Hero Lab on Android

[Dan Goodchild]

http://www.techspot.com/news/55878-a...worldwide.html

Now can we get Hero Lab for Android on the radar please? KTHNXBAI.

[fillerbunny_x1]

Dan- which version of Android? Sure, it looks like Android is more popular, 120mil to 70 mil. But then you look down at individual platform sales, and the fragmenting begins. Except in one brand/OS- Apple. All 70mil iOS devices are a known quantity. Samsung's 37mil Android devices MIGHT all have the same Android version, but that not a guarantee, and the fragmenting continues from there, based on each individual manufacturer's needs.

[ChrisRevocateur]

Originally Posted by fillerbunny_x1

Dan- which version of Android? Sure, it looks like Android is more popular, 120mil to 70 mil. But then you look down at individual platform sales, and the fragmenting begins. Except in one brand/OS- Apple. All 70mil iOS devices are a known quantity. Samsung's 37mil Android devices MIGHT all have the same Android version, but that not a guarantee, and the fragmenting continues from there, based on each individual manufacturer's needs.

While true, you can be pretty damn safe in creating for Android 4.0 and cover most, 3.2 if you want to get the older tablets too. Also it's pretty hard to break compatibility for newer versions by coding for older ones, so you could code something that will work in Android 2 and it is almost guaranteed to work in 4. With the ubiquity of 4+ and the fact that anything made for older is compatible with newer, at least on the software front the "fragmenting" is a very weak argument.

But really, the final word is that we have already heard from Lone Wolf when they're going to make an Android version. As soon as the iOS version is complete (and not just a character sheet viewer for a single system), they're starting on the Android version.

So while this is going to sound counter-intuitive, because Lone Wolf has already decided to make an Android version, our best bet for getting an Android version as soon as possible would be to push them to finish the iOS version as fast as they can.

Yeah, I know, weird right? I just told the Android fan boys (including myself) to root for Apple.

[liz]

Originally Posted by ChrisRevocateur

But really, the final word is that we have already heard from Lone Wolf when they're going to make an Android version. As soon as the iOS version is complete (and not just a character sheet viewer for a single system), they're starting on the Android version.

So while this is going to sound counter-intuitive, because Lone Wolf has already decided to make an Android version, our best bet for getting an Android version as soon as possible would be to push them to finish the iOS version as fast as they can.

Going to jump in here. Our current answer to "When is Android coming?" or "When is [other system supported in Hero Lab] coming?": We'll be looking at creating a Hero Lab app for other game systems and other platforms once the full Hero Lab app is out for iPad.

If we decide to begin developing an app for Android, we will share the news on our website and in our newsletter. However, no such announcement has been made.

[ChrisRevocateur]

Fine, I take it back then.

Annoy away Android fan boys.

[Nikmal]

Originally Posted by ChrisRevocateur

Fine, I take it back then.

Annoy away Android fan boys.

Why do you have to use such antagonistic speech?
You are the one that jumped to an assumption.

[Darkrum]

I have android. I've had android since i have had a choice. Apple is too expensive and too restrictive. I use my android while gaming all the time. The o nly advantage apple has is it's hype. I'd throw in on a kickstarter for it.

Timothy doesn't. Know what's going on but he knows to kill it with fire!

[JTenebrous]

Well, throw my name in there for day-1 Android purchaser for HeroLab - tester, too, if you like. I've used HeroLab on my Windows PC for about three years now, and am also a fan of RealmWorks - all Wolflair products, really. I used to bring a laptop with me to GM or play at RPG sessions, but my perceptions have changed with the new technologies and now it feels huge and clunky to bring a laptop when I've got a 10" android tablet (Nexus 10) to use, with a handy-dandy touchscreen. As a GM, I'll probably still use something with a larger screen, but as a player, I'd really love to have a mobile HeroLab character sheet to take with me to sessions - even if only as an extension to my full install of HeroLab on my home desktop. I'm spoiled by HeroLab now - I don't think any other character sheets on the market stand up to comparison, or my expectations. It's cool that the iPad users will get some love, but the Apple "walled garden" ecosystem runs counter to every fiber of my technophile being, so I look forward to the day it comes out on Android.

[lifer4700]

+1 Android

Galaxy SII & Nexus 7 (2013) owner here.

[Jokingjimmy]

+1 Android app for me too