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[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Description

I wrote this app because I constantly forget to look at the free app of the day on the Amazon market and have missed out on a few really good apps.

Help Needed

This is version 1.0 so I expect there to be some bugs. If you have any questions,comments, or issues with the app please let me know.

I've added a good bit of info to the notification and plan to include more info with the addition of a custom layout.

How do I use it?

Once installed open Appstore Reminder from your applications. Click on the reminder time option and set what time you'd like to be notified. You can click on Test Reminder option to generate an instant reminder to see how it will look.

Clicking on the notification will dismiss the notification and open the Amazon Appstore app where you can download the app.

Thanks to everyone who test's this. I'd love to hear feedback good or bad. I plan on posting this to the market after it's been tested by all you fine folks!

UPDATE 5/24/2011

Now on the Android market as Amazon Free App Reminder.

If you'd like to donate for future development please consider purchasing the Market version. This will also ensure easier updated in the future and I've got some good ideas for future enhancements.

UPDATE 5/26/2011

I've attached three new icon suggestions. Let me know your thoughts and if you like any of them. Also any modifications to these three you feel would help.

UPDATE 6/01/2011

I've attached the final three icon's for voting via poll. Let me know what you all think.

UPDATE 10/04/2011

It was taken down as requested by Amazon trademark department. They requested that the name be changed in the Market. During this time my wife had our third child and I unfortunately haven't had enough time to get back to this. Three kids under the age of the 3 and a full time job is quite the workload on it's own.

When I get home today I'll be uploading the latest version that's in the market here for everyone that needs the update. Unfortunately my big update that I was about to release right before my baby was born was lost due to some data corruption. I'm finally getting back into things and will hopefully have a newer, better, aster, more enhanced app out within the next few weeks.

Again sorry to everyone for the delay. I greatly apologize for the time it's taken me to get back into things. So the app is in the market now and I'll be uploading the latest version later tonight.

Thanks,

Cody

Change Log

Version 3

- Force closes should be fixed. With the exception of when there is no data signal

- Added options to enable/disable vibration, soundm and LED when notification is triggered

Thanks,

Cody (RaueSoft Development)

Here you can download the application
[Android Apps and Games] esoomenona:
I've installed it and it seems to work rather well. It's nice that it tells you what app is available so you can decide whether or not you want to open to download, and that it provides quick access if you do want to. I'm curious though, why does this app need to access the sd card? Thanks for a great notification tool.
[Android Apps and Games] sageDieu:
Very nice! Good work. This is something that should be built into the appstore. I don't see any issues at all.

Sent from my CM7 SCH-i500
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
esoomenona,

Thank you for testing. I believe the sdcard access is coming from using minsdkversion in the manifest file. There is a bug in Android that will show that permission when installing an app out of the market. Once it's loaded on the market that permission will not be needed. You can see the screen capture below from the market.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
I agree. I have coworkers that also have asked for something like this. I hope to help people that forget like myself...
[Android Apps and Games] nbaylinson:
sorry if this is a noob thing, but mine is downloading as a .bin file, and ASTRO says it can't open it. what am I doing wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] conspirator_boff:
Looks good. An option to toggle the vibrate on the notification might be nice.
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
I'll get that in later today. Thanks for the feedback.

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Hmm. Try renaming the file with Astro .apk. The n try opening the file in Astro.

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] mi3x:
Great!! I love it!
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Awesome. Glad you like it.

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] rycheme:
Giving it a try, thanks!

sent from my das BAMF made by unicorns and fairies.
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
I look forward to your comments.

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] orangeagent:
I love this. I just downloaded and it seems to work perfect.
[Android Apps and Games] eSZee:
This is awesome. Thanks.

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[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I really appreciate the testing. I've added options to enable or disable the vibrate, sounds, and led notifications.

I'll be uploading that version to the market tomorrow sometime tomorrow.
[Android Apps and Games] madton:
thanks, useful app!
[Android Apps and Games] meazz1:
Thanks, nice little helpful app.

I always try to get the free apps I like but there are times I forget and feel bad later.

I hope this app will serve as a reminder.
[Android Apps and Games] eSZee:
Not sure why but the notifier didn't umm, notify me, at the set time.

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[Android Apps and Games] kalipedia:
This is a great idea and I've installed and will let you know if there are any bugs. Well done!
[Android Apps and Games] Ridl3y:
The one that is posted is version 1. Wasn't version 3 removed? lol

I mistakenly downloaded and installed over it.
[Android Apps and Games] hopler:
Hello everyone,

I have a question, it would be possible to create an application log?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
So I guess no more updates here then? It's up to 3.2 in the market.
[Android Apps and Games] BOO5TED:
It worked great for me at first but lately have had too many force closes and it doesn't notifiy me everyday unless I set the reminder daily. I just follow @amazonappstore on twitter and solved my problem. :o
[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
Don't want to spoil the fun...but I just found another app on the market that does the same.

I think it was uploaded to the market about a week or two ago. It's called amazon free app notifier and basically does the same, but it does it way better. It is definitely faster and uses less data (around 100 times less) and you can also share the free app on fb and twitter.

The most cool feature: it also has a full log of all the free apps so far with a link to the appstore and you can even drop a string under settings and it will only notify you if there is a match.

So maybe this would be a kick to this dev to try and trump it and update his app?;)

I have both so will keep an eye on them.
[Android Apps and Games] dullknives:
same here - fc every time it runs unless the reminder time is reset.

@amazonappstore sounds like a good solution - thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Update coming

All,

I'm sorry I've been away for a while. Family issues coupled with work have really put me in a bad spot. I do this in my free time and lately haven't had any. I'll be adding some cool features like a widget, and some enhancements to the way the data is pulled down in the next few releases. Again I'm sorry for being away just have to get some things done.

If anyone is having a problem please email me so we can work it out.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] ChristoA1:
Annnnnnnnnd XDA decides to wait until I post to show me the new post....

G'Derp
[Android Apps and Games] ChristoA1:
Thanks for your work on this! For what it's worth, I have no problems with V3 :)
[Android Apps and Games] gryphon92:
This app was functioning perfectly when I was running the free version 3.0 from this thread, so I decided to purchase it on the Android Market to support development (it has saved me more than $1 in the long run, anyway :P )

However, version 3.2 force closes on my Incredible (running MIUI 1.7.8) whenever I attempt to change the notification time (even after re-installing, which means I am unsure whether I will even have notifications)

Was the version 3 link removed from the forum? If I need to, I will revert to the v1 download in the OP, but v3 was functioning very well and I would prefer to stay up-to-date if possible.
[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
Yes, it FC on me today also. I also noticed that Amazon is not listing the Free app on their website, could this be the problem?

However, the OTHER Notifier app from the market works perfectly fine for today's free app...Who knows?
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Would it be possible for you to send me a log using log collector directly after the force close?

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
At what point did it force close on you? I just did some testing and everything appears fine pulling data from Amazon.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
I'm in the final stages if testing a major release. Thanks everyone for the support and again I apologize for the delay.

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] ChristoA1:
What he said :D
[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
It forced closed on the notifier time. It also FC when there was no free app on the website (sometimes it takes about 30 minutes to appear)
[Android Apps and Games] ncmacasl:
Downloading it for the second time - could not remember where I got it from initially. (I had to uninstall it temporarily) Thanks to Google I found it again!
[Android Apps and Games] KnowledgeBroker:
I want to say this is a neat and simple idea for an app. I also want to say because it is a simple idea, and everyone is also beta testing it for you, that there should PROBABLY be a free version, and a donate version, rather than one overpriced at 2bucks.

Sorry, android has spoiled me, and 2 bux has gotten me far superior apps. Add some more functionality(such as customized notifications, or a widget, or anything else..) and I could see this being a $1 donate optional app, that I would likely donate to.

Just saying.
[Android Apps and Games] jug6ernaut:
really should store if it has already notified for the day. every time i restart it re notifies me :/.
[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
Missing on Android Market

Any reason why the app is not listed in the Android Market? I thought you were going to update it and now you dropped the support for it?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.raue.freeappnotifier
[Android Apps and Games] xtacy!:
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[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
Any news cody_04l?
[Android Apps and Games] ErlyD:
Can't buy the app on Nexus S 4G, Android 2.3.5
[Android Apps and Games] japzone:
I went to the Market site and it seems the App has been removed as I can find no trace of it.

EDIT: CONFIRMED, the app seems to have been removed and can't be accessed even by people who purchased the app. I can confirm that the a App still works perfectly. If the Dev doesn't answer soon you'll have to search elsewhere for the app.

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[Android Apps and Games] Qjao:
Great, loved it
[Android Apps and Games] rcdeck:
Just be as patient as possible and ill try my best to get some information. He's got a lot going on in life outside of android right now and it's likely extremely hard to keep up right now. Will post when I get a little bit more information
[Android Apps and Games] yonderboy:
Android Market has it in My Apps as needing an update but the Android Market app page for the Amazon Free App Reminder says "This item is not available".

Also the Rauesoft domain is no longer up, leading me to believe it's no longer available anywhere.

Any new updates on an update?
[Android Apps and Games] DamienJJ:
his other app is still online:

https://market.android.com/developer?pub=RaueSoft

Could there be a legal issue here?
[Android Apps and Games] LORD JUNIOR:
Heres some alternatives that do the same thing.

My Daily Free Amazon App

And

Free App Widget 4 Amazon

And

Free App Notifier for Amazon
[Android Apps and Games] rcdeck:
The application should be back in the market now, can you all see it?

Feedback/feature requests welcomed :-)
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
As Rob has stated the app is back on the market. It was taken down as requested by Amazon trademark department. They requested that the name be changed in the Market. During this time my wife had our third child and I unfortunately haven't had enough time to get back to this. Three kids under the age of the 3 and a full time job is quite the workload on it's own.

When I get home today I'll be uploading the latest version that's in the market here for everyone that needs the update. Unfortunately my big update that I was about to release right before my baby was born was lost due to some data corruption. I'm finally getting back into things and will hopefully have a newer, better, aster, more enhanced app out within the next few weeks.

Again sorry to everyone for the delay. I greatly apologize for the time it's taken me to get back into things.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] vipfreak:
Oh man! Love it! Sooooooooo installing it! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] KenAdams82:
great APP! how about a widget for it?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultraman666:
Ya nice app forgot about this my wife will enjoy this on her new kindle fire. Ya and a widget would be nice as well but oh well cant complain about a free app :)
[Android Apps and Games] duke69111:
Hi all,

First to the developer... awesome and very useful app. Keep up the great work.

Second on my verizon galaxy nexus, running version 3.2 of the notifer app, when I turn my phone off and back on, the app does not restart itself when the phone is boots back up and does not provide the notification unless I manually open the app back up.

Is this a known problem or is it just my phone. It has not worked after a rebot without opening the app back up since day one of getting the phone.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] scouseefc:
where do you download the free apps when you get a notifaction? when i click test reminder it tells me theres an app and i click on it and it does nothin?
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
Do you have the Amazon Appstore installed? It opens fine for me.
[Android Apps and Games] scouseefc:
yes i installed it from this topic when i click the app thats free it does nothin
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
This thread doesn't contain a link to the Amazon Appstore (at least not that I saw). You have to install the Appstore from Amazon directly.
[Android Apps and Games] scouseefc:
oh so this is just a reminder only? where about on the amazon site is the download?
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
Yes, this is just a notifier. The Appstore should be available at amazon.com/appstore.
[Android Apps and Games] scouseefc:
ok thanks alot

---------- Post added at 07:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:01 PM ----------

it says the app is only available to people in the us?
[Android Apps and Games] JesseK:
Works perfect.

Was tired of having using the calendar, since it showed up in it.

---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:31 PM ----------

Just noticed that if you try to press the AM/PM button, it won't save your settings. You have to manually scroll through the time to modify it. I'm sure someone has posted this, but I just thought I would as well. Only thing I see wrong with it so far, and it's not that big of a deal at all.
[Android Apps and Games] tridge:
is it just me or is this not working on ICS? (4.0.3 - Cyanogen 9.0.0)
[Android Apps and Games] tridge:
anyone have the download?
[Android Apps and Games] ChristoA1:
+1. Not working here on Virtuous Inquisition (4.0.3).
[Android Apps and Games] :
Its not just you, this app does not work with ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] runhopskipjump:
The old 1.0 version works on ICS. I never updated since it always worked without issue. I was posted here a while ago.

4G Xoom + Team EOS nightlies = WIN
[Android Apps and Games] BriCo84:
does anyone have a working download of this app? Preferably, both the 1.0 version (ICS compatible), and the latest version would be great
[Android Apps and Games] michaeljung691:
yes.. that's looks great. let's wait
[Android Apps and Games] duke69111:
Version 1.0 and version 3.2 do not work 100% on Ice Cream Sandwich, but the functionality is still there.

The app functions correctly on ICS, the only problem is if you restart your phone the app does not startup with the phone. If you restart your phone just open the app reminder and then it will work correctly until your next restart.
[Android Apps and Games] tridge:
Anyone have a valid link for ICS updated version?
[Android Apps and Games] duke69111:
There isn't one yet. Not sure if there will be.
[Android Apps and Games] sumyunguy:
Here is V1.0

droid-life_com/2011/05/23/get-notified-when-the-amazon-app-of-the-day-changes
[Android Apps and Games] zsibisi:
i hope this doesn't sound stupid, but was wondering, does this offer support for my sense 3.0 / Gingerbread widgets where I can still use them?

thanx,

Z
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
All,

I'm the developer and I'm greatly sorry for the delay and lack of communication on the forum (personal reasons and I'd prefer not to go into details). I'm 95% done with a new version that's fully ics compatible. The new version is a complete rewrite. Again I'm sorry for the delay and I hope to have the new version up for testing within the next week or so. If you're interested in being part of the test group ill take the first 10 to 15 people that reply to this post. I'll pm those people with further details in the next couple of days.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] Cenobite_:
Hi,

I'm interested in testing the new version.
[Android Apps and Games] mrasquinho:
I'm interested to test it!

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] d12d:
I'd like to test. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] DangKid:
I would like to test it, running aokp on my Samsung infuse
[Android Apps and Games] image2000uk:
Cody

bounce a copy my way and i'll test it from this side of the pond.

Thanks

Galaxy S2 i9100 running ICS
[Android Apps and Games] duke69111:
This is great news. Thanks for your work on this app. I as well as a lot of other people really appreciate it. Glad to see you are back at it. Here's looking forward to a great ICS version.

Not sure what I need to do, but I would be happy to help test if needed. I have a Verizon galaxy nexus and a Kindle Fire running ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
I was using 1.0 for a while now until I just got ICS.

I'd be more than happy to test if you still need testers. Please let me know how to help.

Will there be some ability to disable vibrate notification in the new version?
[Android Apps and Games] Prof. Yaffle:
I'd like to test it please.
[Android Apps and Games] zachjen:
I'd love to test this. Used the app before i got my galaxy nexus and have been sorely missing this app
[Android Apps and Games] torchedlh:
I'm up for testing! Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] zachjen:
any news on the new version? kind of quiet in here
[Android Apps and Games] Truckin'Ain't4Sissies:
I'm DTF (Down To Flash), when your ready Sir.

-Truckin-
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Just as a heads up, an alternative solution would be to follow @amazonappstore on Twitter. If you're not a Twitter user, just sign up expressly to follow that account, then get an app that does a widget. Set the widget up to show you the latest tweet. Amazon posts to Twitter immediately after making the app free, which is around 00:15 PST (GMT-8). If you are a heavy Twitter user, see if you can find a widget that will only show one followed account, or set up a second account just to follow that one. The link in the Tweet will take you to the Amazon page for it, in your browser (or the one built into the Twitter client, possibly). If you're logged into Amazon there, you can "buy" the app and it will land in your account; you would still need to go into the Appstore app to download/install it, but you could do that at any time.

The Amazon FAD has been really bad lately. I just check it on Facebook, but they wait until about 15-18 hours in to post there. But I'm personally sick of Amazon Appstore for Android. Seems like there are updates to apps every few days, or so it says. When I get into the app, no apps need updating. If that's what Amazon has to resort to, false notifications, to get you into their storefront, I think there's an issue, at least one of trust.
[Android Apps and Games] CheriePie:
Cody, please consider me for part of your test group. I had been using v3.2 with my OG Evo but since upgrading to ICS on the Evo LTE, this app no longer works.

I previously sent you an email back in June too, through the app's interface. I hope I'm able to help you test the new version. Thanks! :)
[Android Apps and Games] flawedlegacy:
Any update on this? Would love to get the reminder set up
[Android Apps and Games] AySz88:
Yours?

Hm, stumbled across a very similar-looking app - is that the updated version of this app? Or did someone else just do something similar? (I wouldn't be surprised since it doesn't seem like development is very active right now...)
[Android Apps and Games] duke69111:
I'm pretty sure Skylark95 is a different developer and he's keeping his app updated. I helped him test the notification feature on boot and the error message it was throwing a couple of weeks ago. He's built a really solid and reliable app. Its one of the few if not the only one that works on 4.1/4.2 If you were looking for a replacement since this one died, I would definitely check it out.
[Android Apps and Games] Skylark95:
I just did something similar. A little while back I was looking for an app that would give me a reminder for the free app of the day and when I couldn't find one that did quite what I wanted I wrote my own to practice for a job interview and get one foot into android development.

As the app gained users I decided to rewrite it with a new UI and make it open source. The app is currently in beta, but is quite stable and should be out of beta in the next one or two updates. I usually try to put a few hours a week into the app and answering questions and feature requests.
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
I'm sorry to hear that. Do you know if you had a data signal at the time the reminder was set to go off? It does require a data signal. It's possible you had poor signal and the query failed.

Can you open the app and click on the option to test the reminder? See if that works just to verify the app works.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Thanks. I really appreciate the feedback. I'll be uploading to the Market later today. If you'd like to support future development please consider purchasing the market version. If not I understand and hope you enjoy the app.

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] eSZee:
The reminder test works and the phone had wifi all night.

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[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Do you have a reboot scheduled, auto task killer running, or anything that might have dismissed the notification?

Thanks,

Cody
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
Great app man. Now one less thing to remember :-)

Inspired from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
[Android Apps and Games] washere:
DELETED. Didn't see the stuff above. My bad...
[Android Apps and Games] cody_04l:
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you both enjoy it.

I will be uploading it to the market tonight. I plan on having it be a pay app on the market to support future development. I have a one year old, a 2.5 year old, and a baby due in August on top of a full time job I need something to justify the time I spend on these apps...:)

If anyone chooses not to pay for the market version I'll always post the apk here for updates.

Thanks,

Cody