🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2: Results

We were pleased to see both participants from Round 1 and those who joined the Telegram Contests for the very first time! The Contest Task, which covered multiple areas of the app (implementing a new feature, adding another feature that heavily relies on the existing codebase, and fixing an obscure issue), proved to be particularly challenging for the contestants, with no one completing all three tasks.

Most contestants focused on the Media Editor, so the judges adjusted their evaluation accordingly. After many hours of testing, we are pleased to confirm that Hip Hyena secured 🥇1st PLACE by delivering the best media editor among all the submissions. This time, given the input each contestant contributed, we will reward everyone who implemented at least one contest task, even if their implementation wasn't perfect.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $10,000
🥇Hip Hyena

2nd PLACE – $3,000
🥈Tall Lynx
🥈Nice Elk

3rd PLACE – $2,000
🥉Tactful Whale
🥉Huge Cobra
🥉Large Moth
🥉Stone Parrot

4th PLACE – $500
🎖Gifted Meerkat
🎖Sleek Shrimp
🎖Groovy Crab
🎖Smart Lion
🎖Hardy Turkey
🎖Holy Beetle
🎖Tidy Hawk, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Hairy Antelope, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Large Butterfly, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Nice Hare, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Small Dragon, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Sacred Gorilla, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Swift Flamingo, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)
🎖Fancy Squid, penalties:
– rebuilding penalty (–$100)

P.S. Have a great week and stay tuned for more Telegram Contests in the coming month!

🏆 A new contest for iOS developers with a total prize fund of $50,000 will be announced this Friday. The winner may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with 🛫 Telegram.

🏆 Telegram iOS Contest 2024

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 25th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: November 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for iOS developers to build a media player from scratch.

The Task:
Implement a media player with support for HLS streaming (for both audio and video) into Telegram for iOS. The player must support both automatic and manual switching between available video streams, with automatic switching based on network bandwidth

Contest Requirements:
– Your media player must replace the AVPlayer currently used in the app.
– The final implementation must not cause any performance issues, app or media playback instabilities.
– Using a web view to render audio or video is prohibited. You may either implement everything in native code or use a hybrid solution, where data management is handled in JavaScript (via a web view or JavaScriptCore) and rendering is performed in native code.
– You may use hls.js as a reference.

For test media samples join @hls_samples.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission under various conditions with multiple media on a range of iOS devices (iOS 12 – iOS 18).

Winners may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with Telegram.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

P.S. We will provide limited guidance for this contest, to request clarification send your questions with #ios2024 in @contests.

🏆 A new contest for Android developers with a total prize fund of $50,000 will be announced next Friday. The winner may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with 🛫 Telegram.

🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2024, Round 1

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 28th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: November 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for Android developers to implement new features into the app.

THE TASK

Implement the features in accordance with the mockups provided in the archive below:
– Add Quick Share for channel posts when you tap and hold the share button.
– Add Chromecast support for media playback.
– Add QR Share button for Invite links.
– Add a tooltip for bots' Start button.
– Introduce new flow for upcoming video chats.

Contest Requirements:

General
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Telegram for Android codebase.
– The app's stability and performance must not be affected with the changes you made.
– The app must be free of significant flaws (including crashes, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout errors, and more).

❗️Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission on a wide range of Android devices.

Winners may be offered a chance to explore further cooperation opportunities with Telegram.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

🏆 October Contests Update

Dear Contestants,

Here is the results schedule for the recent contests we held:

Design Competition, Round 2: Next Week

🆕 iOS Contest 2024
🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤
(A significant portion of the submitted apps cannot be built as intended and require direct involvement from our side in order to properly assess each contribution. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Each of such entries will be disqualified.)

Android Contest, Round 1: Today

🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2024, Round 1: Results

We were pleased to see many veterans from our previous contests for Android Developers to join us in this round together with several newcomers! We hope this was a fun yet challenging experience for all of you.

In this contest, developers were required to implement several features into the Android app under a tight deadline. While evaluating submissions, we primarily assessed how well each app delivered two core features for this contest: the Quick Share feature in channels and Chromecast support.

Meet the winners!

1st PLACE – $8,000
🥇 Dreamy Crab

2nd PLACE – $5,000
🥈 Slim Gull
🥈 Hardy Turkey

3rd PLACE – $3,000
🥉 Sunny Ant
🥉 Huge Fox
🥉 Fairy Zebra
🥉 Mighty Rabbit
🥉 Holy Shark

4th PLACE – $1,500
🎖 Fit Falcon
🎖 Young Beetle
🎖 Large Kangaroo
🎖 Hairy Frog
🎖 Groovy Rhino
🎖 Slim Scorpion
🎖 Huge Falcon
🎖 Fit Rhino

As an exception and a final warning, we have waived the rebuilding penalty this time considering we have several newcomers. Stricter guidelines and more severe penalties will be introduced for future competitions.

We have also decided to award 10 other contestants a bonus of $500 for their contributions, and we hope to see them in the prize-winning spots next time. (More details and check if you are on the list – on contest.com)

That's all for today! More contests are on the way. Have a nice Sunday!

🏆 The second round of Android Contest 2024, with a total prize fund of $50,000, will be announced this Friday. The winner may also be offered an opportunity to join the 🛫 Telegram Team.

Everyone is welcome to participate, even if they didn't join Round 1.

🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2024, Round 2

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on December 21st (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone, even if you didn't join Round 1
Results: December 2024

Telegram is hosting a contest for Android developers to enhance and upgrade the in-chat camera.

THE TASK

Adapt the existing in-chat camera with the camera for Stories, including all its features:
– Collages;
– Dual Camera Mode;
– Front Camera Flash;
– Widgets (for interactive widgets, i.e., reactions or links, your app may just apply a non-interactive entity over the canvas)...

Your implementation must remove any story-related restrictions or controls. Specifically, your app must not impose a limit on video length and should exclude interface controls that are only relevant for stories. Your app must retain the existing in-chat camera interface and flow before user opens the camera (i.e., the preview within the attachment menu).

Contest Requirements:

General
– Your app must provide a consistent and smooth recording experience that aligns with the device's native camera app.
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Telegram for Android codebase.
– The app's stability and performance must not be affected with the changes you made.
– The app must be free of significant flaws (including crashes, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout errors, and more).

❗️Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups.

Note:
Submissions that introduce improvements to video recording are likely to receive higher scores in this contest.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission on a wide range of Android devices.

Winners may be offered a chance to join the 🛫 Telegram Team.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.