Hi,
I uploaded my first application to Android Market: I'm Online for Facebook.
I'm Online for Facebook lets you select friends to be notified on whenever they connect to Facebook chat, and see their chat availability history, while not changing your availability.
- Select friends to be notified when connected to Facebook chat
- Does not change your Facebook chat availability
- See all available friends images directly in your notification bar
- Easily select friends - filter as you type
- Select notifications behavior and sound
- See availability status history for each selected friend
- Open Facebook chat or friend profile directly from friend's context menu
- Available translations: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French, Czech, Finnish, German and Russian
- DOES NOT DRAIN BATTERY!!
I'm Online for Facebook is fully functional for 30 days.
To download I'm Online for Facebook, goto: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pixeltech.imonline.
For users who the app stopped updating friends availability since last week - this was a facebook issue which affected many apps.
I changed the app to not be affected by this issue and as since from today app is functioning OK as before. Regardless, facebook will issue a fix soon for this issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and many thanks for your patience!
*** link to facebook bug details: http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/263442327069657
Enjoy!
Hi,
for those of you who installed this application - I would really appreciate any feedback / comment / change request / additions request, so I can make the application better...
And also, if you enjoy it - please take a minute to rate it at Android Market...
Many thanks!
App was updated (version 1.3) - Fixed FC issue in some scenarios where logging in/out several times
App was updated (version 1.5) - Fixed FC issue in some scenarios where slow / non-responding internet connection causes application to not respond
Nice app buddy. Thanks
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Nice app i will try
Hey dude. Nice app though I have one question.
When I'm using packet data does it go through the official facebook servers (whatever?)
I'm on a limited plan due to money issues and I get 100mb of packet data a month and unlimited social networking data. I know some Face Book apps the data dosn't count as "social networking" aside from the official FB app itself. So does it?
Thanks
giga502 said:
Hey dude. Nice app though I have one question.
When I'm using packet data does it go through the official facebook servers (whatever?)
I'm on a limited plan due to money issues and I get 100mb of packet data a month and unlimited social networking data. I know some Face Book apps the data dosn't count as "social networking" aside from the official FB app itself. So does it?
Thanks
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Hi,
All access to Facebook data is through Facebook's official SDK for Android.
I don't know how exactly is your data usage calculated, but if it is based on URLs than this should be OK.
please also consider that my app also authenticates through my server. however, this is on a one-time-per-day basis and with a very little query-response size, so this should not consume more than a few KB per month.
Hope this helps...
App was updated (version 1.6) with the following features:
- Grouping of selected friends by online / offline state
- Friends lists are now sorted alphabetically
looks great, any feedbacks about battery , and privacy ?
lovercannes said:
looks great, any feedbacks about battery , and privacy ?
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Hi, thanks.
Regarding battery I made special effort to make the app battery friendly, regarding privacy I don't store, forward or use in anyway any of your facebook and phone information outside your phone - besides your account name which I use for app licensing calculations only.
App was updated (v1.7) and now includes:
- Added translations to Russian and French
- Added language selection option for the application interface (independent of system locale)
- minor bug fixes
Added Italian translation, many thanks to Krishath!
Added Translations, currently available translations are: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French and Russian
Added Czech and Finnish translations
Added German translation (thanks to r00t4ev3r)
Added Indonesian translation (thanks to djocqer)
Added Danish translation (Thanks to Neefy)
Tired of putting down your Nexus 7 to check a new SMS on your phone? Me too. Cloud SMS is run on both your phone and tablet to allow you to send and receive SMS messaging from your tablet.
This app works over the Internet and does not require bluetooth, does not share (or transmit) your contacts, and even hashes your account email for added security. Typical messages take about 100ms to transmit. Cloud SMS will be a commercial application ($0.99) when testing is complete.
A Note to Moderators: I was not aware of the rules for paid apps. I will move this discussion to the proper paid apps / announcements later today to adhere to the set rules. I apologize for not knowing the rules first. I'd really appreciate it if you could let me keep this here until tonight when I move it (I'm at work now).
Important - It was brought to my attention that this thread (paid app) should be in the general apps / releases area. Click here for the new thread where I will continue to support this app and discuss features and issues. Thank you everyone!
Super Important & Complex Setup Instructions
Install and run on phone
Install and run on tablet
Done... Ready to go!
Download now at the Google Play Store!
Updates
1.0.2
Added two way message sent indicator to Message View which starts yellow, and turns Green on message sent.
Added a service which watches for networks to change (mobile to wifi, changing wifi) and requests an update with the server to remain synced.
Changed behavior of Persistent notifications - Now called Always Show Notifications. When Unchecked, notifications are hidden after 5 seconds, except for new messages, which remain until clicked or dismissed.
1.0.1
Fixed sent messages showing unread on phone when sent from tablet
Showing default contact icon when contact database gives multiple local account photo ids.
Code preparation for upcoming feature
Play Store Initial Release - Mon Oct 22
All communications are transmitted over https (2048 bit encryption)
New icons for unread messages (much cleaner looking)
Fixed bug where long multi part messages would not send from tablet
Release Candidate 5 - Sun Oct 21
Fixed contact list thread duplication issue
Added sharing from other apps - All text based data (notes, schedules, browser links, etc)
Preparation for final release
Release Candidate 4 - Sat Oct 20
Fixed bug in Update Service which could have prevented Cloud ID Updates
Added option to choose contact selection style. You can now use the very simple choose from contacts, or the text entry style.
Fixed limiting device accounts for only gmail.com, and now also supports googlemail.com
Release Candidate 3 - Fri Oct 19 @ 10:55pm EST (Updated - Version #5)
Version 5 - Fixed contact separation bug
Version 5 - Fixed contact duplication bug
Version 4 - Fixed phone number validation bug
Version 3 - Fixed crash when direct phone number had spaces after hitting send message
Version 3 - Added Dark Theme layouts for New Message (Including different colours for bad/good phone number, and contact results)
Version 3 - Fixed crash when resuming New Message after rotating or sleeping.
Version 2 - Fixed bug where Exit would have to be repeated when opened from notification
Fixed handling of messages with phone number only (not in contacts)
Added New Message handler - Auto completes contact entry and supports direct phone numbers
Various bug fixes for stability
Fixed Contact list not updating on message
Release Candidate - Thurs Oct 18
Fixed many stability issues which caused hard to find crashes
Fixed Phone issue which caused SMS to stop sending/receiving after some time
Fixed window states - App will not show "spare" views.
Fixed notifications opening to wrong contact
Added unread message count - Notification Icon changes to show the value of unread numbers (1~9, 9+)
Added unread indicator on Contact list view (Unread senders will have bolded names, and show number of unread)
Added delete conversation (long press on a contact to delete the message history)
Added delete message (long click on a specific message to delete the message)
Beta Build 6 - Wed Oct 17
Added Notification sound selection
Changed Primary account to a list of device accounts (Much easier)
Message View now shows sender Contact Photo (Your contact photo should now show)
Sent Messages now align right next to the sender contact photo
Moved server infrastructure to new scaling processor (Up until now the routing process was CSV based, and would not scale). Processing times on my end are now in the 100th of a second area.
Added more padding to separate message text box from messages
Send Message Button slightly bigger.
Should more reliably update both Contact view and message view on messages
Beta Build 5 - Tues Oct 16 #2
New Icon!
Fixed refresh of messages on send
Fixed Text Entry field size
Fixed Send Button in Dark Theme
Fixed Send Button Scaling
Removed notification sound on Phone when sending outgoing SMS from tablet
Fixed contact picker - Now shows contacts with phone numbers
Alert user when selected contact number is not sms capable (Work number, etc)
Beta Build 4 - Tues Oct 16
Temporily added Debug Menu Option - This will show you the detected Device Hash, Account (Not sent to server), and GCMID. If your not syncing, check the GCMID in debug, if blank, exit the app and try again (and let me know!)
Fixed Server side bug which prevented syncing
Added crash handler to send me crash reports during the testing phase
Fixed alignment on Message view sent messages
Increased SMS Priority to try and get around SMS apps that do not like to share.
Unknown contacts will show phone number as their name.
Beta Build 3 - Mon Oct 15 - Build #2 - Updated Build Sent to Testers (Thanks guys!)
Bug Fixes + New Features
Build #2 - Fixed Cloud ID Assignment (I wasn't waiting long enough for Google to assign them!)
Build #2 - Reverted to old contact picker. Much more reliable this way, solves most of the problems.
New Notification Settings
Added Persistent Notification Setting
Added Notification Sound Setting
Added Notification Vibrate Setting
Fixed Cloud Sync loss after a few hours
Added Setting to list detected account (Just displayed on your device, not transferred) - This allows you to set the correct account if you have multiple accounts on a tablet
Contact and Messages lists now update on incoming message!
Message text allows links to be clickable
Text input field now automatically capitalizes the first word in a sentence
Fixed all communications bugs on SIM tablets with no SIM card (Wifi)
Fixed issues on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
(There are more, just can't remember now)
Beta Build 2 - Sun Oct 14 - Sent out updates to existing testers, and send PMs to a few others, thanks!
Bug Fixes + New Features
Now supports Android 2.2 through 4.1 (was previously 2.3 and up)
Added Settings Menu
Added Theme Selection (Light, Dark)
Added Start on Boot (Opens in notification tray)
Added Force Tablet for some tablets being detected as phone
Fixed detection of some tablets
Fixed a few communications bugs
Message list is updated on sending a message
Beta Build 1 - Fri Oct 12
Initial Release!
Current Bugs
Required Permissions
Internet - (Needed to connect to the Internet!)
Send SMS / Receive SMS (These are used on the phone side to send/receive messages)
Get Account (This is used to read your gmail address assigned to your device. I never actually send this email, simply make a secure hash of the account to match against the Google Cloud Messaging IDs for your tablet/phone)
Wake Lock (This is required for Google Cloud Messaging)
Receive SMS (This is required to capture SMS messages to send to your tablet)
Vibrate (If your tablet supports it, I can vibrate/light LED, make sound just as your phone does on SMS - This will become a setting)
Read Contacts (This is used on the tablet to show the contact photo / name rather than just the phone number of the recipient/sender. This data is never stored anywhere).
Write SMS (This is used on the phone to add your messages to the stock SMS database to keep conversations properly synced)
Receive Boot Completed (This is used to automatically start on boot if enabled in Settings)
Using Go SMS? Do this:
In Go SMS, Under 'Menu -> Settings -> Receive Settings' - Uncheck the box that says 'Disable other message notification'
If still not receiving forwarding messages, reboot.
Any comments, questions, or feedback?
It sounds pretty good and 99 cents would be a great price for the features. I rarely turn on wifi/BT on my phone, so I'd like an app that just needs a data connection like you are describing.
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Sounds fantastic, keep us posted!
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yes, sounds far better than tablet talk (what I use now) when your ready for a tester id be more than willing. I have multiple android phones to test with. and may I add that your price is quite fair. If succesfull I see many flocking to your app
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yes, sounds far better than tablet talk (what I use now) when your ready for a tester id be more than willing. I have multiple android phones to test with. @ this price I can see many people flocking to your app over the competition
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There is already an app on the market with that name, for just this use. Tablet sms on the tablet, and desk sms on phone. I use it all the time. How exactly is this different?
It can be found here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEudGFibGV0c21zIl0.
I am definitely not saying you should not make it, just wondering about the advantages of your vs the already existing. They sound very very similar, right down to the name.
Nexus 7 on AOKP by R4ins
Excellent idea!
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Is this the same as the one posted on reddit? Excellent idea nonetheless, hopefully an improvement on Tablet SMS. Would love to test.
rebel1699 said:
There is already an app on the market with that name, for just this use. Tablet sms on the tablet, and desk sms on phone. I use it all the time. How exactly is this different?
It can be found here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEudGFibGV0c21zIl0.
I am definitely not saying you should not make it, just wondering about the advantages of your vs the already existing. They sound very very similar, right down to the name.
Nexus 7 on AOKP by R4ins
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I had no idea another app like this one existed, certainly not by Clockworkmod no less. I will of course rename it to something different. My app does not use anything but Google Cloud Messaging as a transport, and will solely focus on SMS leaving gtalk, gmail, and IM to other apps.
This app first and foremost is designed for myself and friends who just want SMS to work two ways from phone to tablet.
Jebus99 said:
Is this the same as the one posted on reddit? Excellent idea nonetheless, hopefully an improvement on Tablet SMS. Would love to test.
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I've not posted this to reddit (yet?). Once the name changes and a test build is up, perhaps then.
What are the issues with TabletSMS on the market?
Please keep in mind that I want to keep SMS data as private as possible with my model, no messages ever go to database or disk.
App will now be called SMS Cloud unless there are further objections.
Cool, would like to see if this works better than tablet talk.
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Looks good. I'm not willing to pay $5/yr. for the other app, but a one time $1 or $2 app that works would be great! I don't text much, but I would like to get SMS notifications on my N7 if my phone is off. I get 1 or 2 messages a month (from Virgin Mobile about payment due), that I sometimes miss because I seldom use my phone anymore. As long as this doesn't interfere with GrooveIP (that uses Google chat), I'm in!
I've been looking for something like this for a while.
Most apps are limited to WiFi and BT which is a shame and the already mentioned app is rather expensive.
Would very much be interested in something like this!
I'll test it out on my nexus 7. Right now I use Google voice for texting from my tablet but as you know it isn't my actual phone number.
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Great idea especially with the added security added great price point, can't wait to see how it turns out!
Count me in for testing as well.
promising. I'll keep an eye on this thread. I currently use Table SMS/Desk SMS. I think a new option (if good) will be very welcome.
Really looking forward to seeing this develop. I'm using Tablet Talk at the moment and having to faff about with connections all the time is becoming a pain. Something like this sounds really good. I tried TabletSMS and DeskSMS a while back but the half-holo-half-awful UI was offputting and the annual cost isn't ideal.
If you can keep the UI clean (looking like stock SMS app?) and keep it quick and easy to connect then it should be amazing. Can't wait to try it out
I like desk/tabletsms but I might be willing to jump ship. Tablet SMS is a bit clunky and doesn't seem to always update properly. I'd love a clone of the stock SMS app when on a tablet. Also cloud SMS sounds better than SMS cloud imo
Edit: also, I'd be very willing to test and will be watching this thread
I just found out about mysms. It seems to be completely free and does what DeskSMS and the OP wants to do. You can also use a webapp to send/receive messages.
linknight said:
I just found out about mysms. It seems to be completely free and does what DeskSMS and the OP wants to do. You can also use a webapp to send/receive messages.
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I've used mysms for awhile. Its actually really bad. Messages rarely send from the tablet to phone successfully and there are huge delays in messages being received and sent. I use Tablet Talk right now, its pretty good for at home use but it would be nice to be able to have a reliable tablet sms app over data.
Count me in on the testing.
Hello, I have just relesed a first version of my new app:
this is the app discription:
- Don't be afraid to walk alone any more!
- Choose your Angels - friends and relatives that will be there for you ( let them know )
- Write a message that will be sent in case of trouble
- add the widget somewhere on your screen
- In case of trouble press it 5 times quickly! A REPEATING SMS message will be sent (via your phone) to your Angels including your personal message!, your location! (number, street, city, country) , Google map link!
- If you are safe and all is right as rain, just go to MyAngels app , cancel the repeating message and send "all OK" message via the menu!
get on on google play with the name "MyAngels" by fashizelinnovation
I would to get uor comments on this app!
Thank you!
We need an app developer. We are a non profit organisation that publishes school magazine. This year we are going online so we are also deciding to make an app for this. We want an app that is updated itself with new publication whenever it comes and there is no need to rebuild the app. I have attached a sample screenshot. You can contact me at [email protected]
Sample image
You can contact me for the app development
Being an avid news reader, I really missed the good old Google reader when it shut down. After that, a couple of services like Feedly, FlipBoard popped up...but I didn't like the curation done by them. Feedly is an awesome service...but its UI has become really old and no longer interesting.
I prefer my news only from a couple of websites and don't want any curation. In my opinion, an Rss reader should be lite and offer a complete offline support -- I hate turning my phone to a brick when the network goes off.
So I started off on this project initially for my personal use, but decided to release it for public use. It is adfree and I don't hold any backend servers to serve the feeds. This app grabs the feeds directly from the websites you subscribe to and save them on your device. I have provided a couple of default feeds, but you can add your own feeds as well. OPML import available too.
This app has come out really well so far and now, I can use some feedback from the XDA community to perfect it Please let me know how I can improve the app further.
Note on Feedly Support Feedly support is done, but the developers at feedly have closed down support for new apps. I will enable that as soon as I get a response from them here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/feedly-cloud/6OHPVevlnRM. If you have a developer token and would like to use that feature, let me know and I will push an update with limited feedly functionality(250 api calls per day, manually refresh your token every 30 days).
I am currently working on having support for NewsBlur service here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.udn4hc.purerss
To list out a few features in the app -
- Complete offline support
- flip scrollng - similar to flipboard
- pager scrolling - similar to feedly
- standard Android scrolling with lists and cards
- Custom sync/cleanup
- Alternate Themes - 11 currently, including a dark theme
- Material Design
- OPML Import
- Add Custom feeds
- 6 fonts available
- Readability mode - Save full articles from websites(this is in beta and hence, the option is slightly hidden)
Looks interesting!