Lastest 4chan update broke the viewer

[ghost]

Title

[mksvco]

still waiting for a fix :-/

[BenAbdul]

Chan explorer is my favourite 4chan browser but right now is unusable. Please respond

[ghost]

This happened a lingua ti me ago, but it was eventually fixed... no it broke again... also why si ChanExplorer remo ed from the Sto re?

[mksvco]

@miyachan ?

[ghost]

Please @Miyachan Chan Explorer is the Best 4chan browser imho, now I'm stuck with Chanu (garbage)

[BenAbdul]

A moment of silence for Chan Explorer

[miyachan]

Sorry guys, I've been super busy with other things.

The fix isn't too hard and source is there, but I'll update in the coming weeks sorry guys.

[ghost]

@miyachan Yes, you're alive * w * Thank you very much, I'll wait for the fix ^^

[slooblack]

HI, The size and the title on the image viewer are broke. I think 4chan change the HTML code so the parser fail.

@miyachan i try to fix this problem, I fix the post.size, but i'm still suck on the post.name. I don't find the picture name on the HTML code.

[BoBeR182]

Did the latest commit #12 fix it? Does anyone have a working APK?

@miyachan can you update f-droid repos?

[miyachan]

Sorry for abandoning this project guys. Can someone post a screenshot so I can see exactly whats broken?

[BoBeR182]

It just says "There was an error loading this page" on every board you attempt to open and will have the spinning wheel of eternal loading.

@miyachan

[D4NH]

[mksvco]

4 months later.. :/

[ghost]

I really hope there are some serious problema to keep him/her from answering theese comments, or it's just not fair, this id the best 4Chan Browser for Android imho, I mo ed to Chanu and it's buggy as hell. Hope you answer soon, :)

[mksvco]

I've tried forking it and checking it out but the code is an enormous mess.

[miyachan]

Long story short, the revenue this app gave me was the only incentive I had to work on it. I'm completely broke nowadays and I told myself I would work on it when my situation changes, but it hasn't.

The issue is with the parser, ChanExplorer has been in development longer than the API has been around, so it works by scraping the HTML. There are two options

1. Update the parser to work with the new html: https://github.com/wakarimasenco/ChanExplorer/blob/master/src/co/wakarimasen/chanexplorer/imageboard/Parser.java

   It essentially works by identifying what the interesting blocks of text are surrounded by and pulling those. It could be as small as some html has changed, I'm not completely sure, but you would have to look through it.

2. Rework parse to work with the 4chan api. This takes considerably more work , but it essentially involves changing (https://github.com/wakarimasenco/ChanExplorer/blob/master/src/co/wakarimasen/chanexplorer/ThreadFragment.java#L841) to do a getrequest on the API url, and parsing the resulting JSON to return a []Post

The first way would be the easiest but it would require sitting down with a text editor to capture the relevant areas. The second way would require less code and be forever compatible to html changes but may require refactoring (especially for users that don't have a 4chan pass)

[mksvco]

Thanks for the update @miyachan. I'm going to try to get it working.

[mksvco]

Well, I'm getting this error trying to compile. https://gist.github.com/MikeSavi/ee7014252384d070d316 . Would you know what this is ?

[miyachan]

What is in the file : C:\Users\mike\Desktop\ChanExplorer\app\build\intermediates\ndk\debug\Android.mk

Whatever in this file should be the same as https://github.com/wakarimasenco/ChanExplorer/blob/master/jni/Android.mk

[Proplex]

I'll take over code development. A rewrite for the API might happen in the future, but for now I'm just going to update the HTML parser to get everything working.

Follow development here: https://github.com/Proplex/Leaf

[Proplex]

Got it working; just fixing up the post formatting.

[D4NH]

looking good! keep it up!

[Proplex]

Giving the app a much needed facelift, as it existed prior to the xxhdpi screens, etc. Expect a Google Play-ready app by the next few days.

https://github.com/Proplex/Leaf

[miyachan]

@Proplex I don't know what the criteria is but ChanExplorer was my 3rd 4Chan app removed off the playstore (4Chon, ChanExplorer (with Trollface icon), ChanExplorer (with /4/ icon))

I think Mimi and Chanu have survived, and ChanExplorer is much older than those (I made ChanExplorer as a competitor to ChanDroid - which no longer exists either) and I'm not sure how they have done it.

[Proplex]

@miyachan For what reasons? And for reference, I used all three versions of your app (all other apps are straight-up ass), as well as ChanDroid.

I'll poke around and see what's up. Did you mark the app as high maturity?

For those wanting the revived ChanExplorer: ( @MikeSavi @demonabis ) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.wakarimasen.ceredux

[miyachan]

All the same reason (with High Maturity):

Violation of the sexually explicit material provision of the Content Policy.

This was with all the NSFW boards hidden (you had to go to into the settings to enable them). FWIW this only really happened when ChanExplorer was the most popular 4chan app (it hovered around ~#60 in top apps in Social), and it may be the case of someone reporting the app.

However Mimi and Chanu are still around.

In any case thanks for taking over development - I didn't really mean to abandon ChanExplorer, life pretty much got in the way, and I'm glad to see it active again.

[Proplex]

Glad I could help. I'll be replacing the HTML parser pretty soon, the API isn't hard at all and it'll really be smooth that way. Have a few ideas for a tablet redesign too.

[ghost]

Nice to see ChanExplorer reborn. I hope Leaf will find it's way to F-Droid as well once it's ready.

[Proplex]

@chiffon-rouge It definitely will. I'm in the process of moving into my dorm these next two days and the source code/development environment is on my desktop which is packed away. Once I get setup I'll setup a F-Droid repo.

[ghost]

What's the status on either CE or Leaf? Right now, unfortunately, both projects seem to be inactive.