Hello All,
Next semester is my final semester at college (I'm finally graduating in May ) and I have been wanting to develop an App for my final Senior Project.
So I wanted to get some app ideas from you guys, something useful to develop.
Thanks
how about this:
Create an app that holds a picture for a calendar event, when this app is run, I want to be able to make a photo, and post it in my agenda.
Think flyers and posters! I'm getting tired of the fact theres no app out there that can do this. I've wanted this for 5 years now!
You would make my day!
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I'd like to see some form of dedicated forum browser or plugin that can take the information from a message board like this one and make it easier to view on a mobile. I know there's an app that does something like that already but that requires a plugin for the forum and I'm refusing to pay for an app that will only read boards with that plugin.
If it can display mobile sites in a way that they're meant to be viewed that'd also be good (have a look at mobile.bcfc.com in various mobile browsers).
Thanks for the ideas guys, but I might have found a great idea. I'll be doing a little more research on it.
Thanks
Outlook Sync app for Android without going through the cloud!
A content management system client that can be hooked to any enterprise CMS. You can add support for popular ones and user can pick one during setup.
Heres an idea....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819367
I have 2 requests. and i will pay a bounty on these. Name your price(be reasonable im the only one paying you) (open to making one reasonable large payment and the several smaller ones over the year as i know this will require a lot of work)
I am involved in a volunteer work with the deaf and hard of hearing, so i use my phone a lot to show videos and various other things. so i need it to be fully functional for all of this.
1st) There is an app on the itunes app store called cienega, I need this app stable on android or one that does the same thing. this will not be for just me but will actually get downloaded by hundreds of people, potentially thousands.
2nd) if anyone that can mod a video player either the stock or get the vlc player to work on a mobile device that will recognize chapter markers embedded in a video file. I have sample videos to work with so you can see what im trying to acheive.
My time is too occupied to focus enough on it to get it done. especially in a timely manner. Im willing to Pay $50 up front and work out whatever else we need to, to make it happen. please pm me here if you are interested. only serious legitimate developers need pm me. no novice or hey ill give it a shot kind of people, show me what youve done before, before you start trying to get me to pay you.
@1 Elaborate what this app does what exactly you need.
The app plays a specific video file which I can provide you with it groups all of them into submission chapters and categories, I need someone that can take an app that is designed for iPhone /iPod / iPad and make it work on android. The developers of it made it for free for our group but they have no interest in android or developing for android so I'm hiring out to take this application and get it working on android devices
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What does this app have to do with the deaf?
Dark3n said:
What does this app have to do with the deaf?
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It's for videos that I have in full ASL but I can't navigate them on my video player
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how to promote my android app for free???
I guess you can find many promotion methods after you install an app from Google Play.
Splash window,
Push notification,
App recommendation inside an app.
Corporate with other developers and promote apps for each other.
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Well, at least the first three promotion methods can be found in most of the apps from Google Play.
But who knows more promotion methods?
You may install swably and share your apps in there, its community where dev and customer share thoughts about lots of app
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As previously stated, Swably is a free way to promote & share apps. That's probably your best bet.
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Post it here on XDA.
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for everyone
Thanks
for you
ariser said:
I guess you can find many promotion methods after you install an app from Google Play.
Splash window,
Push notification,
App recommendation inside an app.
Corporate with other developers and promote apps for each other.
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Well, at least the first three promotion methods can be found in most of the apps from Google Play.
But who knows more promotion methods?
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thanks very much.
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As previously stated, Swably is a free way to promote & share apps. That's probably your best bet.
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Go.Bin said:
You may install swably and share your apps in there, its community where dev and customer share thoughts about lots of app
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This app on Google Play?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=goofy2.swably
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As previously stated, Swably is a free way to promote & share apps. That's probably your best bet.
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Oops, after I install this app from Google Play, I'm stuck in the Connect through a network page, and it gives me three options: Facebook, Twitter, Google+. However, if I choose Facebook, it takes long time to load and then gives me the message of "Connect to...timed out".
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This app on Google Play?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=goofy2.swably
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Oops, after I install this app from Google Play, I'm stuck in the Connect through a network page, and it gives me three options: Facebook, Twitter, Google+. However, if I choose Facebook, it takes long time to load and then gives me the message of "Connect to...timed out".
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can you access Facebook on your phone?
subscribe to getjar and publish your app. or publish your app on Amazon appstore....
OR
Go To This Site and Publish [media.droidtweak. com / android-app-marketing] (Copy and paste it remove spaces, m a new user so i cant post outsider links, m jus trying to help, sorry moderators)
OR
Before you make any sort of promotional effort, you need to do the following:
1) Make sure you have a good rating. Get 10 friends to give you 5-stars. Nobody wants to download an unrated app (or even one with less than 5 ratings).
2) Add a video on the app store. It doesn't need to be pro, just something that gives a good indication of what your app does.
3) Make sure your screenshots are good and your description is accurate. The first sentence is the most important for describing what the app does.
After it's on the store (free version):
1) Post in forums
2) Submit it to review websites
3) Write up a press release (catchy headline, what your app does, why is it better - have a good angle) and send it to every news / tech / related website you can find. Who knows, 1 or 2 websites out of the 100s might write something about you, which can get you 100s of downloads. It's worth the hours it takes to do this. Also, use some Mail Merge software to make it personal (as simple as "Hi [name]").
4) Find influential twitter users that you think would use your app. Send them a message - dont harass them though. Be sincere. If they like it and they haven't tweeted about it, ask them to.
sam shaikh said:
subscribe to getjar and publish your app. or publish your app on Amazon appstore....
OR
Go To This Site and Publish [media.droidtweak. com / android-app-marketing] (Copy and paste it remove spaces, m a new user so i cant post outsider links, m jus trying to help, sorry moderators)
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Before you make any sort of promotional effort, you need to do the following:
1) Make sure you have a good rating. Get 10 friends to give you 5-stars. Nobody wants to download an unrated app (or even one with less than 5 ratings).
2) Add a video on the app store. It doesn't need to be pro, just something that gives a good indication of what your app does.
3) Make sure your screenshots are good and your description is accurate. The first sentence is the most important for describing what the app does.
After it's on the store (free version):
1) Post in forums
2) Submit it to review websites
3) Write up a press release (catchy headline, what your app does, why is it better - have a good angle) and send it to every news / tech / related website you can find. Who knows, 1 or 2 websites out of the 100s might write something about you, which can get you 100s of downloads. It's worth the hours it takes to do this. Also, use some Mail Merge software to make it personal (as simple as "Hi [name]").
4) Find influential twitter users that you think would use your app. Send them a message - dont harass them though. Be sincere. If they like it and they haven't tweeted about it, ask them to.
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nice advices, but the first link goes to paid reviews
New android app - need exposure
Hi everyone,
I'm a noob here (hopefully I'm not violating any rules) and was hoping to post one of my android apps here to help it gain some traction. My 11 year old son worked with me on this app, I would just like to keep him motivated by seeing some success.
Lately with the way the android market has become saturated, it has been very tough to get your app discovered.
I only do this as a hobby on the side. I have only developed games, they are all pretty simple games, no 3D or anything like that.
I recently released a dice game app (variation of Yahtzee), That I think some people would like.
It has some online challenge features with scoreloop, and an extra game mode.
My downloads to date are pretty poor, and was hoping to gain some exposure.
here is the link on the google play store:
play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=com.anndconsulting.yahtzeecrag
I have a free (ad supported) and paid version released.
developer ID is ANND Consulting Games
Thanks for the help
Please let me know , if there is a better way of doing this, and I apologize in advance if I have violated and rules here.
When I was trying different methods to promote my app, I kinda noted it down. Here is brief about what I did:
http://obscurant1st.biz/blog/how-to-promote-android-app/
1. Never use push notifications aka push it to people's notification centers. People will perceive it as spam, and never download it. Ever.
2. Contact several Android news sites, and tip them that your *special* app is available. With special, i mean, really special. Don't even do it if it's a fart app or a stupid and useless app. You don't deserve the attention.
3. XDA. Publish it in the app section. People will find it and download it. People will use it if it's any good, or people will complain if it's ****; and you'll deserve it.
Bottom line: Build it, and they will come. Exploit the system in a bad way and you'll go nowhere. Don't piss people off with annoying ads.
From my very recent experience, getting a review on a major website with tons of viewers will get you a ton of attention. Websites like android police and android central have a ton of views per day.
My usual promotions were to post on forums. If you were lucky and people paid attention to your app, they'd download it. The more downloads you get, the higher chances of it showing up on Top New apps or just Top Apps. Once you get on that list, its when the app will finally take off. Its took 2.5 weeks for my live wallpaper to get to top 10 new paid live wallpapers and top 10 new free live wallpaper. The Top Paid live wallpaper is easy to get on as only a few purchases will qualify the app.
Anyway, back to my point about the review. My app was doing ok and there was a consistent downloads per day then it started to decline a little. But all of a sudden, my google wallets account exploded with purchases and my free version with admob banners, the requests and impressions exploded. I was shocked and had no idea what was going on. Then, a quick google of my app, revealed that android police decided to give my app a review. i was shocked. I never asked them to review it, so it was pretty much free publicity. If you look at the little graph on the right side of my app, you'll see how it was starting to decline, then all of a sudden, it shot up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qk.batterycorelwfree
Here's the review on my app.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...e-way-to-track-your-lithium-ion-expenditures/
Main points:
1. Post on forums
2. Get a review done.
Side note, I've never seen a good app not get downloads. All good apps will get tons of downloads.
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3. XDA. Publish it in the app section.
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Well, I've published my app in the app section, People loved it and found it useful, I updated frequently, But The app went in the last pages which I think no one checks,
True is there any really good way to promote app for free?
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Well, I've published my app in the app section, People loved it and found it useful, I updated frequently, But The app went in the last pages which I think no one checks,
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chengsokdara said:
True is there any really good way to promote app for free?
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There are lots of ways. Requesting a review for your app is one of the easiest ways.
I have started a free review service, You could consider requesting a free review from me!
Also see this link from my signature with lots of tips to promote our apps for free!
I can help promoting yours apps on the biggest Polish Android forum.
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Then, a quick google of my app, revealed that android police decided to give my app a review. i was shocked. I never asked them to review it, so it was pretty much free publicity.
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In other words: what you say about yourself, is advertising. What others say about you, it's public relations - much more effective way of promotion, but much much more complicated, too.
We should help each other out. Lets trade downloads and reviews.
Here is my app that provides motivational and inspiration quotes with a minigame included. I'm having difficulties with getting the app to show up in search and I think the amount and rate of downloads is a factor. Please help me out and I'll help you guys in turn.
Do private message me if you are unable to link your apps
Here is the link to the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ace.inspirationlearner
I have just released a new game also
I'll go and download your app
Try mine : bit.do/whatsthemovie
I'm having the exact same problem, I can't even find my game in the search results :/ . You have a nice app by the way, it's great to look at the quotes every once in a while when you're feeling down. I left a review under "Matt Gilbert". If you could review my game as well that'd be fantastic, it's a simple brick breaker game.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madlabgames.breakerfree
Best of luck with your app!
Hey, nice app. I just wrote a review for you and downloaded the app.
Here is my app. To find my app in the store just type Mgssky
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spring.spring
It's a game actually.
Reverse Music Quiz
I will try your app please also try mine!
It's a music quiz where you have to guess your music in reverse
It is called BackMusic
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.nilswieber.backmusic
Please try our game "iziTalk" on Google Play and i will try and vote for yours
Hey,
I just released my first APP and i still have few downloads, and i would love some more users to improve development and take the app as further as possible... So i wonder if any of you guys can help me with this part as I have really few experience with it. I'll add you to the credits as it's a free app.
My app is Ubik, search it on Google Play or this link (add http as i cant post external links yet)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.javierarias.ubika
cliffreich said:
Hey,
I just released my first APP and i still have few downloads, and i would love some more users to improve development and take the app as further as possible... So i wonder if any of you guys can help me with this part as I have really few experience with it. I'll add you to the credits as it's a free app.
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Start using AppAnnie - thats the best start to get a decent SEO campaign running... :good:
and ill quote something that I heard yesterday at the Mobile Monetization Summit from the VP marketing of Google (Europe, Middle East, Africa) : "Put your keyword in your app store app title, choose that keyword carefully..."
Also dont just put random keywords, try to stick to the relevant ones.
Try to make reviews as many as you can.
Use attractive keyword
Repeat the keywords more than 5
you can publish the app in many forum and media in order to create lots of link directly into the app link.
This will trigger app rank into top list.
I use the trial and error approach. I use tools like App Annie and Google Analytics and then simply try different things to see what works and what doesn't. I think it's very important to track what you do, so you don't spend tons of time doing something that actually doesn't give any real results.
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Try to make reviews as many as you can.
Use attractive keyword
Repeat the keywords more than 5
you can publish the app in many forum and media in order to create lots of link directly into the app link.
This will trigger app rank into top list.
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What I heard is little different.
It is "around" 5 times, not too many.
Too many repetitive word would be seen as spam.
I hope I helped u