iOS 7 Control Center-like Android app draws complaints from Apple, but returns to Google Play

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  • Reply 21 of 46

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    Originally Posted by glennq View Post



    IOS control centre is WAY better than anything android has ever come up with. I mean come on. goggle obviously had someone on the inside to get there control centre copy out like a month before apple launched it. only an idiot would use that CRAPPER of an os.



    ANDROID copied everything from apple and the new ios RULES.


    Android has had controls in the pull down notifications for 9 months now. That app was not developed by google its a third party app. Judging by your ignorance on the subject I can safely assume you have never used android to compare the notifications or control center. 

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  • Reply 22 of 46
    droidftwdroidftw Posts: 1,009member

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    Originally Posted by cynic View Post


     


    If you really believe that iOS 7 looks and feels anything like Holo, which frankly, reminds me of user interfaces in the 90s, you're not using it.


     


    I'm finding this quite funny, it will be interesting to see how many downloads this gets, especially considering how Android fans keep on talking down the iOS 7 makeover. ;-)



     


    While it may have been updated and re-added toady, it's been out for a long time and is in the 1000-5000 installs range.  That means it's not popular at all and hardly anyone uses it.  As mentioned above, Android already has lots of these kinds of apps already.  There are a prethora of the standard types that merge with the notification bar, widgets, and there's some traction with pie controls, but I wouldn't hold my breath for this app to take off.

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  • Reply 23 of 46
    yojimbo007yojimbo007 Posts: 1,165member
    This whole android and samsung thing is total embaressment for both companies and i have lost total respect for them.
    And now the other news is that Samsung is doping the S4 for benchmark tests.. Cheating to get better stats...
    Lowlife and embaressing.
    Bunch of thugs and crooks!
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  • Reply 24 of 46
    evilutionevilution Posts: 1,399member
    frood wrote: »
    Since all of iOS7 is basically a copy of Android holo light I'd think Apple would tread carefully here.

    I can only assume you haven't actually visually compared them. Either that or you are totally blind and Android holo light feels exactly the same on the screen as iOS7.

    Android had loads of time to make the notification centre their own yet someone still has to copy.
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  • Reply 25 of 46
    neilmneilm Posts: 1,004member


    As product categories mature, everybody adopts the better features of everybody else. There's a grey area between imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and outright copying, with everyone making their own decisions about which side any given feature falls. Of course sometimes you get some help in making those decisions from the other guy's lawyers.

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  • Reply 26 of 46
    richard getzrichard getz Posts: 1,142member
    "Apple fans noting its unabashed similarity to the Control Center"

    Not true! One is B&W and the other Color /S
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  • Reply 27 of 46
    glennqglennq Posts: 5member
    of course I haven't used it. apple don't sell android so why would I use it. only an idiot would use it as it copy apple on every feature just because android have it a few days before when they rush it out after apple annonse it doesn't mean they invent it. apple invent it all and everyone copy them.

    Daniel Iran digler understands how it really is just read his storys
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  • Reply 28 of 46
    rhyderhyde Posts: 294member
    "I guess copyright ought to be renamed to copy right."

    Let's eat grandma.
    Let's eat, grandma.

    Commas save lives!
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  • Reply 29 of 46
    3eleven3eleven Posts: 87member

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    That feature has users swipe down from the top of the screen, whereupon they can access music, Bluetooth, screen rotation, and other controls. Samsung's version, though, is not accessible in all apps; full-screen games, for instance, do not show the pull-down bar for access. Apple's Control Center, though, appears accessible across all apps with the same swipe-up gesture




     


    I tried this earlier on the womans GS3 and it was accessible in all apps. The bar is hidden until you make the motion at the top then it appears.

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  • Reply 30 of 46
    fracfrac Posts: 480member
    I put the original app on an S3 just to see what functionality it provided.
    Not much worked...it couldn't find my Bluetooth headphones, it gimped the camera app which just hung, vibrate was disabled, touch was (more)jerky. I junked it in less than half a day.
    Control Center in iOS7 is light years ahead.
    The original shrieked 'Apple', the new one not so much.
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  • Reply 31 of 46
    os2babaos2baba Posts: 262member

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    Looking at the download numbers it's clear that it's not what Android users prefer.


     


    I always figured this was a joke app.  I'm sure it works, but I looked at it as a "Hey, here's Apple's new control center but with more options and it's even customizable" type jab.  Android users got a chuckle and proceeded not to use it.  Hearing that the dev worked to get it back into the Play Store signals that he might actually care about the app.  I'm surprised to learn that.



     


    While the Android app looks better than the god awful looking iOS7 Control center which looks like a color factory exploded all over the screen, that's how I perceived the app as well.  Notification Toggle (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle) with over half a million downloads on the other hand is a superb app.

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  • Reply 32 of 46


    Since Android is a stolen product, Google should police their store more effectively.

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  • Reply 33 of 46


    If Control Center is "ripped off" from Android, could someone explain to me why this app even exists? Is this what you Droid types think "ripped off" means? Android slavishly copies iOS and you are led to believe everything ripped off from iOS was actually first on Android?

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  • Reply 34 of 46
    glennqglennq Posts: 5member
    there is no control centre on android. you have to go in the settings app to change anything its like a childs toy

    when iOS did it they tried to make it look like iOS so they could sell more too idiots. the swipe up for settings is REVOLUSHUNARY
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  • Reply 35 of 46
    3eleven3eleven Posts: 87member

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    Originally Posted by glennq View Post



    there is no control centre on android. you have to go in the settings app to change anything its like a childs toy



    when iOS did it they tried to make it look like iOS so they could sell more too idiots. the swipe up for settings is REVOLUSHUNARY


    Can't tell if Apple or Google troll, someone help me out.

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  • Reply 36 of 46
    glennqglennq Posts: 5member
    you just don't like the TRUTH
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  • Reply 37 of 46
    rjc999rjc999 Posts: 69member

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    Originally Posted by glennq View Post



    you just don't like the TRUTH


     


    Here is Android "Quick Settings" which is the equivalent of IOS Control Center. http://www.androidcentral.com/inside-android-42-notifications-and-quick-settings  It is launched by swiping down with two fingers, and has been there since Jelly Bean launched.

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  • Reply 38 of 46
    chris_cachris_ca Posts: 2,543member
    glennq wrote: »
    when iOS did it they tried to make it look like iOS so they could sell more too idiots. the swipe up for settings is REVOLUSHUNARY
    CLASSIC irony...
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  • Reply 39 of 46
    negafoxnegafox Posts: 480member

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    Originally Posted by HisShadow View Post


    Since Android is a stolen product, Google should police their store more effectively.



    Both Apple and Google need to monitor the products they approve for their digital stores more effectively. Apple frequently approves applications that are blatantly infringing on Nintendo's rights or even outright stealing their art and sound assets.


     


    Or anybody remember the fake Pokemon game that hit #2 in the App Store?


    http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/21/technology/pokemon_yellow/index.htm

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  • Reply 40 of 46
    rjc999rjc999 Posts: 69member

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    Originally Posted by Negafox View Post


    Both Apple and Google need to monitor the products they approve for their digital stores more effectively. Apple frequently approves applications that are blatantly infringing on Nintendo's rights or even outright stealing their art and sound assets.


     


    Or anybody remember the fake Pokemon game that hit #2 in the App Store?


    http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/21/technology/pokemon_yellow/index.htm



    Should Apple and Google also start censoring Web links as well? And hey, why don't we use PRISM to just scan everyone who had pirated warez and block their internet access. All hail intellectual property. Let us all celebrate patents, copyrights, DMCA takedown requests,  and corporate profits. Hip hip hooray!


     


    I vote we extend copyright from ~100 years to 1,000 years too. God forbid someone rips a ROM from a 1986 game and distributes it in an emulator. Hoo-boy, better make sure those authors are still paid, if they're still alive.

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