'pan' the board when zoomed-in, which again is not the 'normal' behaviour (I might have missing something hidden again).

Thanks anyway for the suggestions. There are many things that can be learned from other Apps.

I have just put together a plain theme to show stones and board in black and white. Screenshot here:



I might include another lighter colored board before the next release.

Go4Go Android Client v1.0.7

I just uploaded the new version to the Google Play Store. This version contains the following changes:

- Enhancement: added filters to the Go Ratings data so that top players by country and top female players can be displayed
- Enhancement: in Settings, introduced 'board theme' options. There are now 3 themes: the original one with darker board, a new one with lighter wood texture (Solomon asked for this a while ago), and a plain black & white theme. A screenshot of the lighter board is attached.
- Other minor improvements.
- Invisible to users, but I also laid the foundation for user input. That means next few releases we are likely to have new functions like trial play and making adjustment to scoring.

Great, thanks. I know I am annoying, but maybe you consider splitting stones from the board settings? I'd like to see plain stones on go board color background. Coloring as we know it from senseis db.

Perhaps a wish that doesn't apply to many users, but could we get more options to customize the graphics?

Settings that would be much appreciated on my part:

1. Line strength
2. Other stone textures, maybe customizable
3. Ability to set background for plain theme (as I would like a light gray there)


Brilliant, brilliant app though already as is. Happily paid for it and enjoying the service immensely!

I am pleased to announce the release of 1.0.8 version of Go4Go Android Client.

This is mainly for my Chinese speaking customers - you now have a complete Chinese version. By that I mean not only the user interface, but all the contents (player & tournament names, game results etc) are translated to simplified Chinese. Some screenshots follow:



If you have a Chinese device you should get this automatically. Otherwise set your system Language setting to Chinese - 中文（简体）

Of course I laid the foundation properly to translate this App into any language. If anyone can help me translate the user interface please talk to me.

There's also an enhancement for my western supporters (as requested by Solomon on this forum) - now you can choose from Settings that when opening a game show the first or last position.

I also redo the packaging so the download is now even smaller.

Now that you've released a few versions, can we talk about maybe having a working landscape mode for us tablet folks?

Go4Go Android Client v1.0.9

Because of user demands, the following features are now supported:

* A landscape mode for tablet users as shown in the screen capture below. I've only slightly optimized the App for tablets, including using larger fonts in a few places and displaying complete game description as title because there's plenty of room.
* Now it is possible to tap the left half of the Go board to navigate backward (and right half forward). Switch this on from Settings. By default, tapping anywhere on the board moves forward - this enables phone users to play using one hand.

Go4Go Android Client v1.1.0

Added another game filter for player search. Players with many games can have the search refined by year, e.g. show Lee Sedol's games in 2010. This latest filter, together with those provided earlier, effectively make all games in the Go4Go database accessible fairly easily.

Fantastic! The more Player Search filters the better.