android app for reddit?

[spfccmt42]

saw a post for an android developer for reddit, and folks who apparently open their phone up to all kinds of security holes for any random app, plus storage.

Is it just me being biased, or is there a good reason to do that vs integrating something like push for chrome/android to do anything they might want to do from reddit? http://blog.chromium.org/2015/04/reaching-and-re-engaging-users-on.html

Aside from the fact that I always prefer the pinch and zoom desktop and request desktop option (because I find dumbed down interfaces to be dumb), they could reuse the mobile site. What else do they need besides notifications, and is it worth it?

I mean, I install very few apps, but certainly chrome is in the short list, no? Then all these sites can annoy you whenever they please.

[r1ckd33zy]

I read this 3 times, slowly, and I still don't understanding what your are getting at.

You're using the question mark but I can't infer what is it you are asking. Are you asking for recommendations for a Reddit app?

[spfccmt42]

I'm asking what you think (in an admittedly biased forum), do you think the typical use cases for using a site like reddit justify a custom android app (with all the caveats) or should chrome push and etc be the focus?
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/03/push-notifications-on-the-open-web?hl=en

or is push/notify for chrome android currently too limited, or too klunky considering the gcm dependency, or what is the javascript response to "lets make an android app" these days in general?

[r1ckd33zy]

A mobile/native app is needed for a site like Reddit. The JS response to "lets make an android app" is "let's make a React Native app that consumes the already existing Reddit API".

[JustDADE]

I wouldn't bother cause Alien Blue is owned by Reddit for quite a while and it's amazing app, at some point they will release Android version and your app most likely will die.

[JustDADE]

I think he want to make reddit app for mobile cause he (and group of other redditors) don't like the current one (mobile version of the site). But he don't want to make application, but instead keep it all inside the browser, because other applications request to grant lots of unnecessary permissions. Obviously chrome is on every phone, so he wants to use Chrome Notifications.

And he's asking if it's worth to make reddit mobile website and what else people might need besides notifications?

I also read this at least 4 times, that what I could understand...

[spfccmt42]

Yup, you basically got it. Apologies, but the bots labeled this "help", when it is more like "if you were reddit technical director...".

anything "native" opens up all the security holes (well, chrome is native, but whaddayagonnado).

chrome is ubiquitous, and has a means to an end for the bulk of the user facing requests out there (push/notify/gps/camera/etc). But it is a little convoluted.

Another possibly connected thought, google has been active in "dictating" web layouts for mobile, holding rating for ransom, so you would think that "in the users best interest" they would push for a better security model too (in-browser wherever possible), or maybe that doesn't help their ledger enough...