eveliotc Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hi there, Yet another Android user asking for an iOS app first to be available for his mobile platform of preference Android developer myself happy to help with development or testing (please reach me at evelio at evelio dot info) Thanks! Link to comment
Vero Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hi there, Hi Evelio, As I said earlier today in my response to your email, it's unlikely that we'll create an Android app, as there are only two of us (Andrew and myself) and, at this point, focusing on OS X and iOS alone allows us to ensure we can give our users the highest quality on the most compatible platforms. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
eveliotc Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sorry, I posted this before emailing figured that I would get a faster response that way Hope you guys don't mind but going to experiment this weekend on building an open source Android version so we can all enjoy this awesomeness too smillyman1 and fascinator! 2 Link to comment
ArleyM Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I just created a forum account to +1 this eveliotc 1 Link to comment
Debaser42 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 +1 I stopped using iOS about six months ago and would love to have an open source solution. Link to comment
eveliotc Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) ok guys, took a look at it today and Alfred Remote is indeed OS X/iOS oriented, uses Bonjour for discovery and then transfers serialized data in forms like NSMutableDictionary and NSKeyedArchiver, which of course both can be supported on Android, has been a while since I tried reverse engineering a protocol and doing this for fun so please bear with me on schedule @Vero / @Andrew any chance you guys can provide me with some info around the data exchange, that could save me a lot of time and get this out sooner Edited February 1, 2015 by eveliotc Link to comment
Andrew Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Just to manage your expectations on this, Alfred Remote is still really new and the protocol is likely to evolve and change in the coming releases. I won't be encouraging or supporting reverse engineering. Having said that, once Remote settles and becomes established in the future, I may provide a more published and open way to interact with Alfred which will allow for 3rd party integrations. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment
siguy Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Created a forum account just to come and comment on this. As an android/OS X user I support any and all plans to evolve the remote system in a way that makes it easy for the addition of an android app! Link to comment
ohmygad Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I joined to +1 this as well. Link to comment
alfredstudent Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I didn't join the forum just to +1, but this is only the second time I've logged in and I'm really sending a big +1 for this topic! I am an OSX/Android user too! Link to comment
martyn Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Created an account to firstly say +1 and to secondly lend my support. I'm an Android developer (currently working at Mozilla on Firefox for Android) and would love to contribute to an open source version of version of Alfred Remote for Android. Link to comment
Sabnak Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Powerpack user here, would love the integration with Android and seem not to be alone as the more than 2000 views on this topic show. Link to comment
sunpakyinharry Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 +1 Android user myself. Great idea. Link to comment
vitor Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Powerpack user here, would love the integration with Android and seem not to be alone as the more than 2000 views on this topic show. [emphasis mine] To be fair, views are meaningless. I have no interest in Android and still viewed the topic, as I’d bet most other workflows developers (who realised the topic exists) did as well, just to gather what the response was. I won’t speak for Alfred’s team, but as an open-source maintainer, repeated +1ing of a topic that was already given a clear answer is useless and serves only to counter-productively drown out the important parts of the discussion. It has already been shown there is interest; continuing to +1 serves no further purpose. As Vero said, there are only two on Alfred’s team, and I’m not even sure both of them code (Vero is way more active with the community, so I’m guessing she takes care of most — often way more demanding — non-coding matters). Investing on a platform they don’t use (including learning it, and all the time that comes with doing so) likely won’t pay off. As Andrew said, they won't be encouraging or supporting reverse engineering, and only once Remote settles and becomes established, they may provide solutions for third-party integrations. This all means: don’t count on an official Android client1, and if you want to work on a third-party solution, you’ll have to wait until steps are done that will make that possible, if ever. Locking the topic, as it’s effectively been answered. If things change, Vero and/or Andrew can unlock it and give further news, or (more likely) make an official announcement somewhere else. Either way, we all want for continued posts to be informative, instead of a repetition what has been asked over and over. —————————— 1 It may happen, but it’s extremely unlikely and there are no plans in that direction as of now. stuartcryan, blacksmithtb and Alan He 3 Link to comment
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