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Forem for Android is Here! 🤖

Jennie Ocken on March 24, 2022

Today, I'm excited to share that the Forem app for Android is now available for download and immediate use. 🎉 This fantastic news comes ...
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Jon Randy 🎖️

Installed and uninstalled already - not really sure I see the point of it. It's more cumbersome than just using the PWA (which doesn't require installing anything)

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Paweł Kowalski • Edited

Your comment reminded me of a funny xkcd:
mobile apps

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José Aponte • Edited

I can agree on this. I'm a dev.to user and I'm not registered to other Forems. So, basically:

  • If you belong to multiple Forems: You can benefit from this app.
  • If you only use Dev.to or another forem (but just one): Use the PWA itself.
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Ella (she/her/elle)

Thanks for your feedback @jonrandy - I can see where you're coming from if you're only using the Forem app for DEV.

Personally, I benefit from being able to use the app to manage the multiple Forems I belong to and receive push notifications from all of them, but I can see how that wouldn't be a concern for you if you're only using one community.

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Bernd Wechner

What's PWA?

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Nick Taylor

Great work team!

Noice!

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🚩 Atul Prajapati 🇮🇳

Wow thanks for this good news, Jennie

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Ole Petersen

Cool! Already reading this from the app :)

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Dhravya

Amazing! I used the Forem app on Iphone and found it to be really good!

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Atharva Shirdhankar

Is the Forem App Open Source?
If yes, lets start Open Source Contribution to Forem Android App 🎉

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Rajat Talesra

Thanks for the enthusiasm. Currently the app is not open-source and we are working on that only by making sure we have correct onboarding guides/documentation and other developer friendly tools setup.

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Pranav Arora

Nice!! Will try for sure.

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Wj

Downloaded it without even knowing it was a new thing. Wow!

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Great App