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[Android Ozb App] Sweet Aussie Deals $0.99 (66% off)

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Hey guys,

First of all I want to thank everyone who downloaded the app when it first launched. I’ve received a lot of great feedback since then and have taken my time to implement each one.

Basically SAD is an Ozbargain app that is optimised for mobile viewing experience with tools such as comment navigation, card views, pie-chart, widget, statusbar notifications and more.

I’ve included a series of screenshots briefly going through the main features. Screenshots

Also, I just released a free version on the play store. Free version.

Edit: Public feature/bugs tracking board. board

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  • +4

    Buying ozbargain app with Telstra credit. It is a great day to be alive

  • Like this app.. nice work!

  • Bought ! love OzBargain…

  • Just bought it. Great work.

  • Bought it. Nice work! I use the mobile site a lot so it's good to have an app for this.

    Some feedback:

    The New deals tab doesn't load for me, sat there waiting for a minute or two then gave up. I spend most of my time on the this page, so this is a big deal to me.

    Also the use of space could be improved. Only one line of the description (not title) shows when scrolling through, whereas on the mobile site I get 3-4 lines. These descriptions are often pretty crucial in whether I decide to click through or not.

    And just a small thing - the green upvotes box vs the red downvotes box aren't the same shape/size.

    • Thanks for the feedback shuffle.

      • I'll look into optimising the loading in the next update.

      • In settings > deal view modes > expanded card view : this will show more lines of the description.

      • Will also try to optimise the sizing of the vote buttons in the next update.

      • Thanks dev, great to hear.

        Changed to expanded card view. In this view you could have the description text go right across the width of the screen, rather than just the right hand space underneath the title. This would then use the white space on the left and you could fit more of the deal on the page.

        Just an idea.

        • Awesome. I could do that but there might be a large gap in between the title and description. I'll play around with it and see if I could make it work. Thanks.

        • @primatexD:

          Just thought of something else.

          In android web browsers when you scroll down the page, the address bar will disappear, and then when you scroll up, it will re-appear, in order to maximise screen real estate.

          You could do something similar and this would reclaim a large amount of space at the top of the page (both the sandwich menu bar as well as the tab bar) - space that can be used to show more deals :)

        • @shuffle1: I had the sandwich menu bar disappear onscroll on a previous update (same as play store app),however I changed it back because I felt that it was slightly awkward (might not have been used to it).

          Will definitely add it back in the next update and include an option to enable/disable this feature.

        • @primatexD:

          Awesome work! I see the disappearing onscroll now. And things load faster.

          I personally find that expanded card view gives too many lines of description (depending on how long the description is, it can go past 6 lines), while the standard view gives only one line which is too little. Would love if there was something in between, maybe 4 lines like in the mobile site?

          Also black text is easier to read than grey, especially when it comes to the lighter grey description text.

          Again, just small ideas.

          Keep up the great work!

        • @shuffle1: Thanks shuffle. I'll set the max lines to 4 for the expanded view and see how it goes. Next update should be out sometime tomorrow, hoping to include some other stuff in there as well.

  • +4

    Does OzBargain have an API? How are you sourcing the data? Does OzBargain approve you are taking their content and replacing their ads with yours?

    • There's no API that I know of. But I did email Scotty before creating the app and have followed all the rules thus far such as not using ozbargain name in the title. Of course if Ozbargain does not approve of this then I'll respect that and make any changes needed.

      There's a line of apps on the store that not only uses the Ozbarain name and logo, they also just slap on a webview on top of the ads. Which any dev can create in less than an hour.

      • -1

        So you're scrapping their content (and content us members have contributed to), stealing their ad revenue and giving nothing back?

        • Why the vote down? I think it's a very valid point/question.

    • Google ozbargain api and you will see

  • Any chance of making the widget showing a whole page of deals rather than just one? Cheers!

    • +2

      As in a full sized widget? I'll add it in the to do list!

      • Exactly! Thanks :)

  • +2

    I appreciate the work that goes into a well designed, functional app like this and appreciate even more a responsive dev.

    Keep the work up - just bought.

  • +1

    Just bought. Fantastic design so far, lovely and clean material layout. Especially LOVE the positive vote animation, such a nice touch👊

  • what's the main benefit of this over regular ozbargain website?

  • Thanks OP, just bought.

    Kind of looks like Sync for Reddit.

    Feedback: The pages load very slowly. Could be just me though..

  • Bought thanks OP.

  • OP creates a paid app for OzB because OzB makes them broke with all the deals. Clever.

    Bought.

  • Hmmm… According to changelog the price has gone up 300% over the last 6 months.
    So 300% minus 66% give us… oh look, right back where we started! ;)

  • Used my free google credit. First impression pretty good. Now awaiting for ios.

  • Oh man, you've made it so much easier using oxbargain on the phone. Thank you <3

    • Don't see how the app could improve the experience of oxbargain that drastically

  • One issue I noticed when using dark theme is that the discussion title heading is barely readable (Greyish text on dark background)

  • Bought and using. Happy to support.

  • Thanks. Great app. I particularly like the layout and how easy it is to read. Also like the separate tab for forums, bookmarking and how easy it is to like a comment. These functions are not available on other apps and liking a comment on a mobile site is hard because those plus signs are so small.

    I couldn't get the up and down arrows to work in the widget (but it might be a MIUI thing because it is asking me to send a bug report). No biggie though.

  • Just purchased. Looks good. Are notifications for front page deals only?

  • Bought. My first monetary contribution to a fellow Ozbargainer. Thanks.

  • Purchased to support. Good on you :)

  • +3

    Thanks, purchased.

    Could we please have an option to make New deals as default instead of Top deals?

    • +2

      I like that idea. I'll include that setting in the next update.

    • Hey lagged. Just letting you know that you can make new deals the default from setting.

      • +1

        You dont mess around do you?

        Thanks for the quick feature add. great work mate.

  • +1

    Gratz on making the top selling charts 😀

    • Thanks! Definitely wont be staying up there for long xD

  • Although i love the mobile site - happy to spend $0.99 worth of survey credits to support the community.

    Hoping to see regular updates, upvoting etc to come too

  • Bought it and it works fine on my phone (5.1.1) but it restarts consistently on my tablet (4.2.2) when it comes to loading any comments.

    ie. Deals will be displayed, tap on one and it will load but as soon as it comes to display the comments below, the app restarts.

    Not just Deals either, happens wherever comments are displayed, eg. Discuss.

    Happens on two tablets, both are 4.2.2, and affects both the paid and free version.

    • Sorry man. Do you get a window where you can report the crash? Unfortunately I don't have a tablet so I can't test it out myself but i'll see what I can do.

  • No problem, just mentioning it

    Yeah, it says 'Unfortunately, Aussie Deals has stopped.' Report/OK

    I'll fire off the report.

    Went to try it on an Android 4.0.3 phone but it's not compatible.

    EDIT: Dammit, meant to hit Reply.

  • Bought the app but when refreshing doesnt seem to have the latest at the top even in the "new" tab.

    Noticed there was an update overnight. Was working great before that

    • Hi rowshow, are you still experiencing the same issue? I aim to release an update tomorrow night and I hope to include as many fixes as I can.

      • yeah mate its still happening. No biggie just a bit of feedback

  • Thanks OP. I like. Little bug on my Galaxy S5. When I try and add a bookmark and add a reminder it crashes/kicks me out. When I just add a bookmark without the reminder it's fine.

    • I just released a new update a min ago (will go live in a few hours) so I didn't get a chance to fix this issue :(. I'll add this to the list and will hopefully get it out in a update this weekend. Thanks for reporting it.

    • Hopefully reminders should be working now with the latest patch. Thanks for bringing this up

  • What a bargain! I buy 2

  • Not sure if I'm missing something obvious, but I put a bunch of stuff into the Wishlist a few days ago and still nothing has come up there?

  • Looks good mate - however haven't paid (yet). I would if you could see both the "Top Deals" and "Front Page Deals" (as displayed on the side of the full site Browser "New Deals" screen). Your "Top" tab shows the "Front Page Deals" but not the "Top Deals" as shown on the full site. Any way to see the items the full site is showing as "Top Deals" - ie at the moment it is the ALDIMobile, $20 Uber promo, 24 KFC Nuggets, Hungry Jacks vouchers and Japan WiFI rental ? (ie the "Most voted deals from the last 7 days" according to the full site).

    • Hi belbo. Currently there's only the top deals from last 30 days under "popular" in the category tab. I can add another subcategory for the most voted 7 days.

      • Thanks mate. I'd buy it then.

  • Hi just bought the app and it looks good but having an issue viewing tabled items for the grocery deals as the individual prices don't show up.

    • Hi bob. Thanks for bringing it up. I'll try to fix it and push an update this weekend.

  • will give this thing a try

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