[APP][WIDGET] Favourite Contacts - SMS based favourites (you won't find similar apps) - Android Apps and Games

Favourite Contacts finds out the top contacts by monitoring the SMS activity from your device. Based on how much and how often you contact a person, this app determines which contacts should make it to your home screen for your facility.
I claim that this app can be used as a must have widget for those users who text frequently. I have personally used this algorithm long before I could make apps, only using the good old Tasker app and the results were extremely good. Now it is a full fledged app, and that too, unprecedented; Because I could not find a similarly working app on play store.
The app offers three different algorithms to suit the needs of different users.
The widget can be configured to open the contact, open the dialer, or to compose the SMS.
There can be 5 contacts on a widget.
There is an option to ignore the contacts which you do not wish to see on the widget.
Feel free to send feedback on [email protected]
Download from Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsbyusman.favouritecontacts

Just sent an update to the app. This should conserve lesser battery.

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gotgame740 said:
Touiteur
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Wheres My Droid and Ultimate Juice can be replaced by Tasker. It can do those tasks and 1000 more. Add Launcher Pro Plus to the list....
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leyvatron said:
Twidroyd
Cause original twitter is garbage.
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but Touiteur is better
i agree with most of the posts in here, i also have almost all of the apps listed. i must have forgot to list them in my original post
gotgame740 said:
but Touiteur is better
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what makes Touiteur better?
gotgame740 said:
Ultimate Juice (Juice Defender)
Premium version of juice defender. costs money.
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Unless the Developer themselves has posted the .apk somewhere, i would really really suggest against pirating this (or any other) android app.
Thank you, I edited original post.
-McMex
liam.lah said:
Unless the Developer themselves has posted the .apk somewhere, i would really really suggest against pirating this (or any other) android app.
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Couldn't agree more. You're saying this app is worthy to be called a "MUST HAVE app for android" but not worth paying $5.00 for? If it's truly that valuable to you then show the dev some love/support and buy it/don't distribute it.
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gotgame740 said:
Extended Controls
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Never heard of it.
I searched on Market for it, and it looks very similar to what Cyanogen provides in his ROMs.
gIMpSTa said:
Couldn't agree more. You're saying this app is worthy to be called a "MUST HAVE app for android" but not worth paying $5.00 for? If it's truly that valuable to you then show the dev some love/support and buy it/don't distribute it.
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Theres a free version of Juice defender that does the job too
OrganizedFellow said:
Never heard of it.
I searched on Market for it, and it looks very similar to what Cyanogen provides in his ROMs.
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i've never used any of his roms. there is also an app called "switchpro" that is very similar to extended controls
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Music mod is hands-down the best music player I've used on my n1
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i've tried it. still think meridian is better. flac support, gestures, and album art can't be beat. not to mention that i can change tracks and fast forward/rewind using the controls on my sony ericsson mw600

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all contacts
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custom list (checklist from multiple accounts and groups defined within each account)
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Its still there if this what you mean
mjrshark said:
Its still there if this what you mean
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No, that is not it.
That is only a display selection in Contacts app only. You can choose to display one account or one group, but no multiple selection of accounts/groups.
Furthermore, this has no effect on the contacts exported to all apps, including Phone. Phone will still show you the entire list of contacts, regardless of what you are looking at in Contacts app.
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Open menu
Choose "Contacts to display".
S9 contacts only allow you to limit displayed contacts to those with phone number.
What is missing is the selection of a single account and customize (bottom)
In this screen I selected one entire account (phone) and only one group from the gmail account:
Only these contacts will be visible (on Huawei P7, Samsung S6 and others) in Phone app, SMS app, etc.
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[Infinix] What is za-hooc application?

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IM looking za-hock
esmailelbob said:
I installed app inspector and I noticed application called za-hooc and it's package name com.transsion.premissionprotect I tried to look up online but no luck so what this app actually does?
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Za-Hooc security, a TECNO’s in-house privacy protection system for phones they produce and sell.
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