AppSender BETA Version 1.10 Released

I got request to add a confirmation dialog before generating the email. Its a great idea and implemented it. I just released it to Android Market and should be available to everyone shortly (it seems to take a few hours before its available).

Version 1.10 will now prompt you a dialog before launching email app.

As always, if you have experienced any bugs, it would be greatly appreciated if you can contact me at moto.android.software@gmail.com. Please include as much information as possible to reproduce the problem (including your version of Android OS). I will try my best to fix it soon as possible.

Also feel free to send me feedback. I would love to hear your wish list and improve this app.

BTW, I just got done developing an antivirus app (day time job). This is no ordinary antivirus app. It utilizes the cloud to the max to save battery and ScanNow button is lighting fast. Its a BETA release, but its FREE. You can install it even if you already have an antivirus app. Its called SecureBrain Antivirus and can be downloaded from Android Market.



Have a great day!

- Moto

AppSender BETA Version 1.9 Released...(0 byte attachment fixed)

AppSender BETA Version 1.9 is now available from Android Market

The main reason for the update was to fix the 0 byte attachment reported by several users.

I also enhanced the GUI a bit. When switching from portrait mode to landscape mode, it no longer needs to re-generate the application list. This was very annoying, so now its fixed.

As always, if you have experienced any bugs, it would be greatly appreciated if you can contact me at moto.android.software@gmail.com. Please include as much information as possible to reproduce the problem (including your version of Android OS). I will try my best to fix it soon as possible.

Also feel free to send me feedback. I would love to hear your wish list and improve this app.

Have a great day!

- Moto

Blank Screen finally fixed in AppSender v1.8 ?!?!

I have been receiving feedback from several users that AppSender still displays a blank screen with v1.7. I been trying to fix this for some time now, but was having problems reproducing this bug. Recently, I picked up a new Android device and I was able to reproduce this bug immediately. Hopefully, this is the same bug some of my users are seeing in the field....(I hope).

After a bit of debugging, I found that following code was giving an error.

List pkginfo_list = pm.getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);

I use the PackageManager to grab a list of package installed on the device. Apparently, when there are lots of apps installed (i.e. over 200 apps), it will give the following error (in logcat).

E/JavaBinder( 2225): !!! FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION !!!

Since I don't really need to use the flag "GET_ACTIVITIES". So I simply changed it to the following (which should consume less memory):

List pkginfo_list = pm.getInstalledPackages(0);

Tada!! The bug is now fixed.

I have just released AppSender Version 1.8 on Android Market with this fix.

If anyone find any bugs, please feel free to report them to moto.android.software@gmail.com and I will try my best to fix it.

Enjoy!

AppSender BETA Version 1.7 Released...

AppSender BETA Version 1.7 is now available from Android Market

The main reason for the update was to fix the "blank screen" problem reported by new users when launching AppSender.

I have found that AppSender was functioning, but was simply taking a bit of time generating initial application list for various reason (low memory, too many apps installed...etc).

To help resolve this problem, AppSender 1.7 will now display a dialog box. Probably much nicer than looking at a blank screen. Hopefully, this will help the user see progress while waiting patiently for the app to start.

The App will now display the following next to the App name. Please note Copy Protected Apps cannot be shared.
-User Installed Application: AppSender can share these apps
-Preinstalled Application: AppSender can share these apps
-Copy Protected Application: AppSender cannot share these apps


As always, if you have experienced any bugs, it would be greatly appreciated if you can contact me at moto.android.software@gmail.com. Please include as much information as possible to reproduce the problem. I will try my best to fix it soon as possible.

Also feel free to send me feedback. I would love to hear your wish list and improve this app.

Have a great day!

AppSender BETA Version 1.6 Now available

I just released AppSender BETA version 1.6 to android market.

The new build (version 1.6) is now available on Android Market.

Version 1.6 has the following changes:

Enhanced email message. Now includes link to Android Market to search for the app.

Removed the annoying "Beta message" displayed at beginning of the app.

Removed Beta license expiration time bomb. You can now use this app after Sept 1, 2011.

If you have experienced any bugs, it would be greatly appreciated if you can contact me at moto.android.software@gmail.com. Please include as much information as possible to reproduce the problem. I will try my best to fix it soon as possible.

Also feel free to send me feedback. I would love to hear your wish list and improve this app.

Have a great day!

AppSender BETA Version 1.5 Now available

A friend just informed me that AppSender does not run on Android 2.1 today. After a bit of research, I found the lame bug. There was a minor file system change between Android 2.1 and 2.2 and cause compatibility problems for my app. The bug is now fixed and tested on both Android 2.1 and 2.2 emulators as well as actual Android devices.

The new build (version 1.5) is now available on Android Market

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If you are running Android 2.1 and had problems in the past, it would be greatly appreciated if you can try this new build. Once again thanks for all that have send feedback about AppSender. I hope I can continue to make it better.

AppSender BETA Updated to v1.4

I made a small enhancement to AppSender.

The app list will now be displayed in alphabetical order. I should have done this when I first wrote the app.

This fix is in AppSender BETA 1.4, now available on Android Market. BTW, if you find any problems with my app, please let me know. I will try to fix it. Feel free to post comments in this blog to report problems. Thanks.

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How to install APK files to your android device

I was surfing the web today and it seems many people are asking questions about how to install APK files. I would like to give my 2 cents on this topic.

As you probably already know, Android applications have APK file extensions (i.e. game.apk).

Many pre-installed apps are located in /system/app folder.
For example:
Calendar app: /system/app/Calendar.apk.
Contacts app: /system/app/Contacts.apk

When you install new apps, its installed under /data/app folder.
For example:
Dropbox app: /data/app/com.dropbox.android-1.apk
Evernote app: /data/app/com.evernote-1.apk

The easiest way to install such app (APK file) is simply to visit android market and download/install the app. But how do you install APK file thats posted on a web site?

If you are an android developer, you already know how to do this with "adb install". Thats how I typically do it too to test my apps. But most people do not have android sdk installed and need alternative method. I have been using either dropbox or Gmail.

Dropbox app: You can use "Dropbox" on your android. I simply copy the APK into dropbox storage on my PC or Mac. Then I access the APK using Dropbox on my android. Just click on the APK in Dropbox and it will install the app. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android

Gmail app: Email the APK file as an email attachment to your android. Make sure to open it with "Gmail" app. Some mail clients will only offer to save the attached APK file to your SDCARD. But if you are using Gmail app, the APK file attachment will have an "Install" button. Just click "Install" (see pic below). Hope this helps!!!

AppSender BETA Updated

AppSender BETA just been updated. It received an facelift.[DOWNLOAD AppSender]

The main user interface that displays all installed apps now displays product icon. It looks so much nicer now. As always, you can simply click on the App name to send it as an email attachment. The updated version is now available on Android Market. Support English and Japanese languages.

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AppSender BETA now available at Android Market

AppSender BETA - Select and send an installed App from your Android

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AppSender BETA version is available for FREE until Sept 1, 2011. I hope some of you find the tool useful. I hope to enhance the tool as time goes...

Here's some background. This app was originally intended for developers who need to extract/copy apps from their Android device to other Android device or PC. On PC, you can simply drag and drop attachments to an email, but its not that simple on Android device.

If you are an Android developer, you can extract/copy apps using Android SDK "adb pull" command along with the apps "install path" name. Since the install path information is not available from default Android GUI, AppSender can be used to help identify the install path name. But to make things much easier, AppSender can automatically attach the selected app to an email on you Android device. Just pick an app from a list and AppSender will do the rest (send the app via email attachment). BTW, path name will also be included in the email body.

Hope you enjoy this tool. If you find a bug or have feedback, please email me at moto.android.software@gmail.com.



App will be available from Android market shortly. I'm planning to release it for free for limited time. More info shortly...

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