Android App for Tablets

Apologies again, I promise to read top to bottom next time

Edited By David G on 29/05/2012 22:28:34

(Geez I wish this editor would let you insert inline comments)

(Edit: come to think of it it probably does you are prepared to quote-and-edit multiple times)

Fair enough on that first link but I don't see why you would expect to get anything sensible from the onward link from there with a PC. It's obviously designed and encoded for tablets and if you try with anything else you're detected as "not tablet" and shunted off to a "page unavailable" screen. No surprise there.

More problematic is the fact that, as you say, it won't work for Android 2 (2.6.32.9 in my case). I tried it and got the same result as you. It would appear not to be set to recognise that Android flavour and therefore detects it as "not tablet" with the expected result. It should either (preferably) be made to work for all releases of Android or the exceptions should be clearly stated to avoid wasting people's time.

I know it works (or did some weeks ago) for iPad (2) because I tried that on mine.

(First time I've used the Android in ages .... I'm with David C on that one )

Edited By Sid Herbage on 29/05/2012 22:33:15

David G, it's whatever browser came on the phone.

Now anyone else tried that Zoom problem out?

J

Edited By David G on 29/05/2012 22:56:34

I like my Android phone & use it all the time - rarely use it as a phone though. I can't stand the iPhone though...horses for courses I guess.

Regards,

Tony

Jason -

When I go to the http:.//www.model-engineer.co.uk/app link (and the WWW is needed, otherwise you get the "page not found" bug mentioned by some), all I end up finding is a logon page that takes me to the regular web-based digital viewer (as you have observed), and there is no step involving downloading/installing an app as such. This is the same behaviour on my HTC Desire S phone and on a separate cheapo-but-usable Android tablet.

Regards,

Tony

Funily enough; I've gone from iPhone apps written on Apple desktop computers to writing Android apps on Apple computers. Android devices win hands down, for a variety of technical reasons. (esthetics may be different) My iPhones/iPads/iPods are sitting doing nothing.

When I tried it on an Acer Iconia A500 tablet a while ago, I could not get to the bottom of a page, and, yes, it appears to just be javascript (or something close) running in your browser.

I just use my laptop for looking at the digital editions. At least I can see the whole page!

Another JohnS.

Still advertising unuseable Android App - any (useful) input on this yet?

Hi There

I have asked.

No reply.

I have also asked several times for the Special advert on the left to have the pre-order bit removed.

No reply.

regards David

David,

Forget it - I appreciate your efforts, but this seems to be typical of your management. My subscription runs out in two or three months - At the moment the odds are I will not renew it - ME is not what it used to be.

Using an ASUS Transformer TF101 (the original). Cranked it up, opened its included browser, navigated to the site & it works flawlessly for viewing any issue from my MEW digital subscription.

No need to second guess, no fiddling. Thanks for this!

Following on from this thread I too have just got an electronic subscription to MEW for my Andoid tablet - it's nice having the ability to look at the back numbers, but the 'app' or whatever it is supposed to be is appalling - very clumsy and difficult to navigate around the page, or even go from one page to the next. Then you have to navigate from one issue to another. It would help if it could come up more full screen, and get rid of the awful time-wasting prompt about tapping the screen to continue when entering a new issue. On a pc with a good sized screen it's just about usable (as it works slightly differently) but far from comfortable to use. On a small screen sized pc it is awful.

Mr Editor- this is not fit for purpose.