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Aargh why is the Android app so poor?

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FoldyRoll · 07/11/2019 11:23

Having recently switched from an iPhone to Android I'm amazed how poor the Android app is. The iOs app is just right; all the essential features without bloat and you can pop on to the desktop version for messaging or advanced search for example. In comparison, the Android app is pretty much unusable.
Problems I've noticed

  • if other posters use formatting it comes out as a load of asterisks and acute symbols
  • all links say 'click here' instead of showing a url or description as they do on iOs. Many links don't work at all and without a descriptor can't be googled so you can follow the thread
  • images in threads can't be expanded so are usually unreadable
  • watched threads don't show when there are new posts
  • something in posts (punctuation maybe?) renders as mumsnet emojis so posts are littered with stars or gin bottles. I'm pretty sure it's not on purpose!

Any plans to make the Android app user experience as good as the iOs one please @MNHQ?

soniamumsnet · 08/11/2019 11:14

Hi,

Thanks for reporting this. We'll try to find out some more information about this for you. Flowers

soniamumsnet · 20/11/2019 10:45

Hi @FoldyRoll sorry to hear you've been having problems. Are you using the latest version of the app please?

soniamumsnet · 20/11/2019 11:25

Hi,

Just dropping in to let you know that we're attempting to fix a few bugs with this app in the next few weeks.

Thanks so much for your patience. Flowers

FlissMumsnet · 21/11/2019 16:53

FoldyRoll - let us know whether things improve over the next few weeks .

Watch this thread for updates

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