The Twilight Store (S1:E1)

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(How fun it is to publish apps on the Google Play store)

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Automatic updates broke your phone; the fix is a highly technical manual process.

Support WebGPU on Android, use of DXC for shader compilation, timestamp queries in compute and render passes, default entry points to shader modules, support display-p3 as GPUExternalTexture color space, memory heaps info, and more.

The 2020 lawsuit said Google was deceiving people into thinking that they could control the information they're willing to share.

Victory Royale.

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Candy Crush would have been the gateway drug.

Heya!

(I don't know can you post questions here - I didn't see it being against the rules in this magazine)

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Can I set my phone to alert about any call even when the vibration or the silent mode is enabled?
I looked into the settings but I didn't see ways to set it up like that. When I set either mode and try to slide the audio, it jumps back to Sound mode.

Google's "solution" can't do anything for bootlooping devices.

Web Integrity pivots to Android, could permanently kill YouTube Vanced-style apps.

But it is for security reasons - it is always about security reasons when old devices and now even old apps have to be thrown away.

Android 14 offers a lightly customizable lock screen and not much else.

(Does anybody care about Android 14?
Currently, those who will end up with a bricked Pixel phone.)

Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data.

(It wouldn't shock me if they found out that this bug is related to all the changes Google has been making the last few years to prevent users and apps from being able to access their files in a normal way because it's trying to make Android a bad copy of iOS.)

How’s the update working out for you?

Pixel 8's 7 years of software updates is revolutionary... maybe

Google picks who gets features.

It's really annoying, and stops the music I'm listening to.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and it doesn't have a built in DAC (or at least it's disabled in the SoC firmware).

Addendum: it's not that it unplugs completely, but rather the USB DAC loses power and/or data connection.

The number of members is enough to create a healthy community without attracting spammers.
What's missing now is more participation and post creation. Don't be shy, if you find an article that is about Android-or Google, since the two sometimes coincide-share it with the rest of us.

All the displays, cameras, batteries, and back plate are now for sale.

Automatic Chromebook expiration dates still "fundamentally flawed," critics say.

No facilities, no parts, not covered by warranty.

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.

We’ve released an early edition of Element X in the Google Play Store.

Attorneys general and consumers from 37 states alleged that Google held an unfair monopoly on Android devices..

I developed this app/widget a long time ago but it might still be useful to someone. It's free with no ads or other things.

The purpose of this widget is to make it easier for elderly people to make phone calls and read SMS.

There are various applications like this, but none were as simple and essential as I needed it, so I decided to create one. I share it in case it's useful to others.

Unlike other solutions this is a widget and not a launcher. The widget shows a dial panel, icons to show contacts and SMS and you can have buttons for a quick dial contact and device flashlight.
You can configure the widget from the application.

It is recommended to use a launcher that allows you to remove any other item from the home page and that allows you to lock the home page so as to prevent the person using the phone from removing the widget.
The Neo-Launcher home page lock is great and is what I currently recommend.

It needs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or newer.

Uses the following permissions:

• android.permission.CALL_PHONE: to initiate a phone call. If you don't give this permission the application will open the default dialer app with the selected telephone number.
• android.permission.READ_CONTACTS: to read the contacts to be displayed.
• android.permission.READ_SMS: to read the SMS to be displayed.
• android.permission.CAMERA: to use the flashlight.

For devices using Android M and newer, the buttons and icons you see in the widget depend on the permissions given to the app. For Lollipop and older devices there are switches to decide what you see in the widget.

You can download it from https://easyjoin.net/index.html#otherapps.
Here is the direct link for the apk: https://easyjoin.net/download/DialerWidget%201.3-6-release.apk

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