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[APP] QuickSwitch (App Switcher) - ALT-TAB behaviour

What is QuickSwitch?
It's an app I developed to mimic ALT-TAB behaviour.
More info at http://bit.ly/quickswitch
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Story:
I am a proud Desire Z owner and have to say the Vision is amazing with its keyboard. One thing I still hate about day to day tasks is switching between Google Talk and MSN apps. I hate reaching up to the notification bar from the keyboard.
So I wrote an app to solve this problem. I call it QuickSwitch.
By taking advantage of the quick keys on the keyboard, I wrote an app that basically launches other apps. It's configurable which apps you want favourit-ed and how many running apps to show. I also made it mimic alt-tab function by pressing Quick key 1 and comma. This would switch back and forth between apps very quickly.
Quick Tutorial
Download:
Donate
If you like QuickSwitch, You can send me a donation to my Paypal http://bit.ly/quickswitch-donate-paypal or through the Android Market and search for "QuickSwitch (Donate Only)". The donate version does not add any functionality.
Questions / Comments
If you want to provide any comments and/or feedback, please post in this thread. New feature requests can be submitted at http://bit.ly/quickswitch-request.
If you could, please add comments and ratings on Market as it can encourage me to develop better stuff!
Thanks!

nice idea, but if your just using it to switch between gtalk and msn why don't you just install ebuddy and run both together?

its configuable to switch between any app.

i like the ability to make the quick keys function like alt and tab. im downloading it right now, will come back with comments
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i think i misunderstood, can this make the quick keys function as alt or shift? i hate the placement of they keys and i hate the quick keys theyre pointless, i like better the keyboard layout on the merge
is there anyway to assign the quick keys the alt or tab function?
aside from that though, its pretty cool app and its fast too. good job

do you mean using TAB to switch versus comma and period key? I can look into making that possible. did I understand you correctly?

so it kinda mimics what happens when you hold the home key?

yes. there's recent running apps as well as favorite apps. its makes toggling apps a lot easier.

no i meant more like a keyboard remapping. i want the two center quick keys to act as either alt or shift

Very cool app! Thanks!!

would this only work on the g2 or would it work on the epic 4g or the droid

jopherr said:
would this only work on the g2 or would it work on the epic 4g or the droid
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I think it should work on the epic 4g and droid. Do those devices have a Quick Key / custom app key?

Stratrix said:
I think it should work on the epic 4g and droid. Do those devices have a Quick Key / custom app key?
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No it dosnt, but you can remap the keyboard and make the smily face a quick key maybe.
I installed your app on my G2, absolutely love it, i would have paid for it, thats how good.

ImSoHungry said:
No it dosnt, but you can remap the keyboard and make the smily face a quick key maybe.
I installed your app on my G2, absolutely love it, i would have paid for it, thats how good.
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Thanks! If you could add a rating / comment in the market, that would be appreciated.
How can I make it better? I am adding icon overlays to indicate which ones are Favourites and which ones are Running. Next, I'm thinking about long press running icons to add them as Favourites.

Stratrix said:
Thanks! If you could add a rating / comment in the market, that would be appreciated.
How can I make it better? I am adding icon overlays to indicate which ones are Favourites and which ones are Running. Next, I'm thinking about long press running icons to add them as Favourites.
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Done. A well earned 5 *'s
As for making it better, I honestly think it is one of those rare gems that comes out the box 100%, its perfect for what it is used for. I like the clean look it has so I would have to see what overlay you use to judge if it will be good. Long pressing an app to add does sound good however.
You get these kind of apps once in a blue and what ends up happening is the dev always thinks that he/she has to improve it and just adds up making it bloated. I like it as is. Here's a great piece of advice; make a version with what you plan to add and put it up as a donate version, feel out the market, then just tidy the code up for this one and sit on it. You do great work.

This is pro. Fantastic app.
How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?

mcjerica said:
This is pro. Fantastic app.
How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?
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Thanks for your feedback. Your suggestion is a good one. I can certainly split it up into two apps.
I am also thinking about how this can be used for devices with no keyboard. Maybe splitting the screen into two halfs - left selects from favourites and right selects from running. Hmm...

I love your app. Idk if it goes into two rows when u got a lot of shortcuts set but would be nice. Thank you for this wonderful app!
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Smokuevo said:
I love your app. Idk if it goes into two rows when u got a lot of shortcuts set but would be nice. Thank you for this wonderful app!
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The apps panel becomes scrollable once its too wide to fit on the screen.

Feature Requests and Donation Links
<shameless plug>
I've added links to a quick start youtube video, feature request form and donate options on the original post.
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Thank you all for the supportive comments!

mcjerica said:
This is pro. Fantastic app.
How about one quick key for favorites, another for running...thoughts?
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You can already bring up all your running apps by holding home button, to add a second key would be redundant.
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Swype v3.26 Beta not yet compatible

As of November 26th, 2011, the latest Swype beta Swype v3.26.92.36178 (http://www.multiupload.com/IALPY1J32T) does not yet work.
It erroneously reports the screen size as 720x1,184:
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Using the latest installer also produces an error:

I had the same problem. I find that I'm really, really missing it. Once you get used to swyping, it's hard to go back.

I wonder if 720x1184 is the size of the screen apart from the space reserved for the soft buttons. I hope to see Swype soon, touch pal isn't really the same and it is mis-sized as well on gn
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I too started using Swype since Galaxy S I, it became a habit and I just can't type well without it. While waiting for Swype's support, I searched the market and found a software called SlideIt, very similar to Swype in fact it worked just fine ever since I've got my Nexus, no screen size problems at all. Give it a try guys, I'm still using the demo while waiting for Swype, or I might just buy the full version.

This is the apk of Galaxy Note if anyone wants to try it.
http://www.multiupload.com/2JEC2IKEEV

DJTaurus said:
This is the apk of Galaxy Note if anyone wants to try it.
http://www.multiupload.com/2JEC2IKEEV
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It failed to install for me, but thanks anyway

peadarog said:
It failed to install for me, but thanks anyway
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Same here, I also got the error message already before installing it.
I hope they will make a compatible version soon, but I find that since the screen is so big, thumb-typing like on a BlackBerry device works surprisngly well with the Nexus.

This link is already on the other Galaxy Nexus/Swype thread on XDA, but posting here for completeness: http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?4798-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-and-or-720p-ETA
In short, the issue is that the Swype installer checks the resolution, and because of the soft keys, the reported resolution actually has 96 px chopped off the end to accommodate the soft keys.
John

still?
Has there been any development here or is Swype on Galaxy Nexus still a no-go?
What a bummer! I was just about to click the "order" button for a new Galaxy Nexus and then noticed this issue. Without Swype, I'll just stick with my 2-year-old Nexus One for now, thank you.

if you were to read the link on the swype forum, you'd find out what the status is
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As much as I miss swype, I find my accuracy on the stock keyboard to be amazing. I don't think I've had one perform this well before.

jasbur17 said:
As much as I miss swype, I find my accuracy on the stock keyboard to be amazing. I don't think I've had one perform this well before.
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Its the best android keyboard ever. Great spacing and accuracy but doesnt supports greek etc

I feel the same way... not having compatibility with some apps is actually pretty tolerable.. swype is dope but so is the stock keyboard... the haptic feedback feels great.
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if you extract the apk in display7_SwypeScreen.ini says:
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NumberKeyboardNameLS = Numbers-LS
EditKeyboardNameLS = Edit-LS
MainKeyboardNameLS = Qwerty-LS
ScreenHeightLS = 288
ScreenWidthLS = 1280
ScreenDimensionLS = _HD720
NumberKeyboardNamePT = Numbers-PT
EditKeyboardNamePT = Edit-PT
MainKeyboardNamePT = Qwerty-PT
ScreenHeightPT = 426
ScreenWidthPT = 720
ScreenDimensionPT = _HD720
what numbers should the screenheightls,screenwidthls,screenheightpt,screenwidthtpt be to be compatible with galaxy nexus?

ICS+Swype
Was reading the ICS/GNex thread on Swype, and just to confirm. Swype has no issues with ICS per say, it is the screen size that is screwy for some reason. Additionally, i have found that improperly acquiring the app can cause issues (for example getting it from somebody else etc). I am enrolled in the beta programme, have been since pre-nexus days, so i just requested a downloaded the installer via the email.
Not sure why it's not compatible since the first few post on that thread says "swype officially supports 720p resolutions". It even works with the new ICS Style "add words" thing, as opposed to the old way to add words to the swype dictionary with the pop up, it seems to use the ICS Custom dictionary.

In all honesty I'm using Slideit for now and its a great replacement. It even has an ICS theme and is $0.10 today

Me too -- I was heartbroken at losing Swype, but have adjusted to SlideIt and am now happy with it. There are some SlideIt touches I'm even finding preferable.

TjPhysicist said:
Was reading the ICS/GNex thread on Swype, and just to confirm. Swype has no issues with ICS per say, it is the screen size that is screwy for some reason. Additionally, i have found that improperly acquiring the app can cause issues (for example getting it from somebody else etc). I am enrolled in the beta programme, have been since pre-nexus days, so i just requested a downloaded the installer via the email.
Not sure why it's not compatible since the first few post on that thread says "swype officially supports 720p resolutions". It even works with the new ICS Style "add words" thing, as opposed to the old way to add words to the swype dictionary with the pop up, it seems to use the ICS Custom dictionary.
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Swype does not support the screen because of the buttons at the bottom.

http://phandroid.com/2011/12/21/swy...guages/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Swype is now (somewhat) working for GNex!
I was reading droid-life comments and one guy mentioned this post on G+ about a modded Swype for the tuna.
The application works correctly on in portrait mode. He post mentioned using Keyboard Manager to switch between Swype and Android Keyboard for portrait and landscape.
Unfortunately for a noob, I can't post the link to the post. Just search "swype for galaxy nexus" on Google Plus.
I have Swype back now! Enjoy!

Snap on keyboard

I am hoping to find a snap on BT keyboard to work with the Siii. I am a big email user and still struggling with the touch keyboard. My wife has one for her iPhone asnd I was wondering if anyone knew of one for the Galaxy. I would need it all the time but business trips with tons of emails wild be a lot easier with a keyboard

I highly recommend the swype keyboard built into the default Samsung keyboard. It takes like 1 min to learn. Trust me I used to BBM all day long and this is by far the easiest and fastest touch input method I've ever used, I can easily type 3-4 times faster than I used to even with physical kb. You can enable it in the input options under the Samsung keyboard it's called 'continuous input'.
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Oh to learn how to use it properly look up the swype how-to videos on YouTube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuP6AQPRpUg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuP6AQPRpUg
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I too would recommend a different keyboard than stock, but in my case, SwiftKey is better as I like to multi touch type, and swype is pretty unforgiving if you tap more than one spot at a time.
Since purchasing the gs iii, according to the stats, it has fixed over 2.5k of my typos!
I am a very heavy email user (corporate exchange and 3 of my own accounts as well).
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Swype is cool.
Swiftkey is cool.
the default samsung keyboard and trace = stinks... terrible... horrible...
If you like to "peck" then you'll like Swiftkey more.... if you want to retrain yourself to swype -- Swype is awesome. I've got both installed, and I can easily type faster with EITHER compared to the default keyboard. I really like swype, but I find it more natural to PECK at the keyboard so right now I'm using Swiftkey

Another Swype user here, I've tried em all and they don't compare.....I can nearly Swype every message without looking at the screen.
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Araltd said:
Swype is cool.
Swiftkey is cool.
the default samsung keyboard and trace = stinks... terrible... horrible...
If you like to "peck" then you'll like Swiftkey more.... if you want to retrain yourself to swype -- Swype is awesome. I've got both installed, and I can easily type faster with EITHER compared to the default keyboard. I really like swype, but I find it more natural to PECK at the keyboard so right now I'm using Swiftkey
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I absolutely love Swype, but I have to say that something is super buggy in this latest version (or at least for the S3). Every time I type something wrong, or it gets the prediction wrong, if I try to tap the backspace to delete one letter at a time it jumps all over the place and starts deleting random parts of my sentence instead of sticking to the word I'm on.
Then, even if I try going back to the word I was originally trying to delete, it will STILL force me to delete all the other parts of my sentence before allowing me to properly delete the original word.

I'm with the OP.
I'd rather have a snap-on physical bluetooth keyboard. a nice big one just as big as the S III itself.
There are BT keyboards out there but they're small like the iPhone.
I've tried Swift and Swype. I couldn't get used to swype but I do LOOOOOVE SwiftKey. The Longpress numbers is awesome. I felt great paying for it. One of the few apps I've bought with such ease. Google should buy SwiftKey. Everyone here is right- the stock Samsung keyboard is crap. Especially the landscape one. At least try swiftkey first, though, since I don't think there are any keyboards or keyboard cases yet for S III although since it is so popular I imagine there might be one soon. But SwiftKey is a huge improvement on Samsung's keyboard.

Herkey said:
Swype is not bad but not for me and a BT keyboard will definitely make a big difference. check out this decent Foldable BT Keyboard, Not much bigger than your palm and its foldable. with this portable & easy-to-use BT keyboard, you can Writes e-mail and notes easily.
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I've used keyboards like this and for someone my size (6'4") they are harder to use than the slideit kb I use. I write all day long for classes and one just can't beat swiftkey. That being said the full size bt keyboards are amazing if you carry a backpack or something
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Android Keyboard with numbers!

Noticed this article referenced at another forum. Item #6 shows you how to change the default Android keyboard into a "PC" keyboard with number keys and a lot more long-press symbols. Swiping works great on it... would have never found that feature!
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Thank You!!!!!

Nice find there! Really Really neat

Works with English. If I try to use it with Finnish settings app crashes.

Tip #12 is a better way to improve the keyboard.

I've always wanted the long press top row for numbers back, but I primarily use my N7 in portrait so the letters are really small with this. Awesome to know that brings the full keyboard back, but I don't think I'll keep it.
Does anyone know if there's a way to use the stock keyboard (so the default QWERTY option) but to add long press numbers to the top row?

Nice.
Thank u.
I was using hackers keyboard before.but now I will use this,
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khaytsus said:
Tip #12 is a better way to improve the keyboard.
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The prediction is good but the layout and additional features (text shortcuts, custom keys, arrow keys) are so much better on Thumb keyboard.
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The PC keyboard tip doesnt work for me.

jarayn said:
The PC keyboard tip doesnt work for me.
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Works.
Thanks to the OP :good:

Sweet! Thanks for the tip!

Nice find!

nice find I like having the numbers back...
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@ tcat007
Might be nice if you pasted tip #6 as well as the link, because this thread is solved.
Thanks.
khaytsus said:
Tip #12 is a better way to improve the keyboard.
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You are referring to swift key tablet keyboard, this thread is about “ Android keyboard with numbers ”
This now has a full keyboard with numbers, no long presses and gestures.
I use thumb keyboard but this method kinda kicks that to touch for me
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glennv17 said:
I've always wanted the long press top row for numbers back, but I primarily use my N7 in portrait so the letters are really small with this. Awesome to know that brings the full keyboard back, but I don't think I'll keep it.
Does anyone know if there's a way to use the stock keyboard (so the default QWERTY option) but to add long press numbers to the top row?
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Got the PC thing working but agree its not useable in portrait.
As far as long press for numbers, thats what my default android keyboard is on 4.2.1 ROM. Its pretty good actually with swipe feature included but still not as good as Thumb.

I believe it is usable in portrait. The swiping is accurate enough to not have to hit keys right on... the keys are much larger than the Swype keys on my Optimus (3.2") screen, which works too (but not as well). I thought the same when I first changed it, but after using it a few days, I seems to swipe just as fast (and accurately).
Original link: http://www.androidpit.com/jelly-bean-pc-keyboard

Really like this. Thanks!
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Just found something even better. My post here with lots more info in that thread.

Thanks!
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Thanks nice tips
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Sounds like exactly what I came here looking for... but...
unfortunately, I have a new Verizon Note 2, which doesn't have an Android Keyboard. Just Samsung (which doesn't have autocorrect... WTF? and Swype.)
Thanks anyway. Just FYI, Note II users are out of luck.

What is your preferred keyboard?

First off, I searched before making this thread, but if there is anything wrong please move/delete this thread.
What is your preferred keyboard and why? Stock, swype, swift key, kii, touch pal, something else?
I like the google gesture keyboard but I feel that the predictions on swiftkey are much better. But the swiping on swift key is terrible for me, so my choice is stock.

predictions is the most important thing for me so swiftkey wins by far
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Me too using the swift key.. But not satisfied with the Nexus 4 vibration while typing.. I was far more happy with the vibration in my galaxy nexus.. It was more crisp..
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GOOGLE keyboard all the way, always consistent, i have random problems with swiftkey, swype on swiftkey works good, but typing letter by letter is really really bad, i found a download for MINUUM and that keyboard has NO SWYPE only letter by letter and it works really well
if they add swype it would be a lot better

Kii keyboard. Combines the best of all worlds.

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GOOGLE keyboard all the way, always consistent, i have random problems with swiftkey, swype on swiftkey works good, but typing letter by letter is really really bad, i found a download for MINUUM and that keyboard has NO SWYPE only letter by letter and it works really well
if they add swype it would be a lot better
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What do you mean you "found" a download for minuum? It is a paid keyboard, you know.
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Jelly bean keyboard. I dont like auto correct, and i DO like big keys.

Swype

Always liked and used stock.

I use the stock one, but I haven't tried really hard any others.

Google stock is not that nice because to get the punctuation marks, we have to move to the punctuation icon section and search for it! :'(
I prefer cynogenmods aosp keyboard

danishdhanshe said:
Google stock is not that nice because to get the punctuation marks, we have to move to the punctuation icon section and search for it! :'(
I prefer cynogenmods aosp keyboard
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You just hold period and then swipe to whichever punctuation mark you need.. and the rest you get by holding the key its on..
I likeds stock until I switched to swifttkey.. didnt like it at first but once I got used to it I can't go back to stock..

vikramkhalsa said:
You just hold period and then swipe to whichever punctuation mark you need.. and the rest you get by holding the key its on..
I likes stock until I switched to swifttkey.. didnt like it at first but once I got used to it I can't go back to stock..
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Cool!
Thanks

Minuum keyboard seems great. Only problem is that it doesn't support my language yet.
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I like big keys lol
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SwiftKey
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Stock google.
Simple and confortable for me

Tried out a lot of keyboards but keep coming back to swype.

SwiftKey is by far the best keyboard I've tried on android. One feature I miss however is text snippets (or what are they called again?)
By text snippets I mean automatic system that changes @@ to your email address or ha for home address etc.
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SwiftKey X hands down