Hello, > Since the new Subsurface-mobile includes the functionality of the companion app, > we assume that this will be removed from the play store once the mobile application has been released My original plan was, when the mobile UI is out : - Update the description and tell the app is obsolete - Link to the new application - When user install count decreases (say below 100, instead of 1200 today), remove the application from the Play Store
Do you prefer to remove it on subsurface-mobile release ? Aurélien 2016-02-16 16:38 GMT+01:00 Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]>: > > On Feb 16, 2016, at 2:12 AM, Jukka <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is Subsurface Companion ? It looks very different to > subsurface-mobile. Can it connect to subsurface cloud ? > > > No it cannot. It's an app with a very limited purpose - allow divers (for > example, on a dive boat) to collect GPS location that can then be merged > with the dive list in Subsurface and be used to have reasonably precise > GPS location information for your dive sites. > > What is Subsurface-mobile ? Why cannot I find in google play store ? > > > It's a version of Subsurface that is targeted at mobile devices with a new > UI written with phones and tablets in mind. It is in public beta test > right > now, check here for an opt-in URL that will allow you to find it in the > Google Play store: > > > https://subsurface-divelog.org/2016/02/subsurface-mobile-for-android-first-beta/ > > As the post indicates - this is a beta release and has a number of known > bugs. Also, after releasing the beta we decided to make a few UI changes > so this is nowhere near what will be the first official release. Finally, > even > though this is mentioned in several locations it seems to confuse some > new users: the current beta CANNOT download dive data from your dive > computer. You still need the desktop version of Subsurface for this. > > Who is Aurelien Pralong ? No, I dont use google+ > > > Aurelien is one of our contributors and the main author of the companion > app which is why he posted it to the Google Play store. Since the new > Subsurface-mobile includes the functionality of the companion app, we > assume that this will be removed from the play store once the mobile > application has been released > > /D > > _______________________________________________ > subsurface mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface > >
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