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Tips for a long-lost android user (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Kia ora!

I've been an ios user for 100 years at this point, but used to be deep in the android scene before then. I've just got an android for a work phone and am wondering what's changed in the last 10 years - what are your essential apps, settings, customisations? I've had a hunt around xda but can't seem to find much in the way of roms for my model (Samsung A04) - back in the day it seemed there was a thread for every device!

What do I need to know?

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[–] Andy 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Some of my favorites:

Launcher: Niagara
Rom: LineageOS
Browser: Firefox (with DarkReader and uBlock Origin)
Reddit: Relay (is this ending?)
HackerNews: Harmonic
~~Lemmy: Jerboa (haven't tried alternatives)~~
Podcasts: AntennaPod (haven't tried much else)
Identify stuff: LeafSnap (plants), SoundHound, Merlin (birds!)
Books: Moon+ Reader Pro
Barcodes: Catima
Computer stuff: KDE Connect
File stuff: Material Files and ZArchiver
TTS: @Voice Aloud Reader
Passwords: Bitwarden
Icons: Crayon or Viral
Keyboards: MS SwiftKey, maybe someday FlorisBoard, sometimes Hacker's Keyboard
Scrobbles: Simple Scrobbler
Video: VLC and NewPipe
Weather: Weawow

EDITS:

Lemmy: Liftoff
Chat: Telegram
Email: Delta Chat?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So many great apps and I see several familiar friends. Have you found a way to have Jerboa send youtube links to NewPipe rather than default to the native youtube app? I am sure there is a easy way that I just don't know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Another way is to just disable to stock YouTube app. Then all YouTube links should open in NewPipe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It will be somewhere in settings-> default app-> opening links

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Install the app 'Hidden Settings for MIUI'
Open it and go to 'Manage Applications'
Select 'NewPipe'
Click 'Advanced'
Select 'Open by default'
For 'open support links' select 'open'. For 'supported links' select 'open youtu.be and other URLs'

Anytime you click a YouTube link it will now open in NewPipe, no matter what app you're in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well for Lemmy I just made my home instance a web app with my browser and use it as if it was any normal app. I find Jerboa a bit too empty looking. Needs more color and more icons. I hope more lemmy apps emerge with time.

For keyboards I really think that Samsung Keyboard is too underrated. It's amazingly integrated with the rest of OneUI, the clipboard is amazing, all the theeming with good lock on it is also amazing. And I hate how heavy swiftkey is and probably has MS spyware anyway

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Plant.Net is also good for plant id, though I like leafsnap as well. Better than trying to use Google lens on them.

Relay I think is still up in the air. It's either shutting down OR going paid subscription, which, despite how good Relay is, would be a deal-killer for me - but I don't blame DBrady (the dev) for that, I blame reddit