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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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As an Android user, I have one question: How does IFTTT compare to Tasker?

IFTTT is more web+data oriented - e.g. sharing pics, location, etc. + actions based on them. Look at the featured recipes.

Tasker is for your inner geek to control your phone like you would with a shell script - volume, wifi, etc. to name a few.

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

#22
Congrats to IFTTT and Jordan Beck for shipping this product. I'm seeing more and more apps on iOS which are ported to Android only to be met by an incumbent app that is on par or superior to the iOS offering. I love IFTTT but the iOS restrictions make it difficult to enable the types of recipes I really want to create.

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

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post #22

Congrats to IFTTT and Jordan Beck for shipping this product. I'm seeing more and more apps on iOS which are ported to Android only to be met by an incumbent app that is on par or superior to the iOS offering. I love IFTTT but the iOS restrictions make it difficult to enable the types of recipes I really want to create.

I think that's more of the fault of iOS, not IFTTT though right? I mean iOS only gives an app access to so much, where as Android apps can get all those access from the get go. I'm not 100% sure how permissions work for iOS, but I have a feeling it's more locked down that you would have to be a partner with Apple to get the type of permissions they allow on Android devices by default.

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

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post #22

Congrats to IFTTT and Jordan Beck for shipping this product. I'm seeing more and more apps on iOS which are ported to Android only to be met by an incumbent app that is on par or superior to the iOS offering. I love IFTTT but the iOS restrictions make it difficult to enable the types of recipes I really want to create.

I think that's more of the fault of iOS, not IFTTT though right? I mean iOS only gives an app access to so much, where as Android apps can get all those access from the get go. I'm not 100% sure how permissions work for iOS, but I have a feeling it's more locked down that you would have to be a partner with Apple to get the type of permissions they allow on Android devices by default.

Yeah I agree with you. iOS is pretty locked down compared to Android and I'm not sure if even a partnership would help. Unless your a company the size of Google, Apple will probably just swallow you whole.

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

#25
This is a bit of a tangent, but does anyone know a reliable way to download and install Android APKs from the Play store for a device that does not have Google Play itself installed (and intentionally does not have a Google account associated with it)?

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

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post #20

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 t…

We're on top of both issues, stay tuned to the store for an update!

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

#27

This is a bit of a tangent, but does anyone know a reliable way to download and install Android APKs from the Play store for a device that does not have Google Play itself installed (and intentionally does not have a Google account associated with it)?

Is this what you are looking for:

http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

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

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post #20

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 t…

We're on top of both issues, stay tuned to the store for an update!

Will there be calendar functionality beyond google calendar? I would love to be able to use my caldav/fruux calendars with IFTTT. I saw a tweet from the folks over at fruux who mentioned willingness to help out wit that.

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

#29

This is a bit of a tangent, but does anyone know a reliable way to download and install Android APKs from the Play store for a device that does not have Google Play itself installed (and intentionally does not have a Google account associated with it)?

Is this what you are looking for: http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

That's a web-based version of https://lekensteyn.nl/apk-downloader/ , and according to that site it adds spyware. Considering that the site you linked has pop-up ads for dubious downloads, that seems likely.

In any case, both of those still require having the Android device registered with a Google account.

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

#30

This is a bit of a tangent, but does anyone know a reliable way to download and install Android APKs from the Play store for a device that does not have Google Play itself installed (and intentionally does not have a Google account associated with it)?

If you have access to a rooted Android device with Play, you can pull the APKs out of the /data/app directory with adb. Not all apps are usable this way, they could be locked to a Play account, but I don't think many free apps bother with that.
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