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    What android apps should every person get on their phone that ISN'T on the app store itself? Android Apps

    November 03, 2020

    What android apps should every person get on their phone that ISN'T on the app store itself? Android Apps

    What android apps should every person get on their phone that ISN'T on the app store itself?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:38 AM PST

    I always hear the recommendations for apps on the app store but what about the ones that you have to go and download that are not from there that should definitely be downloaded asap?

    submitted by /u/King_Dragmire
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    Loudness EQ android app?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:09 AM PST

    On my Windows 10 PC (Realtek HD audio driver from Gigabyte) has on Sound Effects tab of the software a Loudness Equalization option. This uses understanding of human hearing to reduce perceived volume differences. You hear all sounds with very small difference (low and high).

    Is there an android app to do this? I'm tired of watching something in youtube that starts with low volume and after some loud music intro, the sounds are low and you need to adjust the volume to hear the talks. I would like that all the sounds to be at the same level or very close to that.

    submitted by /u/xenudone
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    Just incase you haven't noticed, White Screen Flash between webpages finally fixed on the latest Firefox Nightly.... Long live our eyes !!!!

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 04:02 AM PST

    Any app able to filter all calls from a location, regardless of extension?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:46 AM PST

    I am getting spammed by a number every day, but they use different extensions. I have blocked over 60 extensions now, but they have many more is there an app that will block all calls from for example, 1234567*** and let me use wild cards to block all numbers matching the first digits?

    submitted by /u/Kinkzor
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    [DEV] How Long Is Anime: See how long is anime in minutes /hours/days

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 10:27 AM PST

    (Playstore Link)[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ensaapps.howlongisanime] How Long Is Anime is an simple and lightweight app that shows you how long is anime in days,hours,minutes.

    What you can do with this app: See Anime's length in minutes,hours and days Search Animes if you would like to See Top Rated Animes and get basic information about them Get basic Info about Anime like Synopsis,Episode Count, MyAnimeList Score...

    Im new to android app developing so if you find any bugs let me know

    submitted by /u/cowfighter5k
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    Sandbox for GApps

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 03:30 AM PST

    Is there a way to "sandbox" the Google Apps and also the APIs that come with GApps, like the "Login with Google", etc?

    To make my question more clear. I have a phone with Lineage OS, without GApps installed. I use some of the apps from the Google Play store (installed via Aurora). But some apps won't run without the GAPIs, because they, e.g., use the Google Login API to automatically sign me into the app, without the possibility for me to not use that, and instead create an account manually.
    So my question is, is there a way to run an Android environment on my phone, that has the Google services enabled for certain apps? For example, running an Android container inside Android which has the GApps/GAPI installed?

    submitted by /u/deathjest3r
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    Simple wweather widget with adjustable text color

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 10:08 AM PST

    Is there a simple weather widget like this one, but with text color that can be changed?

    submitted by /u/jjj49er
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    Alternate dialer app

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 09:24 AM PST

    I have Google dialer right now and imo it's shit. Dial pad doesn't open when you open the app, to access contacts you have to click in the top right corner which is a hassle in these big phones and it doesn't have other things as well.

    So any suggestions for a good dialer app with nice UI? I want a dialer app which have search option on the top of the dial pad screen and contacts on the right with swipe to go there and when I dial a number, contacts with those numbers show up

    submitted by /u/Shadow_Swap
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    Anyone know of an app to log symptoms daily for people with long term health issues?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 08:30 AM PST

    I've been having some long term health issues and my Dr wants me to keep a diary with what symptoms I notice and when to determine any patterns etc.

    I was going to keep a paper diary but it'll be much easier if there are any apps I can do something like this?

    submitted by /u/5footbanana
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    free learn sign language app like duolingo?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:32 AM PST

    i found many "dictionary" ones but i want something with courses

    submitted by /u/AmadFish_123
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    Google Messages - "New MMS message to download"

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 11:54 AM PST

    Switched over to Google Messages from Textra.

    SMS/Individual messages work fine, but in a a group MMS message, all of the messages come through as "New MMS message to download" in the individual chats. Then I have to click on it to download and it will appear in the group chat. If more than one person sends a message, then I have to guess the order in which they were sent...

    I've Googled around to see if there's any solution or if I'm insane or whatever but I've either found people just being dismissive or offering solutions that don't actually work:

    • I've set my Group Messaging settings to be "Send an MMS reply to all recipients (group MMS)

    • I've set it to auto-download MMS

    • I've seen someone say that it's a poor service issue, but it occurs no matter where I'm at. I also don't have issues sending texts in group chats or sending MMS in individual chats

    Any ideas? I'm about to just switch back to Textra, but with Textra I started having an issue where I needed to turn on/off Airplane mode every now and again to get it to push some messages through. Normal Samsung messenger works fine as far as receiving messages, but the app itself sucks.

    submitted by /u/stayhoided
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    Genius Scan+, WebDav not working, any advice?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 11:18 AM PST

    I used the app "scanpro" to scan my documents and load the directly to my synology Diskstation via webdav. Now this feature is, according to the support not working anymore. So tried the "genius scan+" app which also has the webdav feature. But there it is also not working.. but I get a failure message at least. Is anybody using this app? Can tell me how to config?

    submitted by /u/marneusc
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    A lite browser with reading mode .

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:11 AM PST

    A browserthat remove all clickable/openable links and buttons and enters text only mode of the webpage you are viewing. For reading articles and stories online

    submitted by /u/SOKLOMAX
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    code for free 250 points on subway app [offer]

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 10:53 AM PST

    code: X-5YCWRHO

    put code in when registering a new account - gets you 250 points equivalent to a free side/snack

    submitted by /u/cadenzo808
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    Searching for a alarm clock with extended features, preferably FOSS.

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:40 AM PST

    Apps like:

    • Alarm Clock Extreme (owned b AVG Labs, the AVG/Avast who sold your user data...)
    • Alarmy (5€/Month?!)
    • Sleep as Android (which i already own, but unfortunately i loose alarm times by using the nap feature half awake (i believe this is the problem), much to cluttered if you don't use tracking)
    • AMdroid Alarm Clock (Will try this one next, I believe)
    submitted by /u/Stimmenhotel
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    [DEV] "Flexible interval timer" app to create custom work/rest intervals for all kinds of interval based activities. Feedback please.

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 09:47 AM PST

    Playstore link : Flexible interval timer app

    Features :

    1. Create interval sets with customizable work/rest durations for every set.
    2. Multiple timer profiles : Create & save multiple timer profiles for different activities eg. separate individual profiles for jogging, gym, boxing etc.
    3. Customizable options :Customize :- Default work/rest durations, no. of sets when a new timer profile is created.- Warning beeps duration (to signal end of a set)- Initial preparation time- Volume of beeps & other announcements.
    4. Sounds to signal switch from one set to another.
    5. Skip to next set
    6. Puase & resume time

    Any feedbacks/suggestions for app improvement would be most welcome

    submitted by /u/mobitronix_apps
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    Android 11 dodges a bullet - apps creating a folder at top level maybe able to simply move that to Music/Photos "shared storage" folder (requiring single line change in java) - without needing to resort to complications of SAF

    Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:28 PM PST

    This post is from a developer's perspective. I have posted it also on the developer sub-reddits as well: androiddev and android_devs - but it might be of interest to users interested in the storage changes expected in Android 11.

    EDIT: what is described below applies not only for File API for java - but also for your C code i.e. apps using JNI/NDK native C libraries (if you are doing fopen(), and other standard file io). I say this because our tests included native file io using C as well.

    Summary

    Google is moving to restrict android storage. They had initially telegraphed a much stronger change that would have broken android. For Android 11 someone at Google seems to have convinced the others that retaining file paths and fopen() is essential (this was something we have been harping about for ages on reddit - as absence of file paths and fopen() spelled the death of standard storage).

    Here I provide a quick overview of the storage changes, and advice for migrating for app developers who do not want to spend time on storage migration. Specifically developers who have no interest in spending time on Storage Access Framework (SAF) - the flawed and inefficient "alternative" that Google tried to push devs to adopt (much like they pushed SAF as the alternative when they killed seamless ext SD card access in KitKat).

    Many apps just need ability to save files to a location that will be persistent (not go away once app is uninstalled). This is the case for apps like audio recorders, camera apps and such.

    That is now possible with something as little as a one line change to your code for Android 11.

    The end result will be that you will not need to change your app's file handling (except one or two lines of java code). The simplest of apps (like audio recorder apps) will only need to change one line, and keep behaving much as before.

     

    Backstory

    As discussed here before, Google has been on a march to kill traditional storage on Android.

    Just as Google killed seamless external SD access with KitKat (and later providing an inadequate replacement - SAF - which expectedly never took off, leading to the demise of seamless ext SD card storage) - similarly Google had announced a flurry of changes for storage. These changes are expected to make persistent storage as before harder to do. Because the only way to continue using old storage code was to use the app-specific folders (which are removed when app is uninstalled). This would have left cloud storage as an attractive alternative (to mirror the app-specific folders) - with few other easy options for storage persistence.

    Use of SAF is non-trivial for devs, and it comes with it's own set of caveats and performance limitations. In addition, there was earlier a shadow over use of SAF as well (whether one would need Google Permissions Declaration Form for this as well - since SAF does allow writing in many more places and currently is used to routinely grant top folder access). Now for Android 11, Google medium.com post has clarified that SAF does not require special permission from Google - and Google themselves will limit SAF so it cannot access the top level folder, and some other folders (this means those devs using SAF will need to check user flows to ensure their SAF use works under new restrictions).

     

    Android 11 solution

    Android 11 arrives with changes:

    • file paths can be used as before and File API - for a few specific folders (Music, Photos .. i.e. the so-called "shared storage" folders).

    • fopen(), delete, instantaneous move of files - can be done (again for a few specific folder locations)

    • these capabilities were not available in Android 10

    In practice this means an app could choose to no longer house it's app folder (where it stores persistent audio recordings etc.) at the top level folder on internal storage - but instead locate it in the Music folder (which is one of the "shared storage" folders).

    If your app saves files in a folder "folder1" (that was previously located at top folder) - that "folder1" now can be saved in the Music folder.

    Just change this line in your code - where you discover the parent directory where "folder1" should be stored:

    File sdcardRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

    to:

    File sdcardRoot = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC);

    And similarly for Photos etc. For Downloads there is some additional restriction (apps cannot see files created by other apps). While for Music/Photos etc. apps CAN see files (read-only) created by other apps (as long as you keep using the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in AndroidManifest.xml.

    Now your "folder1" will be located in Music/folder1, but you can continue to use the rest of your code as before. Manipulating file path strings etc. ..

     

    Android 11 caveats

    The only caveat or restriction is:

    • if you use the Music folder, you can only create "audio" files there (.wav, .ogg, .mp3 and perhaps others). If you need to create a dummy file "dummy", you can create it, but you will have to name it "dummy.mp3" etc. i.e. with an audio-like extension.

    • you can create folders within the Music folder - example: Music/folder1

    • two apps can use the same folder i.e. app1 creates folder1 and app2 also creates folder1. One app can delete the folder created by another app (if folder is empty). Files created by app1 can be read by app2 (if it uses the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission), but cannot be written or deleted by app2. This means if you delete folder1 from app1, it will delete all the app1-created files in folder1, but will leave the files created by app2 there untouched (and so folder1 will not be deleted). But if Music/folder1 was created by app1, it can be deleted by app2 (if the folder1 is empty or only contains files created by app2).

     

    Android 10 and earlier

    Since Android 10 was missing these file path and fopen() capabilities, that means it will cause problems if you don't use "requestLegacyExternalStorage=true" in your AndroidManifest.xml.

    This is why Google also recommends that apps use this flag in your AndroidManifest.xml:

    requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

    This will allow their app to perform the same as before all through to Android 10. And somewhat so on Android 11 as well (as long as app is targeting below Android 11).

    Once your app starts targeting Android 11, this "requestLegacyExternalStorage" will be ignored.

    This means once you start targeting Android 11 (targetSdkVersion=30) your app should be using "Music/folder1" etc. instead of "folder1".

    Thus, the app developer HAS to ship his app for Android 10 using the "requestLegacyExternalStorage" flag set to TRUE (to opt out of the new storage changes) - if they want to not change their app code.

    If you don't use this for Android 10, then your app will be subject to Android 10 rules, and because Android 10 did not have file path and fopen() support, you will not be able to introduce the "Music/folder1" way of doing things.

    So keep using "requestLegacyExternalStorage" while you targetSdkVersion=29 (Android 10).

    Once you targetSdkVersion=30 (Android 11), the "requestLegacyExternalStorage" is ignored, and your app should be ready to use "Music/folder1" etc. So you should have a behavior in place so files are stored in the Music folder or Photos folder (one of the "shared storage" folders) instead of at top level folder of internal storage.

     

    How to adapt to new restrictions

    Google has announced that Android 11 will now again support File API and fopen() type methods (Android 10 did not - i.e. if you were targeting Android 10).

    The only restriction in Android 11 is that these capabilities can only be used for files and folders that are stored within Music, Photos etc. - the so-called "shared storage" folders.

    This means all you have to do is ensure the folder where you saved audio recorder files (usually a folder at top level of internal storage), can now be saved within the Music folder on internal storage:

    change:

    File sdcardRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

    to:

    File sdcardRoot = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC);

    And make sure you are using this in your AndroidManifest.xml (as Google recommends, this is to cover for the aberration that was Android 10 which does not support file paths and fopen() - Android 11 will ignore this flag):

    requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

     

    Eveything else can be kept as before - you can:

    • create a folder within this Music folder (just as you created a folder at top level on internal storage)

    • you can manpipulate the path, create a path for a sub-directory by appending to the file path

    • you can create a folder, and create files there

    • basically nearly all your old java code and NDK/JNI native C code will work as before - use fopen() using file path strings, manipulate path strings etc. (just make sure the paths you want to reference are within the Music folder)

     

    What you cannot do:

    • you can only create audio files (more precisely files that have extension that indicate it is a file like .wav, .ogg, .mp3 etc.) within the Music folder (similar restrictions may apply to Photos).

    • evidently the file extension is the only thing used to screen - so you can create a file holding arbitrary data - just ensure it is named file.mp3 etc. (standard music file extensions)

    • if you try to create a file that does not have an audio extension, or another type of extension, it will fail

     

    Some other different behaviors:

    • two apps can write to the same folder

    • so you can have two of your apps write to the same folder (within Music for example)

    • a folder created by app1 can be deleted by another app2 (if it is empty)

    • a file created by app1 cannot be deleted by another app2

    • this means app2 cannot delete a folder that contains a file created by app1

    • a file created by app1 CAN be read by app2 (if app2 uses the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in it's AndroidManifest.xml)

     

    Thanks

    Thanks to /u/oneday111 for outlining the possibilities - which led to testing app behavior when the app folder is simply relocated to Music folder etc.

     

    NOTE TO MANUFACTURERS

    Please ensure your devices running Android 11 use the source tree with the latest changes for Android 11.

    Because (as has happened before) - manufacturers sometimes choose an earlier Beta as their starting point (which can sometimes miss the final behaviors promised).

    So manufacturers, please don't mess up by failing to comply with this file path and fopen() behavior in Android 11 - since this is an essential feature of Android. If you fail to ensure this is supported in your Android 11 version, a huge number of apps will break.

    I say this because the storage nuances seem to have been changing a lot in the last few months - so it is possible that a manufacturer picks up a Beta version as their starting point - but which fails to have the final behaviors now promised for storage in Android 11.

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    Thoughts on GB WhatsApp?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 09:07 AM PST

    A lot of people say it's not secure, but then a lot of people say there's no problem.

    Is there no trusted source like there is for Vanced?

    submitted by /u/chilliboomba
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    looking for todo list with one unique feature

    Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:04 PM PST

    This is an unusual feature that's hard to find. I'd like a simple todo list that has recurring tasks that will reset the recurrence by done date, not by due date. This is probably not clear, so here a use case...

    Say I want to change a filter every month. But sometimes, I'm away and put it off for a week or two. When I do it, and check it off, it should set the next occurrence to a full month after doing it, not a month from the due date.

    Most of the apps will remind you every month, no matter when you actually do it. Sometimes this is what you want, so there should be an option for "Based on" due date or completion date.

    I have an old app that does this, Informant (previously Pocket Informant), but it is old, and no longer works very well. The new version is subscription based, and is a new app, not an upgrade. Also, it's different and not received very well.

    I don't mind paying for an app that has this feature, assuming it fits my basic needs. Google Calendar integration is something it should have, also.

    Any ideas?

    submitted by /u/leftcoast-usa
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    A Calendar app for Meetups?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:15 AM PST

    Does anyone know of a good app where you and friends can schedule when they are busy onto a calendar, and then you can ask the app for a good date and time to organise plans? This could really streamline the chaos of group chats but I don't know if it exists!

    submitted by /u/keanine
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    IDM app keeps opening when streaming videos from Plex

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:58 AM PST

    I have been a long time IDM (Internet Download Manager) app user and recently, whenever I want to stream videos, e.g Plex, it prompts the IDM message for download instead of streaming via the app. Is there a workaround to have IDM open only with certain apps?

    submitted by /u/Acne_Depressed
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    Nickname Generator Free Fonts - Nickname For Games

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:41 AM PST

    Hey guys!

    check out this amazing nickname generator app, am sure you will love using it. and yeah don't forget to share your reviews, .opinions, and suggestions with me...

    Nickname Generator Free Fonts - Nickname For Games:

    Generate a random nickname and change names with different name styles. Create a nickname with customized fancy styles for social networks and for games nickname. Change name just designs elegant names for games or a nickname for girls or boys. Distinguish yourself from other players in the game with a nickname generator.

    Here is the Google Play Store link:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=free_fire.nick_names.gernerator.pro_player

    submitted by /u/Delicious_Patience70
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    Problem with Vectorify da home!

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:32 AM PST

    I want to set my custom wallpaper to the background that is displayed when the phone is not unlocked. Whenever I save the image, it says that it saves to x, but x cant be found on the phone at all. Any ideas?

    submitted by /u/ToastyCaribiu84
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    What are some premium membership apps worth using?

    Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:13 AM PST
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