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I built an Android app a few years ago in a similar vein. It would look at texts and call logs (email was next) and use it to prioritize social relationships fr

by pc2g4d 4y ago

I built an Android app a few years ago in a similar vein. It would look at texts and call logs (email was next) and use it to prioritize social relationships from your contacts. Then it would let you set goals for contact frequency, make notes, etc. But Google locked down their APIs except for a chosen few pre-approved apps and I never launched. (It was bullshit---shouldn't have bet on the Play store, as I didn't have the political sway to be protected.) Glad to see this being worked on!

klabb3 4y ago
> But Google locked down their APIs except for a chosen few pre-approved apps and I never launched. Sad but real. The best way to model this is through risk. APIs can't be trusted to exist in the future, so relying on them is a business risk. I really hope proprietary platform APIs and the poorly justified app store companions, all fall under their own weight, at some point, and perhaps from the ashes we will see open standards emerge. One can hope.
binkHN 4y ago
I made something somewhat similar. It too uses text and call logs to make decisions. It's called CommuniqAI and it can be found at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.mtc.ga https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.mtc.ga.
- pc2g4d 4y ago
  That's awesome! Just curious... how did you get/keep the API access?
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  - binkHN 4y ago
    Thanks! To be honest, I’m not sure what change, or series of changes, finally lead to the app getting approved. As for keeping the permissions that the app has, well, let’s just say, after reading too many posts about developers running into issues with these permissions, I’m surprised I have not yet had them revoked! For what it’s worth, I documented the fun times I went through to create this app at https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c98270ec4?source=friends_link&sk=d01250707057ed71f2c7af8ed4ac9eea https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c9.... Cheers!

by pc2g4d 4y ago

klabb3 4y ago

> But Google locked down their APIs except for a chosen few pre-approved apps and I never launched. Sad but real. The best way to model this is through risk. APIs can't be trusted to exist in the future, so relying on them is a business risk. I really hope proprietary platform APIs and the poorly justified app store companions, all fall under their own weight, at some point, and perhaps from the ashes we will see open standards emerge. One can hope.

binkHN 4y ago

I made something somewhat similar. It too uses text and call logs to make decisions. It's called CommuniqAI and it can be found at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.mtc.ga https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.mtc.ga.

pc2g4d 4y ago
That's awesome! Just curious... how did you get/keep the API access?
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- binkHN 4y ago
  Thanks! To be honest, I’m not sure what change, or series of changes, finally lead to the app getting approved. As for keeping the permissions that the app has, well, let’s just say, after reading too many posts about developers running into issues with these permissions, I’m surprised I have not yet had them revoked! For what it’s worth, I documented the fun times I went through to create this app at https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c98270ec4?source=friends_link&sk=d01250707057ed71f2c7af8ed4ac9eea https://medium.com/@mtc.dev/my-first-android-app-story-331c9.... Cheers!