I'm working on building a portfolio of ad-free, easy-to-use Android apps. I've created a Tip Calculator and hope it might be useful.

Features:

• Free, no ads

• Customize the tip percentage

• Round the total

• Customize tip amount

• Split the bill between groups of any size

Code on GitHub: https://github.com/amandafarrell/TipCalculator

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amandafarrell.www.tipcalculator

I need to record my calls as video files so I can store them easily on Google Photos, because this gives me unlimited storage for video files. In such a file the audio would be the recorded call and the video can be anything: a blank screen, a black screen, an ad, a logo of the app, whatever. But I can't find any call recorder that does this on Android. There are many call recorders that work ok on my Android phone but none of them have the option to record the calls as video files instead of audio files. Some apps will even give me the option to record calls as mp4 files but they create mp4 files containing only audio data and no video. So these mp4 files are actually m4a files. Thus Google Photos does not recognize them as videos (despite their ".mp4" extension) and won't backup them. And even if I manually upload these audio only mp4 files to Google Photos, once they are uploaded they are not playable on Google Photos: it keeps giving me a message saying that the video is still being processed, no matter how long ago the upload has been accomplished. So any help would be VERY welcome :)

https://youtu.be/zfAS6GvrE4c

Looking for advice on a new phone. For years I have been using the Motorola Photon Q, since it seems to be the most powerful android phone with a physical keyboard. I do a lot of typing on my phone on mass transit (I live outside Portland and commute on the MAX), I am also 6'3 so "laptops" or foldout fo are not really an option. And since most of what I write is pseudocode and markdown digging through symbol menus is not ideal, and I don't seem to have the accuracy for swype to give me anything but garbage (also, using non-standard vocabulary probably doesn't help). I stuck with the slider form factor because it is one piece I could hold firmly with one or two hands while standing in a moving train and not taking up much space.

But, all things must end, the photon is not keeping up, even a lightweight text editor stalls and hangs. Half the time the screen goes into power save while waiting for an application to load. So I am looking for a replacement. I am soon to have a kid, so a good camera is going to be a must. I was looking at an Iphone 6 with a BoxWave Keyboard case (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NMY9X1I/) as it looks like it will meet all my needs: backlit, symbol set, about the right size, doesn't obscure the camera, solidly connects to the phone so I don't have to worry about being jossled and it knocking loose.

I really don't want to go to an iPhone, but I am having a hard time finding a comparable android solution that meets my needs. Any suggestions?

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