New version of Click to chat (V 2.13)

V 2.13
- New configurable changelog dialog
- Show message when sharing number

[Edit: a new beta was released with the Russian translation]

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On this version a new dialog is added: a changelog window. You can open it manually by pressing the version number from the about menu (the (i) icon) but it will also be opened automatically when the app is updated. 

This can be configured, so you can disable it, or even set it to notify only on big changes (or even all minor changes). There are 4 different settings:

• Never notify: The changelog window will never appear after a new version.
  
• Notify on important features only: The changelog window will only appear after a mayor update (from 2.X to 3.X and so on). Standard features and fixes will be ignored.
  
• Notify on new features only [default]: The changelog window will appear on new version with new features (from 2.13 to 2.14 and so on). Fixes and translations will be ignored.
  
• Always notify: The changelog window will appear on every new update, including fixes and translations updates (from 2.13 to 2.13.1 and so on).

 

I also added (finally, better late than never) a warning when sharing a number, because you never should share a private number in a public place, and apparently people didn't know a few months ago.

New version of Url checker (V 0.1)

V 0.1
- Long tap 'share' button to copy url to clipboard
- Share url as text to open on the app
- Several visual improvements and fixes

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Some useful additions and visual fixes. I'll probably promote this version as stable soon.

New version of Click to chat (V 2.12) + new donation version

V 2.12
- Removed non-google donation links to comply with new guidelines, replaced with new donation version.
- Minor tweaks with app colors

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Recently the Play Store has been updated with new requirements about payments. Now you can't have a link to a non-google donation site (to be precise this requirement has always exists, but now it seems to be mandatory, instead of 'recommended'). For this reason I removed the Paypal, Patreon and Ko-fi links, which to be honest didn't were used (except Paypal, was used once). The links are still available on this blog, from the support button above (left if desktop).

I kept the buy me a coffee app, which is the only one that people have used, and still people uninstall it so soon that Play Store refunds it. If you are wondering how can I subsist by earning nothing the answer is simple: android is (currently) a free-time thing that I do because I really like it. 

I don't like ads, will never add them, and also I don't like when an app is limited and you need to pay for advanced or extended features. However, after checking other similar apps and projects, I found that a similar and good-for-me alternative is to have the same exact app but paid. This paid version is exactly the same one, except for the color, which is yellow instead of green. All the features are, and will be, on the free version. In fact the donation version has less features, because it doesn't includes the translations (only english and spanish) because they were made by users, so I don't want to use them on a paid app. But if you want to support me, now you can with a cosmetic purchase (which is common nowadays).

You can find all the exact information about the new donation version on the play store page:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp.donation

New app: Url checker (V 0.0)

Its new app time!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.urlchecker

This is a tool that I have personally used myself over the past few months, but now it is publicly available for anyone to use! (still as a beta). As usual no ads, no extra permissions, you know how it goes.

Check the description about the exact details of the app, but a quick summary is: when you open a link (an url), instead of opening it directly in the browser you can open it on this app, which acts as a middle step to check, review, scan, edit and even share the url before really opening it. Specially useful when you need to click links on emails or external apps. The app is based on a modular setup, with different modules you can enable/disable. Currently only three modules are available, but I expect more to come. The code is also on GitHub (https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker) so others can contribute.

New version of Average data usage widget (V 3.0)

V 3.0
- Configurable period length (any number of days or months).
- New tweak: advanced secondary bars
- Improved settings screen

IMPORTANT! This new update has a newer period management, which needs the starting day and the period length. After updating, the previous configuration will be automatically migrated to the new version, but you may want to check it just in case. 

Edit: a new beta was released that fixes the 'invalid first update after period changes' bug.

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At last! It wasn't easy, but not as hard as I expected at first. This new version allow you to choose any arbitrary period length! Now you can choose a daily period, a 21 days period, 28 days, or even 12 months period if you want (any positive days or months). In fact internally it can have any time, even hours or years, however for simplicity the user interface only allows days or month.

This new version uses a different approach: previously you only needed to specify the day of the change (for 1 month periods) and calculating the current percentage of the current period was almost instant, with just a saved parameter (the last month) to know when the period was changed. 

Now that you can specify an arbitrary length the app uses a different approach: it has a configurable 'start of the period' date that uses to know the percentage of the current period. But it also allows to know when the period changes, and does the update.

I've tried myself this new version for a few days and it seem to work fine, however I need real users to test under real conditions, so I hope at least someone in the beta is able to try it. 

As the notice in the changelog implies, this new method uses new configuration, and although there is special code to migrate it, it may fail in some cases so better check that it worked. This is also the reason why the version was increased to 3.0.

There are other minor modifications, like some internal cleanup, but also a new tweak (that may be the default in future versions) to show a better secondary progress bar indicator when you have accumulated data. Specifically (sp is the saved periods parameter):

[1,oo) = more than the current usage -> show full, unchanged
[0,1) = normal usage -> don't show, unchanged
[-sp+1,0) = saved data -> % in this range, previously was rounded to 100%
[-sp,-sp+1) = will be lost -> % in this range, unchanged
(-oo,-sp) = more than one period will be lost -> show nothing, previously was rounded to 100%

New version of Click to chat (V 2.11.1)

V 2.11.1
- Updated Indonesia and Russian translations
- Fixed crash on Instant app version

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The usual 'translation update'.

Also fixes some crashes with the instant app version, and a few internal tweaks for changes in 2.11 (scrolling when expanding works now again and when enabling merged boxes the saved prefix text is updated).

 

I have a noticeable change I want to make for a next version, but not sure when I'll be able to, or if it will be possible to have in 2.12.

New version of Custom Riddle Generator (V 2.1)

V 2.1
- Removed controversial Mulan reference in the demo (note: this will only be applied to new installs or when the app folder is deleted)

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Since I published the demo from the Custom Riddle Generator tool, I've received bad reviews due to a misunderstood Mulan reference. 

The old sentence in the 'wrong number' page was "You put a wrong number! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!" and some people found it selfish and didn't like it. I sincerely apologize, it was just a simple reference to a maybe-not-so-famous Mulan quote. I replace it with the "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again". New installs that load the demo will have this new version, but old installs will keep the old sentence due to the demo being loaded at install only. If you had the app installed and you want to get the new sentence, simply delete the app folder (/sdcard/CustomRiddle) and start the app again, which will force the loading of the new demo version.

I also used this change to upload the project to GitHub: https://github.com/TrianguloY/NumericRiddleGenerator