Easy Wifi Tether App

I just wanted to post something real quick to let the users that have downloaded Easy Wifi Tether app from the market and are wondering what that advertisement is when you start the app. This ad is a content locker that is displayed every time a user starts the app.

I gave the option to allow the user to click the X button on the top right of the ad to close it out and continue using Easy Wifi Tether app for free. I only put this advertisement in the free version to help support development, but decided it would be best to let the user control if they wanted to click on the ad or exit the ad and continue with the app.

If some of you were wondering what that was I hope this cleared it up. I am all for trying to give the best support to the users but at the same time it takes a lot of time and dedication to keep updating applications to users needs/expectations and the amount of Android phone's running different versions. That is why most developers offer free versions with 'Advertisements'.

Even though an application is free and may be great or horrible.. It still took that developer a great amount of time trying to get that app to work to the standard Android users expectation. A developer has to earn money or you will be left with developers leaving Android and publishing horrible applications.

Thank you to all the users!

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Android Code Snippet - Check if tablet or smartphone

Here is how to check if the user is using a smartphone or a tablet...

  private boolean isTabletDevice() {
    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) { // honeycomb
        // test screen size, use reflection because isLayoutSizeAtLeast is only available since 11
        Configuration con = getResources().getConfiguration();
        try {
            Method mIsLayoutSizeAtLeast = con.getClass().getMethod("isLayoutSizeAtLeast", int.class);
            Boolean r = (Boolean) mIsLayoutSizeAtLeast.invoke(con, 0x00000004); // Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_XLARGE
            return r;
        } catch (Exception x) {
            x.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Tutorial - Autostart an application at bootup

In your AndroidManifest.xml put this is with the following permission

<receiver android:enabled="true" android:name=".BootUpReceiver"
        android:permission="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">

        <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
</receiver>
[..]
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
[..]

Create a new activity named BootUpReceiver and put this code in..

public class BootUpReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                Intent i = new Intent(context, MyActivity.class);
                i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                context.startActivity(i);
        }

}

Market Fix Android App

This is our newest app on the Android Market.

*ROOT IS REQUIRED TO WORK!*

Market Fix will let you change your build.prop file fingerprint to allow the Android Market to show you protected and paid/all apps. Some users that are on CM7 or other ROMS are not able to see certain apps in the Market.

This app will allow you to quickly click a button to change your Market Fingerprint.

Requires Android 2.2+ and ROOT ACCESS!

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