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Interesting Android Apps: July 2025 Showcase
Because we try to keep this community as focused as possible on the topic of Android development, sometimes there are types of posts that are related to development but don't fit within our usual topic.
Each month, we are trying to create a space to open up the community to some of those types of posts.
This month, although we typically do not allow self promotion, we wanted to create a space where you can share your latest Android-native projects with the community, get feedback, and maybe ...
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My first android mobil game
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Jetpack Compose Internals course goes unchained
Hey everyone 👋 I wanted to share some promo about my Jetpack Compose Internals course with you, since there might be several people interested, especially now with the cheapest price ever.
On top of that, and to celebrate that the course is moving to self-paced, I want to offer the first part of it FOR FREE to any readers of this community.
For the fu...
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How Do You Manage the Same App for Multiple Clients on Play Store & App Store?
We’re building a SaaS-based mobile solution for schools, and many clients want their own branded version of the app — their name, logo, colors, and sometimes even minor feature differences.
At the core, it’s the same app logic, but every client expects:
A separate listing on the Play Store & App Store
Their own launcher icon, app name, and branding
Occasionally, small feature toggles or different default settings
We’re currently evaluating a few strategies:
Keepin...
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Android development on Windows arm64 laptops.
As a working developer, and since I've been using both MacOS and Windows 11 for developing Android apps, I've always marveled at how much faster Android builds on Mac compared to Windows, mostly attributed to the CPU architecture.
So when Windows switched to arm I thought, this is it, finally! I bought an arm Windows laptop, and I'm still waiting for a compatible Android Studio release, but to no avail. The best solution is using IntelliJ for arm64, but it lacks so many features, and is a half...
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how do 18+ apps show erotic ads?
I have a question: I understand that Google AdMob is typically used to place ads in an app, but I’ve noticed other ad networks when I use 18+ apps—there are erotic or risqué ads and gambling ads. My question is: do all of them use AdMob, or is there another way to show ads in my 18+ app? My application is developed with Flutter....
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Is it possible to transfer files from a Z Flip 5 to HDD with a SATA to USB-C Converter?
I'm hoping to be able to create a HDD with backups for my PS2 games, only caveat is I don't own a PC, I've read on other subreddits that transferring files from Android to a HDD in the way mentioned in the title is possible but the main issue preventing this from working is if the android device can actually give enough power to the HDD to enable it to function, does anyone know if I will be able to do this with the flip 5? Thanks :)...
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Before I launch: Would love feedback on SpeakAI, an app that helps you improve the communication skills with AI
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Configure emulation device with specific "safe areas".
I don't know if it's an general android term, but in react-native you can get the safeAreaInsets. This information allows you to know how much of the screen is taken up by bars, cameras, notches etc. But when creating a device in the Device Manager, I can't find anyway to describe this meta-data so that I can reproduce behaviors for specific different devices. Is there a way?
Right now I'm trying to get the emulator to behave like a Samsung S23, so if there's a way to do that (something I c...
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Andriod Audio Capturing
Hi Everyone,
I have a question in regards to capturing call audio, whatapp audio, or general audio in Android. I was trying to capture call audio, Whatsapp audio, and general audio of an andriod phone with my app as a fun project. However, I was not able to capture it. I was thinking there might be limitations that prevent apps from capturing audio. Or, maybe I need to provide special permission to the app for it to be able to capture phone audio. I think it is possible because there are apps t...
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Droidcon talks on YouTube
Anyone know why Droidcon won't post their talks on YouTube?
Using Vimeo's player means that I can't track what I want to watch, progress, etc...
Seems simple to just upload the videos to YouTube, but maybe I'm missing something....
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How long did your first open testing take to get approved?
I'm building something where I'm shipping new features and bug fixes every single day but I need to understand how to plan releases for open testing as I heard every time you push a new release or make changes, the Upto 7 days weighting period resets. Currently sitting at 4 days unsure of whether or not I should publish updates.
Would love to know how how many days did it your open testing track to get approved?
Also, is it mandatory to do a number of internal and closest tests first even for ...
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Compose: Should you ever put click listeners in the view state?
Let’s say you have a list of items and clicking on one can do one of several actions depending on the state of the item. I feel like it kind of makes sense to pass the right view model action along with an id as part of a no parameter lambda and assigning that to the clickable would make sense intuitively.
However, lambdas are unstable and this would cause a recomposition every time even if the lambda did not change from my current understanding and everything I can find.
However, i distinctly...
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Legal Name required
First time publishing an app. I am using a personal account and google tells me that the legal name is required and can be published, including the address.
What can i do in this case? Is it an option to just lie?
I ve never seen a bigger breach of privacy...
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Testing Android 16 Live Updates in an emulator?
Hey,
Is it possible to try-out Android 16 Live Update notifications (similar to Dynamic Island / One UI 7 Now Bar) in an Android Emulator? Google recently confirmed (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-live-updates-supported-devices-list-3560227/) it will be available for devices other than Pixel, so I assume it's in AOSP (or will be).
Unfortunately I wasn't able to. Google Maps supports it, but the little tappable pill isn't showing in my emulator's status bar....
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WifiAwareManager
I am looking into using WifiAwareManager in an app. I added the basic test...context.hasSystemFeature (PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE)
and tried it on 2 devices a Pixel 3A (Android 13) and a Lenovo tablet (Android 10)
It works on the pixel but not the lenovo, Android docs say it should work on any device Android 8 or higher.
Any suggestions?...
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My app hasn't been indexed after almost a year since its out
I developed and published an Android game using Ionic with Capacitor almost a year ago. The app has a completely unique name—no other app shares it—yet it still doesn’t appear in Play Store search results when searching by name.
Interestingly, the app does show up if I search using the exact package name, which confirms it’s live and indexed.
What could be causing this issue? Could it be related to metadata, keywords, or visibility settings? Or is this yet another example of Google bur...
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un4seen library
Hey developers..Im finding it hard integrating this library to my android studio project..is this library still functional. Im trying to integrate to Voice Sound effects app.....
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How I Optimize My Android App from 15MB to under <2MB
https://mubaraknative.medium.com/how-i-optimize-my-android-app-from-15mb-to-under-2mb-2612c759362a
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How to Get Started with Android BLE App (Beginner)?
Hi everyone!
I need to build a custom Android app that connects to a BLE device (read/write to its BLE UUID).
I'm a complete beginner with Android. The only thing I've done before is a simple Bluetooth serial app using Python (Kivy + Buildozer). But I know Python is pretty limited for working with Android APIs.
I think Kotlin is probably the best choice, but I have no idea where to start.
Any suggestions or resources for beginners? Thanks a lot!...
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Is mobile development a dead-end after 6-9 years?
I’ve been in the app (mobile Android ) developer role for a while now, and I can’t help but feel like it’s a career path with a short runway. After about 6–9 years in this role, is there really anywhere to go?
Let’s be real — it’s a simple job. You build screens, hook up APIs, and maybe add some animations or state handling here and there. But when it comes to core business logic, anything that actually requires deeper system thinking or architectural decisions — all of that is almost always at...
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How does android not have more job opportunities when its used almost everywhere??
I keep seeing people mention mobile, android is more used on mobile then IOS, but what about point of sales systems? cars? healthcare?, edtech, kiosks, etc. Isnt this all built on android? how are there not more jobs for it then??? I would think they will always need devs to do dashboard systems for cars so get jobs there? pos like square, clover, toast are only getting bigger, do they not need more android devs?
I am writing this because I am at a cross roads, I want to start mobile dev but t...
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Google's quality testers cannot login into my app
When submitting to the Play store, Google has people test your application. I am not talking about the dozen testers you need or whatever, I am talking about the quality testing check that Google does.
The problem is: these testers are from India, and they cannot login into the Google account I provided for testing because I can't figure out a way to disable 2FA (I disabled it -- but Google is doing it anyways; for security; I think).
I'm not sure what to do. I'm at the point where I might add...
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Reference pdf or book
New beginner here, recently started learning kotlin with Android Studio. i got a reference pdf of kotlin from their website which is quite good . But couldnt find one for Android Studio. I saw a pdf from google's website but it looks bit outdated . Any suggestion or recommendation...
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Made a library to use mpv in compose applications
I've built mpv-compose with the code from mpv-android and inspired by mpvkt.
It's my first ever released library besides a small plugin I've published before that wraps mpv in a composable and adds some small things such as dsl which is one of my favorite part of kotlin ❤️
Since it's my first ever library I would like some feedback with the code, and maybe a st...
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🎉 Showoff Saturday My First Production App – StepVital (Step Counter)
Hey devs! 👋
After several months of late‑night hacking, I’m excited to share my first production‑ready Android app:
📱 StepVital – Step Counter, now live on Google Play!
What it does:
Tracks steps, distance, calories burned, and active time
Displays clean daily and monthly progress charts
Sends background notifications and provides customizable widgets
Offers theme and style personalization
Unlocks daily achievements to keep you motivated
Includes health & wellness tips r...
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App publishing on Google Play
Sometime I receive mails from unknown mailers that ask to publish apps on their behalf, due to Google policy which requires newer console owners to pass a 14days internal testing with 20 testers and additional days to week of review, they are willing to pay "old" publishers.
Is it a scam? They really pay? There are any risk to be banned by Google? Any experiences?...
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Best place to commission an android app?
I've looked through fivver and it just seems kind of, not shady, but something's a bit off.
Is there a site that's more android focused?
I know I can look this up, but it seems like reddit is the best place to get up to date information.
(mods can take this off if they need too)...
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Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Canary 2 now available
https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2025/05/android-studio-narwhal-feature-drop_22.html
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Firebase Notifications
I was implementing notifications in my app after a very long time. Earlier I used to implement inside by calling firebase APIs using okhttp library but now it seems to be obselete. New way is to adding a cloud function but that seems to be little lengthy process.
Are you guys still using old way to implement this or using any other library to implement this?...
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