Download the free PF App for iPhone/Android phones

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The new PF App for iPhone and Android is now available for download, offering a user-friendly experience similar to TapaTalk. Users are encouraged to rate and review the app, with the incentive of a six-month gold membership for those who do. However, many users have reported issues, particularly the lack of LaTeX support, which hampers participation in discussions involving math. The app has received mixed feedback regarding its functionality, with some praising its layout while others experience crashes and loading issues. Updates are in progress to address these concerns and improve overall performance.
  • #101
Borg said:
It's on the phone's menu button. You have to be in a forum where you can post and it will show up.

Thanks very much! Don't know how I missed it before. :redface:
 
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  • #102
berkeman said:
Thanks very much! Don't know how I missed it before. :redface:
This is our first smart phone so I have to be methodical to figure out anything. That's probably the only reason that I found it. :smile:
 
  • #103
I've rated it 4 stars (would have been 5 if we could read latex) and I left a review comment.
However I don't know how to access to reviews. I only see mine when I'm logged in my google account and see none when I log out.
Also I don't know how many months of gold membership I still have, it may be infinite so adding 6 months of gold membership might be a waste of time for a mentor/Greg.
Edit: I'm having a slight "problem" when I click on "who's online". The list of people appears but it freezes for about 15 seconds and unfreezes for less than 1 second, over and over. Anyone else having this issue?
Edit2: I don't know how to vote in pools with the application.
 
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  • #104
I'm having issues with it and polls: I can't see them. This is on the Android app.
 
  • #105
When will there be TeX support on the android? I love this app but the only issue for me is that I that lack TeX support renders equations unreadable on the tablet forcing me to revert back to the laptop. Thanks!
 
  • #106
It seems like the names appear too bright in threads, it's hardly readable. Also the avatar of people appear in some posts but not all. I've taken a screenshot so you can see both "problems".
 

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  • #107
fluidistic said:
It seems like the names appear too bright in threads, it's hardly readable. Also the avatar of people appear in some posts but not all. I've taken a screenshot so you can see both "problems".

Use Dark mode instead. :-p
 
  • #108
Pranav-Arora said:
Use Dark mode instead. :-p

I used it at first but I had troubles to read names too (if I remember well they were dark-gray over the dark background) so I switched back to bright. I'll try again and post here if I have the same problems.
 
  • #109
Android App has been updated to 4.4.7. iOS update is under review.
 
  • #110
Greg Bernhardt said:
Android App has been updated to 4.4.7. iOS update is under review.

Hmm, do you mean v 2.4.7.7? Else i don't see where to download the 4.4.7.
 
  • #111
fluidistic said:
Hmm, do you mean v 2.4.7.7? Else i don't see where to download the 4.4.7.

Good cal 2.4.7 :D
 
  • #113
The chat is not working. It asks what application you want to use when you click on the link. I choose PF app. and then it redirects me to the new threads.
 
  • #115
Greg Bernhardt said:
What do you mean chat?

I mean the chat of Sundays (see https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=691333).
 
  • #116
fluidistic said:
I mean the chat of Sundays (see https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=691333).

ah, I'm afraid the chat was never designed to work with the app or even very well with a mobile device
 
  • #117
Greg Bernhardt said:
ah, I'm afraid the chat was never designed to work with the app or even very well with a mobile device

I see. No problem :)
 
  • #118
Is the windows phone app in development?
 
  • #119
sudu.ghonge said:
Is the windows phone app in development?

No plans to make one yet, sorry! Very few browsing PF with it.
 
  • #120
Need developers?
 
  • #121
sudu.ghonge said:
Need developers?

Nope, but thanks for the offer! :)
 
  • #122
I mean, I use windows and so do many of my college friends using physics forums. I know it's an upcoming platform but still seeing the stability of the system, it's going to stay for long and the app won't be built for nothing.
 
  • #123
Greg Bernhardt said:
Nope, but thanks for the offer! :)

okay. :)
 
  • #124
Posting this from Android App (Galaxy Ch@t). Works smoothly, flawlessly, fast, even on my slow 2G internet :p . Some noticable anomalies, one you might know (Latex) and another is this in smileys option - a minor one. The last row is slightly cutoff the screen. Thought you should know.

Other small issue is that we have to quit and reopen the app in order for certain things to update. It is not so common though. Maybe task killer is interfering. Not that I mind. ;)

Other than that, this app is great, providing as open experience of PF as on PC.

Rating - 9.5/10 - Excellent!
 
  • #125
AGNuke said:
Rating - 9.5/10 - Excellent!

Thanks for the review AGNuke!
 
  • #126
1.22.11 for iOS and 2.4.9.9 for Android have been released. Primarily bug fixes.
 
  • #127
Is there anyway to get back to the top level menus from within a thread as when I open a thread from a notification I have to press the back button and then restart the app?
 
  • #128
I Want LaTex! BOOHHOOOO!
 
  • #130
Greg Bernhardt said:
Big new release in a month or two! Stay tuned!

Sounds promising. :biggrin:
 
  • #131
Uploaded a new update for Android.

The iPhone app is crashing randomly if you have iOS7. I hope to have an update ready within the week.
 
  • #132
3.0.13 is now available for Android. New iOS version in a couple weeks.
 
  • #134
What's the current situation with LaTeX? It was brought up in another thread recently, but it would be good to have a definitive statement here.
 
  • #135
jtbell said:
What's the current situation with LaTeX? It was brought up in another thread recently, but it would be good to have a definitive statement here.

There doesn't seem to be plans on adding it.
 
  • #137
There's an app on itunes, MyScript MathPad that allows you to draw your equation and it will generate the latex codes or an embeddable image. There's a related app, Myscript Calculator that drawn equations are evaluated numerically limited to algebra, powers exponentials, trig functions and logs.

Perhaps these could be somehow merged with the PF app, ala a collaboration of developers.
 
  • #138
Greg Bernhardt said:
There doesn't seem to be plans on adding it.
There doesn't seem to be plans by who?
 
  • #139
lugita15 said:
There doesn't seem to be plans by who?

The app is a customized TapaTalk app. I don't develop it. The vast majority of sites don't use equations so there won't be support built into it.

fyi, a new mobile skin is in the works that carries an app feel. Should be ready in a few days.
 
  • #140
  • #141
jedishrfu said:
One solution to the latex issue is to have the site itself convert latex to images so that the app will display them correctly.

We did this prior to using MathJax. We switched to MathJax because we had accumulated over a million latex images and overall it was a much slower processing and loading.
 
  • #142
Greg Bernhardt said:
We did this prior to using MathJax. We switched to MathJax because we had accumulated over a million latex images and overall it was a much slower processing and loading.

Have you investigated the Forum Runner app? It supposedly supports Latex not sure how well.
 
  • #143
jedishrfu said:
Have you investigated the Forum Runner app? It supposedly supports Latex not sure how well.

Overall it's a cheaper product, but I will pressure Tapatalk to get latex support. Thanks for the heads up.
 
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  • #145
Samsung Galaxy S3 displays MathJax perfectly in its native mode (that is, no Tapatalk nor any other app for forum browsing, just the standard browser).

I will be able to check S3 mini as well soon.
 
  • #146
I wonder what I see when I browse the forum using Galaxy. Do I guess right I am presented with an ad for the app, and a mobile skin?

I have not tried the app yet, and I am not going to in the next few days.
 
  • #147
Borek said:
I wonder what I see when I browse the forum using Galaxy. Do I guess right I am presented with an ad for the app, and a mobile skin?

I have not tried the app yet, and I am not going to in the next few days.

If you use a mobile browser you will get the mobile skin and yes there is a small ad advertising the app. fyi, I'll be unveiling the new mobile skin later today.
 
  • #149
I'm so sorry for asking my question in this post,but I have a problem and I need some help. I'm using PF iPad app and i think there is som changes in it so that I don't know how to post in forums . :(
 
  • #150
shahrzad1994 said:
I'm so sorry for asking my question in this post,but I have a problem and I need some help. I'm using PF iPad app and i think there is som changes in it so that I don't know how to post in forums . :(

When you load the app swipe to the right and you'll see the navigation pop out. Click the browse link. Find the forum you want and click it. Then in the upper right corner click the three dot icon and select "new topic".

If the app doesn't suit you I suggest just using the mobile skin by visiting through a mobile browser. Enjoy!
 

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