Launcher reduced to the essential, intended for elderly people
About this app
What does this app do? * It registers as app launcher (that means it is called when the phone boots and the home button is pressed). * It lets the user decide if they want to call someone or want to watch images. * It reads the contact list and displays all contacts that have an image and a phone number (only the first number is used!). * Every contact is displayed as a large button with the contact's image on it. * On click either a call to the contact is initialized or the SMS app is opened to show images sent via MMS * In image-mode the gallery can be opened * Calling the ambulance is added on top of the list in the call-screen. * Language: English and German. (911 and 112 for calling the ambulance is translated of course)
Why is MMS used for images? * Because it is available everywhere and every phone has an app installed that can use it * Because it is the only way (that I found out) to direct the user right to the newest images
I recommend the use of https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moez.QKSMS as a SMS/MMS app because it copies all images automatically to the gallery and because it's free.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only.
What's New in v1.7
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Jan 8, 2019 · 1.9 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 7000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 1e3ace3adf7b84dea0a0a7d9c1d63e94a26c68cca74832828164b1e935e08eff
Jan 4, 2019 · 1.9 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 6000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 ae2025aa5fe8eb959f291f19beb02dc0f46bc8073f6bbca39577e2420776ebb1
Dec 23, 2018 · 1.9 MB · Android API 21–28 · code 5000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 53eea9ba93d36a01888c115f35c7925748634fc27cfc04298377daf8520f6fc9
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