new to Android here
what App stores are recommended as "safe" by you Android pro's? i've read that virus' can be caught from disreputable App's, and that is good to know for us who are just getting into our 1st Android phone with the Note.
is this the only "Safe" Android App store?
https://market.android.com/apps?utm_source=en-us-ha&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=android+app+store
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ARTAQaf said:
new to Android here
what App stores are recommended as "safe" by you Android pro's? i've read that virus' can be caught from disreputable App's, and that is good to know for us who are just getting into our 1st Android phone with the Note.
is this the only "Safe" Android App store?
https://market.android.com/apps?utm_source=en-us-ha&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=android+app+store
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Amazon.com also has an android app store. You will have to download the apk to install. All the details are on the website. I like it because it saves all of your apps on your account. When switching phones, once you enter you Amazon user name and password, poof all of your apps can be downloaded. Also Amazon gives you a free paid app every day.
On the Android market only paid apps are saved in your account. When downloading from the android market use the apps at the top of the search results and the ones with lots of user feedback. Those are generally safer.
My company is looking to port our recently created iOS app to android. The app is basically a simple pdf viewer with a search feature.
Here is the app store link
itunes.apple.com/us/app/drager-gas-detection/id470558281?mt=8
The current developer has been a little slow while creating the iOS app, so we are considering looking at another developer. The estimated hours they quoted also seems a little long to me, but I'm not sure if that is the case.
Approximately how long would it take a developer to create an Android version of this app?
mf6421 said:
My company is looking to port our recently created iOS app to android. The app is basically a simple pdf viewer with a search feature.
Here is the app store link
itunes.apple.com/us/app/drager-gas-detection/id470558281?mt=8
The current developer has been a little slow while creating the iOS app, so we are considering looking at another developer. The estimated hours they quoted also seems a little long to me, but I'm not sure if that is the case.
Approximately how long would it take a developer to create an Android version of this app?
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Pretty sure that's what Adobe Reader is for...in the android market already, and its free....
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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I had been searching around for a good android app that could be used to assist in managing account. But so far I had found only this app called Wallet.
which is the best so far in my opinion. However, the subscription fees for that application is a headache.
I had tried Windows phone before and found a wonderful wallet app called money wallet.
If anyone tried the app before, there are features on the app such as(where the wallet app for android does not have) :
-unlimited account(paid version. cost less than $3 to use forever.)
-different account type setting and many modification can be made.
-create debt(will auto create a payment and separate them to the payback duration. interest rate and total amount set by you of course)
-and many other features
just wondering if there is any android wallet app out there that can match with the functionality or price of the money wallet app in windows phone. The only thing i don't like on the windows phone version is the UI(not colorful enough. XD). However, in term of functionality and pricing, it wins the android wallet app that i mentioned above many many times.
PS: newbie here. so cant post any link. You guys may search for the apps and download to try. Both of them has free edition to try out before buying.
Hi,why it disappeared from Play Store??Where can I find the latest free version??
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I haven't found it using the Play Store search engine but I've still been able to find it listed as 'USB/BT JoystickCenter 2015' (green icon) under My Apps > All in the Play Store menu under the account in which I originally downloaded it. I actually paid for this app license in its early stage. Perhaps that's why I am still able to find and install from Play Store...? ?.
I searched github and the most recent activity was by Jared Morgan (jaredmorgs) in July 2016. He edited the README file stating that the dev has abandoned this app and the licensing server is down.
I emailed him asking how I can contact the dev Poke64738 but he said he didn't know. I've since backed up to Google Drive and Dropbox just in case it disappears completely. I don't know the rules of posting a link to download somebody else's app from my Drive acct. I will if it is allowed.
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I haven't found it using the Play Store search engine but I've still been able to find it listed as 'USB/BT JoystickCenter 2015' (green icon) under My Apps > All in the Play Store menu under the account in which I originally downloaded it. I actually paid for this app license in its early stage. Perhaps that's why I am still able to find and install from Play Store...? ?.
I searched github and the most recent activity was by Jared Morgan (jaredmorgs) in July 2016. He edited the README file stating that the dev has abandoned this app and the licensing server is down.
I emailed him asking how I can contact the dev Poke64738 but he said he didn't know. I've since backed up to Google Drive and Dropbox just in case it disappears completely. I don't know the rules of posting a link to download somebody else's app from my Drive acct. I will if it is allowed.
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Man, I remember the good old days of using a Galaxy Tab 10.1 with honeycomb with that app. And when Wii Remotes actually worked out of the box without any extra dongles. And everything was inspired by Tron (design wise) instead of material design. And apps weren't bloated as all hell as they are now. And root ad blockers like AdAway were actually in the play store. And SuperSU wasn't sold to a Chinese company. And you didn't have to flash an extra zip file to install Xposed. And Tegra 2 was actually impressive. And touchwiz was awful. Those were the days.
Whoops. Got a little carried away. :silly: