It's a fair cop, this is in fact one of those novelty applications that I normally skip right over, except that a) I was in frivolous mood, b) it's very well done in terms of attention to detail, and c) I'm a big fan of solar charging for real, and if this concept gains even a little traction so that the developing tech that Rafe saw at MWC 2013 might come to pass then I'm a happy bunny... In the meantime, install this freebie and have fun fooling all around you!
Here's 'Solar Charger' in action:
Yes, yes, it's all fake, fake, fake, but hey.... There's attention to detail here, with a meter that integrates the amount of light being received by the brightness sensor in the phone, so it behaves as a real charger would, an animation showing charging 'taking place', a battery readout that reflects the actual amount of charge left in the phone battery, plus disabling of the usual screen timeout, so that the solar 'cells' stay displayed.
