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What you have to remember is that Google is a huge blob of many smaller blobs. The Hangouts team has nothing to do with the Android team and which app they write or finish first could come down to a lot of different reasons. The Hangouts team have no particular affiliation to Android and don't care what platform people are using it on.
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program666 posted:I was wondering if there is any video service that allow for caching videos for offline usage, better yet if it's automatic. I'm guessing Netflix or any service that provides normal TV stuff won't have something like that so next up would be Youtube and it seems that they had this at some point but then they removed it, but maybe there is a 3rd party app that does that. Also I would be willing to use something like Vessel if they have this feature on an android app. I think amazon prime video has this ability. E: oh. I'm in the Android app thread. Not sure if you can do it in the Android app. You can do it on PC v  v
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Anyone else having issues with Pocketcasts widget not working after most recent update? Its intermittently not showing the podcast that's playing with controls. Not a huge deal, I can drag down the notification screen to pause, but it is annoying.
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Jun 30, 2015 16:49
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regulargonzalez posted:I think amazon prime video has this ability. Thanks but amazon won't let me watch stuff like adventure time here in Brazil, so I suspect many series would have that problem. Netflix has similar problems but you can work around them using a chrome extention, but now that I think about it, I'm not sure I can do the same on android. I guess I better forget about normal TV, I'll probably be checking that music key thing.
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Jun 30, 2015 17:18
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Made a video for my app if any is interested in watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHsA8_uaFPw Any feedback on the app would be greatly appreciated.
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It seems cool but I have the feeling Something Awful is not the right audience for it.
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Jun 30, 2015 18:45
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Is there any way to get a better lock screen widget for Play Music? The default one is tiny and the next track thing is too close to the edge of the screen. I would love to stick with Poweramp which had a great lock widget but it can't seem to find my downloaded music from Play Music anywhere.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:27
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Sinroth posted:Made a video for my app if any is interested in watching: I'll be honest, just seeing the colors and fonts of the preview image of the video would be enough that I'd not further investigate the app.
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Jun 30, 2015 20:36
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LastInLine posted:I'll be honest, just seeing the colors and fonts of the preview image of the video would be enough that I'd not further investigate the app. 
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Jun 30, 2015 20:42
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LastInLine posted:I'll be honest, just seeing the colors and fonts of the preview image of the video would be enough that I'd not further investigate the app. 100% skipped the video as well because of that as well.
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Jun 30, 2015 20:43
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Sinroth posted:Made a video for my app if any is interested in watching: This is a joke right?
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Jun 30, 2015 20:51
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I received a $25 credit for the Amazon App store. Does anyone know how this works? It says "we placed a $25 Amazon Appstore credit onto your account; valid toward apps, games and in-app items (excluding subscriptions)." How does this work and where am I supposed to redeem this?
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Jun 30, 2015 22:27
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When you buy an app, your credit is used at checkout. I can't remember if it actually tells you until you go through the whole process.
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Jun 30, 2015 22:35
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Sinroth posted:Made a video for my app if any is interested in watching: This is amazing. Putting this up on my Android App blog.
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Jun 30, 2015 22:38
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Skeezy posted:This is amazing. Putting this up on my Android App blog. Grimble alt account found.
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Jul 1, 2015 00:18
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Grimble alt account found. Grimbo
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LastInLine posted:Grimbo Felt wrong when I was typing it 
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Sinroth posted:Made a video for my app if any is interested in watching: I didn't know MSPaint outputs videos now.
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Jul 1, 2015 04:18
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I guess what people are saying is it wouldn't hurt to get a designer in on this! Get it looking slick and you'll probably see more interest. Put some cheevos in there to start a sexual revolution
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Endless Mike posted:This is a joke right?  After quitting EVE I decided to find something productive to do, so learnt some programming basics, Java and Android development and decided to make an app all by myself (although fiancee helped with finer details in Java). Just wanted to see if anyone is getting crashes or display issues. Obviously I'm aware it's not really SA's target audience. As for the video, it's something I spent 2 hours doing in Microsoft Movie maker, guess I need to read up a bit on video editing.
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Sinroth posted:
I saw the screenshots from the Play Store page earlier in the thread. It looked fine, if a bit generic. When I'm not mobile I'll be happy to do a bit more criticizing. The video on the other hand is a problem. What I'm saying (and what I believe others are saying too) is that it only took seeing the preview image in the video player for me to completely write off your app. I have no idea how well it's edited because it's a dealbreaker before I get to that point. If that's the best you can do you're better off without it. When I get some time I'll install your app and give you some thoughts.
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I don't need a card flippy app to tell me to Suck/Butt I just get right in there and Stroke/Foot whenever the opportunity presents itself like when she is busy playing Angry Birds
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Sinroth posted:
Okay a few thoughts upon using the app: I adblock but I'm guessing the ad falls on top of the action bar. This is just not where it should go, it should be below the action bar at the very least (but I'd recommend the bottom of the screeen). It's unclear that the three screens, Play, Enjoy, and Challenge are panes you swipe to. When I tried the Challenge pane I got the IAP screen and hitting Back unexpectedly exited the app. I feel like it should be one screen with three modes. My biggest issue is the non-standard menu and usage patterns. It looks and feels vaguely iOS and the sidebar is odd to me. The three settings should be toggles, the hamburger icon should look like it does in other Material apps, and the IAP items are weird as they all lead to the same place. I tend not to trust apps that look and feel non-standard. I would retool the UI to use a Material look in sidebar or get rid of it altogether as you really only have Settings (About Us & Terms of Use should be at the bottom inside a standard Settings pane) and the Store. The Store should not be a popup but rather a separate screen. I might consider putting both on the action bar (with a gear and a shopping bag as the icons) and have the ad immediately below that and get rid of the hamburger. To switch modes, I'd probably use buttons. I'd keep the background but use a transparent statusbar. The timer is a strange option but I see the idea. I think I got the timer alarm to sound despite having re-rolled and theoretically reset the timer so you may want to look into that. I might change the alarm sound to be something sexier instead of a bell. What if the user really gets into an activity? Let's not have the sound interrupt that. Lastly, if you got rid of the panes it gives you right and left gestures for something which I'd try to incorporate into the actual use somehow. Maybe make it trigger the roll? I don't know. I think users would prefer a swiping action to a button press but it also might be too easy to trigger. I'd think about it. One suggestion for a feature: Have the user register their partner and have the ability to send it to them from within the app. Might be too much overhead but it would give partners a way to send ideas to each other when they aren't right near each other. In the end it's a simple app with a simple premise but I feel like it needs a bit of rethinking in the UI.
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LastInLine posted:Okay a few thoughts upon using the app: wow, thanks a lot for that, some really great ideas.
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Dumb question: Is there a way to move pictures between albums in the Google Photos app? I've been using ES File Explorer and it's a bit tedious but there I've been digging around in the photos and I can't seem to find anything (unless it's hidden for some reason).
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Dumb question: Is there a way to move pictures between albums in the Google Photos app? I've been using ES File Explorer and it's a bit tedious but there I've been digging around in the photos and I can't seem to find anything (unless it's hidden for some reason).
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When I send a photo from my phone in Hangouts, the recipient invariably says it's an overly compressed blurry mess, with any text being illegible. I've sent from two different phones so it's not phone specific. I've looked at Hangouts settings but I don't see anything about image settings. Anyone run into this or have ideas how to get decent quality pics sent through Hangouts? e: That said, if I open up Hangouts on my PC and look at the image that I had sent from my phone, it looks fine.
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I've been having this other fun issue with Hangouts - I mean it just happened, I just got off the call - where I can watch phone calls come in on my computer and ring and ring and ring and inches away I can see my phone remain silent and dark as a tomb. On other occasions I have let things play out and my phone will ring once and end before anybody could possibly answer it. This time I answered on my Surface and I have to say it worked perfectly, excellent quality.
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regulargonzalez posted:When I send a photo from my phone in Hangouts, the recipient invariably says it's an overly compressed blurry mess, with any text being illegible. I've sent from two different phones so it's not phone specific. I've looked at Hangouts settings but I don't see anything about image settings. I think with slow internet they basically get a thumbnail first (which shows up in hangouts), and if they open it full-size before all the data arrives they see a blown-up thumbnail You're probably looking at it after they've complained, and the full image has hit the google servers. If they refresh they should see the real pic
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E.T. NO HOMO posted:I don't need a card flippy app to tell me to Suck/Butt I just get right in there and Stroke/Foot whenever the opportunity presents itself like when she is busy playing Angry Birds It's some guy's first app they've ever made. Give them a break.
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baka kaba posted:I think with slow internet they basically get a thumbnail first (which shows up in hangouts), and if they open it full-size before all the data arrives they see a blown-up thumbnail It's this. Assuming you're talking about actually hangouts and not MMS/SMS through hangouts.
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I'm looking for an app like Screen Standby that turns off the phone screen while mirrored on a tv, only without the crappiness of Screen Standby. Anyone know of one? edit: rooted, if it matters
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What weather app does everyone use? I've been using Weather Timeline, but don't like how it does the radar, which I've never been able to find an implementation that I like.
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Athenry posted:What weather app does everyone use? I've been using Weather Timeline, but don't like how it does the radar, which I've never been able to find an implementation that I like. I used to use Weather Underground but they hosed up their ad code so that I'm seeing a huge ad across the top of everything despite having paid for a yearly ad-free sub ($1.99/year, so it isn't really a heartbreaker) so I just visit the mobile  .gov site.
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Athenry posted:What weather app does everyone use? I've been using Weather Timeline, but don't like how it does the radar, which I've never been able to find an implementation that I like. I use Arcus because the thing I care about most is "Will it rain in the next x minutes while I leave the top down on the car" but I don't even think it has radar. Since I'm married to the Forecast.io API the only other app I've tried and liked is Simple Weather and I don't know that it has radar either. Back before Forecast.io was a thing, I used BeWeather which hasn't been touched in two years but still can apparently tell you the weather. It had a pretty nice radar implementation if I remember correctly. Another I would likely look at is the one made by the Beautiful Widgets (and Plume) guy, Bright Weather. No idea what its featureset is like but I like the developer.
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FAUXTON posted:I used to use Weather Underground but they hosed up their ad code so that I'm seeing a huge ad across the top of everything despite having paid for a yearly ad-free sub ($1.99/year, so it isn't really a heartbreaker) so I just visit the mobile Contact them from the link in their app. The same thing happened to me and they fixed it quick after sending a screenshot of my Google Play receipt. The mobile NWS site works pretty well, too. I wish Dept of Commerce would let them do an app, but at least they have a working mobile site.
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LastInLine posted:I use Arcus because the thing I care about most is "Will it rain in the next x minutes while I leave the top down on the car" but I don't even think it has radar. Since I'm married to the Forecast.io API the only other app I've tried and liked is Simple Weather and I don't know that it has radar either. Yeah I currently use bright weather and I like that app.
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Athenry posted:What weather app does everyone use? I've been using Weather Timeline, but don't like how it does the radar, which I've never been able to find an implementation that I like. I've been using Weather & Clock Widget and like it, they went through some issues a while back where it wasn't updating but they were quick to get some more weather sources and fix it. Plenty of options of how big and detailed of a widget you want. I don't think it has a radar but I mostly use the hourly forecast to make sure I'm going to make it home from work without getting caught in the rain.
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Athenry posted:What weather app does everyone use? I've been using Weather Timeline, but don't like how it does the radar, which I've never been able to find an implementation that I like. Aix Weather widget No radar, but its super light weight (just a widget), with lots of at a glance info.
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