Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bar Control

If you want better icons, email me an icon. Should be 48x48 pixel PNG24 format.

Changelog

v1.1.0
-Changed "Application Launcher" to "Main Application"
-Added the ability to specify if apps are shown first or last in the notification bar.

v1.0.0

-Notifications are no longer "On going" events, so that new notifications show up above Bar Control apps
-Changes made to the way Bar Control stores notifications. I'm now using a database like I should
-Ability to hide Notification Icons until the window shade is pulled down (Thanks MikeDG). This may have side effects because I am doing something the API was never meant to do.
- Clear all notifications button.
- Added Donate Button

Sunday, March 8, 2009

SMSAwake

I run my phone in silent mode most of the time. Especially if I'm working. I put my phone on my desk within my field of view. I suppose I could have it notify me on vibrate or a sound, but that often gets really annoying when I'm having a SMS conversation with someone.

I don't get a lot of calls. When I do the screen lights up. However, there is no automatic wakeup of the phone when a txt message arrives. Funny as this might sound it took me forever to realize that a green LED light meant I had an SMS, and even then I still don't notice it so easily when I'm working. One of the features I missed about my old phone was that the screen lit up when I had a txt message.

So I built one. Took me all of 15 minutes.

One of my requirements about this app was that it was a "set it and forget it" app. I install it, and it starts working. There is no app to run, nothing to configure. It just works. This is one reason I didn't use SMSPopup. No offense to the developer(s) of that popular app. And I just don't want my SMS to pop up for everyone to see like that.

And when I release an app to the Market, the Market never disappoints. Some people get it and some people don't.

I put in capital letters in the app description "THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT YOU RUN." And I still get comments like "App doesn't launch. Uninstalled" with one star rating.