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[App][5.0+] Contacts 5+: Contacts with GROUPS! Alpha 1 - Android Apps and Games

Contacts 5+
Contacts with GROUPS!
Version 1.0.7
July 23, 2016
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The Goal
To create the Contacts app Google should’ve included with Lollipop to begin with, with the groups feature back and prominent where it belongs. This is intended to be a fully featured contacts app, unlike the now-abandoned ContactsGroups app that many of us used for a while when Lollipop first came out.
Who am I?
I am a longtime Android enthusiast, but I’m also a professional Java developer. I work in core Java, however, and this has been my first ever Android project. Everything I’ve done in this app, it is my first time doing on the Android platform.
The Codebase
This app is not a fork of the AOSP contacts app. It is a complete, from-scratch creation by yours truly. It uses the ACTION_VIEW and INSERT_VIEW mechanisms to access the default Contacts’ app’s view/add/edit contact functionality, but otherwise it is 100% my creation (although I will include a few shoutouts to some third-party libraries I’m using in it).
Limitations
This app currently only works with contacts from Google accounts.
Current Features
- Tabs for All Contacts, Groups, and Favorites.
- Search for contact, both in the All Contacts list and within an individual group.
- Ability to view/add/edit contact details.
- Customizable settings:
--- Toggle "only phones"
--- Toggle showing groups without contacts
--- Change contact name display style
--- Change sorting for both contacts and groups
--- Choose which accounts to display
Upcoming Features
- Broadcast Receiver updates (right now, if the contacts data is changed from an outside source like the Google Contacts website, and the app is running, it won’t update until you close and re-open the app)
- UI improvements. The popup letters when fast scrolling and the section headers are a project I intend to dive into shortly, to better match the slick look-and-feel of the default contacts app.
- Frequently Contacted section in Favorites tab
- Support for more account types… maybe (this is so not guaranteed, depends on how much overhead it adds to the contact loading process, I haven’t even begun to look into it so I have no idea).
- Other ideas (suggest them!)
Screenshots
Screenshot Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/CYZta
DOWNLOAD
The app is in the Beta Chanel of the Google Play Store. I've been using it regularly and it is very stable, but anyone who develops software knows that issues can arise, hence the beta status. To download it, first use the following link to opt-in to the beta. From there you will have a link to download the app directly.
Link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.craigmiller160.contacts5
Reporting Bugs
Please report all bugs in this thread. I have a day job and a life, but I do intend to continue working on this app to complete the features on the upcoming list above, and resolve any remaining issues that emerge. Feature requests are also welcome, while I make no guarantees about implementing them, if something catches my eye I will consider it.
Reporting Logs
As I'm trying to resolve as many bugs as possible, I've added a feature to the app over versions 1.0.3 & 1.0.5 to write logging data to a file on your device, which you can then send to me. The file is written to /sdcard/Android/data/io.craigmiller160.contacts5/files. This data will make my efforts to solve issues easier, so providing it alongside bug reports would be very helpful.

CHANGELOG
http://craigmiller160.github.io/contacts5-changelog.html
FAQ
1. Will this be in the Play Store?
Yes, definitely, once it is ready for prime time.
2. Will a feature I like be in the app?
You’re free to ask, and if I like it I might consider it. At the moment, though, the goal is to make an app identical to the stock Contacts app, except that this one has the Groups feature back where it belongs.
3. Help! It crashed on my phone!
Post as much detail as possible, including a logcat if you got it. This is an Alpha build, but I promise to work on resolving any issues as quickly as I can.
4. How quickly will you update the app?
As quickly as I can. Again, I have a full time job (developing applications), and a life outside of that. But I do intend to see this project through to completion, and hope to at least be able to roll out a new build every week, or every other week at the latest.
5. I love this app! Can I donate?
Hmmm… I do like money. I should look into getting something like that set up.
6. Will this be open source?
Considering it.

Favorites?
How do I install the app? And I don't see the Favs tab in screenshots?

Great idea! What ever possessed Google to remove groups will forever be a mystery. Are you currently working on the app?

This is a great initiative. Here are some ideas...in light of material design, there should be a new group floating button (or an expandable new contact / new group plus button). Would be great to colorize groups, meaning when in all contacts, a color glow would appear behind their name. That'll make it much easier to spot "orphan" contacts (meaning contacts who are not part of groups).

Thank you very much for this app, it is weird to not have a group option on my phone.

SEAxHAWK said:
How do I install the app? And I don't see the Favs tab in screenshots?
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Hey. Favorites tab was not present in Alpha 1. However it is now present in my current build, and will be there in the final release.

Hinesight 20/20 said:
Great idea! What ever possessed Google to remove groups will forever be a mystery. Are you currently working on the app?
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Hey. Yes I am. I went quiet for a while but this app is still in development. At this point it has actually gotten very stable and I've been using it as my DD contacts app. I do intend to release a new pre play store build probably by the weekend, barring schedule craziness.

titaniumtux said:
This is a great initiative. Here are some ideas...in light of material design, there should be a new group floating button (or an expandable new contact / new group plus button). Would be great to colorize groups, meaning when in all contacts, a color glow would appear behind their name. That'll make it much easier to spot "orphan" contacts (meaning contacts who are not part of groups).
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So as far as a new group button, I have mixed feelings about that one, since you still won't be able to add contacts to a group without going into contact details and opening the groups section anyway (and a new group button is in that menu). For all contact details stuff I'm just using the default Contacts ActionView, so none of that is code I've actually touched.

ShadowAngler said:
Hey. Yes I am. I went quiet for a while but this app is still in development. At this point it has actually gotten very stable and I've been using it as my DD contacts app. I do intend to release a new pre play store build probably by the weekend, barring schedule craziness.
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Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Hinesight 20/20 said:
Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Works! Thanks, I'm looking forward to your new releases.

Hinesight 20/20 said:
Very cool. I'll download it and check it out.
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Works! Thanks, I'm looking forward to your new releases.
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Yep. My goal is to have it out in the Play Store beta channel over the weekend. I just finished implementing search functionality, but then went away for a few days (at the airport on my way back now). The only reason this release will be considered a beta is that the only person to use it so far is me, so I can't 100% guarantee it's bug free. But I'm using it every day right now with no issues.
Quick preview of what's coming:
Completed Features:
- Tabs for All Contacts, Groups, and Favorites.
- Search for contact, both in the All Contacts list and within an individual group.
- Ability to view/add/edit contact details.
- Customizable settings:
--- Toggle "only phones"
--- Toggle showing groups without contacts
--- Change contact name display style
--- Change sorting for both contacts and groups
--- Choose which accounts to display
Still to come:
- UI improvements: popup letters during fast scroll, and letter headers in contacts lists (like the default contacts app)
- Broadcast Receiver data refreshing (right now, if the contacts data is changed from another source while the app is running, it won't refresh until it's closed/reopened).
- Support for more account types (maybe) (right now, the app only supports Google account contacts. Once everything else is finished, I will explore if it is possible to easily integrate support for contacts from either exchange or facebook as well).
Edit: Looks like I'm right on schedule... the release is now done, gotta run out for the night, but I plan to get it out by tomorrow.

Alright folks, the new build is live. Changelog to follow soon (although I already posted a preview of it, I'll be incorporating an official changelog into the OP soon.
Enjoy.

Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?

Bobvark said:
Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?
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+1

Bobvark said:
Looks good so far. Can I ask to be able to email or text the entire group?
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That's something I've been thinking about. I'll probably look into it once the other issues are resolved.

I'm adding this here and to the OP, in the hopes that someone sees it. I've gotten a report that my app is crashing on startup on a Samsung Galaxy S6 running Touchwiz/Android 6.0.1. Since I don't have a Samsung device to test the app on, I'm struggling to investigate the issue. If anyone has a Samsung device running Touchwiz, I would appreciate hearing from you, hopefully with a logcat, so I can resolve the issue.

I see that this application is ad supported. Please add an option to pay and remove the ads.

sling-shot said:
I see that this application is ad supported. Please add an option to pay and remove the ads.
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That is a part of the plan. Currently it's in beta, and my main focus is going towards resolving some of the last few outstanding issues that users have reported. Once it goes into production I will indeed be adding that ability. It'll only be $0.99, I'm not looking to make much money off of this, just get a tiny bit back for my work.

Would be great if you can add ability to set group ringtone, then it would be perfect.

Bug:
I've noticed that when I search for a name from the main list, there are several contacts don't appear. It may be because they were added through WhatsApp, even though they are gmail contacts. But when I search for the name within a group, it appears. I've also seen that the favorites tab doesn't include all of the contacts I have starred in android.
Other than that, so far it looks nice! And it's REALLY fast. Can't wait to see how development continues.

Related

The Siri Killer!
Hey Guys! I'm sure you are all aware about Apple's newly developed Siri for the iPhone. Well, there is an APP on the Android Market that is still in development but it shows a lot of promise. It's called SpeakToIt Assistant and the market link is:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant&hl=en
The apk link is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=763306&d=1319735777
With QR code:
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The latest version of the app is able to change its voice into Male/Female from UK and US!!! Also another feature that puts Siri to shame is that you have AVATARS! And you can create your own, from an old man to a hot chick
There is also a function to create your own avatars, from scratch such as an Anime Avatar or a human portrait etc!
This project has passed the deadline on KickStarter but it is still being developed as we speak. If you guys are still interested, the Assistant's Official website has a Paypal Donate button, so go take a look and remember, even a dollar counts
http://www.speaktoit.com/
There is also an Official Blog and the link is: http://we.speaktoit.com/
Here is the YouTube App review link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myE498nyfGw
Update 1:
This is from the developers' page:
"In the course of the project we plan to release the following features:
1. Working with alarms and reminders, improved calendar integration
2. Reading your messages for you
3. New styles of avatars to choose and a serious look for serious businessmen
4. Option to change Assistant's voice
5. Starting the Assistant by voice command
6. Integration with more services including table reservations, bookings, taxis, etc."
UPDATE 2:
Just confirmed that Multi-Language support will become available in the future!
Update 3:
Updates of this project can also be viewed on my Blog: http://speaktoitnews.blogspot.com//
Update 4:
If you cannot use the mic on SpeakToIt Assistant, make sure to have installed Google Voice Search. It is needed in order to hear what you are saying. Here is the market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch&hl=en
Update 5:
Just got some news from the developers:
1. The weather for tomorrow works already. As for other days, it's being worked on.
2. The weather service we're using may not have information for some locations. We're working on this problem too.
3. Thanks for your concern. We're not going to stop development. But the money raised on Kickstarter would help us to work on the new features faster.
SO basically, weather and location are being worked on right now. The app will not be discontinued if the budget on Kickstarter is not met. The money will be used to speed up the process to get a complete version of the app! So don't worry about it being taken off the market
Update 6:
You guys can support me by clicking on the ads on my blogs. I thank you in advance! BTW you DO NOT need to enter any personal info, simply clicking on the ads would work!
http://speaktoitnews.blogspot.com/
http://allboutandroid.blogspot.com/
Update 7:
Some issues right now for which I have already informed the developers about:
1. Have better recognition with apps installed, eg Go SMS shows up as GO S M S at the moment.
2. Learn how to search whole terms instead of individual terms, eg "Moby ****" instead of "Moby" and "****" < Considered as profanity
3. Android service support such as GPS turning on when maps in opened
4. Android places integration such as Home, turn wifi on, Work, turn to airplane mode etc
Update 8:
From the developers mouth, I present:
"The next update will have alarm skill, a lot of bug fixes, and some more features."
Not that much detail but the word update seems nice!
Update 9:
Multiple OS support coming soon! Such as:
iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Bada and tablets!
Update 10:
You can go to the market and get the latest update!
Update 11:
So the developers are working real hard and they are aiming to have SpeakToIT to be able to choose specific sources and services for your commands!
Examples: "Listen to Breaking Benjamin", won't play it on the stock music player but on Power Amp and "What is the weather like?", the source will be from weather.com etc
Hope it arrives soon!
Update 12:
Some people have had time issues. Well,the latest update worked for many people but still, some time zones aren't working perfectly, so the developers are working on fixing the time issue at the moment.
Update 13:
A second market update has been released, make sure to get it!
Update 14:
The latest update supports Tablets! So pull out your Transformer, Iconia or Galaxy tab and install it!
Update 15:
Go to the market and download the latest version of STI. I have tried "What is the weather like?" and the correct weather was displayed! Make sure to try it out and tell me if there are any issues.
Update 16:
Latest update of STI is able to set alarms for you! Additional work on weather has also been made. Bugs and glitches have been reduced therefore less Force Closes.
Update 17:
The devs said: "We're planning a major news skill revamp in the future. It'll be awesome!"
So the revamp will further enhance each skill such as Search, which will grab the whole group of keywords instead of each individual word, Play will allow the user to specify which player etc
Hope the update comes soon!
Update 18:
Took awhile for this one lol
Anyways, this time around the devs answered a couple questions:
Voice activation: They are working on the handsfree version of STI so that you can start and stop it anytime by a simple voice command like " Hey Sam, could you tell me where the closest bus stop is at?"
"What is my location?" command : "We use the location information provided from the phone such as GPS when on and if off we use cellular networks."
Multi language support: "Will be available. But we can't say when exactly. Sorry."
And lastly, they are working on a bunch of features right now so we should just wait patiently and see what is to come.
Update 19!!!
Finally got some awesome news! This is the new feature for the Maps function on SpeakToIt. I have below the word to word quote from the Devs:
"We've just released a new little feature that so many people asked about. It's just the very first version and we really need your feedback and suggestions.
So, we call it Maps Shortcuts. You save a shortcut and then can ask the Assistant to show it on the map or even navigate to that address or point on the map.
For the trial version, you can use 3 predefined shortcuts: home, work, parking. Here is how they work.
Save address
My home address is ___
I work at ___
Save exact location
I live/work/parked here
See it on the map
Where do I live
Where do I work
Where is my car
Navigate there
I wanna go home
Navigate to work
If you like it, we'd be happy to hear about this. If you don't like, please tell why. If you think there should be more ways to say such phrases, please share your ideas with us."
Update 20:
Hello Folks! Got a new update on the Market (November 18th 2011) and it includes a bunch of bug fixes, better Calendar skill management which will allow you to use different apps and integrate it with STI. You will also be able to set up future events! The biggest change was the Alarm Skill upgrade. The Alarm skill is has more artificial intelligence now so if you say "Going to sleep. Wake me up in 2hrs." Sam will set the alarm for you. Now it is more natural when you use it.
Don't forget to post your ideas and issues! I will contact the Devs and try to get the solution!
Update 21:
Hey there! The Devs just announced that one of the biggest features they'll be working on soon is the ability for Sam to be able to learn things. The App will be able to do Active Listening thus being able to understand words and not just plain keywords and also Active Learning, so you could teach Sam your preferences, or your personal words and expressions.
Crazy Update:
GUYS! Go to the Market and update your Assistant. Sam is able to change voices now with a very human like Male and Female from the US and UK. The voices come from the iVoice function under the settings tab. Sam's skill set has been improved drastically. She is perfectly able to lock in locations such as Home and Work. Additionally her skills for the Navigation as a whole has improved. Lastly better calendar integrity and scheduling.
Here is the Market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant&hl=en
Check it out and tell me if there are any new ideas and issues!
Update 22:
Hello folks! You can create your own avatar now! So that means you can draw it out, use Photoshop or use a real life person's portrait etc. Here are the instructions from the Devs:
The avatar should consist of the following images:
normal.png (required)
happy.png
wink.png
blink.png
sad.png
surprised png
avatar.properties
So, if you don’t need any emotions for your Assistant you can have only one image, which should be in the file normal.png.
Remember! All file names should be in lowercase. They must be in PNG image format with transparent background. Recommended height is 500px.
The file avatar.properties should have only one line. It will change the voice of the Assistant, if you use iSpeech voices:
type=male
or
type=female
or
type=anything
After you get all the files ready, you need to archive them in ZIP format and change the extension of the archive from .zip into .stheme.
To install the avatar you can upload the file on the website, from where you can get later it via your mobile browser. Or just send it via email to yourself and download the file.
Here is the official Thread for this awesome function:
http://we.speaktoit.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1666
ENJOY!!!

Hi,
support for other languages planed in the future?
with friendly greet
starbase64

Well, it is still in development, so I am unaware of multi language support yet, but i sent a message to the developer and let's see what he says. I will keep the post updated as soon as new features are released
EDIT:
Yes I confirmed from the developer and here is the message:
"Yes, we're planning multiple languages for the Assistant.
If you have more questions, you're always welcome to ask us on our forum http://we.speaktoit.com/ or via email [email protected]
Regards,
Speaktoit"

this is cool-will posting in our mod thread for more testers.

Speaktoit Assistant not working on Epic 4g
So I got the Speaktoit Assistant app from the market and I love it. The only problem that I have is that I can't hear when the assistant talks back. So doing some research, I found out that I needed to download a synthesizer or something. I downloaded it and when I try to open it, it just force closes. Could somebody help me with this? Im probably late finding out about this, but is the Epic unable to do talk to speech?
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Hey There! Don't worry I had such a problem. First uninstall the assistant, install SVOX Classic, choose a specific Voice, then install the assistant again. Keep me updated if it still doesn't resolve the problem

Very good app, but what would be Great is if you could put some jokes in there, It would entertain me while driving , I love this application, Has potential.

iasookia said:
Hey There! Don't worry I had such a problem. First uninstall the assistant, install SVOX Classic, choose a specific Voice, then install the assistant again. Keep me updated if it still doesn't resolve the problem
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Do I have to buy a voice? Pico isn't working for me.

I've installed this app on my Orange Boston and I've to admit it works like a charm. I'm looking forward to see the multi-language support but still, it's great. Good job guys!

Has anyone figured out how you send a text to a specific contact? And to include the text you want to send?

r.i.p Siri

ZoZo- said:
Has anyone figured out how you send a text to a specific contact? And to include the text you want to send?
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When I say send a text message to *name* it just inputs the name as the message content lol.
Haven't figured it out yet, I'd like to know as well.

Hello there! There are 2 options:
1. Say send text, give a message and manually choosing the sender's name/number.
2.Say Send text to 'name', He/She'll ask what message to send, then speak the message and send the text.
Example:
Say "Send text to Billy" ...
"No problem. What would you like the message to say?"
"Hey What's up?"
Then click send

this is a great application I hope it can get support. even if they charged a bit for the actual app it would be worth it.

Pretty cool App, I look forward to contributing to test the App.
Good job guys.

iasookia said:
Hello there! There are 2 options:
1. Say send text, give a message and manually choosing the sender's name/number.
2.Say Send text to 'name', He/She'll ask what message to send, then speak the message and send the text.
Example:
Say "Send text to Billy" ...
"No problem. What would you like the message to say?"
"Hey What's up?"
Then click send
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Awesome! Didn't know that.
Unfortunately I just found that my phone went from 70% to 35% in about 45 minutes. This was right after installing this app.
Before I go and blame the app completely, can someone tell me if there's a setting or something I left checked that's either causing wakelocks or battery drainage in the background?

Well, i noticed that this app used slightly more battery life for my phone, the LG G2x with Eagles Blood ROM installed but make sure to always close the app by either saying:
1. Exit
OR
2. Close App
That will cause the assistant to turn off! Hope this helps.
BTW you could try the Battery Calibration App. This App drastically increased my battery life. I played a full 3D game for an hour and I only lost 20% battery. SO here's the link if you are interested:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

i've just downloaded this app but there isnt a mic button. why?

Does your App look like the following:
If it does, there is the mic button on the bottom right corner and on the left corner there is the text version.
When you want to talk, simply tap the mic button once and after the request is done, the mic button will automatically open so that it is like a conversation.
If you still cannot find the mic button, download Google Voice Search. That app is needed for Assistant to work:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch&hl=en
Hope this helps!

The app looks to be very promising. Would want to have headset control though (pressing call button in headset would start the conversation, if no phone call is ongoing)

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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utter! release progress
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
CONTACTS
TASKER
BLUETOOTH
WIFI
MOBILE DATA
WORLD TIME
WORLD WEATHER
ROOT FUNCTIONS
Credits
pingpongboss - amazing StandOut library!
usaff22 - amazing icon and artists impression work
meadowsjared - Sharing his coding skills
nobnut - previously unknown generosity
waydownsouth - previously unknown patience and sharing of knowledge
fahadayaz - Bug solving GEEK
Permissions
Code:
All permissions are for device based command purposes. NONE of your personal data is uploaded or shared to any external server of any kind
Change Log
Code:
V2.2.5A RELEASED
Email
Text
Navigation
Facebook
Twitter
Directory Searches
Car Locator
Play Music
Visual Results
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..
Sent by accident from my Amaze using Tapatalk

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
Sent Via My Shiny New Droid4!

Can't wait to try this app out have not been that impressed with the other similar apps.
This one looks slick.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk

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
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

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

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All-in-One Agenda
Important things – all in one place
Play or AppBrain or Apk [4.0+] or Apk [2.2+]
All-in-One Agenda | Support | G+ | Facebook
​
All-in-One Agenda is a widget showing events of your digital life be it calendar appointments, Facebook events, birthdays or weather forecast, and allows you to manage them with easy.
Have you ever missed an important event, no matter how carefully you scheduled everything in your calendars?
We've all been there!
While keeping track on tight business schedule, it's easy to forget about a present for that special someone, or miss a scheduled call – simply because your appointment is not visible to you at all times.
With All-in-One Agenda all your important events – business and personal – are shown together on a single comprehensive screen. And since it is a widget, you can place it on your desktop. Now there won't be any last minute surprises!
Features:
- Aggregated and easy to comprehend view of all appointments, gathered from your calendars, birthdays, weather forecast*, Facebook events*
- Calendar view to check calendar appointments only
- Birthdays tab to monitor upcoming birthdays
- Easy to use out-of-the-box, but highly customizable
For the price of a cup of coffee, you get:
- Top Bar with dual clock and weather**
- Weather forecast for today and upcoming days
- Facebook events and friends' birthdays
- Birthday notifications few days in advance
You can easily buy all these features in the settings one buy one or you can buy them all with reduced total price. With all you will get all current and all upcoming features. They will be assigned to your account and will always be with you. You can easily restore them on your new cell phone.
* paid features
** weather in Top Bar is displayed only if both features are acquired

Well, it looks very nice, will try
Thank you very much

Wish it looked like the icon though. Maybe even just the option for white?

Does the widget include settings for transparency?

I just downloaded but when creating the widget, my agenda won't load; stays in "loading" loop. Anyone know why? I'm using Nova launcher.

Looks good, but quite a lot to pay to get all the features, especially when compared to other widgets that offer the same thing. Needs transparency too. Just my 2c...

I have a htc one running 4.2.2 sense 5 (insert coin rom) and Im using Apex launcher.
It looks good but it wont let me scroll the widget up and down with a swipe, it has actually added up and down arrows
how do I get it to work as in the video, swipe up and down?
Thanks

Looks like a paid application
HiDEFF said:
I just downloaded but when creating the widget, my agenda won't load; stays in "loading" loop. Anyone know why? I'm using Nova launcher.
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Same on my TF300 CM10.1, data protection disabled at application preference, but nothing displayed.
Unable to suppress that damn FaceBook tab (Am I the only one who's not using FaceBook ?)
Anyway, too much paying options (quite all), IMHO the thread should be moved to "General discussion > Paid Software Announcement and Discussion"

Wish it looked like the icon though. Maybe even just the option for white?
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Does the widget include settings for transparency?
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We are going to support skins in future - it is on our road-map - but for now it is semi-transparent grey, which should suit most designs.
I have a htc one running 4.2.2 sense 5 (insert coin rom) and Im using Apex launcher.
It looks good but it wont let me scroll the widget up and down with a swipe, it has actually added up and down arrows
how do I get it to work as in the video, swipe up and down?
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That's strange, 'cause our up/down paging buttons are in custom version build for pre 4 Android, which is not you case as I understood. Did you install from Google Play?
Looks like a paid application
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Quite a pity that you didn't not find use for the core features that are free. Core idea to gather and show events in place that is visible to the user in a well-designed, space-thifty almost all the times - his desktop - is the primary idea. On the other hand, it is almost pleasant that we could think of features that are supplementary but appear to be so much needed by our users.
What can we say... we had an idea of something that is needed... and give it for free, and then thought once again, what can we propose as additional features, that our user might find useful in combination with core functionality and that will allow us to support and develop the application. And it seems we achieved it rather good - some want both for free
I just downloaded but when creating the widget, my agenda won't load; stays in "loading" loop. Anyone know why? I'm using Nova launcher
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Can you please raise it in an e-mail to [email protected] - we will try reproduce and debug your issue. To be honest situation with custom launchers maybe very tricky - we had a couple of them already.

Nice app! I'm going to give it a try. Downloading now.

Yeah I downloaded from google play, and got the up down arrows.
I'll uninstall and reinstall see what happens
*Edit* same thing, arrows still there!
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4
,

i would like to know where those "birthday events" are loaded from?
thx..

Yeah I downloaded from google play, and got the up down arrows.
I'll uninstall and reinstall see what happens
*Edit* same thing, arrows still there!
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Because of a nasty mistake your phone gets a "fallback" Android 2.x compatible version. Sorry about that, and please wait for the coming version 1.1 that is going to fix this. Please re-evaluate in a week or so. If you wish to have fixed version right now you can join our alpha community. Just drop an email to support.
i would like to know where those "birthday events" are loaded from?
thx..
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We are loading these events from all your contacts.

all-in-one-agenda said:
We are loading these events from all your contacts.
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sorry but i cant find any birthday field in my phone's contact list..
could u tell me more about this?
tia..

Dear All-in-One Agenda users!
It's been ten days since we released All-in-One Agenda to the public. We have passed 1000 of installations (few days ago), we have not only a lot of warm, positive feedback from satisfied users, but also requests for new functionality and features.
As replied by us in support emails and Play comments our focus during this period and upcoming weeks is to support users who find All-in-One Agenda useful by fixing as many bugs as we can (and you report to us). And that is why we released 3 bug-fix updates during these 10 days and one more is coming.
Today I want to announce the coming 1.1 release which is going to be public in few days. It is our active work to achieve our users' satisfaction:
- enable installation to tablet devices
- improved support for large screen phones (like Galaxy S4)
- features that will help us to troubleshoot users' issues
- fixes for the problems that were reported by our users via support e-mail, this community or crash reports in the application
That being said, I'd like to ask you not to hesitate to contact our support e-mail with any problem you might have or use our G+ support community to follow us and ask questions or write your suggestions. We want All-in-One Agenda to be as polished, as possible and serve our users.
One last thing. If you are active and experienced Android user and willing to participate in early access program to help us to test new features, you are welcome to join our Alpha-testing community. Let us know on support e-mail.

sorry but i cant find any birthday field in my phone's contact list..
could u tell me more about this?
tia..
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Some Android flavors don't allow to set/see birthdays of your contacts even if they are there - for example synced from GMail/contacts.
That is one of the features that All-in-One Agenda can help you with - you will see your contacts' birthdays (if they are set of course), even if your Android's default contact manager does not show them.
Not how to set them - In GMail/contacts you can set birthdays/anniversaries/etc with no problem. Also in some android contact mangers (e.g. some Samsungs, but others can have this as well) you can find "event" when you select to add a field to a contact. This is what you are looking for - after that you can select a "type" for that "event" - e.g. birthday - this will result in your contact having a birthday.

all-in-one-agenda said:
All-in-One Agenda
Important things – all in one place
Play or AppBrain or Apk [4.0+] or Apk [2.2+]
All-in-One Agenda | Support | G+ | Facebook
​
All-in-One Agenda is a widget showing events of your digital life be it calendar appointments, Facebook events, birthdays or weather forecast, and allows you to manage them with easy.
Have you ever missed an important event, no matter how carefully you scheduled everything in your calendars?
We've all been there!
While keeping track on tight business schedule, it's easy to forget about a present for that special someone, or miss a scheduled call – simply because your appointment is not visible to you at all times.
With All-in-One Agenda all your important events – business and personal – are shown together on a single comprehensive screen. And since it is a widget, you can place it on your desktop. Now there won't be any last minute surprises!
Features:
- Aggregated and easy to comprehend view of all appointments, gathered from your calendars, birthdays, weather forecast*, Facebook events*
- Calendar view to check calendar appointments only
- Birthdays tab to monitor upcoming birthdays
- Easy to use out-of-the-box, but highly customizable
For the price of a cup of coffee, you get:
- Top Bar with dual clock and weather**
- Weather forecast for today and upcoming days
- Facebook events and friends' birthdays
- Birthday notifications few days in advance
You can easily buy all these features in the settings one buy one or you can buy them all with reduced total price. With all you will get all current and all upcoming features. They will be assigned to your account and will always be with you. You can easily restore them on your new cell phone.
* paid features
** weather in Top Bar is displayed only if both features are acquired
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Doesn't look good Have to pay for every feature! Milking the customers in every possible way eh?

shriganesh said:
Doesn't look good Have to pay for every feature! Milking the customers in every possible way eh?
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No, not really... Please check the description (that you so explicitly quoted) and a demo video on YouTube. It says very open and straight what is the core idea and free functionality behind it. It is to gather events in your Android device and show them in a convenient, well-designed and space-thrifty widget. Other features are supplementary and don't make much sense without the core idea.
A price of a good coffee is something that we think good idea and piece of software is worth.

Suggestion for new feature: clicking on the calendar tab (or make a new tab) that shows you a calendar instead of an agenda.
Another suggestion: option to put the tab options at the top or bottom instead of to the side. Most phones have more vertical real estate than horizontal real estate.

Suggestion for new feature: clicking on the calendar tab (or make a new tab) that shows you a calendar instead of an agenda.
Another suggestion: option to put the tab options at the top or bottom instead of to the side. Most phones have more vertical real estate than horizontal real estate.
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Both added as new feature suggestions in out community - everyone can come and +1 them
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103694972337751929454

Check out Cornowser, started as a project by fellow developer of UBP.​
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UltimateBrowserProject​
This Project has officially been discontinued. The reason is that I don't have time to work on this anymore. It was actually started as a fun project just to learn new stuff about programming in Android and with the overwhelming response, I just went on to learn more. But now, due to little or no time I cannot continue and have decided to discontinue this project for good.
If anyone would like to take over on my behalf, they are free to do so. Just make sure to keep the license intact. It has been a great time learning stuff and I sure have learnt a lot from this thing. To all those who have helped me and this application be a lot better, I'd like to thank you and I appreciate your support.​
Those who're looking for a new, bright start, can check out Cornowser, started as a project by fellow developer of UBP.​
Also, the source code is still on GitHub, if you'd like to mess around with it.
Now has been licensed as "Beerware", meaning you can do whatever you want with the code. You can also still download the stable & beta versions from the downloads tab of this page.​
It has been a fun ride with you all, and I hope we can meet soon with a new project ​
Regards,
Thunderbottom​
XDA:DevDB Information
UltimateBrowserProject, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
balzathor, takahirom, xdvs23
Source Code: https://github.com/Thunderbottom/UltimateBrowserProject
Version Information
Status: Abandoned
Current Stable Version: 1.4.6
Stable Release Date: 2015-12-24
Beta Release Date: 2015-07-21
Created 2015-06-09
Last Updated 2015-12-28

Changelog-
Added Application Source Code
Check out the source code here
v1.2.3.
Added JSoup support for HTML Bookmark import
Minor Bug Fixes where tab would close on swipe from top
v1.2.4.
Added Readability Mode.
Added Workaround Fix for horizontal scroll bar showing when any webpage is launched from Home.
Minor Code Tweaks.
Snappier and more responsive.
Increased speed when switching webpages with volume buttons.
v1.2.4r2.
Fixed HTML Import crash.
Reduced JSoup dependency and added custom method.
Fixed Minor Bugs.
v1.2.5.
Cleared unused codes.
Minor Bug Fixes.
Used ViewUnit instead of ContextCompat.
v1.3.0.
Updated Host File for better ad blocking.
Fixed Minor Bugs.
v1.3.1.
Minor Bug Fixes.
Added a Forward button to the address bar on user request. (Requested by @nereis)
v1.3.2.
Added ACRA for In-App Log Reporting.
v1.3.3.
Added OTA Support for future releases.
v1.3.4.
Fixed OTA Update download. Now newer updates will be provided OTA.
Added Swipe to Change Tabs. Now you can swipe the Address Bar to switch tabs.
v1.3.5.
Added Custom User Agent Support in Application Settings!
Committed first OTA Update.
v1.3.6.
Added Permanent fix for download crash bug
Fixed scroll bar display bug while loading pages.
Now get Changelog in app itself!
Added more IME support.
v1.4.0.
Added Omnibox control to enable/disable swipe to switch tabs.
Fixed Google Play linking bug.
Fixed Minor Bugs.
Increased exit time to 1800 from 512.
v1.4.1.
Added Text Reflow settings.
Now browser automatically goes to landscape mode when video plays.
Fixed Minor Bugs.
v1.4.2.
Added Crashlytics and Removed ACRA.
Added Fabric.io integration.
Cleaned a few Strings, Application "Version" in settings now has an easter egg.
v1.4.3.
Added Localizations for many languages.
OTA Update will now download the latest available version.
Minor Changes to the Keyboard layout.
v1.4.4.
Added More Localisations.
Icon is now Materialized. Thanks to davimount.
v1.4.5. Downsized to 691 KB
Added Localizations for more languages.
Fixed minor bugs.
v1.4.6.
Fixed a few bugs.
Corrected Traditional Chinese translations.
Added Responsive Heads Up notification for devices with Lollipop.
Now you can save any link as a file. Long press a link or select 'Save Link As' option from the three dot menu.
v1.0-ß.
Fixed bugs.
Added Fullscreen mode.
Added Deep-Linking.
Now opens HTML File.
Restore Tabs from Last session.
Omnibox Hides on Page Scroll. BUG- Bottom Omnibox scrolling animation needs tweaking. Workaround - Set Omnibox position to Top in Application Settings.
v2.0.
New automatic tinting.
New animations.
Fixed a crash while switching tabs.
Fixed download for Android Marshmallow (6.0).
Added German, Bengali Translations.
Added Dark Theme.
Added better StackTrace generator for app crash.
Now you can Print any document using Google Cloud Print.
Fixed animations for hiding Omnibox.
Fixed Screenshot on Lollipop (5.0) and up - Some devices still don't capture the whole page correctly.
Lots of bugfixes!

FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions -
Where are the settings?
Swipe the address bar upwards to reveal more options, the gear icon is where all the settings are.​
It crashes way too often
Can't help much of it, all I request of you is to allow me to collect the crash data (Collected automatically on crash as of v.1.4.6, user option from v.2.0), or provide me the logs if you are rooted.​
More features?
Yes, I'd love to add more features to the application, but I'm short of time. Too much real life bugs to deal with. If you are a Dev and would love to contribute, you can do it on the application's GitHub Page.​
ETA for Updates?
Can't say anything about updates at this moment, but I try to do my best to code whenever I have time.​
Is Beta stable for daily use?
No. Although you can install and use both the beta and the stable version at the same time ​
My phone got fried. Pls halp.
Can't, you need to be too stupid to think that an application like this has fried your phone.​
This application is consuming too much RAM/Battery. Help?
Provide me with all the possible details that you can, else I can't help you. Sorry.​
Print functions requires me to sign-in to my google account?
Yep, Google Cloud Print requires this so that you can save it online or print it wirelessly!​
Custom user agent? What is it?
You can find about it here.​
Can you add "so-so" feature?
Yes, but I can't guarantee a date though.​
Where is chrome-like sync?
I don't know how to add it yet, as soon as I understand, I'll add it as well as some other API's​
Why is this not on Play Store yet?
I'm a student and I'm broke. Simple as that.​
There are rip-offs on Play Store!
Don't install them, they've just changed the app name and icon to something else. You may report them if they are paid or have no license! Thanks ​
Nice! How can I contribute?
If you are a Dev, you can help me with the project, or else you may buy me coffee! (Bitcoin - 17Lm28deyBPquaz3CBVncFPPPSoPPwA3oQ)​
More FAQ Questions?
Yeah, if I find more generalized questions that someone might face while using this app, I'll add it here!​

I like it!

DolDrum said:
I like it!
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Thanks! you can apply for feature requests if you want to see some features in the future builds!
Would be glad to work on it.
Regards.

balzathor said:
Thanks! you can apply for feature requests if you want to see some features in the future builds!
Would be glad to work on it.
Regards.
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Well, I installed it just this morning.
It is pretty user friendly and I look forward to using it.

DolDrum said:
Well, I installed it just this morning.
It is pretty user friendly and I look forward to using it.
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Thanks! it was built having the user-friendly environment in mind
Regards.

browser
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UltimateBrowserProject​
UltimateBrowserProject is a to-be Open Source browser that aims to do the work unlike any other browser. Currently, it supports the following functions. (And Probably many more!)​
Custom home:​
When you first log in to the browser, the about:blank page is shown. Use the overflow menu's Add to home to pin webpages.Use the overflow menu's Relayout to customize your homepage.Long press on a card on the homepage, and you can edit the title.
Switch tabs:​
You can set tab switcher position at top or bottom of the screen by changing the settings at Setting/Browser/Tab position.Press the address bar and drag it down or up, then the tab switcher will be displayed.Swipe up/down to dismiss a page.
Remember that if the soft keyboard is shown the tab switcher would not display, it's not a bug, but an intended design.
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Load in Background:​
Set UltimateBrowserProject as your default browser.A Single tap will open links in background, and show a clickable notification in statusbar. Double tapping the link will show a dialog that allows you to open links in foreground.
Volume control:​
In Setting/Browser/Volume control you can set the volume keys behavior to:
Switch tabs.
Scroll webpages.
System default. (Works as default volume keys)
AdBlock Whitelist:​
Since AdBlock maybe cause some websites to display error, you can add them to Setting/AdBlock/Whitelist
Screenshot:​
UltimateBrowserProject can capture entire webpages!
But Unfortunately, that doesn't mean you can screenshot a very long page, which may cause the browser to go Out Of Memory.
Material Design:​
UltimateBrowserProject is based on Google's Material Design standards! and is optimized for Android 5.1.
Lightweight:​
One of the main purpose of this project is to keep the browser lightweight and NOT RAM hungry.
This Browser was created by having heavy usage in mind, along with the lightweight-ness. So, Maximum possible features have been implemented while keeping the application size as small as possible and as less RAM hungry as possible. ​
Application Screenshots​
Note - The Default tab position is at the bottom, which can be changed to top in the application settings​
Downloads​
All the download files, from v.1.0 to latest v.1.2.2 have been made public.
Click here to view all the downloads for this project
TODO​
Add new features based on people's demands
Splat Bugs (Not Yet)
Add OTA updates (Although in app settings have Check for updates, OTA would be better)
More to come.
XDA:DevDB Information
UltimateBrowserProject, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
balzathor
Version Information
Status: Testing
Current Stable Version: 1.2.2
Stable Release Date: 2015-06-09
Created 2015-06-09
Last Updated 2015-06-09
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Congratulations! , look simple and friendly, l´ll try download it today
Regards

mm6891 said:
Congratulations! , look simple and friendly, l´ll try download it today
Regards
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Thank you
Please leave a feedback after you use it, any features you'd like to add, I'd be more than happy to work on it.
Regards.

Thanks for the app.
Is there a chance of adding a per-domain configurable user agent?

CruxHumanus said:
Thanks for the app.
Is there a chance of adding a per-domain configurable user agent?
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If you're talking about Mobile/desktop user agent for specific websites, yeah, I can try to do that.
EDIT: If you want me to make a "spoof" user agent, I suppose that will be a tougher task, will try though
Regards.

Very slick. I like having the address bar etc at the bottom. Much more accessible on a phone. One query: I believe adblock uses a lot of resources, in fact slowing the loading of pages and heating up the CPU while it does it. Is there a more lightweight option such as bluhell firewall or ublock which could be implemented?

balzathor said:
If you're talking about Mobile/desktop user agent for specific websites, yeah, I can try to do that.
EDIT: If you want me to make a "spoof" user agent, I suppose that will be a tougher task, will try though
Regards.
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Thanks for replying.
I am talking about being able to set mobile or desktop, but more importantly custom, user agents per site or per domain.
Habit Browser has such functionality, and it's the only browser I am aware of featuring it. Many browser offer a global mobile/desktop user agent toggle and that's pretty much it.
So I am always looking out for lightweight browsers that will have the UA features I've described.

I really love this browser. Its lightweight which is truely match with what you've said about this browser
I just want to check if this browser or my phone is the fault with delay inputs on forms such as textarea, passwordbox, textbox field.
Anyways setted this browser as my default love it.

nullzx said:
I really love this browser. Its lightweight which is truely match with what you've said about this browser
I just want to check if this browser or my phone is the fault with delay inputs on forms such as textarea, passwordbox, textbox field.
Anyways setted this browser as my default love it.
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Can you try clearing the app data, cache and rebooting phone? that problem should not exist.
Thanks.

CruxHumanus said:
Thanks for replying.
I am talking about being able to set mobile or desktop, but more importantly custom, user agents per site or per domain.
Habit Browser has such functionality, and it's the only browser I am aware of featuring it. Many browser offer a global mobile/desktop user agent toggle and that's pretty much it.
So I am always looking out for lightweight browsers that will have the UA features I've described.
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mhmm I got you there, that would make this application heavier. I can try to store the data on the storage card and check if a website is Mobile or Desktop UA. But then that would make it RAM heavy. Will figure out a better way. Added this problem to my TODO list
Regards.

ratbags said:
Very slick. I like having the address bar etc at the bottom. Much more accessible on a phone. One query: I believe adblock uses a lot of resources, in fact slowing the loading of pages and heating up the CPU while it does it. Is there a more lightweight option such as bluhell firewall or ublock which could be implemented?
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Well you're right, but not here. I made a host file containing all the adblock elements which barely takes a KB of space in the application. when you open a website, it just checks out the host file and prevents ads from being generated. Slowing the page is never a problem due to adblock. Plus, for the firewall part, it would take up more space, making it heavy. UBlock is the same thing as adblock, the same script and stuff. So it won't make much of a difference.
Regards.

Just some suggestion if you don't mind it Mr.Developer
Can you just make a shortname of your browser because UltimateBrowserProject is too lengthy so I suggest named it UBP instead.
Add data compression so it would cut off the data usage.
Save page for offline reading- which allows a user to save a page to read it offline like how the youtube offline videos work.
Export page as PDF or any format- makes users dont depend on online services to download the page to their specified formats.
That's my suggestion.
More features plus lightweight and not ram hungry would definitely top on the browser category if this would be uploaded or add in the google play store.

nullzx said:
Just some suggestion if you don't mind it Mr.Developer
Can you just make a shortname of your browser because UltimateBrowserProject is too lengthy so I suggest named it UBP instead.
Add data compression so it would cut off the data usage.
Save page for offline reading- which allows a user to save a page to read it offline like how the youtube offline videos work.
Export page as PDF or any format- makes users dont depend on online services to download the page to their specified formats.
That's my suggestion.
More features plus lightweight and not ram hungry would definitely top on the browser category if this would be uploaded or add in the google play store.
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I'll try to answer all your requests one by one
I've thought of compressing the name to UBP, I may do that in the future
Save page for offline reading is currently in my TODO List. By that time you can use the "Screenshot feature" which screenshots the page at high quality.
Export PDF requires a separate library and that would make it heavier I suppose. Definitely not on the list. You can share the page to Adobe PDF app which can convert the Page to a PDF.
Overall I've thought of all the things you have as feature request to be implemented in the application. I hope this helps.
I'll still be trying out the Export PDF for my dry runs and that release won't be soon. Plus, by making it heavy, this app becomes same as G Chrome which I don't want it to be.
Regards

Can you add ability to sign into websites using your fingerprint for phones that have a fingerprint sensor? Would be freakn sweet!!!

NEW
The Your Grocery List app is available in the Gear app store! Install it from the Gear app on your phone, enter your email address and PW to sign into your Our Groceries account on the watch, and start shopping! Thank you, Christoff!
Requires an account w/Our Groceries. Does not require the Our Groceries app on your phone, but that is highly recommended (it's simply a great shopping list app - once you/your family start using it you'll wonder how you got by without it).
You can create your Our Groceries account from the Our Groceries app on the phone, or at www.ourgroceries.com.
This is a community developed app, Christoff (developer) contacted Our Groceries and they were supportive of him releasing it.
Currently the app does not have "push" auto-sync w/the Our Groceries server, so use the Refresh button in the app to update before shopping (in case changes have been made to the shopping list from another client). All changes on the watch to your shopping lists are immediately sync'd w/the Our Groceries server. Christoff is investigating auto-sync from the server to the watch.
Old:
Any enterprising developers who also have to go shopping for groceries (100% of you!) - you could look into the Our Groceries app!
It's probably the best shopping list app available on Android (nearly instant sync across multiple devices, extremely flexible list management, super easy to use UI, regular maintenance and updates from developer, etc.
Would be great to have a Tizen client to view current list of items and check off as purchased from the watch.
Willing to provide beer money to help get this started.
UPDATE: Member cm_walkaround has started working on a native app solution for Our Groceries sync. See this post (#6).
UPDATE 2 WOOT! Christoff just announced that he released the app to the Gear store today (Feb 21) in this post (#9). It will take several days to a week for Samsung to review and approve it. They control the final actual release of the app in the Gear watch store, so hopefully they will complete their review promptly.
The app is called Your Grocery List. (Christof did not call it "Our Groceries" to avoid confusion about the source of the app).
Thanks (mine and all other Our Grocery users) for looking into this!

I too have been looking for something, and would really like it to sync with Google Tasks since that is what I'm presently using for my grocery list and use GTasks on my phone.
I tried the My Tasks companion app with sister android app which syncs with Google Tasks, but it's terrible on the S3. The font is way too big, and it shows you all the items in the list even when and after they are checked off so you have to scroll and scroll through the lists. Hopefully the developer will decide to change it.
If not, I'm looking for something that will only show the items on the list that are not checked off so you can maintain a large list of grocery items and uncheck only the items you need before you go to the store so the watch only displays the unchecked items.
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Our groceries.. Ditto

So until something native arrives, this is an option, and it works surprisingly well.
Get Wearable widgets app on your watch, and companion app on your phone and complete setup and choose the widgets you want to see on your phone.
Launch the Wearable Widgets app from your watch, and scroll to the widget you want to see (from the ones you selected on your phone).
Viewing the Our Groceries widget via Wearable Widgets on your watch you can:
- Scroll the groceries list up and down
- Tap items to mark them purchased
- Tap them again to return them to your shopping list
The interaction is very much like the one on the phone, surprisingly good, actually. You can add each of your lists to your phone - just set them up in the Wearable Widgets app and they will show up in the phone.
Some screenshots and a pic below from my watch.
{
"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"
}

Redflea said:
So until something native arrives, this is an option, and it works surprisingly well.
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You are right, it works well thank you for the tip

Just started..
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof

cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof
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OH MY GOODNESS!
Thanks very much for working on this - will be very appreciated!!
Can you also support swipe to change lists (I find that swiping left/right is often easier than using the bezel, depending on what I'm doing).
The Our Groceries folks are nice, my interactions w/them have been very positive. If you haven't seen it, here's what they are saying about device support in their current FAQ...Gear doesn't even register. I expect (hope) that they would be happy for you to extend their ecosystem.
https://www.ourgroceries.com/faq#unsupported_devices
Our Groceries said:
Will you support Microsoft Windows Phones, Apple Watch, Google Home, Google Now, Siri, or IFTTT?
While we do not currently support Windows Phone devices, we are watching the market share numbers. When the mobile platform becomes popular enough, we will likely create an OurGroceries app for it.
We are evaluating whether our users find OurGroceries useful on Android Wear devices. Depending on what we find, we’ll decide whether to support the Apple Watch.
We are actively investigating Google Home integration.
Google Now and Siri do not currently provide a way for us to integrate with them.
IFTTT charges $3000 per year for integration, and we do not currently think that we would make that back in additional revenue.
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cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
just started to code a client for ourgroceries on the S3 (just asked OurGroceries if its ok for them to use the name in the app.. lets see).
Still need to implement a store for the credentials, but apart from that the minimal version is almost finished. "Features" are:
- show all lists -> select a list (also with bezel-scroll)
- show all items of selected list -> tap to cross off
For now, I am not displaying crossed off items at all (="shopping" use-case). But I plan to extend that asap.
I hope to get this minimal thing working by the end of the week and hope, ourgroceries is positive about my request.
Best
Christof
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Great News and thanks!

Submitted
Hi folks,
the developer gave me a positive feedback and I finished & submitted the app to the store.
I also noted in the app-description, that I am a private developer and not in any way related to the OurGroceries-service.
It should take some days for the review process, but I hope it goes through.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll upgrade the app from time to time (I do this in my free-time which is needed for other things for now).
Would be happy if you leave feedback here or in the app store.
Best
Christof

cm_walkaround said:
Hi folks,
the developer gave me a positive feedback and I finished & submitted the app to the store.
I also noted, that I am a private developer and not in any way related to the OurGroceries-service.
It should take some days for the review process, but I hope it goes through.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll upgrade the app from time to time (I do this in my free-time which is needed for other things for now).
Would be happy if you leave feedback here or in the app store.
Best
Christof
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Wow, Christoff, you didn't even give us time to start pestering you for a release date! This has to be the fastest move from announce to 1.0 release I can remember seeing. Thanks very much for submitting to the store, I'll be hitting "Refresh" on the Gear app store every hour or so for the next few days.
Will definitely provide feedback once it's available. Thanks for providing this - closes a key gap in the watch's capabilities.

Redflea said:
Wow, Christoff, you didn't even give us time to start pestering you for a release date! ....
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Thanks Redflea - I hope the quality is acceptable (I also really needed this app.. ).
Testing time was quite short, so maybe its more a 0.1-release.. however, everything seems to work.
See u!
Christof
p.s. the name of the app is "Your grocery list" (I wanted to prevent misunderstandings that this app could be made by the service-providers), but noted "OurGroceries" in the description, so I hope its find-able.

cm_walkaround said:
Thanks Redflea - I hope the quality is acceptable (I also really needed this app.. ).
Testing time was quite short, so maybe its more a 0.1-release.. however, everything seems to work.
See u!
Christof
p.s. the name of the app is "Your grocery list" (I wanted to prevent misunderstandings that this app could be made by the service-providers), but noted "OurGroceries" in the description, so I hope its find-able.
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Sounds good - don't worry, I'm sure any issues will be ironed out over time (as you have time).
Thanks for the info on the name - I'll be looking for it on the Gear App store over the next few days, hopefully Samsung will release it quickly.

Hi again,
just to shorten your waiting time, I've some screenshots for you.
Registration might need some additional days..
Best
Christof

This is fantastic!
I use Our Groceries quite a lot, so having it on the watch will be so handy!!
I'll definitely grab this once it's on the store and give it a try! :good:

cm_walkaround said:
Hi again,
just to shorten your waiting time, I've some screenshots for you.
Registration might need some additional days..
Best
Christof
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Yippee! Thanks for the pics.
LOL...I go into the Gear app store and search on "Grocery" twice a day now. I'm going to have a big impact on their search metrics.

Well, thanks for your efforts, but I just tried out the parent OurGroceries app and it is way too weak for me. So I'll still be looking for something better than OurGroceries, but thanks anyway.
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@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing? @all: app is now available in store.
I uploaded an update today which needs another 4 days for validation.
It includes:
- swipe left/right to toggle between active/crossed off list.
- in the list of crossed off items: insert filter string to quickly find items
- if the filter string is not already existing in the list, you can add it as a new item.
- minor bug fixes
Next update will be about porting the app to other tizen watches.
Best
Christof

cm_walkaround said:
@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing? @all: app is now available in store.
I uploaded an update today which needs another 4 days for validation.
It includes:
- swipe left/right to toggle between active/crossed off list.
- in the list of crossed off items: insert filter string to quickly find items
- if the filter string is not already existing in the list, you can add it as a new item.
- minor bug fixes
Next update will be about porting the app to other tizen watches.
Best
Christof
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Woot! Off to install!
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cm_walkaround said:
@DaWeav: Just curious: what features are you missing?
Best
Christof
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First, when I tried to migrate my current shopping list and import that list into OurGroceries, they manipulated the imported data and sorted it alphabetically.
I have my master shopping list in the order I 'walkthrough' the store, so now everything was all over the place on the list. I really don't need Zuccinni at the bottom of the list since it's in the produce area which is fhe first thing I see when entering the store. Anyway, I'll give them a bit of credit as they do have 'Categories'. So, I took the time to create 16 or so Categories for food items, and took the time to place my 100s of items in their proper 'store-order' (walkthrough) categories.
But, then I ran into a major second problem with my Ourgroceries master shopping list.
Now that I had all the shopping items on the list in their proper category order with the items appearing in the order the store has them when I'm walking through the store, I don't need the 100s of items at this time, so I started removing them from my shopping list. But, when I started checking off the items, all they did was drop off the list in either alphabetical or randomly order. They don't leave the checked off items in the same order when checked off/not active. Nor do they even leave them in their category order when the items are un-checked/not active. So, if I want to re-activate a checked off item on my list, I have to search and search to find it. At least when I reactivated the checked off item, the item appeared back in it's proper category order.
I just like having a master list of items that I can go through and just activate the item I'll need since it helps me think of the items I'll need to get instead of constructing a new list every time.
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These are absolutely valid complaints - and the api does not seem to support relative ordering of the items, so you can only implement that on the client-app (you could have multiple shop-profiles that memorize the relative order items were checked). Maybe the developer can implement this feature for the client - I'll ask.
Best
Christof