Power Controls. Do you like weeding through menus and sub menus of options to find the setting in your Android Smartphone that you want to change? Ya, we don't either. With Toggle It you can easily, quickly add toggle widgets, from one to as many as your Android device's screen can hold. Once you add a toggle widget to your Android device's home screen it's as easy as pressing on it to turn it on and off. Unlike the default Android Power control widget set that only allows for five toggle widgets, which cannot be changed, Toggle It lets you, the user, put as many different toggle widgets as you want on your device's home screens!
Current Toggle Widget Set: Ringer - switch between normal, silent, and vibrate only for incoming phone calls Phone Signal - turn off all telephony transmission signals, which can really save a lot of battery power Mobile Data - enable to disable 2G/3G connectivity. WiFI - enables or disables the WiFi connection on the device. Bluetooth - enables or disables Bluetooth feature. Microsoft on{X} For Android: A New Medium For Task Automation [Review] Task automation or remote control is nothing new for Android. Those familiar with the likes of Tasker, Locale, or several other similar apps, like Modus Operandi, Sleep Timer, Bluetooth On Call, Proximity Sensor et al know very well what possibilities a task automation app can achieve by utilizing the various resources of the OS and device. However, when the tech giant, Microsoft, decides to enter the task automation arena with its very own solution, you can expect exactly what you’ll be getting.
Labeled on{X}, this Android-exclusive app (currently in beta) is Microsoft’s attempt to make task automation easier. It provides users with remote control over automating every action or task on their devices from triggering a custom status bar notification upon unlocking your device to setting your favorite music player to start playing music when you begin jogging. Basically, on{X} works in combination with a dedicated Android client and the on{X} website itself. Download on{X} for Android. Now that you're familiar with on{X} JavaScript rules, device triggers, and actions, you may need to know how to test your rules to make sure they work and how to debug them, in case they don't.
You can debug and test your rules using: Logging - the good old debugging-by-printing methodManual event triggering - using 'emit' operation logging on{X} rules support logging using the console object. Emit To test your JavaScript rule, without having to wait for the event to actually trigger, you can use the 'emit' function to 'manually' trigger the desired event. For example, you can write a geo-reminder rule and see how to use 'emit' to test it. region monitoring A region is JavaScript object that provides an abstraction for a geographic region, and can fire an event when entering or leaving that region. To create a rule for that scenario: Click 'save and send to phone' and make sure it appears in the app's list of Rules.
Just add the following two lines at the end of your script. Getting started with on{X} « on{X} Developers. Prerequisites To get started with on{X} you don’t need any experience developing mobile apps. Basic JavaScript programming skills will do. What is on{X}? On{X} is a mobile application for Android that exposes the device triggers and actions through a JavaScript object, called ‘device’. Use the on{X} website to write JavaScript scripts (aka, rules) that use the ‘device’ object and ‘push’ them to your Android phone. When the on{X} app is installed on your phone, you can use on{X} website to remotely program your phone and create new personalized behaviors and experiences.
Triggers Triggers are events occurring on your phone, such as receiving a text message, unlocking the screen, finding a new WiFi network, etc. The ‘device’ JavaScript object, allows you to register a callback to be executed upon event triggering. Actions Actions are operations supported by the ‘device’ JavaScript object, such as sending text messages, sending emails, launching a web browser, showing notifications, etc. Emit. Android SkyDrive Explorer: Holo-Themed, Supports Music Streaming - Waterfox. The problem with being an Android user and having a Windows Live SkyDrive account is that, currently, there is no official SkyDrive app for Android.
Though, the lack of an official client is what inspires many third-party developers to come up with their own solutions. Using previously reviewed SkyDrive Browser, SkyAMP and Picox, Android users can explore their cloud content via a dual-pane file explorer, stream SkyDrive music straight from the cloud, and manage SkyDrive Photos, respectively. Adding to the list of unofficial SkyDrive apps for Android, is the neatly-designed, ICS-themed Android SkyDrive Explorer, which not only lets you remotely access your SkyDrive content, but also allows you to directly view photos and stream music files without having to download them to your device.
Sporting an interface that conforms to the Android ecosystem quite fittingly, Android SkyDrive Explorer lets you easily and instantly access and manage your cloud data. Advertisement. 10 Best File Explorer Apps For Android - Waterfox. One of the sweetest advantages I find in Android over iOS and Windows Phone, is the ability to use an Android device as a USB mass storage medium without any strings attached, and with that, the ability to go through all these contents right on your mobile phone or tablet. Delete, copy, move, rename are all very powerful options that otherwise, are way more restricted on an iPhone and a Windows Phone device. Not surprisingly, the Android market is flooded with file management apps, and a new user is left bewildered with the choices at their disposal.
Which one would you pick if you were new to Android and why? It is to answer this question we have grouped together, what we believe, are the 10 most brilliant file explorers for Android out there today. Root Explorer Easily the most popular and most needed app out there today. Download Root Explorer File Expert The UI on this app is extremely user-friendly, and the app will see all your file exploring needs satisfied. Download File Expert. Root Galaxy Nexus On Android 4.0.2 ICS With CF-Root [Download] - Waterfox. AppBrain Ad Detector Lists Individual Android Apps By Privacy Concerns - Waterfox. Swiss Codemonkeys, the team behind the official AppBrain Android client and the previously reviewed Face Effects app, have just rolled out another very useful Android app in the Google Play Store by the name of AppBrain Ad Detector.
Aimed at alleviating the privacy and security concerns of Android users regarding all the various apps that they install on their devices, AppBrain Ad Detector helps you find out exactly what different aspects of your device each individual app might be accessing. For instance, you can keep a close tab on all the apps that have the permission to access your phone contacts, online accounts, and/or browsing history, can clutter your homescreen with spam shortcuts, automatically send push notifications, cost you money, and/or share your location.
The app also helps you learn as to what ad networks are embedded in various apps, which apps have been designed using a specific social media SDK (e.g. All in all, a great concept. Advertisement. Metal Sniffer: Metal Detector That Exports Readings In CSV [Android] - Waterfox. I remember the time the HTC G1 came out, and with it, a metal detector app. To be honest, I initially thought it was a gimmick and more of en entertainment app rather than an actually utility, but as it is, the thing actually worked! Since then, the Android Market, now renamed to Google Play, has been flooded with tons of metal detector apps that offer quite a lot of different functions, but if you talk about free ones, most out there are ad-supported, which can be a nuisance at times (although for free, one shouldn’t complain).
Metal Sniffer is just another metal detector app, there, I said it. However, the app brings in what most don’t, and that is a Holo themed interface that blends in nicely with the ICS UI – for those of you running Ice Cream Sandwich on your Android device – and best of all, the app is entirely ad-free. More on the app and how well it actually fares in what it does, after the break. Download Metal Sniffer Advertisement. Ringtone Maker: Create Ringtones For iPhone, Android & Others - Waterfox. Catchy ringtones are a great way of showing off your phone, besides, who likes a boring, old-fashioned ringtone anyway? The beauty of internet is that you can download free ringtones from the lot, whether you want Adele’s Rolling in the Deep or the classic Super Mario tone. But If you were looking for a software that lets you easily create some of your own cool ringtones, then look no further than Fried Cookie’s Ringtone Maker. The application offers an elegant interface, simple design and intuitive ringtone creation process, and lets you cook your own favorite ringtones for your smartphone, within a few clicks.
It does the job in five simple steps, and can be set to convert the output to formats compatible with iOS (iPhone, iPad & iPod touch), Android, Blackberry, Symbian and other smartphone platforms. So how does it work? Let’s find out. The application has a minimalistic, yet an aesthetically pleasing UI design. It will ask you to select the type of your mobile phone. Advertisement.