Posted by nseidm1 in Android
I get a lot of emails/sms/calls about not being able to open the application. In the top of the applications description, on the market, is how you open it. Please dial 123 in your telephone and press call. There is no icon, therefore it cannot be open anywhere other can via the telephone using your code. You can change the code to anything you want in the app.
Also, I get many emails/sms/calls about double notifications and the blacklist message showing in the notification. Please read the introductory dialog carefully. It explicitly says to disable notifications in your default sms application!!!!
As always email/sms/call anytime for tech support. I’m always around….
Posted by nseidm1 in Android
As of July 4th here are the current features:
- Global notifications replacement. Blacklisted and non blacklisted sms notifications are handled entirely by the application
- Dummy text messages
- Call filtering
- Call number masking
- Send calls to voicemail, with two distinct methods configurable in the main settings
- Silence contact
- Import/Export contact information. At this time only the first line of the postal address it exported.
- Support for full postal address in the application, with full address being imported
- Customizable login number
- Fully integrated SMS client
- SMS client themes
- Advanced memory tactics. The entire UI layout will has been redesigned to reduce memory use up to 10x. This will substantially reduce, if not eliminate, memory related freezes
- Photos support that import Facebook images from the main contact book
- New custom menus!
I have many things I need and want to add:
- MMS support! I know, I promise I will add it
- More SMS themes
- Blinking lights on system notifications
- Customizable dummy message
- Group SMS messages
- Password recovery. Possibly a secret gesture on the main screen? May replace main login method, or supplement it
- Contact export to email
- More custom menus rather than default
- More ui enhancements
- Compatibility with 2.2
- Compatibility with smaller and tablet size screens
Android Blackbook is now confirmed to work on older HTC models. This is promising, and later today I will do some tests on Motorola models. There is still many things to do, and many hurdles that simply cannot be overcome. Notifications for missed incoming calls cannot be avoided because the notification is broadcasted from a core application. MMS filtering may also prove difficult, but eventually surmountable. As of now there are many features that have been added in the last two days that dwarf the functionality of coexisting applications.
Landscape mode for text message client
Call log
Contact import
Silence mode option
Notification vibrations
Settings menu completely revamped
I will post a report when I test on the Moto Droid.
I have made a comprehensive Blackbook application for the Droid Incredible. It will be available soon, and I may publish it on the Market in a beta version with date expiration; to get some feedback. It was built and tested on the Incredible, and should work on all other devices with 2.1. I want to publish to beta to see what other devices it works on.
It is comprehensive. It filters incoming and outgoing text messages. When a contact is in the blackbook receives an incoming messages it is not shown in the regular message inbox. It can only be viewed in the blackbook application. There are two options associated with text messages; notifications and dummy text messages. Dummy messages will replace the deleted message with a message saying Spam Filter has removed unwanted content. The notification also has similar content. These features can be disabled.
Notifications will replace the default notification for your text message app. Notifications are handled for regular text messages as well as blacklisted contacts. Notifications for regular text messages are similar to the notifications produced by your default text message application. They will include the contact, and the message and link to the messaging application. Notifications for blacklisted contacts will say Spam has been detected and removed successfully. When you get a notification like this it should signify that you have a new discrete text message that can be viewed in the Android Blackbook.
Android Blackbook has no icon. It does not show in the recent applications quick launch dialog that shows when you hold the home button. It is completely hidden and can only be accessed by entering your secret code into the dialer, and pressing call. The default secret code is 123 and can be configured in the application. The only way to see that the app is installed in the applications menu in settings. In their The icon is a warning sign and the title of the app is System Error. It is for all practical purposes discrete!!!
I will continue to work on this app aggressively. I will post again as I get more done.
Posted by nseidm1 in Manager
As I refine VirtualBox Manager I find new enhancements to make. Various graphical enhancements have been made to both the free and pro versions. Android uses the Toast class to display an unobtrusive message on the screen. Utilizing this to display confirmation dialogs assures the user that a particular action has completed successful. It adds a sense of feedback to the application.
One feature removed was the disabling of auto correction on the input menus. Since domain names, usernames, and passwords do not require auto correction, I wanted to disabled the feature. But the ability to disable the feature was not available in Android 1.6 therefore the feature is not currently available in the current packages. As more phones shift toward >2.1 I will re-enabled the feature and push the update to the Marketplace.
The entire application is much more stable after some recent updates. If the password is correct, and the private and public keys match then there is only one reason the system will not login; signal strength. I have noticed it does not work with 1X and only works where there is a reasonably strong 3G connection. I will try figure out how to program a timeout that publishes a notification that the connection failed due to signal strength.
More updates to come. I also want to implement a robust server management tool that reads for common processes using ps, and give the user the ability to see if they are running, restart, or shut them down. ect…. I may integrate this into VirtualBox Manager pro or just as a standalone application.
Posted by nseidm1 in Android
VirtualBox Manger was released a couple of days ago offering ssh access to remote host machines. The application controls up to seven virtual machines on the host machine. Up to seven different host machines can be configured in VirtualBox Manager. The standard application was released for free, and it will remain free. The current version has practically no bugs, at least any that I am aware of. I will continue to support it, but I will shift my development focus to the Pro version.
VirtualBox Manager Pro currently supports DSA encrypted login. Once the user logs into a host, using password authentication, the menu contains options to generate a new DSA key, and upload it to the host machine. Uploading it to the host machine automatically appends it to the users authorized_keys2 file. Once uploaded VirtualBox Manger will automatically use DSA encrypted authentication to connect to the host. VirtualBox Manager pro is design to use a single encryption key for all configured hosts.
VirtualBox Manger Pro will be released at 19.99 and is targeting corporate level IT departments. When it is released it will encrypt the passwords stored in the applications settings, and will also prompt for a password to gain access to the application. This feature will be enabled or disabled based on security requirements. Also there will be an options dialog to choose the size of the encryption key to generate; it is currently set at 1024 bytes.
In time I will enhance the UI. I want to add a variety of notifications throughout the application to enhance communication, troubleshooting, and general usability.
VirtualBox Manager Pro will be released soon to the Android Marketplace.
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