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Now Playing on Windows Pc

Developed By: Android Fu, LLC

License: Free

Rating: 4,5/5 - 8 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.3
Size 1 MB
Release Date April 27, 15
Category Entertainment Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (2)]

What's New:
v1.3 Changes:* Added a network response cache.Older Changes:* Fixed Rotten Tomatoes JSON exception* QuickReturnHeader for Refresh Button* Show an error dialog... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Application demonstrates the consumption of Rotten Tomatoes' 'in_theaters.json' web service endpoint. Technologies used: Otto, Retrofit, OkHttp, Picasso, Hugo, Ormlite... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Now Playing and install on Windows PC. Now Playing is free Entertainment app, developed by Android Fu, LLC. Latest version of Now Playing is 1.3, was released on 2015-04-27 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of Now Playing is 4,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 8 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 7 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Now Playing on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Now Playing on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Now Playing on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Now Playing using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Now Playing" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Now Playing on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Now Playing" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.3.

Download Now Playing 1.3 on Windows PC – 1 MB

Application demonstrates the consumption of Rotten Tomatoes' 'in_theaters.json' web service endpoint. Technologies used: Otto, Retrofit, OkHttp, Picasso, Hugo, Ormlite, ButterKnife, GSON, Parceler, Crashlytics, Google Analytics, QuickReturnHeader, MediaPlayer, etc.

Many gradle "hacks/tricks" demonstrated. FindBugs static code analysis included.

Full source available on GitHub: https://github.com/androidfu/Now-Playing

This is NOT intended to be a fully functional, feature rich application. If you're interested in looking at production quality source code and/or quickly seeing a list of "In Theater" movies as provided by Rotten Tomatoes API then you're going to be very happy ;) If you expected more, well, you should move along as there's nothing to see here ;)

Feedback greatly appreciated.
v1.3 Changes:
* Added a network response cache.

Older Changes:
* Fixed Rotten Tomatoes JSON exception
* QuickReturnHeader for Refresh Button
* Show an error dialog when there's a JSON parsing error
* Display a list of "In Theater" movies from Rotten Tomatoes API
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.