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Gobandroid Go Material 2.5.9

3.1 MB / 100K+ Downloads / Rating 4.0 - 1,062 reviews


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Gobandroid Go Material, developed and published by ligi, has released its latest version, 2.5.9, on 2018-05-03. This app falls under the Board category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 100000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.0, based on 1.062 reviews.

Gobandroid Go Material APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 2.3+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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Game Details

Package name: org.ligi.gobandroid_hd

Updated: 7 years ago

Developer Name: ligi

Category: Board

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Gobandroid Go Material on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Game Rating

4.0
Total 1,062 reviews

Reviews

4 ★, on 2020-02-24
Biggest complaint is doesn't have landscape mode like screen sharing with my TV but it's small screen since app doesn't rotate. But other than that great app.

5 ★, on 2018-10-01
A very functional go program. Multiple board sizes. Free tsumego for all difficulty levels.

5 ★, on 2020-09-09
Cant istall gnu go to play. Please help!

3 ★, on 2019-11-03
Comes with some good sgfs for review, but I can't figure out how to load arbitrary sgf files :(

2 ★, on 2019-10-20
Nothing to tell you how to play the game

2 ★, on 2019-09-08
I dont get the game

Previous Versions

Gobandroid Go Material 2.5.9
2018-05-03 / 3.1 MB / Android 2.3+

About this app

Gobandroid is a Free Software goban ( aka GO-Board ) for Android to learn and play the beautiful ancient game of Go (weiqi / wei-chi 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. [1] [2]

Features:

Solve Tsumego ( Go Problems are called Tsumego or life&dead problems - similar to chess problems)
10 Tsumegos in easy, intermediate and hard from gogameguru included
Ability to automatically download >300 Tsumegos
Review games of go ( SGF Format reader )
Included commented and uncommented pro-games featuring googles deepmind alphago, lee sedol and many more
Record Games ( or use the phone/tablet as a board - incl SGF writer )
TV-Mode ( automatic replay of games - mainly for GoogleTV )
Play a go game against GnuGo ( extra install needed )
Share and receive shared games
Get information about certain go terms like Miai, Shape, Joseki
Links to some nice go related videos like the trailer to surrounding game or some tutorials to go
Ability to bookmark games
Support default sizes 19x19, 13x13, 9x9
alternative sizes between 2x2 and 23x23 ( But then no handicap support)
Edit positions ( mark-positions / freely set stones )
Available in >10 Languages ( Please join the translators at https://www.transifex.com/ligi/gobandroid to add/complete yours )

If you find a bug please email me or file a bug in the issue tracker on github. I can't contact you via the Android-Market comments system to fix the problem
This app is Open-Source - the Source-Code is on github [3]- Patches/Contributions welcome! You can also find this project on googleplus: https://plus.google.com/106767057593220295403

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
[2] http://www.usgo.org/resources/topten.html
[3] http://github.com/ligi/gobandroid

New features

- Fix a problem with some tsumego
- Update libraries

App Permissions

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.