An updated version of the SG for SteamGifts app by me.
Download the latest release HERE
or Keep the app updated using Obtanium

1 year ago*

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Thank you very much. On my second phone Samsung Galaxy S7 with Custom Rom Android 13 SG incl. login now works again, thanks to the customized apk. I only had to disable Play Protect in the Google Play Store, otherwise the APK installation is blocked.

1 year ago
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BUMP

I'll add the link to this thread in the original mabako's sg app thread so other people who have this problem can see

EDIT: forgot it's locked, here it is for posterity sake

1 year ago*
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I don't use the app any more, but good job! This is the beauty of open-source.

1 year ago
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thanks NoctuaVentus

1 year ago
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Yay, thanks a lot for the work!

1 year ago
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Many thanks, NoctuaVentus, for this fix. It is a true eye saver.

1 year ago
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I'm continuing maintenance for the app, I'd like to rename it from "Fixed Login Edition" to "Continued" or similar, but idk, suggestions are appreciated.
In the meantime, here's the APK for version 1.5.14-beta1. It's an experimental release because I upgraded many libraries and the SDK used to compile everything. Let me know if something breaks or if everything works fine.
Changelog since Fixed Login Edition:

  • Fixed "Puzzles / Events" discussions page
  • Lots of code cleaning/modernisation
  • Updated the backwards compatibility libraries and the SDK

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y1YXkqoHk6KtL9ScyzFBq2kN5hEOO8P7/view?usp=share_link

1 year ago*
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How about "NoctuaVentus" edition? Or "NoctuaVentus 1.0" edition? Or (if you're too modest) "NV1.0" edition?
Thanks for sharing your work.

1 year ago
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Thanks for the fix.

Have a bump and a blue heart.

1 year ago
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Thank you bump

1 year ago
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another thank you bump, because i'm really greatfull for you fixing the login on the app

1 year ago
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I'm glad it works well!

1 year ago
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I'm testing the experimental release.
Let me know if i can help you with some tests :)

1 year ago
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bump

1 year ago
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Does anyone use the "Bookmark Discussion" feature on the app? SteamGifts already allows users to bookmark the discussions they want to keep an eye on, but the two are unrelated.
For now I'm thinking about simply adding a Bookmarked Discussions section on the left popup menu, though this might lead to confusion about the 2 similar features, it does work correctly to show the discussions bookmarked from the site. In the future I might just link the two systems.

Though the app does let you save giveaways while the site does not (I think there are some extensions that do, though)

1 year ago
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i don't use bookmarks. unfortunatly cant help you there.(bump)

1 year ago
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I am still in the old app since I (yet) did not have problems with the login.

But to answer your "user-research" question. Yes I use both of the bookmark options in the app, discussions as well as giveaways. I use mostly only to temporarily keep track of threads which I want to check out later again.

Maybe you could also migrate/merge the mobile discussion bookmarks to the official steam gifts api bookmarks on update to new version. so you do not need to handle two different ways of bookmarks.

1 year ago
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I'm still using old version. If Install this new version I would keep the GA/Discussion bookmarks?
Once time ago that updated I lost this info. Thank you!

11 months ago
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You would probably lose them, the signing key is different and Android wouldn't let you update, so you'd have to reinstall the app and lose the bookmarks

11 months ago
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Get a new phone, they said. it's going to JUST WORK, they said.

Thanks a bunch for keeping this alive.

1 year ago
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A million thanks for fixing this! This was the most used app on my phone before the login functionality broke lol

1 year ago
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fucking love this guy sm I could kill someone

1 year ago
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v1.5.14 has been released!
This version of the app has been renamed to SteamGifts NV (or SteamGifts NV edition)

Changes:

  • Fix Puzzles/Events discussion list
  • Increased notification icons size

Fixes:

  • Minor fixes
  • Replaced some deprecated methods
  • Lots of code cleanup

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PrOF-kk/SteamGifts/compare/3cb361937b5b799bbc3d7dbcfda5a8cd5e9545c4...v1.5.14

Download here

Future:

  • Next release is probably going to drop support for Android 4.4 KitKat and older. This should impact approximately no one
  • No changes to the bookmarks for now, it's a complex system and I'm not sure it's worth it
  • I'm working towards adding icons for showing game features (+1, Cards, DLC, Limited)
1 year ago
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Thanks for the great working keeping this app alive. Is there any chance that you could get it listed on the Google Play Store?

1 year ago
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Aside from the one-time fee I'd need to pay Google to submit the app, the codebase is too old and it wouldn't get accepted.
To submit an app on the Play Store nowadays you need to successfully target Android 13, while Sg NV currently targets Android 8.0 and doesn't compile otherwise because of deprecated old code

1 year ago
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How about F-Droid?

1 year ago
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I'm not sure how that works actually

1 year ago
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You can check here. Hope that helps.

1 year ago
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If you don't already have an android developer account, I'd not spend money on it - whether or not it is approved is a bet, and they can change their opinion each update (as the last version I uploaded only had a minor bugfix, still was rejected).

To quote from the last email I've got:

Here’s how you can submit your app for another review:

  • Remove any content owned by a third party from your app.
  • Review your app to make sure it’s in compliance with the intellectual property policy and all other policies listed in the Developer Program Policies.
  • Sign in to your Developer Console and upload the modified, policy compliant APK.
  • Submit your app.

[...]

  • Your app was rejected because content displayed within your app may contain “protected works,” or content owned by a third party. Protected works can include images, music, videos, product names, brands and similar works.
  • Make sure you have permission to use the images in your app, as all images in your app must comply with our intellectual property policies.

Keep in mind the Google Play version of the app already did not load game images, if you want to remove brand names you probably can't even list game titles.

1 year ago
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Thanks, I won't bother then.
And thanks for the app <3

1 year ago
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So I might take a look at F-Droid someday, but for now an alternative is to use Obtanium to update automatically
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

1 year ago
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Oh cool, Ive not heard of Obtanium before. I will give this a go, thank you for sharing!!

1 year ago
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I have a problem with it.

If you use the " Hide entered Giveaways "
Then click the left side menu " Wishlist "

It will kill the app. Shut it down.

The rest work just the Wishlist Menu.

1 year ago
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Most people don't have a wishlist of several thousand items.
That may have something to do with it.
Would be interesting to see if others have this issue.

1 year ago
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Nope, it worked on the older version.
It also works on the " Fixedlogin "( sg-fixedlogin.apk) version released " Jan 9, 2021 Or " Apr 4 "
( I don't understand Githubs system)

Must be something between the " Fixedlogin " version and the " v1.5.14 "
Those where the only two I could download.

1 year ago*
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I didn't make any wishlist-specific changes, so something must've broken it by accident. Unfortunately the wishlist works fine for me so it's going to be harder to identify what broke it

1 year ago
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Just to let you know that the old version on F-Droid works again without any updates. It stopped working a while ago as it logged me out and I coudn't login anymore but today I randomly tried and I was able to login.

1 year ago*
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Thanks for the heads up!
It might not work for long since each Android version increases the minimum target API requirements, I think Android 14 will not support an app that old unless you force it with adb

1 year ago
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While swiping, the description and the images are not loaded. Get an error message instead.

1 year ago
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What's the error? Swiping on the main giveaway list page?

1 year ago
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Nevermind, must have been a technical problem from the Steam site.
Checked right now and it's working again. Befoe I had to visit the Steam site to get the description and pictures.

1 year ago
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App stopped showing comments in discussions threads. Unchecking "Inverse Comment Order" fixes the problem but then it makes reading forums unusable...

11 months ago
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same with ESGT. Must be a change on server-side of page

11 months ago
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Yep, I'll take a look soon

11 months ago
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Hey NoctuaVentus. Any chance you are fixing this issue?
Inverse comments order not working anymore

11 months ago
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I'll take a look soon, thanks for the link

11 months ago
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thanks updated the app from 11 versions

11 months ago
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v1.5.15 has been released

Read the changelog and download HERE

11 months ago
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Thank you, much appreciated. It loads comments slower this way but otherwise it was unusuable, so it's a good trade-off.

11 months ago
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Thank you for the update <3

11 months ago
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Thanks <3

11 months ago
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Thank you for keeping the app updated. Can i ask you two things - is it possible to add the option to copy text in the app and to add font size option? Or this options will not be used much?

11 months ago
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Which text specifically would you like to be able to copy? I can take a look.

11 months ago
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Hey NoctuaVentus, i was thinking for text from topic and comments. Some time you want to quote something. But if is just to much work don't.

11 months ago
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Copying comment text will be available in the next release :)
For the topic and giveaway text, and Android bug prevents copying from working properly, so it'd take some time. If you have an account, you can open an issue on Github so I can remember

11 months ago*
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You are so fast NoctuaVentus, thank you.
I have an account so i submit ticket, so you can use it as a reminder.
Thank you again.:)

11 months ago
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