yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
I have got some feedback from some people and I started working on improvements. Those are now available in the play store (see OP for link).

The following things were addressed:

- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.

- Every image has a unique id now (a code)

- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code

- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites

- You can open the source webpage of an image

- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog

And some images to indicate the changes :)
[Android Apps and Games] JohnnyEpic:
Fan of NASA. Fan of wallpapers. Now a fan of the OP. Nice work.

Suggestion, Post this app to the Nasaspaceflight.com (forums). I'd ask a moderator where to post an they are a bit harsh on rules at times.

Thank you for your contribution. Clean work.

Sent from the Mars Rover.
[Android Apps and Games] 0903thijs:
Beautiful nifty little app and enjoying the translation option to Dutch. Just bought the in-app ad-removal!

Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] gersto:
Nice been hoping for a new app, the last few stopped working some time ago. Good job!
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks for the nice words, really appreciate them! I checked out the website you mentioned, but it seems they would only post it as advertisements (and although it's pretty cheap, starting $50/month), I don't have that kind of funds (at least not yet). So I think I have to at least postpone that :(

Thanks Thijs, your help is really appreciated and I will do everything in my power to keep the app as cool as it is and keep it updated! ...although I found a bug today, but that'll be addressed :)

Thank you and you're welcome!
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
$50 a month is not a fair rate for which to share a free app with space enthusiasts. I would just post it, and if they delete it, accept it and move on. If they delete the post, they're probably not as interested in space as they claim to be.

Also, I think an option to request setting wallpaper would be appropriate. The other day, it automatically set a pretty lame picture as wallpaper. On its own it wasn't lame at all, it was comparing planets' size (or mass). On its own it's a good picture, but it's a graph, and not really a good choice for a wallpaper. They also regularly post stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) images that would make poor wallpaper choices. I've actually taken to disabling the automatic wallpaper and checking it every couple days, and changing my wallpaper if the new one warrants it, so I suppose that is just as well.
[Android Apps and Games] 0903thijs:
I second your thoughts on the automatic wallpaper selection (had the exact same experience with the graph wallpaper).

Also, today I tried the app on a nexus 7 running android 4.2.1 and it just crashed on launch (I sent the crash report to Google hoping that it will eventually reach you). So I was wondering whether you could add support for nexus 7 devices.
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Ok, so I typed a complete answer in like 20 minutes and previewed it to check it for errors and guess what? Windows 8 decided to reboot because it installed even more bugs on my computer, ...sigh... Have to retype it again, hold on, will take some time, since I have to go to work now first :)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Good point, I'll try to check it out later today again. I'll post the results when I have done that :).

During the development of the app this has crossed my mind several times, but I could not come up with a good solution. Now the app is live, I too think not all images are suitable wallpapers, especially the ones you mentioned. However, I still like the "unattendedness" of automatically setting the wallpaper, so I have given it some more thought and I think I have come up with a (partial) solution for this "issue".

1. When a new image is available, it will be automatically set as wallpaper

2. A notification will be created with two buttons (revert to previous and randomly select from favorites)

3. Clicking on one of the buttons will directly result in a new wallpaper being set (thus without any more interaction)

4. Clicking on the notification (outside of the buttons), opens a screen with e.g. 10 randomly selected images which you can then set as wallpaper with one click (with or without the possibility to crop).

This is open for discussion for me though, but I think it would be quite cool as I described :)

Ouch! That should certainly not happen. I did try it on the emulator with the same specs and that worked (except for the layout, but that will be addressed). I also tried it in an electronics store where I live (lol) and that worked too. I have seen some crash reports, so I will be addressing them, my question for now is: did you experience this issue after it was correctly started once, or doesn't it start at all? I will try to reproduce it again in the emulator. I am aware of an issue that sometimes occurs after you re-focus the app after a long time of inactivity, that issue has been solved, I'm not sure if your issue is related to that.

On a sidenote I have been working on indexing the NASA image of the day images too. I will add those in Fresco too, but the only question is: when you have the auto wallpaper feature enabled, which one will be selected? :)
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Your solution can work, but maybe it's too complicated. I like the random idea. Maybe show the new image (JB expanded notification) and say "Set, Random, Pick". Set makes it your wallpaper. Random takes one from your favorites, like you said. And Pick opens your favorites and lets you pick one. Set and Random crop for you, where Pick would let you crop it yourself.

Full disclosure: I'm actually rocking the live wallpaper from GO's neXt Launcher, though. (The launcher is $15.99 -- ouch! -- but the LWP is free. Not plugging it, just saying. But I will go back to space wallpapers sooner than later, I don't like what LWP's do to my battery. And GO stuff is kinda terribad anyway, but this one at least looks nice.)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Just a little work-in-progress update: I've been investigating and addressing some crash reports, some happen when you rotate the screen, others when you re-activate the app after a certain time and some I'm still not sure of, but I'm working hard to fix them a.s.a.p. In the meanwhile I'm working on the auto set wallpaper feature, which has boiled down to this:

1. You have an option 'auto set wallpaper' (same as now)

2. Extra selection 'Notification type': 'None', 'Auto set and notify' and 'Don't set and notify'. None is the same as now, Auto set and notify sets the wallpaper, but creates a notification with (on JB) two options: Revert and pick random favorite and when clicked (for all versions) opens an activity in which I will show two images: top half of the screen resp. The old image (when type is set to 'Auto set and notify', or the new image (when type is set to 'Don't set and notify'). On the bottom half it will show a random image chosen from favorites (or some handpicked by me if you don't have favorites). Clicking on one of both will change the wallpaper, always with crop option, except the 'revert' image.

I think that will suit the needs of nearly everyone :) At least I hope so ;) I hope this functionality will be done in a day or two. Expect a new version before or in the coming weekend.

Wow, that's quite a steep price for a launcher app, although it looks quite cool! As said, I'm working hard on a solution, expect it it in a day or two (or three, maybe four or even five ^^).
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Alright, some more info. I've finished the 'unattended' part of the 'new wallpaper' notification. With unattended I mean the Jelly Bean actions in notifications. See below for a screenshot of what it would look like when a new wallpaper has been automatically set.

Is that how you guys would like to see it? Clicking on the notification will open a selection dialog, but that has not been fully implemented yet.

Thanks for the feedback!
[Android Apps and Games] Ticklefish:
This looks like fun. Thanks, I'll give it a try!
[Android Apps and Games] bonzer2u:
Looks great to me, thanks again...
[Android Apps and Games] Scarface1991:
Man I love space and this App is really great. Beautiful pictures with explanations and the app itself has a great design. Keep up the good work. :)

Offtopic:

If there is someone else into space, check out this free awesome game, called space engine. It`s a space simulator which let`s you explore distant stars, their planets and even land on them. You can also fly to and explore distant galaxies, which is a lot of fun if you are into this kind of stuff. A user has also written an Android Game based on Space Engine but it`s of course not even close to the Windows version.

Check it out here:

http://en.spaceengine.org/
[Android Apps and Games] A_U:
wow wonderful idea :) gudluck with this !

and could u keep updating OP with an apk file ? will be very much appreciated..

thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] THeLogiC:
awesome app and its very fluid. :)

I got FC on opening an icon in image archive(which looks like an video icon)

can send a logcat if you want
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks! Much appreciated and have fun with it (cause that's why I made it :))

Good to hear, I'll continue that path, expect it to be done soon!

Thank you for your words. About Space Engine: Sounds really nice, I will check it out today!

Thanks and I have never thought about posting the actual APK and updating the OP, I will do that from now on!

Thanks and please send the logcat, I have some crash reports from which about half is already fixed, but moar logcat means fast0r solutions :)

The crashes are mostly happening when rotating or restoring the app, it's kinda hard to test everything, so I expected these kind of crashes before releasing, but I assure you guys that I am really eager to give everyone a perfect experience, I will do everything I can to fix all of them a.s.a.p. (crashes should really never occur if you ask me ^^)
[Android Apps and Games] Maneth:
Very good idea, i like it ! Just test Fresco this morning on my P970, and all right.

So, i wait to give a try on N7 ! ;)

Good job, keep this ! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
I like this very much.

However, I uninstalled it :(. Why? Because is place a large amount of data on /data/data.... and space on /data is in short supply! The images must be stored on the sdcard! If the current wallpaper needs be cached on nand, ok, but no more than that.

If there be an upgrade along these lines, maybe let me know!

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Jens Christensen:
What a nice app :) Installed it and promptly bought the ad-free version.
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Hi Dovidhalevi,

Sorry to hear you uninstalled the app. Fresco does not use your /data/data location to store images. It will store a small amount of cache, but everything else is stored on your sd card in the root (a folder called Fresco (Nasa Image Browser) ). Fresco, however, makes use of a predefined database which contains the information about all images. That database is about 28 MB, but should not grow. To solve your issue, please move the app to the SD card (so it will not be stored in /data/data). You can do so in the application management:

Please let me know if that solves your problem!
[Android Apps and Games] Feregorn:
Thanks mate. Great app!
[Android Apps and Games] dave7802:
Very nice app!!!

I love it!! Love Astronomy so much!

And for your first app, its a very nice app indeed :) well done!!

Two minor things i would add to make this flawless.

The Random image section, A feature to go to the previous one, i hit random too many times and missed a beautiful image, and cannot find it now :)

And in the Image Archive, when viewing a image, Allow for swiping right or left to go back and forward between images instead of using the buttons

in the top right hand corner,

But indeed a very nice app. Looking forward to seeing any future development on this,

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Awesome, thanks :)

Wow, never thought of that! I will add it in the next release (scheduled for before monday)!

You can! ...however, it only works on the image and because the page is scrolling vertically in most cases, the swipe often is not correctly recognized. I left it alone to check whether people would use it, but I guess people do :) I will try to address this issue, but if you swipe carefully over the image (i.e. without vertically scrolling) it should actually work :)

Thank you and you're welcome! I will try to do my utter best to keep this app tip top and add more cool features on the go (I have a lot of ideas ;))
[Android Apps and Games] Humanio:
Thank you so much for this. I visit that website daily. I'll give it a run and report with feedback. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
For anyone interested, there are some reports about setting the wallpaper and Fresco not stretching the image if it's smaller than the actual screen, but in stead it centers the image. This issue only seemed to occur in the 2.2 emulator, but I know now it happens on real devices too. I dug into the gallery code of the android OS and I found a solution for that issue and it is already implemented as we speak. In the meantime you could use another crop app, e.g. the one of QuickPic ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder ), which. in my view, is an awesome app btw :)

I think a new release will be available before Monday. Thanks again for all your support and please hold on!
[Android Apps and Games] 0903thijs:
Re: [APP][2.2+] Fresco

Regarding the fcs on the nexus 7, I think I found the culprit of the problem. On my nexus 7 device, there are 2 user accounts. On the main user account I can open and use the app without any problems. However on the second user account, the app fcs on startup. In fact I've never been able to open the app so far. So, I think that the app is somehow not compatible with a second user account. No big problem, since I can access both user accounts, but it would be nice if you can fix the bug (perhaps other (nexus 7) users can confirm the bug first?).

Cya,

Thijs
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks for the info, it might actually make sense! I think I can simulate this in the emulator, I'll let you know my findings regarding this issue soon! Today I eliminated most of the bugs (in the reports users sent me) and although I am still struggling with an OutOfMemory problem with the wallpaper notification feature, the new version is almost done. I even managed to get the 'go to previous' in the random image page feature implemented :)
[Android Apps and Games] yourmotherowns:
Wow this is a great app! I've been lurking around this site for a couple months but haven't really needed to post anything and this is the first time I wanted to. Ever hear of the facebook page "I F****** Love Science"? this app belongs on there. :D
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
I'm very short in time at the moment, but I can confirm that (if no strange problems occur during today's testing) today a new version will be uploaded to the play store and added to the OP. As I have little time, here's a small screenshot of which issues will be done/fixed (the dutch text says: Fresco crashes because the favorites table is unavailable) -> red means not done/fixed.

Hold on for a few more hours :)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Finally! Fresco 1.2.0 has been officially released. I just uploaded it to the play store, so it will take a few hours before it comes available, but as soon as I have posted this message I will also attach it to the OP (so when you read this you can already download it manually, i.e. now ;))

I am kinda thrilled to release this version, because it fixes a lot of crashes (or at least for me it did and I hope for you guys too) and because a very nifty new feature: the 'Auto set wallpaper' setting notification, which I spoke about in earlier posts. When you enable 'Auto set wallpaper' you can now also create a notification. There are two different ones: auto and manual. Auto means 'Just set the wallpaper and notify me you did so and give me the possibility to revert it' and manual means 'Let me know a new wallpaper is available and give me the possibility to set it'. On Jelly Bean you can open the notification, but it also has two shortcut actions (revert and pick random on 'auto', set and pick random on 'manual'). Earlier versions 'just' let you open the notification. Opening the notification opens a neat dialog with horizontal swiping in which you can select the new/old wallpaper, current wallpaper and up to three alternatives picked from your favorites. If you have no favorites, three alternatives will be picked from some a pool of really neat images I selected myself :)

Here are some screenies of that:

Another change is the way images are displayed. Up to and including version 1.1.1, every image on the tabs Daily, Random and when navigating through them was always 350dp (something like 350 pixels). Now the image height is dynamic, it will now horizontally fit and then stretch the height to something that scales accordingly. Doubleclicking the image (or opening it fullscreen) will automatically zoom the image, so it will fill the complete screen. It feels more epic now imho :)))

Also another big improvent is the history of the random images tab. Everytime you click 'New image' the old one will be added to the history and you can browse through them with corresponding icons! So if you clicked too fast and missed the most epic image you've ever seen, you can now go back to it! Thank you, dave7802 !!!

Ahwell, I think that about sums it all, I only want to thank you all for the support and constructive feedback, it is very much appreciated!! A full changelog will be posted at the OP.

Thanks for reading and happy browsing :)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
On some devices setting the wallpaper still would not stretch correctly, so I decided to take control of the cropping and resize the image myself after you leave the crop dialog. It now seems to work correctly, I posted version 1.2.1 in the play store and updated the OP.
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Alright, I've been busy creating a promotional video of the app and I ended up in creating two of them.

The short version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgvCmB98Im8&feature=youtu.be

The full version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88o-cFvJRK0

I created the short version for in the play store and the full version is more for people who want a video with all features beinig shown at a slower pace, maybe for review sites?

I really would like some feedback on this (even if you think it's bad, cause then I know what has to be done ;))

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Yet another update! Version 1.3.0 has now been released, it will be uploaded to the market after I finish editing this post :)

Changelog:

- Added a complete archive of the Nasa image of the day (iotd) images (found on www.nasa.gov), over 2300!

- Added the latest iotd to the wallpaper selection screen

- Clarified the tabs on the wallpaper selection screen by making the page indicator lines thicker and moving them to the top

- Improved image resizing of smaller images (they will now stretch)

- Improved memory utilization when opening large images

Images showing the changes:

The main screen now shows 'Latest APOD' and 'Latest IOTD' in stead of 'Today's image'

The image archive now shows the source of the image in the top right corner (with a 50% transparency)

Choosing a new wallpaper after notification now has added the Latest IOTD image and the page indicators have been made thicker and moved to the top for clarity

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] wibber1981:
Wow! I really like the Nasa image archive just added! Great app and support! Keep 'em coming!
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
Thanks for this nice app,

but can't you move the 15 MB database to the internal storage?

It's a pita to have it on the small userdata partition.
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks and good point, I will take care of that in the next version of the app (so you can choose between internal storage and sd) :) I am also currently addressing the random lock-ups (black screen etc.) It seems to have something to do with Android's 'AsyncTask' mechanism, expect a new version soon and I hope that issue will be resolved too!
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
All these issues have been addressed in the latest version: 1.4.0! Check out the first post for a direct link to the new APK :) Hope you like it and have fun with it. As always, feedback would be much appreciated!

Here's the complete changelog:

- Rewrote background worker mechanism, this should fix all 'freeze' situations and make Fresco a lot more responsive (like it should)

- [3.0+] Added (scrollable) home screen widgets for today's image (Picture frame, just text or both)

- Fresco now chooses an appropriate location for cached images and this location is now editable in settings

- Notifications of new wallpapers didn't work until the app was started at least once

- In the select wallpaper dialog you can now open Fresco (to read the text of the image)

- Removed unused space on imageview (sometimes the text was even not visible without scrolling while half of the screen was black)

- [3.0+]Widgets are now clickable

- Automatically setting an IOTD image as wallpaper could fail

The widgets are the only really visible 'new' thing, but they are awesome (only 3.0+ though):
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Another small update, which fixes an issue on high resolution devices. If you add the picture widget on such a device, it is not stretched correctly, which is now fixed in version 1.4.1. Available in the play store in a few hours, available for direct download in the OP.

I'm still looking for people who want to translate the app. Even though the image text's are translated, the app itself could use more languages. Looking for anything else than Dutch and English, so if you have a spare half hour and know another language, please help out, you will be eternally thanked ;) Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] NineInchNails:
Re: [APP][2.2+] Fresco

Great job sir. Love the idea and glad someone thought the same as I about NasaImages
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP][2.2+] Fresco

What a great app. Excellent OP, made me more interested in trying out your app and I'm genuinely glad I did.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP][2.2+] Fresco

Can you add a .nomedia file to your cache folders to stop the images appearing in our media library? ;)
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Hey! I was wondering how to exclude the folders Fresco created from the media libraries, does this work in all (mainstream) media libraries? I will automatically add one to the thumbnail cache folder and I'll make a switch for the folder where downloaded images are stored (which will be enabled by default). Would that help?
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Sounds ideal. :thumbup: Looking forward to an update.

.nomedia files should work with all media libraries AFAIK

Btw I showed this app to an iPhone user the other day; he was so jealous! Don't you just love doing that?! :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks, I think an update is due in a day or two...

That just made my day :) Could you also add that as a market review, that would be awesome :)
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Review added. :beer:

PS. I have a small issue: I'm using the widget and if I tap on it the app should open - usually it doesn't, so I need to open from the app icon instead.

Nothing major, just thought you'd like to know to try and fix.
[Android Apps and Games] d-fader:
Thanks :)

Thanks for mentioning, I did notice it too, don't know exactly why it doesn't work all the time, I don't have a lot of time coming days, but I will fix it (probably after those days) :)