[APP][2.2+] Simple lists app: Lists! - Android Apps and Games

Update: 7/13 - added free version (ad supported) to market.
I've always wanted a very simple app to let me have lists on my phone - shopping lists, to-do lists, etc, but it seems like the ones on the market have too many features that get in the way of easily creating lists, adding items, marking items as complete, and that's about it. So, I went ahead and wrote my own.
As of now, I'm happy with the app, and I've been using it for a couple of months now with no problems. But, being my first Android app (I am a professional programmer, but work in the web & desktop worlds), I'm sure there are opportunities to add features/functionality that would enhance the pure list-making experience. I had though about drag-and-drop reordering of the lists, but that seems to be more difficult to implement than I anticipated. Aside from that, I'm all ears about how to make the app better, prettier, more efficient, and more useful.
See attached for screenshots:
1) Main Screen - add/delete/backup/restore lists here
2) Back up is a simple SQLite DB file copy to the SDCard
3) Here are items in one list. Notice that some are gray - these have been "cleared" or "marked" as being complete by the user, via a simple click/toggle. An item's "cleared" status persists in the database
4) Once you're done clearing items, you can remove them from the list and database. Or, alternatively, you can unmark all of them.
See attached for APK file...
As I said, any suggestions or criticisms would be welcomed - but keep in mind that this app has a narrow focus, and I want it be very good with regard to that focus.

EDIT: Forgot also that now the app has a minimum SDK version of 8, so this app will run on Froyo (2.2) and above
I've done quite a bit more work, and now this app is available in the Google Play store. Since I don't have 10 posts yet, it won't let me include a hyperlink but here's the URL:
Code:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kozzer.lists&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rb3p6ZXIubGlzdHMiXQ..
You can also find it easily by searching on my Google Play developer name: WebKozzer.
The additions include:
* drag and drop reordering
* 2 themes (light and dark)
* Optional numbering of list items
* Edit list name, or item text
* Delete contents of list without deleting list itself
* Configurable backup path
and more!
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated!

Added free, ad supported version to the market. Any feedback or feature requests would be welcomed. I was contemplating attempting to integrate voice commands. Like, once the app is open, you can use voice commands to do everything the app lets you do via touchscreen. It appears that this would require a fairly significant coding effort, and I'm not sure how useful that'd be either.

Both the pay and free versions have been updated. Some UI changes, undo functionality, and ability to add items using voice.
Play links:
Pay version
Free (ad) version

Update: 12/12 - Removed ads from Lists! Free.
Also/including:
More general cleanup
Removed network state / access permissions (since they were used for ads only)
APK size reduced by about 100kB (removed AdMob library)
Improved error handling

nice job keep working on it

imputazz said:
nice job keep working on it
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Thanks! I'm always open to criticism and feature requests! And giving a rating and/or review on the Play Store would be much appreciated.

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[Free]CardCloud Flashcards Study App

Hi, I recently took an Android Development at my school where I made this Flashcards Study App.
There's still a lot of work I want to complete before I call it finished, but it's a good start I think. I still want to add more quizlet functionality to it (since quizlet.com doesn't seem to have an android app yet.)
Download the App!
Some features:
* Offline Mode to study on the go without an internet connection.
* Adjust card flip speeds in the settings menu
* Long press on a deck to view options
* Shuffle your flashcards
* Search Quizlet to access millions of flashcard sets.
* Edit, Delete, and Create new flashcards with a breeze
* Text-to-speech integration
* Multi-language support
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card.
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
EDIT:
I attached an apk that you guys can use since I can't seem to post a link to the play store.
Or alternatively, You can search for "CardCloud FlashCards" in the play store to get the official app.
I'd recommend it since I'm planning on pushing a lot of new features in the upcoming weeks.
Thanks!
Playstore link
merhans said:
A link for the apk or to the pkaystore would be nice^^ wana try it
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Hey. Sorry. It doesn't seem to let me post links since I'm a new member.
Here's an uploaded APK file you can use in the meantime
Or you can search for "CardCloud Flashcards" in the play store if you want the official version.
Thanks for trying it out!
Definitely let me know if you run into any problems.
So far nice ui
Works good. Is it possible to share own decks with friends? It would be amazing, also an option for read only and read write permissions for shared decks.
merhans said:
So far nice ui
Works good. Is it possible to share own decks with friends? It would be amazing, also an option for read only and read write permissions for shared decks.
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Thanks for the compliments!
Sharing is definitely a feature i'm going to be adding in the feature. Right now i'm torn between integrating some sort of facebook social network to allow for easier sharing. I've been busy trying to learn Ruby on Rails Development and Android Dev at the same time, so the cardcloud website is a bit lacking at the moment. But Sharing is definitely a big feature I want to implement.
Currently I'm in the middle of adding an ability for users to mark each card as easy/hard and then creating an infinite shuffle that will have a smart algorithm to show difficult cards more often.
That should be about two weeks out, and then I'll start working on the Deck sharing.
Great suggestion on the Read/Write permissions too! I think that would be an awesome feature, I've written it down on my notepad, so definitely stay tuned to this thread for any updates I make!
Thanks for trying out my app!
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Hey buddy I think this app is great for studying and for group activities. Love what you have done. I also like the UI I made this icon for you just cuz i like messing around with Photoshop haha hope you like it
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvTWhEWnlrbFBna2M
Full icon without background or text: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvOEV2U1FEWkVfWXM
Hi. Great app. Is it possible to manually edit or create a set on a PC and transfer / open / import into the application?
A quick way of implementing this might be to add CSV or XML export and import?
Perhaps a link up to Google docs for cloud storage and on line editing?
Also, would you consider the addition of images on the flip cards? Perhaps a HTML format would make this easy to implement? A picture paints a thousand words and all...
Keep up the good work and I hope its a great success.
Steve.
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Opening a quizlet with images renders nothing visible on the card
Steps to reproduce...
1. Search 2010 Honda Cars
2. Select any of the results
3. See the text (e.g. "2010 Honda civic") but on clicking the card to see the flip side - there is nothing.
Here is what is should look like... http://quizlet.com/1935486/2010-honda-cars-flash-cards/
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CardCloud - Flash Cards
CardCloud,
Great effort thus far ... you've added the ability to create card sets! This is HUGE.
Some tips I hope you're able to fix in the coming updates, please.
1. Settings - there should really only be on 'settings' button for the app (the vertical elipses button; top right/bottom right corners).
2. Logon - should be a little more clear "what" service the logon pertains to.
- I thought the ability to logon to Quizlet would work with this ?? I'm an Android newb and I've already realized things are "assumed/presumed" to be known to new users, which its not clear on many applications or the OS itself.
3. KEEP the "skip logon" this is critical and I've come across many notes type apps that I cannot even create a note when in the subway because they require a persistent internet connection = total pain in the ass and useless! You've got a good thing going with this "skip logon" ability please KEEP IT Much appreciated.
sd00 said:
Hi. Great app. Is it possible to manually edit or create a set on a PC and transfer / open / import into the application?
A quick way of implementing this might be to add CSV or XML export and import?
Perhaps a link up to Google docs for cloud storage and on line editing?
Also, would you consider the addition of images on the flip cards? Perhaps a HTML format would make this easy to implement? A picture paints a thousand words and all...
Keep up the good work and I hope its a great success.
Steve.
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Opening a quizlet with images renders nothing visible on the card
Steps to reproduce...
1. Search 2010 Honda Cars
2. Select any of the results
3. See the text (e.g. "2010 Honda civic") but on clicking the card to see the flip side - there is nothing.
Here is what is should look like... http://quizlet.com/1935486/2010-honda-cars-flash-cards/
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Thanks! I'm planning on adding that feature pretty soon. Right now I'm on the verge of adding support for marking cards as either correct or incorrect. Also I'm adding in an in-app purchase to remove ads. I've also been working on the website portion of my app (cardcloud.net) which will allow you to upload your local decks onto a website (once you create an account) once it's uploaded, you'll be able to export from the site.
That's still a work in progress, hopefully in a week or two, I'll have that ready for you.
In the meantime, you can expect an update for marking the correctness of each card in the next day or two!
Thanks for the compliments, and thanks for trying out my app!
Supa_Fly said:
CardCloud,
Great effort thus far ... you've added the ability to create card sets! This is HUGE.
Some tips I hope you're able to fix in the coming updates, please.
1. Settings - there should really only be on 'settings' button for the app (the vertical elipses button; top right/bottom right corners).
2. Logon - should be a little more clear "what" service the logon pertains to.
- I thought the ability to logon to Quizlet would work with this ?? I'm an Android newb and I've already realized things are "assumed/presumed" to be known to new users, which its not clear on many applications or the OS itself.
3. KEEP the "skip logon" this is critical and I've come across many notes type apps that I cannot even create a note when in the subway because they require a persistent internet connection = total pain in the ass and useless! You've got a good thing going with this "skip logon" ability please KEEP IT Much appreciated.
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Hey! Supa_Fly, thanks for the kind words.
I really like the idea of the skip button for logins. The reason the login is there is to allow users to sync their decks with the website portion of the app. (CardCloud.net) But I've been busy working on the app and haven't had a chance to get the webapplication completed yet. Hopefully in the next week or two You'll be able to backup your local decks/cards onto a website, where you can save them on a computer.
The settings functionality is a bit confusing, so I've done a bit of tinkering with it to make it more intuitive to use. Thanks for the suggestions though! I really appreciate the feedback.
In the meantime, I'm working on a v1.2 release which will allow users to mark cards as either correct/incorrect/half-correct/etc, to help with remembering your learning progression. Keep an eye out for that. Hopefully I'll be able to push that up to the google store by tomorrow. I'll also update this thread once that's complete!
Thanks again for trying my app!
Hey. Just uploaded an update to the current App on the Appstore.
Some New features:
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card. Mark a card as Correct/Incorrect/etc
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
* Settings AutoSave when changed, rather than having to hit a save button
* When Viewing a Deck from Quizlet, download the deck directly from the cardview for your convenience.
* Change your settings (flipspeed and question/answer reversal) from the cardview.
cardcloud said:
Hey. Just uploaded an update to the current App on the Appstore.
Some New features:
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card. Mark a card as Correct/Incorrect/etc
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
* Settings AutoSave when changed, rather than having to hit a save button
* When Viewing a Deck from Quizlet, download the deck directly from the cardview for your convenience.
* Change your settings (flipspeed and question/answer reversal) from the cardview.
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Hi, my girlfriend wrote out 20 sets as study for her exam on Wednesday. Her phone updated your app and it seems her card sets have been deleted (or lost). :crying:
Is your new updated version deleting user inputted card sets?
I'd greatly appreciate a quick response if you have a way to retrieve them.
PS, where are the card sets saved? In files (what location in phone)? Perhaps we can retrieve them manually?
Thanks, Steve.
Hey sd00, I'm really really really sorry that happened.
I found a bug in my code that was clearing the sqlite DB on updates.
I fixed the bug, but unfortunately it looks like her cards have been wiped.
This is embarrassing, I'm a noob and didn't realize that would happen.
There's nothing I can do, but promise it won't happen again.
For what it's worth, If I sent you guys an ad free version of that app, would that help?
Again, I'm really sorry, let me know what I can do to try to make it better.
I'm working on the ability to create decks online and then sync them to your phone, so hopefully that'll make it easier in the future to recreate the decks.
(If you'd like, you can even send me the questions/answers and I'll type them back up for her myself.
if you pm me an email address, I can send you an apk for the free version too.
Again, I apologize for my noobness.
For such a new app - this was an unforeseen mistake by the developer. The fact that he's VERY apologetic and this app does offer some great features over the competition I'll still support this app!
As experience is gained and more testing directly by the developer we'll this app continually excel and grow in feature sets and less bugs. Not many people appreciate developers' hard work and even less developers are as humble as this one.
Supa_Fly said:
For such a new app - this was an unforeseen mistake by the developer. The fact that he's VERY apologetic and this app does offer some great features over the competition I'll still support this app!
As experience is gained and more testing directly by the developer we'll this app continually excel and grow in feature sets and less bugs. Not many people appreciate developers' hard work and even less developers are as humble as this one.
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Hey Supa_Fly, thanks for the kind words and support! It's been a lot of fun working on this app and I've learned a lot from the experience. Hopefully as I improve, so will the app. Sorry again to sd00 for the bug. I spent a few days testing and retesting to make sure it wouldn't happen again before I pushed up the newest update this afternoon.
I've been working on the syncing functionality the last week or so and I got it finally working the way I wanted. Not 100% yet, but allowing users to create their decks online I think is a necessary feature, since writing out individual cards on a phone is a pain. I'd like to tweak it a bit to make syncs work faster/better, but I'm slightly limited by my web server since it's a bit slow. Hopefully if I can generate any revenue through the app, I'll be able to put it towards faster servers. I'll keep an eye on the bug log to make sure nothing goes awry though.
I've pushed the new features up onto CardCloud.net allowing users to login to their accounts and create their cards online. Also, I uploaded the app updates to the google play store so users should be able to get the updated app with fixed functionality. Hopefully I didn't mess anything up this time .
In the meantime, I have a couple new features in the pipes that I'm working on that I think should improve the app. Hopefully I'll be able to get these pushed out in the upcoming weeks:
- Image support for flashcards. Definitely a top priority feature, should have an update for this within the next few weeks.
- Rich Text Editing. Another top level feature I want for the app.
- Better Quizlet integration. Search for usernames, and returning public decks, recently studied, etc
Anyways, sorry for the wall of text. When I get new features implemented for this app, I will post them here.
Development stops?
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5

[APP][4.0+] Shuffle My Life 1.7 (Vanquish boredom with random activities)

Hey,
This is my first major app I've produced by myself - it's called Shuffle My Life, and it generates random activities for you to do depending on where you are, what time it is, the weather conditions, and so on. For example, if you're near a park, there'll be outdoor activities. If it's after 10pm, you tend to get media-based activities like news, new music discovery, and so on.
It's currently in beta and being heavily developed, so I'm looking for feedback and ideas for where to take this in the future!
PS - here's some info about the permissions used:
Location - used to determine what places are near to you, to feed Google Places API (e.g. are you near a bakery? a restaurant? a park?) - Location is only stored on the local device, so if you delete the app, the data goes with it. You don’t need to use the app with location if you don’t want to.
File storage read/write - To be able to save images/videos you’ve taken with some tasks (this is upcoming for an expanded sharing functionality)
Find/use accounts - used for Google Play Games
WiFi connection and disconnection/network access - This can probably be removed, it was a relic from when the built in web browser needed to check if you were on WiFi before automatically loading a page (it now always prompts before loading a page).
Control vibration - For some fun feedback when completing tasks
Some ideas for the future:
- Localization and better support for other currencies
- Lots more tasks
- Some multiplayer element
- Better task submission system
I'm hoping I can take this idea and run with it, expanding it as I go - but I wanted your feedback first! Thanks for checking it out!
Oh, and the Play Store link is here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gadsby.shufflemylife
I like the idea but I think users need more info (may be more screenshots) about app.
Is it global? What about preferences? Why isn't it in Play Store?
It is in the Play Store, but I'm a new user so can't post direct links yet - I'll update it when I can!
It's not localized, if that's what you mean? The app should work anywhere in the world, though currency (I.e. the estimated time it takes to complete a task) is in dollars only at the moment. I'll add an automatic conversion at some point!
I'll add a couple more screenshots, good idea!
I just updated the app with a few fixes, including the ability to opt out of Google Play Games, faster loading times, a new splash screen, and crash bugs resolved. Any other thoughts?
Shuffle My Life on AppHunt
Look what happend to your app
Quite amazing! Let's push it a little more...
jon.hil said:
Look what happend to your app
Quite amazing! Let's push it a little more...
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Wow, that's crazy!
Last night I updated a lot - 1.7 should be a lot smoother, have a look!

[APP][4.1+] talk pseudo - anonymous chat for installed apps, location, interest

As i'm sure others were, I was disappointed to see AppChat go away. I've been working on a much larger scale idea, but figured this could be a good starting point.
talk pseudo is an anonymous chat app that creates rooms based on the apps installed on your device, location, device information, and your interest. While most chat apps (and social media in general) require a login or sign up, I wanted to try a new approach. Everything is anonymous. For each room, you are given a randomly generated ID (and color). These identifiers are also periodically regenerated. While I can't make any guarantees towards the long term direction, I can assure you that the platform of anonymity will ALWAYS be here (looking at the like of yik yak, which started forcing profiles/usernames). While in a given room, you are able to chat as well as optionally attach images to your message.
With talk pseudo you can also add custom rooms, tailored towards your own personal interest. You can add your favorite artist from Spotify, favorite bar from Foursquare, tv shows, or websites and subreddits. All of the rooms can also be toggled. So if you'd like to hide location based rooms, simply select to hide them in the settings. Along with that, if you select to hide location rooms for example, you will also no longer be prompted for location permissions. Everything permission/data wise is used on an AS NEEDED basis.
Available Rooms:
- Apps installed on device
- Device information (model, brand, etc)
- Location information (city, street, etc)
- Network information (Provider, timezone, etc)
- Nearby Foursquare places
- What's trending
- Twitter trends
- Foursquare trending places
- pseudo trending
Available Custom Rooms:
- Spotify
- Foursquare places
- TV Shows
- Reddit / Subreddits
- Websites
An extra feature that I saw people were requesting from AppChat was an "app search" functionality, allowing you to find discussions on apps before you were to buy one for example. talk pseudo has a built in app search, that leverages the created app based rooms. I found this to be the best approach, as this guarantees that there are users for that given app already. But keep in mind, this means not ALL apps will be available, though the list will continue to grow as time goes on.
Please also keep in mind this is in a very early state. I do have a rather large long term plan for features, but I am also looking for as much feedback as I can get. I've found that community driven apps tend to have great outcomes, and i'd love for talk pseudo to take that approach.
That app is now live on Google Play. I will also be publishing talk pseudo to a few other Android app stores here soon. If you do not have the Play Store on your device, I can also get a link up to a direct download. Along those same lines, that app uses but does not require Play Services. Everything should have graceful fallbacks in the event Play Services is not on the device!
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.gopseudo.talkpseudo (or search talk pseudo)
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/CGJ0S
Already some feedback! There will be another build that goes up later tonight that will fix the icons used in the App Shortcuts!
v1.0.0.2 has been pushed up to address some issues when declining location permissions, as well as fix the icons used on the App Shortcuts! Should be live within the next hour or so!
V1.0.0.7 has now gone live!
Changelog:
- Reduced app size
- Can now open apps, websites, and subreddits links from within a room
- Improved Foursquare search
- Improved rooms sorting
- Intro notice
YikYak has returned the option to remain anonymous actually.
Edit: If this takes off, I'm set, lol.
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Soapy! said:
YikYak has returned the option to remain anonymous actually.
Edit: If this takes off, I'm set, lol.
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Yeah Yik Yak has added anonymous post back, but I personally don't trust it will stay that way. I give it 6 months or so before they try and pivot back.
V1.0.0.8 has been pushed out. Just a smaller update this time
Changelog:
- Improved app load times
- Improved room syncing
v1.0.0.9 is live
- Few minor bug fixes
- UI adjustments in chat rooms
v1.0.0.11 is live!
Includes a few minor bug fixes, as well as preparations for the full pseudo launch!
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v1.1.6
- Bug Fixes
- Improved device support

[APP][5.0][ROOT] PrefEdit 2.0 | View & edit Shared Preferences of other apps!

PrefEdit, which started off as an app to help you view and edit Shared Preferences of other apps, has now slowly evolved into a full fledged application info and management app. With the additional capabilities of Shared Preference viewing and editing, it is now one of the most powerful app of its kind.
Features
1. Search - Helps you in searching the app you are looking, and also helps you in searching the preference key that you want to edit.
2. App details - Shows detailed information of an application.
3. Powerful shared preference editor - Lets you view and edit Shared Preferences of other apps.
4. Backup/restore - Local backups of the preference files are made before you save changes, which can later be restored in case something goes wrong.
5. Great UI - Makes use of Google's material design to provide a great user interface and most importantly, a great experience!
OK, so what is this Shared Preference actually?
Shared Preference is an Android framework, that many apps use to persist app specific settings/toggles/data. This data is stored in /data/data/<app package name>/shared_prefs folder in an XML file, which is why root access is needed to access them. Being able to explore them can give a decent idea of what data an app stores, and being able to change them can often enable the users to tweak various features of app (which may not be possible from within the app), and also often let users unlock features that are in testing. Have fun tinkering!
Companion app
Starting Android 11, a companion app is necessary to do the Shared Preference related functions, as in this version, there is a platform restriction that prevents apps from accessing /data/dara/<app package name> of other apps. Which is why the companion app is present to help workaround this restriction. Since the companion app has to target Android 10, it will not be available via Play Store, but it will be available for download from here. PrefEdit app will also prompt you to install it if necessary, but will never install it automatically.
Requirements
1. Root access - Root access is necessary to read and edit preference files. Without root access the app cannot work.
Link - Play Store (Screenshots can be found there)
Official site - PrefEdit
User manual - Link
Finally, an app that does this with good UI. Good job!
Not working, the application is not requist super user permissions
Qutayba Khader said:
Not working, the application is not requist super user permissions
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It should ask when you tap an app for the first time.
It may be possible that it asked but you missed out for some reason. Could you check your superuser/Magisk app and see if root is granted for PrefEdit?
corphish said:
It should ask when you tap an app for the first time.
It may be possible that it asked but you missed out for some reason. Could you check your superuser/Magisk app and see if root is granted for PrefEdit?
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No, it's not in the list
Update: it works after uninstall the app and reboot and installing it again.
Thanks alot, and sorry
PrefEdit v1.0 is here!
PrefEdit 1.0 brings a brand new UI, cool new features and critical bug fixes.
Detailed changelog
New UI - UI of PrefEdit has been re-designed from scratch, keeping a high quality user experience in mind.
Default layout is updated, which will now present useful actions in the form of cards instead of showing all applications by default.
Accessing apps is now only possible through searching. This is done to greatly improve speed of operations as listing all applications took a lot of time.
Since the search functionality is going to be used more than ever, it has been moved to the bottom of the screen for easier access.
To speed things up even more, the app keeps track of recently searched apps and presents them to you in subsequent uses of the app.
In-app update functionality also gets its own card and is much more responsive.
Updated the UI of showing preference keys and values. Preference keys and their corresponding values are now grouped by their types and displayed.
Updated alert dialog button styles.
Preference key searching in all shared preference files of an app - It is now possible to search preference keys across all the preference files of an app, and the search is fast! Simply search the key you want in the section which lists all the preference files of the app, and it will show preference key results as well.
Improved performance in loading preference keys of a file of an app.
Pro features - Introducing pro features, which can be unlocked by an in-app purchase.
Shapes - This unique UI customization lets you choose the shape of various UI elements of the app. Choose from 4 different shapes to suit your taste.
Colorful icons - Lets you choose whether or not to use colorful icons.
Bug fixes -
Fixed searching of newly added preference keys.
Fixed a critical bug which would save only preference keys and values which would be present in search results.
Fixed a crash which would occur after “Remove Ads” was purchased.
Fixed a bug which would show ads even when “Remove Ads” was purchased.
Library updates.
Update is rolling out in stable channels of XDA Labs and Play store.
Thanks!But what this app actually does?
PrefEdit v2.0 changelog​PrefEdit began as an app that lets users view and edit shared preferences of other apps, but slowly it has evolved into a full fledged “Application information” app. With the v2 update, the evolution is complete, and with the original ability of shared preferences viewing/editing, it has now become one of the most powerful apps of its kind.
Changelog​
Detailed info of applications is shown - PrefEdit now shows detailed info about an application (example - information about Minimum SDK, Target SDK, version and more). It also lets you perform the following additional actions.
Visit the system settings page of an application.
Visit the Play Store page of an app (if applicable).
Launch the app (if at all it can be launched).
Launch one of the app's activities directly (needs root access).
Next generation Shared Preference editor - The shared preference editor has been re-written from scratch, which now makes it much easier to visualise the changes and view them.
Shared Preferences are now grouped and shown in different tabs with count.
Bigger view for editing a shared preference entry.
Ability to delete a shared preference entry (both user created and existing ones).
New visual clues for various operations - New entries that are not saved are now marked in green, updated entries are marked in blue, while the deleted entries are marked in red. Once the user saves the changes, these visual clues go away, as they only indicate changes that are not saved.
New revert option that cancels all the unsaved changes and reverts back to the original state.
Multiple methods of restoring backups.
Review option lets the user review the changes that would be brought by the backup. All the visual clues are highlighted for the changes that would be brought by the backup. Once the review is done, users can save the changes to complete the restore.
Direct copy method directly copies the backup file to the app’s shared preference file location. Use this method if you think that there are issues caused when saving preference files with the app.
Restoring backups will automatically revert all the current changes in the session and then proceed with the restore.
For devices running Android 11 and up, a companion app is needed to perform the SharedPreference related operations. PrefEdit will automatically prompt you to download the companion app if you are eligible.
A dedicated user manual has been created which can be accessed at https://avinabadalal.com/products/prefedit/manual.
Brand new user interface - The user interface has also been re-designed from ground up, which is now tile based and more colorful than ever, and is partially inline with the upcoming “Material You” design guidelines (pure coincidence).
Updated about section - About section is updated which now provides the following links.
Data usage which lets the user understand what data is used by the app and how it uses it.
Privacy policy.
User manual.
Option to contact our support handle.
Translations - PrefEdit is now available in Indoesian language.
Performance improvements - Various performance improvements were made to ensure smooth operations.
Long running operations like finding apps and parsing preference files are guaranteed to be running in background, which ensures that the main thread is not blocked and hence no ANRs.
Progress indicators are now placed wherever applicable to indicate a long running background operation.
Improved list rendering performance.
Improved list scrolling performance.
Improved animations for list manipulations. Changes to the list are now shown in a much smoother way with animations.
Improved stability - MVVM architecture which is the recommended approach as per Google is now adopted completely. End result should be much fewer crashes.
Bug fixes - As always, we have fixed some bugs.
Fixed crashes that would be caused when preference entry values would contain illegal characters (from XML point of view). We are now escaping those values as much as possible.
Privacy updates - In this release, we have made changes with regards to privacy to comply with the recommended privacy friendly practices that are recommended by Google.
Storage permission is no longer required to store and read backup files, as they are now stored in app specific directory in shared storage, which is as per best practices for Android.
As a result, we have also removed the “requestLegacyExternalStorage” flag which was earlier necessary to target SDK 29.
Library updates -
Updated AGP to 6.7.
Targets SDK 30 (Android 11). Is clear to target SDK 31 (Android 12) as soon as it is released to the public in Fall 2021.
Uses the latest Kotlin 1.5.0 release.
Uses the newer magisk libsu library for root operations.
Removed from the Play Store?

[CLOSED] Unique App #1: Folder Sync

Hello community!
Google Play Store has millions of apps, and if I have to put a rough estimate, I would say over 70% of them are copy cats, are very poorly designed and offer little value to the user.
What that means for the end user is difficulty in finding a good app. I made a post earlier on the Best Android Apps I have found in several categories over the years.
This post intends to find something unique about an app you use. Please list the app (or apps) that you use which offer something very unique not available in (most) other apps.
Thanks.
Here I'll post a summary of all apps mentioned in comments to make it easier for users to find them.
FolderSync - Apps on Google Play
FolderSync enables easy sync of files between cloud storage and Android devices.
play.google.com
A very basic feature, File Organization, is unfortunately missing in File Manager apps. A lot of file manager apps offer much more than file management, yet they leave out this extremely fundamental aspect about file management.
Folder Sync allows you to create your own set of rules to organize files. This is extremely useful for the Downloads folder which contains several different types of files. Despite 'SEARCH' and 'SORT' features available, it is often helpful to organize files in sub-folders for specific reasons. This app helps do just that.
User can create rules to look for specific file extensions (multiple extensions can be used in a single rule) and move all files that match specified criteria into pre-defined sub-folders. I use it to organize my Downloads folder that contains the following sub-folders: Documents, Archives, Music, Pictures, Videos, Apps.
This is the only app on Google Play Store that does automatic File Organization perfectly well, and this aspect makes it UNIQUE.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Redirect Pro: not available on Play Store and not updated in a long time. It still works well even on Android 11.
2. BFileSync: Available on Play Store but not updated in a long time. Biggest problem with this app is that it changes the timestamps of files, making it unusable. But if that is not important to you, it will get the job done.
You'll find more such unique apps here:
Best Android Apps...
The list presented here is a collection of excellent apps (at the time of writing this) that excel in what they do (and supposed to do). They may or may not fit into the requirements of everyone perfectly. So choose whatever works best for you...
forum.xda-developers.com
Multiling O Keyboard
This app is ridiculously customizable. Unique about this app is DIY layout feature. I can't able find any other app like this easy to make DIY layout. Also no internet permission makes it privacy friendly.
HemanthJabalpuri said:
Multiling O Keyboard
This app is ridiculously customizable. Unique about this app is DIY layout feature. I can't able find any other app like this easy to make DIY layout. Also no internet permission makes it privacy friendly.
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What customizations do you do in a keyboard app?
Hi, may I suggest App Finder?
As far as I know it's the only advanced search engine for Android apps available as an app itself.
(There's the AppBrain app, but this has for example no range filters, and the result list is very basic)
And also if you compare it to web search engine for Android apps (like appagg, appshive, reallyfreeapps, playsearch, play.gqqnbig), it's search operators, many filters, detailed result list with scalable screenshots, flexible UI, and number of indexed apps make it unique.
jake n said:
Hi, may I suggest App Finder?
As far as I know it's the only advanced search engine for Android apps available as an app itself.
(There's the AppBrain app, but this has for example no range filters, and the result list is very basic)
And also if you compare it to web search engine for Android apps (like appagg, appshive, reallyfreeapps, playsearch, play.gqqnbig), it's search operators, many filters, detailed result list with scalable screenshots, flexible UI, and number of indexed apps make it unique.
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Very interesting and unique. I have added it to the Utilities section here.
Unique App #1: MiXplorer
Staying on the topic of file explorers, a few years ago I stumbled on this very app. I have been using it since then. No matter I am rooted or not I use this app daily.
Unique features which I like
- Small package
- Regularly updated
- Ability to download or copy shortcuts in the share menu of Android
- Share local link feature to access files on network (minimum steps required)
- Can play music, videos, pdf and tons of other file formats
- Zip features
- Root explorer
- Add Ons
many more...
Totally functional app
Thank you for taking the time read
peace
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Ability to download or copy shortcuts in the share menu of Android
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Can you elaborate on this?
Mixplorer is a very good file manager with plenty of customisations. But what are some unique features about it that other file managers don't support?
TheMystic said:
Very interesting and unique. I have added it to the Utilities section here.
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thank you!
MOD ACTION:
Thread closed.
@TheMystic
Since you already have a thread HERE, and you also link it in post #7 above, this thread is redundant and hence closed. Please avoid creating multiple threads for discussing apps.

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