Hello all,
I just recently completed my first Android application. I was hoping for some feedback and just thought other may be interested in it. It is a Holo based iTunes remote that was built specifically with Tablets in mind. Best of all, its free!
Features Include:
* Ability to toggle playing/pause, seek in a song, skip forward and backward, set shuffle, and set repeat.
* View all iTunes songs, artists, albums, genres, and composers.
* View and play all iTunes movies, rentals, TV Shows, podcasts, and iTunes U courses.
* View playlists.
* View genius mixes.
* Ability to play music from any of the viewing categories (songs, artists, albums, genres, composers, playlists, genius mixes, and radio).
* Ability to start a genius playlist from the currently playing song.
* Ability to search for music, movies, TV Shows, podcasts, and iTunes U courses.
* Set which iTunes speakers to use and the current volume for any of those speakers.
* Tell iTunes to stream to an Apple TV.
* View album artwork.
* Notification controls.
* Built from the ground up to support both phones and tablets!
Update 12/7/2012 Retune v1.9.0:
Retune is now been updated to fully support iTunes 11! New features for Retune include:
* iTunes 11 Up Next Support. Add songs, albums, artist, genres, composers, and playlists to the Up Next list, as well as, view/remove upcoming songs.
* Lockscreen controls for Android 4.0 and later.
* Ability to select the view that is displayed upon initial connection.
* Bug fixes.
Update 12/28/2012 Retune v2.0.3:
* Updated Icon
* Audiobook support
* Ability to rate songs
* Dark theme (enable in settings)
* Ability to change iTunes volume using your device's physical volume buttons
* Widgets have now been added
* Ability to have Retune pause the currently playing song when a call is received and start playing again once the call finishes (enable in settings)
* Support for MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey and support for AlbumPlayer TouchRemote
* Bug fixes
Update 3/16/2013 Retune v2.5.1:
* Sidebar support for improved navigation
* Shared library support
* Expanded notification support
* Clear segments of Up Next list
* Back button will now only skip back 30 seconds for videos, podcasts, classes, and audiobooks
* Improvements to the large widgets
* Option to hide ratings on Now Playing screen
* More default view options
* Jellybean Lockscreen widget support (turn off lockscreen controls when in use)
* Support for TouchRemote for Foobar2000
* UI improvements
* Bug fixes
Update 7/31/2013 Retune v2.8.5:
* Bug Fixes
* Performance improvements
* UI improvements
* Improved scrollbar accuracy and performance
* MonkeyTunes Play Queue support
* Support for iTunes visualizer
* Ability to clear up next history
* Ability to sort playlist songs (in iTunes 11) and the songs list
* Support for half star ratings
Update 11/9/2013 Retune v3.0.6:
* Bug fixes
* Performance Improvement
* Updating UI
* Volume controls are now in the large widget
* ability to lock screen on
* Support for grid views
* Support for viewing the Now playing artist/album
Requires:
* WIFI for Android device to connect to iTunes.
* Computer running iTunes v10.0 or later, MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey, AlbumPlayer TouchRemote, or TouchRemote for Foobar2000 on the same network as your Android device. Retune has not been tested with any other DACP servers which have not been listed as supported.
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Awesome! I always used to use iPhone as a remote to control iTunes on my MacBook when doing housework and such. Missed that, THANKS!
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Hope both of your enjoy the app!
Ok, this app is entirely OFF THE HOOK! (in a good way). I can't believe how much functionality you squeezed into this app in its first iteration. No other remote remotely has this many features. Controlling podcasts, genius playlists, and the radio, not to mention all videos and rentals? This is something I've been requesting other devs for some time, but no one has been able to figure it out. And, congrats on sticking with the holo theme.
Can I suggest a "dark theme" with more of a "gradient" background? While I like the notification area, any chance of a widget in the near future? How about a setting to determine which area is to be seen upon startup? It seems to default to playlist as of now, but I generally hone in on albums by starting out at the genre level. But, that's just me and my "workflow".
Anyways, congrats on a fantastic start!
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Ok, this app is entirely OFF THE HOOK! (in a good way). I can't believe how much functionality you squeezed into this app in its first iteration. No other remote remotely has this many features. Controlling podcasts, genius playlists, and the radio, not to mention all videos and rentals? This is something I've been requesting other devs for some time, but no one has been able to figure it out. And, congrats on sticking with the holo theme.
Can I suggest a "dark theme" with more of a "gradient" background? While I like the notification area, any chance of a widget in the near future? How about a setting to determine which area is to be seen upon startup? It seems to default to playlist as of now, but I generally hone in on albums by starting out at the genre level. But, that's just me and my "workflow".
Anyways, congrats on a fantastic start!
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Thanks for the complements on Retune. Glad you enjoy it. I had been working on it for quite a long time and decided it was time to share it. Everyone seems to have been enjoying it quite a bit. It has been quite rewarding.
Also thank you for the requests. I am actually currently working on a widget. It should be in my next release, I'm hoping to have that out in a month or two, it all depends on how much of my time my job will take up. Been many late nights lately.
I have also received a bunch of requests for a dark theme. I'm am by no means a graphic artist, so I need to look into what I can do with my icons. Hopefully I can figure something out.
A default view upon launching the app is also very doable. I'll see what I can do about that. Should be pretty easy.
iTunes 11 has pretty much broken iTunes remote apps.
As you may have realized by now, iTunes 11 with its new "UP NEXT" behaves much differently when you select a song to play from the remote app in terms of populating the new "up next" list.
When you select a song within an album OR when selecting the "play all" menu item to the right of an album in the album list, the "up next" list gets populated with the first song you select, followed by songs in alphabetical order from a list containing every possible song in your entire collection, and NOT those in the actual album.
Were you aware of this issue and do you have an update in the works? It looks like Hyperfine has already updated to requiring iTunes 11. Thanks again for your great app!
floepie said:
As you may have realized by now, iTunes 11 with its new "UP NEXT" behaves much differently when you select a song to play from the remote app in terms of populating the new "up next" list.
When you select a song within an album OR when selecting the "play all" menu item to the right of an album in the album list, the "up next" list gets populated with the first song you select, followed by songs in alphabetical order from a list containing every possible song in your entire collection, and NOT those in the actual album.
Were you aware of this issue and do you have an update in the works? It looks like Hyperfine has already updated to requiring iTunes 11. Thanks again for your great app!
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Floepie,
I am aware of the issues with Retune and iTunes 11. Thanks for letting me know about the issue. I have been working long and hard every night after work to bring support of iTunes 11 to Retune.
So for a status update this is where I am at: I have fixed all problems Retune had with iTunes 11. I did have to change somethings here and there due to Apples changes; however, overall all the features Retune had before are still there. I have also added iTunes 11 Up Next support as well. You will be able to add tracks, albums, songs, artists, genres, and composers to the Up Next list; as well as, view/remove songs from the Up Next list. I have also added some smaller non-iTunes 11 features as well. More features will be coming after my update as well. Right now, all I have left to do is more testing to make sure nothing else is broken. I am also keeping full iTunes 10 support. Everything Retune did with iTunes 10 will still work after the update to Retune. So Retune will still only require iTunes 10 and later.
As for a time frame for my update with the fixes. I believe that within 48 hours of this post, you should see an update for Retune with the fixes. So not too much longer you will need to wait for an update.
Hope that answers all your questions. Let me know if you have any more.
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Floepie,
Hope that answers all your questions. Let me know if you have any more.
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OK, why aren't you charging for this app?
floepie said:
OK, why aren't you charging for this app?
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This is something I get from my friends and family all the time. There are actually multiple reasons why I decided to give Retune out for free. The biggest reason is mainly a social experiment for me. I have seen many other developers using donations as a way to gain money and I always wondered how much they actually got. I heard that for games it can work quite well, so I decided to try it out myself (Retune not being a game being a totally different ballgame ). Overall, I like the concept of giving an app for free with donations. If someone can't pay for the app they are still able to use it and others are able to give what they feel the app is worth. It is interesting to see how much people feel an app is worth. Overall, it has been a very enlightened experience.
My second biggest reason is that Retune is my first Android app. I really only have two Android devices to play with so I wasn't sure how the app would work on others. I have heard many Android developers complain about the overall fragmentation of Android so it made me worried. I figured if I put the app up for free most people would be more willing to accept problems on their specific device. It seems that many people haven't experienced problems, so overall, my original concern really wasn't an issue. Retune seems to be doing just fine on other Android devices, which is great. Another learning experience for me.
Third, since there were/are many other iTunes remote apps for pay, I wasn't sure if people would be willing to pay for another. I was hoping to get some good exposure, so I decided to leave Retune as free.
Such a simple question, yet a very big answer.
I was searching for an itunes remote on the market, had to go through a few pages before I got to retune but my word was it worth it! Its fast, good looking and works perfectly - fantastic!
Can't believe this hasn't had more recognition, definitely deserves it - a must have for anyone who uses itunes!
Continuing to love this app here, and just stepping in to give a couple user improvement suggestions.
1. Is there a way you could add some sort of "library" button to the 'now playing' screen, which would bring the user immediately all the way back to the default view, as set in the settings? For me, I always find it most convenient to drill down into finding an album or song by starting at genre --> artist --> album --> song. So, in order to go back to the top, I need to hit back 4 times. I know, first world problems, right?
2. The genres list view is inconsistent with the other views (artists, albums, etc) where the genres are grouped by their first letter, whereas all other lists are not grouped. Perhaps you had used grouping for other lists too at one time and decided against it after all and didn't remove the grouping from the genres view? It seems to me at least that the genres view would be the least in need of any grouping. I would prefer no grouping, but, if you like it, what can I say?
Thanks again for a great app.
floepie said:
Continuing to love this app here, and just stepping in to give a couple user improvement suggestions.
1. Is there a way you could add some sort of "library" button to the 'now playing' screen, which would bring the user immediately all the way back to the default view, as set in the settings? For me, I always find it most convenient to drill down into finding an album or song by starting at genre --> artist --> album --> song. So, in order to go back to the top, I need to hit back 4 times. I know, first world problems, right?
2. The genres list view is inconsistent with the other views (artists, albums, etc) where the genres are grouped by their first letter, whereas all other lists are not grouped. Perhaps you had used grouping for other lists too at one time and decided against it after all and didn't remove the grouping from the genres view? It seems to me at least that the genres view would be the least in need of any grouping. I would prefer no grouping, but, if you like it, what can I say?
Thanks again for a great app.
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Floepie,
In response to 1: I believe I could add a way to jump back to the library view. I'll add it to my to do list. I will need to figure out where to place it as I am running out of menu space .
In response to 2: I was trying to follow what the Apple Remote app does. There are a couple places where groupings are done by their first letter, this being genres, composers, and all songs view (only on phones). I've been thinking about grouping in more places to be more consistent. I've just had more pressing features and bugs to work on for now, so it has been pretty low priority. Do you not like the groupings be letter or do you just not like it being consistent everywhere?
Hope you continue to enjoy my app!
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Floepie,
In response to 1: I believe I could add a way to jump back to the library view. I'll add it to my to do list. I will need to figure out where to place it as I am running out of menu space .
In response to 2: I was trying to follow what the Apple Remote app does. There are a couple places where groupings are done by their first letter, this being genres, composers, and all songs view (only on phones). I've been thinking about grouping in more places to be more consistent. I've just had more pressing features and bugs to work on for now, so it has been pretty low priority. Do you not like the groupings be letter or do you just not like it being consistent everywhere?
Hope you continue to enjoy my app!
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It's great. Can't believe why you haven't gotten more followers.
1. Well, if you wanted to implement it, you could either stick it in as an additional item behind the 3 dot menu at the bottom of the now playing screen {"back to library"). Or, better yet, you could move the 3 dot menu to the upper right hand of the screen (where it's generally found more often) and replace it with a "library button" icon. That way, you can maintain the clean look.
2. Ah, I see the pattern. Grouping is only present in text-only lists. Cool. For me, it matters extremely little. I'd have a slight preference for without grouping in the genres list, as the list is probably very short for most people I'm willing to guess.
Thanks again.
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It's great. Can't believe why you haven't gotten more followers.
1. Well, if you wanted to implement it, you could either stick it in as an additional item behind the 3 dot menu at the bottom of the now playing screen {"back to library"). Or, better yet, you could move the 3 dot menu to the upper right hand of the screen (where it's generally found more often) and replace it with a "library button" icon. That way, you can maintain the clean look.
2. Ah, I see the pattern. Grouping is only present in text-only lists. Cool. For me, it matters extremely little. I'd have a slight preference for without grouping in the genres list, as the list is probably very short for most people I'm willing to guess.
Thanks again.
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I think I'll get more followers in time. Word of mouth for it has spread slowly but surely. Since my app is free I haven't done any advertisement other than trying to use social web sites to spread word about it. I plan on submitting Retune to a couple Android review sites too soon. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they decide to review it and give me a good review. :fingers-crossed:
1. Thanks for the feedback. It seemed like Google recomended to move the 3 dots to the lower half of the screen. At least that is how it seemed in their docs. That is why I moved it down there. I'll play around and see what I can figure out.
2. For me the Genres list is actually rather large. I do listen to many different types of music so that doesn't help
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Updated original post to include Retune 2.8.5 information.
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thanks dev.
this is a really good app. I gave it a quick whirl and it functioned like the remote for my imac. Interface is great and best of all its free...
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thanks dev.
this is a really good app. I gave it a quick whirl and it functioned like the remote for my imac. Interface is great and best of all its free...
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You're welcome. Glad you like it!
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Hi, I just released a London public transit journey planner app - Pubtran London. You'll find it on the Market. Can you try it and give some feedback?
FEATURES
Intelligent autocomplete with all London stops / stations
Easy to use and neat interface
...more coming later, this is the first version
This is based on my "Pubtran" app (journey planner for Czech Republic, #4 top rated on appbrain.com). I want to create versions for more cities / countries in the future, if you are a developer willing to cooperate on this, please let me know. I'm working on making it really easy for developers to add support for other public transit networks.
Hi there,
Just installed the program. I am guessing the lack of stations is because it is still in beta.
I like the interface, simple is nice.
However, I get constant FC on my Samsung Galaxy i9000. So i cannot fully test the program .
@benG1
Thanks for trying it! What stations are missing and when do you get the FCs? I know that when you enter a station that is not in the autocomplete list, it usually crashes.
I will fix that obviously but I think that users would rarely enter the whole station manually - they would select it from the autocomplete (if it's there of course).
BTW are you from London?
Oh wait my bad. All stations are there. Just only the stations beginning with a are shown in dropdown box with no input into search box which is what confused me.
Fc's when i click find journey...
And yes i am from London but in newcastle at the moment.
Hope this helps.
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The newest version from the Market should fix some crashing issues.
But there is still one bug - it crashes when you enter stop name that contains apostrophe (').
I was asking if you are from London to find out if nearest stop suggestions are working but now I know it doesn't...
Just downloaded the new one.
For some reason, even though I am in Newcastle it gave me my 2 nearest stations back home... whether or not that is because I put in my station last time.
But gave me the correct route, just some buses came up as D...what does that mean? Rail replacement?
Otherwise, gives good routes and such. Looking good, potential app for me to use at home
The stops are sorted based on several factors - previous use, time of previous use, importance (tube stations are more importnt than bus stops) and geo distance. So the 2 were suggested because you used them previously.
What is bus D - I don't know too , probably replacement.
Looking good then, just the apostrophe issue and i say good to go! Loving the simplistic theme so please dont change .
Simplicity is one of my top priorities, so you don't need to worry
But I guess it'll take some time before final release is ready - there are still some minor issues and I want to add some features (search options, add to calendar etc).
Definitely has more stations than any other existing app on the market.
The interface is very simple, which I like, but it takes time to realise what means what. I mean like how the transfers are marked, etc. Maybe you could include some help with the app or starting overview.
And the only visual bug I've noticed on my Nexus One is that if the station name is too long, it goes under delete button and looks a bit messy. I think the button should have a white background, so that it hides text under it.
@Karolis
How should I modify (or completely change) the results to be more understandable? Also please have a look here: hhttp://ui.stackexchange.com/q/2270/1565
The visual bug - it will be fixed in the final version.
Any other feedback is always welcomed!
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I think the results are easy to understand imho.
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I don't think you should necessarily change anything. It's just that I was used to some other apps, and it took a good couple looks to get used to this one, but when I did, I just love the simplicity.
What I'd like to see in this app is a bit more advanced planning options, so that I could exclude some modes of transportation. So let's say I want to travel only by bus, I should exclude everything else.
@Karolis
Search options are definitely coming in the future (departure/arrival time, modes of transport - bus/tube/tram/... etc). I'll probably leave the layout unchanged for now.
Nice, but needs more functionality
I like it, but it could do with some more functionality.
Likes:
Nice clean interface
Ability to see the endpoint of transit
Could do with:
Ability to record home and bookmark other destinations
Ability to get geolocation
Transit maps
One of the other London transit apps I use is London Journey, which offers a lot more to me than something like this to be honest.
@adesweb
Ability to record home and bookmark other destinations - I don't think this is needed. The autocomplete dropdown suggests stops that you have used before.
Ability to get geolocation - This is not working for some reason, I can't test that as I'm not from London...
Transit maps - I will add that sometimes.
London Journey app - I hope my app will be better eventually
New version on the market:
* Option to choose departure or arrival time
* New icon
* Minor visual changes
* Nearest stops suggestions should work now
* Improved stops list
* Fixed crash with stops, that contain apostrophe
What should be in the next release?
Downloaded the new version.
Not a fan of the new icon, but minor details.
Like the new journey interface, looks nice and still easy to read. Apostrophe crash sorted on my phone too.
Next release, choose bus or train, direct route/fastest route/less congested route etc? Dont go through station or dont use certain transport ^_^
Try version 1.0 from the Market. What's new:
* Advanced search options
* Route details with traffic disruptions
* New icon (again)
* Visual changes
* All National Rail stations in the UK included
* You can enter postcodes as departure / arrival
I think it's the best app for journey planning now
Any feedback is appreciated.
Welcome to Saiy... Install - Mod edit: Broken DL link removed.
For those of you visiting this thread as subscribers to utter! you'll know the history well. A promising release, active development and then silence..... Please accept my apologies - if you don't know that 'sometimes life gets in the way' then you are the envy of most.
A bit of history for you...
To cut a half-decade-long story short, the Fragmentation of Android ground this project to a halt. When I first demoed my creation to the world, I had visions of knocking it up on Android and then focusing on how it functioned in the background. I was about to drown myself in machine learning to bring my vision to life. Job done? Well no...
It turned out that developing an app that covered almost every function available on an Android device (I refuse to say 'phone' - it's not 1983!) , was a job for 1,000+ developers, not just a lonesome one such as I, on a 10 year old Dell laptop - and each time a new update to Android was released, I huddled in a corner and wept, as I waited for the crash reports and 1* ratings to roll in.
It turns out that bugs aren't only specific to Android versions. You multiply that by Manufacturers messing with builds - and devices running multiple versions and then even the Locale of the device causing crashes and you end up with 12,000+ supported devices exponentially multiplied by all other eventualities as your user base.
I drowned... And my (in hindsight) naive plans of master AI'ery, whilst users enjoyed playing with it on Android, dropped down to the bottom of my to-do list. Things had to change.
I decided to shut myself away in a dark room to completely rewrite the Android code, so that it was both readable and scalable; despite its complexity. Rumours flew that I had died - and in some ways, I did....
Not really ^ that just felt justifiably dramatic! :cyclops:
So, utter! is reborn as Saiy® and Open Sourced, so it may have a chance of competing with the big boys, before they run away with all of our private data and souls, in order to use their services...
Install Saiy from the Play Store - here
Note - a direct download link will appear here shortly!
You can get involved by checking out the Development Section in the app, or alternatively, if you're a curious Android Developer, check out the base code published on GitHub here
The code base is pretty large, so briefly, there are two major classes in the app, that direct and distribute work elsewhere:
SelfAware is the main Foreground Service, responsible for managing the application state and channelling voice recognition, text to speech and other API requests.
Quantum is the main processing class, where commands are locally resolved (if required), sensibility checked and actioned.
Understanding the above two classes is essential to following the flow of the full application logic.
MyLog is a global verbose logging toggle. When enabled, the output will flow class to class, as well as display durations for time sensitive functions.
The following remains for the sake of me needing some sleep and posterity
About this thread
Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone for the positive feedback and encouragement and the huge amount of messages I’ve received on YouTube, email, twitter, G+ and here on XDA volunteering to be involved in beta testing. It’s very much appreciated and I apologise that I cannot respond to them all. Please take this intro as a thank you.
This thread is for your open discussion about utter! and the features you'd like to see included, so please feel free to throw your ideas back and forth (be nice to each other) and I’ll do my best to keep up with them when I have time.
About utter!
Unlike other voice applications, utter! will be configurable to the user, enabling you to assign spoken keywords to use the functionality of your favourite applications or make system related changes to your device. There's no cumbersome overlay or launching of another application to use the features, utter! sits in the background ready to be activated, whenever you want, without interrupting whatever you are doing.
Which applications will initially be compatible?
The more interest I can demonstrate in utter! the more likely your favourite application developer will want to make their functionality available to use. The purpose of the YouTube video and this thread is to get their attention and create a more functional first beta release.
I’m a developer and I'd like features of my application to be utter! compatible.
Please contact me to discuss how our applications can work together.
FAQs
Q) Will an offline speech engine be built in?
A) I hope so. I'm waiting to see what features of Google Now are made available to developers
Q) What languages will it be available in?
A) At first, English only. Once I have the framework functioning correctly, I can turn my attention to translations (thank you for the messages I’ve received offering translation help).
Q) Will it use natural speech recognition?
A) Over time it will, but in the testing stages commands will be more structured. As my algorithms develop, so will the application's ability to recognise exactly what you want.
For the conversation mode I’m really up against it. I’m almost trying to reinvent the wheel knowing that Google are no doubt sitting on a very advanced algorithm purposely for this… They are more than welcome to allow me to use it…
Q) How much is utter! going to cost when it’s out of beta?
A) I don’t know as yet. Not more than a couple of dollars... I just need to make sure that whatever the price, it's more than worth it.
Q) Which speech engine does it use?
A) In the video I used IVONA beta (available on the Market here). This option is configurable so you can use a free or premium engine of your choice.
Q) Google’s Project Majel will no doubt surpass this application. Why are you bothering?
A) Perhaps.. It remains to be seen the direction Google take and whether their focus will be too much in the interest of nudging you towards Google services, rather than providing an open and configurable voice integrated assistant.
For example: If you assign ‘Save Battery’ to a command, on detection utter! could go ahead and minimise your brightness level and screen time-out, turn off (or restrict) all data connections, set your device to GSM only, turn off vibrate functions and screen animations, underclock and undervolt your CPU (requires root) etc etc.. Is that what you expect from Majel? Personally, I don’t… [Update - I think I was right about this!]
Q) How do I register to beta test!?
A) Hang around this thread – thank you.
Q) The icon you used in the video for utter! was lame!
A) Yes! I just borrowed the inbuilt icon for now. If you think you can design a better one, please feel free! Maximum respect (at the very least) from the first post is offered in return!
Q) Can you adapt Siri to do these things please?
A) I honestly have had these requests – I’m afraid that’s not going to be possible now… or in the near/far future /ever…
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Wave-to-wake
+ many more features added! Please see the command list in the app for details.
Changed to foreground application with permanent notification to stop Android killing it!
V2.2.4A RELEASED
Skype fixed
FC's fixed on some commands
Speed increases
Added troubleshooting menu
Changed icon display
Enabled background test code (hidden).
V2.2.1A RELEASED
Code and UI revamp.
Converted to pre-beta background app
Usage details in the application.
V2.1.9.1A RELEASED
MASSIVE CHANGES!
Simply too many to list...
All details in the app
V2.1.0A RELEASED
Mobile data
Twitter
Facebook
Contacts (algorithm test)
Dropped 2.1 compatibility
Fahrenheit added to weather
Initialisation tweaked
Custom listener tweaked
Button labels and Loquendo sample now family friendly :eek:
HUGE code rebuild
V2.0.1A RELEASED
Tasker integration!
World Weather
Custom Listener test
Long-press-search integration
Loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
Fixed Weather and Time force closes on 2.1 & 2.2 devices
V1.9A RELEASED
Root-functions fixed
Tablet compatibility fixed
Errors when no recogniser fixed
Loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
V1.7A RELEASED
Root-functions included!
FIXED - Recogniser button errors
Loads and loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
V1.6A RELEASED
World-Time included
FIXED 'unknown' Bluetooth state message.
Loads and loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
V1.5A RELEASED
Bluetooth voice control test included
FIXED the V1.4A 4.0.3 ICS crash
FIXED FC on back button from config tab
FIXED FC when closing app
FIXED FC for Galaxy Nexus TTS settings
FIXED leaked Receiver
Loads and loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
V1.4A RELEASED
WiFi voice control test included
Loads of bug fixes and code improvements.
V1.3A - RELEASED
Fixed FC on Config Tab
V1.2A - RELEASED
Release version 'jumped' to match Play Store
Totally rewritten UI code
Totally rewritten engine logic
Prevented override of localised English voice
Added test contact loader
Intro changed to audio file
Option to record output to sdcard for translation help
So much else that I've forgotten...
V0.0.1A - RELEASED
Long presses for association are not functional yet
BUGS
Code:
IVONA registers itself in error, even if it may actually work. A full uninstall and reinstall of the IVONA files is required.
Buttons don't reactivate occasionally after utterance - 'utterance' code depreciated.
Weather and Time API's are useless for USA State searches. Need to change provider.
utter! stable version is available from Google Play here.
Saiy stable version is available from Google Play here.
Latest test releases can be found in my more recent posts
Looks like a really promising app!! Subscribed..
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Looks amazing
Cant wait to try this, am a lot on the road so can use this app.
Keep up the amazing work
subscribed! looking forward to this, it appears to be a much better solution than anything currently available. thanks for your hard work and determination.
Brandall - I congratulate you on what appears to be an amazing product. Would it be possible to navigate certain applications via voice? As an example, is something like this feasible: "Utter - scroll down 25%" to scroll down 25% of the way while viewing a web page in a browser, for instance?
Also, what about controlling a desktop computer via a Windows application/plug-in?
Brandall, this app looks amazing. In 4+ years of XDA'ing, I just hit subscribe for the first time. Can't wait to try it out. Do you have a twitter we can follow you at? Maybe @utter! or the likes.
Can't wait to try it out
Amazing looking app! Definently waiting to dl this asap
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Can't wait to try this app out have not been that impressed with the other similar apps.
This one looks slick.
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Looking forward to trying this out. Sounds like it will be better than what I have seen so far.
Awesome app, need someone to beta test, im ready, just shoot me a pm, subscribed for the first time btw
Looks amazing....
This looks absolutely incredible, I cannot wait to take it for a test drive.......Great work.
"Q) Google’s Project Majel will no doubt surpass this application. Why are you bothering?
A) Perhaps.. It remains to be seen the direction Google take and whether their focus will be too much in the interest of nudging you towards Google services, rather than providing an open and configurable voice integrated assistant."
One of my favorite aspects of Android over iOS is simply choices like this. Majel could very well have aspects that surpass this app and utter! will probably have aspects that surpass Majel - ultimately whichever works best for you personally is the one to go with.
Cant wait to try this when its ready
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utter!
This sounds utter!y amazing... I am staying tuned!
Subscribed
One of the most promising apps I've seen in awhile....can't wait to try it.
Roland Deschain said:
Brandall - I congratulate you on what appears to be an amazing product. Would it be possible to navigate certain applications via voice? As an example, is something like this feasible: "Utter - scroll down 25%" to scroll down 25% of the way while viewing a web page in a browser, for instance?
Also, what about controlling a desktop computer via a Windows application/plug-in?
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Thank you. When offline recognition is available it opens the door to many more mundane speech controlled functions. As it stands at the moment, implementing such commands would be more of a gimmick and wouldn't be quicker or save time/effort..
jirafabo said:
Brandall, this app looks amazing. In 4+ years of XDA'ing, I just hit subscribe for the first time. Can't wait to try it out. Do you have a twitter we can follow you at? Maybe @utter! or the likes.
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Good to know thank you twitter, g+ links in my signature below - I think they work!
Brandall:
I cannot tell you how impressed I am with your creativity, skills and vision in developing Utter! When I viewed the video last week I was in awe; brilliant, incredibly brilliant.
I would be thrilled to assist you in beta testing Utter!
I eagerly look forward to this app.
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Can't wait to try it out
I think I've got a good one for y'all!
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"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"
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Cast Controller | Webvideos to Chromecast and FireTV
In a nutshell, Cast Controller is a tiny Browser, which detects emedded videos in webpages and lets you cast them directly to your TV with a single Tap.
Even if the UI looks like made by an 12-years-old, this little bastard excels in supplying your FireTV or AndroidTV with videos aside of the official offerings of Google and Amazon.
Unlike similar apps, Cast Controller gets the video directly from the Browser after the site has been loaded completely and therefore handles a huge variety of video players and -sites.
For the "enduser-oriented", official description, please refer to the App's Micropage. If you wan't the XDA-version, continue reading
Features
Watch almost every video on the Web on your TV via Amazon FireTV or a Google Cast-enabled Device.
No need for any additional companion- or receiver-app on your TV.
Handles a huge variety of video players and -sites (see below for more information), even if videos are asynchronously loaded.
Working seamlessly with sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitch and Vimeo, as well as almost every video your phone's Browser would play too.
Control video playback from your phone, including easy seeking in long videos with the recently added progress bar.
Browser with Favorites management, Autocomplete and search powered by Duckduckgo.
Advanced Browser features like Desktop mode, Browsing history and disabling Javascript or Cookies (PRO only - free via XDA).
Integrated AdBlocker and Tracking Protection for unrooted phones, safely preventing you from most annoying ads and malicious redirects (PRO only - free via XDA).
Play your last watched videos directly, without having to re-visit the page (PRO only - free via XDA).
Completely Ad-Free (PRO only - free via XDA).
Now even more convenient!
You can cast to other devices like Smart TVs or Game Consoles now by sending the video to third party apps like AllCast, BubbleUPnP or LocalCast.
Open links directly from your favourite Browser or any other app with Share-functionality in Cast Controller.
New built-in Popup Blocker for both Free and PRO Version.
Share or copy the link of found videos, to do whatever you want with it
Build a playlist of videos (PRO only - free via XDA).
How to use
That's pretty simple either:
Connect your phone or tablet to the same WiFi-Network your FireTV or Cast-Device is on.
Available devices will pop up in the Toolbar in the top right corner. Choose a device you want to play on. If you don't see any devices, please check your connection.
Visit the page where your video is located. You can type an URL or a search term into the input field.
Tap the video and start it in the browser to get it recognized. If a video was found, the Action Button turns orange. Tap the Button to start playing on your TV.
??? (it may take some time for the FireTV/Chromecast to buffer the video, especially if it's a bigger one)
Profit - enjoy
There is also a nice Video by GadgetHacks on how to use it:
Get PRO-version for free, exclusively on XDA
Unfortunately, my friends are not that tech-savvy, most of them don't even know what a Chromecast is and prefer cable-TV over Netflix & Amazon Video.
So I give away 100 free Promo Codes for the Pro-Version, exclusivly here on XDA Just post a reply and I will send you a coupon asap (usually within a day).
Please notice that I can only supply you with a free PRO-Version if you get the app from Google Play, Amazon does not offer that kind of promotions.
Where to get
Cast Controller is available via Google Play or Amazon App Store.
If you like it, please post a nice review and/or tell your friends, it has been recently downvoted by people who didn't knew how to use it... Maybe it's usage is not that self-explaining, I'm working on that...
Supported sites, Limitations
First, let's see which sites are already tested working:
Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram, Twitch, Vid.me, Clipfish, Veoh, Chip.de Video
Additionally, every site using standard HTML5 video players or an actual version of JW Player
Most "grey area" video streaming sites, like Streamcloud, Vidzi and you name it
Most big adult Tube-sites
Confirmed broken:
Twitter and Vine - videos are broken in the browser, probly due to a bug in Android's built-in WebView --> trying to fix this!
Dailymotion and MyVideo, couldn't figure that out yet --> trying to fix this!
Youtube - had to remove support, as Google rejects the App otherwise.
Amazon Video, Hulu and Netflix, for obvious, DRM-related reasons
ANY kind of Flash-videos (again, for obvious reasons)
The browser itself imposes some natural limitations as well:
The Desktop mode is limited to sites that are actually using seperate Desktop/Mobile versions. So called "Responsive" sites (like XDA) adapt solely on basis of your device's screen size and can therefore not be changed.
If you tinker to much with the settings (Cookies, Javascript, AdBlock, Desktop-mode,...), videos might not be recognized as the page lacks the ability to properly display them.
Help me with Translations
Cast Controller is currently available in English, German and Spanish - if you speak another one and are motivated to translate ~40 short clauses, you'd do me a huge favor!! Just PM me or leave a post.
Naturally, I'll give you credit in the Changelog (here and in the Stores) and mention you on the Startpage (unless you explicitly don't want me to).
Roadmap
Upcoming features in the next Releases:
Adding support for Vine, Twitter, Dailymotion, MyVideo
I'm open for further suggestions, just leave a post
Further improve DLNA-support --> removed with 1.10 due to performance issues and limited functionality. I'm planning to do an own App on this, which is tailored to the specific requirements of that protocol
Already done:
DLNA, via third party apps like BubbleUPnP, AllCast & Co. --> new in 1.13
Autocomplete for URL input --> done, 1.7
On first start, the app needs some time to be set up. Instead of the blank white screen, I'll include a nice splash screen. --> done, 1.7
Experimental DLNA-support added --> done, 1.8, removed in 1.10
Open HTTP-links from other Apps (via Share) directly in the app --> done, v1.8
Improved Video Detection to find Videos embedded in iframes --> done, v1.8
Donations
Erm... no thanks, I think I'm fine, seriously I don't want to make a fast buck with you, that's why I'm giving it away for free here. I developed this app because I had a certain need no other app could fulfill.
However, you can help me: If you like it, please tell your friends about it and give me a good review. If not, please contact me or post your feedback here to improve it.
Any feedback appreciated!
Changelog
1.14 (12.01.2017)
Finally made embedded videos fully accessible!
+ open embedded Videos in Browser, if they aren't recognized by the app
* some minor, but helpful improvements
1.13 (11.12.2016)
Watch out for this! We've added a bunch of functionality
+ open, play or cast found videos with any other App on your phone
+ added Playlist function to store your favourite videos (PRO only)
+ added a notification with playback controls
+ share video URLs
+ copy video URL to clipboard
+ open found videos in browser
+ added Android Nougat Multi-Window support
* URL input expands now for easier typing
* added new AdBlock Hosts-file links
* a bunch of improvements under the hood
1.12 (27.11.2016)
Browser Improvements
* added Popup Blocker to prevent rouge Ad-Redirects (Free & PRO!)
* improved browsing experience on single page apps like Vimeo.com
* some other minor improvements
# fixed many crashes
1.11 (02.09.2016)
Reducing Annoyance
# fixed annoying crash in Free Version
# fixed annoying bug with Chromecast first-time-use
# fixed another 2 minor bugs
* Added Spanish translations (special thanks to @Antieco)
* updated Amazon Fling SDK to 1.3.0
1.10 (19.08.2016)
One for the performance!
~ improved overall performance - it starts quicker, gets stuck les, is more reactive and smoother to use
- removed experimental DLNA-support to maintain compatibility to older devices
1.9 (13.08.2016)
Big Bug Sweeping!
+ added support for ChromeOS incl. old Chromebooks
* updated English localization (special thanks to @NP from XDA)
# fixed crashes with Google Cast and Amazon Fling
# fixed issues with URL Autocomplete
# fixed crashes on KitKat
# fixed bug in sending feedback
# fixed DLNA/UPnP finding unproper devices (experimental - PRO only!)
# improved performance in many ways
1.8 (02.08.2016)
Better a big one!
+ Open links from other app's Share-Function directly
+ Improved Video Detection to find Videos embedded in iframes (that's some!)
+ Added experimental DLNA/UPnP-Support
# Bunch of small fixes
1.7 (30.07.2016)
The "unloved by Google"
+ Added Autocomplete to URL Input for a faster browsing experience
+ Added Splashscreen, following the Android Development Patterns
- Ouch... Artificially removed Youtube support, as Google rejects the App otherwise. Still works if you get it via Amazon App Store!
1.6 (15.07.2016)
New & Improved!
* Added support for Instagram, Vimeo and Vid.me
* Improved AdBlocker
* Decreased the number of ads in the Free Version
* Usability tweaks
1.5 (28.06.2016)
Here we go!
* Added progressbar in controls for easy seeking in long videos
* Improved video detection algorithm to support even more sites
* Improved support for live streams (HLS)
1.4 (24.05.2016)
Thanks for the Crash Reports guys, I managed to fix all but one, which is already reported to the Google Cast team.
1.3 (26.04.2016)
Set Adblock enabled if it was enabled before (Pro), removed unnecessary Bluetooth permission, further improved Tablet version
1.2 (18.04.2016)
Fixed issues with Amazon App Store
1.1 (15.04.2016)
Integrated Crash-Reporting, changed faulty Icons on Tablet
1.0 (14.04.2016)
Hello World, it's Cast Controller! Everything fits and is working, let's roll!
News and Updates
11.12.2016: 1.13 is released officially, bringing new magic to the app - check the Changelog for more info! Also, I've added another 20 promo codes, so if you want to check it out, now's the opportunity to
01.12.2016: Next release is going to be huge, I'm almost wetting my pants
27.11.2016: Version 1.12 is available on the Beta-Channel on Google Play
21.09.2016: It became a bit more quiet in the last weeks. Since the last 3 Releases contained mostly Bugfixes, Crash-Reports are coming only on rare occasions by now. That's a good thing
01.09.2016: 1.11 will be available in Stores officially within the next 24h. If you are haunted by some crashes, this should fix them
28.08.2016: There seems to be an annoying bug in 1.10 affecting a bunch of people with Free Version (I get Crash Reports every day for this ) I'm going to do another update next week, which will also fix a couple of other minor issues and introduce Spanish translation (special thanks to @Antieco !!!) but it has to be tested well first.
20.08.2016: Pushed another update (1.10) to tackle performance issues
13.08.2016: Version 1.9 is coming to the App Stores, featuring a bunch of bug- und crash-fixes. You should definitively get this one!!
05.08.2016: I'm doing a boooring bugfix release for 1.9 - but only since I did quite a lot there - during the next week.
But I ran out of interesting ideas for features. DLNA really sucks since I' haven't got any proper devices to test on (best would be one ore more SmartTVs...I've got a FireTV, so I never needed this ) - That's why further development is painfull.
Could you guys think of any feature that would improve your Cast Controller-Experience? Just please dont say Roku...
Best suggestions will be implemented in 1.10 !
04.08.2016: Cast Controller is back on Google Play!!!
03.08.2016: found the bug and begging Google on my knees to re-enable the app. Otherwise, I'd have to do a new package name, and everybody would have to re-install and re-buy the "new" App without even knowing there is one as i didn't do push notifs
02.08.2016: Google kicked me out of Play Store, even there's no sign of YT-support. Maybe I have to re-submit the whole app, so only Amazon Appstore for now...
01.08.2016: Google keeps rejecting the 1.7 release even after I ripped out Youtube-support. It will take another couple of days to get in contact with the right people...
31.7.2016: had to artificially remove Youtube support from App, as Google screwed me for this - so next Release won't bring YT to your TV anymore However, Amazon doesn't care about that kind of stuff, so I implemented this ridicolous "barrier" only for the GooglePlay-Release - via Amazon Appstore it will continue supporting Youtube.
29.7.2016: just finished 2 features from the roadmap and already started DLNA-support (first only as experimental feature), new Release 1.7 is coming soon to App Stores near you
not a single one? that's sad
is the idea so bad? I use it almost every day...
This is an awesome idea! I can't wait to try it out! Thank you for taking the time!
Thanks for the encouraging words guys @NP unfortunately can't send you PM, let me know if I can deliver you a code otherwise as well
This is pretty cool concept. I'll be testing on some less known sites.
Just bought a Chromecast and I was looking for something like this, so far it worked with every site that I tried, thank you! :good:
@savvymatthew @Zakeke @NP thanks for your testing efforts, please keep me updated if you experience anything odd! Coupon codes are out already
Looks pretty cool, can I get a pro please?
@coolcapnc it's in your inbox would you mind leaving a review on Google Play if you like it?
Can you plz share a code, if available...???
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srihari210 said:
Can you plz share a code, if available...???
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of course they are available already delivered right to your inbox
xtools said:
of course they are available already delivered right to your inbox
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Same here. I would like to try it. Thank you for your efforts.
Awesome work! May I get a code, please?
tmeuze said:
Awesome work! May I get a code, please?
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Thanks for your app,could I have a code please
@tdfsu @tmeuze @CadTechBGMC enjoy Would be great if you could leave an honest review on Google Play!
sorry to spam... anyone elese?
Yes please
suggestions
The app-icon is too much detailed up-right. I cant understand what it symbolize. :silly:
Also. the app should be named web-built-in-videos-cast.
or web-video-cast.
One question, how does the inside app-architecture work? Does it download offline in cache and stream seconds later, or does the app (cast controller) redirect live to the device (chromeCast eg.)?
Thank you very much for your effort :good:
RSS reader offline fulltext articles with images, optimized for traffic economy
This is a separate branch of the Flym RSS reader application
Main functions:
- RSS feeds of articles
- search for by keyword when adding feed
- download offline full-text versions of articles with images
- import / export of the channel list from OPML
- filter articles by keywords or regular expressions
- full screen reading mode
From the modified:
- loading articles from site without rss (all site links will be loaded as articles)
- keyword to mark articles as favourite when loading new ones (with notification)
- collapsing (folding) the groups of feeds
- swype article left|right to mark read|favourite
- the ability to hide read articles per channel
- bold type of reading articles
- view shared link from other app (e.x. browser) in app mobilized
- limit the number of downloadable images of the article
- the ability to download individual images of the article
- a detailed description of the process of downloading articles to understand what the application is doing at the moment
- the counter of the consumed traffic
- setting up automatic marking of articles as read while scrolling the list
- setting the display of the text of articles in the article list (these two items are useful for reading forums)
- tap area to go to the next / previous page while reading the article
- quick transition to full screen mode and back, as well as showing / hiding the action bar
- much more ...
apk View attachment ru.yanus171.feedexfork_0.7.9_107.apk
{
"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"
}
Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.yanus171.feedexfork
Github: https://github.com/yanus171/Flym\
This app does NOT synchronize with online news feed readers (i.e. Feedly)
This application is free, without ads, open source
Feedback and suggestions are welcome
Amazing! The best of its kind!
Flym Fork is everything I wanted a RSS reader to be. It's interface is very similar to Flym which I was already using when I discovered Flym Fork. I prefer Flym Fork because it is updated regularly (basic Flym hasn't been updated since march 2017).
I can easily filter RSS feeds with keywords. I can customize the RSS lists like I've never been able to before (I can see a picture preview, the title AND a preview of the content).
I'll subscribe to this thread with hopes that this app will grow with even more options!
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Hey there, I noticed a strange issue but I'm pretty sure I am doing something wrong. It would be nice if someone can explain what is my issue.
I'll show it with a simple example :
https://www.kijiji.ca/rss-srp-meuble-de-jardin/saint-hyacinthe/jardin-de-ville/k0c686l1700151r20.0
It returned nothing within Flym Fork BUT I can see one entry from it's original http URL :
https://www.kijiji.ca/b-meuble-de-jardin/saint-hyacinthe/jardin-de-ville/k0c686l1700151r20.0
Today, I deleted the feed and entered it again. Now it shows the entry.
I wonder if a "restart" feature would be useful for this sort of scenario. I see many advantages for it :
if I accidentaly deleted entries and I wanted them back, I could hit the restart button on this specific feed and everything would be trashed and loaded back again. Right?
Talking about deleted entries, maybe a trash bin with a custom cache time (like 24 hours) would be useful?
I'm just throwing ideas in. If there is already an option that allows to do what I want, I would be glad to hear how to do it.
Thank you!
Hello !
A RSS-reader is one of the main - and the key apps I use on a daily basis. What I mean by "the key app" is that I highly value being up-to-date with all of things I find interesting and important.
Over the years I've been using several RSS-clients. At some point I've met one particular app which seemed promising - but over the time ads were added and using the app wasn't convenient any more. To make matters worse splash-screen has been introduced - which also slowed the app (in the long run I find very important to be able just to instantly open an app).
So I needed the research again - to find another RSS-reader which could be right for Me. During the research one thing I found strange: several apps looked pretty similar to the one I've described before. Soon I've discovered Flym and its various forks, i.a. FlymFork by Yanus171. I picked a few which seemed most promising and contacted their developers (including the original app), equipped with some insights and key-requests which I've found crucial (like - for example - being able to enlarge text-size or switching articles by volume buttons). Only one person answered - that way I've discovered an app which I use to this day. Moreover, the app is more and more convincing and appealing - because new features are introduced, which also make a big difference in terms of both usability and user-experience as such. This is also why I am interested in this app's development: I'd love to see it growing, being more user-friendly (especially regarding average users, which requires a proper attitude) and a little bit more elegant and flexible. All of that is My dream which I'm brave to have because of how promising the app is now - and its Developer seems to be open-minded, generally responsive to various requests, ideas and loose thoughts.
What I find most useful so far:
User-friendly text size:
You can enlarge both article's - and articles list' text size - separately (which is important). It is crucial for Me because of limited vision/eyesight, I highly need big text and only in FlymFork I've found sufficient level of text size in articles and articles' lists. I guess there are not many users with limited eyesight out there - but that "trivial" tiny thing like enlarging text-size to pretty big may be crucial and final factor allowing some users to just using the app, let alone using it conveniently.
Convenient reading:
switching articles by volume buttons, "tap areas" and remembering the position of reading per article. All those features are fundamental in terms of usability, how easily and fluently You can use the app. I use volume buttons to switch next/prev articles - and combine it with tapping on top or bottom of the screen to scroll it up/downward. This way You can browse/read articles very easily and quickly - especially given that displayed articles are automatically marked as read. I find especially amazing that by tapping the top or bottom area - it scrolls exactly the whole content of the single screen - no matter where I've scrolled it before. Besides it's very convenient to have that ability to scroll the text exactly one page down/up - in case if You use volume buttons not to scroll, but to switch articles. On top of that FlymFork remembers where You've stopped reading all the articles - which is also very helpful.
Killer feature: Important Articles (so far it is known as a filter "mark as starred"). I subscribe several RSS channels and browse them when I have some "spare time" between other - main activities I'm highly into. As I've mentioned before, it's important for Me to be up-to-date with all I find interesting (several matters represented by favorite RSS channels). As far as subscribed channels are concerned, among these You may find information which You consider high-priority (maybe it requires an urgent action/checking out/etc.). One example could be posts on time-limited offers: if You check RSS news only from time to time (like Me, during "spare-time-windows" ) - it's easy to miss any urgent info. But if You'd be notified right after that kind of high-priority info shows up - it could be a game-changer. In other words: regardless of how often You are able to check the (RSS) news - You no longer miss anything important.
Read It Later (so far it is called "starred items"). My approach to RSS is that sometimes I have the time to read something - or just to quickly browse articles to pick up potentially interesting ones to read later. A wonderful thing is that I can put interesting articles "on the buck burner" with the certainty that they won't dissapear - regardless of time span I chose in the app's settings. This is another feature I find crucial in terms of how much this app is really helpful and useful in everyday life, fitting in various lifestyles (more or less time to read).
Kind requests - what I think would be a good idea to implement and make the app growing:
I. Nomenclature - be more user-friendly.
I think there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of how the app communicates with users - especially keeping in mind average users who just want to be up-to-date with all they like/they are interested in. No need to be a computer geek, power user, etc. I'm sure there are many users who don't know what RSS is - but would be definitely interested in being in touch with all which is important to them (via RSS channels). It would be sufficient to supply an app which will communicate with them using non-technical language, this way being more comprehensive, avoiding various potential confusions derived out of "non-technicality". I think this is a good idea to care about average people - not only users with the knowledge, however basic or advanced. I'd like to see the app which I could use without knowing all the technical details - FlymFork would be excellent being that way - and in the same time maintaining more "geeky" features somewhere "under the hood" (like - for example - handling websites with no RSS feed!). As a result both user-bases would be content: power users with their needs - and average users with almost no technical knowledge and nomenclature in mind.
Moreover, by implementing various "touch-ups" within the nomenclature itself the app would become more human = more friendly. And this would be one of key-factor to choose FlymFork instead of any other app.
I would suggests several touch-ups:
Rename "Favorites" as "Read It Later".
I think it would be definitely more precise and understandable than "favorite". Imagine You are an average - non-technical user. Then imagine You see "Read It Later" option in the app: it's very easy to know what that feature is for. But why I (or an average user) could "mark something as favorite"...? I think it would be much more convincing to put it as "Read It Later".
"Articles" instead of "entries" or "posts".
This one is a request of similar mold as previous one. Although there are many users (programmers? ) who are accustomed to name things as "entries"/"items" - there are even more users for whose it would be much more friendly to name things simply as "articles": more human, more understandable, without need to think "Do I really know for sure what does 'the entry' mean?". So I highly suggest to change "entries" into "articles" app-wide, everywhere where a word "entry" (or "entries") is used - to change it into "article/articles". For example, instead of notification message "XX new entries" I would suggest "XX new articles". Moreover, for FlymFork to be more friendly I would love to see it put as "You have XX new articles to browse." . It would be so exciting to use an app which is so friendly - on a daily basis ! Small change, but big impact - I'm sure the angel (not the devil) is in the details .
"Updating (which could take some time), please wait..." instead of "updating" - and "You have XX new articles to browse." instead of "XX new entries".
While updating, FlymFork displays two notifications: one is displayed only temporarily and contained originally only the time of the update - the other informs how many new articles has arrived. Since the temporary one is often displayed even a few minutes - it could be a little bit confusing. Fortunately now it has been changed into "updating" - now I know what is happening and why I'm still seeing this notification on the bar. To make it accordingly more friendly (as I've pointed out earlier) I would suggest to change sole "updating" into "Updating (which could take some time), please wait...". This way there is no place for any confusion or uncertainty on what is happening - moreover, users are now prepared that updating can take some time, and it's not complete yet (and this is important information). When updating is complete, FlymFork displays a notification "XX new entries" - I would suggest to change it into "You have XX new articles to browse." - again, to make it more human/more friendly/more understandable. I think many users would appreciate it.
"Important Articles" instead of "Mark(ed) as starred".
I refer to the 'Important Articles' concept I've mentioned before. Many people would benefit from this feature if it would be clear what is it for. I think what would help is to rename it from "Mark as starred" (in the filter configuration) / "Marked as starred" (in the notification) - to "Notify on Important Articles" (in the filter config.) and "New Important Article" (as notification).
"Full articles instead of excerpts" instead of "retrieve full text" - again: more understandable for average users.
If I will notice another instances where we could have the app communicating with the user in a more friendly way - I'll let You know, but those above are essential because they are most often seen by users while using the app.
II. Multiple fonts.
I think the more flexible an app is - the wider user-base it can reach (because it can meet more individual tastes). Ability to change the article font (as well as the font of articles' list - it may be one setting for all) could make more users smile . For example, I would especially recommend the font "Lato Light" for it resembles widely known "Roboto Light" propagated by Google, but in My opinion is more "fluid" and elegant - or less "edgy", to put it differently. Wherever I can, I use Lato Light - it could be great to have it here ! More information on Lato font You can find here (I recommend to read the 'about' section for those who are interested in typography - You will find interesting information there!): fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato.
III. Progress bar.
With limited sight I could barely notice its existence - but it looks like great idea, to have that subtle progress bar accompanying reading and indicating how much we are engrossed in the content . I think this bar would be, however, a little bit visible - and still subtle (I'd love to be able to set My own color to it!). Now the hour displayed next to it is so tiny... The progress bar being so small has no use for Me - but it does would be useful if a little bit bigger and placed on the background (of the color according to app's theme). BTW, not everybody is interested in being always informed what time is it - so it would be definitely great to be able to turn off displaying the time alongside progress bar somewhere in the options.
IV. FTP synchronization.
Although this is not crucial - I think it would be something making FlymFork considerably standing out, especially if You consider that FlymFork "does NOT synchronize with online news feed readers (i.e. Feedly)". I think it would be much better to be able to synchronize several things over the FTP. I saw that feature in Anki - an Android app to memorizing. On one side it has its own cloud with the synchronization service - but on the other it offers its users an ability to synchronize via their own FTP server (!). I find this feature amazing and - although I'm not a developer - I guess it would be done: to implement synchronization via user-defined FTP server. It should synchronize everything needed for fluent, transparent usage of FlymFork on multiple devices. An ideal effect should be not to feel that anything changed when You grab another device. So we need synchronization:
[*]List of subscribed RSS feeds/channels.
Status of reading (which articles are read, which not yet - and which are marked as starred/Read It Later - plus notification on Important Articles).
Position of reading per article.
Last viewed article (if enabled in settings).
Also FlymFork should notify if any problems with accesing an FTP server occurs - as well as on successful synchronization. Besides, it would be good to be able to choose the synchronization's interval somewhere in settings.
I'm not sure if would it be possible but maybe You could add a Google Drive as another place to synchronize?
V. Localization.
Although I'm all right with using the app communicating in English - I know there are many users who don't know the language, using their own native one. In My case it is Polish - and I would be interested in translating the app into Polish in order for FlymFork to communicate in this language when Polish Android instance is detected. What do You think about it?
Bugs:
Multiple "External link" items on the sidebar.
Using the app over the time there are many "External link" items on the bar - which contain an error message ("Error: attempt to invoke...") and seem to be useless. If I suppose correctly that they are not necessary - it would be definitely great to hide them in order to the sidebar not being littered.
"Setting up automatic marking of articles as read while scrolling the list".
I can't find or observe this option in action - where is exactly located? Is it possible to turn it on/off? If no, would it be (I think it would be a good idea)?
I wanted to cover all topics but I think it would be better to publish it now and add any further remarks at some later point - this way You could make FlymFork better earlier . So I hope You find the ideas described above useful.
Kind regards,
Thomas Leigh
First of all thank you for app reviews. They will infulence the app development.
volt26 said:
I wonder if a "restart" feature would be useful for this sort of scenario. I see many advantages for it :
if I accidentaly deleted entries and I wanted them back, I could hit the restart button on this specific feed and everything would be trashed and loaded back again. Right?
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After you have refreshed the feed the last update time is remembered, and the subsequent refresh will only load the articles after that date|time. There is a Delete all option in artcile list menu which also resets the last feed date time. After that operation, subsequent refresh will load all articles that exist in the feed. But there may be loaded articles in FlymFork, which do not exist in feeds (feed contains only last several articles). Such artciles would NOT be loaded after Delete all operation
TJMulder said:
"Setting up automatic marking of articles as read while scrolling the list"
I can't find or observe this option in action - where is exactly located? Is it possible to turn it on/off? If no, would it be (I think it would be a good idea)?
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Long tap on feed and check Show article text in list. In this mode atricles are makred as read automatically while scrolling (It was a bit hard to realized that feature). This mode is very usefull to with short text articles, like forum post which have RSS. (But now it is possible even without RSS)
Buy the way in the next app release View attachment ru.yanus171.feedexfork_0.7.2_100.apk there will be a new feed setting Load type that allows to load the url not as RSS, but as webpage. So we can load the articles from webpages which do not have RSS In such a case all web page links are loaded as articles, and the url is also loaded as article too (It isritythe first). To reduce the amount of links the filter should be applyed to feed. You'd better temporaly turn on Show articles url setting for that.
It is very handy to filter using regular expressions checkbox. But I realize that requires advanced knowledge. But you can mail me and I will give you required regexp filter for your page.
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Long tap on feed and check Show article text in list. In this mode atricles are makred as read automatically while scrolling (It was a bit hard to realized that feature). This mode is very usefull to with short text articles, like forum post which have RSS. (But now it is possible even without RSS)
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Thank You for pointing out. Indeed it works - and it works in a gently way: not marking articles as read just after they disappear from the screen, but a little bit later (scrolling-wise).
It is amazing feature and it would be excellent to have it working in the "Unread" list, would it be possible? I mean article text displayed also in the "Unread" list, alongside marking them as read while scrolling.
I am getting an error with this link archstrike.org/rss/news
Code:
At line 45, column 264: undefined entity null
github.com/ArchStrike/ArchStrike-Website/issues/6
Zragon said:
I am getting an error with this link archstrike.org/rss/news...
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Try this version https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dDzBRh9zDe1DT_Gu-00SE-hla2i8A1sb/view?usp=sharing
TJMulder said:
Thank You for pointing out. Indeed it works - and it works in a gently way: not marking articles as read just after they disappear from the screen, but a little bit later (scrolling-wise).
It is amazing feature and it would be excellent to have it working in the "Unread" list, would it be possible? I mean article text displayed also in the "Unread" list, alongside marking them as read while scrolling.
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Yeah, i have about 90 feed sources and receive 1K news to read.
I need something to sort out what i need to read and save what i will read (read later feature will be really useful too)
I'm currently using Aggregator RSS (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tughi.aggregator)
I recently noticed flym fork. I's really good.
Take a look at Aggregator, maybe you'll find something to implement in flym fork.
I use RSS everyday.
Thanks for your app.
4Freedom said:
Yeah, i have about 90 feed sources and receive 1K news to read.
I need something to sort out what i need to read and save what i will read (read later feature will be really useful too)
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What about set as favourite button?
4Freedom said:
Take a look at Aggregator, maybe you'll find something to implement in flym fork.
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Maybe YOU will point me to features usefull fo YOU?
By the way here is new version View attachment ru.yanus171.feedexfork_0.7.9_107.apk
- min auto update battery level
- setting to not display read article count
- language select setting
- font size sttings were enlarged
- Android 8 compability
- bug fixes
yanus171 said:
Try this version drive.google.com/file/d/1dDzBRh9zDe1DT_Gu-00SE-hla2i8A1sb/view?usp=sharing
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Tested and working.
yanus171 said:
What about set as favourite button?
Maybe YOU will point me to features usefull fo YOU?
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Yes, of course.
Here is a list of point about why I am using Aggregator right now.
It does not want to be a criticism for its own sake, but a list from which to take inspiration.:good:
LONG PRESS on feed list allow me to "mark as read", "create exclusion rule" and "share".
WEBSITE ICON option to view website icon instead on letters/images (Main page) .
SPEED It took about 7 minutes to fetch all feeds, vs 1 minute by Aggregator.
NETWORK USAGE 90MB used vs 3MB used by Aggregator. EDIT: Probably related to images.
GUI I think Aggregator has a better implementation of the material design guidelines (Layout/Icon/Menu/Sidebar) .
Custom refresh interval per feed?
Hello, I still use Flym Fork and I love it! It's that great!
I do have a feature suggestion that would totally change the game for me (and probably other users) : can we set a custom refresh interval per feed? I have some feeds that must be refreshed every 5 minutes while some of my other feeds can be refreshed once a day.
Right now, EVERYTHING is refreshed on the same timer.. It generates a lot of useless refreshes on some of my RSS feeds. It generates data and battery usage that I can avoid.
Thank you!
Flym Fork+TTS
Flym Fork is amazing app. I promised to write something how I use it. So:
I have some RSS sources with interesting articles, but no time to read. But when I travel or do something boring housework, I have time to listen.
So I often use menu option "share all text" and send them to @voice app. (Resp. option @voice add to list".)
I collect list of interesting stories and when I have time I listen it.
If you want use @voice, you need good TTS system with good natural voices. For me is the best option "Vocalizer", where I bought some good voices. (For English I like UK English Serena, for Czech language Iveta.)
I also use it for reading books in FBreader and "Cool reader" apps.
That is all Flym Fork is one of my most useful app.
Best regards
Pavel
I have two issues.
#1 soompi.com/feed
I set it to retrieve full text but I'm getting an error 404 instead.
#2 feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews (from thehackernews.com)
Full text works but this content extract rule does not work:
Code:
thehackernews.com:id=articlebody
Hi guys.
First thanks dev, this app is awesome.
I just experience some trouble with the widget which is not updating. Any idea?
I'm on EMUI Oreo with Lawnchair launcher.
Tried to disable all battery oriented settings for both the launcher and this app without success.
Is there something I'm missing?
Thanks for your help.
Miaou
Did you tick the option to let the app always run in background aside from disabling battery optimization? I had trouble wirh some messengers if that wasn't enabled.
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Did you tick the option to let the app always run in background aside from disabling battery optimization? I had trouble wirh some messengers if that wasn't enabled.
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Yes, the app updates well, it's just the widget which is not updating
Hello @yanus171,
at first thank you for Flym Fork (Handy News Reader). I did a pull request for the german translation update. Would you send me a beta please to check if all strings are right?
Thank you and happy christmas
Blade Runner Diaries OR The (less exciting) Story of XenoAmp 2
WARSAW,
FEBRUARY 2019
So - I was surprised that some of the guys who commented my initial post about XenoAmp on XDA back in 2012 still lurk here (thanks cauch_y, Freak07, 39FarmallM)
When I wrote that post I had zero knowledge of Android coding and just very faint memories of Java (although back in 1995 when it was released I started learning it straight away). So really I had neither Java nor Android skills back then... What I did have was a vision of UI that I wanted to implement, and since XenoAmp is in Play for some years now, you may wonder how close the final effect was to that vision. The answer is: HARDLY AT ALL.
You see - I quickly learned (the hard way) that coding on Android isn't CODING WHAT YOU WANT, but rather HOW ANDROID ALLOWS YOU TO. But still I tried and I don't even remember how many times I fought Android and Android won, before I finally gave up trying to do things my way. But if it was the only Android annoyance I'd be a happy coder anyway, believe me. Unfortunately there are worse showstoppers: some of the things that you can find in Android documentation work only THEORETICALLY. Yes, guys! BUGS! Lots of them and surprisingly Google rarely cares about fixing them, probably being too occupied with releasing groundbreaking new features (sarcasm) and adding 1 to Android version every month. So imagine your app behaves badly and, after hours of scratching your head and thinking why your code doesn't work, you stumble across Android bug report filed in 2010 with countless comments like this:
Hey guys! Will it be fixed in 2011?
I wonder the same thing...
...
Hello, the bug still exists in Android n in 2012!
Me too!!!
Me too!!!
Me too!!!
...
Who's first in 2013?
...
It's 2014 and it is still not fixed?!
...
Shame on you Google in 2015!
Shame!
Shame!
...
C'mon it's 2016, why does this bug exist?
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And so on...
But that's not all! After you rewrite broken Android classes with 1000s lines of your code, your app stops working or crashes because of WONDERFUL (sarcasm) NEW FEATURE INTRODUCED IN NEWEST ANDROID. Your app literally keeps breaking by itself!
But coming back to my vision of UI, after so many years it's obvious it wasn't worth it! People just prefer to do things the way they are used to, which I of course knew from the very beginning, but hoped most of them are at least as adventurous as I am and try new things nevertheless. Well - very few do (and most of them liked XenoAmp UI), but the rest had a hard time using Xeno, because it just didn't work as they expected.
So, after seven years of Android coding and becoming a Kotlin expert (Java's not fun anymore) I'm giving you this very conservative, dull and following-all-Android-UI-conventions XenoAmp2.
So let's take a tour!
XDA:DevDB Information
XenoAmp², App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
ssuukk
Version Information
Status: Alpha
Current Beta Version: https://www.androidf
Created 2019-02-14
Last Updated 2019-03-18
Application Tour
1. Home tab
View attachment 4705988
Shows recently played tracks (including streaming radio stations!) and playlists.
2. Favorites
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As you remember from previous XenoAmp, any container can be added as a favorite. Be it your network neighborhood, 8Track feed, album on Spotify, playlist on Subsonic, directory on SMB server, Trip-Hop tracks, tracks by Thin Lizzy and so on. You can switch tile view to row view if you prefer it that way.
3. The Music
View attachment 4706009
Good old music sheet is still there. If you don't know it from previous XenoAmp - it's a configurable matrix view that allows you to display your collection by selecting what is visible in rows and columns. This particular screenshot shows album artist in rows and albums in columns. But you can configure it to show i.e. year and genre.
4. The new context menu
View attachment 4706010
Long touch track or tile anywhere in XenoAmp and this thingy pops up. Colorful chips allow you to jump to separate pages showing only tracks from particular genres (green), album (purple), artist (blue), similar artist (yellow) - see example in 6. There are more chip types, depending on entry (i.e. users in 8Tracks or Spotify).
5. Playlist view
View attachment 4705993
Allows track reordering and expanding your knowledge! If you clicked a tile in sheet view you can pull this list left and right to see other tiles in the row
6. Category view
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This usually shows up if you click any of the colorful chips. Of course clicking any of the bands will bring you to yet another category view.
7. The browser
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The good old browser, nothing changed there. For new users: everything XenoAmp can play is part of one, large filesystem. So here you can find and list your Android device, UPnP, SMB servers, Subsonic, 8Tracks and other music services.
8. While Playing Screen
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A whole bunch of them! Long touch the cover to switch between four layouts:
a) small with thumbnail-like image (nice choice of colors for MOS 6581, XenoAmp, btw!) and boring standard controls
b) middle with whole cover visible and boring standard controls
c) big with cover filling whole screen and boring standard controls
d) big with standard XenoAmp wheel menu that some of you enjoyed
9. Lyrics
View attachment 4706001
I guess it needs no explanation
10. Equalizer
Nothing fancy here, besides the usual room correction for loudspeakers and audiogram-like test for headphones.
The technology
So this time I'm not fighting Android, during these years I learned to live with it peacefully. XenoAmp2 uses Google ExoPlayer 2 and all the goodies (and limitations) that come with it (one of them is probably there will be no Spotify support this time!). All used components and libraries are bleeding edge.
I'm planning on adding different skins that will not only change colors, but in some cases look of the whole views shown above. XenoAmp2 was written in a very skin-friendly way from the very beginning.
Unfortunately many of cool features (like i.e. nice transition animations) are supported only since Lollipop and on older Androids your XenoAmp2 experience may be different.
Misc info
It's far from being finished!
It's sure full of new bugs, as it is practically written from scratch!
Xeno Radio Station directory server is down for everyone. I'm looking for a new home for it.
Currently it asks on start for read access to your files as this is required to read ALL the tags from files, even those not supported by Android normally. For very paranoid - I might change it in the future to stick just to tags available in Android, but it's not a high priority right now.
A few first releases here will probably crash a lot due to ProGuard messing with classes it shouldn't mess with. We'll fix that as we go.
test
@ssuukk very interesting little writeup
I don’t develop any apps so I can’t really comment on how it feels to design the app around androids limitations.
But when I started kernel developing I experienced the same. You have to find your way around how android is working and try to just get the best out of it!
thanks for all the continued effort, for never abandoning this project , for all the teasing regarding XenoAmp² and for the wonderful app you provided us all to use! It’s been a long and rewarding journey! You can be really proud!
Now if you’d just post a little alpha build to test after all that teasing :angel:
Where is the alpha download? The one in the playstore is from January.
I tried using this several years ago, but could only get it to work sometimes. It was mostly because I used Google play music (but don't anymore - my music is dl'd into my phone now). Good luck with it. :good:
I can't wait to see it
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA Labs
Glad to see that you are still in the game ssuukk!
All - sorry for delay, but as with everything Android - there are dragons ahead.
Currently I can't run the app in release mode
And that is after I spent a day wondering why it doesn't install at all in release mode
So there's still some wait I guess...
OK, guys. Take it for a ride (or instant crash maybe?)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=20714
SOME INFO:
it's not optimized, I wonder how slow it will be on older phones...
DON'T go to sheet while XenoAmp is syncing for the first time, since the view is live (and unoptimized...) it will be non responsive when it is trying to update several times a second...
When browsing SMB filesystem you won't get prompted for password, so go into prefs (on home tab) and enter your passwords first if your network doesn't use anonymous (guest) accounts
PROBABLY will not install with XenoAmp (the original one ) installed
Is it called ap-debug.apk? Interesting title.
ssuukk said:
OK, guys. Take it for a ride (or instant crash maybe?)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=20714
SOME INFO:
it's not optimized, I wonder how slow it will be on older phones...
DON'T go to sheet while XenoAmp is syncing for the first time, since the view is live (and unoptimized...) it will be non responsive when it is trying to update several times a second...
When browsing SMB filesystem you won't get prompted for password, so go into prefs (on home tab) and enter your passwords first if your network doesn't use anonymous (guest) accounts
PROBABLY will not install with XenoAmp (the original one ) installed
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@ssuukk crashes when opening on pixel 3 xl. Log attached.
https://del.dog/qipopixipu
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Logcat can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1notS0emLs6MAMD6SI7c5nZKPvjmSc69S/view?usp=drivesdk
Freak07 said:
@ssuukk crashes when opening on pixel 3 xl. Log attached.
https://del.dog/qipopixipu
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Logcat can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1notS0emLs6MAMD6SI7c5nZKPvjmSc69S/view?usp=drivesdk
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Heee, heee, that's what I was talking about. Fresh AndroidX bug:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54708366/addfontweightstyle-nosuchmethodexception-on-textview
Sorry. They will probably fix it ni 2049...
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Heee, heee, that's what I was talking about. Fresh AndroidX bug:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54708366/addfontweightstyle-nosuchmethodexception-on-textview
Sorry. They will probably fix it ni 2049...
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Oh no
Though there are a few fixes proposed on that site? :angel:
Edit:
it works on my htc U12+ which is still on android 8.0.
I’m digging the scrolling animation when browsing my music folder
Album art isn’t displayed correctly though!
But overall it’s very nice for a preview! I like the concept!
Freak07 said:
Oh no
Though there are a few fixes proposed on that site? :angel:
Edit:
it works on my htc U12+ which is still on android 8.0.
I’m digging the scrolling animation when browsing my music folder
Album art isn’t displayed correctly though!
But overall it’s very nice for a preview! I like the concept!
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Could you elaborate about album art? Normally album art is downloaded in the background so it should pop eventually. Lots of albums = lots of searching, downloading etc.
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Could you elaborate about album art? Normally album art is downloaded in the background so it should pop eventually. Lots of albums = lots of searching, downloading etc.
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It resolved itself it seems. I think I had a included album art in the folder of the album. Seems like it downloaded the album art now that I opened the app again to check.
previously when playing the album the “now playing” screen showed a black tile where the album art should have been. Although the “list” where I could view all songs of the album had the correct mini “tile” on the left of the song’s title.
Do you understand what I try to describe?
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It resolved itself it seems. I think I had a included album art in the folder of the album. Seems like it downloaded the album art now that I opened the app again to check.
previously when playing the album the “now playing” screen showed a black tile where the album art should have been. Although the “list” where I could view all songs of the album had the correct mini “tile” on the left of the song’s title.
Do you understand what I try to describe?
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Yeah. That's because someone some time ago wanted album covers to be sepatate from track covers...
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Yeah. That's because someone some time ago wanted album covers to be sepatate from track covers...
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Aaaah, I see a lot of new chrashes. I'm fixing them right now.
ssuukk said:
Aaaah, I see a lot of new chrashes. I'm fixing them right now.
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I uninstalled Xeno1 and installed Xeno2. It wouldn't open. I tried a few times. I didn't have time to relearn how to generate a log. I'm on a OnePlus 6.
39FarmallM said:
I uninstalled Xeno1 and installed Xeno2. It wouldn't open. I tried a few times. I didn't have time to relearn how to generate a log. I'm on a OnePlus 6.
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Use logcat extreme to get a logcat.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.lcex
Go to logcat section.
Choose clear logcat, then reproduce the issue with xeno amp, go back to logcat app and save the logcat.
Then upload it anywhere and post it here
Pretty easy! Takes 2 minutes
Did it work?
There should be a logcat file attached to this post.
It didn't...
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Still not getting it...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecto8yhqkpc9t8p/2019-02-26_12-19-27.log?dl=0