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I tried out the beta version of GitHub's iOS app. I didn't find a single bug in it, and I really enjoyed using it for casually browsing code on my phone. I wou

I tried out the beta version of GitHub's iOS app. I didn't find a single bug in it, and I really enjoyed using it for casually browsing code on my phone. I would highly recommend downloading it if you sometimes take a look at GitHub repos when on your phone, which I think is most programmers. Unfortunately I didn't use it for about fourteen days or something so my beta access was taken away :(

saagarjha 7y ago
I like the GitHub for iOS app, but I've seen a number of things I wish were improved or were outright buggy and they unfortunately didn't seem very receptive of the feedback I sent them :(
- monkey_slap 7y ago
  Feel free to post your feedback here or my email (bio). Sorry if we didn't get back to you on your feedback.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Hi, thanks for reaching out! Here's a couple I've submitted to mobilefeedback@github.com: * Repository names aren't centered to the screen; they're centered to the space left between the bar button items. This might be intentional but is somewhat strange and out-of-place on iOS. * Repositories with "strange" licenses show up with "None" rather than "tap here to see the actual license". * Submodules used to show up as "Something went wrong". Now they show up as "Unable to view file". * Tabs don't actually line up to a character boundary. Since you're here, a couple more that I haven't bothered to get around to submitting: * There's a lot of places that could use search fields. The repositories list, the organizations list, notifications, individual repositories (i.e. code search/file search)… * A view to see a list of commits would be nice. * There's a text-field looking thing on my profile for a status that I cannot actually figure out how to put text into. * It'd be nice if links had the option of opening in SFSafariViewController. * Code viewing is a bit uncomfortable, especially on smaller screens. The font size is a tad large, line spacing is pretty big, and not being able to disable wrapping on demand is somewhat inconvenient. * It'd be nice to be able to review multiple lines at once. I have a bunch more but I can't really recall them at the moment, so I'll keep submitting feedback in-app and hoping that you can get around to taking a look at it. Thanks!
bullfightonmars 7y ago
It's pretty nice, but is missing one of my favorite features, the /commits/branch browser for a repo e.g. https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/master https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/master I use this all the time for the repos I work with to review recent work by my colleagues.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  As far as I can tell, this view is impossible to find on mobile, both on the website and through the app (yes, you can switch to the desktop website, but would it really be that hard to have one link to it on the mobile site?). It's maddening!
- veeralpatel979 7y ago
  The killer GitHub feature for me is "browse files" at any commit in the past.
  - rurp 7y ago
    I love that feature too; I had to use BitBucket on a project a while back and really missed it. Now I'm using GitLab at my day job and fortunately code browsing from any commit works great from there as well.
- monkey_slap 7y ago
  This is on our roadmap! Will be out soon.
cormacrelf 7y ago
I immediately found display issues on an iPhone 6. I know it’s barely supported any more, but doesn’t Xcode give you the tools to make screen-independent layout? Doesn’t seem to be helping much across the apps I’ve used.
monkey_slap 7y ago
Thanks for this, and sorry you got bumped from the beta. We're still actively shipping to our beta and if you'd like to rejoin please just email me (bio).

saagarjha 7y ago

I like the GitHub for iOS app, but I've seen a number of things I wish were improved or were outright buggy and they unfortunately didn't seem very receptive of the feedback I sent them :(

monkey_slap 7y ago
Feel free to post your feedback here or my email (bio). Sorry if we didn't get back to you on your feedback.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Hi, thanks for reaching out! Here's a couple I've submitted to mobilefeedback@github.com: * Repository names aren't centered to the screen; they're centered to the space left between the bar button items. This might be intentional but is somewhat strange and out-of-place on iOS. * Repositories with "strange" licenses show up with "None" rather than "tap here to see the actual license". * Submodules used to show up as "Something went wrong". Now they show up as "Unable to view file". * Tabs don't actually line up to a character boundary. Since you're here, a couple more that I haven't bothered to get around to submitting: * There's a lot of places that could use search fields. The repositories list, the organizations list, notifications, individual repositories (i.e. code search/file search)… * A view to see a list of commits would be nice. * There's a text-field looking thing on my profile for a status that I cannot actually figure out how to put text into. * It'd be nice if links had the option of opening in SFSafariViewController. * Code viewing is a bit uncomfortable, especially on smaller screens. The font size is a tad large, line spacing is pretty big, and not being able to disable wrapping on demand is somewhat inconvenient. * It'd be nice to be able to review multiple lines at once. I have a bunch more but I can't really recall them at the moment, so I'll keep submitting feedback in-app and hoping that you can get around to taking a look at it. Thanks!

bullfightonmars 7y ago

It's pretty nice, but is missing one of my favorite features, the /commits/branch browser for a repo e.g. https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/master https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/master I use this all the time for the repos I work with to review recent work by my colleagues.

saagarjha 7y ago
As far as I can tell, this view is impossible to find on mobile, both on the website and through the app (yes, you can switch to the desktop website, but would it really be that hard to have one link to it on the mobile site?). It's maddening!
veeralpatel979 7y ago
The killer GitHub feature for me is "browse files" at any commit in the past.
- rurp 7y ago
  I love that feature too; I had to use BitBucket on a project a while back and really missed it. Now I'm using GitLab at my day job and fortunately code browsing from any commit works great from there as well.
monkey_slap 7y ago
This is on our roadmap! Will be out soon.

cormacrelf 7y ago

I immediately found display issues on an iPhone 6. I know it’s barely supported any more, but doesn’t Xcode give you the tools to make screen-independent layout? Doesn’t seem to be helping much across the apps I’ve used.

monkey_slap 7y ago

Thanks for this, and sorry you got bumped from the beta. We're still actively shipping to our beta and if you'd like to rejoin please just email me (bio).