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[APP][3.0+][1.1][★Video Introduction] Visummly - Share the moments within your videos

[APP][3.0+][1.1][★Video Introduction] Visummly - Share the moments within your videos
V1.1 (2013.11.17)
1. Set a photo as background - just long press any photo in your collage.
2. Add gallery photos - press the PLUS button at the bottom left.
3. Added Chinese support
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After a month's effort to play with Android's canvas and different gestures, here comes my second app - Visummly.
The idea is to turn any video into an amazing collage image, quick and fun.
If you like this app, please give me a good rating on Google Play. Thank you.
---------- Why I build this app ------------
1. We record videos occasionally, but most of them have never been shared, because recording an interesting-enough video is very hard.
2. We shoot less videos than photos because we use them less, and video editing is time-consuming.
3. Many videos contain lots of great moments (more than you would expect) that can be highlighted/shared.
4. Sometimes it is just too hard to shoot photos at the best moments. Just miss it! The camera is not very fast.
Visummly is a new way to use your video, extract important moments from it, and reorganize it in a fun way.
Hopefully it will make you shoot more videos
---------- See it live on Youtube ------------
---------- Who am I ------------
I am a PhD student at University of Sydney, doing research on Automatic video summarization. However, this is quite difficult and summarization quality is very subjective. Then here comes the idea of allowing users manually "summarize" their videos using a collage image (that's why called Visummly). I am personally quite impressed by the final resulting app, especially that I found there are so many interesting moments even in a boring video. Even better, putting these moments in a nice way could really bring life to a static image.
---------- Features ----------
Let you pick the best moments from a video, arrange them into a collage.
You can change layout (frames), background color/pattern, border width, with smooth animations.
User interface has been tailored to be easy to use and blazing fast. Confused? Click on the question marks to see how to use.
Here is the screenshot and some samples (Thank my son for his support!) :
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---------- your help ----------
I would be very grateful if you could:
leave comments here for any feedback or suggestions.
send crash report (logcat) to [email protected]
If the app crash, please click SEND crash report.
---------- download ----------
You can install it from Google Play Store,
The apk V1.1 can also be download from this link.
---------- by the way ----------
I also created a Medium post about my experience on my first app PicPac Camera. Click here if you are interested.
Thank you all:laugh:

Sounds good. Gonna try it now.
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AMoosa said:
Sounds good. Gonna try it now.
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I have published it to Google Play Store (link). Should be available now (takes a few hours).
Any comments are welcome.

Added Video Demo.
Thank my son for his great support!

Added Sample results (my son and me...)

Incredible work you did here! I think it is a great idea and allows me to finally use my videos for something.
Can't wait to see the progress of this app in the future,
Some suggestions for features....
1) Adding images to the collage from gallery if you already have that perfect shot. (incorporated into the video still image capture window)
2) Adding a custom wallpaper from gallery to your collage.
3) Allowing the user to choose how much of the video they want to use and how many fps they want to use as opposed to the fixed 1fps for the first 30 secs of video.
4) Allow the user to choose the quality of the image output from best quality to least.

Not compatible with my device - Nexus 7.

Looks great, downloaded!
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Nice idea
But when I try to share pics app just force closes.
I am using note 2 i317 with jedi X19
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Just fyi, sharing/saving works for me on Nexus 4 stock rom with franco kernel
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adv1sory said:
Incredible work you did here! I think it is a great idea and allows me to finally use my videos for something.
Can't wait to see the progress of this app in the future,
Some suggestions for features....
1) Adding images to the collage from gallery if you already have that perfect shot. (incorporated into the video still image capture window)
2) Adding a custom wallpaper from gallery to your collage.
3) Allowing the user to choose how much of the video they want to use and how many fps they want to use as opposed to the fixed 1fps for the first 30 secs of video.
4) Allow the user to choose the quality of the image output from best quality to least.
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Great suggestions. (1)(2) are actually in my list for future updates
(1) is not provided for now as I still hope users to make a collage from a continuous video/motion/event. This makes the content inside the collage look smooth and consistent. Adding other photos from the gallery somehow breaks the "purity". However, this is definitely the feature I will add if many users suggest it (YOU are the first one!).
(2) is good. I am looking into it. Just not sure where to add a button to set wallpaper (background) image yet. Also, setting a wallpaper may make the collage look cluttered.
(3) this is hard. First problem is the memory issue. Now all bitmaps are in memory to enable fast interaction. Will have a look at ffmpeg to extract frames, while this generates many cache files.
(4) Now it basically capture the screen at its double size. Smaller size may be useful for quick sharing?
Thank you!

loco-cork said:
Not compatible with my device - Nexus 7.
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loco-cork, could you give more details how it is not compatible? When does it crash or not respond?
I did not test it on tablets...

suyashc said:
Nice idea
But when I try to share pics app just force closes.
I am using note 2 i317 with jedi X19
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I made some quick fixes. Could you help me test it before publishing it to Play?
APK link is here http://goo.gl/rTCO9L (it says 20131020, but it's updated)
Thank you.

Very Nice App. Keep up the good work

genliang.guan said:
I made some quick fixes. Could you help me test it before publishing it to Play?
APK link is here http://goo.gl/rTCO9L (it says 20131020, but it's updated)
Thank you.
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Thank you for update,app is working perfectly fine now....
Loving it.
Thank you
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genliang.guan said:
loco-cork, could you give more details how it is not compatible? When does it crash or not respond?
I did not test it on tablets...
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When I tried to get it from Play Store it just said 'not compatible with your device'.

genliang.guan said:
Great suggestions. (1)(2) are actually in my list for future updates
(1) is not provided for now as I still hope users to make a collage from a continuous video/motion/event. This makes the content inside the collage look smooth and consistent. Adding other photos from the gallery somehow breaks the "purity". However, this is definitely the feature I will add if many users suggest it (YOU are the first one!).
(2) is good. I am looking into it. Just not sure where to add a button to set wallpaper (background) image yet. Also, setting a wallpaper may make the collage look cluttered.
(3) this is hard. First problem is the memory issue. Now all bitmaps are in memory to enable fast interaction. Will have a look at ffmpeg to extract frames, while this generates many cache files.
(4) Now it basically capture the screen at its double size. Smaller size may be useful for quick sharing?
Thank you!
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In regards to number 2) you can place the custom image/background option as the first pallet in the background selection row. As for number 4) Yes for easier sharing through social media and such.
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loco-cork said:
When I tried to get it from Play Store it just said 'not compatible with your device'.
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There is use-feature camera in the manifest in case I will support taking photo later, but I don't have android:required="false" previously, which makes the app require camera.
Is your Nexus 7 the first model that does not have rear camera? If so, then try installing it now?
Thank you for pointing out this issue

I'd love to see the ability to add images alongside video in the collage as well!

Thank you! I will try this on my galaxy mini!

[APP][4.0+] meet SNAPY, The Floating Camera [DEC 8 Update]

Schiztech, the creators of Swapps, presents:​meet SNAPY, The Floating Camera​Never miss a big moment again,
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A FLOATING CAMERA?
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Snapy, a App for the No Device
Contributors
roshga
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0.9
Stable Release Date: 2013-11-11
Created 2013-11-11
Last Updated 2013-12-08

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After you update the translation to your own language please send us your name/nick here: [email protected] and we'll write it on the 'Thanks' section on our application.​

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Change Log
1.1.6 [Dec 8th]
• Added German, Czech & Turkish translations
• Attempt to fix pictures not saved on some devices*
1.1 [Nov 15th]
• Bug fixes (Contact us if something seems wrong, we'll look into that)
• Translations: Russian, Hebrew, Chinese

From what little I've played around with it; it seems very well made. Liking it a lot! Keep up the good work and thanks a bunch for the free promotion! :3

Seems cool, downloading now!

so this app like chat heads, yes ? now i can take picture from anywhere...thanks
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Sure guys, don't forget to get back with feedback

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Sure guys, don't forget to get back with feedback
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Wow. This is absolutely amazing. Great way to promote your app. Will it be activate on all future devices with my play store account?
I really have no complaints. Small things could be improved like the smoothness of resizing the window. Overall this is a fantastic application. I hope you make more floating apps seeing as you clearly put quality first.
Edit: I do have one complaint. When Notification Launch is enabled, the X button on the top right corner of the window is redundant. Either remove it or provide an option to remove it as the window can be closed from the notification.

Great idea, bad outcome
This whole app and idea is excellent. The app itself and it's menu is also pretty good. But when you're actually using the camera, the photos are less then stellar. Is there an auto-focus feature? Such as tapping the screen to auto focus? I really like the idea but the photos are not coming out good.

Bionic22 said:
This whole app and idea is excellent. The app itself and it's menu is also pretty good. But when you're actually using the camera, the photos are less then stellar. Is there an auto-focus feature? Such as tapping the screen to auto focus? I really like the idea but the photos are not coming out good.
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Could be an issue with your phone. Mine auto focuses. But you are talking about manual focus where you tap the screen, it focuses and then you tap the shutter button to take the picture.

atrix4g18 said:
Could be an issue with your phone. Mine auto focuses. But you are talking about manual focus where you tap the screen, it focuses and then you tap the shutter button to take the picture.
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Yeah that's what I mean. Manual focus haha

thanks a lot for this great app... It's unique and amazing..
thanks a lot for this great app... It's unique and amazing.. I will try my best to give a complete review after playing for some more time..

Bionic22 said:
Yeah that's what I mean. Manual focus haha
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There's an auto-focus when you tap the window, and, as it was said before, when you click the shutter button.
Currently there's no manual focus as the window size is usually too small to determine the exact location that the user wanted to focus, we thought that an auto-focus would be much better.

atrix4g18 said:
Wow. This is absolutely amazing. Great way to promote your app. Will it be activate on all future devices with my play store account?
I really have no complaints. Small things could be improved like the smoothness of resizing the window. Overall this is a fantastic application. I hope you make more floating apps seeing as you clearly put quality first.
Edit: I do have one complaint. When Notification Launch is enabled, the X button on the top right corner of the window is redundant. Either remove it or provide an option to remove it as the window can be closed from the notification.
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First of all thanks for the great feedback, we'll look into the 'x' removal option and check it with our beta group.
Second, the promotion is locally stored, which means it'll be removed on uninstall and won't be activated on future devices. It is a 'getting to know' promotion and our way of returning something to the xda community.
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roshga said:
First of all thanks for the great feedback, we'll look into the 'x' removal option and check it with our beta group.
Second, the promotion is locally stored, which means it'll be removed on uninstall and won't be activated on future devices. It is a 'getting to know' promotion and our way of returning something to the xda community.
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So the promotion is not tied to the account but to the device?
Either way, I think this app is very well done. I was able to get a force close playing with it for a few minutes by changing Snapy mode to no notification. For some reason, it stayed in my notification panel, but when I tried to click settings from there it crashed. I can't seem to replicate it anymore though, so all is well.

This is a very well made app. It is smooth and reliable. I will definitely be using this quite a lot for those moments when you need to take a picture fast.

IJust purchased an unlock.
Love the app, has a great interface and handy to have... but have some feedback.
1) the option to upgrade on the free version is currently spelled "upgrage"
2) even after purchase, I am still nagged to buy you a coffee... I have already purchased, so why am I nagged to give you more money?
3) the Resolution of pics are limited to 7 megapixel when my camera is capable of more.
4) possible integration as an extension for 'floating notifications'?
Please see what can be done to address this feedback... It's really good, just some niggles.
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May I know if I can disable the camera sound?

Really Awesome , Handy App.. Thanks DEV!

Thanks, works pretty well.

[APP][3.0+] NOTEify - Color Sticky Notes And MUCH More During Live Calls!

UPDATE 05.06.2014
-Fixed German Language item names
-Side Bar now change color according to application theme (dark/light)
-fixed note saving bug inside contact
-Fixed group deleting and not disappearing immediately bug
-Fixed group renaming
-Added an option to show the contact you were talking to, right after the conversation with him
-Fixed list jumping back to top when selecting multiple contacts.
I AM LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO TRANSLATE NOTEIFY INTO MORE LANGUAGES SO USERS CAN GET THE APP IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE .
NOTEify Reviewd by XDA Developers:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...t-and-view-rich-contact-notes-while-in-calls/
There are quite a few techniques and tools available to help you better remember important details about your work contacts. For example, you could manually keep a journal of key information or store these facts on their business cards in your Rolodex—that is if anyone even remembers what a Rolodex is. But of course, manually writing things down is a bit too last century for most of us here on XDA.
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NOTEify Review by AppsZoom.com:
http://www.appszoom.com/android-app/noteify-kozzh.html
A simple reminder for your contacts
Welcome to NOTEify, a helpful application that will be useful for creating a clear schedule and be reminded of all the tasks you need to do in order to live your life in a more organized way.
Sync your contacts, create color notes and have them show during calls, so you always know what you want to say to them. You can drag around the notes to hide them or have them present, whatever feels more comfortable. In addition, feel free to send the note to other contacts if you find it useful.
The design of NOTEify is great, everything is minimalist and clear and NOTEify becomes a helpful and simple tool for professionals and also people who merely want to organize themselves better.
Matan Dahan is the developer of NOTEify, a colorful reminder which works really well.
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NOTEify is the perfect app to use when you want to get reminded about specific information or discussions with your contacts.
You may choose from a variety of many in-call or in-app options, including:
-Showing notes during in or out calls.
-Showing the contact you are talking to with his full details during the same call.
-Adding a new contact with his full details for an unrecognized number during the call itself!
-Changing and designing your own notes color and text color for individual contacts or a whole group of contacts.
-Notes can be minimized or be dragged along the screen during call for maximal convenience.
-Notes saved within the app or during a phone call will also be saved to the other contacts app on your device.
-Many in-call or in-app specific note options, including navigate to an address written in the note, send the note displayed to other contacts, create reminders of a specific conversation and much more…
-This app is equipped with its own designed widget for maximal convenience to activate or block notes from being showed during a phone call.
-Many more options and possibilities can be found inside the in-app options for your own convenience…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matandahan.recordnotes
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSzzP6uPSkE
[/YOUTUBE]
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I would love to hear comments, improvement suggestions, bug reports etc...
Hope You Will find it useful and enjoy it :laugh:

Great App! Surprisingly simple idea, yet extremely useful and very well executed. Thanks again!

Many layout and usage changes
Hey all,
I just wanted to update that many changes has been made since the last NOTEify version came out..
The design is now more "HOLOish" and many bugs were fixed..
I would love to hear your opinion :angel:
HERE IS A DEMO VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEoBbaSLg1E

mdmdmd27 said:
Hey all,
I just wanted to update that many changes has been made since the last NOTEify version came out..
The design is now more "HOLOish" and many bugs were fixed..
I would love to hear your opinion :angel:
HERE IS A DEMO VIDEO:
h**ps://w.w.w.youtube.com/watch?v=TEoBbaSLg1E
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Great app I'm going try it when I get home.
Cheers

Good idea and useful. Work well on my nexus. I'll use it in my work.

Thank you! It's nice to get some comments :laugh:
I would also love to hear improving suggestions from users:good:

Hey guys,
Version 1.3 is out.
Fixed some bugs and layout issues.
Would love to hear some comments :angel:

Fixed "Add new contact" dialog and some other resources to be supported in larger resulotions devices.
Added new usage video on YOUTUBe, showing how to add a NOTE to entire group of contacts in one shot :good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxdeMi7oAwo

Added New Poll
Hey Guys,
Many thread view, many downloads and not so many comments..
So I decided to add a new poll with a usefulness question about NOTEify.
Thank you for your time :good:

I tried it but it was taking to long to sync so I stopped it.

biffcoorbit said:
I tried it but it was taking to long to sync so I stopped it.
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Hi, thank you for trying it out.
The sync is only one time proccess. It needs to take you entire contacts list and ALL of their data (everything including addresses, emails, more than one phone number, images and other details..)
*it is a Contacts App so it needs the data so you can use it in NOTEify with ease.
After your are doing it ONLY one time, the app is listening to you contacts apps and adds contacts that where added in other contact apps automatically..
Im happy you tried it, and hope you might give it another shot sometime.. I promise it worths it

New version
Hey guys.
A new version (1.6) with syncing problems in some devices was fixed.
Also the syncing performance is now faster and more reliable.
Also added new screen shots to the main thread. :laugh:

@mdmdmd27 the initial contact sync is a pain as it takes too long. Find a way to make this faster and work on the design and it will be a top app.
Thanks
pemell
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pemell said:
@mdmdmd27 the initial contact sync is a pain as it takes too long. Find a way to make this faster and work on the design and it will be a top app.
Thanks
pemell
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Hey pemell, thank you for the comment and advice!
I am working on the speed of contact syncing, it is very important for me to get it done faster and more efficient.
I have uploaded a new version, it will be up in the Google Play in a couple of hours, I would love to hear you opinion then..
And if you would like, I will be happy to hear your opinion on the design to :angel:

-Changed layout to be more "HOLOish" and light.
-Fixed layout bugs reported by some users.
-Increased the speed of syncing contacts.
-Contacts sync now can be stopped and fully recovered when continued from last stopping point.

NOTEify Review by AppsZoom.com:
http://www.appszoom.com/android-app/noteify-kozzh.html
A simple reminder for your contacts
Welcome to NOTEify, a helpful application that will be useful for creating a clear schedule and be reminded of all the tasks you need to do in order to live your life in a more organized way.
Sync your contacts, create color notes and have them show during calls, so you always know what you want to say to them. You can drag around the notes to hide them or have them present, whatever feels more comfortable. In addition, feel free to send the note to other contacts if you find it useful.
The design of NOTEify is great, everything is minimalist and clear and NOTEify becomes a helpful and simple tool for professionals and also people who merely want to organize themselves better.
Matan Dahan is the developer of NOTEify, a colorful reminder which works really well.
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You're video links to a private account.
App looks good so far. Sych was done in a bit over a minute.

DrunkUncas said:
You're video links to a private account.
App looks good so far. Sych was done in a bit over a minute.
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Hi DrunkUncas,
Thanks for trying, I would love to hear your comments :laugh:
I have fixed the video link.

It's ok. Just tried it. Import was at good speed. :good:
My suggestions:
1. Other languages? I want it in german, please.
2. Dark theme. White is nice, but hurts my eyes. :cyclops:
3. When in list-view with notes showing, you can't see where the next contact begins. Or: Gridlines are not visible.
That's it from me. Overall I like it. THX

ds1508 said:
It's ok. Just tried it. Import was at good speed. :good:
My suggestions:
1. Other languages? I want it in german, please.
2. Dark theme. White is nice, but hurts my eyes. :cyclops:
3. When in list-view with notes showing, you can't see where the next contact begins. Or: Gridlines are not visible.
That's it from me. Overall I like it. THX
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Hi ds1508,
Thank you for trying and thank you for the suggestions!
1-I wish I could find someone who could translate NOTEify to other languages..
I only know English so this is the main language for now.
If you know anyone who can translate it (for free at the moment, not a lot of text to translate though..)
I would love to talk with him
2-I might add an option to change between themes in the next version, I am thinking about it.
3-Thanks for stating it, I will fix it in the next version.
Thanks again for the contribution
Peace.

[APP][4.1+]Simple Mobile Tools

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They are all open source, contain no internet access, no unexplainable permissions, no ads. That makes them perfect not only for the casual users, but also for the privacy concerned ones. They are available on f-droid too, sources are on Github. They contain customizable colors (including the app launcher color), dark theme is used by default.
I created them 2 years ago and by now they have roughly 6 million downloads together, so they are fine-tuned for the most part already, it isn't something fresh and rough that just came out of a school project. I'm actually working on them even more than full-time by now, so they can't just disappear or become abandoned. They are translated in up to 32 languages, translations are done by volunteers. The most popular app is the Gallery, the next ones are Calendar and Contacts.
Google keeps pushing developers to be more transparent with handling user data and they will also make their requirements more strict this year. App updates will have to target SDK 26 (Android Oreo) starting November 1 and while my apps are already doing that, it will cause a lot of troubles to other big players. Among many other things they will have to implement runtime permissions and not take every listed permission granted by installing the apps. That is one of the reasons why I think my apps have a tremendous potential.
Even though I have published app privacy policies as needed at Google Play, many people ask me what data do I collect. Well, since the apps are offline, I'm not collecting any data whatsoever. And since there are no ads, there are no marketing companies tracking you either.
The great benefit of using the apps isn't just the security, but also the consistent user experience, that I miss so much in Android. In my apps I'm reusing as much as I can. Not just actual functions, but also icons, actions, sometimes whole screens. Whenever possible, I'm using the Material icons provided by Google, so they should look familiar and you shouldn't be wondering what will happen once you press them.
Instead of typing out everything here, let me redirect you to my Medium article Why did I create Simple Mobile Tools.
I wrote an article about the first 2 years of my journey at Medium too, it is called 5 million downloads on 2nd anniversary. What now?
In case you want to read some user feedback, a Reddit article has been written too by a user (I'm not involved in that at all).
There are many new features/bugs/improvements/apps on the roadmap and while I already have around 20k installs a day, the best is yet to come!
Stay tuned,
Thanks!

( First ? )
Good to see you on XDA, indeed.
Thank you for keeping your software clean, with no analytics, no tracking, no data mining, and also for the enormous amount of work over the years. ( Been following on GitHub for a while. )
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Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*​

Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned

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Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned
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I found this thread after sending you the mail. [emoji28]
Is good to see that the answers are so fast
Tapatalked with A8 2018

Working on Simple Webbrowser?

not really, a browser wont be added anytime soon

Great work on the apps.
One small thing I've noticed, in the Gallery app, list view.. There is a minor misalignment in the thumbnails. Hopefully that's an easy fix?
Otherwise really nice, keep up the great work.

of course, there are Donation links mentioned everywhere. It is at https://simplemobiletools.github.io/donate/
Thanks

Beautiful Icons
Really love those icons. Pretty

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Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*
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Any progress with these?
Tapatalked with A8 2018

Hey, some of those things have already been fixed, but you will have to get the Pro version at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro . Im working on rotating with gestures already, it just isnt that simple. Im getting there step by step, some initial implementation might be added in 6.5.0 released soon.

Will you be updating Simple Camera or it will turn into a pro app?
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I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.

tibbi2 said:
I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.
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Okay I understand.
It just a shame that there are not any other Camera apps which are simple like Simple Camera that I know of.
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Great work man, love the philosophy and hard work behind your apps, been a long time user of simple gallery as I used to use quickpic (before cheeta mobile ruined it), and google photos sucks for quick offline use. Got simple gallery pro a little while back and I just got your thank you app too. Anyways, great work, glad to see you on xda, cheers!

thanks, enjoy

First I want to thank you for the apps. I've used most on and off over the past couple years. I currently use calendar and gallery only though.
My suggestion to you, from an end user, is to focus more on the style and layout of your apps. The clock, for example, doesn't resize to be large enough and forces info the user may not wasn't, e.g. PM...and contacts shoves things together, name and phone number, leaving lots of empty space yet cramped together info, calendar widget text size doesn't fit with event list though they're defined by the same setting. In other words, your use of negative space to create a more appealing look & feel to the app could use some work....please don't take this as a negative. Your work is much appreciated! Just constructive criticism.

ye sure, any feedback is appreciated. I will consider it, but for now I generally want to focus on the functionality. It looks not that bad Thanks

Could there be an option to show the actual size of an image in the Gallery application ? ( If there is, I haven't figured it out... )
It particularly affects small images, like pixel art or icons, that are blown up many times their size and distorted.
　

[APP][6.0+] Looxie: Location-based photo requests

Get Looxie from the Play Store!
Looxie is a location-based photo request app that I released back in 2016. The premise is simple: you go on the map, select a location you want a photo from and send your request to that location. Any users within one kilometer will receive the request and they can respond by sending you a photo.
The big twist? They can only send photos by actually taking them with their camera: gallery uploads are not allowed. Practically, this means that any photo you receive was taken seconds earlier and essentially is a real-time depiction of that location. The practical applications are numerous (Is the sea choppy? Is the bar I want to go to packed? Is there a lot of traffic on the A2? What's up in the Mongolian steppe right now?) but it's also really exciting to simply know that the photo you got depicts something at the other side of the world as it is right now.
Late last year, I decided that the app looked positively archaic, so I went ahead and rebuilt/redesigned it from the ground up to make it prettier and faster. I think the redesign is very successful and the app is indeed much faster and much easier to use.
Here is what it looks like:
{
"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"
}
I will probably be adding some premium features as a very cheap subscription (full-res photo downloads, for example) in the hopes that they'll at least cover the Firebase costs but anybody who registers an account by August 9th, 2019 will get all premium features for free.
I will be happy to answer your questions and read your comments!

Bumping the thread with actual links. I'll be around to answer any questions and respond to comments.

Really liking this app. Now I am getting requests one after the other from the same user. It would be nice if there was a cool-down time, I'd say, once every 2hrs between requests times from the same user

Amazing idea but..
1. When I use the search function, I can't actually click on a photo to be able to view it and zoom in. All it does when I click that it switches to the next photo and the same happens with Sent Looxies.
2. No full screen viewing available!
3. Settings is grayed out and I can't access it?
4. I can't view the likes of a certain image!
5. I am getting a ton of requests of user NewbieTown, is it a bot?

When i click the camera button to take a picture it opens the stock camera(xiaomi) but I don't really like the pictures from it so I use a google camera port , do you think it's possible to choose from the camera app?

Hey! You should be able to use any camera app you want. I'm almost never using the stock Pixel camera, instead I use something some effects, like Vignette or Cameringo.

lNOFXl said:
Really liking this app. Now I am getting requests one after the other from the same user. It would be nice if there was a cool-down time, I'd say, once every 2hrs between requests times from the same user
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Hey, thanks! Totally my fault for not communicating this more clearly in the app but each of these requests are actually from a different user. Whenever a new user signs up, they have the option of sending a first contact request, ie. send a request to every user in the world (just once).
So what happened is that with the sudden influx of users (due to the XDA feature) LOTS of people got to use their first contact requests and everybody was flooded with those things. I should absolutely find a way to combat that but I don't want to take the first contact functionality away from new users. The problem will eventually solve itself, of course, when things go back to normal, with 3-5 registrations per day.

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Amazing idea but..
1. When I use the search function, I can't actually click on a photo to be able to view it and zoom in. All it does when I click that it switches to the next photo and the same happens with Sent Looxies.
2. No full screen viewing available!
3. Settings is grayed out and I can't access it?
4. I can't view the likes of a certain image!
5. I am getting a ton of requests of user NewbieTown, is it a bot?
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Hello there.
You are right on every count, the app is pretty frustrating right now. This is partly down to the fact that it's a ground-up rewrite, so some functionality that was there in the old app is still missing but also due to the fact that I'm a lone developer working on it after 10-hour marathons in my day job, right after I manage to put my 2-year old son to sleep. I still love it, though. Let me answer your questions one by one.
1. All of the functionality you're describing is coming within the month. I'm taking a much-needed two-week off from work so I'll be able to focus on Looxie almost exclusively.
2. Also coming soon!
3. I know I sound like a broken record, but also coming soon. I have quite of bit of stuff to put in there, it won't take too long.
4. At this point you know the answer.
5. Nope, totally not a bot. It's new users signing up and using their first contact request (which they can use only once). Thingss should go back to normal, with about 5 first contact requests per day. Just give it a bit of time.
Thanks for your comment, I wanted to clear some of this stuff up anyway!

Antonis427 said:
Hello there.
You are right on every count, the app is pretty frustrating right now. This is partly down to the fact that it's a ground-up rewrite, so some functionality that was there in the old app is still missing but also due to the fact that I'm a lone developer working on it after 10-hour marathons in my day job, right after I manage to put my 2-year old son to sleep. I still love it, though. Let me answer your questions one by one.
1. All of the functionality you're describing is coming within the month. I'm taking a much-needed two-week off from work so I'll be able to focus on Looxie almost exclusively.
2. Also coming soon!
3. I know I sound like a broken record, but also coming soon. I have quite of bit of stuff to put in there, it won't take too long.
4. At this point you know the answer.
5. Nope, totally not a bot. It's new users signing up and using their first contact request (which they can use only once). Thingss should go back to normal, with about 5 first contact requests per day. Just give it a bit of time.
Thanks for your comment, I wanted to clear some of this stuff up anyway!
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Thanks for the quick reply, I've edited the Google Play rating of the app to 5 stars.
However, you should've mentioned that the app has features that are still being optimized.

Possible to run on microg?
Love the app, just switched to a phone with lineageos 16 and microg. When I enter my username and password, it just hangs logging in. I then tried backing up the app on my old phone with adb backup then restored it to my new phone. The first time I started looxie, I was logged in and could see the feed. Now everytime I start the app, I get an empty feed that never updates. Also, my username is not displayed in the menu. Any ideas on how to get it working with microg?
Jeff

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Love the app, just switched to a phone with lineageos 16 and microg. When I enter my username and password, it just hangs logging in. I then tried backing up the app on my old phone with adb backup then restored it to my new phone. The first time I started looxie, I was logged in and could see the feed. Now everytime I start the app, I get an empty feed that never updates. Also, my username is not displayed in the menu. Any ideas on how to get it working with microg?
Jeff
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Hey Jeff! I've never tested the app on a device with microg, unfortunately. Unless the microg package includes an implementation of FirebaseAuth, I cannot see it working. I'll need to check and see though, so stay tuned. If you're the Jeff from the app, it's nice to see you here, thanks for all the awesome photos :good:

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Hey Jeff! I've never tested the app on a device with microg, unfortunately. Unless the microg package includes an implementation of FirebaseAuth, I cannot see it working. I'll need to check and see though, so stay tuned. If you're the Jeff from the app, it's nice to see you here, thanks for all the awesome photos :good:
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Thanks, It looks like microg doesn't support FirebaseAuth currently, there are a few issues in github for it. I'll try agian when they have it supported.
Jeff