Go4Go App for Android

[Uberdude]

Wow, a very naughty ad.

Yeah, I get those fake notification ads in some other apps too, rather cheeky aren't they! I do plan to buy your app to support your good work.

[macelee]

My development work was distracted by the ongoing Deepmind Challenge Match. Who on this forum would not be distracted?

Just uploaded Version 1.0.3 to Google Play Store.

I received lots of feedback, many asking better game navigation. In response to that, I added two new ways to better navigate games, both can be done using one hand (helpful for those with large displays)

(1) Tap anywhere on the board to move forward. This, in the future, could potentially interfere with other operation if the App eventually supports SGF editing. But for now this feature is available and should be very useful.

(2) Use the hardware volume up/down keys to move forward/backward. I hope nobody listens to music at the same time reviewing Go games so I take control of the volume button (on the Go board screen only). If there is a problem, I can later add a setting to disable it.

Several users complain that many games are beyond reach, e.g. when viewing some famous old games. I start introducing filters to help refine search result. The first screen updated is the Final Games screen. Now tap the 'filter' icon from the corner to invoke a dialog and refine the search. This should hopefully be applied to player search and tournament search as well - these however require some server side change so I will delay them.

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The release also contains some small UI improvement and bug fixes.

[emeraldemon]

Is there any chance you could add a "no spoiler" mode? I like playing through games without knowing who will win, but the result (like W+R) is displayed very prominently before you can view the game.

Good job on the app

[macelee]

Is there any chance you could add a "no spoiler" mode? I like playing through games without knowing who will win, but the result (like W+R) is displayed very prominently before you can view the game.

Good job on the app

Just to make sure, you want to have an option to hide the game results from the game list. Correct?

[emeraldemon]

Yes please

[apetresc]

Just discovered this today; very glad I made the purchase.

I think the one request I could make that would overcome all the shortcomings of the viewer would be a way to send an SGF to another SGF editor on the phone. So, like, you use Go4Go to search and preview a game, but if you want to try out some variations on your own, you'd be able to load it in BW-Go instead. There's no reason for every Go app to eventually re-implement a full-fledged tree editor.

Besides that, it's pretty much exactly what I've been hoping for for years

[Monadology]

This is a great app. I'd love to see more filters - for instance, have the option to select a second player and see all of the matches between the first player and second. Also helpful would be a filter as to which player or which color won.

[Drew]

Since the app's key feature is access to the online database, does it support saving game records to the device for later offline viewing?

[macelee]

To apetresc: I will look into providing an option to open the games in external Apps. I understand the external app involved need to support this, so I will have to investigate more.

To Monadology: more filters will be added.

To Drew, currently all games you open will be automatically saved in your History folder which can be accessed from the main menu. When you click a game in the History list, the App reads locally stored data and will not use the internet. Almost everything else requires an active Internet connection, including the scorer (even when you open a locally stored game).

[Akura]

I have the App for about 5 minutes and I like it lot. What I would like to have is...

1. Pattern Search and
2. Marking dead stones in the SE.

But that has been said already. Keep up your great work!

[macelee]

Release version 1.0.4 today:

- Added filters for tournament search, so for a tournament with many games, one can select a subset of games to show.
- From settings, one can set to 'hide results in games list'. Settings can now be accessed from main menu too.
- Other small UI improvements, including fixed launcher icon which was of incorrect size.

[emeraldemon]

Thank you for adding the no-spoiler mode! It's really great to suggest a feature and have it implemented so quickly

[Drew]

Is there a way to keep the screen on when viewing autoplay? Currently I must tap the device when it starts to dim because it thinks I'm not using it.

[macelee]

Is there a way to keep the screen on when viewing autoplay? Currently I must tap the device when it starts to dim because it thinks I'm not using it.

This is a system setting. I don't think an App should intervene, even if that is technically possible. Under the Display section of your Settings, you should be able to set a longer time before the system trying to go to sleep.

[Drew]

Is there a way to keep the screen on when viewing autoplay? Currently I must tap the device when it starts to dim because it thinks I'm not using it.

This is a system setting. I don't think an App should intervene, even if that is technically possible. Under the Display section of your Settings, you should be able to set a longer time before the system trying to go to sleep.

You are correct in that it IS a system setting, but it can also be controlled by apps. Otherwise, how could you possibly watch a video on your Android device? I do not wish to change my screen-off time setting temporarily each time I wish to watch Go4Go autoplay...

Edit to add link to StackOverflow example with wake lock