Remade FartYou

By powersjo | Powersjo Technical Blog | 21 Jan 2025

It’s been years since I worked on the simple button app FartYou for android. Those years of neglect showed up and now the app is removed from the Google Play store. Honestly, as it should be. The app wasn’t updated, Google has been emailing me on it and I’ve been ignoring them. It’s Google’s store, the apps should be updated or Google should kick old apps off the store.

Android App Solution

I considered updating the app in the Play Store, however that is a pain. Here is the process: re-download android studio and update it so it takes up 40+ gb of space with all the plugins and simulators you need. Then import your old app and see what breaks. Inevitably, lots of the libraries you used need to be updated or changed. You will see tons of Kotlin code written horribly. Then I’d have to remember Kotlin since I don’t use it every day.

Once you get a to functioning app you need to test it. Download multiple android simulators and test out the app. You will need to fix more bugs. Next, see what updates Google wants to enforce for security reasons on all their Play Store apps. Implement those updates. Submit your updated app to Google Play… I probably would have missed something and have to fix the app again. Re-submit the app and then finally, you have a remade FartYou app on the Google Play store.

Web Solution

Instead of all that, I remade FartYou as a web app. It’s a simple web page. If you can get to the web you can get to https://fartyou.powersjo.com. The entire app is HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .wav files and some pictures. It’s simple and it works just as well as an android app. I’m more familiar with front end code, so this app was completed in 1 week. It’s live now and anyone can use it for your enjoyment.