Scanner Radio Pro Listen to live audio from
over 3,300 police and fire scanners, weather radios, and amateur radio
repeaters from around the world (primarily in the United States and Australia
though, with more being added daily).
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audio archives to listen to audio that's been archived over the past 30 days.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.
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 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. 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.
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).
If the audio repeats or the app
stays connected for only a short time, try returning to a directory screen in
the app, then select "Settings" from the menu, then "Player
settings", and then try changing the "Streaming method" setting.
What’s New
- Added the ability to record the audio (requires Scanner
Radio Pro to be installed).
- Added the ability to view the player screen in
landscape mode on phones with screens as small as 320x400.
- Added support for displaying a status message when
Broadcastify.com is experiencing an outage.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes.
Additional
Information
Updated: October 27, 2013
Size: 2M
Current version: varies with device
Requires Android varies with device
Sample screenshots