Hi,
I am really happy to join your board as a user of Android for the last 5 months on my Meizu MX phone.
I have done a deep search on the internet about a tool that can really unify multiple clouds services, but nothing raises as a good solution for my needs.
Let me explain my needs, if you can guide me to an ultimate tool
Indeed, I have many free clouds services accounts (dropbox, box, hubic, etc.) and all of them are limited in term of the size of the storage.
Would it be possible to aggregate all those clouds in a way that the user does not care of which service is used to store his data ?
I mean a tool that will sync data with the user multiple clouds accounts depending on no rule or rules that can be eventually defined.
That way, instead of having X GB with Dropbox + Y GB with box + ...., it would manage X + Y + ... GB managed whatever the cloud service.
I would love to manage my huge photos collection in a such way, instead of putting them on different clouds services.
Moreover, I have found a lot of applications on the internet that manage the accounts on a web portal and then all the brandwidth goes through their servers. But I would love to manipulate a local tool without any data transfert or account management in another service provider tool.
Do you have any idea about this ultimate tool ?
Obviously, it should also have a similar client on MAC and Windows
Thanks in advance !
Isn't this hoping for too much? ES file explorer will help you manage all your cloud storage services through it. But it won't meet all of your needs.
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We've had some people develop and application for us. For now, our application uses static data that requires a manual update each time this data changes. Our plan in the future is to have this data updated automatically the instant this new data is available.
For now, is there a way like through some online cloud that I can link the application to? So, that way when I put the data online in this service thing, the application whenever it has a data connection or Wi-Fi pulls the new data?
For the future, what's the best way to set up this automated updates?
You could just host the update on the server u run the app from ...
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Right, what if buying a physical server was really not a preferred option at this point, what else could be done?
You could add the Dropbox SDK or Amazon S3 SDK to your project.
For example with Dropbox you could create a folder for your account dedicated towards this application. With the correct code you can then have the application download / synchronize the files in this project folder with your device.
That may be the easiest solution if you don't want to get down and dirty with your own server.
nraboy said:
You could add the Dropbox SDK or Amazon S3 SDK to your project.
For example with Dropbox you could create a folder for your account dedicated towards this application. With the correct code you can then have the application download / synchronize the files in this project folder with your device.
That may be the easiest solution if you don't want to get down and dirty with your own server.
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Okay... Thank you. This helps.
In response to the message you sent me.
Yes you can use Excel files. You can use whatever you'd like, but you just have to worry about how you plan to use the data when you receive it.
For example, maybe you've got an Excel file that has 10 rows of data initially and you want to update it to a newer version that has 20 rows of data. Using one of these cloud services SDK you would be able to update this file on your device. This is not the most efficient way to do business, but it is certainly an option.
The cloud SDK approach would be a better solution if for example you wanted to add levels to a game without forcing the user to upload through the marketplace. If you are worried about updating information data you may want to write some sort of script that will transfer information from an SQL database online to a SQLite database on your phone.
Both the SDK options and SQL options are for the most part compatible with all the types of devices so if you plan to make an iOS or RIM application it should be possible.
I hope this helps.
Hello there,
Short story - Looking for a Custom ROM with the ability to control what applications can be installed on an Android device or preferably to ask for an administrator password prior to installing, much like in Administered desktop systems. This is to be used on a large number of company-owned tablets
Thank you for any help or suggestions
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Long Story - The company i work for (a large travel & tour agency) is investigating the possibility of providing Tour Bus drivers with Android tablets, which will be used for filling out and submiting (via mobile data) a number of different types of forms
Since the tablets will be connected to the internet via 3G/4G, any downloaded apps will cause data charges by the ISP. This is a major issue as the Tour Bus fleet consists of over 300 vehicles and drivers
For this reason, we were trying to find an app which would control what a user installs on an android device, but from what we have researched, this level of control is not available for Apps, for security reasons (such as malware)
Custom firmware seems to be the only option, if such a firmware exists.
Thank you for any help or suggestions
No dont exist but you can configure the pasaword in google play settings
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Use password to block or secure those app that can download things
Eg: mail, market, browser, file explorer, USB storage.. etc...
PM me if you need more detail... already have an idea.
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Hello,
According to the Android Design Principles
Never lose my stuff
Save what people took time to create and let them access it from anywhere. Remember settings, personal touches, and creations across phones, tablets, and computers. It makes upgrading the easiest thing in the world.
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which I think is great. The app I'm designing involves storing photos and data about them. Is there a good way to back this up? I could sync with a webservice I could write/host, but then I'm opening myself up to potentially large bandwidth/storage charges.
I considered using drop box or something, but that would require my non tech savvy users to sign up. Is there any easy way to integrate the google cloud service (as my users will of course have a google account)? What do people normally do when they want to meet this design principle?
Many thanks
Russ_T said:
Hello,
According to the Android Design Principles
which I think is great. The app I'm designing involves storing photos and data about them. Is there a good way to back this up? I could sync with a webservice I could write/host, but then I'm opening myself up to potentially large bandwidth/storage charges.
I considered using drop box or something, but that would require my non tech savvy users to sign up. Is there any easy way to integrate the google cloud service (as my users will of course have a google account)? What do people normally do when they want to meet this design principle?
Many thanks
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I believe there is an api for backing up user data to Google drive and since users will have a Google account they automatically have Google drive (Your app will have to request permissions to access users Google account I believe). This would be the easiest way to implement things as the drive api is a native part of Android, and you don't have to worry about bandwidth and hosting storage. In the past people have hosted there own storage for users to used and then usually tie this to an account users have to create. Overall, like I said I'd look into using the Google drive api.
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I believe there is an api for backing up user data to Google drive and since users will have a Google account they automatically have Google drive (Your app will have to request permissions to access users Google account I believe). This would be the easiest way to implement things as the drive api is a native part of Android, and you don't have to worry about bandwidth and hosting storage. In the past people have hosted there own storage for users to used and then usually tie this to an account users have to create. Overall, like I said I'd look into using the Google drive api.
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Thanks very much. A bit of an oversight on my part so I'll have a look through the API and see what it offers.
I do intend to charge a subscription for my app/service ultimately, but I think I need to make storage space the users problem to save myself sleepless nights.
I'll investigate and post back here what I find. If anyone can give me a link to an article on this I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
Russ_T said:
Thanks very much. A bit of an oversight on my part so I'll have a look through the API and see what it offers.
I do intend to charge a subscription for my app/service ultimately, but I think I need to make storage space the users problem to save myself sleepless nights.
I'll investigate and post back here what I find. If anyone can give me a link to an article on this I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
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Here is the official Google documentation on using the Google Drive Api:
https://developers.google.com/drive/
Check out this article on network storage and android:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#netw
As well as this article on using the backup api and cloud sync:
http://developer.android.com/training/cloudsync/index.html
Also since you talked about eventually charging a subscription fee here is the official android developer documentation on that as well:
http://developer.android.com/guide/google/play/billing/billing_subscriptions.html
Wonderful, thank you very much indeed! I will give those a good read over when I get chance and let you know how I get on. It seems this could definitely be the answer, saving me money concerns and allowing my app to be multi user and backed up.
What I need to do is get my head around how I will use the cloud storage to allow my app to be multi user. Potentially I can make my database file based, and sync between two devices that way. My only trouble is when both devices are editing the same file / working on the same thing. I want the app to work offline, as I don't want connection issues to affect its usage.
Hmmm, I'll give it some thought.
Thanks again!
Hey guys, I've been seeking an alternate of Network Log (you can find it on Google Play Store) for quite a while but with no luck, so come out to ask if anyone knows one suitable for me .
I have to say Network Log is almost worthy for purchasing (although it is not a paid app), considering the job it's done in categorizing by protocols, by apps, displaying packets by size and time, graphing as a timeline, and that made it an excellent choice for analyzing apps consuming data and draining battery, but unfortunately the app owner doesn't respond to bug summit or emails.
The thing is, Network Log no longer works after Android 6.0, while others in the market relies on system-built-in VPN function to capture data, which is not suitbale for people like me in China using proxies to reach out to world .
So if anyone knows apps that can capture packets (not necessarily able to decrypt contents) and display by apps, just to make it easy to let me see the amounts and frequency Android apps uses the Internet, I‘ll be thankful that you recommend them to me (again it cannot be using Android VPN function since Shadowsocks is already using VPN, so I think the app maybe require root permission but I'm OK)
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Hello,
I would like to kindly ask for an advice. I have Xperia XZ Premium Dual SIM (G8142) and I would like to set it in a particular way. Is it possible to run three different accounts on this Android phone as separate users? Ideally, if each user can have its own dedicated space on internall memory and sd card as well. If I should use some comparison, something like an Administrator and two User accounts on Windows PC. Everybody have their own space, Users can operate only within their own space (without access to data of others) and the Master/Administrator user can manage all of the data on the phone + have access to device's advanced settings.
According to manual for my phone, this Multi user enviroment is supported feature, but after update to Android 9 Pie some apps can't access SD card for write (namely Sony's own Camera app). I've tried repairing the phone via Xperia Companion software, (essentially wiping it and reinstalling the latest released version of the OS). That fixed some of the issues (like non-working GPS connection on Users accounts, the Master/Administrator account was able to use GPS right after Android9 update).
By operating only within users own space I would like to have everything separated per user accounts, for ex. synch only those photos, that were taken on User#1 account, in google's Photos cloud service, preventing the entire photo library of the phone beign uploaded into cloud.
Maybe I've got this concept right and it should work this way, and maybe only Sony's Camera app is to blame to be unable to save on SD card on User accounts. Is there any security policy in the Android 9 itself, which might be related to it?
Thank you very much for your advice.
kr,