Make an App and Win a Phone

Posted by on Jun 24, 2014 in Android Development Tutorial | 117 comments

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 GiveawayIt is time to give away another Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and a Galaxy Gear smart watch!!!

To get an opportunity to win, you have between now and July the 31st, 2014 to enter. The rules are very simple and I’ll list them below. I was able to perform these contests because of the wonderful people at the Samsung Developers Program. I decided to hold off for a bit because my site was starting to look like a contest site, but I’m ready to go again. I wish everyone the best of luck.

Specific Rules for Entering the Next Contest

  • The Android app must run on any Android device
  • You can only submit 1 app
  • Within the app you must provide proof that you made it, by way of email
  • The app has to have been made since the beginning of the month of June 2014 if it is on the Android store
  • You can make the app using any tool (Eclipse, Android Studio, App Inventor, Cordova, etc.)
  • You must post a link to the apk file in the comments below ( Only on this Specific Page )
  • If you post the apk file on any other page on my site you won’t be qualified to win
  • You must post an email that I can contact you on in the comments. (I don’t care if it is a throw away as long as you use it in the app)
  • I will not contact you through this email unless you are the winner
  • I will announce the winner in a live YouTube broadcast (If you aren’t able to get through to me on that broadcast the prize goes to the 2nd place winner)
  • During the contest other strange events may force me to make changes to the above rules, but that isn’t expected

I wish you all the best in trying to win about $900 in prizes. I pay the shipping as well. This contest is open to anyone world wide as long as your country allows me to send electronics like this to you.

Feel free to share this contest with anyone you’d like, or just keep it all to yourself 🙂

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117 Responses to “Make an App and Win a Phone”

  1. Marko Milijic says:
    June 25, 2014 at 6:35 am

    Hi Derek,
    Are we allowed to put more then one app or just one
    Tnx

    Reply
  2. Dennis Magnusson says:
    June 25, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    Can I post a link to Google Play or does it have to be a link to the apk?

    Reply
  3. Ameen says:
    June 26, 2014 at 12:05 am

    here is the link:
    http://goo.gl/Xp33tz

    Mouhammed alameen sayegh
    Saudi Arabia
    aameen951@gmail.com

    if you click ABOUT button you can see this information
    thank you for the opportunity and I hope like it

    thanks again
    Ameen

    Reply
  4. KASSAN Mohamad Fouad says:
    June 26, 2014 at 3:14 am

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=webs.mfkapps.faceyourintelligent

    My mail : mohamad.kassan@utbm.fr

    Reply
  5. Chamin Nalinda says:
    June 27, 2014 at 12:00 am

    Hi Derek,

    I did upload my apk file and image target to my google drive account and here I’m sharing the link with you.
    link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-x_GW0YAf2cWTA3MlFWZm9Sb1k/edit?usp=sharing
    Feel free to ask any queries.
    Regards,
    Chamin

    Reply
  6. Manuel Silverio says:
    June 28, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Hi Derek,

    Can I send you an apk file with the email that you require and upload to googleplay another apk file without it.

    Regards,
    Manuel

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      June 30, 2014 at 7:13 am

      Sure that will work. Feel free to use a throw away email on the app. I’m not doing these contests to gather emails. I’m just doing them to give back to my community.

      Reply
  7. Karan M Rajpal says:
    June 29, 2014 at 5:14 am

    Does the contest have a deadline?

    Reply
  8. Roni says:
    July 3, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    Hi..
    is the Youtube brodcast really necessary??
    i’m just worrying that will be my sleeping time 😀
    and how about people who has no internet connection in their home? they won’t be able to connect internet anytime they want.

    *Sorry for my compliment

    Reply
  9. Sanskar Gupta says:
    July 4, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    Here’s the app link made by me….
    http://goo.gl/4wZoAC

    Reply
  10. badshah says:
    July 5, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    i have done little bit java programing can you please guide me how to make app and take part in competition.

    Reply
  11. Dmitriy says:
    July 6, 2014 at 9:13 am


    I created this my first app with your help)).In main menu, when you’ll press about button you would see my email and github page(in repo also my second – geodesic GIS app, but it works only on ICS and higher).

    Reply
  12. Paul Zin says:
    July 6, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Hi, Derek!
    I’ve created a simple game for Android.
    My name is on the first screen, you’ll see it 🙂

    Here’s the link: https://db.tt/0CZYxLfa

    Reply
  13. James says:
    July 6, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    what if many people creates a very good app before the deadline, and all instructions are obeyed. What will you use to judge who the winner is??

    Reply
  14. mohamed hamed says:
    July 6, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    This my app
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhamed.mymoneypocket
    my information is in about

    Reply
  15. AlaSlipknot says:
    July 6, 2014 at 11:22 pm

    Hi Derek,
    i remember you told me once that we can make an App using the unity3D engine right ? i hope this is still on.

    Thank you

    Reply
  16. andvin says:
    July 7, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    Hi Derek.

    Any application will do?

    Reply
  17. James Hollingsworth says:
    July 15, 2014 at 5:40 am

    Hi Derek,

    I have a simple button tapping game called “Button Tap Challenge”. Of course i’d love to win the contest, but also, i’d love any feedback from you if you get to check it out, positive or negative. Thank you very much.

    Link to Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckyseven.buttontapchallenge&hl=en

    James Hollingsworth

    Reply
  18. Adrian says:
    July 17, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    Hi Derek. Here is my app I’ll explain it a little bit.
    Its a simple database where the user should introduce the basic data from the vehicles like brands, models, etc… and also you can take 6 pictures by taping the black rectangles in the UI. This process should be done usually at the moment the car reach the mechanical workshop (My workplace).

    I would like to implement this in my workplace but I need to add more features in the future so it can become a really powerfull tool, I need to learn more though.

    If u have any question or I’m missing something please tell me.

    Name: Adrian Pirela
    Country: Venezuela
    Email: fx.adrian@gmail.com
    Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wybz17y81hrua2d/adnfx2_app.apk

    Thx for the opportunity.

    Reply
  19. Mohammad Alaween says:
    July 19, 2014 at 6:25 am

    Good Day Derk
    please See my attached linke , also i will send the link to your email.
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Doai5MLD5PeE4zTTU4ZDRPNUU/edit?usp=sharing

    Reply
  20. Frank J. says:
    July 19, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Could you specify The Android app must run on any Android device

    Does this mean Android Wear? Or phones back to Android 2.3? Or something else I might mhave misunderstood?

    Reply
  21. AlaSlipknot says:
    July 21, 2014 at 12:31 am

    Hi Derek,

    Here is the link to my game :
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxryf1yk1eudvme/Rotate.apk

    I tried all my best to make it look polished and professional as possible, it’s not 100% done but i’ll make sure to tell you when it’s in the AppStore, i’ll be more than happy to hear your feedback (super happy to get the Note3 :rolleyes: )

    Thank you ^^

    Reply
  22. Adrian says:
    July 21, 2014 at 5:31 am

    Hi Derek, I’ll explain some features of my app:
    It’s an app create to be used in the place where I work (a mechanical workshop).
    -Can save, delete & edit the basic data from a vehicle (Brand-model-ect).
    -Since its needed to take pictures of the vehicle the app allow you to take this pictures by tapping the black rectangles in the “Add vehicle UI”.

    I would like to add more features in the future some its can become a really powerfull tool in my work.

    Thx for the opportunity 😀

    Adrian Pirela
    fx.adrian@gmail.com
    Link: http://www.dropbox.com/s/wybz17y81hrua2d/adnfx2_app.apk?n=6021423

    Reply
  23. Abhishek Chawla says:
    July 23, 2014 at 10:56 am

    Hello Derek,

    Here is the link to app made by me :

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1ukzjb317dfd3d/QuickSettings.apk

    And My email address is : – abhishek198990@gmail.com

    You can also send me email from my app, its there in the options menu.

    I hope you will like it !!

    Thanks

    Reply
  24. Smijo says:
    July 25, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    Heres a small game I have developed. 🙂

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.inkers.LuckyTileFree

    My email id: inkers.in@gmail.com

    Reply
  25. Pavitra Golchha says:
    July 26, 2014 at 6:09 am

    I’ve made an android browser using App Inventor 2.

    Features-
    1.Random background colours when the Go button is tapped.
    2.QR code scanner*

    Here is the link to my app: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6RlEfJIa71iWWNsX2ZfUG9fUXc&export=download

    E-mail: davideinstein24@gmail.com

    Note: Qr code scanner available only if the user have a qr code scanner app installed already on his device.

    Reply
  26. David Einstein says:
    July 26, 2014 at 7:55 am

    It is a android web browser invented using App Inventor 2.

    here is the link to download my app:
    https://doc-00-88-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/241e2qih4r002ndocpk72lmgrp8meki6/gl5vuilomu2bhsf7qo5b5rqgie4lrjf6/1406383200000/11259829546297132563/11259829546297132563/0B6RlEfJIa71iWWNsX2ZfUG9fUXc?e=download&h=16653014193614665626&nonce=gpe88degaps1u&user=11259829546297132563&hash=f7qdb15elo5kstucmdk5of66iqv1qefm

    Email: davideinstein24@gmail.com

    Reply
  27. Luigino Tweeboom says:
    July 27, 2014 at 1:33 am

    Hi Derek,

    Here’s my attempt at your precious prizes:)
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1alax62xm2hbsi/Movie%20Watchlist.apk

    My name and email are in the “about” menu item on the main screen.

    Thanks for the opportunity.

    Luigino Tweeboom

    Reply
  28. Jonathan 'Yume' Van-Raemdonck says:
    July 27, 2014 at 2:13 am

    Hello Derek, and also everyone !

    Here is my entry for this contest :
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yumegames.unturnedcompanion

    Maybe some of you have heard about Unturned, a free to play game from steam greenlight developed by a 16 years old Canadian guy (who turn 17 today !). The game is now the 4th most played game on Steam !
    So, I decided to make an app about it, because there is a lot of things to know about this game. My app lists every item and crafting recipes in the game, as well as some guides to take a good start when you’re new to the game that I personnally wrote. There is also a Patch Notes section, so the users knows what are the last added things to the game quickly !

    Here is my mail address : yumedream57@gmail.com

    Good luck to everyone, and thanks a lot to Derek for his awesome tutorials and for this contest !

    Reply
  29. Abhishek Balani says:
    July 27, 2014 at 10:54 pm

    Okay, here is my very first android app. I have made it using your tutorials about fetching finance quotes from yahoo and parsing them. I had to call 2 APIs and for one I used XML parsing and for 2nd I used JSON parsing (I was implementing what I was learning). I am a complete newbie to app development.

    It’s a minimal weather app, developed and tested on Nexus 5. I hope it will work properly on your device as well.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7dPi4LD5K2eM3lmaTZOdG5RMk0/edit?usp=sharing

    Reply
  30. Jeff Kehler says:
    July 27, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    Hello Derek,

    Here is my app submission for the contest. I made an app for all of your fans and the app is called “New Think Tank Tutorials”. It is a dedicated app for your YouTube channel and for your website.

    Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3nj4b39xp57tey5/NewThinkTankTutorials.apk

    The main features included in the app are:
    – Playback position memory. If you stop a video and come back again later it will start where you left off. Also you will get a progress indicator of videos that have been watched (Shown in screenshots)
    – Bookmarks. You can add and remove bookmarks to videos that you want to watch later or save to watch again later.
    – Articles. The app uses the RSS feed of your website to download the list of articles.

    Screenshots of the app: http://imgur.com/a/zYdsh

    Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this contest. It really gave me the motivation to get off my butt and start learning Android programming. I’ve been interested in starting app development for awhile now but you know how it goes..sometimes lazy beats motivation.

    I had been working on this app almost every single day for several hours a day since you announced the contest. I learned a ton about Android development and lots about Java too. I am a self-taught Python programmer for several years now and this was my first time dabbling with Java. Good thing it’s mostly the same as Python. I ended up rewriting the app from scratch 4 times as I learned more and more about Android development.

    Here are some of the advanced things I had learned about while creating this app.

    – Dynamically loading fragments (This app only uses a single activity and everything is fragments)
    – SQLite Database Provider (Everything is stored in a database so the app loads quickly)
    – Content Provider (All interaction with the database is done through a content provider)
    – Intent Service (I had initially used an intent service to interface with the YouTube API. But have since changed to a Sync Adapter)
    – Sync Adapter (I switched from using an Intent Service to a Sync Adapter to implement notifications when new videos are posted. Unfortunately the notifications feature isn’t working as intended and I don’t have much more time to work on the app before the deadline.)
    – Cursor Adapter (All the grid views are loaded using a custom Cursor Adapter that interacts with the Content Provider)
    – Navigation Drawer – (All navigation is done using a slide out drawer)
    – And much much more…

    If I have your blessing may I post the app to the Play Store as my first app ever? I didn’t want to post this app without your permission since it does interact with your property. Of course it would be completely free as well as ad-free since I wouldn’t be so presumptuous to make money off your efforts. Or if you’d prefer I could certainly donate all the source code to you to upload to the Play store. Or if you’d rather the app didn’t go on the Play store that’s totally understandable as well. I got what I wanted out of this app and that was learning a ton about Android development.

    Thanks again for the contest 🙂

    Reply
    • Derek Banas says:
      July 28, 2014 at 8:44 am

      Wow thank you very much Jeff!!! I can’t wait to check it out. Yes feel free to post the app. Everything I do here is to try and help people. Feel free to sell it if you want. I won’t ask for any money. Good luck 🙂

      Reply
  31. Manish Chawla says:
    July 28, 2014 at 1:03 am

    Hello Derek,
    Please access my app (made through App Inventor) at:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5B-_hJbUm3PcW9xSW01ODdOQ0U/edit?usp=sharing

    It is a simple game for children. The app has help and about options to explain everything about the game. My email address is also in the about option.

    Thanks
    Manish

    PS: Seeing your recent comments about health, I would like to send you a health article that I had written few months back. It would be beneficial for all readers and if you feel it is appropriate you can publish on your website. Please send me your contact email address. Thanks.

    Reply
  32. Marko Milijic says:
    July 28, 2014 at 8:06 am

    Hi Derek,
    This is the link to my app:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_mahoney555.MiamiUsefulPhones

    The link contains my nick name if you need i can send you another copy of this app with my email.
    Thanks

    Reply
  33. Abhishek Chawla says:
    July 28, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    Hello Derek ,

    Here Is The Link To My Updated App :

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1zdv2jn5ue5hhc/Quickster.apk

    Thank You For This WonderFul Opportunity

    Reply
  34. Manuel Silverio says:
    July 29, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Hello Derek,

    My app is called Easy Feeds, it is a Feed reader application.It is a tool to optimize the process of checking your favorite blogs and websites. keep track of the latest news in your area of interest: technology, movies, gaming, bussiness, fashion, etc.

    In the process of making this app I had to implement, Sharedpreferences, NavigationDrawers, Viewpager, Fragments(obviously), JSON data parsing, etc. I basically used a google API to obtain the data I wanted in json format, then I just parse this data and show a lot of dynamic information.

    This is a very dynamic app, everytime you use it you will find new things to read.

    I have to thank you Derek Banas, the fact that I am able to develop such a mobile app like this is due to your first android tutorials, following these tutorials were the first step for me to get into android development. I also learned so many new things developing this app, thank you again for doing this contest.

    The google play link is for everyone. The googledrive link is for you Derek, there you will find a special version with the email you require at the welcome screen and at the bottom of the main screen (next to the page number). In the google drive link there are also some screenshots of my app.

    Googleplay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manustudios.easyfeeds

    GoogleDrive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-yr_smr_L6OM3ZoN3lfOHZlUWM&usp=sharing

    Regards,
    Manuel

    Reply
  35. Richárd says:
    July 30, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Hello Derek,

    This app basically helps you learn foreign languages with a much better accuracy and speed. It is similar to flashcards, but you can add new words, delete words if you already learned them ( and this is on your android device so you don’t need to struggle with physical cards 🙂 )

    In the Menu there is a “Sample”, and “Help” button to explain how the app works.
    My contact info is in the “About”.

    The app was inspired by your Android Studios and Address Book App tutorials. 🙂
    Thank you for the opportunity and for your awesome tutorials!

    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3pxoNGYamSacTJNQVo5TDRlRzQ

    Reply
  36. Akshay says:
    July 30, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    Hey Derek!

    Here is my app: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DCisfWg30vUnpodTVMU1Nva0k/edit?usp=sharing

    Please also read the document in the zip file.
    Thanks for hosting this competition! 😀

    Reply
  37. Dennis Magnusson says:
    July 31, 2014 at 7:16 am

    Here is a game i created with LibGDX!

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.denson.plusplus.android

    Reply
  38. Frank J. says:
    July 31, 2014 at 7:20 am

    Dear Derek,
    I (as many others) made my first app by the help of your videos (and stackoverflow.com).
    It is a scorepad for a card game called Wizard, that looks apparently completely different than here.
    I put it here:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7aPyXy2Vp8mU2s2RWNsekJjSlk/edit?usp=sharing
    It is not perfect yet, but it works (and it is the 31st so no more time to fiddle around).
    Enjoy testing all those apps. 😉

    Reply
  39. alex i says:
    July 31, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    An app to drop messages at your location, view other dropped messages, and chat with locals in the vicinity.

    message drop

    Reply
  40. Jesse says:
    July 31, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Hey Derek,
    I made the classic peg board game found in mom and pop restaurants or where I first saw this game as a kid, inside Cracker Barrel. I’ve been learning java programming for a while now on my own with the help of your videos and other resources found on the internet and finally after 3 months of programming and figuring things out, I have a game that is ready to play. I wanted to do more but the deadline is today and I had to get what i could done. So here it is!

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dydrm.pegboardgamefree

    my email is under the “about me” section in the app.
    apps@dydrm.com

    Thanks for the opportunity,

    Jesse

    Reply
  41. Manuel Silverio says:
    July 31, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    Hi Derek,

    Just to tell you that it would be nice to know with antelation the date and time for the youtube broadcast.

    Regards,
    Manuel

    Reply
  42. Gskc says:
    July 31, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Great video tutorials!

    I’ve shared my apk with your @verizon email address

    https://drive.google.com/a/gskc.com/file/d/0B9UIm-M21bUnem1uaEgxeWh4b00/edit?usp=sharing

    This Google Drive link also has my email address

    Reply
  43. James Hollingsworth says:
    July 31, 2014 at 6:15 pm

    Hi Derek,

    I have an update from my original submission. I pretty much reworked the entire app thank you in part to you themes and styles tutorials. I have it posted on google as of today. The old is still up if you would like to see the progression of the app.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckysevenapps.buttontapchallenge

    Thank you again for the contest and all the work you do for us.

    James Hollingsworth

    Reply
  44. Vairon M says:
    July 31, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    Hello Mr. Derek,

    I was luckily able to test part of the app using a genymotion emulator, but I have no idea of how it’ll work on a device. Here’s the apk

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9KS05b5PZG0YVkxYXFoSTVBUzQ/edit?usp=sharing

    I’d prefer to be contacted at the email entered in the form, but I also used a throw away email I referenced to in the application which is presby7@yahoo.com

    Reply
  45. Vahe says:
    August 2, 2014 at 11:22 am

    Hi Derek here is my application link.

    It some bugs in it while testing on some devices. But it is working on some devices to. I will correct that bugs. When will be live YouTube broadcast?

    Reply
  46. Vahe says:
    August 2, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Hi Derek here is my application link.
    link
    I noticed some bugs in it while testing on some devices. But it is working on some devices too. I will correct that bugs.

    Reply
  47. Vahe says:
    August 3, 2014 at 3:04 am

    Here is my app link
    While testing on some devices it had some bugs . But it works fine on some devices too.I will correct that bugs.

    Reply
  48. joe au yeung says:
    August 3, 2014 at 4:01 am

    Here’s a simple maths game that i made with android studio.

    Is already published on google play, so feel free to download it everyone. 😀

    And here’s a facebook page about the game :D.

    https://www.facebook.com/fortkingseries?ref_type=bookmark

    Here’s a

    Reply
  49. Vamsi Krishna Tallapudi says:
    August 10, 2014 at 8:16 am

    Here is my simple app I made using eclipse:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dbs.biographies
    Once again I thank you for your tutorials which helped a lot of us to learn.

    Reply
  50. Syed Ibrahim says:
    October 20, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    hey derek,
    Is this competetion still open?
    btw,Its very nice of you to reply every comment. And thanks for your every videos and codes ,you made another developer [kinda 😉 ]

    Reply

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