I am an Android developer with quite a few years under my belt. I've been unimpressed with the current Bitcointalk.org Android app offering (
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.elbandi.forum.bitcointalk ). I want to make a slick, android-design-compliant app that doesn't suck.
Here's a proposed roadmap:
ALPHA:
- guest access ( no login )
- browse meta topics
- browse forum list
- browse forum topic ( will include a paging function so swiping left and right will get you to the next page of replies, next page is pre-loaded )
- reply formatting ( avatar, user stats, quote formatting, link highlighting, html )
BETA:
- view user profile
- search
- forum caching
- text resizing
- contextual menu for each reply ( user profile, user stats, user signature )
v1:
- fix all medium-severe bugs
- setting for hiding showing things ( avatar, signature, stats, reply timestamps )
v2:
- user login
- post reply
- quote reply
- my profile
- my recent posts
v2.5
v3
- tablet support
- topic list on left
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.android.reddit is my design and usability inspiration. If you think you will use a stable, well designed app with the above features then please reply to this poll. If you have some feedback beyond the above poll or have questions then ask below. Thanks.
Edit: also, if there are features that are not on the list or functionality that you would like to see then let me know.
Edit 2: work on the app has started, see
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=606796.msg6696331#msg6696331 for announcement and tracking