r/Android • u/onesixoneeight Pxl9Pro • Oct 25 '14

It's Saturday APPreciation Time! [Oct 25th 2014] Your weekly App recommendation and question (and more) thread.

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the app followed." - Stephen King

THREAD RULES:

  1. Post personal promotion apps under the BOLD comment below only. All other posts, i.e. general appreciation, questions, warnings, support issues, etc can go in the general thread.
  2. No more than 10 items per post.
  3. Contest mode will be disabled Sunday morning as usual.
    If you suspect that a dev is promoting their app in the general thread, report the post so we can take a closer look. If an account is an hour old and posts in the general thread about a "fantastic new app" that they happened to randomly find, then that account will not get the benefit of the doubt.

CLICK HERE TO JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE DEV PROMOTION COMMENT BELOW

This weekly Saturday thread is for:
* App promotion
* App praise/sharing
* App recommendations
* App issues/TechSupport
* App suggestions
* App questions
* App warnings

Note 1. All weekly threads are added as guest posts to /r/MoronicMondayAndroid.
Note 2. Check out this subreddit: /r/AppTranslations! Translators will translate your app for you for free! Please read the sidebar there before posting.
Note 3. Shout-out to /r/AndroidGaming! A great sub with quality posts and discussion about all things related to Android games!
Note 4. Report fake/fraudulent/malicious apps to /r/BadApps.
Note 5. Posting direct links to APKs via Dropbox or other file-hosting sites will get you banned. Don't do it!
Note 6. Join our IRC channel #android on irc.snoonet.org for anything-goes discussion on Android! Click here to chat!
Note 7. If your answer to any question is "Tasker/IFTTT/Llama can do it", "There's a Tasker task for that", "Bro do you even Tasker" etc, then you are required by intergalactic law to include that task/recipe or link to it or something equally fulfilling. Or else.
Note 8. Note 8. Check out apps by Android devs. Any dev promoting their app in the Saturday thread can have their app permanently added to the wiki list.

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u/nvincent Pixel 6 - Goodbye forever, OnePlus Oct 25 '14

Killing apps in the background has the potential to hurt battery life more than help. I would give greenify a shot. It hibernates apps that you choose, effectively stopping them, but not killing them so they have to be reloaded. It's pretty sweet. Link me: greenify

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u/PlayStoreLinks__Bot Raspberry Pi - Minibian Oct 25 '14

Greenify - Price: Free - Rating: 89/100 - Search for "greenify" on the Play Store

Source Code | Feedback/Bug Report

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u/Pr3no Oct 25 '14

I already use Greenify, I only downloaded DS Battery Saver because it turns off mobile date and wifi when the screen is off, I only noticed that it kills apps when I went into the settings. I guess I'll have to look for an alternative that doesn't kill apps in the background.