Must Have Android Apps and Games?

same ol sh1te · 15-07-2014 11:16AM

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/shortpaste-autoshorten-copied-urls-t2809804
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.shortpaste

corkie · 16-07-2014 09:13PM

XON Episode 1 <<< Playstore link.

Don't play this if you want to try and solve the game yourself!

A good puzzle adventure game to be used with the chromecast mirroring.

The walking dead and X-plane 9 also work well with mirroring.

Anyone else have some recommendations for apps that work well with mirroring to chromecast?

Mantis Toboggan · 17-07-2014 12:25PM

Rte news now app has finally been updated.

same ol sh1te · 17-07-2014 12:30PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Rte news now app has finally been updated.

Yeah, decent job too, now has side swipe. It's finally better than the mobile site

dastardly00 · 18-07-2014 10:28AM

Thargor wrote: »

Backed this project last night, he's shipping them in July whether he meets his goal or not:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wantcardboard-google-cardboard-kits

I went on the website just now as I was thinking of signing up too, but the deadline has passed

Let us know when you get the kit!

Thargor · 18-07-2014 10:35AM

dastardly00 wrote: »

I went on the website just now as I was thinking of signing up too, but the deadline has passed

Let us know when you get the kit!

I think I should have saved a tenner and got something like this from Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-New-Google-Cardboard-Valencia-Quality-3d-Vr-Virtual-Reality-Glasses-/251588044512?pt=US_3D_TV_Glasses_Accessories&hash=item3a93d0e6e0

Even coming from China I probably would have had it before having to wait for the campaign to close on Indiegogo.

jozi · 18-07-2014 04:13PM

Anyone know of a good app that you can log working hrs in? I've got a spreadsheet but I may ad well make use of my phone

Thargor · 18-07-2014 04:23PM

Swiftkey really starting to piss me off now, seems to be a new notification about utter bullsh1t features in my taskbar every morning, spam emails in my Gmail etc, except now today I go to send a text, keyboard takes an age to appear, just as I go to retry it finally loads a stupid offer about 10 free keyboard themes if I sign in, its a fcuking keyboard, I dont want to be part of their "community" :mad:

One more and I'm off to Swype.

same ol sh1te · 18-07-2014 04:28PM

Thargor wrote: »

One more and I'm off to Swype.

Swype is better for swiping IMO and has ctrl+c and ctrl+v shortcuts. Swiftkey Flow is nowhere near as good for swiping users. If only I could get predictions as good in Swype as they are in Swiftkey I'd have the perfect keyboard

Thargor · 18-07-2014 05:51PM

http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/18/5915415/google-adding-in-app-purchase-protections-european-commission

Good news, anything with in-app purchases is losing its "free" tag in the android store.

Mantis Toboggan · 18-07-2014 05:55PM

Thargor wrote: »

Swiftkey really starting to piss me off now, seems to be a new notification about utter bullsh1t features in my taskbar every morning, spam emails in my Gmail etc, except now today I go to send a text, keyboard takes an age to appear, just as I go to retry it finally loads a stupid offer about 10 free keyboard themes if I sign in, its a fcuking keyboard, I dont want to be part of their "community" :mad:

One more and I'm off to Swype.

Not sure why that's happening, haven't experienced any of that.

beardo81 · 18-07-2014 08:21PM

jozi wrote: »

Anyone know of a good app that you can log working hrs in? I've got a spreadsheet but I may ad well make use of my phone

I use an app called Time Recording, no link as I'm on phone, search for it in Play Store. Easy to use, has a widget and will back your hours up to Google drive automatically if you want.

Saadyst · 19-07-2014 12:43PM

Thargor wrote: »

Swiftkey really starting to piss me off now, seems to be a new notification about utter bullsh1t features in my taskbar every morning, spam emails in my Gmail etc, except now today I go to send a text, keyboard takes an age to appear, just as I go to retry it finally loads a stupid offer about 10 free keyboard themes if I sign in, its a fcuking keyboard, I dont want to be part of their "community" :mad:

One more and I'm off to Swype.

Go into the advanced settings and disable notifications..

AlanS181824 · 19-07-2014 05:46PM

Leo's Fortune is amazing.

Got it when it was €3.69, they raised the price to €4.49 though now the cheeky dev!

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-07-2014 07:59PM

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RoryMac · 19-07-2014 08:06PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Pity it scrolls like the erosion of stone.

Doesn't even load the content for me, worked the first time I opened it but since then just sits there with a blank page

Zaph · 19-07-2014 08:13PM

The content is there for me, but there's no sense to the order anything is in on the home page, it's just random. At the moment the top 10 stories on the front page for me are as follows:

News - 2 minutes ago
News - 1 hour ago
News - 13 minutes ago
GAA - 1 hour ago
Entertainment - 3 hours ago
News - 4 hours ago
News - 1 hour ago
Business - sometime yesterday
Golf - 4 hours ago
Entertainment - 3 hours ago

That's just shabby. I regularly used the app, but I can't see myself bothering too much any more.

Dozen Wicked Words · 19-07-2014 08:14PM

RoryMac wrote: »

Doesn't even load the content for me, worked the first time I opened it but since then just sits there with a blank page

I get content maybe once in 9 or 10 attempts. Old app was imperfect but at least it's content was accessible.

_Whimsical_ · 19-07-2014 10:42PM

There really should be an option to downgrade apps.

Ste- · 20-07-2014 10:15AM

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

There really should be an option to downgrade apps.

Always keep a backup

Iseedeadpixels · 20-07-2014 10:55AM

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

There really should be an option to downgrade apps.

Ste- wrote: »

Always keep a backup

Do a Google search I got a older version of Facebook that way.

Worztron · 20-07-2014 07:45PM

Hi.

Does anyone know of an app that I can sync with a folder on my computer and have those files copied directly to the external SD card on my Android phone? I tried Dropbox and did not see a way for this to be done.

Fresh Pots · 20-07-2014 07:53PM

Worztron wrote: »

Hi.

Does anyone know of an app that I can sync with a folder on my computer and have those files copied directly to the external SD card on my Android phone? I tried Dropbox and did not see a way for this to be done.

Dropsync will do it.

dinneenp · 21-07-2014 01:40AM

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/09/best-android-games-2014-monument-valley-the-room-two
Guardian 40 best goes of 2014 so far.

loyatemu · 21-07-2014 11:45AM

Zaph wrote: »

The content is there for me, but there's no sense to the order anything is in on the home page, it's just random. At the moment the top 10 stories on the front page for me are as follows:

News - 2 minutes ago
News - 1 hour ago
News - 13 minutes ago
GAA - 1 hour ago
Entertainment - 3 hours ago
News - 4 hours ago
News - 1 hour ago
Business - sometime yesterday
Golf - 4 hours ago
Entertainment - 3 hours ago

That's just shabby. I regularly used the app, but I can't see myself bothering too much any more.

Got a notification from RTE app this morning about some breaking news story. Tapped on the notification, the app opened and the story wasn't even there...

Mantis Toboggan · 21-07-2014 12:00PM

loyatemu wrote: »

Got a notification from RTE app this morning about some breaking news story. Tapped on the notification, the app opened and the story wasn't even there...

Same as that, works grand on wifi, terrible on data.

RainyDay · 21-07-2014 12:15PM

Worztron wrote: »

Hi.

Does anyone know of an app that I can sync with a folder on my computer and have those files copied directly to the external SD card on my Android phone? I tried Dropbox and did not see a way for this to be done.

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Dropsync will do it.

Will Dropsync do the reverse - move files (my latest photos) off my phone onto a designated folder on my laptop, and delete the original from my phone?

dulpit · 21-07-2014 01:42PM

All RTÉ apps seem to brutal for streaming, have issues streaming their radio on TuneIn too, and it's never a connection problem (Newstalk will work fine in same settings). Fierce annoying.

Mantis Toboggan · 21-07-2014 01:47PM

Speaking of tunein pro, I've found it very poor lately. They changed the UI a while back which I don't like and it's constantly Disconnecting and buffering, even on a good connection.

Worztron · 21-07-2014 07:25PM

Hi.

Is there a podcast app that you can download the podcasts to the external SD card instead of the limited internal phone storage?

Cheers.

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