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by zamber 3127 days ago
All I was able to find fast was this:

https://github.com/nvanbenschoten/motion a bit outdated, not sure if it will work

https://github.com/material-motion/material-motion-android a bit fresher, but development stopped halfway through

> I'd also have to do extensive testing with any third party library for parallax cause it's so vital they release sensors properly and without fail when they are no longer needed to conserve battery.

Looking at what's available I'm not sure if it wouldn't be better to re-implement a lib for that. You could pass on extensive testing IF you find a lib that's already used in another project.

Consider introducing new features like Sleep for Android does (a popup with a change list displayed on 1st run after an update). With this you could try moving users to the "Experimental" settings section. Note that having solid issue reporting from the app would immensely help then.

Another approach would be to set up a beta program for experimental stuff. Not sure which one would be more cost-effective, needs more investigation.

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Hey sorry for responding so late. Thanks for sharing those libraries, I'll take a look at both. The one i used before was actually quite tough to find and I remember it wasn't a very popular one. I have a release notes list now implemented in the app (as of about an hour ago) and I think i'm going to try the parallax thing soon cause you're really tempting me haha. I really like the idea of experimental settings and think I'm going to do it that way.