Only months after launching a Reveille app for the iPhone, The Daily Reveille now has an app for Android users.
Reveille developer Chris Keele created and developed the app, which is still in beta form.
Keele said the app mirrors the Reveille iPhone app when possible.
“It’s really important to have an app for both because no one knows where the market is going to be in the future,” he said. “Users of both the Reveille iPhone and Android apps will have similar experiences.”
The current app allows readers to browse, save and email the latest Reveille articles, keep up with breaking news and search archived Reveille content.
Keele said the latest update, which will be available in the coming days, will allow users to share articles via any social media device linked to the phone. Future updates will allow users to check the weather and comment remotely on articles.
The development process was not an easy one for Keele, who didn’t own an Android phone when he began work last fall. Keele said he tested the app using an Android emulator on his computer.
“I was slow,” he said. “I had to click something and then wait around for something to happen.”
Keele said the full product will be launched by the end of the summer.
The app is one of the first entirely student-designed apps within the college media sphere, sharing the title with the Reveille iPhone app built by fellow Reveille developer Logan Leger.
“I pretty much use it every day,” Keele said. “I don’t get to campus every day so I miss reading the Reveille.”
Leger and Keele are in the process of creating a Reveille iPad app, expected to hit the App Store in the near future.
Also coming soon at The Daily Reveille is the redesign and launch of the entertainment web page, the Revelry. Readers will be able to keep up with daily events and browse stories, pictures, videos and reviews.
Keele said any questions, comments, concerns or problems with the Android app can be emailed to [email protected].
 
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