Fork : Share Whatever Content on Windows Pc

The simplest, easiest, fastest, all-in-one content sharing tool based on Notification Centre.



Attentions : -

1. Fork only work with Facebook Account.
2. Fork does not have UI, it lives on your notification center.
3. Fork works with any APP that are capable to perform Share.



The ideas :-

Imagine one day when you are browsing image, watching video, listening to a song or reading some interesting article from your mobile phone, you want to share a content with your friend. You have no idea what kind of APP that your friends have installed on their phone. Forks can help. Just use the internal share-via tool and share to Fork. Fork with retrieve the list of all your Facebook Friends who are also using Fork, and you are free to share. The content shared will appear on their notification center. They simply click to view, listen or watch regardless of file type, Fork will handle that for you.



In Production :-

Fork is currently open for image, video (added on 2015 August 9th), contact (added on 2015 August 13th) and song (added on 2015 August 16th) for beta testing.



Further Information :-

Fork minimises UI by moving most of the process to the background service and interacts with user thru notification centre. Content shared will stick on the recipients notification centre and can be read by simply click on it.

Many Smartphone user may not know their phone actually already packed with all kind of default viewer that are capable to open almost all the common file type. When Fork receives file from your friends, it processes the file type and call the right viewer to open them. You no need to worry from what APP your friends use to share with you. It can be from any APP but open by only one Fork. So Fork actually eliminates the restriction that sender and receiver must using the same APP.

Fork does not have standard UI. While you are reading or viewing some content from any APP and decide to share them, you use the build-in share function adopted by most of the APP, and so Fork “appears". It is just a simple transparent form to choose your target friends.

Upon receiving, Fork will show different notification UI based on file type it receives. For example, if it is an image or video, a thumbnail will show on the notification bar. For a song, user can play it directly from Notification Centre.



How to use?

1. As mentioned above, Fork does not have UI of it’s own. Launching Fork will not bring you anything except a notification saying “Fork is active. Click me to login, happy forking”, Fork is ready to use at this time.

2. Click on the notification and Fork will connect to your Facebook account. Fork will retrieve your profile upon your approval and download your Facebook friend who are also using Fork. The notification status becomes “Fork is active. [your name], happy forking”.

3. While browsing on photo gallery, whenever you feel like to send the current one to some friends, use built-in share/send function to Fork. You will see all your fella forker friend and choose anyone or few to engage.

4. The progress is shown on your notification bar as well as the friend who will receive your fork. All file sent by Fork is original copy and store in the phone gallery grouped by sender name. Receiver can choose to accept or ignore though. Downloaded file can be opened right away from notification bar.



Word from developer :-

Unlike many other apps, Fork is fully built by one and the only one person. It is now under beta testing and I am very much need your feedback and usage experience. Please share with me on what you think about Fork. Feel free to write me or leave your comment, good or bad. Meanwhile, if you found this project interesting and would like to join, please contact me.

Fork is currently free without advertisement. To keep it this way, I need to run a tight schedule on server housekeeping. All file will stay in the server for 24 hours only. Please download the file as soon as you receive.

Fork can now handle song, image, video and contact on your mobile phone.
Fix few bugs and various improvement.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.