twitter for android

conor.hogan.2

Stopped working on my g1 - said it was not installed when i tapped it.

So I went to install from astro - didnt work.

Went to market - couldnt find it.

Luckily I have the apk on my laptop - will reinstall.


But - has this happened to any1 else? what happened?

Kintarō Hattori

I don't know the ins and outs exactly but the reason some programs have stopped working is to do with the authentication process they use. Twitter changed to a more secure setup which renders some clients (such as HTC Peep in my case) useless.

The link below explains it better than I can:

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/twitter-moves-to-oauth-the-oauthcalypse-is-nigh/

conor.hogan.2

I couldnt adb install it or install from a new apk that i copied over.


Odd and annoying.

Suebee

Twidroyd is a great little app

angel01

Suebee wrote: »

Twidroyd is a great little app

Downloaded that and going to use that, brilliant little app Can you buy the pro version anywhere?

s_carnage

Don't know if this is of any use to you but this is an e-mail I got from twitter outlining all the changes:

What are applications?

There are over 250,000 applications built using the Twitter API. To use most applications, you first authorize the application to access your Twitter account, after which you can use it to read and post Tweets, discover new users and more. Applications come in many varieties, including desktop applications like TweetDeck, Seesmic, or EchoFon, websites such as TweetMeme, fflick, or Topsy, or mobile applications such as Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for Blackberry, or Foursquare.

Update 1: New authorization rules for applications

Starting August 31, all applications will be required to use “OAuth” to access your Twitter account.

What's OAuth?

* OAuth is a technology that enables applications to access Twitter on your behalf with your approval without asking you directly for your password.
* Desktop and mobile applications may still ask for your password once, but after that request, they are required to use OAuth in order to access your timeline or allow you to tweet.

What does this mean for me?

* Applications are no longer allowed to store your password.
* If you change your password, the applications will continue to work.
* Some applications you have been using may require you to reauthorize them or may stop functioning at the time of this change.
* All applications you have authorized will be listed at http://twitter.com/settings/connections.
* You can revoke access to any application at any time from the list.

Update 2: t.co URL wrapping

In the coming weeks, we will be expanding the roll-out of our link wrapping service t.co, which wraps links in Tweets with a new, simplified link. Wrapped links are displayed in a way that is easier to read, with the actual domain and part of the URL showing, so that you know what you are clicking on. When you click on a wrapped link, your request will pass through the Twitter service to check if the destination site is known to contain malware, and we then will forward you on to the destination URL. All of that should happen in an instant.

You will start seeing these links on certain accounts that have opted-in to the service; we expect to roll this out to all users by the end of the year. When this happens, all links shared on Twitter.com or third-party apps will be wrapped with a t.co URL.

What does this mean for me?

* A really long link such as http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048 might be wrapped as http://t.co/DRo0trj for display on SMS, but it could be displayed to web or application users as amazon.com/Delivering- or as the whole URL or page title.
* You will start seeing links in a way that removes the obscurity of shortened links and lets you know where each link will take you.
* When you click on these links from Twitter.com or a Twitter application, Twitter will log that click. We hope to use this data to provide better and more relevant content to you over time.

overthebridge

I got the same e-mail...I use tweetcaster on HTC Hero and have had no issues with it so far..

conor.hogan.2

the twitter app was taken over by twitter - its was renamed that by them.

They surely would updated at least the app themselves especially when they made the changes.

anyway - i downloaded swift and it works decent - i might try twid.. but the trial seems like i wont like it.