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#Google hammers another, extremely petty nail in the #Android #OpenSource Project’s coffin

A big win for #Android interoperability
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/a-big-win-for-android-interoperability/

Back when I was diagnosed with #diabetes, I've found two apps to help me. Both were proprietary.
The first one came from the glucometer's manufacturer, and it featured the ability to copy its readings over Bluetooth. It also had a pretty useful bolus calculator. However, it was also annoying in a number of ways: it required an account with all the implied data sharing, was premiumware (though using their glucometer implied a free "pro" version), was quite childish in design, didn't respect disabled animations or dark theme.
The second one was an independent Polish app to compute carbs from meals. It wasn't perfect, but it had a rich database of products and quite a few convenient features (like copying meals or calculating carbs based on recipes). Unfortunately, the authors went full way into AI hype, and while I didn't use any of the "AI" features (they were premiumware anyway), the app itself was becoming increasingly crappy.
Eventually, this motivated me to look for a new app. I've settled for #Diaguard. It's just got the basics: meal composition and computing carbs, plus letting me log blood sugar and insulin doses manually. It used to have a bolus calculator before I used it, but it was removed over legal concerns. Still, it's open source, it's nice, it's got no crap and it respects the dark theme. And honestly, given that I've already reached the point of overriding bolus calculator, I've figured out it's enough for me.
In fact, it's so "enough" that I'm not even using it regularly. I mean, if my blood sugar is predictable and my meals are predictable, there's no reason to waste time logging them. The app is there to assist me when I need it, not force me to use it.
I still keep the two other apps installed. The first one in case I had doubts over insulin doses and wanted to use the bolus calculator. The second one over my database of meals; though I had already exported it, so I just need to figure out if the export is complete enough.
#Android

Millä työkalulla Androidissa kopioidaan isoja määriä dataa USB-laitteelle tai pois? Laite kun menee lepotilaan niin usb-yhteys katkeaa ja kopiointi katkeaa virheeseen.
Purkkaviritys:
#Android

If you have an android (/ Fairphone or equivalent) phone, how often do you click on the "home" button (round, at the bottom) by mistake, when you actually wanted to type on space bar?
#Android #Fairphone

Cool: Wenn man das Glide-Typing-Modul in #HeliBoard installiert hat, kann man an einem Projekt von @… teilnehmen, das eine quelloffene Gesten-Bibliothek erstellt. Für bessere und von Google unabhängige Open-Source-Tastaturen.

Your phone is about to stop being yours.
#Android #Google

Der Sonntag startet schonmal gut:
"Android-System kann nicht geladen werden. Deine Daten sind eventuell beschädigt. …"
#Android #Handy

I've changed the #gmail #android app for thunderbird android and I can't regret anything.
#thunderbird is much better 😄 and for my to-do things is enough.

Zostałem deweloperem aplikacji mobilnych #Android! 🙃
Pierwsza appka już w sklepie. Trzeba przyznać, że proces weryfikacji może i nie jest trudny, ale do szybkich na pewno nie należy.
https://dope.cenybroni.pl…

So is Android 17 worth upgrading to, or is it just more AI bullshit no one wants?
#android #android17 #ai #llmq

Do you know what I truly love about #FDroid? When you need an app for something, you can just search, get a few results, and amongst them, find one that looks about right, if a little bland. Then you install it and discover it has all the features you needed, and is just about perfect for what you need it do.
On Google Cesspit Store I'd surely get a hundred scam results instead.
Oh, yes, YAACC is now my go-to DLNA player.
#Android

I like Textastic on the iPad and I want to find something like that for on Android. Does anyone have a suggestion?
#Coding #CodeEditors #Android #Textastic

Even een raar Android vraagje...
2 dezelfde foons (Fairphone 5) de eem wat ouder dan de ander, maar dat mag de pret volgens mij niet drukken.
Ik ben zo'n beetje alle instellingen doorgegaan.. Beide foons staan gelijk ingesteld, maar 'ergens' moet bij de ene die groene kleur zijn toegevoegd.
Iemand een idee waar? 😱
#Android15

It simply works, but I guess the executives think that "yeah, I think it's basically Gemini, so why two of them?"
Seriously, do any of you folks ever try Google Gemini to do things? Not to learn about things; do things.
#Google #GoogleAssistant #Gemini #Android