Madden 25 Companion App Bugs

Running a league on the go used to be easy now its impossible, you have to start giving some attention to Franchise mode again especially on this app and stop putting all your resources into MUT

@DrakyoidTotally agree on the API’s, as this would open up a new world of connectivity that doesn’t exist today.

The franchise tools in #2 are my biggest gripe currently because every action requires that I logon to the my console. I can’t manage literally anything remotely anymore which makes running leagues much harder.

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API access would make Madden crazy sticky, as folks would develop all kinds of awesome tools and community around the APIs, increasing the enjoyment and engagement of the community.

The APIs already exist internally.  Making them publicly accessible is a one-time lift that is likely lower cost to maintain than the app.

Heck, I'm friends with many folks who already know your export schema by heart, I'm friends with guys who know how to parse and compose your arcane binary roster format (from PS2 era!), I currently manage APIs professionally on a much larger scale than Madden--just bring us in and give us the go-ahead.

There's some work to open up the APIs.  You'd need to fuzz them and harden them against potential DDOS attacks--neither of which are that challenging.

You'd also still have the issue of authentication.  For example, how would the Neon service be able to call the EA servers to get my data?  You'd need to have an auth system that allows folks to login directly to EA and then returns an access token to Neon to be able to make calls to the APIs on their behalf.  And there's some risk in there that scammers would try to get folks to login to their site instead of EA.

You'd also need to document the APIs and notify folks of changes, but this isn't a commercial application so you're not looking at any serious kinds of SLAs.

All told, it's not without challenges, but the whole project could be done with 3-6 months of a senior dev or less, depending on which pieces are already in place.

It’s clear the app has very little to no maintenance and is copy and paste over the years. I have to agree that an API would be a much much better solution and this app has hindered so much development on this front. The products on front of this are very good and hide a lot of the flaws the app has, but they are all held back by the lackluster experience the app. 

It’s also clear there’s very little to no testing done on this app because the bugs are maddening. I have successfully reverse engineered the whole app and it’s full of even more issues and security flaws. The  free agent one in particular should be fixed by now as it’s a one character fix that I was able to guess the fix on. There are even more silly bugs in the app than that one and it’s a huge convoluted mess. The release this year was config change and reskin which was disappointing to say the least. 

I fully support this post and what it’s calling for, I really hope EA does something about this. If anyone is interested in ways to not use the companion app, I am happy to share everything I have done. All my work is already publicly available. You can find me on discord as snallapa

Whenever I try to import my player form collage football 25 it says the player could not be exported

@snallapa By reverse engineered, do you mean you decompiled the code or just the functionality? And if it's the code, do you have it in a Git repository? It'd be fascinating to look at! haha

@Zero2Cool80 

yes I have all the code available! I did both and have replicated the functionality. find me on discord as “snallapa” or let me know another way we can talk