Last week we released a host of new features and general bug fixes for our Android application and we wanted to share some of them here. Click here to download the latest version or go to the market from your Android device.
Light Mode
Don’t like all the dark hues on the current app? Now you can switch to Light Mode and all that black will turn white. A lot of our users wanted this in our main trading platform, so we’ve made the change here as well. You can access Light Mode via Settings->Set UI Mode:
Tip: if you’re in the sun and need to fight glare, light mode might make it easier to see what’s going on.
Watchlist Love
We’ve added the ability to add and delete new Watchlists right from your phone. This feature didn’t make it into the debut version of the app, but now you can create brand-new Watchlists from your phone and they will automatically get carried over into the main trading platform.
System Alerts
System notifications will now show up automatically on the Home screen. This includes margin or day-trading calls, as well as other critical messages that would normally show up in red in the message center of the main trading platform.
Hints and Feedback
This new section on the home page makes it easier to send us your feedback and report issues with the app. We’ve also included a hints area that gives you some good tips on how to get the most out of the app.
One More Thing on Positions
We’ve gotten some feedback from customers wanting more information regarding their positions in the app. So we just wanted to clarify that there is an entire screen devoted to each position that’s accessible from the positions screen.
From this screen you can tap on any individual position and the position-detail screen will come up:
Here you can view things like cost basis, value change, and stock price change. You can also trade out of the position right from this screen.
As usual, we love hearing from our customers, so if you have any thoughts on how to improve the app, please let us know here in the comments. And if you love the app, don’t forget to tell the world on the Android Market.
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Tags: android, Mobile Trading, OptionsHouse, smartphones
Cant we get iPad version as well? It’s frustrating to see other providers that has iPhone, iPad and other OS devices readily available when we don’t have them with you guys. I know it’s not easy task but at least look into universal solution rather than OS / device based. Thanks-
Bryce, I’m happy to tell you that we are very close to completing development of our iPad app! We hope to have it approved by Apple and available for download from the iTunes App Store by the end of February. We will update the blog as soon as the app is available!
AWESOME- u guys rock!
Perhaps we could have some roadmap up somewhere so we would know that you guys are listening what we want / need.
Thanks! I’m looking fwd to iPad app!!!
Hi,
Is it possible for you to add Android support for a screen size of QVGA 240×320? I have a Samsung Replenish, and the Optionshouse app is currently incompatible with my phone.
Oliver,
I’m sorry to say that our Android app does not currently support this resolution. We are researching the effort required to build the styling updates necessary to support phones with lower resolution and smaller dimensions. Please stay tuned. In the meantime, you can access the mobile version of the OptionsHouse platform at m.optionshouse.com.