Native iOS and Android Player Apps

[perminder-klair]

📱 Update — the apps are real and you can install them now

Both native players shipped and are in public beta:

• 🤖 Android (Google Play, open testing): https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.getsubwave.app — tap to become a tester, install from the Play Store, and it auto-updates from then on.
• 🍎 iOS (TestFlight): https://testflight.apple.com/join/Xrx5TUmb — install the TestFlight app first, then open the link.

Same one-stream radio as the web player — album art, live visualiser, request-to-booth, schedule, background audio + lock-screen / CarPlay / Android Auto controls. Not tied to one server: defaults to the public station, and you can point it at any SUB/WAVE instance. Feedback and bugs welcome below 🙏

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I'm itching to build these apps. Anyone find this interesting? should I?

[perminder-klair]

Update: I went ahead and started, and the Android app already runs on my phone.

It's an Expo / React Native build. Right now it's on a Pixel 8a pulling the same Icecast stream and now-playing feed the web player uses, with album art, the live spectrum visualizer, the request-to-booth screen, and the show schedule. Background audio and the lock-screen / headphone controls go through react-native-track-player, so it behaves like a proper radio app with the screen off.

There are two ways to run it so far. A dev build over USB that loads JS live from Metro, which is fast to iterate on, and a standalone release APK with everything bundled in that I can install and use unplugged over wifi. The standalone build is the one that tells you how it actually feels day to day, and it feels good.

It isn't tied to one server, either. It defaults to the public station but can point at any SUB/WAVE instance, so self-hosters get an app too.

iOS is scaffolded but not built or tested yet. That's next.

One honest caveat: the release build is signed with a debug key for now, just for sideloading. Proper signing and a real store submission come later.

So yes, I find this interesting, and it's happening.

[perminder-klair]

[perminder-klair]

📱 Test builds are live — iOS & Android

The native SUB/WAVE player apps are ready to try — same one-stream radio as the web player, with background audio + lock-screen controls.

🤖 Android — now on Google Play (open testing)

👉 https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.getsubwave.app

Open that link on your Android phone → tap to become a tester → install from the Play Store. No sideloading and no "unknown sources" prompt anymore — it installs and auto-updates like any Play Store app from then on.

🍎 iOS — TestFlight

👉 https://testflight.apple.com/join/Xrx5TUmb

Install the TestFlight app from the App Store first, then open the link to join the beta.

⏳ If TestFlight says it isn't accepting testers yet, give it a few hours and try again — capacity opens up as builds roll over.

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Feedback, bugs, and first impressions all welcome in this thread 🙏

[WhatKateDoes]

I think you have to be invited to be able to access the android download at least.

[perminder-klair]

I think you have to be invited to be able to access the android download at least.

we just waiting for Google to approve android app for open testing, should be live within few hours hopefully

[perminder-klair]

I think you have to be invited to be able to access the android download at least.

please use this meanwhile https://expo.dev/accounts/pinku1/projects/subwave/builds/db3fdfdf-5983-4198-802a-ec32598a0bfa

[WhatKateDoes]

Nice 😎