island Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• OnePlus 9 abysmal battery life?

  Facebook is still really common in hispanic countries, what someone can do if they dont use it that often is to run it inside an Island sandbox and disable it when not in use (https://island.oasisfeng.com/). Source: 11 months ago

• Unused Android phone to monitor a server and remote download

  Check out island for running stuff under different users, it's slick. Source: about 1 year ago

• Running Android Apps "In Jail?"

  Not sure if this fits your exact usecase, but try Island. It (ab)uses the Work Profile feature to isolate apps. Source: over 1 year ago

• Search open source android apps

  When relevant, it would be worth mentioning (or grouping) forks of apps and how they differ. For example, Insular is a fork of Island that is nearly feature identical but has all of the trackers removed. Source: over 1 year ago

• Using personal device for work, how to properly set up work account so device administrator can't wipe my entire device

  If your company doesn't use Microsoft Intune, you can install Island to create a work profile. Android's work profile is great because you can turn off your work apps when you're not working. Source: about 2 years ago

• Using personal device for work, how to properly set up work account so device administrator can't wipe my entire device

  You can also look at using the Island app which lets you unofficially set up a manual work container: https://island.oasisfeng.com/. Source: about 2 years ago

• Nova Launcher on Twitter: "Today is Nova's 10th birthday! We want to say THANK YOU to all of you, our awesome community, for making Nova what it is and for helping stick around for an incredible 10 years! We look forward to being your launcher of choice for at least another 10 years!"

  Unfortunately it doesn't seem to properly backup 'unfreeze and launch' shortcuts from Island so I need to rebuild my app menus by hand every new device setup. It's extremely tedious and I hope the issue can be resolved. What's extra odd is that is does back up some of them, but the vast majority are missing after a backup restore. Source: over 2 years ago

• Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, because I know you are

  Island (https://island.oasisfeng.com/) let’s you have multiple sandboxed apps running. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• How to download an App multiple times on your phone but make it seem like its your first time using it?

  You could also try something like Island (https://island.oasisfeng.com/) or Shelter (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.typeblog.shelter). Source: almost 3 years ago

• Using Shelter

  It uses managed profile, which is just another name for work profile. See "How it works" here: https://island.oasisfeng.com/. Source: about 3 years ago