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IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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Re: IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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Getting not found on the link as well. Not that it would be worth anything anyway. Android has long had apps for this such as Locale (around since the very early Android Developer Challenges) and Tasker. They must know someone at TechCrunch to get such a favorable write up for a clone.

As far as I can tell, neither Locale or Tasker are competitors to IFTTT. While IFTTT can do things like silence your phone based on location, that's not its selling point.

What IFTTT does is let you set up connections between services. You can trigger actions on other services based on something the phone does (indicate missed calls with Hue light bulbs, automatically share photos taken at a particular location to a flickr album) or take actions on the phone based on input from external services (get a notification when an apartment fitting your criteria shows up on craigslist, or set background photos from your instagram feed).

I don't know of any similar services that hook into anywhere close to IFTTT's variety of inputs or outputs.

Re: IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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post #5

Getting not found on the link as well. Not that it would be worth anything anyway. Android has long had apps for this such as Locale (around since the very early Android Developer Challenges) and Tasker. They must know someone at TechCrunch to get such a favorable write up for a clone.

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Re: IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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Congrats on their big launch! This is very exciting for their Android users! I'm not going to lie, as an iOS user I'm quite jealous. Ha This gives Android users quite a bit more tiggers available for them that iOS users can't do. The iOS app can only do basic things like calendar, contacts, and photos. Things such as "sending a text as yourself", changing settings on your phone, etc. are awesome features they added f…

Hey! Great insights. I work for Zapier, so I'm totally bias. :-) I'm curious to hear more about what makes the free plan so-so?

Re: IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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Congrats on their big launch! This is very exciting for their Android users! I'm not going to lie, as an iOS user I'm quite jealous. Ha This gives Android users quite a bit more tiggers available for them that iOS users can't do. The iOS app can only do basic things like calendar, contacts, and photos. Things such as "sending a text as yourself", changing settings on your phone, etc. are awesome features they added f…

Hey! Great insights. I work for Zapier, so I'm totally bias. :-) I'm curious to hear more about what makes the free plan so-so?

Hey Chris! I don't want to go and derail this post, but I'd be more than happy to give you feedback if you want to email me (contact is on my HN profile)! :)

Re: IFTTT launches on Android with deeper integration than on iOS

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It's available now. Am I missing something or is there no login button? I only get an option to register.

Edit: Installed it on another device and the app only says "Hello world!". Seems like the Play Store distributes different versions for smartphones and tablets.

Edit 2: The login button is cut off on my phone because they failed to put the login/register screen into a ScrollView.

Edit 3: Also the positioning of the loading indicator is weird: http://imgur.com/jp6wtIA

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