Craigslist Notification android application
Craigslist Notification android application
This application will tell you when new stuff is posted to
craigslist.
This provides a way you can get the best deals as soon as they are registered.
You will never lose a good opportunity again!
The application does not require registration.
Features
- Enable the user to create notifications for certain keywords and categories;
- Allow to have all filtering that craigslist.org has;
- Has all cities and neighborhoods that craigslist.org has;
- Allow multiple region search and zip code region search;
- Preferences menu for configuring the location and network options;
- Mark posts as favorite to read at a later time;
- The relevant posts are downloaded on the phone, so they can be read later without network;
- Faster navigation, since relevant posts are downloaded in batch;
Technical details
- It periodically checks for new posts;
- In each check it download *only* the updated data, which should be
small after the initial download;
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If no update is available it does not download anything at all. This proves to use less bandwidth than a normal RSS apps, since:
- Only relevant data is downloaded;
- It never download duplicated data two times;
- It's not like RSS feeds that it's the phone downloading and pooling the huge feeds every time.
The phone only donwload the updated data one and do it just one time.
Bandwidth usage and Battery usage
- For example, a download of 100 new posts takes 50kb of
internet bandwidth.
- The daily bandwidth will depend on the number of
notifications that you are monitoring and the number of times that
your notifications get updated.
- To reduce bandwidth, try to be specific in your notifications.
- For example: try to use "honda civic" instead of "car"
- The battery and CPU used is very low when monitoring less than 10 notifications.
Once you starting adding more than 10 and checking every 5 minutes it can use more than you would expect.
The only way to make this app to consume lots of battery is to monitor more than 20 queries that returns lots of results.
Notice that each region is a new monitoring query.
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
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I perceive a delay of 15 min between when the ads are posted an when i receive the notification, why?
That's because craigslists website caches the RSS results and thus they arrive to you with a certain delay.
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How to delete a searched item?
- Go to the search item listing;
- Click on MENU;
- Click on "Edit"
- Click on "Delete"
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How to set the time it updates a search?
- On the main screen click on MENU;
- Click on "Preferences";
- Click on "Networking"
- Here you have two options: WIFI updates and NON-WIFI updates
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How to filter OUT search keywords from the results?
- Just like craigslists website, you can use the "-" in order to filter OUT results;
- For example: "cars -honda" will filter "honda" keyword out of the results.
Feedback found on the internet:
- by Lifehacker - Craigsnotifica is a Powerful Craigslist Tracker for Android -
...After setting up your location and a few preferences, you can start adding
trackers to Craigsnotifica's home page by hitting the little + button at the bottom.
Set a price range, choose text terms to search for in the title or description,
and narrow down to those listings that only have pictures, if you'd like. In the
deeper preferences (found by hitting the Menu key), you can then decide how often
Craigsnotifica checks Craigslist, and how it should alert you—vibrate, ringtone,
LED light, or all of the above....
- by
Android Police - A Powerful And Customizable Tool For Navigating Craigslist -
... What makes Craigsnotifica so awesome? Like any great application, Craigsnotifica balances interface simplicity with feature richness. Craigsnotifica’s clean, friendly UI is (in my opinion at least) self-explanatory, and nearly any user can start utilizing the app in seconds as they desire...
- by
Androidandme - Craigsnotifica: Great app for Craigslist classifieds
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....I ran across a certain app that does an extremely good job in monitoring
Craigslist for listings that appeal to you. Craigsnotifica lets you set
up feeds for locations and categories, monitoring for new listings that
fit your filters. If you want, it can even let you know of these changes
in your notifications bar....
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by CraigsNotifica – Get craigslist notifications -
Never miss a new craigslist posting again with CraigsNotifica. The name doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue but who cares because this app can keep you up to date with whatever your looking for on craigslist.
- by jjday7 -
... When I am looking for another phone.
I went into the android market and downloaded a app called craigsnotifica.
What that does is tell you instantly when someone lists a product your looking for.
Since I am the first to see it,
I can jump on deals before too many people see it.
Really cool...
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by tomuse.com -
This is one of the best apps in the Android Apps Market let alone a fantastic shopping resource.
Its simple; it lets you create search queries for products on Craigslist and
then it notifies you when they’re discovered. You can limit queries to a
specific category and location or filter search results by titles, images,
and a minimum/maximum price. Once you’re notified of a result, you can click
on it to launch your browser and see the full listing at Craigslist. From there
you can utilize the native functions from the Android browser to share the page
with a friend. The app’s response time is very quick and there is no stalling
whatsoever. Everything works as it should. I love this app!
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by Daniel G. Sinclair
Guide: Best Android Apps for the Motorola Droid
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by Eric Weiss on androidandme.com
Apples To Apples: Craigslist Apps
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by Kristen Nicole on appolicious.com
Frequent Craigslist shoppers may appreciate this Android app.
The free CraigsNotifica for Android delivers notifications for items you�d like to track on the popular classifieds site.
If you�re shopping on the go, this list may become an exciting activity that helps you save money as well.
Screenshots
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Main screen - notification list
Main screen. This is where your notifications are listed:
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Posts listing
When you click on one notification, you go to the post listing.
Notice that you can edit the previously configured notification by clicking on this menu item.
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Post detail
Once you click on one post you will see this screen which displays the post details.
You are not required to be connected to the network to see the already downloaded posts.
Notice that you can mark posts as favorite to read them later. The favorite page is accessed from the main menu.
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Notification
When there are new posts the app displays a notification on your phone. This can be disabled in the preferences.
