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BBC weather App
Where the flipping hell is it to download?
It's NOT in the iTunes Store (after searching for 'BBC Weather App) and it is not on any BBC site. Loads of waffle about it but WHERE is it to download? |
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If you're using an iPad, remember to click the "iPhone app" filter at the top.
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If you're using an iPad, remember to click the "iPhone app" filter at the top.
Very many thanks. I'm always learning......
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Hopefully there will be a dedicated iPad version before too long.
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Does it matter an iPhone App being on an iPad.
Am I not getting all its functions? Seems perfectly OK |
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Does it matter an iPhone App being on an iPad.
Am I not getting all its functions? Seems perfectly OK |
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Hopefully there will be a dedicated iPad version before too long.
On the free apps this does not quite make sense. |
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Are developers actually banned from simply coding the app to suit all different screen resolutions like they do on Android?
On the free apps this does not quite make sense. In any case I would imagine the overall download size would be needlessly larger if you are including a typically much more graphically detailed iPad version in an iPhone app installer. Probably more efficient (for the consumer) to keep the two versions seperate. Not that any of this would have any bearing on why there is no dedicated iPad version yet. When comparing eg. sky+ app, bbc iplayer app etc between the iphone and ipad versions it is clear the ipad apps have been completely redesigned from the ground up. I expect an eventual iPad version of BBC Weather to look quite different. |
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Probably more efficient (for the consumer) to keep the two versions seperate.
Code adapts for a multitude of factors. Coding and maintaining multi versions is something seldom done, so even here it would be the exception rather than the norm. And the 3GS, 4, 5 already have 3 different resolutions and 2 different aspect ratios. Plus the Mini is very close to the 5 and quite distant to the Retina. |
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Before IOS, in the history of coding this is something that I think has never been done.
Code adapts for a multitude of factors. Coding and maintaining multi versions is something seldom done, so even here it would be the exception rather than the norm, |
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Again. It depends if they have varying APIs?
Apple rules more likely. |
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And the 3GS, 4, 5 already have 3 different resolutions and 2 different aspect ratios. Plus the Mini is very close to the 5 and quite distant to the Retina
Well it is certainly true that within the iphone and ipad platforms, different screen technology can be targetted within the same app. An example is an astronomy app I have for my ipad which has improved graphics on the retina models.I think in most cases the ipad vs iphone dedicated versions of apps are completely different programs. |
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Are developers actually banned from simply coding the app to suit all different screen resolutions like they do on Android?
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