Twook
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| Twook | |
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| Author(s) | unchiujar dpw13 |
| Type | Internet |
| Version | 0.0.8 |
| License | GPL3, Apache License 2.0 |
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Contents |
What is it
Twook is an application for posting and reading messages on Twitter.
Instructions
1. Make sure you are connected to your nook
adb devices
2. From a terminal install the APK file Twook.apk:
adb install Twook.apk
3. Launch the application with NookLauncher
4. If you haven't authenticated before, set up your account by selecting the wrench button in the bottom right. You'll be presented with the twitter login page. Use the arrow keys on the soft keyboard to nagivate between fields, and the 'submit' soft key to click the 'Accept' button. If the soft keyboard disappears, use any of the hard page turn buttons to turn it back on.
5. Once you hit 'Accept', you should be presented with a PIN. Navigate to the text box at the bottom of the page, copy your PIN in, and hit the 'submit' soft key.
Current status
The most recent version is 0.0.7. It has 4 custom search buttons, a button to display the favorite tweets for the authenticated user, and search users button. The tweet button is now large and on the left. It will display the user avatar when the user authenticates.
To bring up the keyboard for searches use a long press on the respective search buttons.
Functionality
The button functionality is in this order from left to right:
The large button on the left displays the image of the user on logging in. It's also the button for posting tweets.
Row 1 - personal
- show replies timeline
- show tweets by the user
- show homeline
- show retweets of the user
- show direct messages received
- show followers with their latest status
- show followed users with their latest status
Row 2 - search
- show public timeline
- buttons 2-5 - search a term
- show favorites
- find users
Row 3 - tweet actions
- buttons without images are not implemented, they will have functionality like retweet, favor, etc
- last button - log in using username and password
TODO list and ideas
Add support for selecting individual tweets
- follow/unfollow button depending on the following status of the user selected
- retweet button
- direct message button
- selected user information (tweets sent, account info)
- favorite
Optimizations:
- retrieve only messages that have not been retrieved before (possible ?)
- additive timeline instead of replacing, up to the last xxx tweets to be decided in settings
