Android apps by Fabian Lueghausen

AlarmDroid

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:58:48 +0000

[AlarmDroid is also localized to Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese and Greek, even if this can't be displayed in the Android Market]

AlarmDroid is a feature-rich alarm clock application. It is created to give every Android-User the opportunity to wake up his(her) own way, not caring about whether he(she) is an early bird or a morning grouch.
AlarmDroid's special feature is the flip'n'snooze feature, which allows the user to turn the alarm clock back into snooze mode by turning over the phone. Further, it provides a speaking clock, which does not only announce the time but even the local weather conditions.
These and more features are waiting to be discovered by you! Even internet radio stations are supported as alarm tone.

(I recommend to install "Rings extended" additionally)

--- Credits ---
I want to thank all people who take the time to translate this project. People from many different countries are enjoying your work!
And I want to thank Jake Wharton whose library project ActionBarSherlock allows full action bar support also for Android 2.x devices.

--- I support you ---
Unfortunately, it seems to be nearly impossible to develop an application like AlarmDroid which works on every available (and very different) Android device and version perfectly. So if there appear any bugs, please send me an email and I will find a solution for this problem! Thanks! :)
fabian@netzpurist.de

--- Please also support me ---
It costs a lot of time/money to develop and improve AlarmDroid. And to answer the tons of emails I get every day. Therefore, any support (particulary financial support) is very appriciated. More details at
http://www.netzpurist.de/2010/10/donate/

Recent changes:
1.13.2
* Volume issue fixed
* Issue with simultaneous alarms fixed
* Performance improved
* Translations updated
* Countdown alarm (alarm settings > alarm type > countdown)

1.13
* Shake algorithm

PLEASE CHECK your sensor sensitivity settings. By default, you have to shake *3x*!
[Menu > Preferences > Controls > Sensor sensitivity]

PLEASE NOTE
When setting the time in the time picker dialog, you can tap the numbers (hours, minutes) and the keypad will open as in the older versions.

AlarmDroid Pro [Extension]

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:25:05 +0000

If you like AlarmDroid, please buy the Pro version to support my work and to enjoy AlarmDroid ad-free. If you already bought and uninstalled this app, you can download it again for free.

This application is an extension to "AlarmDroid". After installing it, AlarmDroid will recognize that the Pro extension is installed and will stop showing ads.

AlarmDroid is free. You don't have to buy this donate app to use AlarmDroid. But because it causes MUCH work, financed support is appreciated. Thank you! :)

PS: This is only an extension, you have to install "AlarmDroid" (the free app) in addition!

RemindDroid

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:06:45 +0000

RemindDroid is a powerful, easy and fast reminder application for Android. It combines fast and simple operability with wide-ranging customization options.

~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE ~~~~~~~
I started developing RemindDroid in the summer of 2011 and spent my whole free time on it for months, until I was forced to stop in January 2011 by an emergency in my family. After that time, I tried several times to come back to the development of this application, but my day job and an overload of work made it impossible to continue.
I still plan to continue my work on this application, especially because so many people seem to be interested in it. But please, please understand that I *unfortunately* can not promise that I will succeed in doing so. Thank you!
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Simple and clever.
To create a reminder, only two things need to be supplied: a subject and a date. That’s it. It could not be quicker.

And powerful.
This minimalist concept actually makes the handling very quick and easy, but at the same time, it limits the customizability a lot. It would be nice to have wide-ranging customization options, allowing you to customize the notifications how you like them. This is where RemindDroid is very special, because it allows you to build configuration sets, so called presets, which can be assigned to reminders. The application comes with a user-friendly and extensive preset editor, which allows you to design your custom notification styles from components like sounds, vibration patterns, speech synthesis and rests.
This saves time and gives you nearly unlimited customizability.

And even more powerful.
The overall concept is the common approach in science: find the most simple solution that solves as many problems as possible. This includes a very individual declaration of dates. Beside many input options (date, time, countdown, etc.) this application provides repeating events with a large number of optional options, including also the special case of a pill reminder. Apart from that, it is possible to add to each reminder as many dates as you want.

Permissions
SYSTEM TOOLS: AUTOMATICALLY START AT BOOT
After booting the device, all reminder events have to be re-scheduled to the alarm manager.
SYSTEM TOOLS: PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING
The application must be allowed to wake up the device when a reminder events occurs.
NETWORK COMMUNICATION
The internet access is exclusively used to provide advertisement banners.
At no time, personal (or any other) data are transferred!

Recent changes:
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beta-1.3.8
Only tiny changes. The BIG updates comes next week. For sure! :)
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Thanks for your bug reports!!

Intelligent Keylock Unlocker

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:00:09 +0000

If enabled, the Intelligent Keylock Unlocker unlocks your lock screen automatically if the proximity sensor does not register any object closer than a few centimeters to it.

In that way, you don't need to disable the lock screen any more and don't need to worry about that your phone could be unlocked while it's in your pocket at once!

Please notice!
a) This app may stress the battery on some (few) devices due to technical (firmware-related) reasons. As this app is free, please, don't be rigorous if that's the case!
b) If you are using your lockscreen e.g. in order to disable alarms, you should be careful when using this application ;) because the lockscreen might be disabled even in that case.

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It is well programmed and does not drain the battery in any way. However, it may stress the battery on some (few) devices due to technical (firmware-related) reasons. Unfortunately, many devices behave very differently.
In principle, the application should work on almost every phone and with almost every lock screen application. Let me know if it does not.
A few last words: The App2SD-mode is intentionally deactivated, because it would not work that way (referring to the Android SDK Documents).

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This application is free. Since I spend much time on developing such applications, I appreciate every financial support for my projects, particularly because I spend much time on replying your emails. More details can be found on my website (see the link below).

Recent changes:
FIXED: On some devices, the search button as well as the home button did not work properly any more, some widgets were not updated and screebl did not start. That's all fixed now. :)

RemindDroid Ad Remover

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:06:53 +0000

This is an extension to RemindDroid (the free, ad-supported version). Purchase this add-on if you like RemindDroid and if you want to support it.

~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE ~~~~~~~
I started developing RemindDroid in the summer of 2011 and spent my whole free time on it for months, until I was forced to stop in January 2011 by an emergency in my family. After that time, I tried several times to come back to the development of this application, but my day job and an overload of work made it impossible to continue.
I still plan to continue my work on this application, especially because so many people seem to be interested in it. But please, please understand that I *unfortunately* can not promise that I will succeed in doing so. Thank you!
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Application Auto Starter

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:13:23 +0000

This is a very simple application that will automatically start user-selected applications after the device startup.

You will find this application useful if you need to start applications (like e.g. Skype) manually after each startup. Enjoy it!

Speaking Ring Tone

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:51:12 +0000

If you ever wanted your phone to say
*ring,ring* Max Mustermann is calling! *ring,ring* Max is waiting! Hurry up! *ring,ring* [...]
this is the application you are looking for. Because it is more convinient than a usual ring tone. Or simply because it sounds quite “cool”.

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Free 7 days trial version at
http://www.netzpurist.de/
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When developing this app, I put special emphasize on customizability. You can customize the default “ring tone” as well as the ring tone for every single contact in many different ways. You can copy and paste preferences, enable/disable this application for certain contacts, and much much more..! You can even record your own voice messages.

Additionally, there is a built-in Locale/Tasker plug-in.

LANGUAGES
The application (i.e. the voice output) supports all languages which are supported by the Android Text-To-Speech (TTS) module, that are most languages. The graphical user interface is localised to English and German.

This application is also available on androidpit.de and can be purchased via the Androidpit App Center by Paypal.

If you have any questions, suggestions or found any problems, please send an email to fabian@netzpurist.de

Recent changes:
* Fixed an issue for devices with Android 2.1 and 1.6.

Game of Life (Live Wallpaper)

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:17:43 +0000

THE GAME OF LIFE
The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.
The "game" is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves.

THE RULES
The universe of the Game of Life is an infinite two-dimensional orthogonal grid of square cells, each of which is in one of two possible states, alive or dead. Every cell interacts with its eight neighbours, which are the cells that are horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent. At each step in time, the following transitions occur:
* Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if caused by under-population.
* Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
* Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
* Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.
The initial pattern constitutes the seed of the system. The first generation is created by applying the above rules simultaneously to every cell in the seed—births and deaths occur simultaneously, and the discrete moment at which this happens is sometimes called a tick (in other words, each generation is a pure function of the preceding one). The rules continue to be applied repeatedly to create further generations.

(Descriptions and rules are from en.wikipedia.org)

Locale Startup/Shutdown Plugin

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:49:48 +0000

This Locale plug-in provides a Locale Condition that is met after startup or/and before shutdown.

Use this plug-in to schedule Locale Tasks/Settings after the device completed the boot process or/and beofre the device is going to be shut down.

(Locale is needed.)