Android

Hello everyone,

I made a free piano app for all WearOS devices. Mostly for fun and personal use, but was a good opportunity to learn some Kotlin.

100% free, no ads, no in-app purchases or permissions. Just really wanna share it in case someone finds it interesting or useful.

You can check a 20 sec demo clip in the URL.

Please let me know what you think or what features I should add!

(Unfortunately the app is not public yet as Google requires an initial testing phase, but the testing is open and if you are interested it's a matter of joining a google group and then clicking on a direct playstore link. See below).

Edit:

Google group: https://groups.google.com/g/watch-piano-closed-testing

Link to the app: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.pianomagic

Thanks!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24944719

TL;DR

• Android may add a new feature that automatically converts light theme apps to dark theme.
• The evidence for this comes from a new “make more apps dark” toggle that I spotted in the first Android 16 beta release.
• Google has been working on this feature since last year, so it’s unclear when it may launch.

So you have a 50/50 chance of your battery being crippled depending on what vendor the battery came from.

Android 16 is adding support for pinned notifications that show live info from apps.

TL;DR

• Android 16 introduces Live Updates, a new class of notifications for ongoing activities.
• Live Updates are prominently displayed on the lock screen as well as on the status bar.
• These notifications are intended for rideshare pickups, food delivery alerts, navigation, and other use cases.

If this doesn’t sound like anything new to you, I don’t blame you. After all, rideshare apps like Uber have already been showing notifications like this for years now. Uber had to do a lot of custom stuff to make its notifications look like that on Android, though. Google has basically created a standardized version of what Uber’s been doing. With the new progress-centric notifications in Android 16, any app can create notifications like Uber.

I know this isn't Android per se. But Google has now opened up Pebble OS. And it seems like there will be a pebble revival. I just want a pebble time round 2.

This year has been a milestone for us, with significant strides in decentralizing app distribution, expanding the F-Droid ecosystem, and solidifying our infrastructure. All of these advancements were made possible thanks to donations, grants, our volunteers and regular contributors. So thank you again to everyone who helped make 2024 another great year for F-Droid. Now let’s take a closer look at what we accomplished.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/28525951

(also see https://www.androidauthority.com/kiwi-browser-shutting-down-3519510/ ) > > A while ago Mull/Mulch (and DivestOS) died, and now this.. I wonder what I'll use now.