For all the System Tuner and Battery Monitor Widget fans there is now an app in the Play Store called Android Tuner that consolidates the features of those and adds more. A special offer is available on the developer's website for users of the pro versions of the previous apps to upgrade to the pro version of Android Tuner.
Here's a feature comparison if you would like to see the differences between the different apps and versions.
There is also an XDA thread for the app. It's a new app and still in beta at this point.
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This app was updated in the Play Store a few days ago (10/16/2012) so it should be getting close to coming out of beta.
The reviews have been very good so far.
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Thanks for posting this, I have both sys tuner and android tuner but didn't know which to keep until i ran across this thread. :good:
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Hey gang, first post as you can see.
I did a search to now avail, so I ask you: I am running cyanogenmod 7 stable release and when I try to download an app from the market that is intended for OS, say 2.1+ for example, my device from the dropdown is greyed out. So I cant install it. Is there some reason as to why if we are running 2.3, we can utilize apps from the market for that level of OS?
Thanks guys!
EventHorizon71 said:
Hey gang, first post as you can see.
I did a search to now avail, so I ask you: I am running cyanogenmod 7 stable release and when I try to download an app from the market that is intended for OS, say 2.1+ for example, my device from the dropdown is greyed out. So I cant install it. Is there some reason as to why if we are running 2.3, we can utilize apps from the market for that level of OS?
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There sure is. As I understand it, there are several ways to develop apps for Android, and some apps can be written to require a higher level of the ARM processor than the Eris uses. In general, this would be for apps like Adobe Flash 10.x, which are processor-intensive and would likely make the Eris run too slowly to handle the performance required for that particular app. There are other apps like the SPB Shell 3D launcher, which benefit either from a faster CPU or a discrete graphics processor.
Ah I see, so is there a workaround to fool the market to allow such downloads, or is that all she wrote?
Either way, love the community here and love how much life has been breathed back into my Eris.
Well then... now that android is a major contender in the mobile OS wars. Had the G1 from day one.
My only complaint from android... is the quality of apps. Also, repeat of the same apps over and over again in the play store. Recently I've been scouring the market place and I noticed that there are a lot of apps that seem kinda... a waste... For example... just how many weather apps and widgets do you need? most of the time they copy HTC, Samsung, or Sony apps (weather, clock, calendar etc) and slap on a generic name onto it.
Now Im all for "oh android is OPEN" but at least put some effort on making an app
this raises the question... should android have a tighter quality control over apps? Im not saying to make android "closed" but anyone that wants to submit an App on the play store needs to follow guidelines so there isn't repeats of apps that makes android fragmented. I mean there's 700,000 apps on the play store right now but prlly only a few 100 are only worth using because of how polished they are.
What do you guys thing? does Google need have tighter control of the play store?
I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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so your saying that google should just let those junk apps stay in the play store. sure ios has junk apps but it isnt as bad as android.
yea discourage the developers that makes junk apps. thats the point. if a developer is constantly putting out updates then it shouldn't worry about having its apps being deleted. im just saying that google needs remove crappy apps from the play store. it just makes google play look lazy
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I agree with you. I think holo ui on apps is the best thing ever happened to android. Apps started to look high quality and developers did great job with holo. But there are still tons of non-holo apps that hasn't been updated since 2009/2010 and most of them not even work on new devices they just give force closes. I think Google should give those developers 2 month to update their apps with their guideline and otherwise just delete it. I started get sick of these old apps.
The other thing bothering me is the themes. Go themes, adw themes, launcher pro themes, they are everywhere. I hate to see all those themes when I simply search "launcher" on play store. Most of them are not even compatible with the latest versions of their launcher. I hope Google will do something about it.
Google started letting Android turn into new Windows. Every manufacturer can put bloatware in it. Millions of useless programs in the Internet. Most of them aren't updated since XP. Most of the people choose Linux or Mac(I still like windows more than mac ) over windows just because of the bloatware. Think about the toolbars of ie . Google should manage apps better in play store. Otherwise Android will start killing itself.
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your right about some of the themes... some of those themes are copying other manufacturer's skins
look at beautiful widgets... they copied htc sense clocks. im suprised that htc didnt take them down.
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No, Android is an open platform and things like this may discourage developers. Google will feature apps that are designed well, but banning apps because they are deemed outdated looking or not useful is not what I want to see.
I do agree there is a lot of junk in Google Play but there is also the same junk in the iTunes app store. I would like to see Google allow more advanced searching in Google Play, they are Google afterall. Google Play's search should add sort by date app updated, filter by compatible Android version, and I'm sure there are more. That way you could find newer and better apps in your search.
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There isn't thousands of outdated launcher themes and not working apps in the app store. The ones at app store still work on newer iphones and don't look outdated. But the ones at play store look stretched and outdated.
i agree with you
I believe one thing that would help is better search functionality in the play store. Seams to me that a major search engine would have better search options in their store.
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There was an article about a new android feature that will help identify misbehaving apps that uses a lot of resources in the background, or maybe it was some kind of rating that will be added to each app on the play store. I remember facebook app was mentioned there, but i cant find this article.
It was published within the last 4 months.
Anyone remember such article or know this feature?
Hey guys I'm developing a new music player app and at this stage I can see 3 distinct paths to go down for monetizing it. I'd really like to hear from and get the opinion of developers who have tried similar methods with a similar type of app, and what sort of results they saw.
Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Have a free version and a paid "pro" version. The free version would be fully functional, have the core features of the app and be good enough for most people (i.e. it wouldn't be cripple-ware, think Evernote). The pro version would have some advanced/cool extra features that enthusiasts would like.
2. Have a fully functional limited-time trial version (e.g. a 15-30 day trial). After which the user would be prompted to upgrade to continue using it or just continually nagged each time they open the app. I've seen that a couple of the popular music players for android have gone with this (e.g. poweramp, n7 player).
3. Keep the app completely free for the time being, just worry about listening to feedback, improving the app and making it the best possible experience for users. Only start thinking about monetization once a critical mass of users has been reached.
No. 3 is the "facebook" approach to monetization - getting a lot of users with the hope of being bought out. I don't really think it's appropriate for a music player app because it's not a social product with "viral growth" built into it. It also relies on the app being hugely successful... and while I'd like to be optimistic, the odds are stacked against that happening.
The problem with 1. is currently there aren't that many advanced features in the app. I've also tried the free+paid version approach with another android app and the results were pretty appalling - the paid version had something like 1% of the users of the free version.
Ad banners aren't going to work because it's a music player - 99% of the time users won't see the app on screen to see the ads.
Any ideas or other avenues to consider? Cheers
In my opinion you should try to create fully functional player and then release 2 versions: free and paid. If you will release player with many bugs people faster delete it than they download it.
hello all
wondering if anyone here has any idea why the new directv app will not work on my android 11 box.the older directv on the go app works fine but its being discontinued soon.the new app returns the error"issue on our end.try again later.care code 500".any ideas guys and gals?
thanks
brayneeac said:
hello all
wondering if anyone here has any idea why the new directv app will not work on my android 11 box.the older directv on the go app works fine but its being discontinued soon.the new app returns the error"issue on our end.try again later.care code 500".any ideas guys and gals?
thanks
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There are DIRECTV apks going back to 2016 that you can sideload and use especially when:
-- Crashing.
-- Won’t open.
-- Won’t respond.
-- Isn’t working properly.
-- Discontinued.
Not to mention that new updates may have many bugs that you may not be comfortable with. Developers tend to keep their apps updated with the latest version of Android. So, if you have an old or even new Android version, the new interface and features compatible with new Android version may break the app.
Your device hardware may not be compatible with the updated version of the app.
You may not like the newly added features or the interface overhaul.
Your favorite feature may get removed for any reason.
The updated version may get filled with ads.