[Client App, Discontinued] WaniKani for Android

olems said... I think the other app is still maintained (bugfixes, compatibility updates), just no new features will be added unless someone volunteers to take over the project.
I'm going to keep that one on my tablet since it works really well there, but I'm installing this on my phone for those on the road reviews (usually don't lug my tablet around much).
The app is optimized for tablets (UI) too so you might wanna keep it just in case :P 

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xip said...
sherril8 said... Looks fantastic. Will be trying it out and will post any issues I have. Thanks for making!

EDIT: I am on Nexus 5 and it is impossible for me to type tadasu in hiragana for the reading answer. It just changes to dadasu no matter what I do.
This was mentioned just above. I will get to work on this asap. Can you just check if the same behavior persists when you use the native android browser? Or any other browser you may have? Would probably be fine with third-party browser though...
 I have used WaniKani in Chrome on Android on both my Nexus 5 and 7. I haven't run into that issues in the browser. Good luck finding the problem!
xip said...
Walnut said... I'm a big fan of the other app but especially since it's no longer under maintenance I can get behind this one

You should talk to the author and see if he'll share his source too then you could more easily integrate some of its features

The UI is really nice and looks a lot more cellphone friendly too

Keep it up 
I believe his source is up on Github too, will have to see that. I didn't know that he had stopped maintaining the app though.
Of course you are welcome to incorporate all the code you need:
 https://github.com/WaniKani/Android-Notification
You might find the internal browser of particular interest because coding something that could more or less work on more or less all the devices was a bit tricky.

As correctly pointed out, due to lack of time and the fact that I've completed the WK cycle, I'm not adding new features, and just making sure that nothing breaks when the site is updated. I'll probably release a bugfix these days, but it won't be distributed through Google Play.

That's why I'd really appreciate if you could combine your code with mine and distribute an app with all the features of WK Mobile and the design of WK for Android. To ease the process, I would be happy to move my app from my Google Play account to yours.

I'm not sure that would be easy, and it probably would not be much fun, so I understand if you choose not to do this. Whatever you choose, however, if there's anything I can do to help you, feel free to ask. Good luck :)

This looks awesome! I love how you incorporated Material Design in this.

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xip said...
Walnut said... I'm a big fan of the other app but especially since it's no longer under maintenance I can get behind this one

You should talk to the author and see if he'll share his source too then you could more easily integrate some of its features

The UI is really nice and looks a lot more cellphone friendly too

Keep it up 
I believe his source is up on Github too, will have to see that. I didn't know that he had stopped maintaining the app though.
Of course you are welcome to incorporate all the code you need:
 https://github.com/WaniKani/Android-Notification
You might find the internal browser of particular interest because coding something that could more or less work on more or less all the devices was a bit tricky.

As correctly pointed out, due to lack of time and the fact that I've completed the WK cycle, I'm not adding new features, and just making sure that nothing breaks when the site is updated. I'll probably release a bugfix these days, but it won't be distributed through Google Play.
That's why I'd really appreciate if you could combine your code with mine and distribute an app with all the features of WK Mobile and the design of WK for Android. To ease the process, I would be happy to move my app from my Google Play account to yours.

I'm not sure that would be easy, and it probably would not be much fun, so I understand if you choose not to do this. Whatever you choose, however, if there's anything I can do to help you, feel free to ask. Good luck :)
Oh, wow, thank you very much for your support. I'll begin by investigating your code then. Especially the internal browser as you pointed out...

About combining the codes, I'd probably not want to just copy in the code. Rather, I can examine your code and then rewrite things. It would help me on the experience side of things too this way. Whichever the case, I'm sure to knock on your door every now and then. :)

Wow. Definitely looks a lot better than the other WK Android app. 

Am downloading now. Looks great!

Beautiful, nicely done…

I’m not an Android Developer,  but had a quick skim of your code… Nicely done, there are a lot of badly written app’s out there and I can see this is NOT one of them :slight_smile:

I’ve followed on github, look forward to seeing where this goes (even though I use iOS now).

頑張って!

Hello, I’m working on a few features and some seem to be working on my “free” (non-subscription) account I use for testing purposes but not on my main (this). I’d like to know if “it’s just me or everyone else”. I’m sure these kind of situations will come up in the future too. If there are any people who would like to try things for me and let me know how things go, I’d like to distribute testing apks to a few voluntary people.

Simply put, I need some testers for the new stuff I’m working on. If you are interested in trying out what’s there to come, please drop me a note. You can also email me at x.ihsan@gmail.com. Thanks.

This is puuuurdy.  Wish there was something like this for iPhone.

@xip: Just put the new code on GitHub and tell us what to test, I can build the code myself.

I’d prefer not to install the Android build tools for now, so count me in for some binaries!

I don’t really want to push the current code as it’s kinda messy. I’ll be posting an apk file soon.

You know, the thing I would most like to see is a reviews timeline. That’s what I really miss on my phone, the ability to see what’s coming up and plan accordingly.

Here is the test apk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_cQ2gmHoiJgcEpDWGhPUnM3dVU

Things to test: 
  • Ignore Button
  • Single Button
  • WaniKani Improve
  • Review Order
  • Lesson Order
  • Part Of Speech (Probably won’t work right now)
  • Auto Popup
  • Mute Button

Thanks.
Helix said... You know, the thing I would most like to see is a reviews timeline. That's what I really miss on my phone, the ability to see what's coming up and plan accordingly.
 "More info on upcoming reviews (Was thinking of having a list of upcoming items, but that could refresh the items in your mind and perhaps lead to a "false correct result".. ? Open to discussion...)"

Do you mean something you like this? 

Just downloaded the new apk. In the next 24 hours I have 270 (ç_ç) reviews, so I’ll be able to test it out (aren’t I lucky? :D)

 
EDIT: Got one vocab for now: ignore doesn’t work; mute works; I honestly didn’t notice about the auto popup but I think it appeared.

I’ll update again later.
Poor 形, sacrificed like this. At least it was for science.

sackboy97 said... Just downloaded the new apk. In the next 24 hours I have 270 (ç_ç) reviews, so I'll be able to test it out (aren't I lucky? :D)
 
EDIT: Got one vocab for now: ignore doesn't work; mute works; I honestly didn't notice about the auto popup but I think it appeared.
I'll update again later. Poor 形, sacrificed like this. At least it was for science.
While debugging there was this time when I thought I was logged in with my other account (free) account  and was trying the ignore button. I'm deliberately answering wrong then pressing the ignore button. I'm like, what the hell? Why won't this work? It was working until just now! Again and again, wrong answers. Then it comes to me, Oh, wait, this is my main account! Damn!.. So many items... :'| :D

So, Ignore doesn’t work; Single seems to work; WK Improve works; review order works; part of speech doesn’t; Auto Popup and Mute both work.

xip said...
Helix said... You know, the thing I would most like to see is a reviews timeline. That's what I really miss on my phone, the ability to see what's coming up and plan accordingly.
 "More info on upcoming reviews (Was thinking of having a list of upcoming items, but that could refresh the items in your mind and perhaps lead to a "false correct result".. ? Open to discussion...)"

Do you mean something you like this? 
 I think he means something like the chrome extension, which looks like this:





This does not give anything away, but it’s very useful. Especially if it’s 11:50pm, you want to go to bed, but you have 50 reviews coming up for the next hour, with the next review in 10 minutes. Only to find out that you have 1 in 10 minutes and 49 in 55 minutes. Also very useful to see when ‘important’ reviews come up (aka the one for your current level). Would love an app like this for iPhone.