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adolfintel / OpenPods

The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android
https://fdossena.com/?p=openPods/index.frag
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Feature Request: Create a windows compatible app? #98

Closed InfinityZ25 closed 3 years ago

InfinityZ25 commented 3 years ago

This is a really cool project and creating a similar version that runs on windows 10, and maybe even linux, would be pretty cool.

Domi04151309 commented 3 years ago

Take a look at this. https://github.com/tzY15368/WinPods

adolfintel commented 3 years ago

Nice application, the readme says it was inspired by OpenPods :) I don't see anything like it on linux though, might be an idea for a future project.

niiiksh commented 3 years ago

This is a really cool project and creating a similar version that runs on windows 10, and maybe even linux, would be pretty cool.

I have a Linux project tested on Debian 8 Jessie. Need to clean up the code and upload on Github

niiiksh commented 3 years ago

I'm also writing UWP app for windows 10 inspired by OpenPods :) It will be available in Microsoft store occasionally

adolfintel commented 3 years ago

@niiiksh if you could distribute it as an appx package to download (or a regular exe) that would be great. A lot of people don't want to use the microsoft store

niiiksh commented 3 years ago

@adolfintel I know MS store is not a popular thing, it seems like MS abandoned it today. I'm looking for the best ways to distribute the app. I want to reach people on Windows 10 with a free app and store seems to be the best solution for now Of course, also I can distribute the appx through a website but how a lot of people will find it? I would appreciate If you share any promising ideas on distribution

adolfintel commented 3 years ago

Personally, I would do both: put it on the store for visibility, use the github releases to distribute appx files for manual installation, put it on your website if you have one, and if possible, port it to Win32, because experienced users avoid UWP apps like the plague

niiiksh commented 3 years ago

@adolfintel the reason I choose UWP is a design that matches the Windows today I hope MS will bring all the UWP APIs and design language to Win32/WPF soon

niiiksh commented 3 years ago

This is a really cool project and creating a similar version that runs on windows 10, and maybe even linux, would be pretty cool.

I've pushed Linux extension for GNOME (tested on 3.14.1 debian 8 and should work with newer) but it needs to be improved. Basically it works https://github.com/niiiksh/airpods_extension/