http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...lopers-should-hold-off-until-the-api-is-done/
FTA: "All the custom watch faces we have right now are basically hacks that are using workarounds to show you the time. According to Google developer advocate Wayne Piekarski, Google is working on a new API for custom faces that should be ready soon, but in the meantime developers are advised to hold off."
Sounds like L will bring some really incredible stuff to the game.
sweet!!! everything is awesomeeeee
@OP That's not true. If you actually read the full quote (rather than the AP article), it says that they can be developed just fine... they just recommend releasing them as betas via Google+/Play Store because when the switch is flicked to Android L, there will probably be issues with non-API watch faces.
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@OP That's not true. If you actually read the full quote (rather than the AP article), it says that they can be developed just fine... they just recommend releasing them as betas via Google+/Play Store because when the switch is flicked to Android L, there will probably be issues with non-API watch faces.
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It's not my quote. I'm just passing on information.
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Im still pretty new to the smartphone world. But after looking at various apps I noticed the app declares a list of permissions it will need to certain files on the phone. Im just concerned that any one of these apps are gathering sensitive information like our contacts or notes on our phones. How do we know exactly what is being accessed and sent out. I just realized an app like mixzing sends the developers information about the songs we listen to, our playlists, etc.. Now Im not too concerned about this in particular, but how do we know what other information they or any other developer are grabbing from our phones? On a PC you atleast have a firewall, router, security sofware, etc..
Its interesting that someone finally asked this question. I asked this very thing since i.had my G1.
I am in infomation security and as a security researcher, ive used a rooted device and the shark app which is like wireshark for packet captures from your phone. You could always stick your vibrant on your wireless network and watch the packets there as well.
Take a peek at this screengrab from an alt keyboard install from the sticky page. I would not trust any app at all
On a side note, if you saw the forensics app for these phones...wow
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there have been apps said to collect sensitive data that it doesnt need to function... In russia there was also a tip calculator that sent sms messages to various numbers without your knowledge... at the moment there is no virus, or worm, or trojan for android atleast not on this side of the world...
Just be careful what you download, always read the apps permissions..
Or download a app that scans applications, I personally use Lookout. Not because im paranoid about viruses but there are other features implemented such as losnig your phone and includes tracking.
It's on the market, "Lookout."
Lookout is a great tool to have. I use it on all my phones, out scan every app as you install, if its bad, it'll tell you
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Lookout is a great tool to have. I use it on all my phones, out scan every app as you install, if its bad, it'll tell you
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SO how man y, if any, bad apps have you encountered? I havnt bought into the whole AV for mobile phones yet. I understand the potential risk, but the real world risk seems minimal to nearly nonexistant at this moment. Now I will probably be one of the first ones to go palm to face when the first virus makes its way around and I get it, but for now i'll stick with the ignorance is bliss unless this lookout app is actually kicking back potential risks.
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SO how man y, if any, bad apps have you encountered? I havnt bought into the whole AV for mobile phones yet. I understand the potential risk, but the real world risk seems minimal to nearly nonexistant at this moment. Now I will probably be one of the first ones to go palm to face when the first virus makes its way around and I get it, but for now i'll stick with the ignorance is bliss unless this lookout app is actually kicking back potential risks.
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It's 0.. I use it mainly incase I lose my phone. That's the thing about Lookout, it isn't intrusive at all. It runs weekly scans (disabled if you want), and scans when you install a new application.
It has a lot of other functionality other than scanning for malicious applications.
Does anyone have the link or can post the Netflix Beta App?
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Does anyone have the link or can post the Netflix Beta App?
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I couldn't find it when I searched the other day.
Thanks. I know it is out there, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere.
I wasn't aware of a beta, I'd love to have it as well!
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Plus 1 . Would really like the app.
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AFAIK, there isn't a netflix beta app for android. Netflix said the other day:
The same security issues that have led to piracy concerns on the Android platform have made it difficult for us to secure a common Digital Rights Management (DRM) system on these devices.
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But then they do go on to say:
We live to get Netflix on new devices, so the current lack of an Android-generic approach to quickly get to all Android devices is frustrating. But I’m happy to announce we’ll launch select Android devices that will instantly stream from Netflix early next year. We will also continue to work with the Android community, handset manufacturers, carriers, and other service providers to develop a standard, platform-wide solution that allows content providers to deliver their services to all Android-based devices.
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from the netflix blog
So if there is actually a beta app out there, it is news to me and I would love to have it as well
please post!
If there is such a thing, could someone please post it?
Well if they are planning on having netflix capable phones early next year that means they must be working on it which means there must be atleast an alpha out there. It may not be available outside netflix itself but it probably does exist which means someone outside the company will probably get their hands on it soon enough and try to make it available and usable for the masses. Jm2¢
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DRM? How much DRM is baked into my MacBook and PC that has been stopping me from ripping Netflix movies all these year? None! And they are still profitable and growing every day.
DRM is just a lame excuse for them to sign exclusive deals with manufactures and carriers.
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DRM? How much DRM is baked into my MacBook and PC that has been stopping me from ripping Netflix movies all these year? None! And they are still profitable and growing every day.
DRM is just a lame excuse for them to sign exclusive deals with manufactures and carriers.
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+1 still a netflix lover though
Windows phones have netflix.
I have the Netflix apk from a google Tv rom I was unable to install it to a Vibrant or a MT4G but maybe somebody here can put this to some use.
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DRM? How much DRM is baked into my MacBook and PC that has been stopping me from ripping Netflix movies all these year? None! And they are still profitable and growing every day.
DRM is just a lame excuse for them to sign exclusive deals with manufactures and carriers.
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Actually they do have drm. The end user doesn't see it because it downloads automatically when silverlight does. Anyone with linux will tell you, because that drm is what is making it impossible for them to stream netflix.
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Luckily I don't stream on my laptop, just from my bluray player.
If someone can get that apk to simply allow for managing instant and mail queu that would be awesome
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I have the Netflix apk from a google Tv rom I was unable to install it to a Vibrant or a MT4G but maybe somebody here can put this to some use.
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That apk doesnt actually include anything but resources like images, and layouts. The actual netflix app has to be part of the google tv system apps or something.
Will it ever work with Android?.
Can someone make it to work, i think that it is a money maker don't you think?
+1. Getting Sky Go to work by the back door, rather than wait for a tablet s compatible app. would be a bonus.
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Will it ever work with Android?.
Can someone make it to work, i think that it is a money maker don't you think?
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It is almost certain that we will never see true Silverlight on Android. It's proprietary closed-source nature means Microsoft would have to be heavily involved, which they are unlikely to do.
The alternative is Moonlight, a free software version of Silverlight, developed by Novell, and released on Linux systems. An Android port of this is technically possible, but no easy feat.
It is also worth noting that this won't allow you to view Sky Go (or Netflix) content on Android, since that service uses Silverlight's built-in DRM, a function that Microsoft will not allow the Moonlight team or any third-party to see or implement outside of their control.
Well thats a bummer ...But thanks for your reply
Maby the same reason why Windows and Android are two totally different softwares.
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It is also worth noting that this won't allow you to view Sky Go (or Netflix) content on Android, since that service uses Silverlight's built-in DRM, a function that Microsoft will not allow the Moonlight team or any third-party to see or implement outside of their control.
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btw netflix runs on android in general and on tablet s specifically
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btw netflix runs on android in general and on tablet s specifically
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There you go, problem solved. (I'm from Aus, so we don't have Netflix, I just know the Web interface for Netflix apparently uses Silverlight)
There is a version of the skygo app that has been modded to run on any device. It works on my se Arc s,Archos gen 8 and galaxy tab 7 plus. It even runs with the devices rooted, although it may need to be installed before root is aquired.
Yeah as acg93 said problem with Moonlight, the open source version, is that it doesn't support Silvrrlight's DRM and therefore won't work for Lovefilm, Netflix or Sky. Best bet for these is native apps or waiting until HTML 5 video has a decent DRM solution and they adopt that.
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Was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on using the Android Licensing copy protection in their apps? Do you use it and do you spend a lot of time on it or have any creative ways to help enforce it?
As we all know any kind of drm will always be cracked but I just wanted to know if people found it worthwhile to have..
I'm using In-app-billing, because I found that even licensed apps can be copied.
And yes, all apps can be cracked eventually, but most of the publishers of cracked apps remove them if you ask to. So that's what I'm gonna do!
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I don't like license checks that force you to be online, but I do like to have 'something' in place...
Recently I started working with some OEMs in India who wanted to pre-load my apps on their devices. Very exciting obviously, but I didn't know if I could trust them as I'd never heard of them.
So what I did was get the app to load a web page on one of my servers off the screen (9000%x...) so that it couldn't be seen. The page it linked to was empty, but if I wanted to I could modify the code to include a redirect that would send it to another page. Then in my 'onPageOverride' event I just said if URL = 'stopapp.htm' then do whatever it was I wanted to do.
What I actually have it do in that event is to fill the entire screen with that web page. The user then can't interact with the app underneath, but they get a message that I can create at the time saying 'This app has been illegally distributed' or whatever else I want to say. I can even forward them on to the download page if I want this way.
This works well too because if the user isn't online, the page just doesn't load and nothing happens. But if I want to stop offline use as well I can save a file in File.DirInternal and have the app check for that. 'SwitchOff.txt'. They get caught once, then they can't use the app.
Obviously this doesn't work quite like a license check, but what you *could* do with it is to have the app pop up with a message to people using an old version that's not updated. That's probably downloaded off of some file sharing site, so you could then just keep pestering them to 'update' and send them to the Play Store to do so. You can also check how many of the users on that version of your app are legitimate by looking at your Play Developer Console.
One thing to note is that the redirect URLs you use will need to be different in every version of your app that you release.
Hope this helps someone! I wish I'd done it sooner, one of my apps is all over the web grrrr...
pretty much the same as what I'm doing atm except I just ping a server in the background and display a popup if the result meets certain conditions.. I don't disable the app either as I can't be 100% certain it's pirated, instead I display a "scary" popup saying if they're using a pirated copy this is illegal etc.. your average user won't know how the popup was generated so it should be enough to make them think "someone" is onto them and go the proper route.. With the added bonus a genuine user can just press ok and carry on using the app
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Currently, none of my apps use licensing.
For one of my paid apps, about 5% of the downloads are from non-Google Play sources, meaning, I'm not seeing any revenue from those 5%.
There is an Android API, that allows developers to see which platform their app was downloaded from. So, I've been thinking about adding that hidden feature to my apps and maybe do something fun with it. But, haven't got around to it yet. My thinking has been that if somebody downloaded a pirated copy of my app, then they probably weren't going to pay for it in the first place. And, hopefully, they will tell their friends about it and maybe one of them will actually purchase it through Google Play.
I already have all my licensing code in place and commented out. Since my app is pretty new I want to see how it does before adding licensing. Since the app is free and income is from IAP its not too bad. I'd only turn on licensing in the next release if I see a pressing need for it.
Currently, none of my apps use licensing.
Hello there, I'm new here, I have a question.
When will the old Google Finance app for Android will be revived?
Because I wanna try that app to see if it works. It installs on Android 13, I opened the app and selected my account to sign in. And it said Network connection unavailable, even though I'm connected. Connected to my 5G network.
Then I explored the app, nothing works.
I tried accessing a stock, but it said Unable to load quote details from the network.
So, nothing works for now. Now, when will the old Google Finance app for Android will be revived? (I said).
The revived APK with fixed servers, improved support and support for newer versions of Android.
Thank you so much.
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Hello there, I'm new here, I have a question.
When will the old Google Finance app for Android will be revived?
Because I wanna try that app to see if it works. It installs on Android 13, I opened the app and selected my account to sign in. And it said Network connection unavailable, even though I'm connected. Connected to my 5G network.
Then I explored the app, nothing works.
I tried accessing a stock, but it said Unable to load quote details from the network.
So, nothing works for now. Now, when will the old Google Finance app for Android will be revived? (I said).
The revived APK with fixed servers, improved support and support for newer versions of Android.
Thank you so much.
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Google has killed many projects over the years. There will be no "reviving" of Google Finance - Google determined it simply wasn't in their business interest to continue the project.
Use something else.
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Google has killed many projects over the years. There will be no "reviving" of Google Finance - Google determined it simply wasn't in their business interest to continue the project.
Use something else.
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Google won't revive it, but I said that someone can revive it. Maybe one day in the future.
The website still exists, as finance.google.com
But, the app no longer exists
Referring to the app, not the website
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Google won't revive it, but I said that someone can revive it. Maybe one day in the future.
The website still exists, as finance.google.com
But, the app no longer exists
Referring to the app, not the website
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It's a Google product, Google retains the rights to that product, so someone with a lot of capital would have to buy the IP rights to that product. It's most likely not going to happen, especially not from anyone here on XDA.
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It's a Google product, Google retains the rights to that product, so someone with a lot of capital would have to buy the IP rights to that product. It's most likely not going to happen, especially not from anyone here on XDA.
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Ok... well RIP old GFinance app.
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Google has killed many projects over the years. There will be no "reviving" of Google Finance - Google determined it simply wasn't in their business interest to continue the project.
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What more can I say? The MSN Money app sucks in 2023, also this app not available in my country. Yahoo! Finance is crap as hell, and other apps aren't the same as GFinance app.
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What more can I say? The MSN Money app sucks in 2023, also this app not available in my country. Yahoo! Finance is crap as hell, and other apps aren't the same as GFinance app.
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I understand, but there isn't much you can do about proprietary projects that have been killed by the parent company, especially when they still own the intellectual property and are unlikely to sell it.
I'm sure there are open source options out there.
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I understand, but there isn't much you can do about proprietary projects that have been killed by the parent company, especially when they still own the intellectual property and are unlikely to sell it.
I'm sure there are open source options out there.
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Really? Where can I find them?
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Really? Where can I find them?
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I'm not a financial guru, I've just been around long enough to know that there is always someone who doesn't like the current offerings and decides to develop their own.
A Google search suggests Quantopian, as well as Lean by QuantConnect
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I'm not a financial guru, I've just been around long enough to know that there is always someone who doesn't like the current offerings and decides to develop their own.
A Google search suggests Quantopian, as well as Lean by QuantConnect
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Okay, well close the thread. Goodbye.
Quantopian discontinued in 2020.
And Lean sucks. So, sorry. Close the thread. End.
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Close the thread.
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