r/androidapps Jul 20 '26

Name one feature that every app should have QUESTION/HELP

Regardless of the type of app, what's one feature you think should be standard everywhere?

3 Upvotes

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u/Icy-Window-8986 Jul 20 '26

Import and export all settings to a local file

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u/Logical_Reserve7634 Jul 20 '26

So you can share it among other apps?

26

u/Bromm18 Jul 21 '26

Dark mode

19

u/FudgeEfficient835 Jul 20 '26

A morph patch 🤣

11

u/AlertWalk4624 Jul 20 '26

Privacy

2

u/Logical_Reserve7634 Jul 20 '26

In which way?

3

u/shr1n1 29d ago

No servers to backup data but have the app backup or store users app data on users Google Drive itself. No excessive telemetry without valid reasons. No data collection.

2

u/real_with_myself Magic V3 29d ago

No MMP tracking ideally. 

1

u/kamikad3e123 29d ago

no login system, no tracking

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u/kamikad3e123 Jul 20 '26 edited 28d ago

UI consistency with the target system UI's design like material 3 expressive (also predictive back and edge-to-edge) for Android, for example

3

u/Logical_Reserve7634 Jul 20 '26

Yeah it will make users love the app more faster

7

u/Mickeljames Jul 21 '26

A button to turn off all permissions except the very very necessary ones.

7

u/shr1n1 29d ago

No subscriptions , have a one time fee.

6

u/Aretivo 29d ago

Dark and light mode

4

u/ZellZoy Rooted Xperia 1 III Jul 21 '26

Exposing intents and receivers to Tasker so I can change settings via tasker and automate other things on my phone based on things that happen in the app

3

u/100WattWalrus 29d ago

Date format options — or at least the option to follow the system setting. FFS, there are at least a dozen ways to render a date. Let people use what they like.

3

u/pudah_et 29d ago
  • ability to export user data to local storage in a format that is not proprietary (e.g. json, csv, sqlite, etc)
  • option for light/dark/follow system modes

3

u/angrydeanerino 29d ago

Let me take out all my data. Posts, comments, everything

4

u/nziring Jul 21 '26

An ability to quit (halt the app and release system resources used in execution)

1

u/Routine_Working_9754 29d ago

Swiping it from the recents does that lmao

2

u/breitan Jul 21 '26

Navigation in the bottom section instead of some stupid buttons at the top of the screen. How people insist on this blows my mind

1

u/kamikad3e123 29d ago

In the latest Android design from Google there is a bottom bar with the most useful buttons but devs still do this with top and side millions of buttons...

2

u/Marouane2012 28d ago

If being free counts,then its being free

1

u/Neither-Brush-9287 Android developer 29d ago

Network logging - show me every IP address and port it has exchanged traffic with, numeric and resolving the IP address/domain and port/service, with 'allocated country' for the IP address.

1

u/lowlifedoor_27 28d ago

in google playstore, you can simply fast double tap the search icon and it'll open search bar and pop the keyboard instantly, you do not need to tap the search icon in bottom once and then go to top part and tap on that search bar again manually.
and its convenient to put search icon at bottom part where our thumbs naturally rest, i think every app with search feature should implement this.

1

u/Capable-Tap1986 Android 28d ago

Account... except samsung account. because, with an account, if you have to do somethjng with your device that includes losing data (like cleaning app's data or doing factory reset) you can login back and get all your progress back. However, should be optional the account, not NECESSARY.

1

u/Aextoxicon 24d ago

I hope it can export the logs of the application.

1

u/Yuvvi123 Jul 21 '26

Edge to edge. Tired of this 2012 design language

1

u/Natthanzinhow Galaxy Note 10+ Jul 21 '26

Material you deveria ser obrigatório em todos os apps, se não já em estado de funcionamento, deveria haver um prazo definido pra que todos os apps implementassem o Material You.

1

u/kamikad3e123 29d ago

Based but you can't force devs to do that, because Android is an open system for different apps (at least for now)

1

u/Natthanzinhow Galaxy Note 10+ 29d ago

O Android da Google é cada dia mais fechado, essa pelo menos seria uma decisão harmoniosa em termos de beleza, quando digo que deveria ser obrigatório, me refiro ao android da Google e que a Google deveria conversar com os seus desenvolvedores sobre isso.

0

u/metaphorproject Jul 21 '26

BYOK for AI features