android

Another one bites the dust less than a year after introduction

I am running a degoogled phone. The Aurora Store is extremely unreliable and Google is doing everything it can to shut it down. I have been using APKMirror so far but APKPure has a larger selection of apps, and also can be used to download apps on Obtainium whereas APKMirror can only be tracked and not dowbloaded.

Nitter link provided instead of Twitter post. Screenshot below....

What is recommended for blocking apps from showing ads and sponsored postings? I tried Blockada for Twitter app and I had to allow access to twitter.com so it didn’t block ads. I tried Adaway and I had to turn off or disable Adaway for Twitter app to work at all....

I am trying to download a few apps on a degoogled phone such as the Adobe apps. Aurora store is way too unreliable and Google is trying everything in its power to shut it down. I have been using APKMirror for the mean time but Obtainium can not download directly from there and I have to download it through my browser and install...

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Google is testing a curious change to the Play Store on Android that sees a somewhat persistent bottom bar.

Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.

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Is there an app to create a custom action in the sharesheet? I want to create an action that takes a link or some text and transforms it into a new URL. For example, I highlight some text, click share, click Search with (custom search engine), and that action would append the highlighted text to the search engine URL.

Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market....

The Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) is a collaborative effort by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom “to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map products”. This is their first open map dataset.

We were apparently too focused on Samsung’s new Galaxy Flip 5, Fold 5, and Galaxy Watch 6 announcement, because Google just dropped what may be the last Android 14 beta update. Beta 4.1 is currently rolling out to eligible Pixel phones, and it could very well mark the last pre-release update before Android 14 debuts as a...

I’ve tried a lot of panels/sidebars/taskbars for Android but this one really stands out. It works so well you might think it’s a native android feature (i wish it was added to Android by default)....

I like them. They look pretty. https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/ecd9cda9-9173-4d24-af3e-6efc27823a4b.png

Last spring, Amazon launched its live audio-streaming platform, Amp, which aims to reinvent radio with “an infinite dial of shows.” Amp offers users access to a vast, built-in music library to create their own DJ sets with. No need to buy songs or flirt with the DMCA, just make a playlist, go live, talk in between tracks,...

Netflix launches My Netflix, offering a one-stop shop space on Android and iOS “to help you choose what you want to watch”....

I was told by an admin that i can make update posts to Photon here, despite being a web app? Anyway…...

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