r/googleplay

The "System-Meeter-Bar"!

Google PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.it_huskys.smb

The “System-Meeter-Bar” is designed to offer a solution for license friendly support and analysis tools who are compact and not related to EULA’s who require licensing for commercial usage. The SMB is a system data collection tool, system overview tool, benchmark, test and system report tool all in one. You can use it for displaying an overview of your system, finding issues or testing the stability of your system via the built-in benchmark tool, no matter if it’s used on a private system or used in a commercial environment.

Key-Features of the System-Meeter Bar:

The SMB offers many useful features for support and system tests:

Data & Info

This is the main function of the SMB that shows a live overview of the system with most important data of the system, System-Core Data, CPU, RAM, Battery, Display-Data, Storage usage and Network activity.

System Monitoring

With the live monitoring of the CPU, System-Core Data, Storage-Devices and Network traffic, you can monitor the load the full system with easy activity tracking.

Benchmark & Test

The SMB comes with its own built-in benchmark tool to stress-test the system for heat or power issues, but can also score the CPU power of a system for comparison with others, or test the speed of your storage devices, next to quick-call any system/option settings you need. On Android devices you can also check the functionality of flashlight, vibration, display/screen (dead pixels) and more.

System-Shortcuts

The SMB comes with its own built-in System-Shortcut menu. that offers quick access and triggers to many Configurations, options and apps/folders/tools, that are hidden or difficult to find in the system.

Device-Tests

The SMB offers a wide range of features to test the full functionality of your android device. Screen-Color tests to test for burnins or defect pixels, vibration or you flashlight. Device fectects like these can be easily detected with the SMB.

System-Report

With this feature you can create a custom system report of the system the SMB is running on with all System-Core data, Hardware data and benchmark results, for troubleshooting and analysis.

No Ads and 100% Offline running

The SMB does not have any kind of Ads apis included and runs 100% offline. Making sure there is no online-traffic or increased system-load effecting the measurements and collected data.

Hey all! It's launch day. Starscanner is officially live on the Play Store after months of grinding, and I'm equal parts excited and nauseous. Figured this is the moment to actually show people.

The pitch (short version): You're sweeping a scanner across deep space looking for weird stuff. Sometimes you find a chunk of ice. Sometimes you find a rogue planet. Sometimes you find something that probably shouldn't exist. Then you upgrade your gear and go find more.

The pitch (longer, because Reddit): It started as a "what if a Geiger counter was fun" experiment and turned into a full-on collection game. You've got:

~480 unique discoveries to find — comets, asteroids, exoplanets, nebulae, signals, anomalies, and a bunch of stuff I won't spoil. Each one has a hand-written description and its own art.

Rarity tiers that actually feel different — pulling a Mythic after 200 scans of nothing hits like it should

An energy system that isn't predatory — scans cost 10, regen one per 30s, and you can upgrade both sides of that equation in the Lab

Upgrade tree with stuff like Amplifier (better rolls), Sonar (more discoveries per scan), Attractor (bad-luck protection so you're not stuck pulling commons forever), and Fortune (rarity bias)

Scan paths — different regions of space have different drop pools, so you're not just smashing one button

Squads — co-op feature where you and your friends contribute energy to communal signals and split the loot. This was a nightmare to build but it's the part I'm most proud of.

Offline progression — close the app, come back later, your scanner kept working (within reason, I'm not trying to make this an idle game)

What it's NOT:

Not pay-to-win. There's a shop, there are IAPs, there's an ad here and there. But every upgrade is reachable through play. I hate gacha mechanics and I refuse to ship one.

Not "finished" in the dead-game sense — I'll be patching, balancing, and adding stuff based on what people actually do with it. I'm a solo dev. The art is AI-assisted (I generated and then hand-curated every single one of those ~480 icons — there's exactly one comet, "Tebbutt," that doesn't have custom art because the generator gave up on me, and I think that's funny enough to leave in). The backend is a separate service handling auth and squad sync. The whole client is Kotlin/Compose. Where to get it: 🔗 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.starscanner.app It's free. Give it a try, and if you like it, a rating genuinely helps a tiny launch like this more than you'd think. What I'd love from you:

Tell me what you find first (and how long it took)

Tell me what feels off — pacing, energy, upgrade cost, anything

Squad up with a friend and tell me if it actually works at scale

Bug reports, the weirder the better

If you hate something, tell me that too. I can take it. Hanging out in the comments all day. AMA about the build, the gameplay, why I picked Compose over Unity, why squads almost made me quit, whatever. Cheers, and happy scanning 🚀

I read the t&cs but still struggling to understand how this will work. I know you have to play a certain mode and map to earn points but is it easier to earn a lot for the people who are already playing this game and have a higher rank already or will it be easier for the new commers who will probably rank up fast because it will be easier at the bottom? Why didnt they just do the each kill equals 1 point like they did with Free Fire?

I've been saving up super tickets, some of them start expiring in June so hopefully the good prizes will be here by then. Wish me luck!

I (17) had my aunt set up an email account to help publish and maintain my app on the Play and App stores. I have access to it but used she's essentially my sponsor for the apps until I turn 18. It worked well and I got the play store app into closed beta testing last week.

But a few days ago, the email locked me out for "unusual activity." I entered the password, then entered the 2FA text code successfully, but it's now hard-locked me on the screen from the attached image. The problem is, this number (ending in 78, our numbers end in 1 and 2) does not belong to me or my aunt and neither of us have registered it in any way with the account. It's sending a 3rd verification code to a random number and "Try Another Way" just cycles back to the same screen with no alternative.

The email itself also seems to be deactivated, does not receive new emails, and most importantly has shut down my beta testing and the app screen itself. I submitted a Google Account Recovery Request but that link also hard locks me to sending a code to the random number. Google support/searches have also been useless.

Has anyone experienced this before, or have suggestions to get our account access back?

Clicked on the notification, got directed to this page and somehow the account they gave the offer on isn't eligible.🫩Now the offer doesnt show up in my offers section all i have is the copied code. Ts has happened multiple times with my main account but all these codes work on other accounts😭🙏🏻how do i fix it i wanna buy sum💔

I have somehow discovered a platform that provides free testers for new users and with Guaranteed Production. Tried it for my app, although i was thinking it would fail but literally my app was approved. And then shared this with 4-5 friends all got app approved in first time only. No searching for testers on Reddit. Just uploaded app link on that platform and uploaded their googlegroups in test mail. After that literally i ate 5 star and did nothing. On 14th day i applied for Production. I was in stress whether my app will be approved or not. But after 17 hours i got a mail from google saying my app is approved. I was so happy can't tell you. Wanted to try that again for my second app but there was the problem they offer free testers only for 1 app per account. But better than struggling on Reddit at least i got one app testing free.

How i got to know about it is also a funny story, while i was calling my friends to ask them to join my app for testing i somehow tried searching on YouTube for any trick to get free testers and then this video came (link to it i will be pasting below) and i thought let's try this what if it works and it literally worked for me.

Here is the YouTube video link, but the problem is this is in Hindi language not English so people not from India will find it difficult to understand but you can follow the guy's screen and check what he tells.
https://youtu.be/bU5dKaZGFf8?si=NFTG93O9JoKgB4KP