Local Wallpaper v1.0

Tired of your homescreen wallpaper? Get a new one wherever you go with Local Wallpaper!
Uses your phone’s location to find the top Flickr photo in your area and sets it as your background.
Change distance between updates if you travel a lot (or not much!).

APOD v1.7

Update to 1.7 released to Android Market

Changelog:

  • Added splashscreen on app update.
  • Donate version now available!

Donate version:

APOD v1.691

Update to 1.691 released to Android Market

Changelog:

  • Fixed an issue that caused a force close when updating the image without an SD Card inserted.

Astronomy Pic of the Day

I was bored so I went through this thread for app ideas and I picked one I thought I could do quickly. Original request.

It fetches the pic from http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ and sets it as your home screen background. I banged it together in a few hours so I’m making no guarantees of stability, but it works pretty well for me so far. Only for 2.0+ at the moment because WallpaperManager didn’t exist before then (if someone knows of another way to do it let me know! there is a method for 1.5 and 1.6, but I haven’t got around to it yet :( ).

I emailed the NASA guys for permission (it was the coolest email I ever typed) and they said it would be okay to release. Hope y’all enjoy it.

I’ve had more downloads in the last 24 hours than for my other apps combined! I’ve just uploaded an update, which should hopefully help with the update problems some people were having. Any other features you’d like to see, just ask! More stuff will be coming as the weeks go on!

StackWidget 1.3

Version 1.3 (new features!)

Posting update here so it’s more visible.

  • A lot more user control – number of questions, sorting, tags.
  • Long press on questions to save them to favourites.
  • By default you will receive notifications when favourites get new answers.
  • Pressing question will take to you StackMobile version of site for improved mobile browsing.
  • Performance increase (list rendering should be improved).

Coming in 1.4:

  • Automatically favouriting questions by a user so you can get notifications when your own questions are answered.

Questions, comments, suggestions?

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StackWidget 1.1

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About

StackOverflow home screen widget. Displays hottest question – click widget to see top 10 hottest. Made by me in my spare time over a couple of days. Leave your feedback here or on the Android Market.

New in 1.1: – Change question category (newest, by tag) – Switch to other StackExchange sites – Change update frequency

Coming soon: – Save questions and get notified when they get answers

This is only my second Android app and my first widget. Really just doing this to learn, but if people want to use it, here you go! It’s on the market and also on Google Code.

New version adds some extra settings (adds support for specifying tags, changing the StackExchange site, setting update interval), changes styles.

License

New BSD License

Download

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Platform

Android 1.6+

Code

Source on Google Code.  I warn you, it isn’t the prettiest. Not well documented ATM but as I add features I’ll comment it up.

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Finally, a home for my apps!

I’ve never really had a blog before, but now I’m the developer of 1 mildly popular app and one slightly popular app, I needed a place for updates and such. I’ll try to post changelogs for updates, and explanations when something breaks (often!). Please post any suggestions or comments you might have, I welcome them all.