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Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by wh-uws »

mistermann wrote: post #11
knaik94 wrote: post #5

It's "edge" cases like this that make me glad to be on android. There has been a workaround for this with where you can customize the menu by redirecting all share intents to a specific app . There are cases where apps don't use the standard api for share intents, but in most cases this app works as expected. I agree Android should have a built in function that provides this level of customization at the OS level. Go…

There are better options if rooted, but Andmade is pretty darn good if you're not. It does feel antiquated though.

Please share the other options. I gave up on andmade a while ago because the UI badly needs a face lift.

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by wlesieutre »

ncallaway wrote: post #17
bastawhiz wrote: post #16

I wish they would improve what suggestions they offer at the top of the menu. It suggests slack channels I've never posted in, contacts I haven't messaged in years, and apps that I've never shared to. Even just having a better heuristic would make it 100x better.

If it just used the last 4 people I had shared a message with it would be such a massive improvement. I feel like they're trying to do something extremely sophisticated and it's coming out far far worse than if they were doing something extremely simple.

When it comes to the allegorithmic newsfeeds I always assume it’s some metrics person saying “This one got people to stay an average of 3.4 seconds longer and view 0.8 more ads! Great work.”

But maybe with all of these “smart” solutions to problems I’m attributing to malice what can be explained by incompetence and the people building them don’t even realize they’re terrible.

Or maybe they do realize it’s bad but they all say “Yeah it sucks now, but once we figure out how to make it work it’s gonna be great.”

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by [deleted] »

mistermann wrote: post #11
knaik94 wrote: post #5

It's "edge" cases like this that make me glad to be on android. There has been a workaround for this with where you can customize the menu by redirecting all share intents to a specific app . There are cases where apps don't use the standard api for share intents, but in most cases this app works as expected. I agree Android should have a built in function that provides this level of customization at the OS level. Go…

There are better options if rooted, but Andmade is pretty darn good if you're not. It does feel antiquated though.

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Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by ufmace »

I remember when Android first came out, the intents-based Share system seemed revolutionary compared to how sharing worked on every other mobile OS. If it had some rough edges, well, so did everything else in the OS. I think that now, the rest of the OS has generally gotten smooth and polished enough that the general lack of attention to the share system, aside from a few haphazard tweaks, really sticks out as a sore spot. It's about time they showed the share system some UI love. Unfortunately, it's probably too late to do much for it now in the upcoming Android release.

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by czottmann »

StavrosK wrote: post #8
knaik94 wrote: post #5

It's "edge" cases like this that make me glad to be on android. There has been a workaround for this with where you can customize the menu by redirecting all share intents to a specific app . There are cases where apps don't use the standard api for share intents, but in most cases this app works as expected. I agree Android should have a built in function that provides this level of customization at the OS level. Go…

This is a fantastic idea and I love you for it. However, is there a more modern app like this? The one you linked seems abandoned, the screenshots are from Android 3. I would pay money for a good share adapter.

Fliktu is another one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oakstar.fl...

Andmade Share is a wee bit more configurable, tho. For example, Firefox adds two share targets for some reason: "Firefox" and "Add to Firefox". With Andmade Share I can enable only one of them; with Fliktu, it's either both or none as you can hide an entire app from the share menu but not just some of its static "sub-targets".

That being said, I prefer Fliktu.

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by StavrosK »

czottmann wrote: post #36
StavrosK wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a fantastic idea and I love you for it. However, is there a more modern app like this? The one you linked seems abandoned, the screenshots are from Android 3. I would pay money for a good share adapter.

Fliktu is another one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oakstar.fl... Andmade Share is a wee bit more configurable, tho. For example, Firefox adds two share targets for some reason: "Firefox" and "Add to Firefox". With Andmade Share I can enable only one of them; with Fliktu, it's either both or none as you can hide an entire app from the share menu but not just some of its static "sub-targets". That…

I just discovered this from Reddit and yes, I agree with you. Fliktu looks and works much better, even if some functionality is missing. Thanks!

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by czottmann »

wh-uws wrote: post #31
mistermann wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are better options if rooted, but Andmade is pretty darn good if you're not. It does feel antiquated though.

Please share the other options. I gave up on andmade a while ago because the UI badly needs a face lift.

Fliktu is another one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oakstar.fl...

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by kllrnohj »

edent wrote: post #24
merb wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but Google doesn't accept patches. is this true that google won't accept public patches? are there any examples?

Go to https://android-review.googlesource.com/q/status:open+OR+sta... You'll be hard-pressed to find any recent patches from the public. There are some from hardware manufacturers and other organisations like that.

How much of that is Google not accepting those patches vs. just the sheer barrier to entry? Building & flashing AOSP on a device isn't the easiest of things.

By contrast supportlib, which has a _much_ lower barrier to entry, sees considerably more patches (opened & merged) from non-Google and non-major organizations: https://android-review.googlesource.com/q/project:platform/f...

Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI

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Post by smnrchrds »

fareesh wrote: post #27
fooker wrote: post #23

Uninstall Slack and Messenger. You will instantly notice the difference, the lag almost disappears. This makes it seem like it is an amateur design issue, where callbacks are perhaps being called much more often than they are needed. How often does your 'most contacted' list need to change anyway?

I don't think it's limited to those two apps. I use neither of them and I still have issues. Perhaps Whatsapp and hangouts add similar callback hell to the widget?

Telegram too.
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