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Is there any closed source android app that you wish had a good open source alternative? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by federino@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently looking to develop an open source app that can help somebody. I'm currently out of ideas, so I'd like to heard if from you guys.

Sorry if it seems to lazy to ask for ideas like that, I just thought that I could do it since the result will be a free app.

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[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

I want to crop screenshots easily :(

[-] anzo@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

Check "Image Toolbox" on fdroid

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Thx but it is not as fast as "markup" or huawei's screenshot tool. You need multiple steps in order to crop a simple image.

[-] mranderson17@infosec.pub 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

What android OS do you use? On stock Android 14 (GrapheneOS, but it's not a GOS feature) this functionality is built into the stock screenshot tool.

pwr+voldown -> tap screenshot that appears in the overlay after you take it -> tap the crop tool . I suppose step three could be removed but what if you want to do something that isn't cropping? There are lots of other features so at some point you have to tell the tool what you want to do.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Grapheneos. Do you mean "markup"? Look in the "apps" app for it. It's a proprietary app by google

[-] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

No, I don't have markup installed (it is there in apps but not installed from the mirror).

I think in my case the screenshot functionality is built into AOSP and the editor you get when tapping the resulting preview overlay in the lower left corner of the screen is part of the "gallery" app since using the "edit" feature from gallery launches the same editor. Maybe GrapheneOS just sets that as the default editor, I'm not sure.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Which gallery are you using? fossify?

[-] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

AOSP gallery that comes with GrapheneOS. The app info says it's called com.android.gallery3d. There's some info here in the docs about the relationship between camera, edit functions, and the gallery app.