Kia ora!

I’ve been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I’ve just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what’s changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I’ve had a hunt around xda but can’t seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

  • Andy@programming.devEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Some of my favorites:

    • Launcher: Niagara
    • Rom: LineageOS
    • Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
    • Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
    • HackerNews: Harmonic
    • Lemmy: Jerboa (haven’t tried alternatives)
    • Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven’t tried much else)
    • Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
    • Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
    • Barcodes: Catima
    • Computer stuff: KDE Connect
    • File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
    • TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
    • Passwords: Bitwarden
    • Icons: Crayon or Viral
    • Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker’s Keyboard
    • Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
    • Video: VLC and NewPipe
    • Weather: Weawow

    EDITS:

    • Lemmy: Liftoff
    • Chat: Telegram
    • Email: Delta Chat?
    • Voodoo@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      So many great apps and I see several familiar friends. Have you found a way to have Jerboa send youtube links to NewPipe rather than default to the native youtube app? I am sure there is a easy way that I just don’t know.

      • Theorize3806@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Another way is to just disable to stock YouTube app. Then all YouTube links should open in NewPipe.

      • Tony_Pepperoni@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        If you don’t have an open by default setting on your phone, follow these steps:

        1. Install the app ‘Hidden Settings for MIUI’
        2. Open it and go to ‘Manage Applications’
        3. Select ‘NewPipe’
        4. Click ‘Advanced’
        5. Select ‘Open by default’
        6. For ‘open support links’ select ‘open’. For ‘supported links’ select ‘open youtu.be and other URLs’

        Anytime you click a YouTube link it will now open in NewPipe, no matter what app you’re in.

    • agegamon@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Plant.Net is also good for plant id, though I like leafsnap as well. Better than trying to use Google lens on them.

      Relay I think is still up in the air. It’s either shutting down OR going paid subscription, which, despite how good Relay is, would be a deal-killer for me - but I don’t blame DBrady (the dev) for that, I blame reddit

    • azenyrEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Well for Lemmy I just made my home instance a web app with my browser and use it as if it was any normal app. I find Jerboa a bit too empty looking. Needs more color and more icons. I hope more lemmy apps emerge with time.

      For keyboards I really think that Samsung Keyboard is too underrated. It’s amazingly integrated with the rest of OneUI, the clipboard is amazing, all the theeming with good lock on it is also amazing. And I hate how heavy swiftkey is and probably has MS spyware anyway