[Android Apps and Games] llewlem888:
Some complaints here. I love YAATA, I first installed it when it was in about ALPHA 02 version, and I've used it as my primary daily driver sms app since then, and exclusively since one of the late alpha versions, and I've donated as much as I could. In the past, I've had issues with MMS failing to send and display properly(on t-mo), but sending issues have been fixed. However, some things irk me substantially.

1) Some time ago, a permanent notification was added, so one can begin to compose from the notification area, but there doesn't seem to be any way to remove this. It being on by default is fine with me, but since I don't send very many texts, and I never use this method of composing anyway, I find it to be an incessant annoyance. I want to be allowed to prevent this cluttering of my notification area.

2) When attaching images to a message, frequently the image will be rotated, not in the same orientation as it was taken our as it appears in any other image display app. Maybe this has something to do with an image compression process your app uses, but it's definitely wild and ANNOYING to me, my friends, and my colleagues, especially my boss. Only pattern here I can identify is that the photos are mostly rotated counter-clockwise 90°, next most often 180°, next most 0° rotation, and almost never 90° clockwise. This apparently happens only in YAATA, not stock app or any other msg app I've tried, and I've tried a few, though not exhaustively. It apparently happens unpredictably, whatever the source of the pics, be it my phone's camera, screenshots of my phone, pics downloaded from the Internet of random resolutions, and pics and screenshots from my tablet, which has diff screen res but same camera res compared to my phone. In the hope it might help anyone, I have an lg-d415, which captures pics at 2560x1920(4:3), screen resolution is 939x539(?:? ratio). I just want pics to not rotate when attaching them to messages.

3) There doesn't appear to be any way any more to open the contact profile of the person that you are conversing with, or to add the number to contacts. For saving new numbers I can still call them quickly, then end before it connects, and quickly press the "add to contacts" button, but for saved numbers there's no way to get to their profile so I can send them an email, paste in an edit to their name or other details, or visit their Facebook profile. Maybe just put back the link to "view contact" just below the "call" option in the menu.

4) Where is scheduled sending? I think the feature went missing around the first BETA release, but I don't remember. I'd like to use it, but I can't find it, and I'm quite sure I've used it before, and the description still proclaims it's possible, but it appears to have been removed. It's fine with me if it's removed to maintain a small code size, it's not a necessary feature for me or most people, but descriptions of the app should be consistent with its features.

Easy to use floating conversation bubbles are nice, but I consider the above to be higher priorities, and probably all simpler to implement in ~2.5MiB code, which I applaud as a fantastically good size.

I like giving you money, and I'm going to continue to use YAATA for all of the foreseeable future because IMHO it's the best messaging app ever in the history of computing, and it's made by an apparently very competent(if overworked) developer, but I could more easily recommend it to friends and use it myself without reservations if it were better in small ways. As it is now, I avoid sending pics by MMS, and use email instead.

I've never messed with reading logs and such on Android, but I have done it quite a bit in FreeBSD and Linux, and I'm not afraid to, I just don't know what tools are most useful here. I'll read and do something if someone tells me what tools I need, even if I have to pay a bit of money. I just want an unreservedly awesome messaging app.