Full-disk encryption is fine as far as it goes, but it does not go quite as far as you might think in terms of defending your data. If you are considering encryption at the application level, in addition to the device level, SQLCipher for Android makes it easy for you to add AES-256 encryption to your local databases.
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Podcast June 19: Building Cloud-based Enterprise Mobile Applications
Join us on June 19th at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern for a lively conversation on mobile and cloud moderated by Peter van der Linden, Android Technology Evangelist at Motorola Mobility and with guest speakers
Enterprise Mobile Security - What is your #1 security issue?
When implementing an enterprise mobile strategy the #1 security issue is?
- Doing a risk assessment
- Securing data communication
- Protecting data thru encryption
- Android security
- HTML5 security
Customize Your Notifications with Recurrent Notifications
Perhaps you’ve wondered why the Android OS doesn’t provide an option for you to customize your notifications. Having the ability to personalize the notifications of your installed applications would be beneficial. Because if you think about it, there really isn’t any way of knowing which notification you received, and whether it’s worth checking when you only have a 1 second ‘ting’ and an LED light that pulses every 10 seconds.
So to help out with that, XDA Recognized Developer bartito developed an app called Recurrent Notifications to do what Google could not. As you might have guessed, Recurrent Notifications allows you to tinker with (almost) every element of a notification. This includes the ringtone, vibration, LED color, and repetition interval.
Additionally, Pebble smartwatch owners can take advantage of a couple settings specific to the Pebble, such as toggling sounds and vibrations when the Pebble is connected, playing notifications on the Pebble, and limiting the number of notifications when connected to the Pebble. Furthermore, android-notifier users can even allow Recurrent Notifications to automatically send notifications received on your device straight to your computer.
Recurrent Notifications will no doubt be useful to many Android users because of the wealth of notification customization it allows. If you’ve wanted to tweak your notifications, check out the original thread to learn more.
Easy Add a Rating Popup to Your Application
Every app and game developer undoubtedly knows about importance of having a good Google Play Store rating. These little stars very often determine whether app is commercially successful. Without ratings, many great apps will remain buried in the 20th page of your search results.
Many applications display nag screens, prompting users to leave ratings in the Google Play Store. To use this method, you need a library, which must be included in your app. Thankfully, you don’t have to write such a module yourself, as XDA Forum Member mariosangiorgio has done so already and was kind enough to share it with everybody. The developer carefully explained how to use his library in his Github repository.
If you are an app developer, you should consider visiting the library thread to learn more about adding this implementation to your project. And if you use this library in your app-in-progress, make sure to leave a kind word in the thread and/or contribute to the code on Github.
Memotion Displays Your “True” Emotions
There are many categories of apps available on Android. Some of them add functionality, whereas others simply allow you to kill some time. The application we are about to cover does both, along with delivering a healthy dose of amusement.
Memotion was developed by XDA Senior Member brandall. It’s a tool that is able to recognize the emotions of you or a friend based on the tone and cadence of speech. For example, this app can tell you if you are curious, bored, or excited. Sounds interesting? Believe me it is.
To begin its analysis, Memotion needs a 20 second voice sample recorded through your device’s microphone. But recognizing emotions isn’t the only feature of this app. You can also record some memories, and Memotion will add information like location, weather, and more. It’s really handy for those perpetually on the go, as you can see where have you been and how you have felt on certain days. The voice recognition module is a result of 18 years of research, and it uses FLAC audio codec to store the data.
If you are interested in psychology and would like to study your or other people’s emotions, visit the application thread and give it a try.
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