Fully UI-configurable app for a smart mirror. (old)
Not recently updated — last update was on 2016-10-09.
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About Wall Mirror (old)
Wall Mirror (old) is a lifestyle app developed by Nick Hall.
Download Statistics
Wall Mirror (old) has been downloaded 64 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times.
User Ratings
Wall Mirror (old) is rated 3.44 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 170 ratings.
App Information
Wall Mirror (old) is FREE to download. The APK download size is 1.09 MB. The latest version available is 1.0. The last update was on October 9, 2016.
Technical Requirements
Wall Mirror (old) requires Android 4.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2016.
Description
--- Don't use this app, it is outdated but I can't release a new version! Search "Wall Mirror 2" for the updated one. ---
This is a simple app to display useful information on a tablet that is mounted behind a two-way mirror so that the text appears to float on the surface of the mirror. I've had it running in my house for several years and I still love it - it is both a great conversation piece and genuinely useful. The materials cost me about $130. You can see a few pictures from the construction here: https://imgur.com/gallery/DsXyt
The main advantage of this app is a fully configurable UI, so you don't have to be a programmer to use it. Just configure it with your location, the stocks you want to track, your nearest bus/train stop, etc and mount it in a frame. There are many other "smart mirror" type projects out there, search for "magic mirror" or "smart mirror" if this one doesn't suit your fancy, but most of them will require you to do some coding. If you don't mind a little coding, this app is open source (https://github.com/ineptech/mirror) and is free for anyone to use for any purpose.
App Features: * Time, Day of week * Birthdays and Holidays (configurable) * Appointments and reminders from your Google Calendar * Current temperature and high/low for the day (from forecast.io) * Stock quotes (from yahoo) (UPDATE: this is broken, due to Yahoo ending their free stock quotes service. I'll fix it when I have time...) * Time til your bus/train arrives (takes some technical savvy to set up, but no coding required) * Configurable brightness and font sizes
Recent updates: * WebModule - loads a brief text message from an arbitrary url * Ability to use Celsius (can't believe I didn't think of that) * Bug fix on "Latitude" not saving right
Instructions: I can't put instructions on configuring the app here because Google will reject the app for keyword spam. Please see the github page (https://github.com/ineptech/mirror) for detailed instructions on building the mirror and configuring the app.
Recent changes: The API this app uses for weather info changed its url from forecast.io to darksky.net. This version uses the new URL. It looks like the you do not have to apply for a new api key, but YMMV.
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Appointments in Google calendar show up but reminders do not. If I set a reminder in Google Keep I can view it in the Google calendar app, but it does not appear on my Magic Mirror. Also weather icons would be cool, subtle animations would be extra cool. I would pay $5 for this app, great job
★★★★★Andrew Roberts· Feb 6, 2016
Thank you for this amazing app. Looks wonderful on my newly built mirror. May I request a feature though? A scrolling RSS feed would look great, just for the headlines in the mornings. Might be worth you adding a link to donate too. I'm sure some use would, given how specialized this app is :-)
★★★★☆Victor Rodgers· Oct 9, 2016
Great app with a couple of issues Great app for my smart mirror project. However, the weather and stock ticker modules worked once or twice and then stopped working (similar Blake Holmes' issue). Copy/pasted API key to make sure there are no typos. Reinstalled app. Deactivated and reactivated modules. Not sure what happened. They DID work for a time and then stopped with seemingly no reason. Running on Nexus 7 2012 with Android 5.1.1.
★★★★☆Gina Fragale· Feb 8, 2016
Love the app! Very easy to use! Some issues: the "day of the week module" says it will "show what day of the week and month it is" but it doesn't show the month nor seem to have an option. I would love to have that added to that module if possible. I also can't get calendar events to show up if they are listed as "all day" instead of a start & stop time-is it me or is that bugged? Last, an icon on the weather module showing sunny/rainy/snowy etc.? Just simple ones like on weather widgets would be all I need!
★☆☆☆☆Isaac Ugochukwu· May 10, 2022
The app is a vagabond. I guess the developer is testing how stupid his creation will be
★★☆☆☆Bubu Chakraborty· Oct 29, 2021
Very, very bad app. It is just a calendar
★☆☆☆☆CODYO1997· Jun 15, 2018
Needs to be simplified It's hard to work with, and it needs the option to get
news from different news sources
★★☆☆☆Victor Lombardo· Dec 8, 2018
Very buggy, changes made wouldn't save. App constantly would revert to default settings. For example, followed instructions on weather display section (obtained dev key from dark skies' dev) as suggested and entered proper coordinates, wrong info would display. Obtained URL for local bus routes entered the field provided, no display and wouldn't save and no error message indicator. Very frustrating!
★☆☆☆☆Chibueze Ufoaroh· Oct 4, 2022
I wish I could give this 0 stars the app is so stupid it just showed a blavk screen and when you press done it sets it as your wallpaper
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