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[App][2.2+] QuintessArt - Virtual Museum 2.5.12

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QuintessArt, your Virtual Museum/ Art Gallery with 2500 HD greatest Masterpieces of History !
♥ "If you are an art major or are simply attracted to the beautiful and solemn art masterpieces that marked periods in humanity, you must definitely try out QuintessArt [...]. This app will turn your Android device into a virtual art gallery where you will find paintings by the greatest artists in history" (xda-developers.com)
Main features:
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✔ 2500 high resolution masterpieces, 36 painters, 14 movements: 1300 Mb available data at your fingertips !
✔ Galleries per museums/countries/painters/movements/keywords
✔ Set as wallpaper
✔ Zoom to see details
✔ Slideshow
✔ Search+refine with multiple queries (e.g. "portr&186c.im" for "Impressionnist portraits in 60's" )
✔ voice search
✔ Instant Search: see paintings as you type !
✔ Voice synthesis
✔ Suggestions to discover new related paintings
✔ Bookmarks, notes, tags
✔ Share [paintings, bookmarks, notes] with paintings in multiple attachment via gmail/facebook/twitter/picasa/pixelpipe/"Augment" apps...
✔ See trending paintings with "Top Bookmarked/Downloaded/viewed/Real-time downloaded" masterpieces
✔ Shuffle to see random paintings in gallery
✔ Shake your phone in gallery, bend it to automatically slide
✔ Games integrated: Quiz & "Find the Intruder"
✔ Art Events, bookmark/share & add to calendar
✔ Connect to Art print sites (Allposters/EasyArt...) to directly order the framed masterpiece
QuintessArt is an Edutainment application:
➔ See paintings from famous museums Louvre, Orsay, Borghese, Pompidou, Hermitage, Metropolitan MoMa, prado, rijksmuseum, pouchkine, Marmottan museums, Pinakothek, British museum, Courtaud institute, frick collection, gemaldegalerie, tate gallery, uffizi, versailles...etc
➔ Covering greatest movements: impressionism, realism, symbolism, romanticism, mannerism, renaissance, baroque, pointillism, naive, cubism, modern
➔ From greatest artists Monet, Manet, Courbet, Leonard de Vinci,Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Klimt, Corot,Vermeer, Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Goya, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Boticelli, Boudin, Brueghel, Caillebotte, Caravage, Pissarro, Rubens, Tintoret, Renoir, Bouguereau, Ingres, Rousseau, Modigliani, Seurat, Signac, Bazille, Poussin, gris
All in one app !
Users:
♥ "Amazing.... Galeria de arte no seu android.. Sensacional" (Rica*)#
♥ "Brilliant all info you need for an art course in one place" (Kar*)
♥ "nice apk, I can see old paintings" (Rud*)
♥ "I love it so far" (Nes*)
♥ "I love this app. Look forward to updates for more painters and artworks" (Jef*)
Changelogs:
V. 2.5.12
-extrememely fast
-integrated database (no need to download it)
-new download interface and new feature for thumbnails (manual, automatic, update or retrieve all at once)
-new design
In gallery:
-new feature for "related paintings" painter/suggestions/museum: see other paintings of this painter and suggestions for thiss painting or see available paintings for this museum
-copy text from description (long click)
-long click on star icon to bookmark/unbookmark all paintings of gallery
-new little thumbnail indicator of saved position
-links: youtube
Intruder game:
-new design
-click on painter name to change painter and long click to see his paintings in gallery tab
And also...
-web version for any device: http://gallery.quintessart.com
-data archive for offline use: http://download.quintessart.com/archives
V.2.5.11
✔ Set lower resolution painting to retrieve medium size paintings (<500Kb instead of 1600KB); see menu/settings
✔ Fullscreen mode for the app
✔ Revamped UI & bug fixes
V.2.5.10
✔ Added stats "currently downloaded" for real-time downloaded paintings to discover more paintings of interest
✔ Bug fix for sharing/send bookmarks
✔ Custom path
Enjoy with QuintessArt ​

A new version of QuintessArt is available in the Android Market.
Version 2.2
Follow us for updates and tips: @quintessart (http://www.twitter.com/quintessart)
Main changelogs:
*new sharing options for paintings/notes/tags/bookmarks pictures+text (text is copied automatically;just paste it ) & single or multiple pictures in attachments (mail/twitpic/twitter-like apps/picasa/facebook/ ...)
*download whole thumbnails for a gallery
*bug fix in gallery/thumbnail download
*gallery/long click on missing thumbnails for options+menu
*minor bug fixes+more stable UI
In gallery, you can long-click on a thumbnail not downloaded yet (yellow arrow); you will be able to download it or download whole thumbnails of this gallery.
The option is also available in menu/gallery/download thumnails of this gallery.
After downloading thumbnails of the gallery you can reload the gallery (follow message box or menu/gallery/reload) or just scroll on thumbnails (those that are appearing are automatically reloaded).
For new sharing options (with mail/twitter+twitpic+other clients like seesmic-touiteur-tweetcaster-twidroyd/Facebook/picasa/goggles/messaging/flickroid..etc); the description text or notes are automatically copied so that you have just to paste it in your message if it doesn't appear automatically (e.g. Facebook that loads only the image or twitter official app):
*from gallery: you can share paintings/notes with paintings/pictures in attachment
*from main activity:bookmarks/tags/notes with all pictures in attachment+description/notes associated to each painting automatically copied
QuintessArt (free with ads)
QuintessArt (1euros)
Some screenshots below
(see http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart)
For PixelPipe app: picture is not attached=>goggle app/share + paste the text that is yet copied or you can use also mail options

Some links in internal album
http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=2413

Some tips for QuintessArt (see http://quintessart.blogspot.com)
(see also: 1st Tab/menu/help/Tips or http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-quintessart.html )
Materials and complete guide are available at: http://quintessart.blogspot.com
a PDF help resource:quintessart.pdf at http://goo.gl/wTp6C
and more screenshots at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart
New video Demo available on youtube for QuintessArt: http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM and http://youtu.be/GXk9_HX14hI
Follow us quintessart (http://www.twitter.com/quintessart)
General
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First run:if connected (3G+/WIFI) download the database (following the first message)+download thumbnails (menu/data/thumbnails)+enjoy
Shortcuts:with long click on ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon in main page" for "sharing bookmarks and retrieve top bookmarks")/("share button in gallery" for "web search")
Shortcut:long click("gallery button" 4 "Notes")/("star icon main" 4 "sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("share button/gallery" 4 "web search")
Shortcuts:with long click on ("Edit button in gallery" for Tags add/retrieve/send)
Tags
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Tags:Edit/Add/Share/manage tags in "My Tags"=>main activity/gallery button/My Tags or menu/shortcuts/My Tags
Tags:Retrieve Tags for a particular painting in Gallery/the painting you want/long click on edit button or menu/gallery/tags
Tags:you can also import your tags by modifying the file "my_tags.txt" in sdcard/quintessart/my_tags.txt";semicolon separated tags (!important)
Tags:u can search multiple tags by checking multiple entries in "My Tags" and "search selected tags"
Sharing
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Tips/Sharing:text or description is aldready copied to clipboard when sharing,just paste it in your message/caption/tweet
Share with mail/twitter+twitpic+other clients like seesmic-touiteur-tweetcaster-twidroyd/Facebook/picasa/goggles/messaging/flickroid..etc
From gallery: you can share paintings/notes with paintings/pictures in attachment and text/notes copied in body message;paste it if needed
From main activity:bookmarks/tags/notes with all pictures in attachment+description/notes associated to each painting automatically copied
For PixelPipe & like app: picture is not attached=>goggle app/share + paste the text that is yet copied or you can use also mail options
Discovering
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Tips/Ways to discover new paintings with QuintessArt:bulb light icon on main page(based on your bookmarks)(Demo http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM)
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Gallery/Related Paintings (Links button)/Suggestions (based on actual painting
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Gallery/long click on Edit Button (or menu/gallery/tags)/Tags/add to My Tags or "see selected"
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Home/My tags (gallery button or menu/shortcuts)/see selected
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Top Downloaded/Top Bookmarks (gallery button or menu/shortcuts)+long click or click
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Instant Search (lightning icon or menu/shortcuts);start typing whatever you want+long click or click or "red button"
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Search:"suggestions" category;long click on a row for options & send all suggested results to gallery
Shortcuts
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with long click on ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon in main page" for "sharing bookmarks and retrieve top bookmarks")/("share button in gallery" for "web search")
long click("gallery button" 4 "Notes")/("star icon main" 4 "sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("share button/gallery" 4 "web search")
Tips/shortcuts:"1st Tab(main)/menu/shortcuts","2nd Tab(gallery)/menu/gallery",long click (star icon/gallery/search/edit/share button)
long click/ ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon,main page"=>"sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("gallery share button"=>"web search")
Tags
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Tips/Tags:in "1st Tab/gallery button/my tags" or "/menu/shortcuts/myTags" or in gallery/long click on "edit button"
Tips/Tags:you can add to your tags/edit them/remove/share/retrieve tags from a painting/add these tags to your tags/search selected tags;
Search
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Search:"portr&186 c.im" (or replace the ampersand by *) will search fir "portraits in impressionism in 60's"
Search:"portr*186 p.mon" (ou bien remplacer l'etoile par une esperluette) vous renverra les portraits peints par Monet dans les années 60
Search with refine:”p.” for ”painter” and ”c.” for ”current”;”portr” for ”portrait” or ”self-portrait”;”wom” for ”woman or women”;
Search ”portrp.m” for ”portrait from painters Monet or Manet or Vermeer";
Search with refine:”portrp.mc.im” for ”impressionnist portraits from Monet or Manet”;”gardp.mon” for ”gardens in Monet paintings”;
Search with refine:”186c.im” for ”impressionnist paintings in the 60's” (i.e. from 1860 to 1869);
Search with refine:”orsp.mon” for ”Monet's paintings at Orsay”;
Search with refine:”franc.fau” for ”fauvist paintings in France”;"francp.mon" for "Monet's paintings in France";"francc.imp" for "Impressionist paintings in France"
Tips /Search:long click on thumbnail will bring contextual informations:"informations"/"see this painting"/"see results of this category"
Tips/Instant Search(lightning icon or long click on search button in 1st Tab):long click brings contextual info;single click send to gallery
Tips/Instant Search:click on red button ("OK" button with number of results) will launch a complete search with the query you were typing
Quiz
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Tips for Quiz:first start, choose menu/new to start the first question
Tips for Quiz:choose your answer+push correct button+push "next button";in menu/#questions: choose your number+start new quiz to take effect
Tips for Quiz:for each question,informations are available about the painter or the current or the painting (see below choices after answer)
Tips /Quiz:the timer is paused if you've answered a question & replay only with a new question:u can do what u want between questions
Tips/Quiz:informations about painter/painting and other is available by clicking on the blue button below the answers
Tips/Quiz:more than 1500 questions about paintings and painters to learn styles/biographies/currents
Tips/Quiz:statistics of your Quiz are availbale in "quiz/menu/score" for each category of #questions
Tips/Quiz:Timer stops when u finish answer a question so that u can do what you want before the next question;"info button" available below
Tips/Quiz:Choices for the same question are re-ordered & restart option re-order also the questions to be more challenging ;-)
Slideshow
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Tips for Slideshow: single click stop slideshow+appears nav-buttons;pause button will replay the slideshow;in menu/effectsause button or "previous/next button" to take effect
Tips/Slideshow:single click stops+appears nav-buttons;pause button replays;in menu/effects:replay or "previous/next button" to take effect
Tips for Slideshow: automatic download of paintings via menu/download/download missing
Tips for Slideshow/gallery: better experience on Wifi or 3G+
Tips for Slideshow/gallery: with automatic download (menu/download/missing)=>better experience on Wifi or 3G+
Tips for Slideshow:toggle to enable/disable fullscreen mode within slideshow in "menu/fullscreen";to see changement push "play" or next/prev if necessary
Tips/Slideshow:toggle enable/disable fullscreen mode in slideshow in "menu/fullscreen";see changement=>"replay" or next/prev if necessary
Gallery
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Tips/Gallery:After downloading thumbnails for the gallery just reload it (message or menu/gallery/reload) or scroll to see changements
Tips/Gallery: =>(settings/the gallery)shake your phone in gallery to load 10 paintings at random !lean on right/left to automatically slide !
Tips/Galleryn Aplication start,QuintessArt loads around 30 paintings at random to discover new paintings at each start of the application
Tips for gallery:in menu/gallery/previous galleries/ you can retrieve previously visited galleries (limit to 50 for the moment)/useful to retrieve particular paintings
Tips for gallery:report button: you can remove the actual downloaded painting or all the downloaded paintings of the actual painter (all paintings of Monet for instance)
Tips for gallery:wallpaper button is at the bottom of the gallery
Tips for gallery:in menu/slideshow you will have a slideshow of the current gallery (e.g. slideshow of all Paintings of Monet from the gallery)
Tips for gallery:long click on "share button" will enable web search for the current painter or current painting (useful to retrieve more informations)
Tips for Gallery:click on thumbnail to see information or download the painting;click on the painting to see details/zoom;multitouch enabled
Tips for Gallery:you can set as wallpaper any painting downloaded within QuintessArt ("gallery/set as wallpaper button")
Tips for gallery:you can see informations about a painting without downloading it (click informations button)
Tips for Gallery:the option "shake in the gallery" will allow to shake your phone in the gallery to load 10 paintings at random
"shake in the gallery" enable also automatic slide of paintings in the gallery if you lean your phone to the right or to the left
Tips/Gallery:long click on thumbnails brings filtering options;you can then bookmark all the paintings of this gallery
Tips/filtering:Monet'S Gallery/filtering:what are Monet's paintings in France?in Orsay?
Tips/Gallery:u can switch from 3D effect to flat when sliding thumbnails=>"1st Tab/menu/display"
Tips/Gallery:in "gallery (2nd Tab)/menu/gallery" u have "previous galleries" that enables to visit again a previous gallery (~50 available)
Tips/Gallery:multi-touch enabled for paintings (in 2nd Tab:Gallery/click on painting)+infos in menu
Tips/Gallery:long click on "share button" in gallery brings "web search" with predefined painter/current to know more about painter/painting
Tips/Gallery:u can put as wallpaper any downloaded paintings (2nd Tab/put as wallpaper button, below info)
QuintessArt (free with ads)
QuintessArt (1euros)

You can Edit/Add/Share/manage tags in "My Tags"=>main activity/gallery button/My Tags or menu/shortcuts/My Tags
You can retrieve Tags for a particular painting in Gallery/the painting you want/long click on edit button or menu/gallery/tags
You can also import your tags by modifying the file "my_tags.txt" in sdcard/quintessart/my_tags.txt";semicolon separated tags (!important)
You can search multiple tags by checking multiple entries in "My Tags" and "search selected tags" and QuintessArt will propose you all paintings corresponding to the selected tags; a good way to discover paintings
Follow us on Twitter for Tips & updates: @quintessart ( http://www.twitter.com/quintessart )

For QuintessArt version 2.2.0 we have more >26 painters, >8 currents, >1600 paintings .... more coming soon with OTA update of the database
See http://quintessart.blogspot.com for details

The thumbnails are not automatically downloaded (orange arrow by default); the choice is for the user ; there are more than 1600 paintings and you can download part of them or whole with different possibilities:
*in main activity (1st Tab): menu/data management/download thumbnails/ then choose the painters or the paintings you want to download (you can choose All also
*in gallery: if a thumbnail is not downloaded (orange arrow), you can long press on it (with newest version of QuintessArt 2.2.0 ); it will ask you to download this particular thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this gallery; this menu is also available in /menu/gallery/download thumbnails of this gallery; the menu is also available when you click on a thumbnail/informations or download the associated painting/ report button (most left) then download thumbnail
*in Quiz: long press the thumbnail; it will ask you to download the missing thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this Quiz; the menu is also available in /menu/data
With the new version, you can share several pictures with your contacts (bookmarks/notes/paintings) or upload them to picasa/flickr and post pictures via twitter-like apps or facebook.
Follow us on Twitter for updates and tips: @quintessart

QuintessArt is available in French and English; if you have problems with default language on your device, you can go to: "main activity/menu/settings/application/language =>modify" and choose your language; the descriptions/ titles/Questions/answers/biographies for paintings/quiz (in gallery/search/slideshow/quiz) will be forced to the language you've chosen (the UI will remain in your default language.
video Demo on youtube for QuintessArt are made with version 1.1.0: http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM and http://youtu.be/GXk9_HX14hI
You can see changelogs to see the improvements since
PDF file/screenshots/slideshow/Tips are also available at: http://quintessart.blogspot.com
Enjoy ;-)

If for some reasons QuintessArt crashes while viewing a painting,you can go back to this painting with "recents" button in main activity.
You can also retrieve recently visited galleries in gallery tab, menu/gallery/previous galleries.
If a custom message invites you to "download/reload/quit" due to initialization problem,you can ignore/escape this message:mostly QuintessArt will complete the unfinished tasks itself
Main error that occurs in QuintessArt is "out of memory error".it is due to an optimization difficulty when managing heavy images in Android.we're working on it
Complete Tips are available in "1st Tab/menu/help/Tips" or http://quintessart.blogspot.com or http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-quintessart.html
Enjoy with QuintessArt

Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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locknes101 said:
Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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BTW. As tosh.o would say... FIRST! Lol
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This is really cool to browse around, spent about 45 minutes last night on it. Crashed twice on me, both times after switching orientation so probably related to that.

locknes101 said:
BTW. As tosh.o would say... FIRST! Lol
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Just because you can or others do, doesn't mean you should.....

locknes101 said:
Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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Thank you for your feedbacks
Intensive tests are made on the emulator, on Nexus One/Froyo+Eclair & HTC Legend Froyo. It's ok for the moment
Some force close appears notably due to "out of memory error" on some devices ...optimization difficulty with images management that we're working on
If any ...you can retrieve your recent visited paintings (recent button on main) & galleries (on gallery tab/menu/gallery/previous)

khaytsus said:
This is really cool to browse around, spent about 45 minutes last night on it. Crashed twice on me, both times after switching orientation so probably related to that.
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Ok for switching orientation error; we'll have an eye on these transitions. Which device /android version / QuintessArt version ? (your signature mention Nexus One )
Which activity ? slideshow/gallery/quiz ?
you can send bug report if you want (with report button on froyo message when force close) or with some apps like "bug reporter" to
[email protected]
thanks for the feedbacks

Some users ask for ways to download thumbnails and paintings.
Images (paintings and thumbnails) and Database for QuintessArt are downloaded when using the application (when QuintessArt starts for first time, it asks you to download the database). Thumbnails that have not been downloaded aldready appear with an orange arrow (download invite; the choice for the user to download or not). You have several ways to download these thumbnails and so to preview paintings before downloading them.
There are more than 1600 paintings and you can download thumbnails (for paintings, painters and currents) and pictures, one-by-one (each thumbnail is around 3Ko and each painting is around 500Ko) or part of them or whole with different possibilities.
For thumbnails (see screenshots below):
*in main activity (1st Tab): menu/data management/download thumbnails/ then choose the painters or the currents you want to download (you can choose All also
*in gallery: if a thumbnail is not downloaded (orange arrow), you can long press on it (with newest version of QuintessArt 2.2.0 ); it will ask you to download this particular thumbnail or all the missing thumbnails of this gallery; this menu is also available in /menu/gallery/download thumbnails of this gallery; the menu is also available when you click on a thumbnail/informations or download the associated painting/ report button (most left) then download thumbnail
*in Quiz:long press the thumbnail;it will ask u to download missing thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this Quiz;also available in /menu/data
For paintings (see screenshots below):
*in gallery: one by one by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail (titles are highlighted when you scroll or when you long press on the thumbnail=>escape if message or filtering options appear)
you can see informations on a particular painting without download it (click on thumbnail/choose informations)
*in slideshow:in menu/download you can choose to automatically download missing paintings (the timer is paused when downloading and just replay when the painting is displayed)
Screenshots for thumbnails download:
Screenshots for paintings download:
I can post more screenshots if needed or you can try posting yours ;-) ( see http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart )
If you have some tips/review to share, do not hesitate, you're welcome
Follow us on Twitter: @quintessart ( http://www.twitter.com/quintessart )

A Log page for errors reported by users and their fixes are available on the blog.
We're trying to provide as fast as possible fixes for bugs reported in QuintessArt.
You can see these logs here: http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html
Enjoy with QuintessArt

First of all, what a huge amounts of text, I gave up reading it...lol...sorry but I am sure I am not the only one.
Secondly, definately worth trying...
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Intensive tests are made with emulator/Nexus One/HTC Legend on Eclair 2.1/Froyo 2.2;if you experience any difficulties with your device,let us know (device+system version+quintessart version+context if possible)
*mail:[email protected]
*Twitterquintessart
*blog:http://quintessart.blogspot.com
Log-Errors reported by users and fixes:http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html

A new version of QuintessArt is available in the Android Market (version 2.2.1 ).
It fixes several bugs in gallery/slideshow/main page for thumbnails/paintings/Tags.
Some user Bug reports and their fixes are available at:http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html
Changelogs:
*display of missing thumbnail when downloading painting
*bug fix for Long click/Download thumbnail
*bug fix for Tags edition/import
*bug fix for sending downloaded paintings to gallery
*other minor bug fixes in slideshow/gallery

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Hi,
I present you SerendApp, an app that helps you to discover new things almost at random, it is a kind of serendipity.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Notably, SerendApp helps you to discover at random apps that are installed on your phone !
♥ "Your Life At Random With SerendApp for Android...this app will inspire you and show you what you were thinking of doing (or not)" (XDA-Developers: http://goo.gl/euy23)
Notes:
- Google chrome extension: http://goo.gl/Y4OXj
- categorize apps
SerendApp helps you to discover new things with serendipity !
Notes:
✔ To launch features directly from your homescreen: long clik on homescreen, select "shortcuts", then "serendapp"
Features:
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♔ launch at random:
✔ your installed apps !
✔ bookmarked/selected/categorized apps
✔ your photo galleries
✔ your music on your SDCard (plays automatically)
✔ your contacts on your phone
✔ your Facebook friends walls (with Facebook official android apps or Facebook mobile site)
✔ your web bookmarks
✔ web sites ("I'm feeling lucky" like)
✔ articles from wiki projects (wikipedia, wiktionary,wikiquote)
✔ popular Youtube videos (plays automatically with Youtube Android app)
✔ Google Maps of 30000 cities, 20 countries, 200 famous places, 17 museums (from Google Art Project), some places from UNESCO World Heritage + Street Views ! (contribution list here:http://goo.gl/BhlUa)
✔ see 1700+ high quality Masterpieces at random (Monet, Manet, Caravage, delacroix, Klimt, Rembrandt, Renoir,Vangogh, gauguin, caillebotte, Vinci, Corot, Boudin, Courbet, Vermeer, Velasquez, Goya, Degas, Rubens, Boticelli, Cezanne ...)!
♔ search at random for
✔ apps to install in the android market
✔ music with "Amazon mp3" android app or with mobile browser
✔ web searches with Google Search engine
✔ YouTube videos
✔ images and slideshows
✔ google news
✔ categorize apps: this feature is no more available due to market change
✔ bookmark/share/select/uninstall your apps
✔ list of installed apps (selected apps will be launched prior to categories)
✔ customizable button to launch what you want
✔ launch an activity when SerendApp starts
✔ launch all features at random
✔ shortcuts for each feature (like a widget:long click on homescreen/serendapp)
✔ shake your phone to launch "custom" features ! (see menu/settings/shake to configure)
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Thanks XDA team for the homepage article "Your Life At Random With SerendApp for Android"
If you have any suggestions do not hesitate; more features and new integrations are coming soon
If you have discovered something interesting with SerendApp, let us know
Enjoy with SerendApp !
Shortcuts:
Any features is launched at random
All your installed apps at random
All apps you have bookmarked launched at random; see menu/manage/my apps, long click on an app
Search for apps to install in Android Market ...at random
Show your phone contacts at random ...send text or call that contact, since you are there ;-)
Show your Facebook friends walls at random, easy way to visit at random your friends pages !
Launch at random your photo galeries on your sdcard
Search at random for images on the web: google image, flickr interestingness since 2004, picasaweb
Visit cities and famous places in the World with Google Maps !
Visit cities and famous places in the World with Google Street View ! See, as if you were there ! see menu/manage/maps to configure
Search for random videos
Play at random popular videos from Youtube: most popular / discussed/ commented / rated /responded
Listen to one of your musics at random !
Search for random music on the web or from dedicated apps (e.g. amazon mp3)
Launch wiki article at random (wikipedia, wiktionary, wikiquote)
Launch your web bookmarks at random: bookmark some sites and they will be launched at random by SerendApp !
Launch random web search
Launch random web site: a "i'm feeling lucky" like feature !
Search for news at random
Search for social contents from microblogging twitter / google and Facebook
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Notes:
* Google Chrome Extension is also available with Facebook friends wall/wiki/Image/Video features: http://goo.gl/zwueK
SerendApp icon will be in your panel extensions bar, just click on it ! Right click on it to see options (configure features to launch: multiple tabs, autoplay with youtube videos, shuffle time, wiki language ...)
* For other browsers, the Facebook app is ready also . The application page is here (click on "Go to App" to authorize and then launch it): http://goo.gl/cdfeq
*Update Facebook app to newest version 1.5.4 for bug fixes; it works now with SerendApp; activate "Facebook app" in menu/parameters/contacts if you met issues with previous update
* If your Facebook app crashes (force close from official app due to recent unfixed bugs for gingerbread or other systems with 1.5.3 version), just go to menu/parameters/"contacts & friends" and choose "facebook web" instead of "facebook app" (and "contact" if you want).
If nothing happen, try to logout in menu/parameters/"manage facebook" and test again ; it won't affect your shortcuts ;-)
* For Music feature: some players won't play "next" music in shuffle mode; if available, see menu/shuffle (party shuffle) or similar & activate it

So basically it's StubleUpon?

stinkypete said:
So basically it's StubleUpon?
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A kind of it yes, but it deals also with whole the apps you have installed and the entire android market
It will tell you to play that game you were not aware of its existence before launching SerendApp...and you'll have also the possibility to uninstall it directly from SerendApp (click on a thumbnail in the sliding gallery at the top)
Why not sending a message to a friend or send an email to a contact as proposed by SerendApp ..why note writing some notes or tasks to do as the app is now launched (ColorNote, NoteEverything..etc)...etc
It can be helpful when you don't want to do something specific from your drawer...just let SerendApp decide for you
You can repeat the experience as many times you want.
As a consequence...you can install far more apps to test them at random from SerendApp and uninstall them also directly, it is no more necessary to search them (as far as the random law is satisfying )
As it was helpful for me, i hope it will be so for you
As a first version, will bring very soon customization features

A screenshot of the options proposed when clicking on a thumbnail in the sliding gallery (this sliding gallery is composed of your recent randomly launched apps: you can so relaunch the app directly from SerendApp ):

SerendApp updated in Version 1.1 in the Android Market !
Version 1.1:
-added video features
-compact view mode
-settings
-launch automatically an activity when SerendApp starts (like widget functionality; see settings)
Some screenshots:

SerendApp updated in the Android Market in version 1.1.1 !
Link on web android market: http://goo.gl/JmotS
ChangeLogs:
Version 1.1.1:
-Much faster for launching/re-launching installed apps !
-more relevant keywords in general
-minor bug fixes
-Donut users (1.6): video feature may not work properly (do check that YouTube is installed also)
Version 1.1:
-added video features
-compact view mode+settings
-launch automatically an activity when SerendApp starts (like widget functionality; see settings)
Enjoy with SerendApp !

We fixed some Force Close errors when clicking on a thumbnail and in menu/help
Updated version 1.1.2 in the Android Market
More options are coming soon

Interestingly, the more you install apps, the better your user experience will be
So, do not care about installing as many interesting apps as you want (in the limit of your memory card or your internal system of course ...) and let SerendApp pick each time one for you

I like the idea! Fun
Would like to have more choices.
- Play/find from market a random game only(pre select Paid or Free)
- Same as above for apps
- Or maybe integration with folder organizer to launch a random app from a specific label or the ability to label all apps from within your application. Basically create my own random buttons.
- Integration with Facebook/Twitter/Other social network apps to view a random friend's page or even a non-friend's page.
- Integration with gallery and music player
-Bring up a random contact to call, or even open up a random chatbox with a friend who's online on Gtalk.
Good work!
Sent from my NexUD S using Tapatalk

deejaylobo said:
I like the idea! Fun
Would like to have more choices.
- Play/find from market a random game only(pre select Paid or Free)
- Same as above for apps
- Or maybe integration with folder organizer to launch a random app from a specific label or the ability to label all apps from within your application. Basically create my own random buttons.
- Integration with Facebook/Twitter/Other social network apps to view a random friend's page or even a non-friend's page.
- Integration with gallery and music player
-Bring up a random contact to call, or even open up a random chatbox with a friend who's online on Gtalk.
Good work!
Sent from my NexUD S using Tapatalk
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Hi,
Thank you for your feedback and for these constructive suggestions and ideas.
Some of them are aldready on the road and we will consider all of them for next releases (if ever possible ...as possible limitations may be for reluctance of users concerning too much Permissions required as View/Read Contacts for bringing at random a contact, difficulties to have app categories, number of buttons/dialog boxes in the user interface...etc all but if there is no solution, it means there is no problem (Schadock))
Thank you gaain for your feedback

Very cool! Apps, Wiki, and Videos have taken up the past two hours of my life! Thank you!

scooter1979 said:
Very cool! Apps, Wiki, and Videos have taken up the past two hours of my life! Thank you!
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Nice
The dev team is really happy
More options and settings are coming soon

Thanks XDA team for the homepage article "Your Life At Random With SerendApp for Android"
If you have any suggestions do not hesitate; more features and new integrations are coming soon
If you have discovered something interesting with SerendApp, let us know
Enjoy with SerendApp !

Hi,
New version of SerendApp available in the Android Market (Version 1.2).
Version 1.2
-beta banner for future improvements
-bookmark feature (launch at random bookmarked apps): click on a thumbnail and bookmark
-app categorization (same ~30 categories like in the android market) => filter options
-hidden features:long click on "My Apps" launches "bookmarks", on "web" launches "i'm feeling lucky", on app categorization (in menu/parameters/apps) shows associated apps (click to launch apps)
-images and slideshows from Google image/flickr/picasa
-news from Google News
-(the Market app do not accept filtering options such as price and sort filters like its web counterpart, perhaps in near future)
Hidden options:
-long click on "My Apps" (green droid): launches Bookmarked apps
-long click on "Web": launches "I'm feeling lucky" behavior
-long click on a category: shows associated apps
Filtering apps by category: some apps may not appear if they are not listed in the android market (manufacturer such as Motorola/samsung or operator's apps); it is not recommended to filter (let all categories uncheck to avoid filter) as you may miss a special app or a special config
More options are coming soon
Share your discoveries on our blog
Enjoy with SerendApp
Version 1.1.1:
-Much faster + more relevant keywords generation
Version 1.1:
-added video features
-compact view mode+settings
-launch automatically an activity when SerendApp starts (like widget functionality; see settings)
Some screenshots:

List of installed apps are now available
You can choose the apps you want to play with using SerendApp, for instance all your last games or tools or quiz and launch them at random
Selected installed apps have priority over categories,i.e. if you selected Brain & Puzzle apps category and you selected in the list of installed apps GMail, Facebook and Messaging, only these three installed apps will be launched; to retrieve apps of the selected category, do uncheck selected apps (there is a check button for select/unselect all)
screenshots are there: https://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart/Serendapp
And download here: SerendApp

You have 3 or 4 or ...n favourite daily apps ?
Just select them in SerendApp (menu/parameters/my apps) and only these apps will be launched, with no effort and at random
You can also bookmark them (so that you can launch them as "bookmarked apps" in long click on "My apps"-green droid- button). Click on a thumbnail to bookmark; we will add this option in apps selection in next release.
Shortcuts are upcoming in next release with new "local" features .
Shortcuts, by definition, will be associated with one or more features (All stuff, My Apps, My Bookmarked Apps, My Selected Apps, My Apps Categories, videos, images, web pages, i'm feeling lucky, social, market,wiki...etc), directly from your homescreen, without opening SerendApp
This will simply save your time and make you use your apps (and your smartphone) more often , while discovering new things. Interestingly, the more apps you install, the better is your user experience
Stay tuned and enjoy with SerendApp ;-)

Hi,
Suggestions of using SerendApp with friends :
1) install several games (e.g. quiz..brain & puzzle, arcade...etc)
2)select them in SerendApp (menu/parameters/My Apps) or select Games categories (menu/parameters/categories: unselect "selected apps" in "My apps" if you choose categories as the priority for launch will be for selected apps)
3)the first user will launch "My Apps" (green droid) and start playing with the randomly launched game => 1 point or score if he wins
4)the second user launched identically "My apps" and so on ...
For Quiz games, the user who launches "My apps" could ask the questions to the candidate player
Enjoy with SerendApp !!

Hi,
New update of SerendApp available in the Android Market !
Great new features: shorcuts like widgets, share apps, music, galleries, contacts, facebook ...etc
Version 1.3:
-shortcuts for each feature ! (long press on homescreen)
-unique compact view mode
-display at random your photo gallery
-play at random your music
-see at random your contacts (you can customize this feature in menu/parameters)
-see at random your Facebook friends' wall (due to a bug in Facebook official android app and probably compatibility issues, this feature may crash on some systems; we provide the mobile web alternative facebook page; see menu/parameters/contacts)
-"custom" button
-share apps or list of selected apps in SerendApp
-bug fixes
Follow us on twitter: @serendApp
Features v1.3:
-shortcuts for each feature (like a widget)
-launch of random installed app
-uninstall it directly from SerendApp
-bookmarks (long clik on "My Apps" button to launch bookmarked apps)
-app categorization (see menu/parameters to configure)
-list of installed apps (selected apps will be launched at random)
-share apps or selected apps
-search for apps in the android market with almost random keywords
-see your photo galleries at random
-see your contacts at random
-see your Facebook friends at random
-listen to your music at random
-search for web pages through Google Search engine with almost random keywords
-launch random web pages like "I'm feelink lucky" behavior (long click on web button)
-search for random pages/articles from wikimedia projects
-search for YouTube videos with preselected keywords
-search for images and slideshows
-search in news
-launch an activity when SerendApp starts
-customizable button
-launch all features at random

The facebook feature uses Single-Sign-On authentication and interact when possible with the facebook official android app. If the facebook app is not present or crashes (recent bug for gingerbread on version 1.5.3 or compatibility issues), you can opt for the mobile web alternative we provide by checking only "facebook web" in menu/parameters/"contacts & facebook".
For music, SerendApp will launch your favourite player with a randomly chosen song; you can configure other random features directly within your player
For Shortcuts: long press on homescreen; choose shortcuts, select SerendApp and then choose your favourite features;
For "custom button": you can add one or several features to launch with this button; see menu/parameters/"custom actions"
For Photo Gallery (long click on "image button"): SerendApp will launch at random an image from your SDCard and you'll be able to see the entire associated folder with your favourite gallery app (Gallery/QuickPic...etc)
You can select several apps to launch in menu/parameters/my_apps or select several categories
To launch random Facebook friends' wall or random contacts: single click on "social" button
To search "social" within Facebook or Twitter, long click on "social" button
Enjoy with SerendApp !

Hi,
If you have ForceClosing issues (Facebook app bug), just install apk provided here http://goo.gl/Zjjmg or use only "facebook web" in menu/parameters
https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk and install apk provided (version 1.5.0)
get it with git also: git clone git://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git
..and wait for the update of Facebook 1.5.3 with a working official app (and with SerendApp )

[App][2.1+] Masterpieces Wall 1.2.2

Art lovers, discover 2500 HD paintings from greatest masters of Art History with
"Masterpieces Wall" !
Link for the Android Market: Masterpieces Wall
The app displays on a great wall randomly composed masterpieces or paintings of a particular painter.
You can add rows and columns are automatically adapted to your screen view. Particularly cool for Tablets users . Thumbnails are automatically downloaded if missing. You can also retrieve them there http://goo.gl/CMjiT or by mail (15Mb) at [email protected].
-Long click for options (zoom/details/retrieve manually missing thumbnails).
-When you choose a particular painter (menu/painter), switch to random wall with menu/random.
-"+" button to shuffle and add rows
-"refresh icon" to shuffle views
Main features:
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✔ 2500 high resolution masterpieces from 36 painters !
✔ randomly generated walls
✔ Instant Search: see paintings ...as you type !
✔ add rows at your convenience, columns will adapt to your device (especially tablets )
✔ shuffle views
✔ show on the wall paintings of a particular painter among 36 (adding rows and shuffle available for "painter mode" and "random mode")
✔ Zoom to see details and set as wallpaper
✔ Share with friends/contacts with attachment to Gmail/Facebook/Twitter/"Augment" app/Google+ (Plus)/Picasa/Messaging/Pixelpipe...
✔ web search to retrieve more informations on a particular painter/painting
♥ Greatest artists available: Monet, Manet, Courbet, Leonard de Vinci,Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Klimt, Corot,Vermeer, Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Goya, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Boticelli, Boudin, Brueghel, Caillebotte, Caravage, Pissarro, Rubens, Tintoret, Renoir, Bouguereau, Ingres, Rousseau, Modigliani, Seurat, Signac, Bazille, Poussin, gris
Web version: http://gallery.quintessart.com/
Chrome app (bookmark): http://goo.gl/Cc84w
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The changelogs:
V.1.2
✔ Instant search
✔ UI improvements
✔ Performances enhancement
✔ bug fixes
V.1.1
✔ settings added for initial grid size and custom path for data: you can set custom path for quintessart folder (e.g. SGS/TAB/Droid...users may want to move quintessart folder from internal sdcard to external one with complete path /mnt/sdcard/"sd or external_sd or else"/quintessart)
✔ UI improvements; grid size changed
✔ Performances enhancement in display & download
✔ bug fixes
Enjoy with this Masterpieces wall !

Hi, new nice feature for your browser: Masterpieces Wall !
Give it a try here (http://goo.gl/5g8Km): http://gallery.quintessart.com/
If you do not have flash, a flat 2D HTML5 version is integrated ...other phone platform users may test it
keys/features: scroll button; arrows; mouse; fullscreen
Tablet users may enjoy the fullscreen feature and touchscreen enabled in 3D version
Let us know.
A screenshot:

New screenshot for the Web 3D version of "Masterpieces wall" in original post.
Link for Chrome web app (bookmark): http://goo.gl/Cc84w

Due to web hosting errors, we duplicated a version of "Masterpieces Wall for Web" on google site:
https://sites.google.com/site/masterpieceswall/
The issue (affecting all QuintessArt users) will be fixed as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience
Follow us @quintessart to be noticed of availability.

Our web hosting issue is now solved; the regular link is available: http://gallery.quintessart.com
If you face any issues, do not hesitate to post it in this thread.
On tiny screen devices the experience may be difficult (especially for zooming).
Our QuintessArt users can continue downloading great masterpieces

Hi,
A new update of "Masterpieces Wall" is available in the Android Market with UI improvement (grid size/slider...), custom path for data and performance improvements !
Check it here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.masterdevx.quintessart_random_wall
The changelogs:
✔ settings added for initial grid size and custom path for data: you can set custom path for quintessart folder (e.g. SGS/TAB/Droid...users may want to move quintessart folder from internal sdcard to external one with complete path /mnt/sdcard/"sd or external_sd or else"/quintessart)
✔ UI improvements; grid size changed
✔ Performances enhancement in display & download
✔ bug fixes

Weird...I use Lookout and Quick Settings...and I'm on Gingerbread as well....that's all I noticed in the screenshots...
But then again this app looks like it has a nice concept.

duboi97 said:
Weird...I use Lookout and Quick Settings...and I'm on Gingerbread as well....that's all I noticed in the screenshots...
But then again this app looks like it has a nice concept.
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Thanks for your reply and the notice

Hi,
New version of Masterpieces Wall (1.2) with new integrated Instant Search feature !
Check it now on the Android Market : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.masterdevx.quintessart_random_wall
Changelog (1.2):
✔ Instant search: see masterpieces as you type + randomly generated keywords
✔ UI improvements
✔ Performances enhancement
✔ bug fixes

Hi,
For instant search feature, we recommend to retrieve all available thumbnails as the grid view is refreshed as you type and missing thumbnails are automatically downloaded. You can do so here (extract ldpi folder in quintessart folder on your memory card): http://goo.gl/ShBMG

Added tablet screenshots ;-)

Hi,
New update on Android Market with lower resolution paintings available via settings if problem with data connection or memory issues
Check it now: http://goo.gl/nQZaU

Hi,
We are deploying a global system update of our servers, better adapted/scaled due to the growing interest in QuintessArt and related apps.
During these changements, our database and services will not be available.
The operation will not normally exceed a week. You will be informed of availability as soon as possible.
If you want offline contents (quintessart folder), send us an email: masterdevx (gmail)
This affect the following apps:
-QuintessArt
-QuintessArt Games
-Gallery Lite
-Masterpieces Wall
-Random Masterpieces
-SerendApp
Thank you for your interest,
MasterDevX

Hi,
New interface for discovering paintings like in QuintessArt available for your browser ... and your mobile device !
Current features:
-random paintings
-search for paintings by typing a few letters/digits from title/painter/year/location/museum/city/country
-random keyword suggestion
-paintings suggestions for your search results
-... a 3D wall with cooliris feature (nice in fullscreen mode)
MM
Take a look at: http://gallery.quintessart.com
Save these paintings in "quintessart/mdpi" folder on your memory card to have them for QuintessArt Android app in offline mode ;-)
Enjoy with QuintessArt

Hi,
A new version of Masterpieces Wall is available (V. 1.2.2) !
Revamped UI, fullscreen feature, bug fixes ...
You can download this version in the original post or from our blog http://masterdevx.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-version-of-masterpieces-wall-is.html
Enjoy with this new release !
Do not hesitate to post feedbacks.
If you use the web gallery (http://gallery.quintessart.com ), just save the downloaded paintings in quintessart/mdpi folder to use them for our applications.

[API] API for Automatic apps categorization with Open database !

Hi,
Looking for an automatic way to categorize apps, we decided to propose an app to build an open database for app categorization and offer an API to easily access the available data.
The use of the API and associated database is demonstrated within the app CatApplus (see the associated thread). The app helps to build and consolidate this API and database. We present this app in a different thread to be less ambiguous in the releases and bug reports (note for moderators).
Examples of what you can obtain:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
How does CatApplus works:
-it retrieves all your apps
-it uses our API to retrieve associated categories from our database
-it stores all data in the application database for offline use and propose you categories via folders
-categories are listed below and apps that are not found from our server are put into "uncategorized" category (for manual categorization)
What is done server-side (API):
-each request (namely, the package name of the app) is proceeded via a parsing of available categories from markets (for the moment it is the Android Market but if you know other possible markets, you're welcome); if the app cannot be found in the database or in the available markets "unknown" tag is attributed
-the retrieved data is stored in a database for future use
-a JSON output is provided for an external app to retrieve: category; name; publisher name
-a regular dump sql/csv file is provided to import for your own use, your own app/rom/launcher; this file is free to use;
We offer (with no guarantee, of course !) our API and regular dump copy of the database for your own use ; no guarantees concerning availability in future (server costs), accuracy, maintenance ...etc.
The more the API is used, and the more data is available for your use ! The app will simply help to achieve this quickly. Just download the app CatApplus and let it guides you !
The available categories are the same that are available in the Android Market: 'Arcade & Action','Brain & Puzzle','Cards & Casino','Casual','Racing','Sports Games','Books & Reference','Business','Comics','Communication','Education','Entertainment','Finance','Health & Fitness','Libraries & Demo','Lifestyle','Live Wallpaper','Media & Video','Medical','Music & Audio','News & Magazines','Personalization','Photography','Productivity','Shopping','Social','Sports','Tools','Transportation','Travel & Local','Weather'
Some limitations:
-In CatApplus we defined an "Uncategorized" category for apps with "unknown" category (from teh API)
-"unknown" category for apps that cannot be found in available markets for the API
-Available markets: Android Market only for the moment
-The API:
Code:
http://api.ergsap.com/catapplus/catapplus_ind.php?catApplus_pn=myPackageName
Example (a great game!):
Code:
http://api.ergsap.com/catapplus/catapplus_ind.php?catApplus_pn=com.thevoxelagents.TrainConductor2
will output the JSON code:
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"com.thevoxelagents.TrainConductor2","catApplus_name":"Train Conductor 2: USA","catApplus_cat":"Brain & Puzzle","catApplus_pub":"The Voxel Agents"}]
In maintenance mode, the output is simply maintenance.
If the application cannot be found, all fields are set to "unknown", so the JSON output is:
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"myPackageName","catApplus_name":"unknown","catApplus_cat":"unknown","catApplus_pub":"unknown","catApplus_cat_pending":""}]
if the app cannot be categorized
or
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"myPackageName","catApplus_name":"unknown","catApplus_cat":"unknown","catApplus_pub":"unknown","catApplus_cat_pending":"pending"}]
if the app has not been categorized yet.
3 Dump files of the database (SQL/CSV files) are automatically updated (several times a day) and bzip compressed; raw csv, raw sql and buffered/memory efficient sql (smaller and faster insertions/import; you cannot edit it-one row syntax); see database to download;
Statistics & guide: a great way also to discover 100+ most used apps !
CatApplus in Google Play Store/B]
[*]link
[*]Total available apps: 1023000
[*]Total categorized apps so far: 231 000 000 (yes hundred of millions !)
Nice implementation of CatApplus API can be found in
Folder Organizer
and of course in
CatApplus.
Just check these apps to see automatic apps categorization working nicely !
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CatApplus releases:
database
CatApplus in Google Play Store/B]

Hi,
CatApplus is now available in the Android Market with new features, improvements and bug fixes: Android Market
We now have 473 categorized apps ... but this will increase quickly ! (See statistics here).
The first release of the associated database (SQL/CSV/ODS dump files) will be available very soon for your own use.
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-CatApplus features:
Automatic categorization of your apps
Feed the open database to build more data for the API (see statistics here)
Launch apps
update/reset categories
fullscreen
share, bookmark, hide, uninstall apps
see details of an app and more info with web search feature
hide categories, hide apps
launch apps
launch a random app from a particular category
all games are gathered under a new category "All Games"
A new category at the top of the list "Favorite" gathers all you favorite apps

Hi,
The first version of the database (SQL/CSV/ODS dump files) is now available, see:
app and database
Link for the associated statistics: link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
We'll try daily updates .
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-CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market

Hi,
For the current release, when you install/uninstall apps, CatApplus doesn't automatically update categories due to performance issue; hit "menu/update categories" to launch a quick scan for the moment.
Do not hesitate to "reset categories" if "too many" apps have not been categorized (under "uncategorized" category); this may be due to internet connections, delay in server response ...etc

Adding apps to db?
So far I like the app. How do you categorize an existing app that is uncategorized?

bsnipes said:
So far I like the app. How do you categorize an existing app that is uncategorized?
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Hi,
We are working on a "manual categorization" feature, notably for "Uncategorized" apps. Apps that cannot be found on our database or on selected markets are automatically put into this category. For the moment, only the Android Market is supported (i.e. if the app is not listed in this market, its category will remain "unknown"); we're working to integrate more markets to be able to categorize these apps and we will propose probably a "Category suggestion" to our users in the future.
A quick fix for the moment will be to use the "Favorite" category to gather the useful apps you want to categorize, in order to access them more easily. To put an app in "Favorite", long click on it, then "bookmark"; the new category will appear at the top of the list.
An other quick fix is to submit the apps you want to categorize, with their "legitimate" category/link so that we can check and...manually... integrate them into our database; for this fix, the categories must match the ones listed in the original post. We'll try to answer as quickly as possible ; send us a mail or post them directly in this post (other members may help to find the "legitimate" categories/developer/market links...etc); we could also propose an open Google Spreadsheet for the uncategorized apps ...many approaches !
Thanks for the feedback

Hi,
Here are some updates:
We have categorized so far 1357 apps; more statistics data are available here.
Dump files of the database (SQL/CSV files) are now automatically updated (several times a day); we will compress these data into bzip archives in the future for large files; see app and database to download;
We will propose soon an open google spreadsheet to contribute as far as possible to the categorization of apps with "unknown" categories.
More information are given in the links below:
Statistics & guide:
link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
Total categorized apps: 1357 [Jan-03]
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CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market
We found this app and API useful, hope it will be useful too for some of you either as users or developers.

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More features coming soon !

Hi,
We have now an open spreadsheet if you want to contribute to the categorization of "uncategorized apps":
Open google spreadsheet to help for automatic categorization:
http://goo.gl/mHHu6
We will propose also an application-side categories suggestion to help also in this task.
You can check:
Statistics & guide: a great way also to discover 100+ most used apps !
link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
Total categorized apps: 1560 [Jan-03]
and
CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market

Hi,
A new release of CatApplus is available in the Android Market (version 1.1); we added desktop shortcuts, manual categorization, import/export features, several optimization:
market link
New features:
desktop shortcuts (folders to access the different categories: long press on homescreen/shortcut/choose catApplus)
manually set/modify apps categories (among available categories for the moment)
import/export the modifications for apps categories (if you reset the categories, just hit menu/manage apps/import to retrieve your manual categorizations !)
Statistics update: data/database & API guide
number of categorized apps: 2334 [Jan-06]
Do not hesitate to add suggestions, request features, the database is "open" and API is available.

Hi,
A new theme is upcoming in the next release of CatApplus with folders instead of list for categories !
It will able you to customize folder icon size (to match your entire tablet for instance), translucent background...
See some screenshots in attachment.
The app screen will be similar to your homescreen with CatApplus desktop shortcuts (long press on homescreen/shortcuts then choose catApplus and your category).

Hi,
The new release of CatApplus (1.2) is available in the Android Market with announced features:
A new theme ! With folders (more compact)
customization for this theme (automatic/manual size, color & free textures background)
compatibility with tablets enhanced with this new theme
performance improvements & bug fixes
Some statistics for the open database & API: link to all statistics & guide & some interesting apps
-total categorized apps: 2812
-last version of the database: dump files-csv/sql

Crash as soon as it opens.
Motorola Photon, rooted, unlocked, stock rom

moonzbabysh said:
Crash as soon as it opens.
Motorola Photon, rooted, unlocked, stock rom
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weird bug, it does the same for the Droid Bionic.
At launch, it tries to create a local database of existing apps; this is probably the cause of the error you experienced. Without a precise log, it is difficult to solve. Could you PM your logs associated to the application crash or send a report (for the market version probably)?
The app works fine on N1, Galaxy Tab, Nexus S, Galaxy S/S2 ...and 2.1/2.2/2.3 emulator...4.0 version is too slow on the actual emulator. We cannot test on every phone model...really weird bug.
Hope this will be fixed soon !

Here are some screenshots of the new theme for phones and tablets:

Hi,
A weird bug to be fixed in CatApplus: persistence of the background preferences (color/texture) when the app is launched after a while; a second launch fixes the preferences. We're working on for the next release.

Hi,
Great update !
32000 apps categorized [Jan-09] ! (among most popular ones !)
new format for dump files (and bzip compression): raw csv/sql and buffered/memory efficient sql (smaller and faster insertions/import; you cannot edit it-one row syntax)
Where ?
Statistics & Guide (discover also interesting top most used apps)
Database csv/sql dump files
CatApplus - automatically categorize all your apps (Android Market)
If any suggestions, you're welcome.

A useful app, thank you!

Spiriteq said:
A useful app, thank you!
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Thanks

[APP][2.3+] Just Installed (archived)

Thread moved here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-jina-apps-organizer-fs-edition-alpha-t3004822
Just Installed is an auto apps organizer and a quick apps finder with a T9 search option.
It automatically tags installed apps using market categories and market prices info, and it also features an advanced full-text search function designed to quickly retrieve the app you were looking for.
Jina. keeps also an history of the apps lifecycle and gathers some useful statistics like installations, updates, uninstalls, usage count etc.
Installed apps are shown on an list with customizable sort criteria and various filtering options
New Jina App Organizer Evolution is Live and available for free on Google Play.
Have a look at the new thread for suggestions, new features and to download the current development release.​
Main features
installed apps finder by name by categories and price
T9 keypad or system keyboard search
automatic apps organizer: by categories and groups (apps, games, free, paid)
apps statistics: installations frequency, paid apps vs free apps ratio, apps installation history chart and more
apps expense report
customizable app list sort criteria (favourite apps first, last installed, last updated, last used, most used, less used)
advanced filters: app groups (apps, games), payed apps, uninstalled apps, not launchable apps ((widgets, unlocker etc.) and more...
app origin detection (Google Play, Amazon App-Shop, Samsung Apps)
apps lifecycle tracking (installations, updates, uninstalls)
app details including app prices
share apps function
favourite apps
home screen shortcuts creation
widgets: app search and app expense report
uninstalled apps history
Download new JINA App Organizer Evolution on Google Play
Download classic version on Google Play
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
YouTube video tutorial
Download new JINA Fs on Google Play
Download on Google Play

Jina roadmap
(planned functions, wishlist and suggestions)
Come on guy, let expand the wishlist together
new folder view (developer)
batch actions on the main list (umetnic)
more "traditional" T9 layout (umetnic)
"multi-state" quick button to sort the app lists (umetnic)
search results should clear, after launching an app (umetnic)
alphabetical sorting (daniello8)
full screen app list with fast scrolling letters on the right and section index (daniello8)
auto-create launcher folders + drag folders ability (y0himba)
last launched apps directly via notification bar (umetnic)
skins (umetnic)
....... (you!, yes you)

Subscribed and looking forward to future development! )

umetnic said:
Subscribed and looking forward to future development! )
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Welcome and thanks for your tips
I was thinking of adding a full screen folder where categories are folders, what do you think?

No more ideas guys? Jina is like a baby, needs advices to grow up :fingers-crossed:

bambapin said:
Welcome and thanks for your tips
I was thinking of adding a full screen folder where categories are folders, what do you think?
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Hi Max, could You elaborate on this? Not sure, what U have in mind..
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bambapin said:
No more ideas guys? Jina is like a baby, needs advices to grow up :fingers-crossed:
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Here's one;
Multi select in main window to
be able to batch uninstall.
I let my 3 year old g33k to play with my N9005 and as always he installed a few new apps via Google play. Using sorting by install date I can easily pinpoint them, but I still have to go through lot of clicking to uninstall them one by one.
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umetnic said:
Hi Max, could You elaborate on this? Not sure, what U have in mind..
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I was thinking of adding a new grid view, in addition to the app list popup, to navigate apps by categories.
Something like Apps and Games groups folders at first level, drill into a group to show related categories (as folders with icon) then drill again into a category folder to show related apps.
A sort of traditional launcher view alternative to the main Jina list popup view, just in case you prefere to navigate your phone instead of direct search for an app.

One more Idea...
I just realized, how U can make current T9 even better.
Please rearrange the letters so they will conform to classic T9 layout. Sorry for not noticing before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-tap

bambapin said:
A sort of traditional launcher view alternative to the main Jina list popup view, just in case you prefere to navigate your phone instead of direct search for an app.
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As far as I'm concerned , speed is of highest priority. One click for Jina Launch, then two or three clicks in T9 keyboard and final click for launch. That is for launching.
For browsing, I use View filter by 'last installed' or 'last updated' to check/overview the latest installs/updates.
Secondly I also might occasionally use the app to find older apps that I am not using via use counter or install date.
Categories sorting is currently for me more than not just an extra layer between me and my apps, and I just prefer finding them via T9.
But I can also see the use for it for finding those rarely used apps, for which I don't remember the names anymore...that is the one scenario where I will definitely use categories approach. And I definitely support the idea of folders like You describe!
+If possible add the functionality to add/copy the whole folders from Jina directly to home screen
++and when those folders update in Jina, to auto update them on desktop, that would be a killer option IMHO D
( U see, I have one folder on my desktop for all the games, and when new are installed, It would be really cool, If I could put all the shortcuts for new ones in the desktop folder with one or two clicks only.)
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About View sorting functionality;
I vote for faster 'one button' approach.
And every click on the button would change the current view for next in line.
Something to consider when optimizing design in the future..

Do you mean the the visual layout only or you think that i should intercept a "whitespace" when the user press the key 1?
I ask because right now the T9 search in Jina skips whitespaces, for example if you type S and O you will match both "Apps Organizer" and "Sonar".
If i add the first key and i treat as a "whitespace", to match the Apps Organizer you should press 3 keys: S, Whitespace and O

bambapin said:
Do you mean the the visual layout only or you think that i should intercept a "whitespace" when the user press the key 1?
I ask because right now the T9 search in Jina skips whitespaces, for example if you type S and O you will match both "Apps Organizer" and "Sonar".
If i add the first key and i treat as a "whitespace", to match the Apps Organizer you should press 3 keys: S, Whitespace and O
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No white space, just the letter positions in T9...because that position is already programmed in our subcontinent from the past

Nice! :good:

FilippoMinutella said:
Nice! :good:
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Ciao Filippo welcome and thank you.
Feel free to give suggestions to improve the app

Fun and unique concept. I like the art too. Thanks

umetnic said:
Here's one;
Multi select in main window to
be able to batch uninstall.
I let my 3 year old g33k to play with my N9005 and as always he installed a few new apps via Google play. Using sorting by install date I can easily pinpoint them, but I still have to go through lot of clicking to uninstall them one by one.
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Nice idea!
I have added a todo list on post #2 to group all the ideas that come out in this thread along with the the author's name.
Hope the list will grow fast

destructodev said:
Fun and unique concept. I like the art too. Thanks
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Thank you, if you have some tip to make it better please tell me.

T9 layout modified.
You can give a try before it is published on market

did that app published?

Much faster!
P.s. When typing 'yf' I don't get 'My Files', but i do get some other 'xxxy Fxxx' results
When i type also letter 'i' My files pops out...
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