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Goodbye googoo blather

To be honest, I'm trying to disconnect from the online world more and more with time. I've gotten it to just my Nintendo switch for Youtube and this one laptop for forums and Reddit, and hoping to ultimately log off for keeps one day, when my physical media library matches my online library. as I said, I'm wanting to live like it's the '50s. at least I've conditioned myself to not google everything, to be ok with saying to someone 'i do not know', and having no internet or computer at work.

Place to download mainstream apps other than Google Play?

the last time I used Amazon appstore was on the Galaxy S4. every apk of it since either dies 'app not installed' or complains about not working afterwards, or crashes infinite loop style 'amazon appstore keeps stopping'

I figured they EOL'd it on anything other than Amazon Fire devices. But I don't like app stores anyway so it doesn't really affect me. I was tired of not being able to use any version of an app instead of the latest version, and the app store having the ability to sneak in updates even if I turned said features off. With APK sideloading, any app stays as it is unless I specifically sideload an updated APK version.

F-Droid ain't for the faint-hearted. You need to add in repos for it to do anything similar to Linux. It's just easier for me to search duckduckgo for whatever.apk and find it easy. I don't do the 'sudo apt-get' crap either, I use Linux and still download sources or tarballs.

If I were into app stores, there's the SlideMe marketplace, which hasn't been updated since Android 2.3, so every app it offers is from that era or below. It does download every app as an apk so backing them up is easy, and great for those few of us who prefered Android in that era over the iOS clone it is today.

"We've detected that this app is using an unsupported version of Play billing. Please upgrade to Billing Library 5 or newer to release this app."

Hey everyone, just encountered an issue right on the cusp of releasing a game. When I try to upload my game to the playstore, it comes up with the error "We've detected that this app is using an unsupported version of Play billing. Please upgrade to Billing Library 5 or newer to release this app.". By default Unreal 5.0 has version 3, my game doesn't include any form of transactions and I'm unclear if I can circumvent this step if I find out how to turn off microtransactions in engine. I've looked through all I could find related to this error but unfortunately nothing has worked so far. If anyone has experience with how to fix this, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for reading

What app notifcation icon is this? 2 heart lines

If this notification is on your phone, simply pulling the notification bar down should enlighten you.
If this is a screen shot from another phone, you are most likely out of luck for information here.
There are countless icons and unless someone here is familiar with the one in question, and that is quite unlikely, we can't help you. Asking the source of a screenshot is your best avenue. Good luck.

Xiaomi redmi pad se folder error

I don't know if this will help, but I know I had two file manager apps on my Xiaomi / Poco F2 but I "removed" the File Manager app by Xiaomi some time ago and couldn't find it again in the app drawer. It was visible in Settings - Apps but you couldn't launch it from there.
Files (by Google) remained but it won't access system files afaik.

I found the way to bring File Manager (Xiaomi) back (via Reddit) by going to Settings - Apps - Manage Home Screen Shortcuts (for Mi / Xiaomi apps) and tick it there.

I now have the app available in the app drawer. If you open it, the second icon on the top is a folder icon and it takes you to the Android files.

Whether you can find what you need, or you have been this route already, I don't know.

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Added : Yeh... no. Now I've taken the time to look at those folders they're mostly empty.

(note to self : stop posting on short train rides!)

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Android 13 fonts

That is indeed a lousy font. I found a couple of things you might try on the net.
How do I change the font on my Motorola 5g?

Go to Settings > Display > Styles. Touch , then follow onscreen instructions to select: Fonts for screen elements.

And this:
Can you change font style on Moto G Stylus 5g?

To adjust other font and display options, touch & hold a blank space on your home screen, then touch Personalize.

I do not own your phone so I can't say that either method will fix your font issue.

added: I'm happy that you solved the problem. That font was terrible!! Thanks for posting the solution. It might well help another with the same issue.

Speech to Text

Speech to Text - offline support

We are looking for a google supported language model that helps in Speech-to-Text recognition for Xamarin MAUI/.NET Style mobile application, which targets both Android and iOS platforms. One of our critical requirements is to ensure this functionality is available in offline mode, as many of our applications cater to offline scenarios.Additionally, our application aims to support a variety of international languages, including English, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, around 45 languages. Therefore, we are seeking a solution that offers multilingual support, preferably supporting different accents as well.
We would also like to know if google offers any customize services to support the requirements stated above.

Implementation of Runtime Resource Overlay from Vendor Directory , For my Learning Purpose.

How to Implement Both Static and Dynamic Runtime Resource Overlay for an Android Automotive Product from Vendor Directory of AOSP 12L ?

Using Runtime Resource Overlay, How to change the whole appearance of that Automotive Product, Like the overall Appearance of SystemUI and other Applications.

Can someone please help me with this?

LastPass Data Breach

EPILOGUE:

I received an email this morning, informing me of our automatic renewal with LastPass families. I could have sworn I turned off auto-renew... but I logged in (for the first time in nearly a year) to find that it was set to auto-renew. No problem... I responded by turning off auto-renew and then DELETING the account. Of course, I was prompted to tell LastPass why I was leaving them - and I didn't hold back. I let them have it, telling them about their slow response to the breech; the cavalier attitude toward security; and that the company could shut down forever and the only people who would miss it are hackers and scammers.

Then after a half-dozen warnings of "this cannot be reversed!" and "once you delete, your data is lost forever! Are you really, really sure you want to do this???", I finally got to the for-real, for-keeps, forever deletion button and dispatched LastPass with majestic heavenly force.

GOOD RIDDANCE!

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