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Install Android packages directly from GitHub
- mcantelon 16y agoVery cool! Thanks Github!
- sprout 16y agoAny chance GitHub could turn into a first-class Android market? The inability to distinguish at a glance FOSS apps from closed apps has been one of the odd little components of the Android ecosystem for me.
- rudyfink 16y agoBeing able to find quality applications for my problems has been the biggest deterrent to me in participating, as a customer, in the Android market. I have not encountered any real problem in getting an application once I know it exists. Whatever can make finding good solutions to my problems easy will become my first-class Android market. Right now I often find myself haranguing other people with Android phones or sifting through blog and forum posts in order to tease out what the quality applications are. The sad part is I'd classify my mobile computer problems as really pretty simple compared to my lap/desk top problems. With my mobile (excluding communications) I'm almost always either trying to find/retrieve some specific fact(s) (how do I get from A to B, what is that star, is that a good price, what time was the meeting, show and tell with pictures, play music) or record some fact(s) (photos, voice, opinion on wine, exercise results).
- grandalf 16y agoI think this is just what Android needed.
- zootm 16y agoThis is a great feature. It's an example of a small, easy-to-implement change that makes their website just work better. I really like when things like this get done.
- albemuth 16y agoRelated tip: make your build copy the apk to your dropbox folder, then tap to install on your android
- leckermilch 16y agoHey, I want this for my iPhone, too.
- Niten 16y agoYou'll have to take that up with Apple, unfortunately.
- boundlessdreamz 16y agogithub had support for installing ruby gems and then dropped support. Hope this doesn't meet that fate
- pjhyett 16y agoThis is infinitely easier to support than building rubygems. Fortunately, the ecosystem that has been built around Rubygems.org is a far better solution than what we provided.
- jackowayed 16y agoThe difference is that they were actually building the rubygems for people. Here, you upload the already-built .apk, and the QR just makes it a little easier to have your phone download the .apk and install it.
- grandalf 16y agoIt's my impression that the feature was dropped b/c it didn't solve the underlying problem with gem versioning/distribution. Github got behind gemcutter early and urged everyone to make the switch. In the rare case when you want to install a gem version of an obscure fork, you can just install it as a submodule instead.