This thread has been generated off of the idea by AbsoluteDesignz, found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712525&page=9.
It has been brought to my attention, and to many others, that the average Android application, has a lack in design and the ability to present its self as an application of great use, because of it's looks.
The point of this thread is to list and assist those developers in need.
We will start by creating a list of current applications that are useful, but lack in the design area, we will then contact the developer asking if they would like assistance. If so, we assign a graphic designer to the application and they work with the developer to recreate the applications design until the developer is happy.
We will also reach out to new developers looking for assistance, if you are looking for a graphic designer, do not be afraid to ask!
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Graphic Designers:
1. Wisefire - Private Message or [email protected]
2. AbsoluteDesignz - Private Message or [email protected]
Application List:
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If you are a graphic designer and would like to join this movement, please PM me with you contact details.
I would also like users to start posting in this thread with useful applications that they feel need a "make-over."
Thanks to everyone willing to help, and a special thanks to AbsoluteDesignz for inspiring me to start this.
If this is truly a movement as opposed to a service offering might I suggest that you get together with the developers and come up with a standardized API for skinning or allowing user customization as well?
We are hoping to create a base of designers that several app devs can reach out to if they feel their apps are subpar in the design department. Get apps to shy away from the very basic black BG w/ grey buttons or iPhone style interfaces.
We want Android apps to reach their true potential and no longer be bombarded with all of these horrible looking apps or apps that do not match the stock Android experience (good icons that simply do not match, iPhone UI, etc)
Android does allow a lot of room for app varience, but there has to be some consistency when it comes to icon, UI, and UX design. even widget appearance.
I hate seeing screenshots where it looks like a bunch of first graders grabbed any kind of crayon and wrote all over a wall with no rhyme or reason.
Check out these apps to see good design:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.threebanana.notes
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tvshowfavs
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote
But those are just basic designs...you can get non-standard but still be visually appealing. Android lacks that in some of the most useful apps. that shouldn't be.
Effected Keyboard 2EffectedKeyboard2 is the 1st keyboard that introduces live animations which pop off-the-keyboard into the screen and do not require rooting the device. EffectedKeyboard2 features live keyboard animations that translate typing experience into a journey, full of movement and impressions with cool typing effects! EffectedKeyboard2 is full of out-of-the-box personalized options along with full set of popping off-keyboard animations. It allows you to type with first of its kind typing experience without rooting your Android device!
Features: Exceptionally nice ergonomics (size, layout, functionality…) and you’ll feel the difference Switch languages with swipe right from the spacebar Symbols are both on the main layout and on swipe left from the spacebar Extra functions on swipe up from the space bar Extra functionality includes: copy, paste, select, undo redo, clipboard history, emojis, voice to type and split views 4 mostly used punctuation marks on the main layout (,.?!) And additional symbols on long press Drag typing cursor to fix typo: turn on fix typo mode by long press on space bar until it shines and you can drag the finger over the keyboard to move the typing cursor to easily edit and fix typos. Effects as you typeEffects as you type include: button animation, flying letters Flying letters can fly off the keyboard into the screen (paid feature) No Internet permission is required. Nor any other weird stuff Battery efficient Multilingual No rooting required. Though works best with both rooted and unrooted devices. Wide spacebar option Large keys option Latin characters (for students and Academia) Voice to type Text editing (see Extra features above) Does not collect data
My personal story:
How I saw effects on TV, couldn’t believe it’s unreal and ended up to be successful with the right attention from my parents
YooTube:
Link:
Effected Keyboard 2 - Apps on Google Play
We love typing. And we love animation.
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I changed it from Productivity to Personalization in Google Play.
Added Arabic, Ukranian, African, Hindi and French translations to app description in the store.
Hi, I discovered now that I accidentally named the 2nd version of the keyboard after someone’s trademark. I immediately renamed to the previous name (which I checked now as well for registered trademark) I apologies it wasn’t on purpose by any means. I had two versions of the keyboard so far - the first one was EffectedKeyboard, the second one is just EffectedKeyboard2 from now on. If you encounter any violations on my side or on the side of EffectedKeyboard and its derivatives, please let me know. I take them very seriously and try to fix them much before anyone tell me about them.
Many thanks,
Yours
vitalipom
Ahola! Gang, I updated description and added my personal story additionally. When will I see your comments??
Has anyone from here tried the app? Still long time after submitting the post no response.
I updated the description along with some screenshots. If you haven’t checked the app, please do so. Looking for your feedback.
Hi, nice keyboard i think you are used AnySoftKeyBoard source code Right?! So could you please give me the source code of your forked version if it's and open source I just installed your from Google Play it's nice and have cool features with less options different from Menny's one!
GorranKurd said:
Hi, nice keyboard i think you are used AnySoftKeyBoard source code Right?! So could you please give me the source code of your forked version if it's and open source I just installed your from Google Play it's nice and have cool features with less options different from Menny's one!
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EffectedKeyboard2 is based on Open Source.
So first of all, thanks for commenting.
What do you need its source for though? Menny’s source is available online under Apache License.
Mine you can deserialize if you’re looking for suspicious behavior, etc. to see that there is no weird-weirdo stuff is going on. You just won’t be able to recompile it, but yet once again I don’t want people to take a ride on my success in future and publish versions of my keyboard with stuff like key-loggers and other sh** that collects data. If you look carefully, you’ll realize that no one could even actually install it outside of play store. Why. Once again because it’s been gone through enormous trials to be unsuccessfully pirated and be uploaded to 3rd party stores.
If you’re looking for EffectedKeyboard2 source code as a friend, just to fork and add some features, then there’s a way to get what you want.
Generally speaking there’s an option to drop me a ping from within the app. Once we talk, I’m always open to hear new requests and if you saw the comments, tens of users got the features they wanted and they sort of like the fact that they can just “ask and get” what they want.
It’s not that I charge anything from anyone of them. It’s more of utilizing the capabilities of what is possible rather than going violent into something illegal or doing something forcefully planned as being perceived intolerable. For those cases there are indeed lots of suitcases, lots of jailbroken devices (where people’s credit cards disappear…) and many people who just live in this circle of hate.
My keyboard is based on Anysoftkeyboard, legally, I also spoke to Menny a couple of times. He’s a great guy and a great engineer.
Anything that is in the grey area, or sort doesn’t have clear answers right away get very very shortly fixed just right away, once something in that manner appears.
And if you’d like to have a good read and understand whom’s whom, there is an About section inside the app, which is literally an About section if that makes sense. I mean there is actually an informative information inside there.
Does it sound quite good to you?
vitalipom said:
EffectedKeyboard2 is based on Open Source.
So first of all, thanks for commenting.
What do you need its source for though? Menny’s source is available online under Apache License.
Mine you can deserialize if you’re looking for suspicious behavior, etc. to see that there is no weird-weirdo stuff is going on. You just won’t be able to recompile it, but yet once again I don’t want people to take a ride on my success in future and publish versions of my keyboard with stuff like key-loggers and other sh** that collects data. If you look carefully, you’ll realize that no one could even actually install it outside of play store. Why. Once again because it’s been gone through enormous trials to be unsuccessfully pirated and be uploaded to 3rd party stores.
If you’re looking for EffectedKeyboard2 source code as a friend, just to fork and add some features, then there’s a way to get what you want.
Generally speaking there’s an option to drop me a ping from within the app. Once we talk, I’m always open to hear new requests and if you saw the comments, tens of users got the features they wanted and they sort of like the fact that they can just “ask and get” what they want.
It’s not that I charge anything from anyone of them. It’s more of utilizing the capabilities of what is possible rather than going violent into something illegal or doing something forcefully planned as being perceived intolerable. For those cases there are indeed lots of suitcases, lots of jailbroken devices (where people’s credit cards disappear…) and many people who just live in this circle of hate.
My keyboard is based on Anysoftkeyboard, legally, I also spoke to Menny a couple of times. He’s a great guy and a great engineer.
Anything that is in the grey area, or sort doesn’t have clear answers right away get very very shortly fixed just right away, once something in that manner appears.
And if you’d like to have a good read and understand whom’s whom, there is an About section inside the app, which is literally an About section if that makes sense. I mean there is actually an informative information inside there.
Does it sound quite good to you?
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Why you replayed in that's bad way i didn't said anything in wrong! I just asked to you if your project is have an open-sourced like Menny i really want to fork for my personal using and adding some new features like new emojis from Android 12L or create more themes to main app or adding new languages to the available list inside the app itself nothing else but you were talked to my N' you think I'm the theft or bad guy to steal you work NO absolutely you are fault about me because I'm not the app developer and donn know anything about hacking or something One of the accusations you made against me without knowing who I was. It was very sadness word's for me. I'm sorry I bothered you I asked you to the source code in a nice way but you rejected by the bad way that's so strange IDK why you call me a PIRATE!!
Dear @GorranKurd, I understand there’s most probably been a language barrier.
First of all, under no circumstances I referred to you as a pirate. I assumed you wanted some features (and if you translate my reply to your favourite language you’ll see that as well: ) I suggested you to drop me a ping, and simply ask for the list of features that you want, especially when I do that literally for free of charge. And so I did to all of my users who’s been asking.
As of piracy, and the part you are referring to: I said that there are malicious users over the internet against whom I have defense. They add Internet permissions and other (as I referred to sh** stuff) unwanted behavior to ANY kind of software — not only keyboards. They they steal both mine and YOUR data and credentials. Referring to the same sentence, I’ve added that you CAN and MIGHT WANT TO and IT’S OKAAAAAY and welcomed to decompile my code and see that there is literally NO unwanted behavior or any intention for such. Since you realize that it’s like, I mean… A keyboard. People type passwords and credit card numbers with it. I said you simply won’t be able to recompile it back.
I hope that now it makes a little bit of more sense.
I realize that I tried to sound as much clear as possible and put many details, but please understand that others will read it too and they’ll simply want to be informed on as much many details in message as possible.. As of yourself, would you like to drop me a ping? Via email for instance? That way I’ll be able to explain anything in more personal way, without being worried about the rest of the community who reads the messages and of course to work with you on the new features (you mentioned new smilies, themes and languages). You’ll literally be able to command on anything you want . I welcome you to read the comments on the app in the Play Store to see how others enjoyed the process. And no, 99% of them are not friends and family, those are people whom I came across the Internet just like you .
Does it sound better now?
Please let me know if anything else still sounds offensive, or bad, etc. As you might have already understood there were no such intentions.
[EDIT: I didn’t succeed to quote twice in a row, so I hope you’ll see this. I hope you won’t remain with the negative impression you’ve got.]
vitalipom said:
Dear @GorranKurd, I understand there’s most probably been a language barrier.
First of all, under no circumstances I referred to you as a pirate. I assumed you wanted some features (and if you translate my reply to your favourite language you’ll see that as well: ) I suggested you to drop me a ping, and simply ask for the list of features that you want, especially when I do that literally for free of charge. And so I did to all of my users who’s been asking.
As of piracy, and the part you are referring to: I said that there are malicious users over the internet against whom I have defense. They add Internet permissions and other (as I referred to sh** stuff) unwanted behavior to ANY kind of software — not only keyboards. They they steal both mine and YOUR data and credentials. Referring to the same sentence, I’ve added that you CAN and MIGHT WANT TO and IT’S OKAAAAAY and welcomed to decompile my code and see that there is literally NO unwanted behavior or any intention for such. Since you realize that it’s like, I mean… A keyboard. People type passwords and credit card numbers with it. I said you simply won’t be able to recompile it back.
I hope that now it makes a little bit of more sense.
I realize that I tried to sound as much clear as possible and put many details, but please understand that others will read it too and they’ll simply want to be informed on as much many details in message as possible.. As of yourself, would you like to drop me a ping? Via email for instance? That way I’ll be able to explain anything in more personal way, without being worried about the rest of the community who reads the messages and of course to work with you on the new features (you mentioned new smilies, themes and languages). You’ll literally be able to command on anything you want . I welcome you to read the comments on the app in the Play Store to see how others enjoyed the process. And no, 99% of them are not friends and family, those are people whom I came across the Internet just like you .
Does it sound better now?
Please let me know if anything else still sounds offensive, or bad, etc. As you might have already understood there were no such intentions.
[EDIT: I didn’t succeed to quote twice in a row, so I hope you’ll see this. I hope you won’t remain with the negative impression you’ve got.]
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Bro, you misunderstood me. I asked for your code to make more improvements and adding new features because it has a simple and beautiful interface that only contains the necessary things that are necessary for the user for typing you nailed it that you removed the Files & Storage and contacts permissions are no required to work app, So and I think it's good enough to have only one permission which is vibration control and other Google Play Billing is okay and safe permission! because of that i like to use your for daily using and typing it's smaller size with important options and I think is much better than the original one!
GorranKurd said:
Bro, you misunderstood me. I asked for your code to make more improvements and adding new features because it has a simple and beautiful interface that only contains the necessary things that are necessary for the user for typing you nailed it that you removed the Files & Storage and contacts permissions are no required to work app, So and I think it's good enough to have only one permission which is vibration control and other Google Play Billing is okay and safe permission! because of that i like to use your for daily using and typing it's smaller size with important options and I think is much better than the original one!
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Hiiiii
I’m so glad I don’t sound like a monster anymore!!
I understood you are asking for the code to make improvements, I simply tried to cover as much topics as possible in a single message.
My keyboard is based on open source, but it’s not open source. I was talking about an option to drop me an email since it’s much more convenient to talk about such things there.
As of improving the keyboard, we will find a way to improve it in a way that’ll work for both of us.
It’s not open source as you might have understood, it’s based on open source.
Would you like talk about the things you’d like to add? Do you use it?
May I ask you where you from? What languages you’d like to add?
If you really want to code, then at least the themes are pluggable. You can upload them to the store and use them inside the keyboard.
If you ask me, many Menny’s users were trying to improve his keyboard and just gave up because it’s TONS over TONS of code. I wouldn’t say that helping for free does worth the hustle.
And that’s why I’m offering working on what you want together - you have the keyboard, so just ask me what you want, I’ll deliver and you’ll have it on your keyboard 100% usable and what you don’t like you can simply ask for changes, even 1000 times.
But you really don’t have to code new features for me for free. I plan to earn money with that keyboard one day, so why would you work for free for whilst someone is getting paid.. I mean I would hire you, but I don’t have how to pay you.. And allowing you to work for free (since again it’s going to be a commercial product) is sort of a bad sense. If someone helps me I want to give back, but I cannot give back for someone who’s coding for me.
You are able to command and tell me that this this and this suck or excellent and you want this this and this. And those are the sort of things that I’ve been doing with other users.
Does it sound cool?
Like I’d like to clarify: people like you who ask for new features from me, who know what they want to see are pure gold for me. I mean I’m searching for such opportunities all the time. So I wouldn’t like for that to be missed.
And thank you so much for describing what you like in the keyboard!!!!!! I analyze the things that people describe from time to time and learn many lessons from those descriptions.
You rock! So would you like to make a list of the things you wanted to add and improve?
Would that work for you btw?
vitalipom said:
Hiiiii
I’m so glad I don’t sound like a monster anymore!!
I understood you are asking for the code to make improvements, I simply tried to cover as much topics as possible in a single message.
My keyboard is based on open source, but it’s not open source. I was talking about an option to drop me an email since it’s much more convenient to talk about such things there.
As of improving the keyboard, we will find a way to improve it in a way that’ll work for both of us.
It’s not open source as you might have understood, it’s based on open source.
Would you like talk about the things you’d like to add? Do you use it?
May I ask you where you from? What languages you’d like to add?
If you really want to code, then at least the themes are pluggable. You can upload them to the store and use them inside the keyboard.
If you ask me, many Menny’s users were trying to improve his keyboard and just gave up because it’s TONS over TONS of code. I wouldn’t say that helping for free does worth the hustle.
And that’s why I’m offering working on what you want together - you have the keyboard, so just ask me what you want, I’ll deliver and you’ll have it on your keyboard 100% usable and what you don’t like you can simply ask for changes, even 1000 times.
But you really don’t have to code new features for me for free. I plan to earn money with that keyboard one day, so why would you work for free for whilst someone is getting paid.. I mean I would hire you, but I don’t have how to pay you.. And allowing you to work for free (since again it’s going to be a commercial product) is sort of a bad sense. If someone helps me I want to give back, but I cannot give back for someone who’s coding for me.
You are able to command and tell me that this this and this suck or excellent and you want this this and this. And those are the sort of things that I’ve been doing with other users.
Does it sound cool?
Like I’d like to clarify: people like you who ask for new features from me, who know what they want to see are pure gold for me. I mean I’m searching for such opportunities all the time. So I wouldn’t like for that to be missed.
And thank you so much for describing what you like in the keyboard!!!!!! I analyze the things that people describe from time to time and learn many lessons from those descriptions.
You rock! So would you like to make a list of the things you wanted to add and improve?
Would that work for you btw?
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Hello again dear @vitalipom haha no no you are a good man and smart at same time, first of all sorry about my bad English and misspelling because it's not my native language!
I'm a translator and added my language Kurdish to the Menny AnySoftKeyboard from an early version i think was 10 years ago when i started to translate the app interface and then a learned to create a language pack to AnySoft till 2020 i just used the mennys keyboard as my default keyboard but they occurred some issues and bugs that caused the program to crash and freeze on screen you may knew that bug! Because of that i stopped use that keyboard and replaced by Samsung Keyboard after the Sam team was added my language to the Sam Keyboard on OneUI 3.1, After two or more years in the past month i tried to test AnySoft again an notices that the bug was fixed .. And then about your keyboard i saw an old issue on AnySoftKeyboard that you put you forked version on the replay comment and i found yours by that way I installed and loved it's cool and simple nice ui/ux but i looked to my language Kurdish it was not there because of that i search on the net and google takes me to here XDA ... So I have a lot questions and i wana help you if you wanted too i can create new language pack for my language and you include in your app also i have and old forked version of menny main project that i created to many cool themes and so on..
GorranKurd said:
Hello again dear @vitalipom haha no no you are a good man and smart at same time, first of all sorry about my bad English and misspelling because it's not my native language!
I'm a translator and added my language Kurdish to the Menny AnySoftKeyboard from an early version i think was 10 years ago when i started to translate the app interface and then a learned to create a language pack to AnySoft till 2020 i just used the mennys keyboard as my default keyboard but they occurred some issues and bugs that caused the program to crash and freeze on screen you may knew that bug! Because of that i stopped use that keyboard and replaced by Samsung Keyboard after the Sam team was added my language to the Sam Keyboard on OneUI 3.1, After two or more years in the past month i tried to test AnySoft again an notices that the bug was fixed .. And then about your keyboard i saw an old issue on AnySoftKeyboard that you put you forked version on the replay comment and i found yours by that way I installed and loved it's cool and simple nice ui/ux but i looked to my language Kurdish it was not there because of that i search on the net and google takes me to here XDA ... So I have a lot questions and i wana help you if you wanted too i can create new language pack for my language and you include in your app also i have and old forked version of menny main project that i created to many cool themes and so on..
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I would LOVE to get your help!! Thank you
As of Kurdish apparently you can install it, I’ll just have to add it to the main UI. Generally, simply install Menny’s Keyboard Kurdish language pack - the one that’s in the Google Play Store that works with Anysoftkeyboard and it’ll work right away.
So first, let’s see that Kurdish works for you.
And then we can try to see what else you’d like to have in the keyboard. But first let’s make sure you have a nice set up keyboard you can have for your daily usage .
GorranKurd said:
Hello again dear @vitalipom haha no no you are a good man and smart at same time, first of all sorry about my bad English and misspelling because it's not my native language!
I'm a translator and added my language Kurdish to the Menny AnySoftKeyboard from an early version i think was 10 years ago when i started to translate the app interface and then a learned to create a language pack to AnySoft till 2020 i just used the mennys keyboard as my default keyboard but they occurred some issues and bugs that caused the program to crash and freeze on screen you may knew that bug! Because of that i stopped use that keyboard and replaced by Samsung Keyboard after the Sam team was added my language to the Sam Keyboard on OneUI 3.1, After two or more years in the past month i tried to test AnySoft again an notices that the bug was fixed .. And then about your keyboard i saw an old issue on AnySoftKeyboard that you put you forked version on the replay comment and i found yours by that way I installed and loved it's cool and simple nice ui/ux but i looked to my language Kurdish it was not there because of that i search on the net and google takes me to here XDA ... So I have a lot questions and i wana help you if you wanted too i can create new language pack for my language and you include in your app also i have and old forked version of menny main project that i created to many cool themes and so on..
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@GorranKurd Did you happen to succeed installing Kurd on my keyboard? You just install Menny’s one (for Anysoftkeyboard) and it works for Effectedkeyboard2 the same way as well.
I know it’s not under Languages in Effected Key, but I’ll add it there later as well.
If you could drop me a direct message, I’d send something small and nice for you as well. (It’s a surprise.)
Let me know when you happened to be here around .