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Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by mpnordland »

nextos wrote: post #30
phillc73 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use OsmAnd all the time: http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool. Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially…

Thanks, it was a bit buggy last time I tried. Besides, is navigation working well when offline?

It works fine, way better than Gmaps does.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by phillc73 »

nextos wrote: post #30
phillc73 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use OsmAnd all the time: http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool. Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially…

Thanks, it was a bit buggy last time I tried. Besides, is navigation working well when offline?

Navigation works fine offline. To be honest, I don't think I've ever used it online.

I drove from Graz to Vienna last week. I know the way generally, but didn't really know where to go in Vienna. OsmAnd navigated me to where I needed to be, no problem. Then back out of the city and on to Krems. That's about a 275km journey.

I have had the app crash a few times, but that's only been when I'm out walking in the hills and using it as a walking GPS. Even though it's not open source I now use ViewRanger for this instead (apk available directly from their website, so you don't have to go via Google Play, although it is available there too).

I've used OsmAnd very successfully on both a Geeksphone Revolution and a Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by digi_owl »

Something of a tangent, but i really wish it was possible to whitelist specific apps to act as "stores". Right now if i want to use F-Droid or similar i have to either leave my device open for others to also be able to install, or constantly juggle the "unknown sources" option.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by darakian »

phillc73 wrote: post #28
nextos wrote: post #27

IMHO a big missing app in FOSS Android is a good offline maps & nav program. Nokia Maps are great, but closed. QT's Marble could fill in this gap, if ported.

I use OsmAnd all the time: http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool. Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially…

What rom do you use as a base?

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by phillc73 »

darakian wrote: post #36
phillc73 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use OsmAnd all the time: http://fossdroid.com/a/osmand~.html https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd The interface took a little while to become used to, but in general I've found it to be an excellent GPS navigation tool. Maps are downloaded, so everything works offline. I've used it extensively around Europe and especially…

What rom do you use as a base?

CM11

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by el_duderino »

gusmd wrote: post #29

Great site and nice UI. Congratulations. Issues/sugestions: 1. Couldn't find an option to add my app. 2. Screenshots of apps would be nice (some people might be more interested in the app itself than in the source code).

Yeah screenshots would be a huge improvement.

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by Spittie »

digi_owl wrote: post #34

Something of a tangent, but i really wish it was possible to whitelist specific apps to act as "stores". Right now if i want to use F-Droid or similar i have to either leave my device open for others to also be able to install, or constantly juggle the "unknown sources" option.

You can! You just need to make the F-Droid app a System app, then it can install applications without having to keep the "unknown sources" options on.

You can use this app to do it: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.j4velin.syste...

You can also disable the "install" script and have it install stuff without any prompts like the play store, just go into the settings, scroll to the bottom and enable "Expert" and "Install using system-permission".

Re: Fossdroid.com: Free and open source Android applications

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Post by libredroid »

I think some people are confused/missing the point.

This isn't competing with F-Droid, it IS F-Droid. Everything from the statistics to the APK downloads (notice the redirect) are sourced from https://f-droid.org/.

It's a beautiful front end and necessary improvement over what exists, but it's complementary not competitive.

My $0.02:

1. Link to download button to the app entry in F-Droid so I can download it from the Android client. (Getting the user to trust random APKs is not a responsible behavior.)

2. Clarify that this site is a viewer for F-Droid and non-UI contributions should be sent there.

Other misc notes:

Install F-Droid as a system app (root) in order to install packages using the client without having unknown sources checked.

Material design for the client is coming [1]

[1] https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/merge_requests/64

It's awesome to see this on the front page of HN, If you think these things are worth supporting, do so! https://f-droid.org/contribute

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