Angband on Android

[Derakon]

Have you considered hiding the player's stats, money, experience, etc? That would let you reclaim some columns for dungeon display, and that information doesn't need to be referred to often.

[AngelicPenguin]

Awesome update!

Are there any plans to add the above mentioned macro buttons? I found with the NDS port, I could play the game by hardly using the keyboard at all with those buttons.

[retrobits]

Originally Posted by Derakon

Awesome update!
Have you considered hiding the player's stats, money, experience, etc? That would let you reclaim some columns for dungeon display, and that information doesn't need to be referred to often.

Good idea. Currently in this Android port you can size the font appropriately and slide the sceen to the right a bit to hide the stats display -- maybe I could automate this somewhat, but stores would be a problem. It would be really nice if the Angband code would support more of a customized screen layout, but if it does I've not seen it. Also I'm hesitant to do major surgery on the base code.

Originally Posted by AngelicPenguin

Awesome update!

Are there any plans to add the above mentioned macro buttons? I found with the NDS port, I could play the game by hardly using the keyboard at all with those buttons.

I haven't played the NDS port yet, but I will give it a try and see what I can bring over to Android.


Thanks for the input.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by retrobits

It would be really nice if the Angband code would support more of a customized screen layout, but if it does I've not seen it.

FA has an option for having the status at the bottom of the screen; Un allows you to put it in a separate window.

Also I'm hesitant to do major surgery on the base code.

If you find a good solution, it's likely to end up in the base code.

[Zababa]

Good work with adding the virtual keyboard. Now I can finally play Angband on my Galaxy S. That was not possible some weeks ago when I first tried it.

[rdermyer]

Lucky. We just have nethack/rogue on ipod touch/phone. The use a "gesture" system where you swipe your finger to do the commands, but I like the virtual keyboard. It's confusing, and I have to learn a new game and new commands. I'd rather just learn new commands.

[s0be]

Silly response here... I went to install Angband on my android, and at the security screen it warned of needing internet access. What do you use that for? It doesn't seem like angband should require it.

[rdermyer]

Originally Posted by retrobits

3) Transparent keyboard overlaying the whole landscape fullscreen.

I had just thought of this one and then noticed that I was not the first. Oh well, it's a really good idea, and I think one of the most feasible, screen-real-estate-wise and keyboard-use-wise

[retrobits]

Originally Posted by s0be

Silly response here... I went to install Angband on my android, and at the security screen it warned of needing internet access. What do you use that for? It doesn't seem like angband should require it.

The angband core does not require internet access. We use the internet in the android app to gather stats about usage, os and hardware versions, and error reports. The purpose is to help us make the app better by getting the most feedback possible. We use the Flurry Analytics service to gather this data. The app is open source, so all the details of how we use the internet is visible in the code at our project page http://code.google.com/p/angdroid/

[retrobits]

Originally Posted by rdermyer

I had just thought of this one and then noticed that I was not the first. Oh well, it's a really good idea, and I think one of the most feasible, screen-real-estate-wise and keyboard-use-wise

yeah, I think it could work well. David is experimenting with this one, as he has a Nexus S.