Third-party app using the AnkiDroid API: OK to use "AnkiDroid" in the name and package ID?

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Hi! I’ve built a small open-source app that lets you review your AnkiDroid cards in short bursts, from the lock screen, a notification or a home screen widget. It reads and answers cards only through AnkiDroid’s public ContentProvider API and stores no card data of its own.

Before publishing it on Google Play, I’d like to check with you about the name:

  • App name: Micro Review for AnkiDroid
  • Package ID: com.ankidroid.microreview

The listing will say clearly that it’s an unofficial third-party app that needs AnkiDroid. It won’t use the AnkiDroid logo, and it has no ads and collects no data.

Are you OK with “AnkiDroid” in the name and the package ID? I can still change the ID before the first release, so if you’d prefer a neutral one (for example without com.ankidroid), just tell me.

Thanks for AnkiDroid and its API!

PS: I’d also be glad to get feedback, and I’m looking for a few beta testers for the Play Store closed test (Google requires at least 12 testers for 14 days -only once it will be published on PlayStore). Anyone interested can reply here or send me a message. A test build is already available on GitHub: Releases · BenoitMarchand/Micro_Review_for_AnkiDroid

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Thanks for asking, I really appreciate it, and consider this my full and enthusiastic support for what you’re doing

  • App name: no concerns at all, thank you for asking!
  • Package name: please change it to something you control.
  1. We’re org.ankidroid, we don’t own the .com
  2. It’s a permanent ID and implies that the app is maintained by the team, I’d rather not set a precedent here

Please send over the link, also to #mobile-apps in our discord, I’d be more than happy to be one of the testers

Truly, thank you, and best wishes

David

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Hi David,

Thank you so much for your answer and for your support. I’m very grateful that you took the time to immediately reply so kindly.

About the package name, I followed your recommandation and I just modified it : The app now uses com.orlikalabs.microreview, a namespace I control, so there’s no confusion about who maintains it.

It was not as easy that I expected, but the app is now on Google Play in closed testing, and I’d be really pleased to have you as one of the testers! A closed test needs testers’ Google accounts, so two quick questions:

  • Is there an existing Google Group that I could add as a tester list? That would be the easiest way for anyone interested to join.
  • Otherwise, feel free to send me a message with the Google account email you use on Play, and I’ll add it to the testers list.

Once you’re on the list, this link lets you join the test and install the app ( from Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orlikalabs.microreview , web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.orlikalabs.microreview)

I’ll also post it in #mobile-apps on the Anki Discord once I know if there is a dedicated google group.

One specific information : I test on a pure Android phone, where the card is a live wallpaper set for the lock screen only (Android 14+). Manufacturer skins will certainly behave differently, so there’s also an option to use a static lock screen picture of the card, updated each time the card changes.

Thanks again for the warm welcome and the encouragement :slight_smile: .

Best wishes,

Benoit