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#1 |
Guitar Man
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancs. UK
Posts: 194
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Android Version
Hi Jim
Will there be an Android version of either 2.6 or 3.x? After buying the iPhone version I bought the Samsung Galaxy S instead as the only thing I preferred about the iPhone 4 was the design. I would be more than happy to buy an Android compatible release, anyway the other half is asking for an iPhone so I may get to use it. ![]() |
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Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Chances are very slim. The iPhone version of MA2.6 was a very easy port for Jim O'Connor's team, since it was an almost direct copy of the Mac code. The whole point of Marine Aquarium is its big, hi-definition picture, so the iPhone's tiny screen never did it justice. Sales picked up greatly once the iPad came out, but it's still questionable whether it was worth the effort. Even after reaching #7 on the iPad Entertainment charts, my share of the sales only bought my dinner each night.
Development costs for an Android version would be very high, since we have no code which could be ported directly, and the user-base will always be only a tiny fraction of the iPhone/iPad base. Not worth the trouble for one or two sales a day.
Jim Sachs
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#3 |
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: London, UK
Posts: 99
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![]() Chances are very slim. The iPhone version of MA2.6 was a very easy port for Jim O'Connor's team, since it was an almost direct copy of the Mac code. The whole point of Marine Aquarium is its big, hi-definition picture, so the iPhone's tiny screen never did it justice. Sales picked up greatly once the iPad came out, but it's still questionable whether it was worth the effort. Even after reaching #7 on the iPad Entertainment charts, my share of the sales only bought my dinner each night.
Development costs for an Android version would be very high, since we have no code which could be ported directly, and the user-base will always be only a tiny fraction of the iPhone/iPad base. Not worth the trouble for one or two sales a day. ![]() ![]() Hi Jim
Will there be an Android version of either 2.6 or 3.x? After buying the iPhone version I bought the Samsung Galaxy S instead as the only thing I preferred about the iPhone 4 was the design. I would be more than happy to buy an Android compatible release, anyway the other half is asking for an iPhone so I may get to use it. ![]() ![]() http://www.kittehface.com/p/live-wallpapers.html There is a FREE version and a Donation version with extra fish and extra backgrounds.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, 3600.0 MHz, 16Gb DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 4Gb RAM, Windows 10 PRO 64Bit
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Hygenius
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Sunny California
Posts: 1,638
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Re: kittehface: It's not available to all android phones though, I have the myTouch slide and it isn't compatible.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: London, UK
Posts: 99
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![]() Re: kittehface: It's not available to all android phones though, I have the myTouch slide and it isn't compatible.
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#6 |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: London, UK
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![]() Chances are very slim. The iPhone version of MA2.6 was a very easy port for Jim O'Connor's team, since it was an almost direct copy of the Mac code. The whole point of Marine Aquarium is its big, hi-definition picture, so the iPhone's tiny screen never did it justice. Sales picked up greatly once the iPad came out, but it's still questionable whether it was worth the effort. Even after reaching #7 on the iPad Entertainment charts, my share of the sales only bought my dinner each night.
Development costs for an Android version would be very high, since we have no code which could be ported directly, and the user-base will always be only a tiny fraction of the iPhone/iPad base. Not worth the trouble for one or two sales a day. ![]() This Live Wallpaper got a review on Android Central and was pushed to the front page as a news item and then got a ton of hits and downloads. With yours being prettier and far superior, I'm sure you'd get the same coverage. But I understand your point of view.
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, 3600.0 MHz, 16Gb DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 4Gb RAM, Windows 10 PRO 64Bit
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#7 |
Guitar Man
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancs. UK
Posts: 194
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Anything changed on this in 3 years since I asked it? The phones are now getting super powerful and taking the market share.
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#8 |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: London, UK
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![]() Anything changed on this in 3 years since I asked it? The phones are now getting super powerful and taking the market share.
![]() You have been out the loop for some time haven't you? Jim has granted licence to Acrodea in Japan to re-create it for Android. http://www.acrodea.co.jp/product/MarineAquarium/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...m.acrodea.fish The only questionable thing for me, is the price for a Live Wallpaper. If you look at some of the excellent Live Wallpapers out there for $1 to $3, the price of U$ 21.00!!! (GBP £13) is just ridiculous. One of the things I liked about Sim Aquarium is that if you have a PC License you can use that to unlock all the features in the Android version for free https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...imAquarium.LWP Shame the MA3 Android version doesn't allow the same.
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#9 |
Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
![]() Location: Tennessee
Posts: 9,725
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I went and updated my phone yesterday and got a Galaxy S4 and put the aquarium on the new one and it runs like a champ on this phone. The screen res of this phone is 1920 x 1080 and it looks great.
My 3 year old phone just wasn't up to par and couldn't handle it.
Michael
Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & Gallery DVD Collection |
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#10 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Yeah, the Android version really looks great on the hi-res displays. The Acrodea guys did a great job on the conversion.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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