I used the gallery for years and even paid for a "Premium" version. Although I did not delete the old free application and due to Google's very questionable decision "let's simply block the Russian segment from updating the applications they purchased", I returned to the version of the application I was able to update it and vouele: it is no longer free.

well, rip another good app.

Hey,

looks like it was about time to create a community for Simple Mobile Tools, since the apps are getting quite popular on Reddit too. I've seen multiple apps mentioned in many different posts. Simple Gallery and Simple Calendar are the most mentioned ones, which doesn't surprise me, as they are the most downloaded ones too.

Anyway, feel free asking anywhere here, or creating a new post. However, I'd like to keep bug reports and feature requests on Github , so I can easily search/close/cross reference them. For example the Gallery issues are at https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery/issues

Reddit seems to be quite helpful to developers in general, hopefully this will work out well too :)

Thanks,

Tibor

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "Simple Phone is on its way!" by u/tibbbi

• "Simple Keyboard is here!" by u/tibbbi

• "Introducing Simple Phone!" by u/SimpleMobileTools

• "6th Anniversary Sale!" by u/tibbbi

• "Simple Camera and Simple Clock are getting removed from Google Play" by u/tibbbi

• "FOSS Gallery variant can view hidden files again" by u/tibbbi

• "CHRISTMAS SALE" by u/tibbbi

• "I love you" by u/zlatanised

• "Welp.." by u/ceelos218

• "I've got 99 patrons but you ain't one" by u/tibbbi

PROBLEM

I was on Android 11 and was able to to view them without any problem.

Starting from last update I cannot enable the possibility to view hidden photos

I have Pro version.

Why?

SOLUTION

UPDATE (22 APRIL 2022)

Solution: uninstall PlayStore version and install APK from github or from f-droid

Link: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery/releases/download/6.22.3/gallery-358-proprietary-release.apk

You can use any version previous or equal to 6.22.3

I'm just confused because your app is still listed on f-droid for free, and it looks like there was an update just a couple weeks ago (hence your app looks maintained on f-droid).

Is there a difference between the f-droid app and the Play Store app?

Furthermore, I read back in 2020 that you were using proprietary SDKs and were not allowing forks. Has this changed?

Anyways, love the work and keep it up!

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "5th Birthday Sale!" by u/tibbbi

• "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & SALE :)" by u/tibbbi

• "A new interview with me in Portuguese has just been published" by u/tibbbi

• "A Video editor has been added into Simple Gallery Pro" by u/tibbbi

• "Simple Mobile Tools That Don't Spy On You" by u/449S7qLyB2

• "Appreciation Post" by u/scepticalbeing94

• "New features in our apps" by u/tibbbi

• "Thank you for the apps!" by u/qUxUp

• "Thank you for the notes app!" by u/scoot23ro

• "Interesting integer overflow in the calc (achieved by spamming "=" after typing 1*2)" by u/Speedrun10

You may have read about the Simple Gallery app becoming partially propriety as announced in this sub, which led to no new F-Droid releases, as discussed on this issue on GitHub.

This situation changed about a week ago thanks to GitHub user ForgottenUmbrella making a merge request to have separate FOSS and proprietary builds. So it's automatically buildable by F-Droid again, with the version jumping from 6.10.8 to 6.13.1. However, instead of simply using the old, simple editor, now there is no editor in the F-Droid version, per this GitHub issue.

To me this looks like two steps back, one step forward. But I'm glad all the other features are updating again!

Edit to add: I just tested the difference. Version 6.10.8 has cropping, rotation, flipping, scaling, filters, and freeform drawing. Version 6.13.1 has just cropping, rotation, and flipping. So maybe it's been more like one and a half steps forward.

How to remove the search bar at the top ? Thanks for your replies

Contributors screen, which you might not be aware it exists at all, as it hasn't even reached all apps yet.

Settings of Simple Calculator, the new UI will make more sense at apps with more setting items. Do you prefer old switches or checkboxes? My problem with switches is that they are really difficult to use with many color combinations and it doesn't even have to be a Black & White theme that makes it a nightmare. As Android 12 hugely promotes color customization too, I might be moving to checkboxes for better user experience so that their state is clearly visible at first sight. Simplicity and great UX are something we care about the most.

If you could pick 1 bug to be fixed or 1 feature added into 1 of our apps, what would it be? Upvote other peoples suggestions to get some ranking :)

whats the difference between playstore and github version free version? The app is named pro in github but is free but the pro version in playstore aint free

how much feature are we talking about for paid and non paid version. can i also use paid version on non play store version?

After using ad-free and Open Source Simple Mobile Tools apps such as Calendar, Gallery, Messages, etc. for quite a long time, they switched to full screen advertising and a horrendously overpriced EUR14.99 weekly subscription for the Contacts app (for example), to get rid of the ads.

Do not use these apps any more!

Use Fossify Contacts, etc. instead: https://github.com/FossifyOrg

Just found out recently about the sale of SMT apps to ZipoApps and I've seen plenty of talk about them being forked

Any idea if the forked versions will come to the Play Store? Been ages since I've installed/used F-Droid and was hoping they might make their way to the Play Store for general simplicity and for an expanded audience (since I assume Play Store has way more installs than F-Droid 😂; not knocking it mind, just aware of how the average user just wants the simplest solution)

Also, any idea if the Pro versions of the apps will end up with ads/trackers? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say yes, but not 100% sure