# Android users: Want a custom app? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540 "2010-01-26T18:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/21 "2010-01-27T17:18:22Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Hey, easily done! Anyone wanna volunteer their boobs? šŸ˜ƒ I didnā€™t even really mean real ones. Just an animated set would work. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/22 "2010-01-27T17:28:03Z")
Right now I am working on **Joey P** ā€™s call/SMS/email alert widget, called ā€œKlaxonā€. I coded the widget skeleton last night and will probably work on the layout tomorrow night. Iā€™m coding it for Android v1.5 API 3 so most HTC users should be able to use it as well. Iā€™d like to pretty it up before I publish it, but need Photoshop to do so. The shopping list app will be started after the alert widget is completed and Iā€™ve received some feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/23 "2010-01-27T20:14:05Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Are you me? I had the Centro and switched to the Hero (also with Sprint) and the day agenda is my only real complaint so far. Iā€™m 99.9% sure Iā€™m not you but you never know, right? šŸ˜‰ I have a few other minor complaints but mostly theyā€™re with Sprint and not the Android OS or phone itself. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/24 "2010-01-28T09:05:00Z")
Iā€™ve got this app to bookmark things on [delicious.com](http://delicious.com): [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/android-delicious-bookmarks/) But it doesnā€™t work if you log in to delicious through your yahoo! account. Itā€™s been a known bug for a while, so Iā€™m guessing that itā€™s actually something difficult to do, but if you have any idea how, Iā€™d love a ā€œbookmark on [delicious.com](http://delicious.com)ā€ app that works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/25 "2010-01-28T16:01:06Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Iā€™ve got this app to bookmark things on [delicious.com](http://delicious.com): [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](http://code.google.com/p/android-delicious-bookmarks/) > > But it doesnā€™t work if you log in to delicious through your yahoo! account. Itā€™s been a known bug for a while, so Iā€™m guessing that itā€™s actually something difficult to do, but if you have any idea how, Iā€™d love a ā€œbookmark on [delicious.com](http://delicious.com)ā€ app that works for me. I would have to find out how [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us) works, since I donā€™t use it myself. Iā€™ll see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/26 "2010-01-29T02:10:35Z")
So whatā€™s the ETA on my motorboat app? Iā€™ve already told all my friendsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/27 "2010-01-29T02:42:14Z")
I donā€™t have my Android device yet, but I will soonā€¦ if this app already exists, please let me know what itā€™s called. How about a simple app in which I can input (or upload somehow) my work schedule and include additional alerts with notes at specific times. Basically, a schedule with custom alert reminders (vibe? ringtone? song? etc). I just find it really tedious always watching the clock at work now and would like alerts for each of the times I should be clocking in, clocking out for lunch, clocking back in for lunch, clocking out, and anything in between, such as meetings, appointments, or times I should call a customer back, etcā€¦ I know most in-phone calenders can handle this functionality to an extent, but Iā€™d just like a simple ā€˜work onlyā€™ application to handle this. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/28 "2010-01-29T21:34:30Z")
I would love to see an app that would send a few frames per second from the current video feed to a server. In case of a situation where you are about to be permanently separated from your phone and need to save whatever it is you are currently filming. I envision it would be useful for documenting police brutality, since the DC cops have a habit of confiscating cell phones from people who film them. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/29 "2010-01-29T22:28:21Z")
Word Monaco. Actually, any kind of word game without a timer. But I really miss Word Monaco from my (now exiled) Palm. Thanks for asking. Let me know when you are done. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/30 "2010-02-01T19:45:55Z")
Updates for anyone who still cares. Iā€™ve hit a few snags on the Klaxon layout. Apparently, the widget GUI doesnā€™t support tables, so I need to create a workaround. After that, though, the rest should be fairly simpleā€¦ itā€™s just a matter of locating the classes that contain the alert methods. Hopefully this widget will be done by the middle of next week, then I can start on the shopping list app. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540/31 "2010-02-01T19:52:27Z")
Hit Send on my last post too soon. Here are my replies: > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So whatā€™s the ETA on my motorboat app? > > Iā€™ve already told all my friendsā€¦ Well, since female dopers surprisingly havenā€™t been lining up to volunteer their goods for this app, and since I havenā€™t gone to art school, I regret that this project is postponed. ā˜¹ [QUOTE=EpicNonsense] I donā€™t have my Android device yet, but I will soonā€¦ if this app already exists, please let me know what itā€™s called. How about a simple app in which I can input (or upload somehow) my work schedule and include additional alerts with notes at specific times. Basically, a schedule with custom alert reminders (vibe? ringtone? song? etc). I just find it really tedious always watching the clock at work now and would like alerts for each of the times I should be clocking in, clocking out for lunch, clocking back in for lunch, clocking out, and anything in between, such as meetings, appointments, or times I should call a customer back, etc.. I know most in-phone calenders can handle this functionality to an extent, but Iā€™d just like a simple ā€˜work onlyā€™ application to handle this. [/QUOTE] The Calendar function that comes pre-installed already does this. You can set up recurring appointments with notes and custom audibles. [QUOTE=Cornelius Tuggerson] I would love to see an app that would send a few frames per second from the current video feed to a server. In case of a situation where you are about to be permanently separated from your phone and need to save whatever it is you are currently filming. I envision it would be useful for documenting police brutality, since the DC cops have a habit of confiscating cell phones from people who film them. [/QUOTE] Hmmmā€¦ interesting. Probably not within my abilities since I donā€™t have a dedicated server handy, but you could possibly elaborate a bit more? [QUOTE=Karen Lingel] Word Monaco. Actually, any kind of word game without a timer. But I really miss Word Monaco from my (now exiled) Palm. Thanks for asking. Let me know when you are done. [/QUOTE] Iā€™ve never seen this game, but Iā€™ll check it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-want-a-custom-app/526540.md?page=1)