Help Suggestions for new apps

[meangene]

Just picked up the moment last night after spending a few weeks on this forum.

I also joined the android developer network last night and will start cranking out some apps soon. I need some suggestions on what you guys think are the most needed apps right now so I have an idea of what to write first.

 

[CriticalCritic]

Just picked up the moment last night after spending a few weeks on this forum.

I also joined the android developer network last night and will start cranking out some apps soon. I need some suggestions on what you guys think are the most needed apps right now so I have an idea of what to write first.

A list app to choose and disallow particular icons from showing and taking up space in the notification bar.

 

[agent0014]

you'd be the champion of the Moment world if you could create something that would flash the home/menu/back buttons when there are notifications... text & email to start I'd say. I know that in one of the dev forums they found commands that would turn them on... I'll post back here when I come across those again.

 

[CriticalCritic]

you'd be the champion of the Moment world if you could create something that would flash the home/menu/back buttons when there are notifications... text & email to start I'd say. I know that in one of the dev forums they found commands that would turn them on... I'll post back here when I come across those again.

LOL, I was just coming back on to write that Don't forget for voicemail

 

[CriticalCritic]

Why dont you goto the apps forum hear on the site you'll get some good ideas there but id recommend

I think he was asking what apps need to be developed.

 

[njbianco]

I think he was asking what apps need to be developed.

o lol maybe i should read post better instead of just reading the title and responding ima delete my post

 

[CriticalCritic]

o lol maybe i should read post better instead of just reading the title and responding ima delete my post

No big deal, I thought the same thing when I read the title and was thinking 'not another one...'

 

[CriticalCritic]

Another idea for an app. A working call recorder app (one that does not require the speakerphone to be on) may have some very useful applications, and it would outsell all of the competition.

 

[njbianco]

The main app i would want is 1 for making the led lights at the bottom(the home & back button) to blink when i get a new sms or a missed call

 

[agent0014]

LOL, I was just coming back on to write that Don't forget for voicemail

Voicemail... and Google Voice for those of us who get our voicemail through there!

 

[trekgraham]

Better keyboard with multitouch, and a richer more featured second life client that allows sight,movement,flying etc. Vollee a company that got bought out or went out of business had a beta that did this but never finished, they also did a world of warcraft app too. Google vollee for videos

 

[meangene]

Ok, so the icons in the notification bar should just be a matter of intercepting the function that sends the alert and redirect it to the function that runs the clear notifications button. Blinking the lights may be a little more difficult but if the API already exists it'll be a lot easier. It'll take a few weeks to read up on the language then I'll see about working on hijacking the notification bar.

 

[dbpaddler]

how about a simple soft reset button?

a voice dialing app? something like the quick dial program but we can record what we want to activate the particular action and have it backed up to the sd card. quicker and more efficient than nuance. loved that sort of dialing on my old i500, but it wasn't backed up when you reset the phone.

2nd utilizing the soft keys for notifications.

 

[CriticalCritic]

Ok, so the icons in the notification bar should just be a matter of intercepting the function that sends the alert and redirect it to the function that runs the clear notifications button.

It's not the actual notifications that are the problem... that's what the notifications are for... its the problem with those apps that stick a static icon at the top that serve no purpose but to advertise that you have the app running in the background.

If it helps, I know of one app that has semi-solved the problem. The 'quick settings' app in the market allows the ability to remove their particular icon from showing up in the notification bar, but still appears in the dropdown (where it belongs).

A few of the apps have a useful notification bar icon, so I don't want them all to be eliminated.

So now after elaborating a little more (sorry for not being as clear in my original post), it would be nice to have an app that allows the user to choose which of those static notification bar icons show up, while still allowing all of them to show up in the dropdown menu.

 

[meangene]

It's not the actual notifications that are the problem... that's what the notifications are for... its the problem with those apps that stick a static icon at the top that serve no purpose but to advertise that you have the app running in the background.

Yeah I get what you mean, just didn't want to type a long response. I think it's doable.

 

[AndroidSPCS]

Slingbox player is one app that I miss on Android, but I don't know if you'd be able to write that.

 

[cutebigman4u]

a facebook app that can chat like the one on the iphone

 

[GoldenBlaze]

a facebook app that can chat like the one on the iphone

Meebo does that and it works flawlessly.

 

[Greavous]

Slingbox player is one app that I miss on Android, but I don't know if you'd be able to write that.

+1 and 2 w00ts on that one!

 

[e2daric]

A battery monitor that is accurate and Lemonade Tycoon.

 

[ceruti82]

i have a DROID, but we ALL need a much improved FACEBOOK app. bloo works a little better since it has notifications,, but once you check the notifications, it continuously notifies you about the same things. and half of the notifications once clicked say facebook does not provide a story for this...
so it would need instant notifications for photo and wall comments.

and how about a visual voicemail that doesnt cost 2.99 a month (verizon).
yes there is google voice, but an app would be nice.

 

[Bigjohn]

i have a DROID, but we ALL need a much improved FACEBOOK app. bloo works a little better since it has notifications,, but once you check the notifications, it continuously notifies you about the same things. and half of the notifications once clicked say facebook does not provide a story for this...
so it would need instant notifications for photo and wall comments.

and how about a visual voicemail that doesnt cost 2.99 a month (verizon).
yes there is google voice, but an app would be nice.

YES to visual voice mail!!

And a single widget that lets you toggle your options - bt / cell radio / ringer / wifi / gps.

I like One Click, but you can only get 4 options on a row, because each is separate widget ... a single widget without wasted space could get 5, maybe 6...

 

[meangene]

Great suggestions everyone, I'm starting on the LED flashing light app this weekend. Also, as far as slingbox goes, I think maybe those guys would get a little irked if I tried selling a slingbox app. Look out Java, here I come...

 

[catpowrd]

SLINGBOX app would bring alot of $$$ to delevoper

 

[njbianco]

Also, as far as slingbox goes, I think maybe those guys would get a little irked if I tried selling a slingbox app.

Thats what i was thinking that wouldn't be to pretty