Jarko27: on my Android 9 phone of a few years ago, i cant install it : the play store says it Cant be installed on my device. Why?
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#372Jarko27: on my Android 9 phone of a few years ago, i cant install it : the play store says it Cant be installed on my device. Why?
Unfortunately the minimum android version is Android 11
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#373Inspired by someone's comment on Reddit, I have setup this routine on my Samsung phone: - when app X is opened - start 10 minutes timer (wait) - turn on blue color filter - turn on grayscale mode - flash screen This is particularly effective with photo/videos social media apps (e.g. Instagram), as with all colors dulled down they lose much of their appeal. Not so much on text-based apps like Reddit. Therefore, a coup…
I just keep my phone in greyscale.
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#374I installed this in the morning to give it a test drive, and after several hours, I learned the following: it's great when I reach for the phone as a distraction; it's a big annoyance otherwise. E.g. each time I want to change the currently playing song, what was muscle memory gets scrambled by the interruption. Or, when I'm taking a lot of photos (like on my daughter's kindergarten event today), I tend to keep the s…
Thanks for giving it a test drive! I'm thinking also about adding an option to have like 50% chance of a popup or a 75% chance, so it's less predictable. I first made it as every 2nd, 3d and so on, but maybe adding a randomness to it will be better? WDYT?
So, NO, you need a clear business case, otherwise you wont get funding for global scale!
You should add this as a premium-feature for 9,99 USD monthly subscription :)
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#375Jarko27: on my Android 9 phone of a few years ago, i cant install it : the play store says it Cant be installed on my device. Why?
Unfortunately the minimum android version is Android 11
Are you sure you need a specific feature of Android 11 / API_LEVEL_30?
Would it be totally impossible technically to target API_LEVEL_28 (Android 9)?
Many people in your users "niche" deliberately use an older device (such as Android 9) to limit the phone addiction: newer device => richer experience => even more addiction => for this reason some people in your niche use an older phone.
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#376haha this one is so damn cool
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#377Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately the minimum android version is Android 11
Are you sure you need a specific feature of Android 11 / API_LEVEL_30? Would it be totally impossible technically to target API_LEVEL_28 (Android 9)? Many people in your users "niche" deliberately use an older device (such as Android 9) to limit the phone addiction: newer device => richer experience => even more addiction => for this reason some people in your niche use an older phone.
Well, you are right about the audience, many people might prefer to downgrade to older versions. However, support of older versions will significantly complicate the development.
The app uses several APIs that are not available on older versions. In one moment in time when I had the support of lower versions the app consisted of many wrappers for OS API versions. It was a challenge to support and add new features to such a codebase.
Plus even Android 11 already reached end-of-life support https://endoflife.date/android.
Technically it's not impossible, so I might consider adding it in future.
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#379So what if it's an emergency
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#380I installed this in the morning to give it a test drive, and after several hours, I learned the following: it's great when I reach for the phone as a distraction; it's a big annoyance otherwise. E.g. each time I want to change the currently playing song, what was muscle memory gets scrambled by the interruption. Or, when I'm taking a lot of photos (like on my daughter's kindergarten event today), I tend to keep the s…
Thanks for giving it a test drive! I'm thinking also about adding an option to have like 50% chance of a popup or a 75% chance, so it's less predictable. I first made it as every 2nd, 3d and so on, but maybe adding a randomness to it will be better? WDYT?
I would have it set so you can either blacklist or whitelist wifi connections. EG if I'm at home, I might want to make it enable but otherwise let me use my phone. Or maybe have work WiFi blacklisted so it happens everywhere except when I'm at work.