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Google’s seven-year Pixel update promise is historic — or meaningless (www.theverge.com)
 

Google picks who gets features.

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We are 3000 members! (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by anemomylos@kbin.social to c/android@kbin.social
2 comments fedilink
 

The number of members is enough to create a healthy community without attracting spammers.
What's missing now is more participation and post creation. Don't be shy, if you find an article that is about Android-or Google, since the two sometimes coincide-share it with the rest of us.

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The Pixel Fold’s screen repair will cost $900 (arstechnica.com)
 

All the displays, cameras, batteries, and back plate are now for sale.

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Google extends Chromebook support from 8 years to 10 after heightened backlash (arstechnica.com)
 

Automatic Chromebook expiration dates still "fundamentally flawed," critics say.

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Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens (www.theverge.com)
 

No facilities, no parts, not covered by warranty.

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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
 

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.

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Google tenatively settles with US antitrust probe into Play Store dominance | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
 

Attorneys general and consumers from 37 states alleged that Google held an unfair monopoly on Android devices..

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[APP] Phone dialer Widget (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by anemomylos@kbin.social to c/android@kbin.social
0 comments fedilink
 

I developed this app/widget a long time ago but it might still be useful to someone. It's free with no ads or other things.

The purpose of this widget is to make it easier for elderly people to make phone calls and read SMS.

There are various applications like this, but none were as simple and essential as I needed it, so I decided to create one. I share it in case it's useful to others.

Unlike other solutions this is a widget and not a launcher. The widget shows a dial panel, icons to show contacts and SMS and you can have buttons for a quick dial contact and device flashlight.
You can configure the widget from the application.

It is recommended to use a launcher that allows you to remove any other item from the home page and that allows you to lock the home page so as to prevent the person using the phone from removing the widget.
The Neo-Launcher home page lock is great and is what I currently recommend.

It needs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or newer.

Uses the following permissions:

  • android.permission.CALL_PHONE: to initiate a phone call. If you don't give this permission the application will open the default dialer app with the selected telephone number.
  • android.permission.READ_CONTACTS: to read the contacts to be displayed.
  • android.permission.READ_SMS: to read the SMS to be displayed.
  • android.permission.CAMERA: to use the flashlight.

For devices using Android M and newer, the buttons and icons you see in the widget depend on the permissions given to the app. For Lollipop and older devices there are switches to decide what you see in the widget.

You can download it from https://easyjoin.net/index.html#otherapps.
Here is the direct link for the apk: https://easyjoin.net/download/DialerWidget%201.3-6-release.apk

https://easyjoin.net/img/dialer_widget.png

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Google leaks Pixel 8 Pro again with a 360-degree preview (www.theverge.com)
 

Fun fact: the phone has leaked 500 times this week.

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Don’t look up: Google’s meteor of incompetence will kill thousands of apps in four months (www.linkedin.com)
 

Alternative title: Users will be able to hide ads in an app with just two clicks
(I am an Android application developer and I really like this)

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Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones (www.theverge.com)
 

You won’t use Pixel Pass to upgrade to a Pixel 8 in October.

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Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support (arstechnica.com)
 

The Fairphone 5 will keep on trucking until at least 2031.

I created a webview shell for the kbin.social site in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I would prefer not to spam kbin about this application, but if you think it might be useful to others you are free to post a link in other magazines/fediverse. Thanks for the tip about Obtainium.

I created a webview shell for the kbin.social site in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, I found it. I updated the app to support JS injection: https://github.com/anemomylos/shell4kbin/releases/tag/0.3-4

I created a webview shell for the kbin.social site in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I didn't know about it. Can you give me more info?

I created a webview shell for the kbin.social site in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In that case it would not have changed anything. Instead of seeing the Cloudflare page in your regular browser you would have seen the same page in this app, since this app is only a dedicated browser for kbin.social, nothing more.
This app is like Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, but unlike them it only loads by default kbin.social. I think Datas_Cat_Spot's comment explains the only advantage this app has over any other browser for browsing the site.

I created a webview shell for the kbin.social site in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My need was to open the site in a dedicated browser to keep it separate from the default browser, so I put together some code I had available from other projects to create this app. I have shared it in case it might be useful to others, although for most people using the default browser to view the site is the best choice.

“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This gives greater value to the comment since it was not influenced by the events of the last few days.

Google’s Pixel 8 series will again put the best cameras on the biggest phone in c/android@kbin.social
[–] anemomylos@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Large screens are a problem if you want to use the phone with one hand. There are some apps that would allow you to use the phone with one hand but since I haven't used any I just put a search link where you might find something useful: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=android+app+to+use+phone+with+one+hand

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