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Gobandroid

Ancient Go game
Gobandroid is virtual goban (GO-Board) on your mobile to study and play the
ancient game of Go (weiqi in Chinese, igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean).

Go originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. The game is noted for being
rich in strategy despite its relatively simple rules. It has been claimed that
Go is the most complex game in the world due to its vast number of variations in
individual games. More info on Wikipedia.

Features:

* Solve Tsumegos (Go Problems are called Tsumego)
* Review Games (SGF Format reader)
* Record Games (or use the phone/tablet as a board - incl SGF writer)
* TV-Mode (automatic replay of games - mainly for GoogleTV)
* Play against GnuGo (extra install needed)

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 2.5.9 (259) suggested Added on May 29, 2018

    This version requires Android 2.3 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 2.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.5.8 (258) - Added on May 28, 2017

    This version requires Android 2.3 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 2.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.5.7 (257) - Added on May 27, 2017

    This version requires Android 2.3 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 2.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log