BroadcastSMS Lite

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:45:39 +0000

Broadcast SMS is the fastest group messaging app on the market! Why do I say this? Because the first screen you see displays your groups. Choose a group. The next screen you see is the SMS entry screen. Type your message and hit send! Short of a completely customized app that would send to only the same group every time I’m getting it done it 2-clicks plus your message text. I’ve found I do almost as much group texting as I do single recipient texting. Having an app that can group text quickly became a must, but I didn’t like all the extra clicks it takes to get it done in most apps.

Broadcast SMS is not intended to replace your SMS messaging app. It’s not intended to handle your contact or group management. There are lots of apps better suited for those purposes. What Broadcast SMS does is get your message to your pre-defined groups very efficiently.

Want to see what’s going on tonight? Group text all your friends in 2 clicks. Want to update a group of family members that you’ve arrived safely after a flight? Blast text message to them in 2 clicks. Need to tell your team at work you’re running last? Broadcast a SMS message to them in just 2 clicks!

Broadcast SMS was originally written as a sales leads messaging tool for a Realtor based out of NY. It still functions very well in that capacity as it will read an input file stored on your SD card and send a bulk text message to each phone number it parses from the file. I started out using Broadcast SMS to group text my kids, my friends and my family. I did so by creating 3 separate input files with their numbers. That just wasn’t practical though. So, I modified the app to use your pre-defined Google Contact or Phone Groups. Setup a group by logging into Gmail and working with your contacts.

Why Broadcast SMS? Because it’s the fastest tool to get my message to a group of people! It was never intended to be the soup-to-nuts of SMS apps. I like the pure utility of it. It’s single purposed and as a result requires far less code. Less code means it’s easier to maintain and should have fewer bugs ;)

You can send up to 100 messages per hour in Android from any application. That’s the other beauty of a utilitarian design! You send out the initial blast but all the responses come in to your regular SMS messaging app! As you reply to people you’ve consumed none of that app’s hourly allotment.

Enjoy!

Bug Submissions & Feature Requests equally appreciated to: bill@aydabtudev.com or visit our website: http://www.aydabtudev.com

Recent changes:
Current Changes:
* Added Premium purchase to remove ads

Older Changes:
* Fix for FC when displaying MOTD
* Fix for FC caused by new progress dialog
* Updated icon
* Added progress dialog to indicate activity after group selection
* Broadcast SMS now shows up as a sharing option when sharing URLs or text from other applications!
* More consistent colors throughout
* Fixed an Android 1.5 FC issue
* Cleaner UI
* Fixed a long standing network detection bug

Prank Breathalyzer

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:54:01 +0000

Android Fu's Prank Breathalyzer, Prankalyzer, is a fake breathometer with a punchline! When the app detects blowing in "Test" mode the blower will be presented with an inappropriate thrusting cartoon likeness of male genitalia. Punk'd! You giggled just thinking about it, right?! Wait until you actually pull off this gag on your friends. There they are thinking they're going to get their BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) measured and BAM (!!!) an animated cartoon penis moving back and forth toward their pursed lips! Hilarious! You'll be the king of practical jokes when you whip this one out! No pun intended.

Everything leading up to Test mode is used to setup the joke. From the initial "Reconfiguring Device" screen to the beautifully benign "Calibrating" mode. When you choose "calibrate" the device is actually detecting whether or not you're blowing into the microphone, but you'll be presented with a pretty green checkmark or angry red exclamation mark depending on whether you're blowing right. How funny is that?!

*~*~*~*~ Adult Humor Disclaimer ~*~*~*~*

This application is intended for mature audiences and features crude adult humor. Be mindful of surroundings and respectful of bystanders when using this application.

*~*~*~*~ About Android Fu, LLC ~*~*~*~*

The application is built upon 2 years of Android development experience and contains feedback and sharing features for direct communication with the developers at Android Fu, LLC. It also offers you an opportunity to forward any, should there be any, crash reports directly to our support team for assistance. We'll respond directly to your communications as quickly as possible. If you're having issues please reach out to us!

*~*~*~*~ Permissions ~*~*~*~*

* ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE & INTERNET are used to send anonymous Google Analytics data just like surfing the web. By collecting this data we can determine the paths through the application that are being used, what buttons are being clicked and generally how successful people are with the app. This doesn't record who is using it in any way shape or form. Just how they use it so we can make the app better over time. These permissions are also used to communicate directly with you via a Message of the Day and upgrade notifications.

* RECORD_AUDIO is used, obviously, to detect blowing on the microphone. Note that this is only used while the application is active. There's no permission for background service, etc. that might lead you to believe we're doing something less than scrupulous with the permission. One of the coolest things about this prank app is it actually detects blowing!

* WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is used to store, heaven forbid, any stack dumps should the application crash. On startup the app looks for any previously stored stack dumps and offers you the opportunity to forward those to us for analysis. The forwarding is executed in e-mail and you get to review the entire contents of the message as well as include a personalized message if you so desire. Sending these along to the development staff greatly speeds the correction of any issues that are identified and are much appreciated!

*~*~*~*~ HTC Owners ~*~*~*~*

HTC handsets are exhibiting an unexpected behavior when reading the microphone. The issue is under investigation, but HTC handsets have been excluded from the compatible devices list for the time being. Sorry for the inconvenience.

*~*~*~*~ Special Note ~*~*~*~*

Note that it's spelled correctly as BREATHALYZER with a Y. Not breathalizer with an I. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you!

Recent changes:
* Made the prank image more prominent.
* More robust code surrounding blowing detection.
* Fixed a default preference bug. That's why we shouldn't code at 2:00 AM
* Optimized flow for initial app run
* Updated sharing message
* New preferences screen to adjust mic sensitivity
* ~20% smaller application size
* Made the menu work from all screens
* Increased mic sensitivity
* Fixed prank image issue that affected beta testers only
* Initial Release

Android apps by Android Fu, LLC

BroadcastSMS Lite

Prank Breathalyzer