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[APP] App Stats (for developers)

App Stats is an Android developer tool which allows you to check application stats and comments from one place. App Stats keeps you informed by notifying you when new information is available such as a new rating or additional comments. The lite version allows you to monitor up to three applications and includes advertisements while the pro version allows for essentially unlimited monitoring and is of course ad free.
Update to Pro (v1.3.0)
Now has a desktop widget =)
Update to Pro (v1.2.0)
Some developers may have a lot of apps to manage stats on such as games with lots of addon content or maybe live wall paper apps, etc. To help alleviate scrolling through a long list of apps, we have added in the ability to label apps and filter the apps list with these labels.
Also, you will find that you can now set per application notification settings. This lets you control when an app update notification is fired so you can now choose specific items to be notified about.
Notes
On certain devices you may not be able to see all of your apps without having root on your device. It is also important to note that if you can not see your app in the market on your device there is no way this app can circumvent that.
If you have any questions, comments or bug reports please contact me here or via our developer email which can be found on the market. (toxicbakery at gmail)
To download, use the attached image or search 'App Stats' on the market and we should be the first two results for pro and lite versions.
Known Issues
- Certain languages may no be available in comments, if you find one please let me know
Upcoming Features
- More graphing options
- Backup search against an app database to find missing data
- Have a feature request? Let me know what you want!
Need another feature? Just ask =)

I love it. But I think that $5 is a bit too much for the full version. I would have gladly paid $2 or $3 even, but anything more takes it out of impulse buy for me.
Don't think I'm bashing your choice, as a dev I understand your need to make money from it, but sometimes the sales you lose from a higher price are worth more than the extra couple dollars you'll make from the higher price.

Thanks for the input! I would have to agree with you that currently $5 dollars is on the high end of price however with the additional features we are working on we feel that it will be a fair price very soon. Depending on what features we end up being able to incorporate we may adjust the pricing.
We almost have the plugin finished that will assist in grabbing your market android id from tcpdump and once we perfect that then it will be possible to search 2.2 apps and copy protected apps when using legit android devices that are rooted. Once this is complete we will have the only app on the market that I know which can essentially hands free get all the needed info to make a 'true' market request that lets you see all applications. This is how sites like androidzoom and like function. Without this additional parameter other apps are limited to 2.1 and less non copy protected applications by design of the market itself.
After that we will be working on letting you attach admob accounts to your apps and possibly google checkout however google checkout looks iffy due to its seeming lack of being able to pull useful information such as 'total sales' etc.
That said, thanks again for the input and if you need help please email me at our developer email for fastest response.
-Ian

One thing that's highly annoying for an application which is not a game, a navigation system, or a media application: Asking for the fullscreen window feature.
Please consider removing it... I don't really see any need for it, and it just breaks the transitions between activities anyway (when you're not making the design consistent). Thank you.
Anyway, once polished up and the bugs cleared up, looks like a useful app

Thank you for the input! We removed the full screen requests on the detailed view and graphs view.
I'm unfortunately out of town currently however either tonight or tomorrow we will be releasing an update that adds in the functionality to search 2.2 and copy protected apps if you have a rooted device. This should alleviate the complaints some people have had about it not finding their apps.
Unfortunately right now having a rooted phone is the only way get the market key we need to make these 'fully enabled' searches due to how the market works currently. The other option is having users use TCP dump to grab the needed packet and then proceed manually with decoding it and running it though protobuf to get the key out.
A few other fixes and tweaks have also been put in place and after we release the updates the Pro version will be available again as we removed it due to a major bug in the licensing we didn't catch before.
Please keep the comments coming! If you don't like something feel free to post it or email us and we will do whatever we can to improve it.
Thank you again to everyone that has voiced their opinion, every bit helps!

Finally got the new version released!
To see copy protected or 2.2 only applications you will need to have a root phone that can already see those apps on the market. For example a 2.1 phone can't see 2.2 applications no matter what you do and theres no way to code around this, sorry.
Once installed, hit menu from the main screen and select settings. Simply hit the "Load Key" Button at the very top and hopefully after a few seconds a Toast should show up saying that the operation was a success.
I know for a fact this wont work on all phones. We tested it to work on a Droid and it works on a G1 with Cyanogen 2.2 rom however it will not work on an Eris. That said I'm sure it will fail to work on other phones but I will be working on figuring out the fix asap. If you are one of the unlucky ones with a phone that doesn't work, please email me or message me here and I will do whatever I can to get you setup!

New version is now out and good news! It appears, on our end, that root is no longer necessary to get copy protected and 2.2 applications. This change is still too new to confirm it works on all devices so please send us feedback on if you can see all of your applications without using the root feature.
As always please feel free to leave feedback!

New version released that will hopefully allow more users to successfully find all of their apps with less hassle. Also a few misc bug fixes and FC issues have been resolved.

Update to pro version released, main post updated.

Released new versions of lite and pro, updated main post.

About App Stats and its development
I am from Mobile application Development company in Singapore. I would like share this stats, today more users are available in through mobile apps. and mobile developments also increasing day by day. So this growth of development is lead the business strategy. Know from our Mobile app development how its useful for business environment.

[Q] Is there a rules-based filtering Facebook app?

I was in love with an app on my old iPhone. It allows you to set up rules based on who the person was or what kind of notification is was to filter and group all your Facebook updates. I've been unable to find something similar on the Android platform though. What I'd like is something where I could, for example, get alerts if it were a family update or if I were tagged in a photo, silently file it in a to-be-read-later folder if it were an update from some old grade school friend, and totally ignore updates from Farmville or SwagBucks or the other spam on the site. Does anyone know of a Facebook For Power Users kind of app out there already? If not, any developers out there want to fill a void? I'd volunteer for alpha and beta testing in a heartbeat!

[NEW] New Android service: Get rss/atom notifications for App updates

Work-In-Progress
Domain is up
AppFeed.net
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Coomon problem:
As many of you knows, there is no app or service for Android where users can request notifications of application updates, especially the price changes (mainly price drop), or updates for slow updating apps.
Solution:
My solution was to develop a website where users can add applications to a list, and get a unique RSS/Atom feed that notifies them whenever the apps gets updated (Price, Version, etc).
The feed can be added to any application that support it: Desktop Readers/notifiers (tested with Thunderbirds), Web-based readers (Tested with Google Reader).
I intended to add other forms of notifications, but later found that with the service if this then that I can create tasks that monitor my unique feed that do everything else: Email notifications, Twitter posts, or any other channel provided by the ifttt.com service.
Usage examples:
Some usage examples for such a service:
1) I like a paid app, but its cost is a bit high for me, so I add the app to my watch list to get notified if/when the app gets on sale, instead of having to check frequently or miss an opportunity to get the app during a great sale (happened to me few times already).
2) I like and played a game, and finished all levels, the developer promised extra levels, instead of leaving the game installed on my device and wait for updates, I can uninstall it and add it instead to my list and get notified when it's updated.
3) With Android Play Store auto update feature enabled, I miss most app updates, with notifications on selected apps I can see when those apps gets updated.
4) Other usages...
Status of the project
Currently this project is being developed and tested by just myself, and it seems to be working as expected. But to have a good service, I need some to extra help to test it better, to suggest features, etc.
What is mainly missing is some legal advice, such as a privacy policy and term of service, and on whether I can put up such a service (does Google allow this kind of service? knowing they do not provide API for the Google Play).
What is still missing the some text, I am not a native-English speaker so still trying to put things correctly.
Privacy
I take privacy issues very seriously.
To make this service work, I opted for using 3rd party sign-in (Google and Twitter), what is saved on the DB is a hash of the sso unique token, not even I can get the clear one. User name and email are required, and are saved encrypted in the DB (with AES), and get decrypted only during login to show your name on the top bar, nothing else.
Here is a screenshot of the main wishlist:
And here is what you get in the rss feed, through Google Reader:

Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
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Moving to Q&A

lufc said:
Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
Please Post in the Correct Forums & Read the Forum Rules
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My topic is more development than questions, maybe not an Android App but and Android service

Updated post #1.
project is going well, anybody is interested, please let me know (by leaving a comment), if I get enough feedback, I'll get a domain and host it somewhere, currently it is running on a personal domain.

Update:
Got a domain for my new service, and now it is up and running.
check the first post for link and info

Hi,
while using google for authentication, I am actually notified that your website wants to "manage your contacts".
What is the reason behind that?
Thanks a lot
ale

alanzed said:
Hi,
while using google for authentication, I am actually notified that your website wants to "manage your contacts".
What is the reason behind that?
Thanks a lot
ale
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For the authentication I use the HybridAuth library, and this is the minimum that I can ask for from Google for use the OAuth authentication, if there is anything less, I'll do it, but I can't find how.
Twitter authentication has just Read Only access (Minimum available).
Update:
Found the solution, now it doesn't ask for Manage Contacts...

[Video] New concept of mobile phone UI (perhaps new OS or luancher?)

Youtube: RealTime UI - New Phone Interface Concept
Hey! So I made a video that shows what I feel like the future of mobile devices and phones should be. Perhaps this can be made into a new launcher or a special version of android... Essentially it merges Android notifications with iPhone spotlight and some webOS elements. I hope to get feedback on this idea so knowing xda, I am pretty sure I will get many great responses here.
Let me know what you think! Would love to hear from you guys! Thanks!
*Also feel free to share and repost!

First, almost all your ideas can become reality developing a new Launcher, but it'll require a lot of very hard work, since you'll need to develop the launcher and the clients for the social nets.
However, merge the Android notifications with your concept will be an impossible task for a Launcher. You can hide the status bar, but you can't manage the notifications (in an easy way, you only are allowed to delete your own notifications, you can't delete the notifications that other apps puts on the status bar).
Overall, you have an atractive idea for many users (although not for me, I don't need social nets on my phone hahaha).
Best regards.

RoberGalarga said:
First, almost all your ideas can become reality developing a new Launcher, but it'll require a lot of very hard work, since you'll need to develop the launcher and the clients for the social nets.
However, merge the Android notifications with your concept will be an impossible task for a Launcher. You can hide the status bar, but you can't manage the notifications (in an easy way, you only are allowed to delete your own notifications, you can't delete the notifications that other apps puts on the status bar).
Overall, you have an atractive idea for many users (although not for me, I don't need social nets on my phone hahaha).
Best regards.
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Thanks! Perhaps a whole new OS would be the best solution.

Maybe modifying some system files, not the entire SO (as a beginning... )

RoberGalarga said:
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Haha true that! Wonder if making a custom ROM with all this would be in the realm of possibility..perhaps someone would have some insight!

It does seem like a great idea, but perhaps targetting only those who primarily use their phones socially... I, personally, don't really use even the basic social apps on my phone (perhaps only whatsApp, and twitter when I'm reeaaally bored ). It seems to me, that you are gonna target a community that goes social network crazy on their phones (half the girls in my school )

Smartwatch2 development

I am eager to start developing for the Smartwatch2, although developer.sonymobile.com is useful for obtaining the api's, I was wondering is there are any other keen Smartwatch2 developers who are willing to post guides and tutorials to help the the less experienced developers who want to support the Smartwatch2.
Look forward to hearing from the community.

jon_lee9900 said:
I am eager to start developing for the Smartwatch2, although developer.sonymobile.com is useful for obtaining the api's, I was wondering is there are any other keen Smartwatch2 developers who are willing to post guides and tutorials to help the the less experienced developers who want to support the Smartwatch2.
Look forward to hearing from the community.
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I've just bought a sw2 today (my wife has hidden it away for 11 days) and from all accounts some of the apps already available are substandard, in particular one review said that most of the notifications are useless as you can't do anything useful with the phone once you've got the notification.
I'm a n00b dev and only just completed a HelloWorld app on my asylum kitkat N7000, so I'm keen to learn.
I expect I'll be trying to dev some stuff for the SW2 too.
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depends on what your definition of 'useful' is
to me my (smart)watch isn't a replacement of my phone, just an extension
if i get a facebook/twitter (from selective people) notification or whatsapp message, i can see in a glance on my watch if they're important and if they need an answer
same goes for phonecalls, a small vibration, a glance at my watch and i can decide to reject it right there (with or without sms auto response), or reach for my phone and answer it
there are over 200 apps now on the play stpre and i must admit most of them are quite useless, i'm not gonna play games, surf the web or draw pictures on my watch, to me that's just silly
regarding replying to messages, don't forget this watch isn't running android, that means you need an app that displays a keyboard on the watch, register keystrokes and process them on your phone, i have no idea if that is even possible...

JarlSX said:
.....to me my (smart)watch isn't a replacement of my phone, just an extension...
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This has been a useful post. Thank you.
Can you read the facebook post like you can an email or txt that's just come through?
Some of the guys I work with (university undergrads) use facebook as a collaboration tool, so would be useful.

JarlSX said:
depends on what your definition of 'useful' is
to me my (smart)watch isn't a replacement of my phone, just an extension
if i get a facebook/twitter (from selective people) notification or whatsapp message, i can see in a glance on my watch if they're important and if they need an answer
same goes for phonecalls, a small vibration, a glance at my watch and i can decide to reject it right there (with or without sms auto response), or reach for my phone and answer it
there are over 200 apps now on the play stpre and i must admit most of them are quite useless, i'm not gonna play games, surf the web or draw pictures on my watch, to me that's just silly
regarding replying to messages, don't forget this watch isn't running android, that means you need an app that displays a keyboard on the watch, register keystrokes and process them on your phone, i have no idea if that is even possible...
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I agree there are some very useful apps, the email, Gmail and text apps are very useful. I can just see much more potential. For instance a music control app which would work with 3rd party apps such as PlayerPro (my long term preferred music app) or navigation extension.
I was hoping that SW development would be a good way to get started in app development, is it more sense mile to develop for smartwatch given the resources provided by Sony?
There just seems to be a big lack of development chatter on the smartwatch here.