paulo Dekkers

It's the same I see.

I know where it is, I don't have to be there verry often unless I have a question, suggestion or feature request. and that's how I ended up in this thread. unlike you, I am actually very satisfied with the current state of the Affinity suite. But maybe I use Affinity software differently so that I don't hit the problem areas with bugs.

I need to look more often and deeper in the forum 🫣

Sad if this is true. Let's hope they're squashing bugs and they come up with a clean release when it's finished. But I remain curious about the future of Affinity. My fear is that the focus will now live on improving Cnva with the knowledge and features from Affinity's programs. If that is the case, that could explain the lack of peogress an improvement you describe.

I understand that a public roadmap creates some expectations that you can't always live up to. Maybe it is still possible in a different form. A wish list of features Affinity of Affinity users would like to have implemented in the future. E. G. the way LEGOideas does it. Collect ideas/wishes from users and a few of the best ideas with the most votes will go into production at the next point release.

I made a typo. I meant v3 A public roadmap would be nice. If Android support was part of it it would be even nicer 🤣

This may indicate that part of the team is already bussy with the next step while another part is squashing the bugs. I think that in the not too distant future they will break the silence and reveal what they have been working on. Developing new things takes time. Finalize ongoing projects neatly so that they can go into maintenance mode as well. I'm hopeful for a v3 full of surprises

That is also what I can remember. And that's why I secretly hoped that this would mean that there might also be an Android version on the way. It sounds very logical. Especially when everything is complete that was on the roadmap for version 2.

What do you base this on? And isn't that easy to get around by hiring more people?

That could be... What does Affinity itself say about this? And don't they have much more budget and possibilities after the takeover? I can imagine that the acquisition will make precisely this kind of platform expansion possible.

I totally agree. Technically, get 100% feasible to transfer the suite to Android. But you have to be able to make a profit on it. And I'm not sure if that will work. Depends on the target group. I see it positively in I think that target group is large enough. And I think that if you make sure your offer is attractive, you can even cause a pull effect. Affinity now has momentum if you look at the adobe debacle

Is that still the case? There are quite a few phones and tablets in the same price category as iPad and iPhone with similar features, and sometimes they go a step further in terms of features like periscope camera's, stylus support on regular and foldable phones. The fact that those devices are still being sold says that there is a market for people who deliberately do not buy Apple products but are willing to pay a similar amount for them. In that sense, I'm sure that if you spend such money, you won't sit on free or pirated apps because you've run out of money or you don't want to spend money. In my opinion, that's just a clever myth to divide us as consumers. It is a beautiful hook to hang marketing campaigns on. See de Hi I am a mac campaign or the Samsung campaigns in which they ridicule Apple users. Don't get carried away in that nonsense.

If Affinity have already done this and the conclusion is that an Android version is not feasible then so be it. Too bad if that's the case. But you are right. If the group is to small, those users cannot dictate where a company should go with the product. Maybe more luck in the future

By "it" I mean of course the entire Affinity suite. I thought that was clear by now. We can continue to argue about whether android users are willing to pay for the Affinity apps and whether there is enough interest among Android users at all to justify an Android version. But that is pointless. There's only one way to find out. Have the Affinity Team conduct a survey and market research to see if there is interest. Whether people are willing to pay for it. And what devices they use. Then you know exactly what to aim for when you are going to make a version. Then you can test internally whether it works at all with an early version and you can see what the minimum hardware requirements will be to make this work. I have no idea if this has already been done and what the findings are. But it now comes across as if Affinity doesn't feel like it, partly because of their pride. The step to Windows was already quite a thing. And if you search in the forum, you will find a similar discussion with similar arguments why a windows version would not be feasible, For the same reasons as are passing here now. Nobody wants to pay for it, too much variaty in hardware so it will be to difficult to create fast and stable version of the Affinity suite, piracy... And so on. That turned out to be nonsense at the time and I think this also applies to the arguments against an android version. Especially with the new universal license model there is freedom of platform Choice. Then support for Android cannot be missing. If It's just a matter of doing it and then you'll see if an android version of Affinity Designer, Publisher and Photo works. It would be a shame if Affinity misses this opportunity purely because there are a few Apple fans who don't want Android users to enjoy the Affinity apps on the platform of their choice.

Jus sell it for the same price.