New essential Android apps thread

AndyCr15 · 24 Sep 2017 at 10:51

I guess it depends what you want it to do? I love 'Inbox' by Google.

Noticed this the other day, navigating and made a phone call -

How handy is that?! I think you must be on Oreo, as I tried it on the Honor 9 and it didn't do it.

Kainz · 24 Sep 2017 at 10:58

I think you've got a lot of vaseline smeared on your screen

That's Oreo's PiP mode in action.

Email wise, I've long stuck by BlueMail until I recently read that all mail goes through proxy server. They've also got another app called TypeMail that is almost identical - not sure why. Nine seems to now come highly recommended and having tried it a few days ago I think I'll stick with it. Seems very slick, but has a built in calendar and notes functionality that I don't really need.

unwashed potato! · 24 Sep 2017 at 12:28

i wish i knew how to make apps as i'd make the best email app on the market.

almost every email app is either ugly, or full or stupid features you don't need. why do we need a calendar function within an email app.

for me i want a clean simple look, with a few customisable options for swiping left and right. then also proper auto replies function, and threaded view. looks good in landscape and portrait view.

i've searched many apps and none are exactly what i want.

Kainz · 24 Sep 2017 at 12:39

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
for me i want a clean simple look, with a few customisable options for swiping left and right. then also proper auto replies function, and threaded view. looks good in landscape and portrait view.

i've searched many apps and none are exactly what i want.

Same. I just want a basic client that doesn't look like something from the gingerbread era on the UI end of things.

BlueMail used to be quite plain and now they're clearly gearing up for release 2.0 that will introduce more clutter (I've been in touch with the devs). I've tried K9 but it doesn't seem to even recognise my domain imap account.

Whilst Nine is a great client, it is a monstrous 68mb. If they could do just a client I'd be onto that ASAP.

Frozennova · 24 Sep 2017 at 17:22

I gave up trying to find a decent mail client and moved my Domains email to Gapps so I get all the same features in the Gmail app as I would with a GMail account

maj · 2 Oct 2017 at 08:36

Has anyone got the paid for version of 'Lines' icon pack? I've just bought it as wanted to be able to request icons for it as some of mine weren't compatible. I've noticed that the SMS icon on the free version is different to the paid for version. The paid for version has a lot less detail and is just the outline of the speech bubble where as the free version made it look more like a text message. I can only request icons for certain apps, rather than all the ones I'm missing too.

unwashed potato! · 2 Oct 2017 at 15:22

anyone know why my phone does 2 low sounding beeps while i'm on the phone every minute or so?

Kainz · 2 Oct 2017 at 16:29

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
anyone know why my phone does 2 low sounding beeps while i'm on the phone every minute or so?

Is that not to let you know someone is on the other line trying to get through to you?

unwashed potato! · 2 Oct 2017 at 21:07

nope as it's every single call. it's a low pitch sound approx every minute. sounds like a bumpbump. it's annoying as it's some what similar to the call waiting noise, though not as frequent, so when it plays i pause to check my phone.

Big Elf · 2 Oct 2017 at 22:00

Minute minder? Can't remember whether the settings will be in sounds or the phone settings.

Edit: it's in the phone settings on my Galaxy Note 4

Kainz · 2 Oct 2017 at 23:32

My Nexus 6P has a Call Waiting (During a call, notify me of incoming calls) menu entry in Dialer>Settings>Calls>Additional Settings>Call Waiting.

unwashed potato! · 3 Oct 2017 at 11:24

^^ as mentioned that's not what's happening here

Big Elf · 3 Oct 2017 at 12:17

Minute minder and the equivalents aren't call waiting. They're a simple audio reminder that a minute has passed on the call.

Kainz · 3 Oct 2017 at 12:32

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
^^ as mentioned that's not what's happening here

Yeah sorry. Rushed to type out that reply and didn't even see your update from one post earlier. What OS is this btw?

Heinz57 · 3 Oct 2017 at 12:46

Good to see that FB Messenger Lite is finally officially available in the UK. Gets rid of a lot of the unwanted bloat (for me anyway).

Big Elf · 3 Oct 2017 at 12:55

Kainz said:
Yeah sorry. Rushed to type out that reply and didn't even see your update from one post earlier. What OS is this btw?

It's called Minute Minder on Samsung but is also on some other phones as well. I may be called Minute Beep or similar.

Cleisthenes · 3 Oct 2017 at 14:35

When I'm at home I never have any signal, so Oreo loves to tell me that I don't have any signal via a notification every few minutes. Does anyone know how to disable this?

Orcvader · 3 Oct 2017 at 18:27

Heinz57 said:
Good to see that FB Messenger Lite is finally officially available in the UK. Gets rid of a lot of the unwanted bloat (for me anyway).

Just noticed it supports calling now, so I have no reason to keep using the bloated version. So far the lite version is working without issues and it uses a 10th of the storage space compared to the full version.

Jony27 · 4 Oct 2017 at 13:08

Orcvader said:
Just noticed it supports calling now, so I have no reason to keep using the bloated version. So far the lite version is working without issues and it uses a 10th of the storage space compared to the full version.

Never knew about this so just started using it.
So far so good, the stories section of the normal version was annoying me so much and I'm glad it's no longer available on the lite version.
Have also stopped using the Facebook app itself and just go through Chrome instead.

Orcvader · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:23

Jony27 said:
Have also stopped using the Facebook app itself and just go through Chrome instead.

Swipe or Metal are wrappers for the FB site, and enhances the experience giving it some features from the main app.