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#+title: Android free and open source apps
#+date: "2021-06-19 01:02:29 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-08-08 20:03:37 +08:00"
#+language: en


Android is not much of an open ecosystem despite the kernel is [[https://source.android.com/][open source]] due to the most of the phones distributed with the manufacturer's modification.

There are solutions into this such as Android custom ROMs and privacy-oriented mobile operating systems such as [[https://source.android.com/][postmarketOS]] and [[https://lineageos.org/][LineageOS]] but that is not the topic.
However, they are often not ready and/or widely supported.
We may as well take advantage of the Android improvements and features by creating free and open source apps on it.

Here is my personal list of noteworthy Android apps:

- [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/][F-Droid]] is a privacy-oriented app store for Android.
  It builds all of the hosted apps from scratch for privacy and security sake of fully [[id:fe9e21bc-3b38-4d0f-a785-253248a38ed7][Reproducible builds]].

- [[https://newpipe.net/][Newpipe]] is a YouTube frontend alternative to the official YouTube mobile app.
  Most of the features you would find in the app doesn't require logins such as subscription and playlist management.
  Also can import and export user data from the app.

- [[https://f-droid.org/packages/com.apps.adrcotfas.goodtime/][Goodtime]] is a Pomodoro timer.
  You can also export your sessions to data.

- [[https://f-droid.org/packages/mn.tck.semitone/][Semitone]] is a piano app for musicians.
  This is what I use for studying music theory.

- [[https://kisslauncher.com/][KISS Launcher]] is a self-titled simple launcher with a homepage and a search interface.
  Supports pinning apps and adding app widgets in the homepage.
Update notebook as of 2021-08-27 I forgot. I should process more notes starting tomorrow. ;p 2021-08-27 14:24:00 +00:00			`:PROPERTIES:`
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Update my notebook and my cards It's time to duel and finish the Cloud native course. 2021-06-19 01:53:11 +00:00			`#+title: Android free and open source apps`
			`#+date: "2021-06-19 01:02:29 +08:00"`
Update notebook as of 2021-08-27 I forgot. I should process more notes starting tomorrow. ;p 2021-08-27 14:24:00 +00:00			`#+date_modified: "2021-08-08 20:03:37 +08:00"`
Update my notebook and my cards It's time to duel and finish the Cloud native course. 2021-06-19 01:53:11 +00:00			`#+language: en`


			`Android is not much of an open ecosystem despite the kernel is [[https://source.android.com/][open source]] due to the most of the phones distributed with the manufacturer's modification.`

			`There are solutions into this such as Android custom ROMs and privacy-oriented mobile operating systems such as [[https://source.android.com/][postmarketOS]] and [[https://lineageos.org/][LineageOS]] but that is not the topic.`
			`However, they are often not ready and/or widely supported.`
			`We may as well take advantage of the Android improvements and features by creating free and open source apps on it.`

			`Here is my personal list of noteworthy Android apps:`

Merge evergreen notes into the notebook Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it is just my notes after all. I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my "Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under version control already. 2021-07-21 08:28:07 +00:00			`- [[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/][F-Droid]] is a privacy-oriented app store for Android.`
Update learning notes As well as tiny bits of extra stuff like Android apps and some corrections. Search techniques does make a lot of improvements over graphical representations (at least for now)! 2021-07-22 06:29:37 +00:00			`It builds all of the hosted apps from scratch for privacy and security sake of fully [[id:fe9e21bc-3b38-4d0f-a785-253248a38ed7][Reproducible builds]].`

			`- [[https://newpipe.net/][Newpipe]] is a YouTube frontend alternative to the official YouTube mobile app.`
			`Most of the features you would find in the app doesn't require logins such as subscription and playlist management.`
			`Also can import and export user data from the app.`

			`- [[https://f-droid.org/packages/com.apps.adrcotfas.goodtime/][Goodtime]] is a Pomodoro timer.`
			`You can also export your sessions to data.`

			`- [[https://f-droid.org/packages/mn.tck.semitone/][Semitone]] is a piano app for musicians.`
			`This is what I use for studying music theory.`

			`- [[https://kisslauncher.com/][KISS Launcher]] is a self-titled simple launcher with a homepage and a search interface.`
			`Supports pinning apps and adding app widgets in the homepage.`