fair enough @mgx9600 on the open source - I have also done it, with a couple of wordpress plugins and the like. I don't think it is rude for someone's question to be ignored, especially if you put it out there as "free to take and change, no support", but all good!
I am running latest Android on Nexus 6P, not had any issues with BT btw.
Great work again, thanks again.
I'm looking for an Android app that lets me play chess with my son on 2 phones, e.g. when we are traveling on the airplane. The first few I saw/tried didn't meet my needs, and I'm hoping you experts would know something that might fit better.
Here's what I would like to have:
1. Like the chess.com live chess. We want to play on 2 phones and prefer Bluetooth networking (for its low power requirement as games can take a while and phones may have be charging).
2. Blitz mode or basic time controls. Like chess.com live chess.
3. Annotated history of played games on each phone. Like chess.com live chess.
4. chat ability, like chess.com. I'd like to share thought behind moves with him during non-blitz games to improve our games.
5. Free download, no ads, no in-app purchase. Since my son is only 6, I'd like to avoid exposing to too much ads and definitely no in-app purchasing.
6. Chess move recognition database, where it can tell me the opening names; again like chess.com.
Thanks!
Here is great Bluetooth Chess ever - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.com.devclub.bluetooth_chess
The trouble is that your great Bluetooth chess ever contains ads.
The app wasn't very difficult to write. Maybe I'll fix some of its bugs and add a real-time move scoring system when I get around to it. Currently, I'm working on OCR score sheet software where you take a pic of your score sheet and it'll give you a PGN.
The trouble is that your great Bluetooth chess ever contains ads.
It has only banners.
And it also contain online games.
What is your app called?
Chess Bluetooth Pro Multiplayer Online
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.com.devclub.bluetooth_chess
The trouble is that your great Bluetooth chess ever contains ads.
Why the ads in app means problem ? Disappoints you ?
My app does everything I wanted without ads, so why would I care to watch ads? They just take up bandwidth, drains battery, and slow things down.
Anyway, if you had replied before I wrote my program, then I probably would have used it -- could have saved me the 4/5 days it took to write my own.
The trouble is that your great Bluetooth chess ever contains ads.
Why the ads in app means problem ? Disappoints you ?
I noticed that your app requires a whole bunch more permissions than what is required for bluetooth chess. I only needed 2, while you needed 6.
Perhaps an issue of ads (I kind of remember Google ads comes from a local service and doesn't need any permissions on an app)? or just a trojan??? Anyway, permissions is one thing I look when installing anything on my phone, so I'd probably get scared away (since I don't want to carry an extra phone for chess).
Anyway, I took the time to check on the permissions. Definitely, you don't need all those permissions!
An interesting thing is that BT now needs location permission, which neither of us seem to have. How do the apps work? anyway, I've not run my app in ages, so maybe it doesn't even work anymore : )
Anyway, I took the time to check on the permissions. Definitely, you don't need all those permissions!
An interesting thing is that BT now needs location permission, which neither of us seem to have. How do the apps work? anyway, I've not run my app in ages, so maybe it doesn't even work anymore : )
You're right. I've been planning to develop such things like add friends request system, see your friends location - that is why GPS permissions. But everything needs time. So, now i develop features step by step.
Now the online chess is available parallel with bluetooth.
'chess free' in google store best app
'chess free' in google store best app
link, please
Oh, interesting. I had forgotten my chess app. Lately, Google has been removing my old apps because there was a change in requiring developers to make declarations on child appropriateness or something. So, not sure if this app is still there. Anyway, now that my son and I go fishing often, I think I'll update this app.
Here are a few enhancements that I'm planning:
- Real-time feedback option on position evaluation and suggestion by remotely linking to PC engine
- Instead of keeping the chess PGN DB in the App (on the phone); it'll be off loaded to a remote PGN DB to allow easy sharing.
- Merge it with my chess analysis board app to give it board setup and basic position analysis/computer player capability.
- Integrate it with either the DGT e-board or my own e-board. (I've been wanting to publish instructions on building my e-board for a while now. I think I'll use this opportunity to so that too.) the integration will allow using the e-board as a UI to enter movements and record OTB game PGNs in the app (rather than in on-board memory/USB drive).
As always, the app will be entirely free without any ads or restrictions for everybody to enjoy!
You can find it on apknite.com or its extension. There are quite many great apps there.
Wow indeed. haha, talk about a blast from the past. How time flies.
Glad you find it useful. We've not used it in a while (partly because the Bluetooth connection code seems to be in need of a rewrite to work properly in Android 6+ and partly because we just don't play chess while traveling anymore -- maybe the newness of chess has worn off a bit for us).
Open source seems to be too much work (I have to clean up the code and deal with questions (questions are ok, the problem here is that you get asked questions when you least expect, like a question a few months or year from now! Then you are rude when you just ignore them or you must spend a bunch of time reading up. Yes, I've done open source before : )