For what it's worth, I did see a thread on the EA forums about the lack of an Android version of the app. I added my comments, and an EA rep responded saying that unfortunately this year, it's iOS only and that they can look at it for the future.
Which is basically the same bull#### answer we got last year.
So I sent a PM to the EA rep in question, and gave him feedback to take to his developer team, at the very least, for NHL 15. I basically told him that just because they can say that they have a fancy NHL app for iOS, they're not reaching 100% of their user base.
Obviously, for them to add Android as a platform costs time, money and resources, but my reply was, they can charge a few bucks more for the game, and they can make that up.
But the easiest way, from a development standpoint (as well as a financial point of view) to reach 100% of their GMC/HUT user base is to not do this remote access through an app, but through a website/portal instead. That way, it can be used on any device, and you're not just restricted to one platform. Plus, as a software developer, I can tell you that it's much easier to work with web pages than it is on the mobile side of things.
I asked that he at least take what I was suggesting to his dev team and get back to me with their thoughts, if possible. I even offered to sign a non-disclosure agreement and make the bloody NHL 14 Android app for them if they wanted, that's how much it pisses me off.
He replied saying that he'll find out who from the NHL team is in charge of the mobile app, and he'll do their best to bring my suggestions to them. He did say that he expects them to be super busy, as the same studio is releasing FIFA in a couple of weeks, but he promised to do his best.
I'll send him a reply about the trade screen freezing as well. Hopefully at the very least, this will push them enough to think about more than just iPhone next time.
