Looks like it was ātaken downā by Google on July 1.
Android stats:
iOS stats: 104 total testers
Iāve changed our Google Play Store target audience to be 18+ and up: The target age group for your app is: 18 and over
Iāve put up a change that will make any requests stream-app
makes to https://resonate.is will open in the userās browser, and not the app. This should make Google be okay with the donations page, as it will no longer be āin-appā. This will only affect Android users, iOS users will still be able to navigate to resonate.is pages.
These should hopefully address these two issues:
Fingers crossed that these two quick fixes appease Google Play Store. The new app bundle has been submitted to them and is currently pending their review.
Can I get some updated (and succinct) copy on the needs as it relates to progress on the mobile app that I can share through various channels in order to solicit more volunteer dev help?
I think the move to a new framework as expressed bellow is currently in a very rough state because @piper and @psi wonāt be able to really do the work until the 1st week of August (could be until the 8th of August, maybe slightly earlier). So we might want to wait then to do a proper call for developpers but Iāll leave that judgement call to Piper and Psi.
Furthermore, as it stands, Piper, Psi and @jeremy do not currently have access to the Resonate server which is limiting to do the work they need to do and weāre waiting on @auggod and @peter to walk them through the process of having complete access to all the resources they need, which I think should be sorted before early August so that they can start right back on it when theyāre back.
Until then I think this sums up the needs succintly for now
Note that all Iāve mentionned above was just a short summary of whatās been discussed and decided collectively at the dev stand up meeting two days ago in the presence of @brndnkng and @Hakanto as well ! Hope this helps !
Also incidentally @jeremy just posted this which is I think the single most important document about how to further proceed with Resonate dev work :
Currently mobile and desktop apps are blocked by the v3 API (the API works for logging in but it seems that streaming tracks using it doesnāt spend any creditsā¦ not ideal).
@jeremy has this proposal which @psi and I think is a great next step - weād like outside devs to weigh in on it and potentially get involved in helping with that if the proposal is approved. We had an awesome Dev Standup Meeting last Wednesday with brandon and Peter H and a bunch of others on the call that was really productive when we discussed this and the current blockers, and we collectively decided on the call that it was time for @jeremy to post his proposal publicly.
Maybe something like the following would work for a succinct social media post to attract more devs:
Resonate has a new tech-related proposal on the floor (Some proposals to improve product development at Resonate) to consolidate and simplify its back-end infrastructure. We would like to invite devs to provide initial feedback on the proposal, and to get involved and assist in this work.
@zetto.plus, let me know what you think about all of this (I know this is a lot to chew on). Thank you so much for your efforts and your continued pushing to do socials and to bring more devs on board (which we definitely, desperately need).
In other news, @relish and other Android users, Google has reinstated stream-app
in the Google Play Store! Give it a whirl and let me know if you run into any issues, but it looks like weāre back up and running from what I can tell over here.
Mobile App Update - Release v1.1.9 / 19
Because the forum now lives at https://community.resonate.coop (part of š§ Warning: Resonate Infrastructure In Flux Coming Week(s) [Effective Immediately]), Iāve created a new release of stream-app
to allow users to continue to navigate and use the community forum in-app, instead of it automatically opening in the userās browser. For those who donāt know, you can scroll to the bottom footer (or even quicker, press in the top right, click Settings, and because itās a shorter page you can get to the bottom quicker) and press Forum
- you can actually browse the forum using the app! I like doing this because it provides a bit more screen space (no browser URL bar at the top) and a more focused experience.
These new builds have been submitted to Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and are currently being reviewed - should be live sometime tomorrow.
Thank you @piper for pursuing this app so diligently and keeping the community in the loop via the Forum.
Minor note: Iāve updated the topic above as well as the stream-app
ās Readme file regarding its development status - initially I stated that development on the repository would be discontinued in favor of the mobile
repository, but Iāve since realized thatās an incorrect characterization - itās essentially in maintenance mode (we will continue to fix bugs as they arise and fix problems where possible). The repository is essentially as feature complete as it can be within the confines of the react-native-webview
library, so new features arenāt really possible without switching to regular react-native
(the goal of the mobile
repository).
Just wanted to post this clarifying update/edit to make sure people are aware that weāre still currently supporting and maintaining the stream-app
while mobile
(our long-term goal) is being built out.
Please disable smooth scrolling. Feels like scrolling to a point where I didnāt intention it to be scrolled to.
Welcome @pabloscloud!
Iāve responded on the issue, but Iāll copy paste my response here as well:
Iām guessing youāre on Android? What version?
At first glance, I would have though this issue pertains:
However, we are not using androidHardwareAccelerationDisabled
, which was causing the problem for the users in that issue.
This app uses your phoneās default browser, so if you have a way of disabling smooth scrolling in your phoneās default browser, that would probably fix this issue. I donāt have an Android myself so Iāve never run into this bug nor do I have a way to test it.
In the meantime, I will try to experiment with bumping the react-native-webview
version to the latest to see if that solves that for you. Here is the latest release, version 20
on Android (1.2.0
for iOS). It has been submitted to the Google Play Store and Apple Stores for review, and will be available publicly after they are past review:
Library | Previous Version | New Version |
---|---|---|
react-native-webview |
11.15 | 11.23 |
babel-core |
7.17.5 | 7.18.10 |
Thank you for reporting this issue!
Iām on iOS
@pabloscloud, 1.2.0 is now live on Apple Store TestFlight, if you want to test and let me know if those updated packages fix your issue:
I noticed on GitHub that you said youāre on iOS 16.0 which is due to be released this fall (in beta). Sounds like this could be because youāre on an iOS beta release instead of a stable version? When you open stream.resonate.coop in Safari, do you have the same issue?
@pabloscloud New release here, should be available for testing via TestFlight sometime today after itās been reviewed by Apple: Release ios-deceleration-rate-normal Ā· resonatecoop/stream-app Ā· GitHub
decelerationRate
property for iOS browsers (normal
) , rather than WebView default (fast
).Crossing my fingers this fixes your issue.
Hi, I got the app update last night and was asked to take a screenshot and send it to the dev, so here it is
Awesome, @Sylvia, thank you for posting this!
Pleased to mention that @pabloscloud said that their scrolling issue was resolved today, handled by one of the fixes associated with v1.2.1
. Also, we have a new release queued up:
The new login associated with our migration off of Wordpress routes us through a new URL (https://id.resonate.coop) for login in the player, Iām adding that new URL to our list of allowed in-app URLs, so users can once again log in in stream-app
. Iām submitting the new release to app stores, pending review people from Google/Apple, the update should be available in the next 4-48 hours to everyone (itās available immediately for those able to install binaries on their mobile devices here).
Delighted to share that the āLearnā menu dropdown being non-functional for iOS is FIXED on the production server! To be clear, this fixes the menu and allows full functionality for mobile/iPad iOS users in all browsers and for iOS stream-app
users.
Weāve also been pushing out a bunch of other fixes for the player (which also fix things for the mobile app) just to handle things associated with the transition off of WordPress. Special thanks to @auggod and @psi for all of their hard work on this.
Youāre wonderful, Iāll give this a try when I can.
A couple of updates:
Hello everyone! Weāre running into an issue with Google Play, that we need to address by October 6, 2022 to keep the Android app online. This Google Play tester was able to navigate to this page in the Android app, on what appears to be a tablet, and was able to open the Open Collective contribution page in-app. This shouldnāt be possible because Iāve intentionally excluded Resonateās Open Collective from our allowlist, which should force all links to this domain to open in the userās browser (and not in our app), merely to appease these Google Play payment requirements. Hereās a screenshot of where the tester was able to see this screen:
Iām unable to find a way to navigate to this screen in-app or in browser. If anyone has any luck poking around in-app and can get this screen to come up, can you please post here the steps you took and the pages went to and links you clicked on to make this appear? If this screen opens in a new window / separate browser on mobile, weāll be good by Googleās book, from what I can tell. But, if I canāt reproduce the situation myself, itās really tricky for me to try to figure out how to fix it. Thanks in advance for the help everyone! We have a couple of hundred active users for this app so it would be great to keep it up and running.
Hereās the full report from the Google Play Store for posterity:
After a recent review, we found that your app Resonate (com.resonate.streamapp is not compliant with one or more of our Developer Program Policies. Please resolve the issue described below by October 06, 2022 or your app will be removed from Google Play.
Issue with your app
Your app contains content that doesnāt comply with the Payments policy. Please see the attached screenshot for more information.Issue details
We found an issue in the following area(s):
- In-app experience: Please see attached screenshot com.resonate.streamapp-InAppExperience-357.png
About the Payments policy
Apps that employ in-store or in-app purchases must comply with the Payments policy guidelines. Specifically, Google Playās billing system must not be used in cases where payments include tax exempt donations.Eligible developers have the following options to offer an alternative billing system in select countries for non-gaming apps:
- Offer an alternative billing system alongside Google Playās billing system as part of our user choice billing pilot. Please visit our FAQ for more details.
- Offer an alternative billing without user choice to their users in the European Economic Area (EEA). Please visit our FAQ for more details.
Status: Further action required
Your app may be removed from Google Play if you do not resolve this issue by October 06, 2022.
Action required: Resolve this issue by October 06, 2022
To help make sure that your app stays available on Google Play:
- Read through the Payments policy for more details.
- If the donations are for an eligible tax-exempt organization, please provide verifiable documentation that indicates the organizationās tax-exempt status (e.g., Internal Revenue Service determination letter for entities in the United States) through the Advance Notice Form.
- If the organization is not a tax-exempt organization, you must remove the donation functionality from your app or use Google Playās in-app billing system when collecting donations.
I couldnāt find any possible way to access that screen. However the screencap is v7.0.2 and Iām at 7.1.7 and I notice that my ādonateā button just doesnāt link to anything anywhere which is where I would expect to have a link to opencollective? However since that doesnāt work (it does get me out of the app though just it points me to an error 404 page) I canāt find any other way to stay in app and have access to open collective.