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[APP][2.1+] Sprite Studio 0.1.9a

Hi everyone,
just wanted to show you guys a new app I've been working on for quite some time.
When I started the project I was working on a real-time-strategy-game for android, but creating all the assets took me so much time, that I soon began looking out for good spriting- / pixel-art- / painting- program for my mobile device in order to be able to work on my sprites when on the train or somewhere not in front of my home-computer.
As I was pretty much disappointed with what the market had to offer (no offense against the creator of pixelesque: that app simply didn't exist at that time), I started work on an own program.
It took me a very long time to actually get the app halfway done (because I have been very busy with university and other stuff) but a few days ago I finally released a first version of it and since I am working very hard on improving the app wherever possible.
Youtube announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=gbw-I6Z-1w0
The app on google play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.subgate.spritestudio
If you guys like spriting/pixel-art please check out the app, I'd love to hear your feedback/wishes/suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Features I'm already working on:
- Color palettes
- Mirror-Painting-Mode
- Layer
- Onionskin for animations
- Spritemap autopacking

Nice App / UI could be better...
Hello isam2k,
first of all i would like to let you know that i really think this app is great and you have several fantastic ideas in there. Nice work :good:
From a UI standpoint i think you could improve the overall experience.
For example the Create New Picture pop up dialog. Wouldn't it be nice if you'd offer 3 Icons for (32x32 / 64x54 / Custom)
Users could instantly choose one size and it would take away from making to much decisions out of the box.
I have tons of ideas for you wonderful app. If you like you can pm me.
cheers
David

@Neosushi68
Thanks a lot for your feedback. If you don't mind, just post your ideas right here, maybe others will have good ideas as well and so they can immediately see what already has been suggested.
Offering pre-set sizes as well is actually a good idea, definitively a feature I am going to add (maybe not with buttons but with a spinner offering some presets).

Ok just had a force-close-report from a user. If you guys try out the app and a FC happens, please do not forget to send the report, this helps so much.
If, for some reason, you are unable to send me the report, then please post me the following information here:
[Device][ROM],
[ErrorMsg],
[Random error/Error in response to interaction]
[If interaction -> Describe last interaction]
[If random -> Describe app state (open dialogs, etc)
Thanks in advance.
Sam

Ok was really busy but I finally uploaded Sprite Studio 0.2.1b. This update basically introduces palettes and also comes along with some bugfixes.
If run into problems when using the palette editor, consider watching my tutorial video first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYLLMRbJsE

[Free]CardCloud Flashcards Study App

Hi, I recently took an Android Development at my school where I made this Flashcards Study App.
There's still a lot of work I want to complete before I call it finished, but it's a good start I think. I still want to add more quizlet functionality to it (since quizlet.com doesn't seem to have an android app yet.)
Download the App!
Some features:
* Offline Mode to study on the go without an internet connection.
* Adjust card flip speeds in the settings menu
* Long press on a deck to view options
* Shuffle your flashcards
* Search Quizlet to access millions of flashcard sets.
* Edit, Delete, and Create new flashcards with a breeze
* Text-to-speech integration
* Multi-language support
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card.
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
EDIT:
I attached an apk that you guys can use since I can't seem to post a link to the play store.
Or alternatively, You can search for "CardCloud FlashCards" in the play store to get the official app.
I'd recommend it since I'm planning on pushing a lot of new features in the upcoming weeks.
Thanks!

Playstore link

merhans said:
A link for the apk or to the pkaystore would be nice^^ wana try it
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Hey. Sorry. It doesn't seem to let me post links since I'm a new member.
Here's an uploaded APK file you can use in the meantime
Or you can search for "CardCloud Flashcards" in the play store if you want the official version.
Thanks for trying it out!
Definitely let me know if you run into any problems.

So far nice ui
Works good. Is it possible to share own decks with friends? It would be amazing, also an option for read only and read write permissions for shared decks.

merhans said:
So far nice ui
Works good. Is it possible to share own decks with friends? It would be amazing, also an option for read only and read write permissions for shared decks.
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Thanks for the compliments!
Sharing is definitely a feature i'm going to be adding in the feature. Right now i'm torn between integrating some sort of facebook social network to allow for easier sharing. I've been busy trying to learn Ruby on Rails Development and Android Dev at the same time, so the cardcloud website is a bit lacking at the moment. But Sharing is definitely a big feature I want to implement.
Currently I'm in the middle of adding an ability for users to mark each card as easy/hard and then creating an infinite shuffle that will have a smart algorithm to show difficult cards more often.
That should be about two weeks out, and then I'll start working on the Deck sharing.
Great suggestion on the Read/Write permissions too! I think that would be an awesome feature, I've written it down on my notepad, so definitely stay tuned to this thread for any updates I make!
Thanks for trying out my app!

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Hey buddy I think this app is great for studying and for group activities. Love what you have done. I also like the UI I made this icon for you just cuz i like messing around with Photoshop haha hope you like it
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvTWhEWnlrbFBna2M
Full icon without background or text: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvOEV2U1FEWkVfWXM

Hi. Great app. Is it possible to manually edit or create a set on a PC and transfer / open / import into the application?
A quick way of implementing this might be to add CSV or XML export and import?
Perhaps a link up to Google docs for cloud storage and on line editing?
Also, would you consider the addition of images on the flip cards? Perhaps a HTML format would make this easy to implement? A picture paints a thousand words and all...
Keep up the good work and I hope its a great success.
Steve.
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Opening a quizlet with images renders nothing visible on the card
Steps to reproduce...
1. Search 2010 Honda Cars
2. Select any of the results
3. See the text (e.g. "2010 Honda civic") but on clicking the card to see the flip side - there is nothing.
Here is what is should look like... http://quizlet.com/1935486/2010-honda-cars-flash-cards/
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CardCloud - Flash Cards
CardCloud,
Great effort thus far ... you've added the ability to create card sets! This is HUGE.
Some tips I hope you're able to fix in the coming updates, please.
1. Settings - there should really only be on 'settings' button for the app (the vertical elipses button; top right/bottom right corners).
2. Logon - should be a little more clear "what" service the logon pertains to.
- I thought the ability to logon to Quizlet would work with this ?? I'm an Android newb and I've already realized things are "assumed/presumed" to be known to new users, which its not clear on many applications or the OS itself.
3. KEEP the "skip logon" this is critical and I've come across many notes type apps that I cannot even create a note when in the subway because they require a persistent internet connection = total pain in the ass and useless! You've got a good thing going with this "skip logon" ability please KEEP IT Much appreciated.

sd00 said:
Hi. Great app. Is it possible to manually edit or create a set on a PC and transfer / open / import into the application?
A quick way of implementing this might be to add CSV or XML export and import?
Perhaps a link up to Google docs for cloud storage and on line editing?
Also, would you consider the addition of images on the flip cards? Perhaps a HTML format would make this easy to implement? A picture paints a thousand words and all...
Keep up the good work and I hope its a great success.
Steve.
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Opening a quizlet with images renders nothing visible on the card
Steps to reproduce...
1. Search 2010 Honda Cars
2. Select any of the results
3. See the text (e.g. "2010 Honda civic") but on clicking the card to see the flip side - there is nothing.
Here is what is should look like... http://quizlet.com/1935486/2010-honda-cars-flash-cards/
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Thanks! I'm planning on adding that feature pretty soon. Right now I'm on the verge of adding support for marking cards as either correct or incorrect. Also I'm adding in an in-app purchase to remove ads. I've also been working on the website portion of my app (cardcloud.net) which will allow you to upload your local decks onto a website (once you create an account) once it's uploaded, you'll be able to export from the site.
That's still a work in progress, hopefully in a week or two, I'll have that ready for you.
In the meantime, you can expect an update for marking the correctness of each card in the next day or two!
Thanks for the compliments, and thanks for trying out my app!

Supa_Fly said:
CardCloud,
Great effort thus far ... you've added the ability to create card sets! This is HUGE.
Some tips I hope you're able to fix in the coming updates, please.
1. Settings - there should really only be on 'settings' button for the app (the vertical elipses button; top right/bottom right corners).
2. Logon - should be a little more clear "what" service the logon pertains to.
- I thought the ability to logon to Quizlet would work with this ?? I'm an Android newb and I've already realized things are "assumed/presumed" to be known to new users, which its not clear on many applications or the OS itself.
3. KEEP the "skip logon" this is critical and I've come across many notes type apps that I cannot even create a note when in the subway because they require a persistent internet connection = total pain in the ass and useless! You've got a good thing going with this "skip logon" ability please KEEP IT Much appreciated.
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Hey! Supa_Fly, thanks for the kind words.
I really like the idea of the skip button for logins. The reason the login is there is to allow users to sync their decks with the website portion of the app. (CardCloud.net) But I've been busy working on the app and haven't had a chance to get the webapplication completed yet. Hopefully in the next week or two You'll be able to backup your local decks/cards onto a website, where you can save them on a computer.
The settings functionality is a bit confusing, so I've done a bit of tinkering with it to make it more intuitive to use. Thanks for the suggestions though! I really appreciate the feedback.
In the meantime, I'm working on a v1.2 release which will allow users to mark cards as either correct/incorrect/half-correct/etc, to help with remembering your learning progression. Keep an eye out for that. Hopefully I'll be able to push that up to the google store by tomorrow. I'll also update this thread once that's complete!
Thanks again for trying my app!

Hey. Just uploaded an update to the current App on the Appstore.
Some New features:
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card. Mark a card as Correct/Incorrect/etc
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
* Settings AutoSave when changed, rather than having to hit a save button
* When Viewing a Deck from Quizlet, download the deck directly from the cardview for your convenience.
* Change your settings (flipspeed and question/answer reversal) from the cardview.

cardcloud said:
Hey. Just uploaded an update to the current App on the Appstore.
Some New features:
* Identify your strengths and weaknesses by keeping track of how well you know a card. Mark a card as Correct/Incorrect/etc
* Reverse Question and Answer sides on cards
* Improved UI
* Settings AutoSave when changed, rather than having to hit a save button
* When Viewing a Deck from Quizlet, download the deck directly from the cardview for your convenience.
* Change your settings (flipspeed and question/answer reversal) from the cardview.
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Hi, my girlfriend wrote out 20 sets as study for her exam on Wednesday. Her phone updated your app and it seems her card sets have been deleted (or lost). :crying:
Is your new updated version deleting user inputted card sets?
I'd greatly appreciate a quick response if you have a way to retrieve them.
PS, where are the card sets saved? In files (what location in phone)? Perhaps we can retrieve them manually?
Thanks, Steve.

Hey sd00, I'm really really really sorry that happened.
I found a bug in my code that was clearing the sqlite DB on updates.
I fixed the bug, but unfortunately it looks like her cards have been wiped.
This is embarrassing, I'm a noob and didn't realize that would happen.
There's nothing I can do, but promise it won't happen again.
For what it's worth, If I sent you guys an ad free version of that app, would that help?
Again, I'm really sorry, let me know what I can do to try to make it better.
I'm working on the ability to create decks online and then sync them to your phone, so hopefully that'll make it easier in the future to recreate the decks.
(If you'd like, you can even send me the questions/answers and I'll type them back up for her myself.
if you pm me an email address, I can send you an apk for the free version too.
Again, I apologize for my noobness.

For such a new app - this was an unforeseen mistake by the developer. The fact that he's VERY apologetic and this app does offer some great features over the competition I'll still support this app!
As experience is gained and more testing directly by the developer we'll this app continually excel and grow in feature sets and less bugs. Not many people appreciate developers' hard work and even less developers are as humble as this one.

Supa_Fly said:
For such a new app - this was an unforeseen mistake by the developer. The fact that he's VERY apologetic and this app does offer some great features over the competition I'll still support this app!
As experience is gained and more testing directly by the developer we'll this app continually excel and grow in feature sets and less bugs. Not many people appreciate developers' hard work and even less developers are as humble as this one.
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Hey Supa_Fly, thanks for the kind words and support! It's been a lot of fun working on this app and I've learned a lot from the experience. Hopefully as I improve, so will the app. Sorry again to sd00 for the bug. I spent a few days testing and retesting to make sure it wouldn't happen again before I pushed up the newest update this afternoon.
I've been working on the syncing functionality the last week or so and I got it finally working the way I wanted. Not 100% yet, but allowing users to create their decks online I think is a necessary feature, since writing out individual cards on a phone is a pain. I'd like to tweak it a bit to make syncs work faster/better, but I'm slightly limited by my web server since it's a bit slow. Hopefully if I can generate any revenue through the app, I'll be able to put it towards faster servers. I'll keep an eye on the bug log to make sure nothing goes awry though.
I've pushed the new features up onto CardCloud.net allowing users to login to their accounts and create their cards online. Also, I uploaded the app updates to the google play store so users should be able to get the updated app with fixed functionality. Hopefully I didn't mess anything up this time .
In the meantime, I have a couple new features in the pipes that I'm working on that I think should improve the app. Hopefully I'll be able to get these pushed out in the upcoming weeks:
- Image support for flashcards. Definitely a top priority feature, should have an update for this within the next few weeks.
- Rich Text Editing. Another top level feature I want for the app.
- Better Quizlet integration. Search for usernames, and returning public decks, recently studied, etc
Anyways, sorry for the wall of text. When I get new features implemented for this app, I will post them here.

Development stops?
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5

Drawing app comparison chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2_vEPKe7iQdFRJZVlBdW9oNlpxY3FMTmozLTRQalE&usp=sharing
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=CF614F1B1C4D877F!242&authkey=!AMcP9sEY9MoI4s8
[edit] posted a link to the correct version of the drive doc.
Started a document to list out all the drawing apps on android and list out what they can and cant do. Would like help in filling it out as I dont own all of them and havent found all the functions on those that I do own yet.
My aim is to have a comprehensive list of all the apps and functions to be able to identify what the most appropriate suite of apps for my specific work flow
was going to use google drive but it turns out it is a bit rubbish though and i cant even format the headers to be vertical. went with my office.com instead. that cant do verticle text either. can anyone suggest a tool that I can share this file with that will allow me to put it in a readable and usable format?

Pretty disheartened with this. Had a fair amount of requests to edit which meant I linked the wrong file (will fix that tonight, cant do that at work). Had a busy weekend with movies and meals, a whole day in london etc... so hadnt had a chance to fix the link.
Given how poor google docs is, i may put up a template for people to fill out and then post pictures of the excel version of the sheet as it is in a far friendlier format.

want to help but hate using drive?... fill in the blanks... thanks
App name
Max resolution
Import jpg
import png
import psd
import vector
export jpeg
export png
export psd
vector
pencil
pen
ink
watercolour
oil
airbrush
Chalk
customise brushes
tuxture brushes
new brushes
Bucket fill
gradients
Max Layers
Dulplicate
Merge
Opacity
Reorder
Resize
Colour Layer
Overlay Layer
Multiply
Mask / Clipping
Name Layer
Rect Select
Free Select
Auto Select
Transform
Anti aliased (filters)
blend / smudge tool
dodge/ burn
flip
grid overlay
drawing guides (radial, angle, grid)
presure sensitivity
Palm rejection
additional notes

hertsjoatmon said:
Pretty disheartened with this. Had a fair amount of requests to edit which meant I linked the wrong file (will fix that tonight, cant do that at work). Had a busy weekend with movies and meals, a whole day in london etc... so hadnt had a chance to fix the link.
Given how poor google docs is, i may put up a template for people to fill out and then post pictures of the excel version of the sheet as it is in a far friendlier format.
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This is a very helpful post! THanks!!!

Yeah, sorry I haven't contributed yet... real life has been really demanding. Are you still visiting the forums? Only app ive really gotten my teeth sunk into is Clover Paint... it's brilliant.

wellcome
thanx
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hertsjoatmon said:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2_vEPKe7iQdFRJZVlBdW9oNlpxY3FMTmozLTRQalE&usp=sharing
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=CF614F1B1C4D877F!242&authkey=!AMcP9sEY9MoI4s8
[edit] posted a link to the correct version of the drive doc.
Started a document to list out all the drawing apps on android and list out what they can and cant do. Would like help in filling it out as I dont own all of them and havent found all the functions on those that I do own yet.
My aim is to have a comprehensive list of all the apps and functions to be able to identify what the most appropriate suite of apps for my specific work flow
was going to use google drive but it turns out it is a bit rubbish though and i cant even format the headers to be vertical. went with my office.com instead. that cant do verticle text either. can anyone suggest a tool that I can share this file with that will allow me to put it in a readable and usable format?
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S Note is cool apps
Built-in on the GALAXY Note 8.0
If you like the idea of photo editing on your phone, you might well take to sketching on it too.
It's a good thing that Samsung includes not only an S Pen with the Note 8.0, but also a fantastic note-taking and sketching app, S Note.
S Note is, on one level, a quick way to get all your creative juices flowing on your tablet, but on another, a potential library of notes, recipes, mind-maps, journal entries and lots more.
For a quick note, simply double-tap the screen with the S Pen while holding down the button on its side. This will produce a popup window you can doodle in.
When you want to create a more complete notebook entry, open up the full S Note app. Samsung offers plenty of templates for notebooks, from handy graph paper through to easy-on-the-eye recycled paper.
You can also choose from a plethora of pens, highlighters and a host of smart options to make your S Note experience just like working in a real book.

FaeMinx said:
Yeah, sorry I haven't contributed yet... real life has been really demanding. Are you still visiting the forums? Only app ive really gotten my teeth sunk into is Clover Paint... it's brilliant.
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Not been on the forums and not been on my tablet much. Got a iPhone in December and have been playing with that lot. The honey period is over though and I have the urge to sketch again. Did a few quick things last night, but nothing I'm happy with.
My note seemed laggy to me as well, it may be because I was using a 2000 X 2000 canvas though. Stretching the limits of the processor and RAM. Will stick to 1400 x 1400 sizes in future.
Anyway, welcome back. Hope all is well.

I think this is a great idea. I just got my Note and I've been comparing some drawing programs. I've added some feedback to the Excell spreadsheet(the Drive link looked empty). Info on Artflow, Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop Touch & Infinite Painter. :laugh:

[APP] Pikik2: The Ultimate Modified Kik Messenger

Hello again XDA,
First, let us say thank you to everyone for the massive support, from all of us.
After over 20,000 downloads of Pikik and after much anticipation, Host Link & Gunther would like to proudly present Pikik2.
[++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
Please note, an updated Pikik2 will arrive shortly with updated logo pngs. This is technically at 99%.
More themes and lighter themes will come in the following weeks as Link.exe has time to build them.
Always download the latest version for the most stable Pikik2. If you experience issues and others report the same, consider the previous release.
What is Pikik, and then what is Pikik2!?
[++] What was Pikik?
[--] Pikik was a modified Kik Messenger. The purpose of which, was to reduce lag and help the overall Kik Messenger Experience remain smooth.
[--] Pikik has Antilag by gunther, now known as "AntiLagv1". This is now deprecated by Pikik2.
[++] What is Pikik2?
[--] Pikik2 is the replacement to Pikik. The purpose of which, is to eliminate all lag on any android device using Pikik2.
[--] Pikik2 has more features than Pikik (now deprecated) to enhance the user experience and more to come.
[++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
[++] What's special about Pikik2? What are features? Why should I try Pikik2?
[+] AntiLagv1 - Partially removed* and toggle-able.
[-] Links Toggle - this will turn link parsers on or off. It will control all link parsers. Links, phone numbers, ip addresses, #hashtag_groups.
[--] Addresses are skipped entirely. They will never be parsed. We will not be restoring this at any time.
[+] AntiLagv2 - Interception of all lag codes & visual notification of lag attempt. Created by Host.™
[--] Antilagv2 is the pinnacle of lag code protection. If you receive a lag code, you will be shown a message that displays the length of the lag code instead.
[--] The text will be colored so there is no spoofing this.
[+] Fake Camera Toggle - this feature is dangerous and comes with a warning. You don't have a chance to remove the image when this toggle is on.
[--] As soon as you click the gallery image, it is sent. The toggle makes this selectable on/off whenever you'd like. Be careful with this and practice it on yourself first.
[+] No Read Receipt Toggle - this feature will not notify the recipient that you have read their message. They will continue to see "D" (Delivered) while enabled.
[+] Disable 'Is-Typing' - this feature is inherently buggy courtesy of kik. However, this feature will not show the recipient or group that you are typing at the top when enabled.
[--] Please don't report bugs for this. We know this has inconsistent behavior on Regular Kik and modified Kik. We will look into a workaround fix.
[+] New theme(s) by Link.exe with material design elements and smooth colors. Link themes are perfection.™
[+] Extended Video Recording - 65* seconds of camera recording time. A 4.3x length increase over original.
[--] This can increase file size and therefore upload/download time, keep this in mind when making a short video series.
[+] Seperate Dalvik - Allows for side-by-side install next to Regular Kik and or BhKik. Partially inspired by BhKik creator "Me-Nex S".
[+] Removed double pop-up (confirm) after login to import address book. One "No" is enough.
[++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
[++] Frequently Asked Questions [++]
[+] Is root required?
[-] No.
[+] Is Pikik2 free?
[-] Always. Do not purchase Pikik or Pikik2 from anyone. You will probably be scammed and it's free+safe right here.
[+] Are you accepting donations or charging for Pikik / Pikik2?
[-] We will never charge for Pikik / Pikik2. We may accept donations but that is not our motivation for this project. As such, we do not currently have a donation account of any kind setup to accept donations.
[+] Are you making money with ads/spyware/annoyances?
[-] No. We are not making any money from any part of this. This has been a team project in our spare time.
[+] Can we contact you 3 (Host Link or Gunther) directly?
[-] We would prefer if you visited our support chat groups if you have general questions or comments. They are located at #pikik #pikik2 #pikik3 and #pikik4.
[-] These are the only 'official' groups for pikik. We typically have active users who can answer general questions. If you need to contact us directly, please find us in the group first.
[+] Is Pikik2 safe?
[-] We will never attach a virus/RAT to Pikik/Pikik2. We will never log any of your information. We will never sell any of your information (we won't have it).
[++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
[++] Credits & Shouts [++]
[+] Developers [+]
[-] Host - Primary smali engineer. Exploit discovery. Secondary Project Coordinator. Primary factor for pikik2 existence.
[-] Gunther - Secondary smali engineer. Exploit discovery. Primary Project Coordinator.
[-] Link - Primary graphics, theme and style engineer. Secondary graphics, theme and style engineer.
[--] Providing a fast outputting platform for proof of concepts, functional idea testing and feedback team for Pikik2 feature testing in the form of Vile.]
[-] We are hoping to add Bitwise to the project for any future releases as he has expressed interest in the project and is a java robot.
--- Shouts ---
BhKik Creator Me-Nexus-S: Inspiration.
Bitwise: Patient Java developer. Exported custom smali and alternate 'missing link' platform for us. Thank you.
Dilder: #pikik groups Admin, information spreader, apk-machine and chat/technical support/help.
DJ313: #pikik groups Admin and information spreader.
Kitty: #pikik groups Admin, information spreader, and chat/technical support/help.
Mike: #pikik groups Admin, information spreader, and chat/technical support/help.
Mtax: #pikik groups eyes and ears.
Sam: #pikik apk-machine and chat/technical support/help. Dalvik walkthrough.
Spooder: #pikik group chat support.
Pikik Users - massive unexpected and appreciated support.
The Vile Team - Team with exclusive feature testing that did not leak them. Thank you guys.
XDA - Hosting Pikik1v7.9 and v8.0 with over 20,000 downloads here. Don't forget to click their ads (of interest to you of course).
#pikik Community - All of you whose names I won't write out here but thanks to everyone helpful and making the community a great resource to learn.
This was a GROUP project/hobby. This was not possible without the 3 of us working together for a month in our spare time. I say that because I started
pikik and this often leaves Host and Link overshadowed. This would not be possible without Host and Link. Please send all your well wishes to them also.
We all appreciate the support, please don't forget that this would not exist without the group effort.
Thanks XDA & everyone involved.
- Gunther Host & Link
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Admin Note: APK has been removed - do not reupload. Legal complaint from Kik: https://github.com/xda/Notices/blob/master/2015/Kik-20150624.md

Bugs:
1) Activity change group name input has no background. Text is white and background is also white. This will be fixed in next micro release.
June 6th, fixed
2) Top right hand corner green on press. Will be fixed in next micro release.
June 6th, fixed
3) Antilag length check causing crash on blocked message during receive of media content.
June 6th, fixed
Changelog:
8.4.16
Command framework added. Type !commands for a list.
Crash while receive empty card bug fixed.
AntiLagv3 introduced. Lag codes are discarded instead of masked.
Input background color fixed on search nobody uses.
Color selector top bar theme fixed.
Smiley tray theme fixed.
Logo additions.
Icon additions.
Safer implementation of "Kill Switch" to prevent unauthorized abuse/use.
Developer text will be colored.
8.4.12
Crash while blocked + content received bug fixed.
AntiLagv2.5 - Added Lag Image Protection, thank Host.
Added fake gallery video to fake camera toggle.
Adjusted text color for profile fields, content fields, header fields.
Background for view_picture is back to dark theme match.
Removed profile underlay background image.
Removed middle dividers on main Settings menu.
Readable profile text finally.
Install on-top string changed to 8.4.12 for directly installing over pikik2.
8.4.10
Fixed bug - group name text color matching background.
Fixed bug - green when press top right corner info button.
Added theme background color while opening pics. (will be changed to black in next micro release). Thanks skrazi for report and location.
Added color fixes to Login button and Gallery tag.

Introductory Theme Pics

Thank you guys
Amazing work, looks beautiful, loved being able to hear how it was co ing along as it was being worked on, you are all amazing and I hope we keep seeing kickass work from you
Sincerely, joe.bat

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joe_anderson_47 said:
Amazing work, looks beautiful, loved being able to hear how it was co ing along as it was being worked on, you are all amazing and I hope we keep seeing kickass work from you
Sincerely, joe.bat
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Thanks a lot joe.bat!
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Thank you

Can this install over pikik?

Yes I think so,

Droid187 said:
Can this install over pikik?
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Yes, you can also read the first post to find out more.

Really nice! I really wanna see the themes! Anyway, can you fix the crash for the camera tweak from gallery?

Will there be an iOS version of pikik soon?

Syzew said:
Really nice! I really wanna see the themes! Anyway, can you fix the crash for the camera tweak from gallery?
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Could you elaborate a bit? Not sure what's causing you to crash.
There is a scheduled bug fix release I will work on tonight but it has nothing to do with gallery causing crash. Please provide some more info. Thx.

HelloMrAnderson said:
Will there be an iOS version of pikik soon?
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Jail broken iOS devices can use a cydia tweak that has some of these features.
As for us, no, there are no plans to make an iOS pikik. There are other teams working on getting antilagv1 implemented in kik for iOS. They have made some progress with it also.
Sorry to disappoint mate. Check out the cydia tweaks available. One is called Flex. No typing was inspired by that mod so I should have given them their shouts as well. Nice work Flex Team!

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Could you elaborate a bit? Not sure what's causing you to crash.
There is a scheduled bug fix release I will work on tonight but it has nothing to do with gallery causing crash. Please provide some more info. Thx.
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Ok, something changed, so the fake camera thing doesnt crash anymore, but can you do the same thing for videos when selecting them from the gallery?

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Jail broken iOS devices can use a cydia tweak that has some of these features.
As for us, no, there are no plans to make an iOS pikik. There are other teams working on getting antilagv1 implemented in kik for iOS. They have made some progress with it also.
Sorry to disappoint mate. Check out the cydia tweaks available. One is called Flex. No typing was inspired by that mod so I should have given them their shouts as well. Nice work Flex Team!
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Try using Flex, it's like a mix of xposed framework and lucky patcher for iOS.

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Ok, something changed, so the fake camera thing doesnt crash anymore, but can you do the same thing for videos when selecting them from the gallery?
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This is done and will be in the next micro release. We are adding some additional color tweaks as well as another crash bug for blocked users. When those are done I'll upload and the fake cam toggle will control fake gallery videos as well.

I know of something to where the thumbnail is different from the actual picture, i figured it was modded or something. Any way this can be achieved?

DnickDominic said:
I know of something to where the thumbnail is different from the actual picture, i figured it was modded or something. Any way this can be achieved?
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You can do dat using a sqlite editor, but must of people are ios users using flex that is much easier to use.. but you can try with sq editor.
Once you open it go to kik, then in kikcontenttable

DnickDominic said:
I know of something to where the thumbnail is different from the actual picture, i figured it was modded or something. Any way this can be achieved?
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It won't be integrated because this is exploitable on a larger level. Kik APPEARS to be addressing the issue going forward as Video Gallery is now less vulnerable than the previous handlers. There is some info on pastebin i posted from April if you'd like to find out more.

Could you give me the link to your pastebin?

XenoAmp² - A clean looking audio player that has it all!

Blade Runner Diaries OR The (less exciting) Story of XenoAmp 2
WARSAW,
FEBRUARY 2019​
So - I was surprised that some of the guys who commented my initial post about XenoAmp on XDA back in 2012 still lurk here (thanks cauch_y, Freak07, 39FarmallM)
When I wrote that post I had zero knowledge of Android coding and just very faint memories of Java (although back in 1995 when it was released I started learning it straight away). So really I had neither Java nor Android skills back then... What I did have was a vision of UI that I wanted to implement, and since XenoAmp is in Play for some years now, you may wonder how close the final effect was to that vision. The answer is: HARDLY AT ALL.
You see - I quickly learned (the hard way) that coding on Android isn't CODING WHAT YOU WANT, but rather HOW ANDROID ALLOWS YOU TO. But still I tried and I don't even remember how many times I fought Android and Android won, before I finally gave up trying to do things my way. But if it was the only Android annoyance I'd be a happy coder anyway, believe me. Unfortunately there are worse showstoppers: some of the things that you can find in Android documentation work only THEORETICALLY. Yes, guys! BUGS! Lots of them and surprisingly Google rarely cares about fixing them, probably being too occupied with releasing groundbreaking new features (sarcasm) and adding 1 to Android version every month. So imagine your app behaves badly and, after hours of scratching your head and thinking why your code doesn't work, you stumble across Android bug report filed in 2010 with countless comments like this:
Hey guys! Will it be fixed in 2011?
I wonder the same thing...
...
Hello, the bug still exists in Android n in 2012!
Me too!!!
Me too!!!
Me too!!!
...
Who's first in 2013?
...
It's 2014 and it is still not fixed?!
...
Shame on you Google in 2015!
Shame!
Shame!
...
C'mon it's 2016, why does this bug exist?
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And so on...
But that's not all! After you rewrite broken Android classes with 1000s lines of your code, your app stops working or crashes because of WONDERFUL (sarcasm) NEW FEATURE INTRODUCED IN NEWEST ANDROID. Your app literally keeps breaking by itself!
But coming back to my vision of UI, after so many years it's obvious it wasn't worth it! People just prefer to do things the way they are used to, which I of course knew from the very beginning, but hoped most of them are at least as adventurous as I am and try new things nevertheless. Well - very few do (and most of them liked XenoAmp UI), but the rest had a hard time using Xeno, because it just didn't work as they expected.
So, after seven years of Android coding and becoming a Kotlin expert (Java's not fun anymore) I'm giving you this very conservative, dull and following-all-Android-UI-conventions XenoAmp2.
So let's take a tour!
XDA:DevDB Information
XenoAmp², App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
ssuukk
Version Information
Status: Alpha
Current Beta Version: https://www.androidf
Created 2019-02-14
Last Updated 2019-03-18

Application Tour
1. Home tab
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Shows recently played tracks (including streaming radio stations!) and playlists.
2. Favorites
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As you remember from previous XenoAmp, any container can be added as a favorite. Be it your network neighborhood, 8Track feed, album on Spotify, playlist on Subsonic, directory on SMB server, Trip-Hop tracks, tracks by Thin Lizzy and so on. You can switch tile view to row view if you prefer it that way.
3. The Music
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Good old music sheet is still there. If you don't know it from previous XenoAmp - it's a configurable matrix view that allows you to display your collection by selecting what is visible in rows and columns. This particular screenshot shows album artist in rows and albums in columns. But you can configure it to show i.e. year and genre.
4. The new context menu
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Long touch track or tile anywhere in XenoAmp and this thingy pops up. Colorful chips allow you to jump to separate pages showing only tracks from particular genres (green), album (purple), artist (blue), similar artist (yellow) - see example in 6. There are more chip types, depending on entry (i.e. users in 8Tracks or Spotify).
5. Playlist view
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Allows track reordering and expanding your knowledge! If you clicked a tile in sheet view you can pull this list left and right to see other tiles in the row
6. Category view
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This usually shows up if you click any of the colorful chips. Of course clicking any of the bands will bring you to yet another category view.
7. The browser
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The good old browser, nothing changed there. For new users: everything XenoAmp can play is part of one, large filesystem. So here you can find and list your Android device, UPnP, SMB servers, Subsonic, 8Tracks and other music services.
8. While Playing Screen
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A whole bunch of them! Long touch the cover to switch between four layouts:
a) small with thumbnail-like image (nice choice of colors for MOS 6581, XenoAmp, btw!) and boring standard controls
b) middle with whole cover visible and boring standard controls
c) big with cover filling whole screen and boring standard controls
d) big with standard XenoAmp wheel menu that some of you enjoyed
9. Lyrics
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I guess it needs no explanation
10. Equalizer
Nothing fancy here, besides the usual room correction for loudspeakers and audiogram-like test for headphones.
The technology
So this time I'm not fighting Android, during these years I learned to live with it peacefully. XenoAmp2 uses Google ExoPlayer 2 and all the goodies (and limitations) that come with it (one of them is probably there will be no Spotify support this time!). All used components and libraries are bleeding edge.
I'm planning on adding different skins that will not only change colors, but in some cases look of the whole views shown above. XenoAmp2 was written in a very skin-friendly way from the very beginning.
Unfortunately many of cool features (like i.e. nice transition animations) are supported only since Lollipop and on older Androids your XenoAmp2 experience may be different.
Misc info
It's far from being finished!
It's sure full of new bugs, as it is practically written from scratch!
Xeno Radio Station directory server is down for everyone. I'm looking for a new home for it.
Currently it asks on start for read access to your files as this is required to read ALL the tags from files, even those not supported by Android normally. For very paranoid - I might change it in the future to stick just to tags available in Android, but it's not a high priority right now.
A few first releases here will probably crash a lot due to ProGuard messing with classes it shouldn't mess with. We'll fix that as we go.

test

@ssuukk very interesting little writeup
I don’t develop any apps so I can’t really comment on how it feels to design the app around androids limitations.
But when I started kernel developing I experienced the same. You have to find your way around how android is working and try to just get the best out of it!
thanks for all the continued effort, for never abandoning this project , for all the teasing regarding XenoAmp² and for the wonderful app you provided us all to use! It’s been a long and rewarding journey! You can be really proud!
Now if you’d just post a little alpha build to test after all that teasing :angel:

Where is the alpha download? The one in the playstore is from January.
I tried using this several years ago, but could only get it to work sometimes. It was mostly because I used Google play music (but don't anymore - my music is dl'd into my phone now). Good luck with it. :good:

I can't wait to see it
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA Labs

Glad to see that you are still in the game ssuukk!

All - sorry for delay, but as with everything Android - there are dragons ahead.
Currently I can't run the app in release mode
And that is after I spent a day wondering why it doesn't install at all in release mode
So there's still some wait I guess...

OK, guys. Take it for a ride (or instant crash maybe?)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=20714
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it's not optimized, I wonder how slow it will be on older phones...
DON'T go to sheet while XenoAmp is syncing for the first time, since the view is live (and unoptimized...) it will be non responsive when it is trying to update several times a second...
When browsing SMB filesystem you won't get prompted for password, so go into prefs (on home tab) and enter your passwords first if your network doesn't use anonymous (guest) accounts
PROBABLY will not install with XenoAmp (the original one ) installed

Is it called ap-debug.apk? Interesting title.

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OK, guys. Take it for a ride (or instant crash maybe?)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=20714
SOME INFO:
it's not optimized, I wonder how slow it will be on older phones...
DON'T go to sheet while XenoAmp is syncing for the first time, since the view is live (and unoptimized...) it will be non responsive when it is trying to update several times a second...
When browsing SMB filesystem you won't get prompted for password, so go into prefs (on home tab) and enter your passwords first if your network doesn't use anonymous (guest) accounts
PROBABLY will not install with XenoAmp (the original one ) installed
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@ssuukk crashes when opening on pixel 3 xl. Log attached.
https://del.dog/qipopixipu
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Logcat can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1notS0emLs6MAMD6SI7c5nZKPvjmSc69S/view?usp=drivesdk

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@ssuukk crashes when opening on pixel 3 xl. Log attached.
https://del.dog/qipopixipu
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Logcat can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1notS0emLs6MAMD6SI7c5nZKPvjmSc69S/view?usp=drivesdk
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Heee, heee, that's what I was talking about. Fresh AndroidX bug:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54708366/addfontweightstyle-nosuchmethodexception-on-textview
Sorry. They will probably fix it ni 2049...

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Heee, heee, that's what I was talking about. Fresh AndroidX bug:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54708366/addfontweightstyle-nosuchmethodexception-on-textview
Sorry. They will probably fix it ni 2049...
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Oh no
Though there are a few fixes proposed on that site? :angel:
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it works on my htc U12+ which is still on android 8.0.
I’m digging the scrolling animation when browsing my music folder
Album art isn’t displayed correctly though!
But overall it’s very nice for a preview! I like the concept!

Freak07 said:
Oh no
Though there are a few fixes proposed on that site? :angel:
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it works on my htc U12+ which is still on android 8.0.
I’m digging the scrolling animation when browsing my music folder
Album art isn’t displayed correctly though!
But overall it’s very nice for a preview! I like the concept!
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Could you elaborate about album art? Normally album art is downloaded in the background so it should pop eventually. Lots of albums = lots of searching, downloading etc.

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Could you elaborate about album art? Normally album art is downloaded in the background so it should pop eventually. Lots of albums = lots of searching, downloading etc.
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It resolved itself it seems. I think I had a included album art in the folder of the album. Seems like it downloaded the album art now that I opened the app again to check.
previously when playing the album the “now playing” screen showed a black tile where the album art should have been. Although the “list” where I could view all songs of the album had the correct mini “tile” on the left of the song’s title.
Do you understand what I try to describe?

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It resolved itself it seems. I think I had a included album art in the folder of the album. Seems like it downloaded the album art now that I opened the app again to check.
previously when playing the album the “now playing” screen showed a black tile where the album art should have been. Although the “list” where I could view all songs of the album had the correct mini “tile” on the left of the song’s title.
Do you understand what I try to describe?
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Yeah. That's because someone some time ago wanted album covers to be sepatate from track covers...

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Yeah. That's because someone some time ago wanted album covers to be sepatate from track covers...
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Aaaah, I see a lot of new chrashes. I'm fixing them right now.

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Aaaah, I see a lot of new chrashes. I'm fixing them right now.
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I uninstalled Xeno1 and installed Xeno2. It wouldn't open. I tried a few times. I didn't have time to relearn how to generate a log. I'm on a OnePlus 6.

39FarmallM said:
I uninstalled Xeno1 and installed Xeno2. It wouldn't open. I tried a few times. I didn't have time to relearn how to generate a log. I'm on a OnePlus 6.
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Use logcat extreme to get a logcat.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.lcex
Go to logcat section.
Choose clear logcat, then reproduce the issue with xeno amp, go back to logcat app and save the logcat.
Then upload it anywhere and post it here
Pretty easy! Takes 2 minutes

Did it work?
There should be a logcat file attached to this post.
It didn't...
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Still not getting it...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecto8yhqkpc9t8p/2019-02-26_12-19-27.log?dl=0