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- Saturday APPreciation (Aug 17 2019) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!
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| Saturday APPreciation (Aug 17 2019) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! Posted: 17 Aug 2019 04:15 AM PDT Note 1. Check out our apps wiki for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community! ***NEW: Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki! Note 2. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom! Note 2. Join our Discord, IRC, and Telegram chat-rooms! Please see our wiki for instructions. This weekly Saturday thread is for: Rules: 1) If you are a developer, you may promote your own app ONLY under the bolded, distinguished moderator comment. Users: if you think someone is trying to bypass this rule by promoting their app in the general thread, click the report button so we can take a look! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Google removes 85 adware-infested apps from the Play Store Posted: 17 Aug 2019 04:23 AM PDT
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| Buying a new phone every year is actually kind of crazy Posted: 17 Aug 2019 12:05 PM PDT
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| Google Warns Developers that All New Android Apps Require Three Days for Approval Posted: 17 Aug 2019 10:54 AM PDT | ||
| OnePlus, Google See Big Smartphone Sales in the US in Q2 on More Affordable Phones Posted: 17 Aug 2019 07:43 AM PDT
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| 3rd party launchers crashing in Q has been marked as fixed Posted: 17 Aug 2019 05:21 AM PDT
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| The ASUS Zenfone 6 is just plain enjoyable to use [VIDEO] Posted: 17 Aug 2019 07:38 AM PDT
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| Xiaomi's Redmi Note 7 wins EISA's award for "Best Buy Smartphone 2019-2020" Posted: 17 Aug 2019 06:39 AM PDT
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| Posted: 17 Aug 2019 11:13 AM PDT After a few months of hard work, I am very excited to share my android-showcase project. The goal of the project is to demonstrate best practice for Android platform, provide a set of guidelines, and present modern Android application architecture that is modular, scalable, maintainable and testable… Please check the repo and spread the word💪 [link] [comments]  | ||
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| Posted: 17 Aug 2019 11:53 AM PDT so, lately i have seen a lot of people expressing a certain feel about wanting a smartphone with even bezels all around the 4 sides EVEN of that meant to have said bezels to be a tiny bit thicker. now, my addiction to the discourse is simply visual, i have made this simple graphic that shows with images what my thoughts are on recent new smartphones and what smartphone i would like to be made http://imgur.com/gallery/PhSu8Ub now tell me in the comments what do you like more: a tiny slightly higher screen to body ratio with no symmetry or symmetric but slightly thicker bezels? [link] [comments]  | ||
| [US/CA] Need beta testers for 7-11 app, get free food/drinks for new registrations Posted: 17 Aug 2019 07:21 AM PDT Hi /r/Android, y'all have always helped me out when I needed it. I'm the Product Owner of 7-Eleven's apps, and we just launched an open beta channel for Android. You can opt-in through Google Play or the link below. We recently launched Mobile Checkout and 7NOW delivery, and got some exciting new features coming later this year. I realize not everyone lives near a 7-Eleven, but we got over 12k locations in the United States and Canada, so I thought this might be a good place to recruit some testers. If you have never registered for the 7-Eleven app, you can get 800 rewards points when you sign up, and go score some free food or drinks. I'm hoping to get some exclusive rewards and benefits for our testers as we scale the beta group up 😁 Would be interested to hear any feedback, including which Android features you wished more developers took advantage of. Thanks! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 16 Aug 2019 02:44 PM PDT Greetings, r/Android! It's been quite a long time since I've posted here, and after a soft launch of 8.0 over a week ago at r/swipeforfacebook (and massive sessions of bugfixing over the last week), I'm finally proud to do a more official launch of the latest version of Swipe on this subreddit. And what better way to do a launch than a 50% sale? Swipe (Pro Unlocker IAP) and Swipe Pro are both 50% off through the weekend. Obligatory links: Right, so here we go. I'm so happy to finally be able to unwrap Swipe for Facebook 8.0 for all of you to see. The latest version of Swipe is all about design. Although we started 3 years ago with the push forward to having Facebook clients actually looking and feeling like the Facebook app (hence, the name "Swipe" - the first app to have swiping tabs), I'm sure you all can come to appreciate that the designs of most clients today have started to look quite similar, derivitive, or just outdated. Google's newly redesigned apps with "Material Design 2" in my opinion are a breath of fresh air, and I've used that design philosophy in UI and UX as inspiration when rebuilding Swipe for version 8.0. I've also had a lot of comments on the design customizability in Swipe being subpar earlier this year, with only a handful of theme preset options and no option to put in your own colors. I'll admit, these comments were true. Competitors had vastly more theme options (a selection of beautiful colors, choose white/dark/black bases) and most allowed you to even put in your own hexcode. Today (well last week), all of that changes. This is the BIG update I've been working on over the last few months, one I've only hinted about here and there, as I've completely rebuilt Swipe's theming engine from the ground up, making it now the most customizable Facebook client out there. I know it all sounds like hyperbole, but I hope once you experience it for yourself, you can come to understand why it took so long. Quick shoutout to u/creativetrends who has helped me loads along the way and all Swipe users for being so patient these last few months while I worked away on this release. I'm so sorry it took so long, but I had to get everything up to standard. The lack of communication surely didn't help, but a couple months into completely rebuilding the app, I realized I reached a point of no return where I was unable to fix minor bugs any longer as the app has already been drastically changed at that point - I had to keep pushing forward. Anyway, without further ado, here's what's new in this major update: NEW Material Design 2 Is Finally Here! I'm personally a big fan of the new look of Google's apps. Swipe similarly has a fresh new look. The entire app has been completely redesigned to conform with Google's new design guidelines. I really like how Google has distinct light and dark designs, and Swipe has followed suit. I know this is especially polarizing for some users though, so if you aren't a fan, don't worry! This can all be changed. Read on to find out how!
NEW Customizable App Themes With the new redesign, one of the things I've really tried hard to do is deliver a theming experience that is up to standard with most other aspects in Swipe. We started Swipe with amazing intuitive UI. We've innovated with equally amazing features with notifications, native views, UX and layouts, and more. This time, we're doing the same with themes. Introducing Swipe's NEW App Theming Engine - now with a ridiculous amount of customizability. In Swipe 8.0, you can now pick your own theme colors, and themes are broken down into specific colors for specific elements. You specify your primary/accent colors, toolbar colors (including the toolbar icons/text colors), the tab background (and tab icon/text colors), the page background and content background colors. Heck, now you can also customize the status bar (where your notifications are at the top of your screen) and navigation bar colors (where your back, home, recent buttons are). In addition, you can now specify HexCode values for all of the above, SEPARATELY.... YES, this means you can have a green status bar, a purple toolbar, and an orange navigation bar - if you wanted (though I would advise against this). haha. And to finally top it all off, these colors can be set SEPARATELY for both the day and night themes (i.e. changing between day and night doesn't have to only change the background color of the app - your toolbar and tabs color could change from blue to red at night). Also, one more thing - if you aren't so keen on customizing your own themes, we still have all the classic Swipe themes from version 7 and below as presets - in addition to a few new gorgeous ones.
NEW Look & Feel Styling Core Look & Feel Toolbar Title Position Options Look & Feel Tab Position Options Look & Feel Actions Menu Options So this goes hand and hand with the customizable app theme really, but basically, now you have more granular control of how you have Swipe laid out. This is different from App Themes:
Here, you'll be able to pick whether you want the app in the current new Material Design 2 options. Things such as:
NEW Quick Theme Switcher Quick Theme Switcher in Overflow Menu Also new, at any time, you can switch between Day Theme, Night Theme, and the Automatic Day/Night Theme from the new quick setting in Swipe's overflow menu. This can be done from anywhere in the app and you don't need to be on the main page. NEW Bottom Action Menu Mentioned earlier, the new Bottom Action Menu is the new default way of getting quick access to Swipe's main quick actions. It's incredibly simple to use, and you might have used something similar already in the past, if you're a frequent user of Google Maps - simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen. From here, you'll be able to post a Status Update, Upload a Photo, or Check In. This replaces the Floating Action Button - though if you so wanted to, it is easy to revert this change in the Look & Feel Setting. Another addition this brings is that from here, you can easily toggle between the Most Recent and Top Feed as a default for your News Feed without having to dive into Settings... and whenever you leave the app and return, your last selection will be remembered.
NEW Customizable Widget Themes Just as it is in the Customizable App Themes, Widgets are now completely customizable as well - down to the minutia. Try it to and see. :) Also, Swipe's Widgets now include 3 different themes for the Free version - where it was previously only 1.
IMPROVED Widget Integration Notifications now automatically clear and are marked as read from within the app's notification tab when you click on a Notification in Swipe's Widget, and vice-versa (widget notification marked as read when the notification is opened in-app). Also, you can launch ChatHeads directly from Swipe's widgets, if the ChatHeads setting is enabled.
IMPROVED Image Viewer Swipe's Image Viewer is now far more accurate at predicting whether or not you can swipe left/right to the next or previous image.
IMPROVED ChatHead Integration Swipe's ChatHeads now allow you to launch Swipe's Image Viewer when clicking on an image and Swipe's Video Player when clicking on a video.
Performance & Usability General improvements in RAM/memory usage when navigating in the app, as well as substantially improved Idle CPU Usage (when compared to version 7.0 and below).
BUG FIXES Outside of all of that, I've actually already started pushing out numerous bug fixes based on user feedback. Here are some of the more recent fixes: Swipe 8.0.1 Bug fix Update Changelog. Swipe 8.0.2 Bug fix Update Changelog. Swipe 8.0.3 Bug fix Update Changelog. There are certainly more bugs to fix, and I've already got a new update lined up to be released in the next few days. I'd like to thank everyone for the kind words I've been getting since the soft launch, and to everyone that's been sending in those bug reports. You guys are the best! There are upcoming features that are already in the works, set to come around the end of the month (give or take a week), including official Android Q API support, Voice/Video calls, and further Look & Feel settings allow you to pick your own tabs. Well, I truly hope this update doesn't disappoint, please give it a spin if you haven't yet. Anyway, I thank you for taking the time to read this post, and thanks r/Android for having me. :) Happy to take any questions here, r/swipeforfacebook, or via email. Just dropping some links again: Cheers and warm regards, Jeff [link] [comments]  | ||
| How To Get Rid Of Bixby Forever On Galaxy Note 10 Posted: 16 Aug 2019 05:51 PM PDT
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| We need more reasonably sized android flagships Posted: 16 Aug 2019 12:37 PM PDT I recently switched from a Mate 20 Pro to a Galaxy S10e (it just became discounted here) and the main reason is size. I don't mind that most phones come in big sizes. I have big hands and I don't have any big issues handling them, but I have longed for smaller phones for a while. It seems like the S10e is about the same size as the normal iPhone X/Xs and IMO it's the perfect size. Big enough so that you can do whatever, but easy to handle on one hand and doesn't take up too much space wherever you have it. I won't call it an upgrade or a downgrade, since there are some pros about the S10e and some cons, but overall I am just as happy or even happier with my new phone. I can't think of any other top-of-the-line phone in this size. Hell even all the budget "flagship killers" are huuuge. Do you know of any other phone about this size that can deliver all of the features this one does? I've only found the iPhone X/XS (although it's missing some things) and this one. And are we many enough that phone manufacturers can start focusing on smaller phones? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Beware of Sony update - it will brick your phone! Posted: 17 Aug 2019 11:25 AM PDT Overall the Xperia has been a great phone and I would still like to use it; HOWEVER, due to a system update, my phone is now bricked. I called Sony to inform them that their system update bricked my phone. I highlighted how I was able to turn on my phone but a white screen comes up that says, "Unfortunately, the process com.android phone has stopped," and will not let me move past this screen. Sony's response was because my phone was out of warranty, they could not fix the problem. Hmmmmm . . . really? So, my phone was working great prior to the mandatory update of software (pop-up screen would not let me move past it) and then after the update, my phone is bricked . . . and you, Sony, do not see how that is your fault? After 27 emails (each time escalating to the next person in charge), Sony's final statement was that they were closing my case and would no longer answer my emails. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs Huawei P30 Pro Camera Test Comparison Posted: 17 Aug 2019 08:38 AM PDT
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