Google Play Books announces new experimental features
https://blog.google/products/google-play/play-books-new-experimental-features/

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I Took The New Huawei Watch GT Active To A Mountaintop To Figure Out Why It Even Exists
https://goat.com.au/technology/i-took-a-brand-new-smartwatch-to-the-top-of-a-mountain-to-figure-out-why-we-even-have-them/

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FIH's H1 report confirms HMD Global is in a round of financing, with Multi-ODM strategy giving results
https://nokiamob.net/2019/08/17/fihs-h1-report-confirms-hmd-global-is-in-a-round-of-financing-with-multi-odm-strategy-giving-results/

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[DEV] Swipe for Facebook 8.0 is HERE and 50% OFF - Now with a gorgeous new redesign based off of Google's Material Design 2 and Fully Customizable Themes/Layouts just like your favorite Reddit apps. All that and much, much more!

Greetings, r/Android! It's been quite a long time since I've posted here, and after a soft launch of 8.0 over a week ago at r/swipeforfacebook (and massive sessions of bugfixing over the last week), I'm finally proud to do a more official launch of the latest version of Swipe on this subreddit. And what better way to do a launch than a 50% sale?

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**Swipe (Pro Unlocker IAP) and Swipe Pro are both 50% off through the weekend.**

*Obligatory links:*

* [**Swipe for Facebook**](https://pla...

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Higher Screen to body ratio VS Uniformity in design

As noscript suggest , i wanted to start a discussion about something that bothered me for a long time

for the longest time since the battle for the highest screen to body ratio begun

OEM tried to gain those higher numbers by all means necessary , from pop up camera to flip camera to notch etc

But what bothers me about Android oems that they all just want to get those higher number even if they don't necessary apparent in the user eyes

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Let me explain

The iphone X , as much as i hate...

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Saturday APPreciation (Aug 17 2019) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

Note 1. [Check out our apps wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/wiki/index#wiki_apps) for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community!

***[NEW: Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki!](https://github.com/d4rken/reddit-android-appstore/releases)

Note 2. Join us at **/r/MoronicMondayAndroid**, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

Note 2. Join our Discord, IRC, and Teleg...

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Google removes 85 adware-infested apps from the Play Store
https://www.techspot.com/news/81491-google-removes-85-adware-infested-apps-play-store.html

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3rd party launchers crashing in Q has been marked as fixed
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/134917817

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Xiaomi's Redmi Note 7 wins EISA's award for "Best Buy Smartphone 2019-2020"
https://www.eisa.eu/awards/xiaomi-redmi-note-7/

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OnePlus, Google See Big Smartphone Sales in the US in Q2 on More Affordable Phones
https://www.pcmag.com/news/370250/oneplus-google-see-big-smartphone-sales-in-the-us-in-q2

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The ASUS Zenfone 6 is just plain enjoyable to use [VIDEO]
https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-6-joy-to-use-video/

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[Flossy Carter] Asus Zenfone 6 - "Real Review"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMwdacnfeC4

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Review: Adonit PhotoGrip Qi is a great smartphone camera grip with built-in wireless charging
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/17/adonit-photogrip-qi-review/

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Google Warns Developers that All New Android Apps Require Three Days for Approval
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/cqug6u/google_warns_developers_that_all_new_android_apps/

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Buying a new phone every year is actually kind of crazy
https://www.androidcentral.com/buying-new-phone-every-year-kind-crazy

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Asus Zenfone 6 - "Real Review"
https://youtu.be/yMwdacnfeC4

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Android-showcase sample app (Kotlin, coroutines, Clean Architecture, tests, feature modules, MVVM, static analysis...)

After a few months of hard work, I am very excited to share my android-showcase project.

The goal of the project is to demonstrate best practice for Android platform, provide a set of guidelines, and present modern Android application architecture that is modular, scalable, maintainable and testable… Please check the repo and spread the word💪

[https://github.com/igorwojda/Android-Showcase](https://github.com/igorwojda/Android-Showcase)...

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[DISCUSSION] android OEM's approach to bezels and what to sacrifice in exchange for a high screen-to-body ratio %

so, lately i have seen a lot of people expressing a certain feel about wanting a smartphone with even bezels all around the 4 sides EVEN of that meant to have said bezels to be a tiny bit thicker.

now, my addiction to the discourse is simply visual, i have made this simple graphic that shows with images what my thoughts are on recent new smartphones and what smartphone i would like to be made

http://imgur.com/gallery/PhSu8Ub

now tell me in the comments what do you like more: a tiny slightly ...

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[US/CA] Need beta testers for 7-11 app, get free food/drinks for new registrations

Hi /r/Android, y'all have always helped me out when I needed it. I'm the Product Owner of 7-Eleven's apps, and we just launched an open beta channel for Android. You can opt-in through Google Play or the link below.

We recently launched Mobile Checkout and 7NOW delivery, and got some exciting new features coming later this year. I realize not everyone lives near a 7-Eleven, but we got over 12k locations in the United States and Canada, so I thought this might be a good place to recruit some te...

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Beware of Sony update - it will brick your phone!

Overall the Xperia has been a great phone and I would still like to use it; HOWEVER, due to a system update, my phone is now bricked.

I called Sony to inform them that their system update bricked my phone. I highlighted how I was able to turn on my phone but a white screen comes up that says, "Unfortunately, the process com.android phone has stopped," and will not let me move past this screen.

Sony's response was because my phone was out of warranty, they could not fix the problem.

Hmmmmm . ....

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How To Get Rid Of Bixby Forever On Galaxy Note 10
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2019/08/get-rid-bixby-samsung-galaxy-note-10-tutorial-tips-tricks.html

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