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[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
But adding multiple tags could be a tedious job for the user, no?

Or maybe you mean: for each tag, create it and choose which apps have this tag ?

In any case, I will consider adding this feature as I see it can be useful.

Maybe I will add a poll here somewhere about the feature that people will want. Is it possible to do it on XDA ?

About the feature you've shown of the home button, it's very cool. I guess on-screen navigation buttons has its own advantages.

What would you like me to check about it? Ask them if I can set an icon there instead of what you've shown?

As I remember, there are roms that let you choose from multiple items when dragging the home button (and not just "google now" item). Maybe it's available for you too?
[Android Apps and Games] maddbomber83:
User creates a tag.

- User can 'edit' tag where they are presented a list of all apps and check boxes.

- User can select a tag (not in edit mode) and see all the apps that have that tag.

- An app can have multiple tags.

For my use I'll just use the extra soft key from Gravity Box to launch your App Manager.

- In the future it would be nice (maybe through an exposed module) if you are able to completely replace the built in app manager.

I'll discuss with the developer of the XGEL about adding the ability to chose a custom target for his icon swapping. I'll give you a hollar if he adds that feature.

Again, thank you for the new manager, I very much like it and look forward to your future development.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Yes, I think I understand the tagging part.

Thank you for your support.

Also, I am very happy to announce I got published on the official XDA website:

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/supercharge-your-android-app-management/

Thank you guys for making this happen.

Can't wait to work on my next cool project.

I have plenty of original ideas. Can't believe I didn't do it before.
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
About that testing part, yesterday night.

I meant that only superbeam app shows up in sharing list out of all those wifi direct sharing app. And yes, the sharing was successful and hassle free.
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
A g+ community would be good for you.. When you have time...
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
A review for your app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHAZ1HkSlsk&feature=youtu.be

So, I have made and uploaded a review as promised. Hope you like it.

Please give me feedback on how I can improve.

If you don't like it, I can prepare another one tomorrow in my free time.
[Android Apps and Games] Siyad@AM:
Simple & Awesome :)
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
First of all, thank you for making a video.

Second, here are my points about the videos:

1. The main reason I didn't make the video myself is because I have an accent , and you have an accent too... :(

Another reason is that I don't have Kitkat, and other solutions don't work well, but I can overcome this somehow...

Maybe instead you could put a short caption before each feature you show?

This way you could even put music while showing it.

2. For some reason the colors on the screen seem weird. Everything that was blue on Holo style is now yellow/brown...

Even the app icon look different.

Did you change the theme of the entire OS ?

3. On 1:30, you've found a bug on the sharing dialog. I didn't mean icons to have different sizes. They should all have the same size. I will fix it right away.

Thank you for this.

Please, when versions 1.08 ( version code 10 ) will be out, could you please check it out again?

4. You've missed some key features : sorting apps, app widgets, searching apps, auto creation of shortcuts, background uninstallation...

Also, long clicking on some items change as they have more options (for example, items that can be reset by their internal storage will have "Clear data(ROOT)" .

5. when you showed the sharing dialog, you said "an APA file", instead of "an APK file"
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Sadly I don't have much time.

In fact, I don't use Google plus much, and I'm not sure how to create a new community. Now that I think about it, maybe I already made one for the beta testing, where I added fake accounts to check out the donation part.

I also wish to work on new cool original projects that I've thought of, that I didn't find any alternative on the play store.

I also have a job that I need to go to every day...

Some day, maybe I will work 100% on my own.

What I think should be fair is that I will make milestones of popularity of each app, where each time the app reaches such a milestone, I will publish a new version with cool features and better UX (in terms of speed , elegance and usefulness) .

Since I have ideas for both this app and new apps, I also find it hard to decide what to do next. I also didn't expect such good reviews and success, especially not from XDA, where it seems everyone here is at least a hacker from a young age... (just kidding).
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Thank you .
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
Thank you for your feedback.

and about your concerns,

1) I never myself knew about having an accent, had been speaking this way since KG. And I will add some captions and subtitles in a day or 2 onto the vid.

2) That is a bug with Rec. screen recorder. No matter what I tried, it seemed that way, so I just kept it.

3) I'll update my review accordingly after all cosmetic bugs are fixed. I'll be waiting to test a newer version.

4) I forgot about those, will add them when I update my review.

5) That is my way of pronounciation 'APKAAY" . As you said, accent. I'll try to be more clear next time.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
1. You don't have an Indian (from India, not from America) accent ?

It's ok. I like accents, especially when people try talking in Hebrew. I have a terrible Hebrew accent myself, but till now I barely speak English. There's no way people from the US or England hear me without wondering what's this accent. Most of the time I just read or write.

I can put a link if you wish, maybe inside a list of reviews, but putting the video on the main page ... Sorry for that.

2. You could use the method of doing it via Kitkat:

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-screen-record-kitkat

3. published. You will all get a new update waiting soon enough.

4. ok.

5. Is it possible to replace a video on Youtube? or edit one?
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
no worries, I will continue to provide suppot anyway.

And about replacing, I'll take this one down and upload a newer one.
[Android Apps and Games] inquisitor03:
Installed onto my Nexus 5. Certainly going to reduce some thumb strain constantly scrolling up and down looking for apps :good:

Good work, Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
So, I thought about the UI, and how you could make it look better.

You can show your Apps list like Google Play's my apps section, as opposed to how the UI is now.

Also you can shift all other options, except for search, to a hamburger menu on the left(even the settings, like google has been doing).

These Changes in UI will look more user friendly and pleasing too
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Those are good ideas.

Yes, I thought about it a lot, and I decided that the "Hambuger menu" ( which is called "navigation drawer/menu" , BTW) should be at least shown for tablets, since they have a lot of space.

I also thought about adding more filters that the user can choose , though I wasn't sure which filters to add (currently the only filter is "system apps", and even this isn't quite optimized).

I could also put the "sort by" feature on the navigation area (right near the app icon on the action bar), so it's also easier to see by which sorting criteria it's sorted by.

I know the UI is very basic for now, and I want to at least allow the user to change the theme to the light-theme for the next version. Maybe also add a "what's new" dialog to help people catch up with the new stuff (instead of looking for it on the play store).

Absouloutly , this is something that will change, but I will do it in steps.
[Android Apps and Games] KNIGHT97:
That would be good enough, and keeping the rollout of features slow, you can keep people interested longer, and even the most basic users feel at home with this.
[Android Apps and Games] thadoukuki:
Can someone upload or share the link of the app here. I don't have Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I'm not sure it can work for devices without the play store since it uses the play store services. I don't mind putting the APK file here, but not sure if it will work well, if at all.

Also, a part of the app is for donation and ads, so in order for the app to run on your device, those should be removed and that's not fair for users who donated to remove the ads.

Plus I won't get anything in return.... :(
[Android Apps and Games] VDI-IDV:
If I (affter App Manager restart), went first on 3 dots menu to disable some app, it's no rut permission. But if I tap first directly on app icon to open uninstall option, SuperSU window pop up "granted superuser permission" and after that I could go back on 3 dots menu to disable app without problem. There is obviously differences how those two operations trigger root permission.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Can you please take a video showing this?

Or a step-by-step?

The root dialog should only be seen once. I don't ask for this each time I perform a root operation. The app holds the root permission as long as it runs, to avoid asking again and again for it.
[Android Apps and Games] VDI-IDV:
Video is in the attachment.

First few second SuperSU settings an how NDRU take permission, after that first attempts to disable app, second attempt after close/start and on the end AppManager settings.

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Odd . I was sure it worked fine. I will change the way it works. I think I know why it happens.

Is there maybe anything else you'd want to add to this new version? something tiny perhaps?

How about translation? Could you help there a bit?
[Android Apps and Games] VDI-IDV:
Ok, thanks. Regarding new options, maybe later if you have time, add options to disable and/or enable Auto Run, at least for third party applications.

I'm keen to help with translation on Serbian, latin. How I saw someone already started with translation and I'm going to join them.

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I think Serbian is better to translate to than Latin (there isn't even a choice there for Latin). :)

Am I correct? I thought it's more like a cool language used in holy scripts and in fantasy movies, yet nobody really use it nowadays, no?

Anyway, thank you for contributing.

I will now publish a new version. Expect a new update in the next few hours. :)
[Android Apps and Games] VDI-IDV:
:cool: Noo in Serbia are in the use two alphabets, calling Latin and Cyrillic, no any connection with ancient Latin language :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Didn't know that. I thought that there is just "Latin". Didn't know there is "ancient Latin" too.

Though now that I think about it, a lot of languages have an ancient version, even Hebrew (yet I think in Hebrew it's just the letters that look very different than what we have today).

About the feature of auto-start, some others also asked about it, but prefer to add other features first, especially since messing around with auto-start apps could harm the way apps work.

Currently I work on a feature that I think should be useful for all devices, and not just rooted ones. I hope I will be able to publish a new version with this feature by the end of next week (we have Passover holiday).
[Android Apps and Games] VDI-IDV:
After last update regarding root permission all works fine. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
[MENTION=6555716]VDI-IDV[/MENTION] Thank you for your patience. Please re-consider changing the rating of the app.

In any case, I think I've found a bug, but I want to be sure about it and if it's just on my case:

steps:

1. I have Android 5.1 on my Galaxy S3 (I9300). I wonder if it happens on other Android versions too.

2. choose multiple apps.

3. then choose to open in the play store.

The bug is that it doesn't open multiple instances of the play store. It used to do it well, but maybe something has changed (Play store app itself, probably).

If you choose to open via Amazon App Store, it actually works fine.

I've tested it on both the official version on the play store, and the experimental version I'm currently working on.

Can anyone else please confirm this? And please tell me on which Android versions you've tested it?
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
ok, I don't know what caused this bug, but I've fixed it.

The fix will be added to the next version, along with the new feature I've been working on for a long time and some optimizations and bugs fixed as usual.
[Android Apps and Games] vikasb32:
[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] now u should focus on ui it did not match with lollipop color ui
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I'm working on a big feature (can also send you an APK if you wish) , but I can try to add this. What did you have in mind about colors?
[Android Apps and Games] vikasb32:
Yes u can send me the apk and u can give user to choose color like in screenshoot is e2to implement
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Sorry. Not going to be on the near version. Hope to add it on the next one, when things get stable enough.

About APK, email me and I will email you what I'm working on. Do note that once an official version will be out, you will probably need to uninstall what I send you.
[Android Apps and Games] vikasb32:
check your mail
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Sent you. Still has some issues and lacks some functionality. Hope to publish it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Finally published my new beta version (1.21 - 121), with the new feature called "Removed apps".

This feature is available for both rooted and non-rooted devices, and will show you previously removed apps, so that you could re-install them later if you wish to.

The list includes apps from all possible sources (Play Store, Amazon App Store and other/APKs).

Clicking on a single item will try to reach the appropriate App-Store (Google's or Amazon's) .

For now, you can't customize this feature (will show up to 1000 items on final version), but I plan on adding some customizations and more features in the future.

You can however, perform the next operations:

- search, sort, remove items.

- search via the internet

- open on play-store or Amazon App Store

- batch operations: remove and open on play-store or Amazon App Store.

Because I can't really get information of removed apps, I had to store this data myself, so the list will only get filled when uninstalling apps since the time you've updated to the new version.

Please let me know if you find any issues. It was quite a challenging operation and took me over 2 months (because it required a huge change "under the hood", as the app wasn't ready for this).

I've also updated the English strings file, so that translators could start working on it till I publish the new version for everyone.

Hope you'll all like the new feature.

Happy Passover (for all Jews , like me) ! And Easter (for Christians) !
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Someone has reported a crash when upgrading to the beta version.

Can anyone confirm that it always occur? Does the crash cause the app to not be usable anymore?
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Uninstall reinstall fixed it
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Then it's an upgrade issue. Will check it out .

EDIT: I've also found a crash myself: choosing to open the play store page of a single app will cause a crash. Will fix this too.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I've now fixed this upgrade issues, and also another issue I've found.

Please let me know if you find any other issues.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
You guys think the version is stable enough to be published for all ?

I don't see any reports anymore...

Also, would it be better to put some customization for the new "removed apps" tool before publishing the new version?
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
I've got no issues... A OK here
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Have you used the new tool?
[Android Apps and Games] Christiancs1969:
Yes can't fault it .. Will also be very handy..
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
ok, let's do it :good:
[Android Apps and Games] lpchester7:
Promising

This app is a step ahead for managing apps. Really like the features (sorting by size, precise size, search on internet, re install).. blah blah.. :p
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Thank you. Nice to read such things.

Can you please tell me what you think about the issue I wrote?
[Android Apps and Games] lpchester7:
here's my little experience with tools

Tools-

#Installed Apps

Sharing app(s) shares a html file (bluetooth_content_share.html) to the device containing links to playstore.

#APK files

Sharing apk files is indeed problematic. I'm on LP 5.1 so cant really reply for others.

What I experienced is that when I try to share a single apk file it works fine (shared with my laptop via bluetooth). But if I try to share multiple files it will send a html file.

#Removed Apps

This is a nice feature where I can track my uninstalled app history. So now I don't have to visit PlayStore for this.

---------- Post added at 10:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------

You have a lots of ideas. Can't really tell which one is the best. If you can execute any of 'em and share the beta apk here. We are definitely up for trying. I like all the ideas combined (compressed.zip, creating new files, renaming files, blah blah..) :D

Here's how I see your combined ideas:

Q. Instead of a compressed.zip. Can the apk files be created under a temporary folder with the apk files being renamed automatically when they are created under that folder. And then deleted automatically or with a prompt after file sending is completed.

EG:

(Visible to user)

+Sharing apps

-App manager.apk	///base.apk (original name)

-Backup manager.apk	///base.apk (original name)

[#] (Invisible to user) (background tasks)

+"Creating Temporary Folder"

+Creating new files

---App Manager.apk	///(renamed from base.apk)

---backup manager.apk	///(renamed from base.apk)

+sending apk files

+files sent

[II] (Visible to user)

+Yes/No	///prompt to delete

[#] (Invisible to user) (background tasks)

+deleting temporary folder and files"

[III] (Visible to user)

+Sharing Completed!	///:p

btw, I have no idea if you'll get what I'm trying to say.. :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Sharing as HTML is what the BT app decided to do with the text I've sent. other apps could do other things with it (like WhatsApp and Gmail).

About APK, this is weird that you say it sends HTML file when choosing multiple files. To which app do you choose to send this way?

About the new "Removed Apps" tool, this was my intention. I don't like the tool of the Play Store, so I've made this one instead. Much easier to sort and search for old apps.

For now, it's limited to storing&showing up to 1000 items. I think it should be enough, but maybe I should add some customizations for it. I can also add the ability to disable this tool, in case people don't want to use it.

According to what I have on the device, the average storage usage per item on the list takes about 4KB (could be different for other devices), so I don't think it should be an issue for people that my app takes up to ~4MB for this tool.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I had this idea too, but sadly the Android OS doesn't tell me when another app has finished sending the file/s I've sent to it.

There isn't an event "App X has finished using file Y" , so I have no idea when it's a good time to remove the file.

That's issue number #1 that I've written about. I also don't like the fact I need to prepare the files that already exist, but that's a tiny issue compared to when to delete the files.

I also thought of another way to solve it, but it's weird: show a notification to the user : " click here when you are done sending the file". It's weird because even the user can't know when the other app has finished using the file...

I've written about this issue here, and even suggested Google to have some solutions about it here. I hope I can find a way to overcome this.

The only solution that I've found is symlinks, but that might not even work, and even if it does work, I can't know for sure that it will work on any device out there.

The only safe solution for me would probably give the user a dialog where to copy the renamed files (or compressed file) to (into a folder of the user's choice), and then it's up to the user what to do with them.

I really hope I can come out with a good solution for those issues. None of what I've thought about isn't problematic. :(
[Android Apps and Games] lpchester7:
I've tried sending xplore, app manager (your app), whatsapp.. etc

To be approx I've tried sending 2-3 apps at a time without repeating any app on the second try.

Yes, this could be the bluetooth problem. Btw, Who uses bluetooth for file transfers these days anyways. Wifi works perfect. But just to try this feature I tried sending it to my laptop over bluetooth as I dont have any other phone right. I'll try this with an android device via wifi and let you know about it.
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Sending APK files is the main issue, because all of them have the same file name (which I cannot rename directly). Before Lollipop, each APK file had a unique name, so this wasn't an issue.

About testing, you could just send the APK files to a file-manager app of your choice. What I've found is that files being sent this way can override each other, so you are left with a single file instead of multiple ones..

I don't think sending links of apps is an issue.
[Android Apps and Games] lpchester7:
Annoying name "base.apk"

You are right. "base.apk" just kills this feature in LP.

I've no idea how the codes are written and what's possible for LP 5.1 but is this possible:

After sending is completed, the 2nd device clicks on a promt message to dismiss the task which on the other hand sends a confirmation to the first device regarding the task is completed.

I know you might have had all these ideas but it's just my noob curiosity :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidDeveloperLB:
I am not aware of anything on Lollipop that can help me with this. The OS doesn't tell me when it's safe to delete the files.

My app cannot understand when other apps are done using the files I send to them.

About devices, I don't really deal with BT. I only let the user choose which app to use to send the files to. I didn't do anything with BT on my app. That's the beauty on Android : you just send something, and the user can choose any app to deal with this something you've sent.

The BT has an app too, so when you choose it in the list, my app sends the files-paths to it (via the OS) , and from now on, it's up to the BT app to deal with the files, while my app doesn't know anything about what you did there (and even if you really decided to send the files).

My app can only know about the very beginning of the process, when I show the dialog that tells you which app to use. From there, only the user and the other app know what's going on.

And this is why my app cannot know when to delete the files. It could take a second to send the files, and it could take hours...
[Android Apps and Games] LordArcadius:
Cool
[Android Apps and Games] lpchester7:
For now lets just keep it simple for lollipop I guess. Unless there is something from G:eek:GLE :

1. compressed.zip method for sending apk files.

2. and regarding the deletion of compressed.zip, we can just ask our friend if the transfer is done and then delete it manually. :p