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Would there be any interest in a third party mobile app? I'm a developer and I'm doing some training on Xamarin. I needed an app to work on so I started doing a GOG client since there isn't one. I now have a mostly working prototype with a horrendous UI design. What kind of thing would you want/need the app to do?

If there's interest I can clean it up a bit and submit it to Google Play Store.
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GogAppTest: Would there be any interest in a third party mobile app? I'm a developer and I'm doing some training on Xamarin. I needed an app to work on so I started doing a GOG client since there isn't one. I now have a mostly working prototype with a horrendous UI design. What kind of thing would you want/need the app to do?

If there's interest I can clean it up a bit and submit it to Google Play Store.
Being able to read and send chat messages would be nice, it's almost impossible to do that through the website on mobile. Beyond that I'm not sure really... browse the catalogue and your library I suppose, buy games (assuming that would be possible in a third party app?).

It's something I've considered myself in the past but I haven't got the time to do it right.
Not sure if you've discover the API so I wanted to point you to it:

https://gogapidocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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GogAppTest: Would there be any interest in a third party mobile app?
There appears to be some interest:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/ios_android_gog_app

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_app_for_iphoneipad_and_android

https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/does_gogcom_have_an_android_app
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GogAppTest: ...
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adaliabooks: Being able to read and send chat messages would be nice, it's almost impossible to do that through the website on mobile. Beyond that I'm not sure really... browse the catalogue and your library I suppose, buy games (assuming that would be possible in a third party app?).

It's something I've considered myself in the past but I haven't got the time to do it right.
I think all purchases in an app has to go through the Google Play Store, so while I think it's technically possible, it wouldn't be able to be published.

Browsing library and wish list I already have working, and it would be easy enough to add support for the entire catalogue with a search feature. Chat is mostly working, although I haven't tested situations with multiple participants (I have no friends).
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drmike: Not sure if you've discover the API so I wanted to point you to it:

https://gogapidocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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GogAppTest: Would there be any interest in a third party mobile app?
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drmike: There appears to be some interest:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/ios_android_gog_app

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_app_for_iphoneipad_and_android

https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/does_gogcom_have_an_android_app
Yes, thank you! Although I have seen it I appreciate you pointing me to it. Yepoleb and Barefoot_Monkey did an excellent job with the documentation. I've found some more endpoints (for chat in particular) that aren't documented there, and I'm planning on contributing those back to that project.
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adaliabooks: Being able to read and send chat messages would be nice, it's almost impossible to do that through the website on mobile.
I'd really wish GOG would remove that floating menu bar on the top, at least make it disappear when scrolling down. If I zoom the forums on an Android phone in order to see the tiny text, that floating menu zooms as well, taking most of the screen space.

That alone would make the forums much more usable on phones.
It ain't pretty, but it works. Mostly.

I'll be looking for testers coming up soon. If you'd like to help please let me know.
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