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.
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About Me
- Andrew
- New York, NY, United States
- I'm a software developer.
I write code for a living, I teach programming in college and I make apps for the Android mobile phone platform.
Email
andrewoid.solutions at gmail dot com
2 comments:
I feel your pain. I wish there was a way to rate the people who leave comments. The rating system could be something like:
4 - Very credible
3 - Good understanding
2 - Needs a clue
1 - Illiterate
Hopefully that's all water off a ducks back. It's too easy to focus on the ones who don't "get it" and then forget the rest of us who appreciate and understand the app.
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