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[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Most of this stuff is already addressed by two existing rules.

1) Read OPs. This is extremely easy to do in any presentation of XDA forums whether it be mobile app or computer browser.

2) Don't fight. Creating a second thread just for that would be facilitating something that should not be happening anywhere.

The issue of searching threads is a tricky one because without Boolean expressions searching is not that productive, although it should still be done.

Also, this is a bit OT for the XDA Labs development thread. That being said I've been working on material for a thread to kick around ideas for keeping threads tidy. Even though I've disagreed with some of these ideas here they would be a reasonable part of such a discussion.
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
All tapatalk does is text match "Sent from my" and wrap the text in a span w/ a different font. It really just comes down to using a better regex ;)
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Pardon my coding ignorance here. [MENTION=3703649][] AL [][/MENTION] and I have been testing similar issues which have been plaguing XDA PM conversations and seem to vary by browser and post content. Is the regex to which you refer in the program/app that is composing the message or in the XDA universe outside of our devices and computers. I've been researching this and having trouble connecting what I'm finding to the reality of what we are seeing.
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
This stuff goes over & above what Labs is all about. At the end of the day the ultimate mission of Labs is to actually

reduce the number of forum posts

. As much as we all have these ideas for forum-related features, when it comes to XDA,

the forums are more the means to an end

rather than a place for well laid out discussion.

I know how insane that might sound at first but a massive amount of threads on XDA look like this:

Posts 1-3 (OP): Brief description of ROM/app/mod/etc. Screenshots. Download links. Changelog.

Posts 4+: Reviews/Ratings ("Great ROM!"). Bug reports ("X doesn't work!"). Feature suggestions ("Could the dev add X?").

Posts 1-3 is a Labs App/Mod details page and the rest can be organized as reviews, bugs and features.

If you were able to strip out a chunk of those posts in most threads the conversation would get much, much better. You would get rid of all the cruft we all skim through or begrudgingly respond to and ideally it would steer users to more useful, relevant discussion.

My point is that instead of focusing on what we can add to the forums to support the apps, we should reverse that thinking to consider that most people who visit XDA have a goal in mind. They want to root their device, they want to install an app/mod/etc. They want to DO something. That call to action or goal of most people is what we want to make easier through Labs.

XDA has an enormous amount of great community created content. We need to think of ways to help those devs get their content/products into the hands of users.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
... and get productive testing results into the hands of developers. Nice write up.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Just FYI and in case you don't plan soon to do the real fix instead of the workaround (check your quoted post above), I've noticed that this workaround doesn't work everytime. Sometimes (like in my logs attached), I'm not "bounced" to the subscribed threads when I create the first post of a new page. :)
[Android Apps and Games] bitpushr:
Wanted to post a little update on Labs infrastructure.

The move to the cluster was mostly painless and we are now running on that and things seem to be pretty stable (knock on wood), and actually a bit faster than the old system. Great!

Now, we need to retire the old system. Although for most Labs users the change shouldn't be noticeable, there will be an impact for those using older versions.

Anyone using a version of XDA Labs < 1.0.6 after 6 June 2016 will stop getting notifications (apps, forums, pms, etc).

Everything else should continue to work for those running older versions, only the notifications should be impacted. If you have any questions, please let me know here or PM. Be sure to update Labs before then - right in the app - in order to continue to get the notifications! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Hi,

Running 1.0.6.1b, I've found something wrong when giving thanks with XDA Labs. I don't know if it's a new problem.

I have an endless spin issue on thanks button if I want to give a thanks for instance to the first post of THIS THREAD:

- I'm not out of thanks for today, I've checked.

- The thanks is well given though (I've checked after I've left and opened again the thread)

- I think it happens maybe when the post has over 100 thanks. This is my hypothesis because I remember [MENTION=2637227]blk_jack[/MENTION] told me XDA Labs shows only 100 usernames in thanks list for a post because the API is limited to this value. Is it a clue?

- This issue doesn't occur for the other posts of this thread or posts of other threads (if thanks list < 100 users?)

- This issue doesn't occur on XDA website

I've grabbed logs about this case. Here is what I've done while recording (if I remember well):

1. Open XDA Labs on go to this thread ,

2. Go to the 1st post and try to give thanks > Endless spin, (screnshot attached)

3. Exit the thread and come back to 1st post > Thanks has been given,

4. Go to the 2nd post and give thanks or remove thanks works very well (thanks list is < 100 users in this post)

Logs attached.

Any comments on this too long post? :D :D
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
How do you check this?
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
By testing :)

I try to give a thanks to a post and:

- if Labs (or xda website) shows the given thanks, it's ok. Then I remove the thanks to be sure I can give this one to the next test.

- If Labs (or xda website) shows the error of 8 thanks limit... We're out of thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
As far as the initial thread post you refer to, I confirm this behavior.

Previous to my Thank, with no thanks given by me in 2-5 days, the thank count was 114. I pressed thank and spinning circle began, and didn't stop. I backed out of the thread and went back in; thank count was 115 ( and yellow thumb so I know my thank counted). I then unthanked, which was instant.

I hope my confirmation helps.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Exactly what I've noticed, thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Also confirming (crap)atalk doesn't suffer from this, though I know the way it does thanks is messy/wrong so...
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Ahhh. I've done something similar in the past but was wondering if there was a accessible thanks inventory statistic in the user profile or something like that. BTW: since you've mentioned keeping track of posts which you want to revisit to provide thanks, perhaps there should be a "Thanks Management App" which can read the activity of a forum app and record for which posts thanks attempts were denied, then put a link to the post in a local database on the device and create an alarm to go off some time later as a reminder to revisit the post. :silly:

As to the the issue you described http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66930882&postcount=3511, i have seen something similar in the past.
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
[MENTION=5447130]Nergal di Cuthah[/MENTION] [MENTION=4752536]FLooDW[/MENTION] [MENTION=5119654]IronTechmonkey[/MENTION]

Thanks for the reports guys. Looks like it's a backend issue. It's being looked into and when it's fixed should just "work" without any app update or anything.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
IMO, as previously suggested a few times, a way to manually bookmark posts through xda labs (and why not xda website?) should be enough. But wait, you talk about a specific app? An external app? Made by which guy? :)
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Certainly not by a Johnny Test Pilot like me but if I were to track them in such detail I would just bookmark them in desktop PC browser.
[Android Apps and Games] NYLimited:
Good one! :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
... Or bookmark them through xda labs in a kind of "my favorite posts" section :p

Then, very easy way to find them, in the same app (no browser needed).
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
It occurs to me that a few weeks ago someone suggested an additional distinction between subscribed and participated threads. The ability to manually create bookmarks in that regard, much as you suggest for individual posts is an interesting idea not just in regard to managing thanks (but this is not an ask).
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
The suggestion to bookmark individual posts was not only to manage thanks but mainly to manage posts we would like to answer later. :)
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I know and wasn't criticizing but rather tying that suggestion into the previous request about threads - a manually favorite thread lists.
[Android Apps and Games] ChiDi9901:
[/COLOR]

Tapatalk isn't crap. So, when Tapatalk doesn't have this issue, it's still crap and when Labs has this issue, it's just a normal bug, right?

Gesendet von meinem ASUS_Z00A mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Nergal di Cuthah:
Sigh, was a bad joke nothing more or less; if it caused offence, none was intended.
[Android Apps and Games] NYLimited:
[OT]

While Tapatalk may or may not be "crap" - it is a somewhat personal view and label - the company which makes it is, at best, shady with questionable business practices. Personally, I stopped doing business with them quite some time ago and have publicly written about their 'business practices' (not for this thread but my statements can still be found). If you like the product or the company that, obviously, is your prerogative but I have no quarrel with the label used.

Off the soapbox..

[/OT]
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Don't want to disturb your discussion, but can anybody have a look at the apk store and check the google maps update. Tried to install the update for several times, but get only parsing error message. Maybe the apk is corrupt.

Thanks for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Yes I had the same problem about Maps. My conclusion was that the apk itself is corrupted. Download 3 times and 3 times bad apk.

Other apks downloads were OK for me.
[Android Apps and Games] quorn23:
+1 i'm guessing pretty save to say the APK is corrupt.
[Android Apps and Games] Trafalgar Square:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66163577
[Android Apps and Games] FabreFaction:
Awesome piece of work, definitely a move in the right direction.

I have been using TapaTalk and XDA Dev app for forums for a long long time.

This is very simple and slick.

The way the threads and posts are displayed is great.

Thanks [MENTION=2637227]blk_jack[/MENTION]

Suggestion:

I really like being able to change the view for the Apps, Xposed, Wallpaper tabs.

It would be great to be able to set the views independently for each tab, rather than the view being applied to all three tabs simultaneously.

I would tend to use a gallery style view for wallpapers and a list view for the other tabs.

Obviously not a big deal, but a potential UI refinement.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops, awesome work.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
[MENTION=6311143]Trafalgar Square[/MENTION]:

The problem is not package installer storage permissions in that case, other APKs are OK for download AND installation through XDA Labs. I've checked the downloaded APK of MAPS in internal storage and it's corrupted (check my screenshot where the image of the file is not the MAPS icon). If I try to install manually the apk through my explorer, same parse error.

I've tested on those 2 ROMs below and it's the same problem of corrupted downloaded APK :

- AMCHA ROM Android 4.4.4 for for Galaxy S3 LTE (which doesn't need the storage permission workaround)

- RR ROM v5.6.8 Android 6.0.1 for Galaxy S3 LTE.
[Android Apps and Games] diegonnc:
Ive tested it for quite some time now, my thoughts is that the app is going in the right direction. But i fund it a little bit clunky,also ive been checking data usage and it seems a bit high for just opening some threads.

Edit: Using a note 5 marshmallow
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
[MENTION=4752536]FLooDW[/MENTION] too

The APK was for N. I've been told it's now fixed!

We've actually reduced the initial data load by a good 75% in Labs itself. Forums is trickier because it depends on which forums/threads you load, are subscribed to, etc.

The thing about forums is they are what they are. The data is sent compressed, we cache as much as possible, but if you're loading data well, you're loading data. If you load a thread w/ images, attachments, etc.. it loads them. Just like on the website. I've mentioned adding an on-demand toggle for images so that mobile users can pick & choose which attachments/images they want to see, but that's also difficult if the post includes an inline image. There's not much you can do except block/disable images altogether in order to reduce bandwidth.

Unfortunately your other feedback is fairly useless. "Clunky" doesn't help, nor does your claim that the app is going in the "right direction". If you have specific ideas, suggestions, etc, that's the kind of thing we can build off of (and users in this thread will reply w/ their feedback too).
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Considering what XDA Labs does the bandwidth consumed would be expected to be higher than some other apps, but it has still been reduced by more than half even even for a primarily forum browsing user such as myself, in addition to the larger percentage reduction mentioned for the Labs section. There are several posts with some actual measurements of the bandwidth consumed somewhere around pages 310-320 of this thread. Frankly, I dont see that much area for improvement except perhaps accommodating spoilers but this is a know thing and other solutions are being explored.

However it goes, it does go, and fast at that. :)
[Android Apps and Games] diegonnc:
As time goes by it will only improve , so I'll keep an eye on this baby
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Confirrmed, the apk of MAPS is now OK. Thanks :good:

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:46 PM ----------

Also, I confirm this backend related issue quoted above is now fixed. :good: :svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] TonikJDK:
Have you enabled the Forums only shortcut? I use that and am hardly in the Labs side. Data usage is very low that way.
[Android Apps and Games] n_boy86:
Awesome app but I can't log in to my account

Wrong user or password every time here I'm logged in can someone please maybe help me best Regards;)
[Android Apps and Games] Ja_som:
Probably because you have ö in your name, use Google option to log in...
[Android Apps and Games] KidCarter93:
Any idea if the ability to report posts to the moderation teams will added to this app?

The last time reports via the mobile apps were available, the reports wouldn't work as normal and would go through a different process on the staff end. Not sure if adding that ability again would bring about the same end result.

Obviously not a huge deal though as we can still report posts through the site anyway.

By the way, I love how my title is the same colour as forum mods with this app. It makes it seem like I'm still part of the mod team ;)
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
I know Unicode characters occasionally get ****ed up but this is downright weird. Renders fine in subscribed threads but not in the actual thread.
[Android Apps and Games] swedishboy2005:
No I am logged in on the computer with ö but not in the labs
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Yes I also think it's weird, posts preview in threads list is obviously not built the same way than in thread view itself...

Not sure but I remember blk_jack told it was a backend issue (in thread view). But he didn't explained about posts preview in threads list.
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
Labs does not work well with Unicode characters currently. Look at your own post and you'll see. Known issue, can be found in post #2
[Android Apps and Games] Trafalgar Square:
Hi,

at first I would like to tell you that I reported your post *lol* Kidding

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=65113247#post65113247
[Android Apps and Games] KidCarter93:
Haha truth. This is the forum with the best behaved members ever. What the hell was I thinking?
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
We had a discussion about this on page 188, I still don't know if the "Moderation tools" item of OP3 (roadmap) will allow posts reporting among other features.
[Android Apps and Games] KidCarter93:
From reading those posts, NYLimited seems to believe that it would include the ability for us to report posts. Hopefully that'll be the case as it would make things easier, although not a huge deal as I previously mentioned because the site can always be used from a browser anyway.

In my mind though, Moderation Tools doesn't include that and is purely what Moderators have access to (as well as closing threads like RCs/RDs).

[MENTION=2637227]blk_jack[/MENTION], any input on this from your end?
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
It comes down to priority at the moment. If the API included the ability to report posts (it doesn't), I could add it easily, but because it doesn't it would need to be added to the back end first before I could move on the feature.

Maybe not what you wanted to hear but that's the reality of that particular feature at the moment.:)
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
In my case it's OK to hear that, your explanation is all I need. :)
[Android Apps and Games] KidCarter93:
Nah, no worries. It's still easy enough to navigate to the site to report posts anyway so the request is mainly due to laziness ;)

Like with FLooDW, the explanation was all that's needed :)
[Android Apps and Games] *Detection*:
Would it be possible to add the ability to download/save wallpapers from the app to our device?
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I had been wondering the same thing and found....

In Roadmap: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63676332&postcount=3

Workaround: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66277190&postcount=2350

Did some more searching: Workaround might require root
[Android Apps and Games] NYLimited:
Yeah, but what does nylimited know anyway...

You are right but human nature is tough to beat. If someone sees a post that should be reported while they are in labs they will want to pull the trigger while looking at it. Most will not take the extra time & effort to switch to a browser and do the deed.

That's what I said. "Human nature" = "Laziness'. :D :D :D
[Android Apps and Games] *Detection*:
Thanks for that, workaround will do for now cheers
[Android Apps and Games] FabreFaction:
Hi [MENTION=450224]bitpushr[/MENTION]

I'm new to XDA Labs - installed a couple of days ago.

Currently running Build 1.0.6.1b.

On Custom Marshmallow ROM (detail in my signature).

Notifications don't seem to be working for me, both Forum and Apps/Xposed.

Notifications are enabled XDA Labs in settings.

I do get unread count on my XDA Forums icon on my home screen, courtesy of Nova Launcher Prime TeslaUnread.

Not sure if I've done something wrong, any ideas???
[Android Apps and Games] Clark Joseph Kent:
Actually he was trying to build his post count, wrong place to do it, cleaning done.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
Everything is OK for me about push notifications running v1.0.6.1b. Resurrection Remix Android 6.0.1 / Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE.

Did you already get some notifications... or never?

Are you using apps like Greenify or something similar?

- If it's the case, you have to be sure you don't greenify XDA Labs app or XDA Labs service.

- If it's NOT the case, you could try to install again XDA Labs.

- If still no luck, you should provide logs.
[Android Apps and Games] FabreFaction:
Thanks for the reply.

Sounds like you're running a similar build to myself, other than I'm on a Note 3 SM-N9005.

I don't have Greenify or any task killers or anything running.

I'll reinstall and see if that resolves the issue.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] slezica:
Hi! I'm using the app from a couple of days, and see something strange.

If I search 'huawei p8' the query get similar results except for example the official forum for this phone.

Then I search in the web, and the first result is the especific phone model forum.

Then let open the forum with the xda labs app, I see a message: couldnt parse the forum url.

This link can be used for reproduce the problem:

http://xdaforums.com/t/huawei-p8

The application is awesome! thanks for share, really helpfull!.

Best regards,

Sebastian Lezica
[Android Apps and Games] Juara ads:
Good article.:)
[Android Apps and Games] kuranzi:
How to fix network error when uploading attachment ? I always got network error but my network is okay
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
Huh? Which article?

Grab a Logcat please.
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
I have a first idea for you. :)

Do you upload big files? There is a size limit per file type (like on XDA website) but for other files than pictures, there is a known issue about this on XDA Labs : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66459110&postcount=2729

If it's not this problem above, maybe you'll need to provide logs as asked by [MENTION=6552280]MSF Jarvis[/MENTION]

---------- Post added at 13:03 ---------- Previous post was at 13:00 ----------

Something tells me that it's the same as HERE :)
[Android Apps and Games] kuranzi:
The fike is abou 800kb, oke then, havr to compress it to rar first.. Btw this is the solution for now...
[Android Apps and Games] woodman:
I think this behaviour is an example of what blk_jack explained here quoted below. Like devdb links which are not handled by XDA Labs (not forums), the link you've posted (Huawei P8 discussion) is also not handled (thus the normal parse error) maybe because it's not a real device forum. Instead you can reach Huawei P8max or Huawei P8lite.
[Android Apps and Games] gregferns:
Need some help guys. Whenever I click on a link it asks me if I want to open via browser and when I tap on it, it always says ERROR PARSING LINK....

if there is a solution for this please give me the link...

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
Hi, this is a known issue and has been discussed earlier (I'm not [MENTION=4752536]FLooDW[/MENTION], won't spoon-feed). This occurs usually on links like DevDB tabs which cannot be parsed by Labs as of now. It tries sending it to your browser which sends it back to Labs and the loop continues(that's what I can make of [MENTION=2637227]blk_jack[/MENTION]'s explanation). You might want to NOT make Labs the default app for *.xda-developers.com links for now.
[Android Apps and Games] coal686:
If he had just found the article that you linked to, he might have been able to stay under the radar longer. But as JJD said, wrong thread. So, it's Hammer time.
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
You banned him? That's.......(I'm confused what to say. I say awesome, you say try it with yourself. I say that's ****ed up and you still ban me.)
[Android Apps and Games] KidCarter93:
If you've never been banned you're doing it wrong ;)
[Android Apps and Games] darthaled:
I guess it is known issue.

No emoticons for me
[Android Apps and Games] coal686:
You're a good member so I wouldn't ban you... unless you want me to. ;)

My ban hammer is the reverse of Thor's hammer - it only HITS those who are deserving. The community that we're trying to foster has no room for spammers.
[Android Apps and Games] MSF Jarvis:
If you'd asked me the question after my results for last term came in, I'd have said yes. Now, sadly, it's a NO. It's good that the mods are now being strict with trolls and spammers. As if we already didn't have enough of them already :rolleyes:

Edit : Just an observation, since I've tried to become more like [MENTION=4752536]FLooDW[/MENTION], my thanks count has been rising faster than ever :p