Android Market apps removal
I've been receiving some emails regarding why my apps are not on the Android Market and how can they be obtained.
The reason my applications and games are not in the Android Market is because my account got suspended because I published an application (you can see it here: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/location-security-exploit-on-samsung-devices/ ) that allowed users to check if their device had a security hole that allows the exploitation of user location against the user knowledge or consent. In the thread relating to the application I even left advice on how to solve for the devices where it occurred, but someone at Google though that my application was infringing the "application must not harm device or people", and although it didn't because of this my entire account was suspended and my applications removed.
Meanwhile I send them various emails regarding the subject, and finally got a responses where they said I could not reinstate my account, but I could place the applications that did not infringe the developer agreement back on the Market with another account, so I intend to do just that. I plan to have Trivial Droid back on the Market before the end of the 2011.
Meanwhile you can obtain copies of my applications via other Markets such as:
Trivial Droid :
Direct link for Trivial Droid apk (I had to upload it has a zip file so don't forget to unzip 1st): Trivial Droid_v1.4.9.apk
Trivial Droid GR (Greek) :
Direct link : Trivial Droid_v1.4.10_greek_final.apk
Quiz PT:
Defy SndInit :
XDA Forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212
Trivial Droid Change-Log
This is the change-log for the Android game Trivial Droid:
Note: Just a clarification from a comment I've seen: "Really Nice quiz Dont understand why it needs to have access to make calls though". The game doesn't access the calling functionalities of the phone. Ever! But because it uses the online service ScoreLoop for handling online scores, it needs to read details of the phone that it uses to validate your identity, and that's all 
.
Also someone asked this "Why does it need permission to find my location with GPS?". This is used by the ads layer. Ads try to figure your position to determine the best ads to serve. Many other ad-supported use that.
UPDATE : You can check the online high-scores from your computer as well, just go to http://pedrodh.info/?p=32
--- 1.4.9 ---
- Added 100 new questions
- Updated Scoreloop to latest version
- Game now compatible with Android ICS
- Miscellaneous bugfixes
--- 1.4.8 ---
- Various bugfixes, and performance tuning
- Added 100 new questions
- Added Greek version of the game, search Android Market for "Trivial Droid GR"
- New Icon art
--- 1.4.6 ---
- Begin support for Honeycomb platform and landscape playing (much more to come in next version)
- On Honeycomb tablets with docks (such as the Asus Transformer) you can use the arrow keys to play
- 3 small Bugfixes
- Added 50 questions
- Fixed typo in Sport question (thanks Christina Ford and Starla for reporting)
- Fixed typo in Science question (thanks Travis U'ren for reporting)
- Fixed Science question (thanks Ronald Norby for reporting)
- Fixed Geography question (thanks to Sam Berry for reporting)
--- 1.4.5 ---
- Took off permissions to read contact information and fine location since many users where worried about their privacy.
- Fixed 2 typos, thanks to Xristina for pointing them out
- Fixed entertainment question, thanks to Robert Gantt for reporting
- Fixed 2 music questions, thanks to Frédéric Gauvin and Halee Spohn for reporting
--- 1.4.4 ---
- Various fixes
- Added 150 new questions
- Updated Scoreloop
- Updated Heyzap integration
- Updated AdWhirl
- Pass-Around mode (multiplayer up to 4 players on the same device
- Many performance enhancements
- Changed question to be more correct (Thanks Jonathan Seyghal for reporting)
- Fixed bug with consecutive answers counting
--- 1.4.3 ---
- Changed question text to a more proper one (Thanks Breanna Carlson for suggesting it)
- Fixed 2 geography questions (Thanks Pedro Fortes for reporting them)
- Added 60 new questions
- Fixed bug that application Force Closed when was time to submit score
- Other bugfixes and improvements
- Scoreloop updated, along with several fixes
--- 1.4.2 ---
- Updated HeyZap, and provided best integration with HeyZap platform
- Added option in Advanced Options for the ones that explicitly don't want to be bothered with that new feature
--- 1.4.1 ---
- Added 70 new questions, including questions about the 2011 Super Bowl!
- Integrated game with Heyzap. Now you can check in that you're playing the game, and share it with your friends via Twitter or Facebook
- Fixed Science question (thanks Scott F for reporting it)
- Fixed 2 General Knowledge questions (thanks Ross M. Wilde and Karri Lindamood for reporting them)
- Fixed 2 questions (thanks Ryan Theobald for reporting them)
- Fixed misspell in Entertainment question (thanks to Kate Parker for reporting it)
- Fixed misspell (thanks to Petra van Casteren for reporting it)
--- 1.3.9 / 1.4.0 ---
- Added 400 new questions
- Fixed misspell in Entertainment question (thanks to Lynny Muuka for reporting it)
- Fixed another misspell in Entertainment question (thanks to Dale Martin for reporting it)
- Fixed music question (thanks Brandi for reporting it)
- Fixed entertainment question syntax (thanks Jean-Marie David for reporting it)
- Fixed entertainment question syntax (thanks Harvey Proom-Parkin for reporting it)
- Fixed an occasional problem where ads would cover the playing screen (thanks Barry Goodridge for reporting it)
- Fixed 4 other minor bugs
--- 1.3.8 ---
- Added 100 new questions
- 2 small bugfixes
--- 1.3.7 ---
- More resources for different density devices
- Fixed Geography question having two equal answers (Thanks Cynthia L Molenda for reporting it)
- Updated a bunch of core libraries
- Updated ScoreLoop
- Fixed 2 internal bugs
- Added 105 new questions
- Fixed math question (Thanks for Teresa Guagliardo for reporting it)
- Added high-scores for marathon game type
- Fixed Geography misleading question (Thanks Diane44 for reporting it)
PS: I've received a lot of suggestions, and I'm not putting them aside, I just need more time to implement them . Hopefully I'll find time to do them soon.
--- 1.3.6 ---
- Fixed bug that made the game crash in Android 2.2 (thank you for everyone who reported it)
--- 1.3.5 ---
- Added 100 new questions!
- Added Marathon game type (suggested by VAN)
- > I'll include a online high-score for the marathon mode in the future
- Fixed a few bugs
--- 1.3.4 ---
- Added 400 new questions!
- Changed categories choosing menu (suggested and designed by Nuno Marques)
- 2 misspellings corrected
- Changed the text of "1-Click Answer" Button, since the current font doesn't make the number 1 obvious (suggested by VAN)
- Better in-game layout for High-Density devices
- Removed unused stuff in "Passive Mode" (suggested by VAN)
- Updated ScoreLoop "banner" (not in the game, but rather web view)
- Fixed bug where in second round would not display both lives
- Fixed bug in Top 10 menu where a lower score would be displayed above a higher one ( thanks Tom Ellingburg for reporting it ) > See note 1 below
- Added option in Top 10 menu to clear Local Top 10 scores
Note 1 : Since the game maintains scores and settings from previous to new installations, people who had the game previously installed will have to clear the Top 10, or do new scores, in order to removed the previous entries (only if they were "suffering" from this bug of course ).
--- 1.3.3 ---
- Some more theme/layout changes
- > Changed "TOP 10" to "Top 10"
- > Some layout rearrange in main menu
- > Made theme behave better on High Density phones
- Updated ScoreLoop
- > added screens for user details
- > added screens for game discovery
- > several fixes and improvements
- Added 75 new questions
--- 1.3.2 ---
- Small improvements in code
- 200 new Questions !
- Bug-fix on Local TOP10 menu for some smaller devices
- Fixed some misspellings in Science questions ( Thanks Steve D for reporting it )
- Fixed a bug in TOP10 menu when unfilled
- Some more theme/layout changes
- > Added custom font to theme
- > Changed text of version number
- > Better arrangement of the items in Category Selection sub-menu
- > Completed remaining menus theme (white bar, etc)
- > Re-arranged Options Menu for theme consistency
- > Questions now have a little more space
- > Changed category description to green (makes it more visible)
--- 1.3.1 ---
- New Theme! Since many people said "Lose the purple theme", so I did just that. ( Thanks goes to Nuno Marques for designing it )
- Corrected typo ( Thanks khaoskid37 for reporting it )
- Changed misleading question ( Thanks Ed for reporting it )
- Corrected wrong science answer ( Thanks Kristian for reporting it )
- Corrected wrong entertainment answer ( Thanks John Shaw for reporting it )
- Fixed 4 bugs
- General code clean-up
- Added 160 new questions (mainly difficult ones this time)
- Fixed other 2 typos ( Thanks James Fally for reporting it )
- Scores can be a little higher now
--- 1.3.0 ---
- Added 100 new questions
- Some code clean-up
- Fixed a bug with Online High-scores
- Some other bug-fixes
- Fixed bug where local High-scores would not display in a correct layout in Motorola Droid ( thanks Andrew Rappoport for reporting )
- Simplified options menu as suggested by various users
- Added 60 new questions ( I know, it's not has many has you wish, please be patient, and BTW read NOTE below )
- Updated ScoreLoop
- * Added Social view. You can now see your friends scores!
- * New, revamped interface
- Other Bug-fixes
Note : Looking for questions/answers submitters. Please email me if you would like to help ( pedro.n.veloso@gmail.com )
Also looking for translators for both UI and questions.
- Added option to install to SD on Android 2.2 ( Froyo )
- Fixed Science question, the degrees one ( thanks to Lewis Waterhouse for reporting )
- Added 120 more questions
- New High-score engine ( I started using ScoreLoop instead, so if you already have an account there, it can be used in the game )
- Fixed a typo in Sports Category ( thanks to Cindy Taylor for reporting )
- Fixed wrong question in Music Category ( thanks catherinewhite77 for reporting )
- 120 new Questions
- Fixed 2 bugs
- Some layout changes
.- Beta-Testing Only
- Fixed newly introduced bug on last version where in certain situations the timer would become active in Passive Game Mode ( thanks Margaret Douville for reporting this )
- Froyo compatibility :)
- Added about 50 new questions
- Replaced category Android for General Knowledge. ( contains at the moment : Android , Art and Architecture. If you have a suggestion on a topic not yet covered let me know )
- Added Pause ( it's automatic, you just need to press the Home key to go to your desktop, and the game will pause ) -> It's only possible to pause 2 times during a game, so that people won't cheat. Also, this allows for people to click on the ads without having lost the game when they return
- Corrected 1 History question ( thanks to Wallace Greenwell )
- Fixed one math question ( thanks Shahrin Sofian and Esben Stenfeldt for reporting )
- Fixed one geography question ( thanks Kristi Wreyford )
- Some more bugfixes
- Changed ad to bottom
- Added about 60 new questions ( I know it's not much, I have plans for doing better next versions
- Changed Change Log to the web
- Fixed bug while rotating the phone and viewing online content ( Thanks Andreas for sending me the logs for this one )"+
- Added initial screen for choosing if you want sound On or Off
- Added 130 new questions
- Some UI corrections for small screens
- Some Bugfixes
- Fixed 1 wrong answer ( the one from plants )
- Corrected Lives displayed text
- Some more UI changes, introduced progress bars too
- Changed Clock from 20 to 22 seconds
- Corrected 2 misspellings
Future features ( TODO list )
- Being able to download extra Packs of Questions ( Being worked on )
- Multi-Language Support ( Being worked on )
- Implement Achievements ( like, Achievement for playing 5 times and scoring more than 1000 in each )
- Fix the typos
- Make the UI more beautiful
- Being able to change the Font Size
Defy 2ndInit
This is my work for the Motorola Defy 2ndInit. You can find more information on the web about it, I just have this here as a placeholder for the files for now
Don't forget to unzip the files.
Some translations to Portuguese
I've recently translated PlayOnLinux and the Android application Animated Weather to Portuguese.
SGS Screen Changer
Post on XDA website : http://www.xda-developers.com/android/set-default-home-screen-on-your-galaxy-s/
Here's my post in XDA Forum : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758920
Trivial Droid – Online Score viewer
Here you can view the TOP score list. This list is also viewable trough the game.