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[Android Apps and Games] lost020282:
hi i am from greece .i have the latest version 0.9.13.but the app stop sending sms and it says i must update.when i go to google play it says i have installed the latest...what is happening
[Android Apps and Games] blestsol:
You should try a different app until he gets around to putting effort into this one.
[Android Apps and Games] Dazzller:
Dual sim support.

Plz add dual sim support. It's must. Moto G 2013.
[Android Apps and Games] Ryano89:
Still nothing.. Oh well
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Sorry but sometimes the truth is harsh... Anyone who believes this guy will actually work on this app is damn oblivious and gullible. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] CaptainGoSlow:
Definitely a dev to be avoided in the future for me.
[Android Apps and Games] blestsol:
I told y'all.
[Android Apps and Games] Emilicious:
Awe damn, I totally didn't do any looking through of this post. This is incredibly disappointing. Been customizing and preparing my list for feature suggestions :/
[Android Apps and Games] MyOnlineAccount:
Yes. This project was abandoned, unfortunately. Sucks for those who paid for premium subscription. Use Textra SMS if you want something similar/better.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Can you attach a screenshot?
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
update posted!

Version 0.9.6.4 brings plenty of bug fixes pertaining to notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
:confused:

Tested sending sms to myself, the app force closed. Here is the log your app generated

USER_COMMENT=null

ANDROID_VERSION=5.1.1

APP_VERSION_NAME=0.9.0.6.4

BRAND=google

PHONE_MODEL=Nexus 5

CUSTOM_DATA=

STACK_TRACE=java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.String.trim()' on a null object reference

at com.tjm.receiver.NotificationHandler.createNotification(NotificationHandler.java:83)

at com.tjm.receiver.MessageHandler.addNewMessageToUI(MessageHandler.java:90)

at com.tjm.receiver.MessageHandler.handleIncomingMessage(MessageHandler.java:43)

at com.tjm.falcon.com.android.mms.transaction.SmsReceiverService.handleSmsReceived(SmsReceiverService.java:416)

at com.tjm.falcon.com.android.mms.transaction.SmsReceiverService.access$100(SmsReceiverService.java:75)

at com.tjm.falcon.com.android.mms.transaction.SmsReceiverService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(SmsReceiverService.java:209)

at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)

at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)

at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
Same.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I can't replicate this on my end. Can you try clearing app data in settings and retrying?

Also, send the crash report to my email, the logcat is cut off.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
You can see half of the word here but in conversation is is barely visible.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
hmm... That's very weird. I think I have a fix for that, but it's impossible to replicate on my end. Try the build I post later tonight please :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Please try update 0.9.6.5.apk, I think I've fixed it.
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
Fixed!
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
The send button is still like that with the new build, and now when in the conversation list the previews for the conversations, like the last text sent/received is not visible. It seems to be white text on white background.
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
Odd what device are you running?
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
I am on a Galaxy S4 Mini
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I'm going to load Jellybean on my droid eris and see if I can't replicate these bugs on my end.
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
Sorry, didnt see it until now. But latest version fixed it. Unfortunately lost quick reply, is it on purpose?

Isn't there an android emulator with the android sdk so you can test your app on several versions of android?
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
It's still there on my end, are you receiving normal notifications as well or were those lost?

Emulator doesn't work too well on my setup. I'm on a hackintosh.

Also, my email domain was down this weekend but is now back up, so I'll get all your bug reports from now on.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
My device runs KK
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
im getting normal notifications, like quick reply never existed
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I had a flag set to make sure incoming notifications don't replace currently composed quick replies, and that is causing the bug I think. I fixed that in addition to the wake screen option in the latest build
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
Fixed on 0.9.6.6. But still wont clear the notification on swiping the quick reply.

btw do you plan to make it able to choose a different bubble type(like google messenger bubbles)? And contact pics as avatar?

The animations are so fluid, nice work
[Android Apps and Games] astrosplatt:
I like it except for the white background on the main message screen. I thought switching to night mode would change that but it didn't even after a phone reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Android can be smooth after all :)
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
No attachment option.

I can't select attachment as a start to a new conversation. I must first send a normal text then I can go in to the conversation and start sending attachments.

And I can't send all photos, the app doesn't seem to resize the photos and just sends a broken image instead.

Other than that it's wicked fast so far!
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
+1

And I also add that it's not possible to just send a photo alone with no text.

-The first sending is not good (screenshot 1)

- The second one works (screenshot 2)

-The receive picture of the first sending which was borken is replaced by the picture of the second sending (screenshot 3)

[MENTION=6732305]TimboMachimbo[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I'm receiving a lot of crash reports pertaining to MMS, I'll take a look at this today.

Update: New update 0.9.6.7 - MMS now works flawlessly on my Lollipop HTC One, can other people test?
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
I saw nothing about it except it was on your to-do list... but is MMS over wifi available yet?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Does this app support infinite SMS retries, preferably every 30 seconds or so?

This is essential for the UK countryside :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I'm having difficulty understanding - what are infinite SMS retries?
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
from my understanding, he probably wants to know if, in case of failing to send a message(because of no cell reception or something), the app will keep retrying to send it every 30 seconds or something like that until it is sent
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yes; that's correct. The stock Samsung S6 SMS app throws an outgoing message away instantly if there is no signal at the moment you send it. I then tried another app (Hello SMS) which does the same. Now I am testing a 3rd one, Smitten SMS (also called Sliding SMS) which seems to work better but has done something strange to the phone (kept getting the "messaging has stopped" message so I followed the advice posted everywhere which is to delete the messaging cache).

My old Nokia (Symbian) would retry 6 times before giving up. Later I flashed it with the Delight CFW and got infinite retries, 3 minute intervals. That was OK but for many situations that's no good because if say the signal appears briefly right in between the 3 minute retries, the message will never get sent!

Clearly what is needed is a messaging app which detects when there is signal and tries to send the queued message(s) right there and then. Or, if that is impossible, retries every 10 seconds or so.

My S6 is rooted, of course :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
That would make an awesome addition. I'll add a battery saving mode to turn that feature off, of course.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
It seems like when I get a MMS it works fine, but this is only with pictures. It doesn't seem to work with group messages. Or sometimes it does a weird but where it says I got a message from the person but then when I go into the conversation list no message shows up. Also the send button bug is still happening, its nothing major however, app still works.
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
I second this! Also, could we get integrated translation? This would be a huge plus! I like how Samsung integrated their translation app into messaging but I want to use Falcon as my DD and I need the translation to be easy to use on a constant basis.
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
[MENTION=6732305]TimboMachimbo[/MENTION] when you decide to post this app to the play store you will probably have a huge boost in users(especially because you seem to be a really devoted dev and people value that a lot). I will surely recommend the app to my friends
[Android Apps and Games] matt310:
Is there a display or sms db size limit within the app?
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I would love to integrate translation into the app, it sounds really handy, but Google Translate is a paid API, which means I would have to charge for the service.

https://cloud.google.com/translate/v2/getting_started
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
I will look into alternatives. For translation that is.
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
Still mms issues

I still have some mms issues.

I still can't send big pictures, the app doesn't resize so I get a broken image instead.

Smaller ones seems to work though.

I can't send a picture without any text, there's only the attach button

But as soon as I put text there the send button appears.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Got contact pictures on the conversation view. To make the contact pics rounded like the the existing implementation, CPU usage is about 40% higher when scrolling very fast when compared to square. Quick poll, is this still worth it?
[Android Apps and Games] t114372:
So far good, just hope you will put a private box in or hidden messages that's automated
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
Would be cool.
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
Is it possible to get to send full sized pictures to others who have the app? I've been looking for an app like that. Really like the looks of this app and think it got great potential!
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
This would be nice as well!
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Definitely! I think I've cracked the code on the perfect flow for this, as well as a bunch of other great features. I don't want to go into specifics, but good things are coming :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I just optimized the crap out of scrolling with contact pics. Should be even smoother now. Posting the update in the next 5 minutes for the dedicated
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
It does now :)
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
And the app now resized a big picture! Awsome!
[Android Apps and Games] adrian.aitken:
Just installed the latest from 1st post on Nexus 5 running Lollipop 5.1.1.

Under Advanced settings, at the bottom under Storage it says %1$s messages per conversation for both Text and Multimedia message limit. Should there be a number there instead?

Many thanks

Adrian
[Android Apps and Games] :
The impact on battery life would be negligible because if you implemented it so the message is sent as soon as a signal appears, the phone would be in listening mode till then (which it is all the time anyway, otherwise incoming calls would not work) and if you implemented a retry every say 30 secs then it would not be transmitting anything until there was a signal.

I am amazed Android is crippled like this! Years ago, a (say) Nokia 6310i - the best PHONE ever made to this day - could be configured to retry every 1 minute for ever. Then the networks blocked that, for some reason. But it's a brilliant feature, and it was worth flashing my Nokia 808 just to get that.

These days, the developers seem to work on the assumption that everybody has a strong signal, which is true for 90% of the population, who live in big cities...
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
With version 0.9.6.8 I receive twice the mms.
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
the apps performance is very good! Just a quick list of suggestions:

Option to enable permanent quick reply(unlocking the screen and still have the notification to quick reply to a sms)

Being able to change font

Chat head option

Being able to change bubble type

More colors (or color picker)

Option to enable avatars within the conversation

Being able to change the background color

Changing vibrate mode on notifications

Keep in mind that these are all suggestions, dont want to sound like im imposing. Let me know if you need help testing the app
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
MMS is tricky, sometimes if an MMS is sent and is undelivered, it will be delivered the next time you have a valid connection. It could also be possible the stock messaging app is trying to take over MMS receiving as well. Just to be clear, are you referring to the notifications being duplicated, or the message showing up twice in a conversation?
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
I haven't tried the app so some of these could already be in the app already, but here are my feature requests!

Night/Amoled mode.

Random colors for each convo (like Google Messenger).

Send voice messages, location info, contact cards.

In convo animations.

Theme the app to the users liking (see AwSMS, Material Messaging).

MMS over WiFi only for Sprint/T-Mobile users.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
I send to me a photo, I receive the two photos a few seconds later two times. There's just half a second between the two received photos.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
I get the same thing, I dont know why
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I remember addressing this bug recently. If it's not in the current build out right now, it will be included in the next release. As of now, I'm working on packaging the app's components so I can put it on Google Play so updates are more accessible for you guys.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
It still is happening, but I look forward to it being on Google Play, it will definitely get more attention when it goes up there.
[Android Apps and Games] BreckZeBoulay:
No thanks for me, I prefer dl the apk here in XDA.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Please try version 0.9.7, it should fix that bug. I'd like to go a day without a crash report before I publish to Google Play :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I'll keep both going, some people just prefer to download from Google Play that's all
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
I feel ya, unfortunately it is still happening. And also whenever I install the app my conversation list text turns to white on the white text so I cant see it, i've tried to restart phone twice, I did fix this once but not sure how I fixed it.

Edit: The white text fixed itself over time. Now the only bug is that storage limits popup
[Android Apps and Games] migueldbr:
i have that ever since i tried this app...but it just shows up on setup and then it never appears again
[Android Apps and Games] lars85destroyer:
This app is so promising ! Waiting for a better UI and some more features and it will be perfect for daily usage !
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
It sounds like its a bug though, it doens't interfere with the performance. Just figure bringing attention to bugs will be helpful since this is one of the fastest and best looking SMS apps
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Oh, I thought you were referring to the sms size limit preference not working in settings. It works now, and I just addressed that popup (it was meant to notify you open of your conversations was over the limit set inside the app, but it wasn't doing anything anyway). I removed it for later builds.

As for the white text, I will check the theme styling. I have a feeling the "night mode" preference was making your text white because it anticipated night mode (between the hours of 9pm and 7am), but that feature isn't completed yet.

Thank you for reporting these bugs to me it greatly helps both me and everyone else using the app.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Working on giving the interface a face lift right now, then moving on into adding modular themes so everyone can make their own themes for Falcon SMS. Check back in a week, it you'll be surprised at the pace of development.
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
So kind of like EvolveSMS?
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
What other features would you like to see?
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
I posted on last page haha...

Night/Amoled mode.

Random colors for each convo (like Google Messenger).

Send voice messages, location info, contact cards.

In convo animations.

Theme the app to the users liking (see AwSMS, Material Messaging).

MMS over WiFi only for Sprint/T-Mobile users.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
Are you planning on having LED Notifications with the next build?

Pushbullet Support would also be amazing
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
If I'm not mistaken, there are apps available on Google Play for LED notifications. If I were to build the feature in, what would make it better than what's already available on the market?

Right now, I'm building out the theming engine for the app so you guys can make your own themes and customize every element of the app. Push Bullet support is coming for the first Google Play release, which should come later tonight.
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
So we should be looking at the play store for a download later?
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Version 0.9.8 posted to XDA & Google Play. That's right, Google Play. Updates will continue to be posted on both sites going forward. Because of Google's new app approval process, XDA will continue to be the best, fastest source to get the latest apk updates, but this move makes it more accessible.

Google Play link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tjm.falcon&hl=en

This update brings:

Fixes for a quick reply bug causing it to always read "Swipe down to reply"

Camera related crash fixes

Fixed a crash on app setup for a small number of users

Tomorrow, theme support will be finalized & if I finish soon enough, I will post a tutorial on how to make themes for Falcon SMS!﻿
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
Man I love how fast you are on replies and fixing things! Keep up the good work m8!

With that said, here's some bugs :P

Replace attachment doesn't work for me.

I have to write something to be able to send mms

The mms pictures from my camera get loaded/sent sideways for some reason

There's no, hmm is cursor the right word here? To help you scroll between the letters in a misspelled word. Not quite sure how to explain that one!

And I think that's all I can find!

And now a feature request!

I've mentioned this one earlier, no size limit on pictures between users of this app. I want to be able to send uncompressed images to all the people I'm gonna tell about this app! I love it!
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
And here's the pictures I should have attached to the comment.
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Is MMS over wifi only good to go yet? This is a main feature I need being a Sprint user, bc quite frankly, Sprint is horrible in my area lol. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] R_Chin:
Just as Telor said its amazing how quick you are updating and fixing things, something every developer should.

Have you figured out why the send and attach button looks like this on my phone, don't know if it is happening to anyone else?
[Android Apps and Games] Zosk:
Here quick reply does not work on the Lockscreen + Acdisplay (XT1069 5.0.2). The app looks great, keep working :good:.
[Android Apps and Games] lars85destroyer:
happens to me too
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
The only thing shared across those two buttons and the send button issue posted by another user is they are all "Fancy Buttons" https://github.com/medyo/fancybuttons

It must be a bug in the fancy buttons library, but I will see if I can fix it. My guess is that it's font related.
[Android Apps and Games] TravisH997:
Love what I see so far, man! My suggestions are as follows from initial use (coming from Textra btw).

Ability to change font, font size, etc.

Ability to change chat background color, well really, change the colors of as much as possible. I'm not a coder so I'm not sure how much that involves, but text color in chats, background, timestamps, etc.

Condense the chat screen, timestamps and spacing are taking up tons of room.

Maybe add transparency to the sliding "More" panel. As it is solid with text it seems empty.

The emoji icon is squished next to the input text box, although it may be my phone.

I had a Palm Pre for a while and my favorite feature of the SMS app was that the backgrounds for each contact's "space" in the conversations/"Messages" screen would alternate between green or white depending on who sent the last text. If you could implement that it makes it sooo much easier to go through conversations and find those you forgot to reply to. I've yet to see this on Android!

Having a bug where all photos in the chat share the same thumbnail, yet show the right image when tapped.

Please up the MMS max message size to 2000kb for us Sprint users

Having a bug where a plain white bar of nothing is where the Emoji-input box-attach bar sits on the Messages screen

Otherwise it looks and feels GREAT for a brand new app, great work!
[Android Apps and Games] Reno_79:
Version 0.9.8, first time install on 5.1.1.

Would love some text size options but liking what I've seen so far.

One bug: I changed the sender/recieved bubble colours to orange and blue and scrolling up and down in a long thread the bubbles change back to the original colours and forward again to the new colours I chose if I do a lot of scrolling (I can send some screenshots if you like)
[Android Apps and Games] Illogi.xbone:
I can see there has been a lot of people looking into this app =D Well over 900 views on the video! Stay tuned to see some new features in an updated video that is being finished as we speak!
[Android Apps and Games] dinasaurus:
I'm running 0.9.8 on my Nexus 5 with the M Dev Preview and none of my conversations are visible from the main screen of the app. I can click where they should be and they open up like they should, they're just invisible.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
I've seen this bug before. It has something to do with the listview cache not being cleared when the bubble colors are changed. I'll fix don't worry.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
Try disabling night mode in settings, I think that's what's causing the bug. This is just a temporary fix, I have a better longer term solution in the pipeline.
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
The mms resize problem has come back for me for some unknown reason :(
[Android Apps and Games] Jwizzled:
That quick fix didn't work. Hope this gets resolved soon :)
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
It seems like the problem does not happen all the time, only seldom. How big are the images in question exactly?
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
Original 4,2 mb. Seems like the pictures I take with the camera on the back is too large to compress but the pictures taken with front camera (0,98 mb) is manageable.
[Android Apps and Games] TimboMachimbo:
4.2mb is pretty big for an MMS photo, but there's no reason the code can't work for that size as well. I've added the problem to the known bugs list.
[Android Apps and Games] larssonted86:
Yeah that size is big, but the standard sms app can do it do I have no doubt you'll make it work! [emoji3]

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[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Hey I tried to get you some publicity on reddit for your great app! http://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps...on_sms_check_it_out_looks_to_be_the_next_big/

Hope it's cool... I'll delete it if you want. :good: