The Powder Toy

Android TPT port

  • Cracker1000     3rd Mar 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    @jacob1 (View Post)

     The toggle Newtonian gravity button still says "toggles decorations".

    When opening a save and clicking on upload button in android,it still shows copy save id but clicking it does nothing.

  • Paulo_fofis     4th Mar 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    The stamps buttons are too small

  • Cracker1000     12th Jul 2019 Member 1 Permalink

    While opening a save using " Link save" sign, the zoom button when clicked opens the save instead of placing zoom window.

    (The button needs to be pressed twice)

  • erictom333     15th Jul 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    Why isn't there an iOS port?

  • Sylvi     15th Jul 2019 Moderator 0 Permalink
    @erictom333 (View Post)
    There's an unofficial iOS port (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/powder-toy/id764674591) which hasn't been updated

    We don't support iOS because development requires a Mac, a 99$ per year development license, and there's some technical issues with porting (meeting Apple's strict criteria for performance and the coding documentation from Apple is rather narrow to a couple languages)
    Edited once by Lockheedmartin. Last: 15th Jul 2019
  • erictom333     16th Jul 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    @Lockheedmartin (View Post)

     But why does that have to be so? Why does that stop you from porting TPT to iOS?

  • jacob1     16th Jul 2019 Developer 0 Permalink
    @erictom333 (View Post)
    That's an insane cost barrier to entry. We'd have to buy a mac, an iPhone, and then pay a large yearly cost. That alone is reason it will never happen.

    I also don't have the time to develop it and learn all of Apple's languages and design patterns.

    Lockheedmartin's post already showed clearly why an official iOS port isn't happening.
  • Sylvi     16th Jul 2019 Moderator 1 Permalink
    EDIT: @jacob1 beat me to the answer!

    @erictom333 (View Post)
    The effort and resources required is greater than what we are willing to contribute. We're not a full-time team of developers with salaries. It's solely of volunteering time and resources from whomever. The economics to us wouldn't make sense.

    So throwing a hundred dollars into the development license is one thing, but having to learn and recode the game in Swift is another hassle. No one wants to learn a programming language with such limited use. It just isn't going to happen. Not to mention meeting Apple's performance criteria would likely result in a drop of functionality.
    Edited once by Lockheedmartin. Last: 16th Jul 2019
  • SWPlaysMC     20th Jul 2019 Member 0 Permalink

    @jacob1 (View Post)
    Amazon Fire 7 (2017) Report:
     
    Amazon allows TPT... YES!
     
    Opens properly: YES!
     
    Does download: YES!
     
    Result:
    Works on Amazon Fire 7.
     

    Edited 2 times by jacob1, SWPlaysMC. Last: 30th May 2020
  • Sylvi     20th Jul 2019 Moderator 1 Permalink
    @SWPlaysMC (View Post)
    Please do not distribute/link to third-party .apk downloads unless there's a source distributed for it. No one knows whether that's actually a safe .apk or dangerous. We have the official Android port in the Google Play store for official distribution, not to mention the source code is on github. Also we distribute the official apk in the first post
    Edited once by Lockheedmartin. Last: 20th Jul 2019
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