AC Forums App for Android™

The easiest and best way to take part in the Android Forums at Android Central.

Index.hu · com.quoord.tapatalkacf.activity

4.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) 100K+ downloads v8.9.36 27 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v8.9.36 (600167)
Updated: Aug 25, 2023 (3 years ago)
APK size: 27 MB
Requires: Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Category: News & Magazines (app)
Listed since: Jan 19, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 17 (3 sensitive)
Website: mobilenations.com
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

AC Forums App for Android™ is an app by Index.hu in the News & Magazines category, listed since at least January 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

It asks for 17 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: approximate location, find accounts on the device and modify shared storage. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play and can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Now updated to the latest Tapatalk back-end! If you have any questions, concerns or bugs, voice 'em here: http://goo.gl/Eg46m5 The easiest and best way to take part in the Android Forums at Android Central. Using the Tapatalk standard of mobile forum browsing, you can peruse forum threads, reply, start new threads, reply to PMs and do everything you expect from the best and friendliest Android forums around. This app will ask your permission for some things when you install it. Here's what those permissions mean, in plain English: Full Internet access: You'll need to have access to the Internet to view and reply in the forums. Makes sense. Read phone state and identity: Google says this allows the app to know when a phone call is coming in. That way, the app can pause itself and let you answer the call. We're not using your identity for anything; these two permissions are bundled together. Modify/delete USB and SD card contents: When you see a picture posted in the AC Forums via the app, it needs to store it on your internal storage or SD card. Again, makes sense. Prevent device from sleeping: When a notification is received (you can set those up in the app settings), the app will need to wake the device up so it can deliver it. (Yeah, it sounds a little backward.) Control vibrator: Needed for notifications, so you can have your phone or tablet vibrate. Sounds a little dirty, though. View network state/Wifi state: Because the app requires you to have a network connection, it needs to be able to *know* that you have a network connection. If you don't, it will tell you. Automatically start at boot: The app will notify you about private messages and replies to subscribed topics. Without this permission, you would need to restart the app yourself each time you restart your phone to continue to get notifications. Hope that helps clear up those scary, scary permissions. :p

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Unknown” Not the developer's name (“Index.hu”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Aug 25, 2023
Signed byC=CN, ST=Unknown, L=Unknown, O=Unknown, OU=Unknown, CN=ss
Signing certificate (SHA-1)79:6D:14:EB:92:17:03:2A:64:5A:ED:CD:19:92:AC:6E:45:8E:F8:18
File MD548f14fe3fe8ff8166e325f810cebea5a
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (17)

AC Forums App for Android™ requests 17 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Find accounts on the device Sensitive android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
Apphub bind apphub service (custom) com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
In-app purchases (Google Play Billing) com.android.vending.BILLING
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
Use credentials android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi