{"id":151,"date":"2017-03-06T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/?p=151"},"modified":"2017-03-06T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T07:34:08","slug":"twicca-a-fantastic-twitter-client-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteries-company.com\/battery-care\/twicca-a-fantastic-twitter-client-for-android.htm","title":{"rendered":"Twicca \u2013 A Fantastic Twitter Client For Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter is an ideal mobile platform; constantly-changing bite-sized updates fit beautifully into the hectic modern lifestyle, and it\u2019s no coincidence the maximum length for a tweet is 140 characters: it\u2019s based on the maximum length of an SMS, minus 20 characters for the username, as the LA Times tells us<\/a>. But when you\u2019re on the go and you just want to post a quick update or check what\u2019s going on, you really don\u2019t need a client that gets in your way.<\/p>\n

Making a good mobile client is a fine balancing act. You need to provide your users with the functionality that they need, but you can\u2019t risk being too confusing. There\u2019s no manual, and even if there was one, nobody would take the time to read it. The app also needs to be very snappy and responsive. The Twicca Android Twitter client rises to the challenge.<\/p>\n

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This is Twicca\u2019s homescreen. It shows my own Twitter stream; note the ancient date for the topmost tweet \u2014 that\u2019s a feature, not a bug: My Twicca installation is set to update manually. This conserves battery; whenever I want to get a quick fix of Twitter I can just hit the \u201crefresh\u201d button (bottom-right), and get a fresh bunch of tweets down the line. Also, note the work done on the buttons \u2013 just four transparent buttons, each with a very descriptive icon. The buttons are very easy to hit: you don\u2019t have to press the icon itself. Twicca also has a light theme you can use if all of that darkness is bringing you down.<\/p>\n

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Next, let\u2019s see what it looks like when you tweet:<\/p>\n

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The tweet screen has five buttons along the bottom. The left-most one (hash-tag button) is the only button I found confusing in the app. It was disabled for me, and I simply could not get it to work. I have no idea what my mistake was, but I\u2019m sure you will enlighten me in the comments. Other than that button, there\u2019s an \u201cattach media<\/em>\u201d button that pops up the menu you see in the screenshot. There\u2019s also a geolocation button that gets you into a map and lets you select your location (so you can shift it a bit if you want to). Last but not least, there\u2019s a \u201cshorten URL<\/em>\u201d button.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s go back to the homescreen and see what happens when you long-press a tweet:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, long-pressing a tweet selects it, and you can select multiple tweets. A short tap on the screen brings up this context menu:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSet color label<\/em>\u201d is an interesting option. It lets you assign an arbitrary color to a person\u2019s tweets. This color is then used for their username, any links they tweet out, and as a vertical bar next to their tweet. This lets you zoom in on tweets from specific people very quickly.<\/p>\n

When you short-tap just a single tweet, you get a much more extensive menu:<\/p>\n

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The \u201cShare this tweet<\/em>\u201d button is interesting: It pops up Android\u2019s default \u201cShare<\/em>\u201d action, so you could do something like \u201cshare\u201d someone\u2019s tweet as an SMS to one of your contacts. Weird, yet interesting. \u201cRetweet<\/em>\u201d instantly retweets the message to all of your followers, while \u201cQuote selected tweet<\/em>\u201d lets you add a bit of your own text and retweet a message.<\/p>\n

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Twicca also lets you create lists right from within the app.<\/p>\n

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As you might have guessed, the Twicca Android Twitter client has a daunting amount of settings. This list doesn\u2019t even show all setting categories, and each category has oodles of options. Users are lucky the default values are quite sane, but it you\u2019re an obsessive tweaker who likes to customize every application, you\u2019re going to love Twicca.<\/p>\n

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The one feature I\u2019m missing is being able to use multiple accounts; I constantly monitor\/update four different Twitter accounts, and not being able use Twicca for this is a bit of a downer. Other than that, I just love Twicca.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Does this look like a compelling client, or do you know of a better alternative? Let your voice be heard!<\/p>\n

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