Current Version: 4.2.0.6
Requires Android: Varies with device
Category: Entertainment
v4.2.0.6 update:
Fixed a bug which would cause the app to crash if
the device was rotated while the player screen was displayed.
Removed
the delay in the listener count and the player status being displayed
on the player screen after a change in the screen orientation.
Fixed a bug which resulted in the
volume control slider not being updated after the device’s volume changed after connecting or disconnecting
headphones, earbuds, etc.
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Overview:
Listen to live audio from over 4,100
police and fire scanners,
weather radios,
and amateur radio repeaters from around the world (primarily in the
United States and Australia, with more being added daily) on your phone.
Features:
* View scanners that are located nearest you, sorted by distance.
* View the top 50 scanners that have the most listeners (list updated every 5 minutes).
* View list of scanners added most recently (new additions are being added all the time).
* Add scanners you listen to the most to your Favorites list for quick access.
* Browse the directory of scanners by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, weather, railroad, etc).
*
Enable notifications to be notified when lots of people (such as over
1000, for example) are listening to any scanner (indicating that
something big is happening). You can also be notified when scanners
located near you (or specific scanners of your choosing) have more than a
certain number of listeners.
* Add Scanner Radio Pro widgets and
shortcuts to your phone’s home screen for quick access (app cannot be
installed on SD card to access them).
* Add a “Scanner Radio Pro
Favorite” shortcut to your home screen to launch a scanner feed via an
alarm clock app or automation app.
* Listen to Broadcastify.com’s
audio archives to listen to audio that’s been archived over the past 30
days. Note: You *must* have an account on Broadcastify.com and purchase
their “Premium Membership” ($15 for 6 months) in order to access their
archives using the app. One use for this feature is to have a scanner
feed begin playing when your phone connects to a specific Bluetooth
device and then have it stop when the connection to that Bluetooth
device is no longer present.
In addition to the above features, you also get the following features with this version of the app:
* The ads are removed.
* The ability to record the audio.
* The
Pro version allows you to adjust the sound of the audio via an
equalizer (version 4.x of the app only, does not work on the Galaxy S4).
* The Pro version adds player controls to the lock screen (version 4.x of the app only).
* The
play button at the top of the directory screens and on the widgets can be used
to start listening without having to go to the player screen.
*
With the “Scanner Radio Pro Locale PlgIn” plug-in is also installed you
can have Locale/Tasker launch the app and have one of your Favorites
automatically begin playing based on one or more conditions or have the app stop playing.
The audio is provided by volunteers (primarily for Broadcastify.com) using real scanner radios.
If you need assistance, please go to http://
http://support.gordonedwards.net/
Explanation of why various permissions are needed:
The “Phone Calls / Read Phone State” permission is needed by the app
so that it can detect when you’re placing a phone call (or when one is
being received) so that it can automatically stop the streaming of the audio to prevent it from interfering with the call.
The “Fine (GPS) Location” and “Coarse Location” permissions are
required so that the app can determine what scanners are located in your
area when you click on “Near Me”. When you click on “Near Me” the app
first attempts to determine your location via the network, if that fails
the app then tries to determine your location via GPS.
The “Automatically Start at Boot” permission is required so that a
small portion of the app can be started when your phone boots if (and
only if) you turn on the notifications feature of the app (that feature
is turned off by default).
The “Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage” and “Test
access to protected storage” permissions are required in order for the
app to support the ability for you to record the audio you’re hearing
and be able to save it to a location that you can access from your
computer (requires Scanner Radio Pro to be present on your device).
