Multitasking Launcher For All Android Phones, SWAPPS

                 Recently Ubuntu has become the most talked about Operating System, people are trying to know all the features of it and exploring its interface. The Unity interface offers an incredibly quick and intuitive way to access your most commonly used applications from a launcher that appears on the left hand side of your screen. Developers have liked this feature and have built an "pseudo launcher" for Android devices called as Swapps.

                   The most exciting feature of this launcher is that it does not replaces the devices main launcher, just as in Multi-tasking feature of Samsung Galaxy Note-II. You can access all your applications from wherever you are without returning to the home screen in your Android devices. It is activated by swiping from the left hand side of the screen to reveal a list that is separated into three parts: favorite apps selected by the user, recently used apps. and a complete list of all the applications currently installed on the device. You can add up to ten of your most commonly used applications to the favorites section, and you can also customize any gesture for exiting this launcher.This is an application for making multitasking just a little bit easier in all Android phones because Multitasking feature is available only in recently available high end phones.

Photo Credits -XDA Developers

Features:

• Contains full application drawer just like in your home application
• 'Recently Used' panel contains 5 last applications you opened
• 'Recently Used' applications background process can be closes by long press on the application
• 'Starred' panel holds up to 10 of your favorite applications
• It is accessible anytime, regardless of which application is currently running, using a simple swipe
• Notification icon can be disabled or made transparent in the settings screen.
• Fully customizable swipe-area (Side, Width, Height)
• Doesn't affect battery life!!!

You can get this application from Google Play Store.

Source-XDA Developers

10:28   by Unknown ·   0

"SNOView" A Hub Of All Social Networks

Enhanced technology has brought people very close to each other and is constantly keeping them in touch by various social networking sites. People now a days want to check out what their friends are up to on Facebook, have a group video conference on Google+, seeing your friends’ pictures shared on Instagram or visit XDA developers for having all the technical news about your phone. Accessing to all these sites you will require a different application for each on your Android Smartphone. As we know all the high end phones have the large RAM capacity due to which they do not lag in their performance when multitasking but what about the low budget smartphones ? If we use different applications for every of these sites then surely our phone will start lagging, so to sort out this problem developers have designed an application which will grant you access to all of your social networking accounts at once.

SNOView (Social Network OverView), is the application that we are talking about, it clubs the biggest social networks including Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Instagram, and RSS feeds into a unique yet simple interface. The interface consists of vertically scrolling tabs, which display the feed subscribed to, and once pressed, show an expanded view of feed along with a vertically scrolling 3D cover flow of subscribed feeds and networks. The application has a built-in browser that allows users to view their feeds.

Photo credits-XDA Developers

Features :-

• Clear and chronological presentation of your favorite feeds from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google Plus
• RSS Feeds for news sites such as CNN, Engadget etc.
• No registration for these social networks necessary, celebrities and news-sites usually post public news
• Facebook/Twitter/Instagram authentication possible to read your friends NON-public posts
• Import Facebook/Twitter/Instagram friends
• Detail view (with 3D cover flow) for navigation through all posts
• Link to the post on the respective website
• Search function for all networks
• Search function to find spefific entries
• Posts could be marked as favorite
• Widget to see latest news at home screen (> Android 3.x)

Customisable settings :

• Interface can be personalized (4 skins available)
• Large profile pictures
• Adjustable profile order
• Notifications for new news (LEDBlinker also supports SNOView)
• Automatic updates in background
• Automatic updates only with available Wi-Fi connection
• Automatic update at starting the Application
• Adjustable update frequency while Application is in background
• Disable updates 

This application is very battery friendly and can be easily downloaded from the Google Play Store.

Source-XDA Developers

10:27   by Unknown ·   0

SuperBeam For Faster File Sharing

Connectivity in phones have been developing along with mobile phones. It started with infra-red, then came bluetooth, then NFC and now the newest is WiFi Direct. Developers have formulated a new application called the SuperBeam which provides a faster file transfer process. 

Photo Credits-Google Play Store

SuperBeam uses WiFi Direct to share any file stored on the device with another device, this is possible on a device that runs Android 4.0 or later. If your device runs an older version of Android, the application will automatically switch to hotspot mode. You can pair the devices using QR codes or NFC, you do not need to install an QR reader application because it has an inbuilt QR scanner. Another feature that SuperBeam boasts is the ability to use an existing WiFi network to connect and share files between devices.

Features:

• Share files between devices using NFC or QR code scanning.
• Blazing fast transfer speeds using WiFi direct.
• Switches to hotspot mode automatically for devices that doesn't support WiFi direct.
• Can use existing WiFi network connection between devices.
• Share single or multiple files of any type (photos, videos, zip files, APK's)
• Works with all 3rd party file managers and photo galleries.
• Light and dark color themes.
• Advanced settings

WiFi direct doesn't play well with custom ROMs. Please follow these steps to switch to hotspot (tethering) mode if WiFi direct is causing you issues:

• Open SuperBeam scanner.
• Tap options > settings.
• Tap Advanced settings > Preferred direct method.
• Choose Hotspot.
• Close SuperBeam and try sharing again.

This application is available for free on Google Play Store.

Source:- XDA Developers

10:25   by Unknown ·   0

Access Device's And Computer's Data On A WiFi Network By Your Android Device

Connectivity in present day devices plays a major role, major companies are running research for either new connectivity options or refining the existing options. People use WiFi to be connected to internet wirelessly in a area. If you are connected to a network you can access the data on the other devices connected to the same network by a software.

Procedure to access other devices on WiFi via Astro File Manager :-

• Open the Astro File Manager User Interface.

•  Then click on 'Scan Local Network' 

•  'Work Group' icon will be displayed as shown in the Screen shot above

•  When you click on the 'Work Group' the devices connected to the network will be displayed

• Select the device you want to access, if it asks for password then enter the username and password of the system and then you can access it.

Astro file manager is an excellent file manager for android devices, it can be used to access your phones files as well as data on other devices connected to the same WiFi network wirelessly. This software is freely available on Google Play Store so you can easily download it and use it.  

10:24   by Unknown ·   0

Flash Your Android Device Wirelessly Using RemoteFlash

Many people after buying there smart phones, are satisfied by the features that the company has provided with the phone. But there are a second group of people too who want to explore their devices to the fullest by flashing custom ROM or flashing any new update or adding a modded feature of some other phone to enhance the properties of their phone. At the time of flashing or rooting you require a USB cable and a laptop, but many a times you will not find the USB cable in place or it would be not in a good condition due to frequent use. Despite of this if a person uses this faulty USB cable for flashing then its mere risk.

To minimize this risk developers have come up with a application which will allow users to flash there phones wirelessly. The application is called as 'RemoteFlash'. It allows you to flash ROMS, Mods, and Updates directly from your computer, over WiFi.  APK's can also be installed on your device  wirelessly using this application.

This application consists of two files. The first  one being a standalone Java application that will  run on your computer and  the other file is the RemoteFlash apk which will be installed in your android device. The PC and the android device should be connected to each other via same WiFi network.

Procedure-:

• Install the java application on your PC and the APK on your android device.
• Run the RemoteFlash apk.
• Reboot the device.
• As soon as your device boots back up, RemoteFlash will be running.
• Open the PC client and click "Auto-Scan".
• Check/uncheck "Wipe Data/Cache", and click "Go".
• Select the file to be flashed, and it will be flashed directly to your device.

Links -:

JAVA application for PC "RemoteFlashPC-V0.3.jar" can be downloaded from here.

APK for android device "RemoteFlashV1.1.apk" can be downloaded from here. 

Source- XDA-Developers

10:23   by Unknown ·   0