Stories Feature & Enhancements in Android Mobile Apps

We are thankful to our clients for their kind support and highly appreciative response that they have given to our Android Mobile App till now. We always try to develop something new by keeping our clients’ happiness, engagement, and satisfaction. So with the same spirit, we are glad to announce the release of the new Stories Feature & other enhancements in our Android App, which will bring a lot of new experiences to your app.

What is the Stories Feature?

Stories have become the most popular and frequently used feature nowadays in almost all Social Mobile Apps. With this feature, users can share multiple Photos/Videos with Filter Effects, Stickers, Emoticons, reactions on Stories, Text, Drawings, Story Viewed By, Comment on Stories, Highlighted Stories, Privacy Settings, and many more. All the uploaded stories will expire after 24 hours, after which the picture or video will disappear and be stored in the View Archives section of the story uploader’s Profile.

Below are the features that Stories provides you in your Android App:

  • Add Stories: Add as many Photos/Videos in your story as you want.
  • Media Supported: For Stories, select Photos / Videos from Gallery or Upload via Camera directly.
  • Captions for Stories: Apply Captions with emojis on Photos while uploading them in the story.
  • Filters on Photo: Various Filters with Stickers, Configurable Font Style & Color, Pencil Drawings can be applied on Photos. Also size & position for all these elements can be customized easily.
  • Story Privacy: View & Comment Privacy for the story can be easily customized from the View Archives section.
  • Reply & Reactions on Story: Users can give replies in Comments & reactions on the stories.
  • Customizable Image Opacity: The Opacity of the image is also manageable.
  • Searchable Font Styles: Users can search for any specific font style among several pre-available Font Styles for making Font management faster and easier.
  • Story View Count / List: ‘Eye’ icon present at Story’s View Page displays Count and Members List who have viewed your story.
  • Delete Stories: You can also delete stories anytime you want.
  • Report Story: You can report any story if you find it offensive from the Story’s View Page.
  • Mute Stories: You can also mute stories from friends if you don’t want to see their future stories.
  • Skip Story: For multiple stories uploaded by your friends, you can also skip them if you don’t want to see them all.
  • Archives Stories: Stories that disappeared after 24 hours will automatically get listed under the ‘View Archives’ section.
  • Highlighted Stories: Stories listed under Archives section can also be marked as highlighted which get displayed under the highlighted stories section at your Profile Page.

To get more information about Stories: Read here or watch Stories in the Android App.

Note: Currently, this Feature is available only for Android Mobile App, & we’re now working on its implementation in iOS app.

We’ve also done a few upgrades in the Quotes plugin & Integration with new plugins, which help you to make your app more attractive. Enhancements in Quotes Plugin are:

Media Supported: For Quotes, select a photo from the Gallery or upload via Camera directly.

Crop Photo: Users can also crop the Photo before uploading it for Quotes.

Integration with Unsplash for Wallpaper Images: Unsplash is integrated with quotes plugin for making searching of images more easy. With this, users can easily search any image for the quotes while uploading.

Filters on Photo: Various Filters with Stickers, Configurable Font Style & Color, Pencil Drawings can be applied on Photos. Also size & position for all these elements can be customized easily.

Customizable Image Opacity: The Opacity of the image is also manageable.

Searchable Font Styles: Users can search any specific font style among numbers of pre available Font Styles for making Font management more fast and easy.

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Other Integrated Plugins in Native Android App:

Questions & Answers Plugin

Page Polls Extension

Page Directories – Reviews & Ratings Extension

Page Directories – Packages for Allowing Page Creation Extension

Business Directories – Packages for Allowing Business Creation Extension

Advanced Contests – Packages for Allowing Contest Creation Plugin

Stories Feature in Android App

We’ve also integrated the Nested Comments feature of the Professional Activity & Nested Comments Plugin. In this upgrade, in addition to posting photos, videos, and emoticons, you can now post replies to the comments in feeds in your native Android app.

** Check out Stories, Quotes, and other enhancements in the Demo Android App.

To upgrade your Android App, contact our support team at support@socialnetworking.solutions

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