I was just giving examples of what is out there and what I (and presumably others) would find helpful
An altimeter would be useful. I found SAnd on F-Droid but does not work on my phone, know it has bugs and not been updated for a long time. I currently have one from PlayStore (Accurate Altimeter) but getting increasingly demanding of my data etc. My phone does not have barometric sensor so would be good if offered GPS, location and barometric ways of measuring altitude.
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Those were Chinese keyboards for the most part. Linsui suggestion did help.
Thanks for showing them both. Apparently, I wasn’t getting this app to work because I had to install both of them. I didn’t realize that one was a plugin for the other. After messing around with it, I got it setup. I did notice that I have to type in English letters and I can’t type directly in Korean characters. Is there any way to type directly in Korean characters?
Plant and animal identification app.
Fcitx5 can only use English keyboard currently. You can use Trime with custom config. I don’t know how to config it though.
Well, I think one particular application is missing: An application like Pixel Studio Pro. That application has the ability to make really good Pixel Art as has a maximum resolution of 4096x4096 pixels. Unfortunately such an application doesn’t exist on the FOSS scene yet, it’s quite a shame actually, so the only way to get the most from Pixel Studio is to get a modified version that has Pro already included, which is closer to what we need, but it is still linked to Google Play somehow. Also, what about Mindustry Classic? That’s the version that preceded the one on F-Droid. Why isn’t it on F-Droid?
Also, three other application types we do seriously need are a Screen Recorder of the same caliber as AZ Screen Recorder, a Video Compression tool that is very similar to Panda Video Compressor & A Video editing tool that is similar to Video Maker.
Yes, I know that, but the apps I brought up are really good apps. If somebody could construct privacy focused applications like those (Or heck, even better), it would actually give people the ability to edit pixel arts. If somebody could acquire Pixel Studio Pro to check what it has, it could be recreated.
Which is why I brought those apps in for discussion.
My bad. Did not realize. Corrected now. Also, I agree, we are trying to keep the forum clean, but that OP seems to not understand the simple logic.
Well, now with that conundrum resolved, I did point out that television applications are surprisingly absent on the FOSS scene, the closest normal application is Pluto TV, which is connected to Google Play. However, I know of IPTV, a way to watch television on lesser known applications. I theorize that a FOSS IPTV application is possible, but we really need to consider the ramifications of doing so, since IPTV has the ability to access Premium channels and even content from outside your region, which governments are actively trying to suppress. So, I’m not exactly sure if a FOSS IPTV is possible, but we could settle for something less if we can just get some sort of TV application…
If we get some developer to work on it, I am sure this can be achieved as a standalone player. Are there any projects available on any source code sites like gitea, codeburg, forgejo etc?
Though few other players do run IPTV URLs as well.
Hmm…I didn’t look into it that deep…
Oh, I think you got some, the one I’ve been checking is whoBIRD, but I recall some more.
Will edit if I find, if you like.
Edit:
Here’s another one after quick search
As for applications, if Antifeature AI appears, I will be able to create applications using artificial intelligence. Many small projects will be easily transferable to Android.
I even did a test with a simple song recognition app. I asked AI to rewrite the Mousai app for Android – unfortunately, it did so as a browser interface, but it works perfectly.
If the applications are not too complicated, I think they could easily be made on F-Droid, and in addition, many simple games could be created.
And of course, you could take old programs and games and update them to work on new Androids (I’ve done a few such projects).
That might just be the ticket to make Pixel Studio Pro usable for free, then boost it up so it can handle much more. We could bust that 4096x4096 limit, and probably even add a feature to correct images that were damaged by FurAffinity’s compression system when you uploaded huge images to that site.
That also means other notable applications I brought up could be fixable to work fully disconnected from Google entirely!
That AI could destroy Google’s ecosystem idea outright!