Mobile App Available

[peter]

Forum Runner iPhone App Instructions:
* Note: Forum Runner is a 3^rd party app. They charge $1.99. Fishin.com does not make any money off the app. You can also use Forum Runner on a lot of other forums so it's probably good to have.

The following is written for the Apple App Store (Android should be similar)
1) Go to your App Store (Apple or Android)
2) On the bottom menu bar in the store select, search
3) In the search field at the top enter Forum Runner (with a space between Forum and Runner)
4) Download and install app. Once installed, open the app on your phone. This is how you will access the forum in the
future with Forum Runner. Go to the Forum Runner app first. The first time you open it, it will ask if you want to activate
push notifications. We’re not sure if this works yet. See more info below.
5) Select Forum Browser icon that looks like file cabinet.
6) Click Search on the bottom menu bar
7) Type in Fishin.com in search box and select after it loads.
8) Click the curved arrow in the top right corner and select Add to Favorites
9) Fishin.com will now display on your Forum Runner home screen.


That's a lot of steps but they are detailed and it is not that hard to do. Play around with it and see what you think.

I like it!


Here are the main advantages I have seen to using the app:
~Easy to read and post on forums
~Photos can be easily uploaded from your phone…in your boat, car, wherever!
~You can send and receive private messages from your smart phone (and be alerted in push is activated in your phone
settings. I’m not sure exactly how the push notifications work yet, but I think it will be useful. It will send an alert to
your phone when you get a PM or reply from a subscribed thread. If your friends have Forum Runner on their phone, you
can PM each other while on the lake or wherever.
~You can even post your location straight from the lake!
~More benefits of app in reply to this thread.


How to make a post from app:
1) Go to the board you want to make a post on.
2) Click the curved arrow in top right corner and select New Thread
3) Type in subject and message.
4) Click Send

Other Instructions:
1) If you want to add a photo, click the + button in top right corner
2) You can add photos from the web, your phone’s camera roll
3) If you want to post your location, click the + button in the top right corner and select Post My Location

How to enable Push Notifications:
1) On Forum Runner home screen, click Settings
2) Select Push Notification Settings
3) You will need to register an account with forum runner to enable push notifications
4) Turn On Create Account
5) Click Create Account
6) Hit Go
7) Forum Runner will then send you an email to verify and activate your account

[peter]

This forum now supports Android and the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad natively with Forum Runner!

What is Forum Runner?

Forum Runner is an Android/iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad App that allows you to browse this forum using a native client. This means faster access for those users since it only downloads the actual forum information rather than all the extraneous images that slow down the mobile connection.

Forum Runner Feature List


Browse your favorite forums in an easy-to-use-interface with multiple notification types (private message, subscription, etc)
Fully customizable home screen with your favorite forum

PUSH NOTIFICATION SUPPORT :
-Get private message and subscribed thread updates from your favorite forums in the background!
-Poll updates (private messages/subscriptions) from favorites on home screen - shows you a summary of which forums you have new messages or subscriptions on!
-Image attachment thumbnail and full size viewing from threads
-View a thread's image attachments in one convenient screen (much like the native iPhone "Photo" app)
-Save thread images to your iPhone/iPod touch library
-Fully search-able forums!
-View embedded links without leaving the app, including YouTube videos
-Supports portrait AND landscape mode
-Full posting options (quote posts, start new thread, etc)
-Attach unlimited photos from your library (or take a photo from the camera and attach it)
-Full support for private messages and private message folders
-Full support for thread subscriptions - track your favorite threads and be updated via push when they have new posts!

Some screen shots of Forum Runner running on various devices:

iPhone: Home Screen with customizable icons and notifications:



Push notification updates while outside the app:



Image attachment browser from a thread:



Fully searchable forums:



Full forum browsing:



How can I get the Forum Runner iPhone Client?

Either search "Forum Runner" in the App Store on your iPhone, or click the link below:

Get Forum Runner from App Store

How can I get the Forum Runner Android Client?
Either search "Forum Runner" in the Google Market on your Android device, or click the link below:

Get Forum Runner from Google Market

[peter]

I have been using Forum Runner since last week. I like it a lot.

One of the best things is that when somebody sends you a PM you receive an alert on your smart phone, if you have it set up that way, which is easy to do. It does the same thing for threads you have subscribed to. When somebody replies to a thread to which you have subscribed you receive an alert on your phone where ever you are.

Super easy to take a photo and upload it to the forum. Easier that doing it on a computer.
Good search feature too.

Things to know:
Sometimes you have to hit "refresh" to see anything. This happens sometimes on the PM screen.
Some avatars do not show up on the posts. I re uploaded my avatar and and it now shows up everywhere.
Every now and then it crashes but it is easy enough to reopen.

[GeoFisher]

So........can you get to the OT board using it?

[peter]

So........can you get to the OT board using it?

Off topics is not accessible with mobile app.

[peter]

Sometimes when viewing private messages the screen is blank.
Hit the arrow in the top left of the screen then hit refresh to make the appear.