[REQUEST] Edit Slingplayer app to add small feature - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First off: If this kind of request is not allowed on XDA, or if I have this is posted in the wrong area, or if there are any other problems I haven't thought of, please let me know and/or delete this thread!
I would like to request that someone with the skills and know how please make a very small modification to a free android app for me... I know a little bit about coding, but I don't have the know how to decompile, edit, and recompile and android apk, but I know enough about coding to know that the actual change I would like to make should be fairly quick and easy to do.
The apps (two actual, since there is one phone and one tablet version), (SlingPlayer Free for Phones) and (SlingPlayer Free for Tablets), is a video streaming app for a device called a Slingbox which hooks up to your home cable box to allow streaming of all your home cable TV channels. The app has a feature built into it that allows you to check a box in the settings to limit the bandwidth used over mobile cellular internet connection to 1024 kbps so that it doesn't burn through all your mobile data really fast.
Basically what I want, is the exact same option but for limiting bandwidth over WIFI connection (by adding another check box to the settings, or even just making the current check box apply to both cellular and wifi if thats easier).
The reason being, is that when I use the app on my wifi only tablet via Mobile Hotspot from my phone, it sees the connection as wifi (of course) which allows it to stream at full speed which burns through my data way too fast, while not really providing any noticeable difference in streaming quality. I know there are apps out there that allow you to limit bandwidth at a system wide level, or even on a per app basis, but I've tried almost all of them and for whatever reason they just don't work as intended and cause the video stream to get choppy and buffer all the time. The cellular bandwidth limiting built into the app doesn't ever do that when enabled.
Also, just is case anyone is curious, I actually do own the paid version of the phone app (which I bought at a price of $29.99 back when it originally launch on Android! It's only $14.99 now). I'm only asking for a modified version on the free app because, though I'm not 100% sure on this, it just seems wrong to ask someone to hack and modify a high priced paid app, even though you'd be adding a feature, not removing anything... And I have also contacted the makers of this app repeatedly asking for this feature to be added, amount other things and bugs I'd found in the app, and they refuse to even respond, so I can't get any help out of them. Been trying for almost three years now.
I may be able to make a small donation to the person that adds this feature for me, if desired (and/or if allowed?)

Have you tried contacting the author of this app? What he said?
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Curious if this has been done (Phone as touch screen for pc)

I was wondering if anyone had thought about the idea to change your phone into essentially a second touch screen monitor for your computer. You could do it wirelessly, but I think a usb connection to charge the phone while you do it would be just as good, in some ways better.
One you could extend your desktop to essentially, and make it work like any other monitor, just with the touch input.
Its called Logmein or VNC .
Unless I am mistaken you need to carefully reread my post. I do *NOT* want to control my monitor through my phone. I want my phone to *BE* a monitor for my pc with touch input. Last I checked either of those programs only allowed me to control my pc through my phone, not act as a secondary display. If I am wrong feel free to inform me.
Logmein Ignition is close,but its still not what I want. The goal is to have the phone be nothing more then a monitor and HID for the computer its hooked up to.
i doubt its possible because if you haven't noticed on the back of your monitor are some wires, ( if your using laptop its inside ) those are what your CPU shows to the monitor, and those cannot be connected to a phone, its just not possible.
Resolution wouldn't work its wayyyyyyy to small.
it might be possible, but i highly doubt it.
Totally possible through USB, the point is not to have a huge display but a minidisplay.
USB Monitor example.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/bfa3/
No offence, but typical of this forum apparently. Instead of throwing out FUD please answer if you have the knowledge of have read the actual post thoroughly. Thank you .
It could theoretically be done through Linux. The problem would be the resolution conversion. And that, would have to be done from the computer side~~~ convert size/resolution/format~then send. The problem would getting it to stream without delay or lag. Normal text would be probably ok but video, I think it would get delayed so looking at the CRT and the phone you would experience delay and speed differential.
I do not know an app that does that, but I my brother wrote an executable for Sun that did this. So, it can be done.... Sorry I am not much help.....
Perhaps I am not being clear, or people are just not used to the way multiple monitor systems work under windows. Not sure which so I will try to clarify what I am talking about and provide a couple examples.
I want to know if anyone has developed or is interested in developing a way to have an android device be used as a secondary monitor, with touch input, for your PC(preferably windows PC).
What do I mean by secondary monitor?
An independent display that is able to use its native resolution, and not be a duplicate of your monitor.
Examples currently available:
Here is a website that has many different kind of usb monitors.
http://www.mimomonitors.com/
Final note:
The goal is to have a small display that can be taken advantage of when you want to use it, while charging your phone. Given androids ability to multi-task you would not lose access to the phone while doing this.
Application purposes:
Display chat output, music, ventrillo, and web pages while in a game or other landscape intensive task on your computer.
Why?
Our phones sit beside us while we are on the computer and for the most part we don't utilize them while they are there. Why not make them usefull while they charge? People have been purchasing multiple displays or mini-displays for many years now, and I think it would be awesome if we could use our phones for that purpose without having to go out and buy a new device.
Yeah I would love a feature like this.
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android cb radio app

I was wondering if it would be possible to.develop.an android
App that exploits a phones transmit and reciever to make carrierless calls direct
From mobile to mobile.
Sorry if I wasn't clear on the last post.
Let me elaborate, now that I'm sitting at real keyboard.....
I don't know enough about how the hardware in modern smartphones work,
but it seems to me that all phones have the capability of transmitting and receiving signals.
Has anyone thought of developing something that can make use of this without using a carrier in between?
An app that can transmit and receive directly to another mobile that is in radio range.
There are many apps that support various forms of communication without carriers, but they depend on bluetooth or wifi.
I am talking aout an app that uses the phones GSM/GPRS/ETC radio - the one that has enough power to reach a cell tower - only it's designed to be picked up directly by the other phone (provided it's in range).
I guess what I'm trying to find out is if an app can be developed to turn my fancy smartphone into a "walkie talkie" or "2 way radio".
The advantage is free calls when in radio range.Hope this makes sense and someone can point me in the right direction.
You mentioned push to talk which there are apps for that just go to the market and type in push to talk. Although I believe they require a carrier access. Although there's Google voice that if your within range of WiFi. There's free apps called text for free. If you go to related apps there might be something there. I'm not a hundred present sure if its possible. But hopefully with my suggestions it might help you find what you need
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I just found the app that I think you are looking its called cb radio chat. It's a new app if you have problems the developer has his email on the description so s/he must have no problems finding a solution to what ever problem you might have.
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How to limit upload speed in Android?

Really not sure if I am posting this in the right place, so apologies if that's not the case.
I like dropbox's Camera Upload feature, but quite often I find that it will saturate my internet connection and everything else on my network struggles. Especially if it is uploading video recordings off my phone.
Is there a way to place a speed limit to the data upload rate? Kind of like a bandwidth limiter for Android?
mversion said:
Really not sure if I am posting this in the right place, so apologies if that's not the case.
I like dropbox's Camera Upload feature, but quite often I find that it will saturate my internet connection and everything else on my network struggles. Especially if it is uploading video recordings off my phone.
Is there a way to place a speed limit to the data upload rate? Kind of like a bandwidth limiter for Android?
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Many Android kernels got support for traffic shaping, so you can use the "tc" shell command to implement what you need. Maybe there's some rooted app able to manage this for you, since it's quite a tricky task.
But this is not such a good idea. Instead you should implement the traffic shaping in your WiFi/Internet router. If it doesn't support it native, I suggest you try some other software for it, e.g. OpenWrt, DD-WRT or Tomato.
kuisma said:
Many Android kernels got support for traffic shaping, so you can use the "tc" shell command to implement what you need. Maybe there's some rooted app able to manage this for you, since it's quite a tricky task.
But this is not such a good idea. Instead you should implement the traffic shaping in your WiFi router. If it doesn't support it native, I suggest you try some other software for it, e.g. OpenWrt, DD-WRT or Tomato.
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Thanks.
I have Tomato installed on an Asus RT-N66U router, but the bandwidth limiting options only work for LAN connections and not WLAN it seems.
A rooted app that puts a limit on a per app basis would be something I'd be happy to pay for.
mversion said:
Thanks.
I have Tomato installed on an Asus RT-N66U router, but the bandwidth limiting options only work for LAN connections and not WLAN it seems.
A rooted app that puts a limit on a per app basis would be something I'd be happy to pay for.
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Hard to believe it's not working for WLAN connections, and even if so, you can apply the rules on the outbound Internet connection scheduling on source addresses. I.e. you can chose to implement the restrictions on either the receive- or transmit site. Do some more reading on QoS and I'm quite sure you'll manage to implement it as you need. But it IS tricky, even with the Tomato GUI, and would be as tricky as well using a rooted Android app.
And since I know it's not a such a good idea to implement traffic shaping in the Android itself, I'm not going to write this app.
Hey, I'm looking over internet for this exact thing, problem is my Galaxy Tab is hugging my internet, I need to limit it to say, 100kb/s up and down. My router is A-Link WNAP 3G router.
It would be even better to limit all WLAN traffic to 100kB/s because my computer is hooked with an ethernet cable :victory:
Can someone help me ?
kuisma said:
Hard to believe it's not working for WLAN connections, and even if so, you can apply the rules on the outbound Internet connection scheduling on source addresses. I.e. you can chose to implement the restrictions on either the receive- or transmit site. Do some more reading on QoS and I'm quite sure you'll manage to implement it as you need. But it IS tricky, even with the Tomato GUI, and would be as tricky as well using a rooted Android app.
And since I know it's not a such a good idea to implement traffic shaping in the Android itself, I'm not going to write this app.
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You are very wrong that it isn't a good idea to implement traffic shaping. All new cloud applications have Camera upload feature which clogs the upload of the whole network and then you cannot even surf with your computer while photos are uploaded (not to say videos).
Traffic shaper would solve this things for sure! I would even pay for that app on appstore.
I used bandwidth ruler from the play store to limit upload speed in my galaxy SIII and it works like a charm. but that requires root to work ,
here is the link :
mversion said:
Really not sure if I am posting this in the right place, so apologies if that's not the case.
I like dropbox's Camera Upload feature, but quite often I find that it will saturate my internet connection and everything else on my network struggles. Especially if it is uploading video recordings off my phone.
Is there a way to place a speed limit to the data upload rate? Kind of like a bandwidth limiter for Android?
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Dear Friend,
did you get what you was looking for?
because i am looking for an App which can control all or Each/ individual app to upload the files. likewise
google+ Google photos, Google hangout, Etc. which i hate the most to upload my photos . for them i have rooted my note4 and install AVAST Anti-Virus + Firewall to prevent the app to access the net .
Because i know what app we allow to access the internet they take away our personal information along with videos and photos which we don't know because our smartphones are 24/7 connected with DSL hight speed internet.
These type of Apps are fully controlled by the remote server to takeaway our data with minimum speed like 10KB to 30KB per mint.
I have already block the apps to access in the internet, but some reason i have to disable firewall, then most of the apps try to get updates, i need an app which can control /allow the app to upload in Bites not in KB or MB.
if you have something like that please advise
awaiting your reply
Thanks
Ismail

[Q] App to track family members (with their permission)

I saw another thread about hiding apps in some guy's wife's phone to track her. I'm looking for something similar with my wife, but it does not need to be hidden. Mainly to be used because I commute quite a distance and this would let her know how close I am to home (rather than having me text while driving). Similarly for her when she's travelling.
Just an app that would:-
1. Allow me to see where she is (and vice-versa)
2. Use GPS if on, otherwise fall back on net information
3. Not use SMSes (some sort of internet-based communication between phones)
I could probably hack something up using Tasker but her phone isn't rooted like mine is so the capabilities for GPS etc are a bit more limited (and time is limited, of course).
Thanks!
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ngoonee said:
I saw another thread about hiding apps in some guy's wife's phone to track her. I'm looking for something similar with my wife, but it does not need to be hidden. Mainly to be used because I commute quite a distance and this would let her know how close I am to home (rather than having me text while driving). Similarly for her when she's travelling.
Just an app that would:-
1. Allow me to see where she is (and vice-versa)
2. Use GPS if on, otherwise fall back on net information
3. Not use SMSes (some sort of internet-based communication between phones)
I could probably hack something up using Tasker but her phone isn't rooted like mine is so the capabilities for GPS etc are a bit more limited (and time is limited, of course).
Thanks!
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You can actually do this with the built in google maps application. It's called local/latitude. You can share where you are and control who sees it an when. Go ahead and look into it. Much better then downloading another app IMHO.
See here: Google search latitude android
Thanks, yeah I know about latitude features but it seems to lack a way to "ping" the other party with the equivalent of "hey, I've reached road X"
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Use an app called Backitude from the Play Store. Latitude updates pretty arbitrarily on its own. This app allows you to control how and when it updates, and also let's another person force an update on your phone by sending an SMS. It's all Internet based except the update triggering part. You can also use the tracking features of Cerberus, another app in the Play Store.
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[Q] Kids phone ROM/App

Are there any ROMs or Apps designed for use with a phone for kids in the 10-14yo range? I would like for my child to have a phone for emergencies and i was going to pass down my old one, but i can't really find much to lock it down with. All i have really been able to find are "sandbox" apps such as kids mode, kids place, or the like that allow specific apps, but disable all cell/wifi features. These are more designed for letting your toddler play with your personal phone, which isn't what i'm looking for. What i am looking for is to still be able to have cell/wifi, but include: Approved/unlocked apps. Disable the dialer and restrict outbound calls to a predefined, non-editable list. Limited or no marketplace access. Lockout on settings.
There are a lot of tablets that i have seen designed with kids in mind that do this kind of stuff and I've seen similar phones like Kajeet or Firefly, but that would require the purchase of a phone, which i already have and a separate plan. There's stuff like cheap flip phones, but that would still need to be acquired and I figure with all the fun stuff Androids can do they will make sure they carry it around with them.
there was once an app call kytephone.com that did exactly this, but they where only around for like 6 months and then shut down. while the app can still be found in some places and side loaded, its no longer on play store, but it required internet access and a login to launch. since they are shut down, you can't create accounts or login anymore so even a side loaded version is useless.
If it could be done with separate apps to lock down stuff, that would be good too. I know the play store has content filtering and PIN for purchases, there also seem to be plenty of child friendly browsers out there for web filtering, and i could use app lock to lock out settings, but the difficulty i found was with the contact list and dialer.
I would prefer to stay with the stock ROM to keep T-Mobiles wifi calling, but if there's a custom ROM for this, that would work also.
Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?
Thanks.
Howdy. I realize that this is almost 10 years old but - did you find anything? (fingers crossed).
Thanks!
J

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