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Hey people,
I want to introduce you a suite of Android apps I've created under the Simple Mobile Tools brand. As of writing this it contains 13 apps: App-launcher, Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Draw, File-manager, Flashlight, Gallery, Music-Player, Notes, Thank You.
They are all open source, contain no internet access, no unexplainable permissions, no ads. That makes them perfect not only for the casual users, but also for the privacy concerned ones. They are available on f-droid too, sources are on Github. They contain customizable colors (including the app launcher color), dark theme is used by default.
I created them 2 years ago and by now they have roughly 6 million downloads together, so they are fine-tuned for the most part already, it isn't something fresh and rough that just came out of a school project. I'm actually working on them even more than full-time by now, so they can't just disappear or become abandoned. They are translated in up to 32 languages, translations are done by volunteers. The most popular app is the Gallery, the next ones are Calendar and Contacts.
Google keeps pushing developers to be more transparent with handling user data and they will also make their requirements more strict this year. App updates will have to target SDK 26 (Android Oreo) starting November 1 and while my apps are already doing that, it will cause a lot of troubles to other big players. Among many other things they will have to implement runtime permissions and not take every listed permission granted by installing the apps. That is one of the reasons why I think my apps have a tremendous potential.
Even though I have published app privacy policies as needed at Google Play, many people ask me what data do I collect. Well, since the apps are offline, I'm not collecting any data whatsoever. And since there are no ads, there are no marketing companies tracking you either.
The great benefit of using the apps isn't just the security, but also the consistent user experience, that I miss so much in Android. In my apps I'm reusing as much as I can. Not just actual functions, but also icons, actions, sometimes whole screens. Whenever possible, I'm using the Material icons provided by Google, so they should look familiar and you shouldn't be wondering what will happen once you press them.
Instead of typing out everything here, let me redirect you to my Medium article Why did I create Simple Mobile Tools.
I wrote an article about the first 2 years of my journey at Medium too, it is called 5 million downloads on 2nd anniversary. What now?
In case you want to read some user feedback, a Reddit article has been written too by a user (I'm not involved in that at all).
There are many new features/bugs/improvements/apps on the roadmap and while I already have around 20k installs a day, the best is yet to come!
Stay tuned,
Thanks!
( First ? )
Good to see you on XDA, indeed.
Thank you for keeping your software clean, with no analytics, no tracking, no data mining, and also for the enormous amount of work over the years. ( Been following on GitHub for a while. )
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[IMG="Simple Mobile Tools cover image"]!
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Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*
Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned
tibbi2 said:
Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned
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I found this thread after sending you the mail. [emoji28]
Is good to see that the answers are so fast
Tapatalked with A8 2018
Working on Simple Webbrowser?
not really, a browser wont be added anytime soon
Great work on the apps.
One small thing I've noticed, in the Gallery app, list view.. There is a minor misalignment in the thumbnails. Hopefully that's an easy fix?
Otherwise really nice, keep up the great work.
of course, there are Donation links mentioned everywhere. It is at https://simplemobiletools.github.io/donate/
Thanks
Beautiful Icons
Really love those icons. Pretty
the stranger94 said:
Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*
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Any progress with these?
Tapatalked with A8 2018
Hey, some of those things have already been fixed, but you will have to get the Pro version at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro . Im working on rotating with gestures already, it just isnt that simple. Im getting there step by step, some initial implementation might be added in 6.5.0 released soon.
Will you be updating Simple Camera or it will turn into a pro app?
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I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.
tibbi2 said:
I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.
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Okay I understand.
It just a shame that there are not any other Camera apps which are simple like Simple Camera that I know of.
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Great work man, love the philosophy and hard work behind your apps, been a long time user of simple gallery as I used to use quickpic (before cheeta mobile ruined it), and google photos sucks for quick offline use. Got simple gallery pro a little while back and I just got your thank you app too. Anyways, great work, glad to see you on xda, cheers!
thanks, enjoy
First I want to thank you for the apps. I've used most on and off over the past couple years. I currently use calendar and gallery only though.
My suggestion to you, from an end user, is to focus more on the style and layout of your apps. The clock, for example, doesn't resize to be large enough and forces info the user may not wasn't, e.g. PM...and contacts shoves things together, name and phone number, leaving lots of empty space yet cramped together info, calendar widget text size doesn't fit with event list though they're defined by the same setting. In other words, your use of negative space to create a more appealing look & feel to the app could use some work....please don't take this as a negative. Your work is much appreciated! Just constructive criticism.
ye sure, any feedback is appreciated. I will consider it, but for now I generally want to focus on the functionality. It looks not that bad Thanks
Could there be an option to show the actual size of an image in the Gallery application ? ( If there is, I haven't figured it out... )
It particularly affects small images, like pixel art or icons, that are blown up many times their size and distorted.
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Whenever I need to look up on a phone specification, I automatically visit gsmarena.com. They have a large set of devices in their database and the data is presented in a pleasing manner as well. But the problem is that they don't have a mobile optimised page and as a result it is tough to checkout their website from a phone. To read the complete specification, you need to pan from left to right to left. And this worsens when you are trying to compare 2 devices side by side.
With Phone Genie I aim to provide a solution to this issue. This app presents the GSMArena content in a way that is suitable for your device screen. It also allows you to compare 2 devices side by side, without all the left-right-left panning headache. Please checkout the screenshots attached.
Phone Genie is available on Android Market for free for all devices with 1.6 and above. This is only our second app so there will be bugs and we got a lot to learn. Please try the application and post your comments. I hope you guys will find it useful.
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great app
thanks.
great app, thanks alot
Sweet app bro. This was just what I needed.
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I've been looking for an app just like this! Thanks a million, this turns all of my mindless bragging into actual facts!
Hey it sounds like a great app but the links wont work for me so could someone post the apk
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Hey it sounds like a great app but the links wont work for me so could someone post the apk
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Search it on market
Thank you
I have 2 suggestions:
1. ability to move to SD
2. Ad-free version at a cost
I would sincerely like to thank author egzthunder1 who wrote about Phone Genie in the XDA blog. It sure gave the opening I never dreamed of.
I also realise that many of you guys tweeted and retweeted, passed the word to friends regarding the app. Phone Genie crossed 3000 downloads in the first 3 days. It may not be as big as some of the apps posted here but this being my 2nd app, the confidence this download count gives is immense. Big thanks, guys.
@nicky041192, I thought the app being around 350 KB will comfortably fit within internal memory. If the data part gets bigger and bigger, I shall enable App 2 SD. And I would love to offer an ad-free paid version but I am not sure if GSMArena will like the idea. Moreover Android developers from India cannot sell apps yet.
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I would sincerely like to thank author egzthunder1 who wrote about Phone Genie in the XDA blog. It sure gave the opening I never dreamed of.
I also realise that many of you guys tweeted and retweeted, passed the word to friends regarding the app. Phone Genie crossed 3000 downloads in the first 3 days. It may not be as big as some of the apps posted here but this being my 2nd app, the confidence this download count gives is immense. Big thanks, guys.
@nicky041192, I thought the app being around 350 KB will comfortably fit within internal memory. If the data part gets bigger and bigger, I shall enable App 2 SD. And I would love to offer an ad-free paid version but I am not sure if GSMArena will like the idea. Moreover Android developers from India cannot sell apps yet.
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Can you just not add App2SD in anyway? I like to move as many apps to my SD card despite the size.
Contact GSMArena for permission. You could always give them a small percentage of all sales. I just think the ad takes up a bit of room.
I found a bug,I have lock orientation on. It locks the orientation on the main screen but after I had made a search, it rotates, even though I have orientation lock on... Kind of annoying... I'm using my HTC Wildfire with official froyo.
nicky041192 said:
Can you just not add App2SD in anyway? I like to move as many apps to my SD card despite the size.
Contact GSMArena for permission. You could always give them a small percentage of all sales. I just think the ad takes up a bit of room.
I found a bug,I have lock orientation on. It locks the orientation on the main screen but after I had made a search, it rotates, even though I have orientation lock on... Kind of annoying... I'm using my HTC Wildfire with official froyo.
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Alright I will enable App2SD in the next update. In the meantime, if you have rooted your Wildfire, you can forcefully move apps 2 SD by installing one of those Move2SD Enabler apps that require root.
I am planning to get in touch with GSMArena once the user verdict of the app comes out. Judging by the current response, the app is a success beyond my expectations. Phone Genie has crossed 5000 downloads in 5 days. The only promotion we got so far is the article on XDA blog. The power of XDA community is quite visible.
Regarding screen rotation, the device comparison screen needs landscape mode as you cannot fit specification tables of 2 phones side by side in portrait mode. Now when you press the back button, it takes you to the previous screen, which is the compare search activity. Now if we did not enable both orientations for that screen, the user will have to go back and forth from portrait to landscape to portrait, every time a comparison is done. This issue was indicated during the beta testing among friends and family.
Many people lock orientation on their phones to prevent other applications like SMS clients, ebook readers, news apps etc from switching to landscape while reading in bed. But generally everyone liked the idea of Phone Genie allowing both modes as orientation will change anyway during comparison screen, while still allowing the users to keep orientation lock intact for other apps. Which is why I had to override the lock mode. If more people find it inconvenient, I will set it to obey orientation lock.
Just dropping in to say I released a new update today which will enable Move to SD card option. Along with that are some bug fixes and minor UI changes.
How about removing ads during the landscape screen mode when comparing phones? Even on a big 4.3" screen, the ad really messes up the view.
Ads on normal portrait sections of the app is fine. I know you need the ads for income.... Just think about it. Thanks.
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Hi everyone,
I have recently published a new app called Friend Brush. Using this app you can create collages of smaller photos that look like a single photo when seen from distance (or zoomed out). You can pick your tiles from various sources, namely Facebook, Google+, or your device's gallery. For the big picture, you can either choose from your gallery or simply take a photo with the camera. Below is a sample of what can be done using this app:
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I would highly appreciate any feedback, especially on stability and user experience of the app.
Download from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=annahid.apps.friendbrush
In case there are some issues in the public release, you can try bleeding-edge beta versions of the app using one of the following options:
OPTION 1:
Become a Google Play beta tester for the app. I have enabled beta testing for XDA Android App Testers Community.
OPTION 2:
Download the testing version from my official website. This version has all the basic features of the app, plus a report button you can use to contact me about a bug.
If you like the app, please make me extremely happy by tipping this to XDA Portal!
Friend Brush has just been updated. Now everyone can choose large tile photos. I also found some bugs in the previous versions and fixed them.
hessan said:
Friend Brush has just been updated. Now everyone can choose large tile photos. I also found some bugs in the previous versions and fixed them.
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Great, thanks for sharing your work. Really nice idea to honor your friends with being a part of a new picture.
I have uploaded a new version to beta channels. I have tried to fix previous bugs. All the new features of 1.2.x are still in beta and not open to public. So, you can have first-hand access to those features (and help me perfect them). Thanks!
Nice idea and good work! Thanks
bezrodnyigor said:
Nice idea and good work! Thanks
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Thanks! Please let me know if you find any problem.
I have just published a new APK to beta channels. Saving creations to storage is now available right from the beginning. Enjoy! And please let me know if you face any bugs.
hessan said:
I have just published a new APK to beta channels. Saving creations to storage is now available right from the beginning. Enjoy! And please let me know if you face any bugs.
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Your app is on the portal now: Easily Create a Photo Collage with Friend Brush :highfive:
As I told you, I like this app. Maybe a fantastic birthday present, when you make a big picture of your girlfriend/wife - of course with her on every tile :angel:
benkxda said:
Your app is on the portal now: Easily Create a Photo Collage with Friend Brush :highfive:
As I told you, I like this app. Maybe a fantastic birthday present, when you make a big picture of your girlfriend/wife - of course with her on every tile :angel:
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Yea, that's really great news. I will try to keep the app fresh through new features. I actually gave out birthday gifts to some of my fiends before I released the app when they asked how'd you do it, I told them about the app.
By the way, thanks for tipping.
Looks nice, gonna try it.
Nice idea but all my photos are on Google+ and I can't access them.
~wolverine~ said:
Nice idea but all my photos are on Google+ and I can't access them.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will add this feature in the near future. However, the best results are with profile pictures as mosaics.
Hey..
This app is amazing.!! I shared a pic made from this with my friends and they all went bezerk..
Well keep up the good work..
And ya one suggestion can u make it possible to add multiple albums from the phone gallery to one brush.. It would be quite nice coz like i keep all my photos segregated into different albums and love to use them all together..
Thankx.. (Y)..
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Niteshdcool said:
Hey..
This app is amazing.!! I shared a pic made from this with my friends and they all went bezerk..
Well keep up the good work..
And ya one suggestion can u make it possible to add multiple albums from the phone gallery to one brush.. It would be quite nice coz like i keep all my photos segregated into different albums and love to use them all together..
Thankx.. (Y)..
Sent from my WT19i using XDA Premium 4
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Thank you for your interest and your idea! Feedback like this helps me understand better what exactly users are looking for. Friend Brush was originally using just friend profile pictures for tiles (hence the name), and using photo albums was a late decision. So that part is still not mature enough. I will think about your idea to incorporate it in a user friendly way. Might not be in the next update, but for sure I will do it in the future. And if you like the app, I would be really glad if you rated it as I'm currently being stormed by haters on Google Play.
Thanks again!
hessan said:
Thank you for your interest and your idea! Feedback like this helps me understand better what exactly users are looking for. Friend Brush was originally using just friend profile pictures for tiles (hence the name), and using photo albums was a late decision. So that part is still not mature enough. I will think about your idea to incorporate it in a user friendly way. Might not be in the next update, but for sure I will do it in the future. And if you like the app, I would be really glad if you rated it as I'm currently being stormed by haters on Google Play.
Thanks again!
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Haha.. Haters will soon know they were wrong.. And ya there is never a hurry.. U take ur time.. It wad just a suggestion..
Keep up the good work mate.!
Sent from my WT19i using XDA Premium 4
Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
3) It was not clear where the app was saving the creations or what it was calling them. Option to name them would be good. I plugged the phone in and searched the internal storage for "friends" to find where they were.
4) It would be great to be able to "favourite" the tiles you pick for the brush. In that if 2 tiles have virtually identical colour tags it would choose the 1 you marked higher priority. Although this is ofc a very minor suggestion
5) A bit of a "Tutorial" for want of a better word, more like basic help. As in the recommended number of tiles for the brush to get good results. I had about 200 of my little son and tried to make a creation out of that but the creation picture was poor. It was not really possible to make it out, this is most likely because of the lack of colours the app had available to make the creation because i had too few photo's. A little tip about this might stop people using too few and discarding the app as useless just because they didnt give it a fair shot.
6) Scrolling down the photo's in the creation is very slow (Xperia Z), maybe its possible for it to cache/thumbnail those. I have around 300 pics on my phone but it took a fair amount of time to scroll to pick a creation photo while it was loading them. It processed the brush and creation faster than browsing the album
Please dont take any of that as negativity, just suggestions. The app is absolutely brilliant and truly 1 of a kind!
Thanks
Adam
thanks for this wonderfull app....
one suggestion..when i am viewing the creation on my desktop while zooming the image it's blurred, but on phone its fine..can you have a look into this...
india86 said:
thanks for this wonderfull app....
one suggestion..when i am viewing the creation on my desktop while zooming the image it's blurred, but on phone its fine..can you have a look into this...
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Thank you. How much are you zooming? Tile sizes are limited (32x32 pixels by default). You can set them to twice this size (64x64) by going to Settings. Hope this helps.
adamkm said:
Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
Thanks
Adam
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Well these can be found in Menu>Help...
adamkm said:
Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
3) It was not clear where the app was saving the creations or what it was calling them. Option to name them would be good. I plugged the phone in and searched the internal storage for "friends" to find where they were.
4) It would be great to be able to "favourite" the tiles you pick for the brush. In that if 2 tiles have virtually identical colour tags it would choose the 1 you marked higher priority. Although this is ofc a very minor suggestion
5) A bit of a "Tutorial" for want of a better word, more like basic help. As in the recommended number of tiles for the brush to get good results. I had about 200 of my little son and tried to make a creation out of that but the creation picture was poor. It was not really possible to make it out, this is most likely because of the lack of colours the app had available to make the creation because i had too few photo's. A little tip about this might stop people using too few and discarding the app as useless just because they didnt give it a fair shot.
6) Scrolling down the photo's in the creation is very slow (Xperia Z), maybe its possible for it to cache/thumbnail those. I have around 300 pics on my phone but it took a fair amount of time to scroll to pick a creation photo while it was loading them. It processed the brush and creation faster than browsing the album
Please dont take any of that as negativity, just suggestions. The app is absolutely brilliant and truly 1 of a kind!
Thanks
Adam
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Thanks for your comments and your interest! I will answer your questions one by one here:
1) Did you click on "Why?" The button is available on the Google Play version, beside "Go Premium!" on Dashboard
2) There are Help pages about everything in the app. Just hit the menu button and choose Help from overflow menu. You can swipe to the screen you desire. Otherwise go to Settings and choose Help from there.
3) The app saves the creations to Pictures/Friend Brush on your external storage. Naming option can be added in the future.
4) I am thinking of new options for tiles for future updates.
5) Obviously the app can't do magic. 200 photos is a good number if they have diverse color tones. Camera shots normally have very flat range of colors. The app works best with profile pictures of your friends. About 300 profile secures a diverse enough spectrum.
6) I will look into that.
This thread is no longer maintained. Please go to GitHub for future issues and discussions
GitHub - AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook: An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook
An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook - GitHub - AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook: An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook
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Welcome to Frost for Facebook!
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Main web page
Downloads through Github
Frost for Facebook is also available through F-Droid
Frost is a fully themable, fully functional alternative to the official Facebook app.
While being a web wrapper, Frost contains many unique and native features such as:
• True multi user interactions - More than just an option in a settings menu, Frost's account switcher is right in the drawer. You are one tap away from switching accounts, and everything refreshes on the switch so that you can view other accounts instantaneously. Furthermore, the notification service will fetch notifications from all accounts, and will let you know which account has the new notification.
• Better multitasking - Frost contains an overlaying web browser that can be drawn on top of your foreground task. Open links and notifications with a full screen view, then swipe away to get back to your previous task.
• Contextual awareness - Frost integrates additional features via long presses. Need to copy a block of text or share a link? Long press the text. Need to zoom into an image or download it? Long press the image!
• Material Design - Built for lollipop and up, Frost focuses strongly on a beautiful and functional UI, and embraces material transitions and dimensions.
• Complete theme engine - Frost contains very comprehensive themes that customize all components of the app. Frost is also the only app to support transparent themes.
• Fully opened - Nothing speaks for privacy more than being open sourced. Frost is proud to be one of those apps, and can be found on github (Link in the app's about section)
• Fixes the little things - Frost is community driven, and many tweaks are added to address minor inconveniences and give a full native experience, despite being a web app. To list a few:
• Focusing on a text input will prevent refreshing, so you don't accidentally swipe and lose your progress.
• Horizontal swipe can be enabled along side the viewpager swipe with a simple long press
• Automatic bug reports are sent when a crash is detected, so even if you don't contact the devs, you are helping contribute by using the app.
Mandatory permissions used and why:
• Internet, Network State, Wifi State - Frost fetches the pages from Facebook's mobile website. It also needs the network state so as to limit internet usage when you are on a metered network.
• Receive Boot Completed - Frost notifications persist on reboot, and need this permission to be added each time.
• Vibrate - Needed to vibrate phone for notifications; this can be toggled in the settings
• Billing - For purchasing pro and unlocking all of Frost's features
Optional permissions used and why:
(these are only requested when they have to be, and are disabled until then)
• Read/write external storage - Needed to upload photos in a new status and save photos when prompted
• Fine/coarse location - Needed for the check in option if users wish to search for their location
• That's it! No privacy intrusion and no extra demands.
Permissions NOT used and why:
• Wakelock - Frost takes advantage of Android's Job Scheduler, and lets the framework decide when to run background services. Frost therefore doesn't need to constantly run in the background, nor does it force your phone to stay awake.
• Retrieve running apps - Frost has no need to access external apps or see what else is running
• Identity - Frost manages its accounts internally and uses it solely to give you access to your account. We don't depend on other personal information and we don't even save your email.
• Camera - While the camera permission can be added to allow you to directly take photos and upload them, we've decided that it would be best to allow you to do so externally and then share the photo with Frost
* Frost is a third party app and is in no way affiliated with Facebook Inc.*
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Frost is primarily distributed through XDA Labs (and no longer through the play store). The app is completely free and open sourced. All that I ask is you rate the app if you like it and give me feedback if there are issues so I can improve it .
Alongside the release builds, there are automatic builds which are generated with each commit. Use this at your own discretion.
thanks!but I am realy anxiety by the time when a FB app come out with option to see only photos from friends in news feed!
kos25k said:
thanks!but I am realy anxiety by the time when a FB app come out with option to see only photos from friends in news feed!
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That's not a feature yet, but there can be filters that only show certain topics
how dude?for example I want to see only photos.I didn't find till now such an app neither option.I am really fed up with fb algorithm.full of craps are appearing in my news feed and for an unknown reason I dont see all of my friends photos..
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how dude?for example I want to see only photos.I didn't find till now such an app neither option.I am really fed up with fb algorithm.full of craps are appearing in my news feed and for an unknown reason I dont see all of my friends photos..
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Types of posts typically have different classes of attributes. You can use that to your advantage to filter out air you don't want to see. The downside is you are loading a lot of content that you don't actually need.
Is it possible (maybe with a small Substratum theme?) to change the App Opening/ Splash Screen to pure black?
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Is it possible (maybe with a small Substratum theme?) to change the App Opening/ Splash Screen to pure black?
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Even though the app itself is fully themable, I wrote it with substratum in mind. Overlays can replace the splash color, which should change the splash screen color.
I can add options in the future to toggle this without other modifications, but they have to be hardcoded and the activity package will need to be switched.
is it better than swipe for facebook?
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is it better than swipe for facebook?
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I've talked with the dev of swipe before. If you want my honest opinion, I can't say that Frost is objectively better (right now). My app was made about 4 months ago, and I'm a full time student. Swipe was made well over a year ago, and is now the dev's full time job. We do have different backgrounds, and my background allows me to perhaps better structure my app, but the time difference means that swipe has more features than mine at the current stage. Some features are on my todo list, but it'll take time.
With that said, our apps offer different features. I don't have PIP Videos or Chat heads, but I have a lot of the points mentioned above. Some of them are exclusive to Frost as well. I'd say Swipe did a very good job in being innovative in this field, and I'm sure Frost will become another contender among its competitors.
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I've talked with the dev of swipe before. If you want my honest opinion, I can't say that Frost is objectively better (right now). My app was made about 4 months ago, and I'm a full time student. Swipe was made well over a year ago, and is now the dev's full time job. We do have different backgrounds, and my background allows me to perhaps better structure my app, but the time difference means that swipe has more features than mine at the current stage. Some features are on my todo list, but it'll take time.
With that said, our apps offer different features. I don't have PIP Videos or Chat heads, but I have a lot of the points mentioned above. Some of them are exclusive to Frost as well. I'd say Swipe did a very good job in being innovative in this field, and I'm sure Frost will become another contender among its competitors.
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i see thanks for that
Man I always hated the Facebook app! but damn this app is beautiful.
PS: does anyone know anything similar to instagram
this is your modded instagram dude
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/2-october-2017-v1-00-instagram-t3683899
bytheway..is it possible to hide fb active online status as x messenger privacy xposed module does?
Just downloaded. Will try to see whether it will drain more battery. Thanks dev.:good:
Add this app to fdroid
Not sure if ive just messed up or if facebook is broken but i cant get the actual website portion of the app to load.
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Never mind. Just checked m.facebook.com its its straight up down.
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Same here - seems to FB is (temporary?) broken..
Have try'd another FB App - same error message
kos25k said:
this is your modded instagram dude
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/2-october-2017-v1-00-instagram-t3683899
bytheway..is it possible to hide fb active online status as x messenger privacy xposed module does?
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Are they open source? Do you have a link? I stumbled across an accidentally feature that did that a while ago, but now it isn't working. If it's something feasible I may consider implementing something.
jerryn70 said:
Add this app to fdroid
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I've seen your request on github. I still have to change some things before it's compatible, but hopefully it will make its way there eventually.
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Not sure if ive just messed up or if facebook is broken but i cant get the actual website portion of the app to load.
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Never mind. Just checked m.facebook.com its its straight up down.
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Same here - seems to FB is (temporary?) broken..
Have try'd another FB App - same error message
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Wow... thanks for the info. Within the past half hour I've received 4 one star ratings because of this and I wasn't sure what was going on. Hopefully Facebook fixes itself...
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Wow... thanks for the info. Within the past half hour I've received 4 one star ratings because of this and I wasn't sure what was going on. Hopefully Facebook fixes itself...
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No worries dude. Yea those normal users do love to one star for reasons out of the devs control. Even though im yet to see facebook loading, it still looks beautiful. Love the transparent theme, fits perfectly with Quetzal Dark.
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Facebook mobile is back up.
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Get Looxie from the Play Store!
Looxie is a location-based photo request app that I released back in 2016. The premise is simple: you go on the map, select a location you want a photo from and send your request to that location. Any users within one kilometer will receive the request and they can respond by sending you a photo.
The big twist? They can only send photos by actually taking them with their camera: gallery uploads are not allowed. Practically, this means that any photo you receive was taken seconds earlier and essentially is a real-time depiction of that location. The practical applications are numerous (Is the sea choppy? Is the bar I want to go to packed? Is there a lot of traffic on the A2? What's up in the Mongolian steppe right now?) but it's also really exciting to simply know that the photo you got depicts something at the other side of the world as it is right now.
Late last year, I decided that the app looked positively archaic, so I went ahead and rebuilt/redesigned it from the ground up to make it prettier and faster. I think the redesign is very successful and the app is indeed much faster and much easier to use.
Here is what it looks like:
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I will probably be adding some premium features as a very cheap subscription (full-res photo downloads, for example) in the hopes that they'll at least cover the Firebase costs but anybody who registers an account by August 9th, 2019 will get all premium features for free.
I will be happy to answer your questions and read your comments!
Bumping the thread with actual links. I'll be around to answer any questions and respond to comments.
Really liking this app. Now I am getting requests one after the other from the same user. It would be nice if there was a cool-down time, I'd say, once every 2hrs between requests times from the same user
Amazing idea but..
1. When I use the search function, I can't actually click on a photo to be able to view it and zoom in. All it does when I click that it switches to the next photo and the same happens with Sent Looxies.
2. No full screen viewing available!
3. Settings is grayed out and I can't access it?
4. I can't view the likes of a certain image!
5. I am getting a ton of requests of user NewbieTown, is it a bot?
When i click the camera button to take a picture it opens the stock camera(xiaomi) but I don't really like the pictures from it so I use a google camera port , do you think it's possible to choose from the camera app?
Hey! You should be able to use any camera app you want. I'm almost never using the stock Pixel camera, instead I use something some effects, like Vignette or Cameringo.
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Really liking this app. Now I am getting requests one after the other from the same user. It would be nice if there was a cool-down time, I'd say, once every 2hrs between requests times from the same user
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Hey, thanks! Totally my fault for not communicating this more clearly in the app but each of these requests are actually from a different user. Whenever a new user signs up, they have the option of sending a first contact request, ie. send a request to every user in the world (just once).
So what happened is that with the sudden influx of users (due to the XDA feature) LOTS of people got to use their first contact requests and everybody was flooded with those things. I should absolutely find a way to combat that but I don't want to take the first contact functionality away from new users. The problem will eventually solve itself, of course, when things go back to normal, with 3-5 registrations per day.
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Amazing idea but..
1. When I use the search function, I can't actually click on a photo to be able to view it and zoom in. All it does when I click that it switches to the next photo and the same happens with Sent Looxies.
2. No full screen viewing available!
3. Settings is grayed out and I can't access it?
4. I can't view the likes of a certain image!
5. I am getting a ton of requests of user NewbieTown, is it a bot?
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Hello there.
You are right on every count, the app is pretty frustrating right now. This is partly down to the fact that it's a ground-up rewrite, so some functionality that was there in the old app is still missing but also due to the fact that I'm a lone developer working on it after 10-hour marathons in my day job, right after I manage to put my 2-year old son to sleep. I still love it, though. Let me answer your questions one by one.
1. All of the functionality you're describing is coming within the month. I'm taking a much-needed two-week off from work so I'll be able to focus on Looxie almost exclusively.
2. Also coming soon!
3. I know I sound like a broken record, but also coming soon. I have quite of bit of stuff to put in there, it won't take too long.
4. At this point you know the answer.
5. Nope, totally not a bot. It's new users signing up and using their first contact request (which they can use only once). Thingss should go back to normal, with about 5 first contact requests per day. Just give it a bit of time.
Thanks for your comment, I wanted to clear some of this stuff up anyway!
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Hello there.
You are right on every count, the app is pretty frustrating right now. This is partly down to the fact that it's a ground-up rewrite, so some functionality that was there in the old app is still missing but also due to the fact that I'm a lone developer working on it after 10-hour marathons in my day job, right after I manage to put my 2-year old son to sleep. I still love it, though. Let me answer your questions one by one.
1. All of the functionality you're describing is coming within the month. I'm taking a much-needed two-week off from work so I'll be able to focus on Looxie almost exclusively.
2. Also coming soon!
3. I know I sound like a broken record, but also coming soon. I have quite of bit of stuff to put in there, it won't take too long.
4. At this point you know the answer.
5. Nope, totally not a bot. It's new users signing up and using their first contact request (which they can use only once). Thingss should go back to normal, with about 5 first contact requests per day. Just give it a bit of time.
Thanks for your comment, I wanted to clear some of this stuff up anyway!
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Thanks for the quick reply, I've edited the Google Play rating of the app to 5 stars.
However, you should've mentioned that the app has features that are still being optimized.
Possible to run on microg?
Love the app, just switched to a phone with lineageos 16 and microg. When I enter my username and password, it just hangs logging in. I then tried backing up the app on my old phone with adb backup then restored it to my new phone. The first time I started looxie, I was logged in and could see the feed. Now everytime I start the app, I get an empty feed that never updates. Also, my username is not displayed in the menu. Any ideas on how to get it working with microg?
Jeff
jebaker said:
Love the app, just switched to a phone with lineageos 16 and microg. When I enter my username and password, it just hangs logging in. I then tried backing up the app on my old phone with adb backup then restored it to my new phone. The first time I started looxie, I was logged in and could see the feed. Now everytime I start the app, I get an empty feed that never updates. Also, my username is not displayed in the menu. Any ideas on how to get it working with microg?
Jeff
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Hey Jeff! I've never tested the app on a device with microg, unfortunately. Unless the microg package includes an implementation of FirebaseAuth, I cannot see it working. I'll need to check and see though, so stay tuned. If you're the Jeff from the app, it's nice to see you here, thanks for all the awesome photos :good:
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Hey Jeff! I've never tested the app on a device with microg, unfortunately. Unless the microg package includes an implementation of FirebaseAuth, I cannot see it working. I'll need to check and see though, so stay tuned. If you're the Jeff from the app, it's nice to see you here, thanks for all the awesome photos :good:
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Thanks, It looks like microg doesn't support FirebaseAuth currently, there are a few issues in github for it. I'll try agian when they have it supported.
Jeff
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Hi, A bit about myself and this project. I made this account 5 years ago but only lurked around the forum. I have strong interest in programing but don't really have the chance to actually learn it. When I was finally fed up the job I had at the time, I decide to just follow my passion and learn it. I start out probably like most people, just make some projects . There's a game called Another Eden that I was really hooked on so I made some simple macro program for it. The game is a bit more complex than regular mobile game. Each player would have different party and different way of approaching a stage so you need the user to input their party, what skill they want to use, etc... So it's a simple input then output program. At first it was just a console program that glue string together. I learned WPF and the next version has an UI. Then after realizing that there's lots of people similar to me who like to make macros, the next version which called EMM ( Easy Macro Maker) is borned. The idea is simple, the program lets you make macros with an easy-to-use interface. The macros made by one user must be compatible with any devices so it can be shared and I made a companion web app that let people upload their creations and others can download from.
I then interested in mobile development and realized that there's not a single usable macros maker on the market. Most of them is autoclicker that can barely execute more than 10 instructions, the advanced one requires you to code or super shady. So I just thought I can make something better and here we are. Macrorify is a new macros maker app that i can confidently say: it's better than everything you've ever used.
This app has:
Auto Click obviously, long clicks, double clicks, delay, randomize every coordinate, ....
Full gesture capability. You can create any gestures with up to 10 fingers (max number for most touch screen). Drag drop, pinch, zoom, you name it.
Record and replay that can be edited, mixed and matched freely, play at different speeds and even randomize every points in it
Feature powerful Image Detection and Text Recognition. You can click on an image when it appear or hook a callbacks to react when it appear/disappear. Basically if-else logic: "if image appears then do something otherwise do something else, if that something else success then continue or do other things...."
Everything can be done in an easy-to-use interface. You don't need to know one bit of code.
You can build your own custom UI: A popup that appear at the start to let other user config your macros.
The heart of the app is EMScript, which is a new programing language I made specificly for Macrorify. Like i said previously you don't need to know how to code but code is there for people who can and it's optional so if you have the skill then you can technically do anything with it.
True to my ideal with the original program EMM. The macros made by the app must be compatible with every devices so the app features a very powerful auto scaling system that will scale your macro at run time so it'll works on any devices regardless of resolution.
The web app I made for the original program now built right into the app, that means you develop in the app, upload in the app. And for those who don't feel like putting in the work, you can just download pre-made macros from other users right in the app with just one click.
You thought this was over? But it has even more QOL in it:
The app can auto turn off the screen to save battery life when you grind
It can pause and resume macros (I wonder why every app does not have this feature)
Change the click size radius
You can limit the number of items shown on the screen
Every actions can be run individually so when testing, you don't have to rerun the macro as a whole everytime (this is one feature of the old program as well). Basically unit testing.
It can take screenshot for you (for image detection)
There's actually a lot more ideas but i didn't have the time to put in, gotta leave something to update.
I put a lot of works in so don't mind if I monitize it a little. The "making" part is totally free to use, you can make as many macros as you like, store as many macros as Integer.MAX.
"Play" a macro will consume a point called Reputations at the rate of 1 hour/point. The best part though it can be earned. When you upload macros, you will receive an initial Reputations, and when others download your macros you also receive their Reputations (You can specify how many Reputations you would like from other users). By my calculation, if you just have just one popular macros and lots of user using them then you'll have so many Reputations that "Play" restriction doesn't mean anything. So it's a reward system, macro developer can technically use the app for free and normal user pay for it (packs or premium pass). Fair?
In the first week, i also remove that restriction so even if you're normal user, it's free to use with little to no restriction (the other is just a restriction on how many first-time-download you can have on an account but it only matter if you download lots of them)
Anyway, check out the app in Google Play: Google Play
(I did the description like an interview. What do you think?)
Check the documentation: https://www.kok-emm.com/docs
It explains everything, even how to code
My past self probably couldn't believe that i would have a thread in xda apps. Anw, If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment. I'll try my best to anwser them
I know this isn't the usual xda app but no one tried yet?
I have tested it. I could create a macro for Digimon reArise to auto-farm, and works quite well. The most difficult part was to use the Image/text detection. When using an image the app send me an error, but using the text recognition worked for me quite well. Taking into account I'm not software engineer or something like that, the app is quite understandable and accesible. Nice app! Congratulations.
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I have tested it. I could create a macro for Digimon reArise to auto-farm, and works quite well. The most difficult part was to use the Image/text detection. When using an image the app send me an error, but using the text recognition worked for me quite well. Taking into account I'm not software engineer or something like that, the app is quite understandable and accesible. Nice app! Congratulations.
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Thanks. Does image detection still throw an error?
Kingofknights said:
Thanks. Does image detection still throw an error?
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Yep! it says: Unknow Error! and stops the play test
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Yep! it says: Unknow Error! and stops the play test
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what device you're using?
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what device you're using?
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S21 Ultra
Hello Kingofknights
thanks a lot for your app... i haven't tested it yet... but i'll do soon.
i'll certainly purpose some interesting updates for the future...
but first... i have to test it...
Great work here @Kingofknights ! I watched the tutorial in full, and set up multiple image detection zones.
I was unable to get the scenario working where the hit boxes would operate asynchronously in a multiple match, loop always setting. I guess the run logic would keep looping inside the first zone?
Ideas on how to get it working?
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I have tested it. I could create a macro for Digimon reArise to auto-farm, and works quite well. The most difficult part was to use the Image/text detection. When using an image the app send me an error, but using the text recognition worked for me quite well. Taking into account I'm not software engineer or something like that, the app is quite understandable and accesible. Nice app! Congratulations.
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Hi tamers, mind share with me your setup for auto farm..
Gday, @Kingofknights , outstanding work you did. This is definitely the most advanced click automating app I have ever seen, I am trying my best to learn how to use it now. I might give up, if not, I will tell you if I succeed.
Thanks for your code!
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Gday, @Kingofknights , outstanding work you did. This is definitely the most advanced click automating app I have ever seen, I am trying my best to learn how to use it now. I might give up, if not, I will tell you if I succeed.
Thanks for your code!
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Thanks. Check out the Discord if you need help
Hi, I've been using your app with great succes. However, after the 7days trial, I started a subscription, yet it's still stopping the macro from running because I run out of reputations. I thought the app would keep running if you choose to subscribe?
ความเร็วสูงสุดของการตรวจจับภาพอยู่ที่อัตรา Sacn หรือไม่? และอัตราการสแกนสูงสุดคือเท่าไร?
Dou desuka?
Can you make the app api 17? For android 4.2 compatibility (or just try to do with root privilegies)