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Why not just start work on an android version?

OJFord 11y ago
From the FAQ [1]: > We have a version internally (it looks beautiful!) > but it requires a very complicated installation > process. We are working to simplify this and ship > f.lux to the Android OS as soon as possible. I'd have thought Android users would generally be more willing to do this "very complicated installation" than iOS users would be to sideload with XCode, but there you go. [1] https://justgetflux.com/faq.html https://justgetflux.com/faq.html
- SamBam 11y ago
  On Android we already have dimming/warming apps like Twilight. Why is f.lux any more complicated?
  - yohui 11y ago
    For reference, the most popular screen dimming/warming apps for Android: - Lux (free/$3.80): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux - Twilight (free/$2.99): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux.donate https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
  - OJFord 11y ago
    I have no idea. But the developers (of f.lux) seem to claim elsewhere that the existing solutions aren't 'solutions' at all; don't do it properly. I can't speak for the truth of that though. I've used the aptly named "Blue Light Filter" which seems to work fine. CyanogenMod OS bundles something which seems okay too.
  - FreakyT 11y ago
    Twilight and Lux both contain naive implementations using a semitransparent overlay. The result of this that blacks and dark colors end up being brightened instead of left alone, as a proper color-temperature change would do. This looks bad on all screens, but especially so on AMOLED displays that support a true black. Cf.lumen[1] is, I believe, the only Android app that can actually change the color temperature of the screen like f.lux can, but it requires root as well as installation of a special "driver" in order to do so. My guess would be that the "complicated install process" referenced by the f.lux devs is probably similar. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.lumen&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.l...
    - tempestn 11y ago
      I believe if Lux has root access it changes its behaviour to also change the actual color temp rather than using an overlay.
      - NoGravitas 11y ago
        It does if you install either a plugin specific to your device, or a plugin to use CF Lumen as its backend.
    - _yy 11y ago
      Also that one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.GalacticNight&hl=de https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.Gal... And Cyanogenmod has a built-in color temperature changer anyway.
      - tripzilch 11y ago
        > And Cyanogenmod has a built-in color temperature changer anyway. Really? Cool! Where is it though? I just went through the settings and couldn't find anything but Display & Lights > Colour calibration, which just gives some R/G/B sliders (that don't even seem to do anything?) no colour temp, that I could find.
  - lotu 11y ago
    Twilight doesn't properly dim the whole screen, it leave the menu bar undimmed and is good but not great.
  - andrewaylett 11y ago
    CyanogenMod also has a very nice feature which adjusts the colour cast of the screen based on both time of day and the colour of the light hitting the RGB sensor.
- rplnt 11y ago
  It's integrated in CM. Not flux, but something that works very well (as opposed to twilight for example). Too bad I had to switch to 11. Anyone know of a solution that would work for me?
  - OJFord 11y ago
    I use 'Bluelight Filter' on my Nexus 7. It's.. somehow 'different' to CM's solution (which I have on a Wileyfox Swift) but seems fine. I think you can pay to remove the spammy ads, but it's otherwise free.
odbol_ 11y ago
There's already an Android version called Twilight and it's awesome.
- rplnt 11y ago
  Apparently that doesn't work. On current androids, you can't have proper "f.lux" without root.
  - deleted 11y ago
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From the FAQ [1]: > We have a version internally (it looks beautiful!) > but it requires a very complicated installation > process. We are working to simplify this and ship > f.lux to the Android OS as soon as possible. I'd have thought Android users would generally be more willing to do this "very complicated installation" than iOS users would be to sideload with XCode, but there you go. [1] https://justgetflux.com/faq.html https://justgetflux.com/faq.html

SamBam 11y ago
On Android we already have dimming/warming apps like Twilight. Why is f.lux any more complicated?
- yohui 11y ago
  For reference, the most popular screen dimming/warming apps for Android: - Lux (free/$3.80): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux - Twilight (free/$2.99): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux.donate https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
- OJFord 11y ago
  I have no idea. But the developers (of f.lux) seem to claim elsewhere that the existing solutions aren't 'solutions' at all; don't do it properly. I can't speak for the truth of that though. I've used the aptly named "Blue Light Filter" which seems to work fine. CyanogenMod OS bundles something which seems okay too.
- FreakyT 11y ago
  Twilight and Lux both contain naive implementations using a semitransparent overlay. The result of this that blacks and dark colors end up being brightened instead of left alone, as a proper color-temperature change would do. This looks bad on all screens, but especially so on AMOLED displays that support a true black. Cf.lumen[1] is, I believe, the only Android app that can actually change the color temperature of the screen like f.lux can, but it requires root as well as installation of a special "driver" in order to do so. My guess would be that the "complicated install process" referenced by the f.lux devs is probably similar. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.lumen&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.l...
  - tempestn 11y ago
    I believe if Lux has root access it changes its behaviour to also change the actual color temp rather than using an overlay.
    - NoGravitas 11y ago
      It does if you install either a plugin specific to your device, or a plugin to use CF Lumen as its backend.
  - _yy 11y ago
    Also that one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.GalacticNight&hl=de https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.pruss.Gal... And Cyanogenmod has a built-in color temperature changer anyway.
    - tripzilch 11y ago
      > And Cyanogenmod has a built-in color temperature changer anyway. Really? Cool! Where is it though? I just went through the settings and couldn't find anything but Display & Lights > Colour calibration, which just gives some R/G/B sliders (that don't even seem to do anything?) no colour temp, that I could find.
- lotu 11y ago
  Twilight doesn't properly dim the whole screen, it leave the menu bar undimmed and is good but not great.
- andrewaylett 11y ago
  CyanogenMod also has a very nice feature which adjusts the colour cast of the screen based on both time of day and the colour of the light hitting the RGB sensor.
rplnt 11y ago
It's integrated in CM. Not flux, but something that works very well (as opposed to twilight for example). Too bad I had to switch to 11. Anyone know of a solution that would work for me?
- OJFord 11y ago
  I use 'Bluelight Filter' on my Nexus 7. It's.. somehow 'different' to CM's solution (which I have on a Wileyfox Swift) but seems fine. I think you can pay to remove the spammy ads, but it's otherwise free.

odbol_ 11y ago

There's already an Android version called Twilight and it's awesome.

rplnt 11y ago
Apparently that doesn't work. On current androids, you can't have proper "f.lux" without root.
- deleted 11y ago
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