I'm no longer supporting this app, thank you for your interest.

Contact details on my github profile -> https://github.com/mabako/ -- I don't watch this thread.

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Update

The app's still on the Play Store... for the time being, anyway, as I have no clue what I should or should not fix for it to contain no intellectual property. I'm not going to keep this app available if it means getting rid of all images for giveaways etc. I can't update it, not even the beta version... and every version is pretty much randomly decided on whether or not it'll be allowed.

For example, 1.0 and 1.0.1 were fine. I've not changed the store page/any assets used, but apparently uploading the beta version is not possible because, in random order.

  • keyword spam in the store page
  • screenshots contain intellectual property
  • the app itself contains intellectual property

I don't know which of these I've fixed and which of these I haven't, every time I try to publish an update it's rejected for either of those reasons (I currently have 8 mails for rejection in my inbox).

So I've sigh sent an appeal (the decision of which is final, by the way), which may take them up to 3 days to process. If it's rejected again, you'll probably not see this app on the Play Store anymore, and then I don't know what else to do with it.

The latest update seems to have gone through, but I haven't gotten a reply either way.

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That's sad to hear. You worked hard and made a great app. Hope it all works out.

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This may sound stupid but,
maybe it's because of the Steamgifts logo?

The previous app also had images for the GAs and I don't remember it having this issue.

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Well one option is to allow users to download it seperately, but I guess they'd have to update it manually then, unless you keep code somewhere on the web that allows users to update automatically, but I really don't know if that is possible or even worth it.

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It's possible with F-droid

8 years ago
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Yeah, or the amazon app store/... etc. But most phones simply come with the google play store pre-installed, so it would be the easiest choice.

8 years ago
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Got the update from play store. V 1.1 beta 3. So does that mean everything worked out?
Editing from the app: updates coming frequently :)

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I haven't heard back from them, so I have no idea.

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I can confirm this, got also the update to 1.1-beta.3

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Like I told you in private, I would:

  • Rename the app to something like SGdroid
  • Remove any word/link containing "SteamGifts"
  • Change the app's picture to something else that does not depict SG logo
  • Pray for Google Play to accept it
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The last is probably the one I've done too little off :X

I've renamed it and well, it's on the store again. Haven't heard back from Google though.

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I see that now the filter stays on app close which was needed, but you also added the option to show group giveaways regardless of the level filter which is awesome! Now the app is much more usable than the web version for me :D

edit: I'd like to have an option when commenting to "Enter and Comment". So I write my comment and then with one click I post it and enter at the same time, like it's available now for a certain add on on web.

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hi, recently leaves the beta version and still says I have the beta version, did everything to uninstall it and go back download, I say the same thing again.
FIXED CLEANING CACHE AND DATA ^^

Edit: I begin to clean the cache, data and uninstall ... then what happened? He went back to version 1.0.1 (build 49), no joke ... also play in google you tell me that you have to update but this installed.

Edit 2: ah ... I understood the stable version is 1.0.1 (build 49), I thought it was a downgrade.

View attached image.
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Indeed - the beta is the newer version of the two, 1.0.1 is the current non-beta version :P

8 years ago
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Great, I just tried it a couple hours ago, seems nice and practical.

8 years ago
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I really dig the way it looks. Good job!

8 years ago
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While I've not really gotten much of a word from google yet, apparently beta 6 is was on the play store (if you're a beta tester).

I've added a feature or two since.

1.1 beta 6

Features

  • edit (your own) comments

Bugfixes

  • sync would show a toast saying 'Could not sync' even after successful sync.
  • improved wifi check in CheckNewMessages

1.1 beta 7

Features

  • polls
  • giveaway and discussion cards now show the title of the giveaway/discussion
  • user names on profile pages are now shown in lower case + normal case if the user name contains a zero, an uppercase o, an uppercase i or a lowercase L.

Bugfixes

  • notification showing multiple messages now include the username in the collapsed state (i.e. "5 new messages / kt: Hi" instead of "5 new messages / Hi")
  • user avatars are scaled to 75% of the action bar height and not 100%
  • opening discussions outside of the discussion list now correctly indicates whether or not they're opened or closed
  • got rid of unnecessary separators in discussions
  • links in TextViewHolder (used on Store pages) are now clickable
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Excellent update!
Massive improvement, thanks for your effort, kt!

8 years ago
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I have a bug to report that has been happening for a while now but wasn't there at the beginning.

Often when I click on a giveaway and then click on the store page from the app, it shows me a message "Give away could not be loaded" and then when I go back I can't enter the giveaway either from the description giveaway page or through the newest long press enter giveaway. So I end up having to restart the app and scroll all the way to were I was. This was happening on the last version I was using and the new beta version.

Hope this gets fixed soon.

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The app is no longer on the play store.

I believe you can only view the play store page (and perhaps download it) if you've downloaded the app before.

Maybe I'll figure something out, but at the moment I've spent too many hours in trying to make the app 'acceptable' without clear direction; and have no intention to make the required changes necessary for the app to be on the play store again.

Right now, I'm just dead tired of "releasing" an app. Don't ask when it'll be back on the play store again, it won't.

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That's sad. Will you still be working on the code though? I don't mind making my own builds of it :P

8 years ago
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Good job!
Very nice app

8 years ago
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Is it safe to enter your Steam login and password in this app? Someone do that?

8 years ago
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I tried to download the new apk from github via the implemented browser, but the download wouldn't start. With chrome it worked like intended.
No clue whether the problem is on my side or not.

8 years ago
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the implemented browser of this app sg no longer sopports download, don't worry.

8 years ago
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You're pretty much the first person that wanted to ever download something :P

8 years ago
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Hey kt, could you possibly integrate SteamTrades in the app? Would be so useful for traders!

8 years ago
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Maybe it'll be there some time, but I can't guarantee anything. I don't use the trading section personally so it's hard for me to tell what it should even be like

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Thanks for the new updates! I don't see download button for 1.2 beta 2. Will it take time to appear?

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It probably won't appear, since that's not a feature update :P It only changed some build files, i.e. to build the beta as different application id (net.mabako.steamgifts.beta vs net.mabako.steamgifts) which will (maybe? eventually? some time?) used for a fdroid repo.

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Ok. I see you removed download links in the OP. Is there any reason?

8 years ago
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Not really, no.

Just want to sort things out :X

8 years ago
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Bump.

Please check the top post, thank you.

8 years ago
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Thank you for your continued efforts! :)
I love you.

8 years ago
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Thanks for your awesome work!

8 years ago
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V 1.2 beta 5 - I'm getting app crash when I tap sync account in settings page

8 years ago
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Bug - can't click a link in spoilers.
Eg: check discussion titled "I won, I won, give me games"

8 years ago
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Doesn't seem to be too much that can be done about that. I suppose the order of the tags matters? Maaaaaybe those can be swapped but idk

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Hello , can you do a notification when we won a game?
I mean we get a notification without open the steamgifts.app just to know if we won a game or not .
I know that it's possible see if we won a game in steamgifts.app but if you can do a notification without open the app will be great :)
Thank you

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I think it is in works.

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nope

8 years ago
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Isn't this what he asked?

8 years ago
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i use the stable ver. :-S

8 years ago
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somewhat notable builds (the rest is just mostly bugfixes)

1.2 beta 1

Features

  • preference for a navigation drawer with less discussion-related items

1.2 beta 3

Features

  • view attached images on giveaways/discussions/comments

1.2 beta 8

Features

  • different default browser
    • custom chrome tabs if you have chrome installed
    • the current webview otherwise
  • default browser (webview/chrome tabs/external browser) to open all links can be set

1.2 beta 9

Features

  • show entries/copies for invite-only giveaways

1.2 beta 10

Features

  • comment + enter
  • filter for entries per copy
  • filter for region restricted giveaways
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I noticed I haven't got any updates from the play store, and then I read the sadness :(
It still works, and I don't have any issues with it. So until I reformat my phone again. Thanks kt I love the program.

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You can just install it from f-droid, which'll get the updates.

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1.2 beta 11

Features

  • reintroduced starred giveaways
  • changed time formatting entirely (may or may not break in random places), uses proper dates past 4 weeks
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1.2 beta 12

Features

  • bookmark discussions
  • delete & undelete (your own) comments
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1.2 (stable)

Features

  • view attached images for giveaways/discussions/comments
  • bookmark giveaways & discussions (previously called "starred giveaways")
  • "comment + enter" button for giveaways
  • delete & restore your own comments
  • filters for entries per copy, region restricted giveaways
  • show entries, copies and winners in giveaway details
  • time formatting changes
  • store app pages now show inline images
  • use custom chrome tabs (if chrome is installed)
  • preference for a more compact navigation drawer with discussions taking up one space only
  • preference for opening all links in an external browser
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is it possible to have a share button on images you view inside the app?

8 years ago
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Probably :p Just for the link or to download it locally?

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I think a link would be sufficient, since downloading it afterwards is easy.

8 years ago
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I'm having few issues with 'remove entered giveaways' in bookmarks.

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Like what?

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1.2.1 (stable)

Bugfixes

  • fixed the saved giveaway options menu not being reset properly, thus having the same menu item appear multiple times
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1.3-beta.5

Features

  • notifications for won giveaways
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Thanks for the effort kt!
I'm still using 1.1 beta-8 , I think it was the last one on Google Play (and it still works great)
Will install f-droid later so I can keep the app updated.

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You can download the apk from github directly, until you install f-Droid

8 years ago
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Done! :D
And another BUMP for this thread

8 years ago
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Closed 2 years ago by kt.