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Marco Agas from the mycoloroscreen youtube channel did a really good overview video over my app. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqusfGqUsM
COLOR:
The new way to manage colors for your Zooper Widgets is here. Add as many variables as you like, use the whole color spectrum with transparency and then export your set. Using the color tags defined through this app, you can make the whole look of your widgets be changed in a matter of seconds.
Instead of spending time to do different color combinations of all your widgets and manage all those templates, make your widgets once and let the user make the color version they want! All you as the designer have to do, is to define the tags in your app, use them as advanced parameters with the appropriate tags in your widgets, then export your collection and share the file with your users to import. Easy as that
EXTRA VARIABLES:
Zooper has a lot of build in variables to represent the different states of your device. But some of them like bluetooth, ringer and airplane mode are not included. ZW Utilities fixes this by making three new variables available to you:
#TZWU_BLUETOOTH_STATE# (0-off. 1-on, 2-connected)
#TZWU_RINGER_STATE# (0-silent. 1-vibration, 2-normal)
#TZWU_AIRPLANE_STATE# (0-off, 1-on)
These will be automatically updated, when the system state changes. Apart from having the app installed, you don't need to do configure anything else. They are just there for you to use
I tested this app with a small group of people and while it should be fairly stable, it's still software. So if something doesn't work as expected, the app crashes, etc. please tell me about it and include as much information as you can (at least device, system, rom and app version). You can either post to this thread or if you are also on G+, join the app community http://goo.gl/qGQVn1. I also appreciate any and all ideas you have for the app or what additional functions you would like to see.
Happy theming everyone!
Get it for free on the play store
Text Link: http://goo.gl/HihS2s
Changelog
0.5.2 Initial public release
0.5.3 Fixed crash when editing hex color, fixed bug where fully transparent color was not correctly send to Zooper
Changelog 0.6.0
[NEW] Standout window mode
[NEW] Registered file intent for profile export files
0.6.2
[NEW] Closing the standout mode window now returns to the main app
[FIX] Standout mode window size based on device density
This should fix display problems on devices with a different density than xhdpi
0.6.3
[NEW] Tapping the tile strip below the action bar copies the variable name to the clipboard
This makes it easier to just paste the variable in it's intended form into Zooper
[FIX] Import/Export file path is created on app start or file import
0.7.0
[NEW] Shortcuts
You can now use ZW Utilities shortcuts to toggle certain system settings, let your widget react to user interactions (View toggles) and open Pop-out color dialogs without opening the app first.
!IMPORTANT! Setting toggles were tested on different devices but are not guaranteed to work everywhere. If you notice a problem with any of the new shortcuts please report them here. Thank you
How to use
Colors:
You need to enclose the variables you created in the appropriate tags. Which tags depends on where you want to change the color. For text and rect modules it's [c][/c], for progress bars it's [cf][/cf] (foreground), [cb][/cb] (background) and [cl][/cl] (additional fill color). So to change the color of a text module whit a variable named #TKWER_COLOR# you would put [c]#TKWER_COLOR#[/c] in the advanced parameter section of the that module.
Extended Variables:
Still to come...
... and a last one
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... and a last one
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If you could please add an apk in the OP cz not all of us use the Play Store.
Just a request. Or I'll have to wait until it's uploaded in any third party market.
sent from my BatPhone.
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If you could please add an apk in the OP cz not all of us use the Play Store.
Just a request. Or I'll have to wait until it's uploaded in any third party market.
sent from my BatPhone.
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Sure, I will attach the APK as soon as I get the chance
Send from my secret moonbase via space carrier pigeons
@karanrajkapur File has been added to the first post
Magnificent work mate!
Sent from my E151
Idk if this problem with zooper or app. I can't copy variable created with this app from one item to another. Other variables copying works. I made text with variable in advanced parameters that works and I want to copy it to other text elements. I went to items list, selected text1 and in scrollable list selected copy advanced parameters. I selected other text elements and clicked paste. Zooper said Paste successfully but there was nothing in advanced parameters of other text elements. I had to copy them manually which taken too much time.
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Idk if this problem with zooper or app. I can't copy variable created with this app from one item to another. Other variables copying works. I made text with variable in advanced parameters that works and I want to copy it to other text elements. I went to items list, selected text1 and in scrollable list selected copy advanced parameters. I selected other text elements and clicked paste. Zooper said Paste successfully but there was nothing in advanced parameters of other text elements. I had to copy them manually which taken too much time.
typed from dark room
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I have this problem with Zooper and other Advanced Parameters too. Judging from your description this seems to be an internal bug from Zooper and I'll try to raise it with the devs. Maybe they can get it fixed because as you say, this can get very cumbersome.
I've only been on Zooper for a week now, so forgive the newb-ness here. I'm running a minimal home screen, where I have several links to apps as just plan white text.
Depending on the background I'm using that day, the text shows clearly...to not so much.
This app will let me use some sort of variable for the text color so I can change all the app links in 1 shot (ie, change to a light backgroup, go into app & change all my links to black) ?
Edit: Saw this on the G+ Group:
You need to enclose the variables in the appropriate tags. Which tags depends on where you want to change the color. For text and rect modules it's [c][/c], for progress bars it's [cf][/cf] (foreground), [cb][/cb] (background) and [cl][/cl] (additional fill color). So to change the color of a text module whit a variable named #TKWER_COLOR# you would put [c]#TKWER_COLOR#[/c] in the advanced parameter section of the text module.
Works perfectly!!!
Funny part is I was considering changing my text "icons" to small all-white pictures. Wondering if I can do an icon fill the same way.
polstein said:
I've only been on Zooper for a week now, so forgive the newb-ness here. I'm running a minimal home screen, where I have several links to apps as just plan white text.
Depending on the background I'm using that day, the text shows clearly...to not so much.
This app will let me use some sort of variable for the text color so I can change all the app links in 1 shot (ie, change to a light backgroup, go into app & change all my links to black) ?
Edit: Saw this on the G+ Group:
You need to enclose the variables in the appropriate tags. Which tags depends on where you want to change the color. For text and rect modules it's [c][/c], for progress bars it's [cf][/cf] (foreground), [cb][/cb] (background) and [cl][/cl] (additional fill color). So to change the color of a text module whit a variable named #TKWER_COLOR# you would put [c]#TKWER_COLOR#[/c] in the advanced parameter section of the text module.
Works perfectly!!!
Funny part is I was considering changing my text "icons" to small all-white pictures. Wondering if I can do an icon fill the same way.
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Oh yeah, I meant to post that info here too. Will do so immediately, thanks for reminding me.
As to your icon question: it's possible to do, if you use icon fonts (something like this for instance http://www.spiderflyapps.com/downloads/android-developer-icons-the-font/ ). Then icons are just another Text layer and their color can be changed just the same
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As to your icon question: it's possible to do, if you use icon fonts (something like this for instance http://www.spiderflyapps.com/downloads/android-developer-icons-the-font/ ). Then icons are just another Text layer and their color can be changed just the same
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Was about to post a simple example (cropping pix from a home screen thread). In this example, I'm able to change the top row, the line itself, but not the icons at the moment. (or the cell signal bars in another simple widget).
I've never heard of icon fonts - do you mean like Wingdings for Windows where the font is loaded with app icons instead? Hmm - that would work in theory. Checking your link now!!
Edit - found a site called Fontastic that lets you pick from their pre-done icon packs & makes you your own files to download on the fly. Only bad part is not having exact icons for what you want (like no Waze icon). I did a quick test using it, and works exactly as op described!
Now to see how hard it is to take generic icons & make a ttf from it. I'm guessing poorly because of resizing, but don't know.
Brilliant idea!! Thank you so much for this!!
Please add checkered background for selected color, so we can better see what opacity is set
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Please add checkered background for selected color, so we can better see what opacity is set
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This is something on my personal DoWant list too but I need to modify the library for the color wheel for it. This will need some time so I can't give you an ETA on it. But it will be implemented at some point
The best utility for zooper I must say. Helps changing the accent colors of my zoopers on the fly without having to enter the widget setup every time. Should be a must have app for anybody who's designing widgets. @kwerdenker You've made our lives so easy.
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Update 0.6.0
First, let me take this chance to say thank you to all of you! Especially to all who rated or reviewed the app on the play store! The response to the app has been very encouraging and I hope I can keep this up for the future releases. If you have anything you want to see in those, please feel free to post them to this thread or join the community on G+: http://goo.gl/qGQVn1
And now for the main event of the evening:
The latest version of the app has been pushed to the store and should be live any minute. This update contains one of the most requested features: a more responsive way to see the effect of the color changes. Thanks to the fabulous Standout library, it is now possible to pop a variable into a floating window. This enables you to change colors and see the effects immediately on your homescreen. Currently this is limited to one variable at a time but I hope to improve that over time.
*IMPORTANT*If you use the sliders to change the color, you have to tap (just tap, no movement necessary) the ring color selector. This is a limitation of the HoloColorSelector library. I hope this will be fixed in one of their next versions.*IMPORTANT END*
You can see a video of it in action here: https://plus.google.com/u/1/109987884687615789406/posts/gRiNgL7NWPB
It is also now possible to import and apply color profiles exported from the app by opening them in your file browser. It worked with the ones i tested but if it doesn't with the one you use, please report it.
And now, have fun wit it. Happy theming!
Changelog 0.6.0
[NEW] Standout window mode
[NEW] Registered file intent for profile export files
New version is up. I forgot to upload the one before that here, so here is the combined changelog:
0.6.2
[NEW] Closing the standout mode window now returns to the main app
[FIX] Standout mode window size based on device density
This should fix display problems on devices with a different density than xhdpi
0.6.3
[NEW] Tapping the tile strip below the action bar copies the variable name to the clipboard
This makes it easier to just paste the variable in it's intended form into Zooper
[FIX] Import/Export file path is created on app start or file import
Marco Agas from the mycoloroscreen youtube channel did a really good overview video over my app. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqusfGqUsM
Related
If you are using a smartphone running on Windows Mobile 6.1, this small utility might be useful for you. It allows you to switch on/off and change the display order of the sliding panels on any CHome homescreens. It could also be used to customize all custom panels based on CWelcomeCenter and Settings plugin.
This is the final version which has all the features that I have planned to do since the beginning. Please try it out and report you find any bugs. Have fun.
PS: Thank rickwyatt for the dialer extracted from his ROM and everyone else who contributed the icons.
Download the ZIP version if you have trouble installing .CAB on your device.
If you are using Ricky ROM v24 with CHome Configurator preinstalled, unzip CHomeConfig_Ricky_ROM_v24.zip to \Windows folder of your device.
Chome Configurator Panel Icons Tutorial
UPDATED TO 1.1.0.5 (2008/07/11)
BUGS FIXED IN THIS RELEASE:
Saving panel order to .home.xml sometimes reports Null Reference Error.
Error while deleting a panel which has more than one page
Version 1.1.0.2 (2008/06/02)
Few minor changes in this version:
NEW: First panel is now dockable
NEW: The page order will also be saved in the active .home.xml file
NEW: Icon pack is avalable from a seperate download
FIXED: Bug with Internet Link Template when https:// URL is specified
Version 1.1.0.1 (2008/06/02)
NEW: Contact Dialer template now offers a choice to enable SMS button if the selected phone number isn't a mobile phone.
Version 1.1.0.0 (2008/06/02)
NEW: interactive Application Launcher template
NEW: interactive Internet Link template
FIXED: Page Order window didn't save the settings properly
FIXED: location of support files (helpers & pictures) are now based on the executable's folder. This allows the software to be installed to storage card.
FIXED: Pictures extracted & used from Outlook Contacts are now saved in My Documents folder.
REMOVED: Import & Export to XML because of major problem with the importing feature.
Version 1.0.0.0 (2008/06/01)
NEW: user can add new and remove existing panels (panels based on CWelcomeCenter)
NEW: import from XML, export to XML
NEW: ability to copy/paste/paste as new (clone)
NEW: page template: Application Launcher, Internet Link and Contact Dialer
NEW: ability to change page order
NEW: support for CHOME on HTC Vox
NEW: Contact Dialer can extract and use contact's picture.
FIXED: Page names are now sorted in alphanumeric order
FIXED: Plugin icons field is now saved properly
Version 0.9.0.3
You are now able to add new pages and delete existing pages
The settings are now saved to both locations in the registry for maximum compatibility with other softwares & devices
Added two new properties in the panel settings: panel icons & disable page counter
Version 0.9.0.2
User must now have at least one visible and non disabled panel in order to save the settings.
Fixed a bug which prevents user to disable the panels
After the changes has been saved, the user must choose to reboot the device or else the changes won't have be effective (in order to accomodate panels based on CTestUIPlugin).
Version 0.9.0.1
Fixed a bug with Softkey 2 URL (it didn't keep its value after saving)
Temporarily removed "Visible" check box on Customize window.
Saving the new settings will automatically update the homescreen without rebooting the phone.
NOTE: The .CAB is updated. Please redownload and install it if you have
installed the old one.
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Works like a charm. Great Work!
Just downloaded and installed. Tried a few tweaks and works great. Its simple to edit the panels and also seems to work well with NRG's weather panel. Awesome app, man!
The Real Deal!
showaco said:
Just downloaded and installed. Tried a few tweaks and works great. Its simple to edit the panels and also seems to work well with NRG's weather panel. Awesome app, man!
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Works like a charm!
I Must Say:
This is really nice, I do have a reg editor, which is really all this is. But it has a great GUI, and unlike the OldSAPFavorites, it actually works like it's supposed to work.
I am really impressed by the author, and heck I might even try to improve on this. Although I don't really see how.
Props to the author, and to everyone who hasn't checked this out, it's definitely worth the time. It takes you to exactly what you want to edit. Updates it perfectly.
Rock on!!!
Aww man... This GREATLY eliminates the headache of having to do this through the registry! It's pretty much the same process--just a more user friendly interface!
outerdepth said:
I am really impressed by the author, and heck I might even try to improve on this. Although I don't really see how.
Rock on!!!
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how about when clicking on Pictures box, open up the folder. makes it easier to select.
thanks
illi said:
how about when clicking on Pictures box, open up the folder. makes it easier to select.
thanks
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This is already available in the current version. When the focus is on Pictures box, press the right softkey and select one of the 2 options available.
psyfactor said:
This is already available in the current version. When the focus is on Pictures box, press the right softkey and select one of the 2 options available.
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Ops! Stupid me. Should try the apps first before commenting.
Anyway how about a module to modify the layout - changing the cpr file's fontsize, text placement and slide size. Make a visual presentation of changes being made.
Currently in order to see changes made to the cpr file, require changes in the settings>homescreen.
Thanks and thanks for such a useful apps.
illi said:
Ops! Stupid me. Should try the apps first before commenting.
Anyway how about a module to modify the layout - changing the cpr file's fontsize, text placement and slide size. Make a visual presentation of changes being made.
Currently in order to see changes made to the cpr file, require changes in the settings>homescreen.
Thanks and thanks for such a useful apps.
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And how do you propose he accomplish that ? You STILL have to reload the CHome plugin to see your changes. Besides, making a GUI editor for the CPR files could prove to a huge pain in the ass, probably not worth his time
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And how do you propose he accomplish that ? You STILL have to reload the CHome plugin to see your changes. Besides, making a GUI editor for the CPR files could prove to a huge pain in the ass, probably not worth his time
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outerdepth said:
I am really impressed by the author, and heck I might even try to improve on this. Although I don't really see how.
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Just responding to his comments. Too bad I'm not a coder. Well, if it can be done without hurting anyones's a$$,well and good. Otherwise....
Only suggestions I could think of for an improvements is perhaps getting rid of red for the disabled ones. Its a non-standard GUI practice. More commonly the disabled would be grey, or struck through, and an icon pair, like perhaps an eye & a circleslash (or similar) would denote the visiblity of the active ones. And maybe some way of not moving them to the bottom if they are enabled-invisible, but letting them stay in place.
Still, rather trifling things, and very nice app, that should be standadrd in any 6.1 ROM, as of now, IMHO, and should probably be in the settings Cpanel! Good stuff.
There is no software without bugs
There was a bug in version 0.9.0.0 which prevents Softkey2 URL to keep it value after the settings are saved. So I have updated the software to version 0.9.0.1. Please read the first post for more details.
Anyway how about a module to modify the layout - changing the cpr file's fontsize, text placement and slide size
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It would be nice but it would be more like a software running on PC not on the phone because of its complexity and I don't think I'll have time for that for awhile
... More commonly the disabled would be grey, or struck through, and an icon pair, like perhaps an eye & a circleslash (or similar) would denote the visiblity of the active ones. And maybe some way of not moving them to the bottom if they are enabled-invisible, but letting them stay in place.
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Belive me, grouping the panels by their visibility is more difficult to do than leaving them in place but I chose that way because it represents exactly what the user will get on the homescreen.
*Off topic*The version number starts at 0.9.x.x: because I haven't had enough time to implement every features I have planned for version 1.0.
Features still not implemented:
Changing page order on Customize window
Adding/Deleting page on Customize window
First of all, thank you for making such a great app. I installed it on my Vox and it works great. The only question I have is: How can I add the CLinks page? When I make it visible, it's not on the homescreen, because it's just not present in the reg. Is there an easy way of adding it?
so i was messin around with it because it diddnt seem you work i hid all the panles and now it wont load even a blank screen when i reset it it freezes at with the start menu bar showing and the windows wait symbol anyone got an idea or am i F'd
Can you still open it with Active Sync? Because if, you might wanna delete the sliding themes and then reboot. It'll probably show that it can't load a layout, but you can acces the startmenu again.
kevitoNY said:
so i was messin around with it because it diddnt seem you work i hid all the panles and now it wont load even a blank screen when i reset it it freezes at with the start menu bar showing and the windows wait symbol anyone got an idea or am i F'd
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I tried that myself and it required a hard reset to fix the problem. I didn't expect the homescreen to crash like that when no panel is visible (typical Microsoft QA
To do a hardreset:
- Turn off the phone
- Remove the battery for a few seconds and put it back
- Hold both your soft keys for a couple seconds and then while still holding the 2 keys, press power on.
I'll make sure that there's must be at least one visible panel in the next release.
Top Bar Gone
When I install either this one or CHome Weather, the top bar with the status icon disappears. If I uninstall both, the top bar reappears. I have tried it several times, and I get the same results. Any ideas?
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[*]Saving the new settings will automatically update the homescreen without rebooting the phone.
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Does it just reload the homescreen? If it does, it want work with for people using the TestUIPlugin(like CHome Weather). If this panel is being used, then a reboot is needed to reload the homescreen. But I could be wrong, I was once before.
debabratadey said:
When I install either this one or CHome Weather, the top bar with the status icon disappears. If I uninstall both, the top bar reappears. I have tried it several times, and I get the same results. Any ideas?
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Which Sliding Panel layout is your homescreen set to?
I am proud to present Need To Write!
It's a text editor unlimited by file sizes and offers a lot of customization and power tools
Completely FREE version can be downloaded here!
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Difference between Paid and Free version is mainly in the poweruser options.
Paid version mainly adds lotsa poweruser options ;D
1) Remembers up to 9999 undo/redo operations
2) Control over the End-Of-Line characters (Apple, Unix and Windows tend to handle different End-Of-Line differently when doing plain text editing)
3) Allows user to specify buffer size
4) Allows custom fonts and background images
5) Allows user to customize 6 extra Themes in addition to the built-in 3 Themes.
6) Allows toggling of word wrap
7) Continuous Text to Speech.
8) Automatic backup of multiple files to user specified locations on SD card
Free version:
1) Remembers just 1 undo/redo operation, plus 1 reset buffer
2) Defaults to Android EOL handling
4) Fixed 10000 buffer size
5) Custom fonts and backgrounds disabled. You can still paint over the existing 3 themes with a solid color though, just adjust your Opacity bar in your themes dialog.
6) Customization of 3 built in Themes.
7) Always wordwrap
8) Text to Speech reads single paragraphs only.
9) Automatic backup of 1 file to user specified location on SD card
Version 1.71 features:
1) A File List, which works like a Bookshelf/Task_list/Recent_files hybrid management system. So basically, you can use it as a Task list, text bookreader, and text file editor as well.
2) Edit mode with unlimited file size, and tracking system to resume your reading/editing progress.
3) HTML mode! Supports non html files as well.
4) Text to Speech! I'm gonna use it to listening to ebooks when my eyes are tired
5) GoTo, Search, Replace, Cut, Copy, and Paste
6) Multiple Undo and Redo with undo history up to 9999(for the full version). Also comes with a sliding bar to easily rewind and fast forward the changes you made.
7) Themes! Customizable display; you can specify your own background images, custom fonts, background and font colors, line spacing, indents etc.
8) Landscape mode
9) EditText view with inertia scrolling, and yet no irritating problems of the view rectangle not being called to show your cursor, nor the rectangle jumping all over the place when you try to place your cursor far away.
10) Toggleable word wrap and autocapitalization (if supported by keyboard app)
11) Specify what End-Of-Line chars for saving your files with.
12) Tons of encoding options from ISO, windows 125_, Cyrillic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc.
13) Share your files or just specific lines of selected text via email, bluetooth etc.
14) Automatic backup of files to user specified locations on SD card
15) HTML mode to easily switch between plain text and HTML view
If you like what you see, download now!
Oooops, double post
Latest version 1.3 is up!
Major changes are:
- Bookshelf/memo_list/recent_files hybrid system. So basically, you can use it as a memo list, bookreader, and text file editor as well.
- Fixed most of the pesky question marks by using windows-1252 as the default encoding.
- Added a lot of encoding options from ISO, windows 125_, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
- Themes! Customizable themes, and you can specify your own background images (Paid version only).
- Share your files via email/bluetooth etc.
- Built in file browser
- No more popup nag box! :s
Search and replace only works within the displayed text for now.
New version 1.35!
New features:
1) Toggleable word wrap
2) Specify which type of End-Of-Line chars to use when saving files, '\r', '\n', or '\r'+'\n'
3) Improved Find/Replace and GoTo function. Background no longer dims.
4) Stability fixes, some quite important ones. Make sure you update if you haven't yet!
That looks really nice for first program!
Im sure people will use this
Btw, how did you do this?
Tuhoaja said:
That looks really nice for first program!
Im sure people will use this
Btw, how did you do this?
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With Eclipse IDE and Java, picking it up as I went along . Crux of the whole app is the proper loading and saving of file chunks, customizing the EditText behavior, and its backup system.
But actually not many people are downloading it
New version 1.40!
NTW now talks! Comes with ability to adjust pitch, speech rate, and supported languages.
But be warned, I think Android's Text to Speech is a bit buggy, so the voice doesn't really respond consistently to my controls for pitch and speech rate.
Edit: I found out it does respond consistently, but I have to be patient and wait for the next sentence to play naturally, instead of pressing stop and play for instant replay
v1.41 is out. It only patches NTW crashing due to certain Text to Speech settings. Download if you encounter this crashing.
why not put this awesome app in the market? I'm quite sure that all txt editors currently available do have size limit
a suggestion: it needs to support more codes like
UTF-8
UTF-16BE
UTF-16LE
UTF-32BE
UTF-32LE
WINDOWS-1251
WINDOWS-1252
WINDOWS-1253
WINDOWS-1255
SHIFT_JIS
ISO-2022-JP
ISO-2022-CN
ISO-2022-KR
ISO-8859-5
ISO-8859-7
ISO-8859-8
BIG5
GB18030
EUC-JP
EUC-KR
EUC-TW
IBM855
IBM866
KOI8-R
MACCYRILLIC
HZ-GB-2312
X-ISO-10646-UCS-4-3412
X-ISO-10646-UCS-4-2143
edit: oh i have found it. the market search system s*cks .typing the app name and not find in the start but middle of the list
It does already support many of the encodings you listed, including all 5 of the UTF encodings, most Windows 125*, ISO8859-*, EUC-JP, EUC-KR, Big5, Shift-JIS, variants of GBK, etc etc
However, it doesn't really do auto detection... Only autodetects UTF encodings provided that your file specifies the BOM bytes for it. For files without BOM or with BOM for the other encodings, you have to manually select its encoding from the list in Tools-->Themes-->Encoding
playerzking said:
why not put this awesome app in the market? I'm quite sure that all txt editors currently available do have size limit
a suggestion: it needs to support more codes like
UTF-8
UTF-16BE
UTF-16LE
UTF-32BE
UTF-32LE
WINDOWS-1251
WINDOWS-1252
WINDOWS-1253
WINDOWS-1255
SHIFT_JIS
ISO-2022-JP
ISO-2022-CN
ISO-2022-KR
ISO-8859-5
ISO-8859-7
ISO-8859-8
BIG5
GB18030
EUC-JP
EUC-KR
EUC-TW
IBM855
IBM866
KOI8-R
MACCYRILLIC
HZ-GB-2312
X-ISO-10646-UCS-4-3412
X-ISO-10646-UCS-4-2143
edit: oh i have found it. the market search system s*cks .typing the app name and not find in the start but middle of the list
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Hmmm, this list of encodings look familar, are you the developer for Jota text editor?
http://android-apps.com/applications/tools/jota-text-editor/
I just found out that NTW crashes on startup on the Galaxy Ses owned by 2 of my mom's friends. They are typical users who experience lots of lag on their Galaxy S because they never tweak, optimize, root, upgrade to 2.2, or even use an external sdcard. Nevertheless, I am quite bemused why NTW crashes so consistently on their Galaxy S but not mine, considering that NTW does not require much system resources, nor the external sdcard to run.
I would be very grateful if any Galaxy S users would feedback to me if NTW regularly crash on their phones as well.
Ok, I think I've solved the crashing problem some of you may be experiencing. Hopefully anyway......
v1.42
- Patches NTW crashing due to your phone's Text to Speech settings or lack of TTS.
- More encodings: ISO-2022 for JP, KR & CN. KOI-8R for russian.
Heheheheh!!! Always wanted to implement multiple undo/redo, but only recently figured out how to do so efficiently
v1.45
- Multiple undo/redo! Undo History bar allows easy rewinding or fast forwarding of your changes, maxed at 9999 steps.
"Reset chunk" replaces the original Undo/Redo menu option.
Clicking of "Reset chunk" is recorded in Undo history.
Note: Free version has Undo history of only 1 in addition to "Reset chunk".
- Improved File Browser
- Streamlined File List interface.
Long press to view the preview, file properties, "Forget" and "Share" options.
NTW v1.47 is out!
Basically, this update makes the search, goTo, and undo/redo operations much easier than before. It also makes much better use of the space at the top which was previously just showing the filename and current %.
- Implemented fast scroll thumbs for browser and NTW shelf .
- Icon toolbar for convenient undo/redo, goTo, search, load next/prev chunk. Long click of undo/redo buttons pop up the undo history bar. Click the % display to shwo the goTo dialog.
- Improved goTo function.
NTW v1.48 is out!
- Fast scroll thumb for the main text box! (Built from scratch, whew! The behavior of ListView's fast scroll thumb was really tough to emulate properly )
- Progress bar above icon bar to show you where is your currently loaded chunk.
- Search backwards in addition to searching forwards. Plus some tweaks to search behavior
v1.49 is out!
This is mostly tweaking the behavior, performance and efficiency of undo/redo, search and replace, and the cursor.
- Fixed search backwards so that it works for single char searches too.
- Tweaks to UI of file browser and File List when adding/forgetting files
- Changed Replace operation so it is more compatible with undo/redo
- Fixed the auto shifting of cursor interfering with delete by holding down delete key
- Minor cursor tweaks and speed enhancement to File List
V1.51 is out!
New features:
- Incredibly cool Viking android as fast scroll icon!
- Even more incredibly cool menu icons!
- Delete command now available in file browser. This should be useful if you sometimes find yourself itching to do some file clean up from within NTW itself.
- Adjustments to left and right indent seekbar range and auto fadeout time of fast scroll icon.
- Self-fading pop up dialog boxes for messages like successful save, successful overwrite, or other error messages. I made the fadeout time for non-error related messages quite fast, but if you still find them irritating, let me know and I'll program in a check box to toggle their existence.
V1.52 is out!
Changes:
- File List now displays the file name only.
- Added shortcut to change "Encoding". Long press the main editing window to bring up the context menu, then select "Encoding Options".
- Ratings button, and my blog address added into Help
- Text cursor will no longer move along with the scrolling page.
- Tablet users should (hopefully) be able to find NTW in the Market now.
- NTW now supports only Android v 2.2 or higher. I think NTW was crashing for for v2.1.
I'm thinking I should probably move on to something else for now. Have an idea for an interesting variation of a file explorer....
I'll get back to NTW as and when I have time, maybe improve the search and replace or the GoTo % accuracy etc.
Hi,
why it is said "my device is not compatible"
when I try to install from market?
I 'm using Motorola MB525(defy)
The Supreme Start Menu customization tool!
This application allows you to create and customize shortcuts (tiles) for 71 stock settings/menus/apps. A special thank you goes out to all of you on XDA Developers who helped and encouraged me to develop this application.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Please do not ask for items to be added.
I am already working on adding a bunch of new things/features to add
Download Count:
As of 2012-01-04 (2.2.1 and prior) - 5,478 downloads
Shortcuts So Far
Supported Languages/Locale
About, Account Setup, Airplane Mode, Alarms, Albums, All Photos, Background Services, Battery Saver, Bluetooth, Brightness, Calculator, Calendar, Calling, Camera, Camera Settings, Cellular, Compose Message, Date & Time, Documents, Ease Of Access, Email & Accounts, Email Compose, Excel, Feedback, Find My Phone, Gamer Profile, Games, Games control Panel, Help and How To, IE settings, Internet Explorer, Internet Sharing, Keyboard, Live ID Setup, Local Documents, Location, Lock & Wallpaper, Maps, Maps Settings, Marketplace, Me, Messaging, Nearby Places, New SMS, New Tab, Office, Office Settings, OneNote, People Settings, Phone Settings, Phone Update, Photo Picker, Photo Viewer, Photos, Picture Favorites, Post a Message, PowerPoint, Presence Picker, Region & Language, Ringtones & Sounds, Search Settings, Search Home, Settings, SMS Settings, Speech, Tabs Center, Themes, Video Picker, Watson, Wi-Fi, Word, Zune
Supported Languages/Locale
en-US (English)
fr-FR (French)
da-DK (Danish)
de-DE (German)
it-IT (Italian)
zh-CN (Chinese)
If you would like to see your language added please download the attached xlsx file and edit BOTH pages and then attach it to a reply in this post. Please include the ISO locale code such as en-US, fr-FR, etc when posting. You may also submit corrections this way as well. Please do not leave any field blank/empty or I will end up using Microsoft's Translator to do my evil bidding. When I add new items I will just keep everything in English for the mean time. It is up to you guys and gals (the community) to update the files.
Troubleshooting
App will not open: first restart your phone...if that does not work then uninstall and reinstall
Task Result Error (Unable to open image selection screen): You cannot have your phone connected to Zune in order to use the image selection screen. This is a limitation of the OS so just unplug your phone from the computer .
Navigation Failure: Try, try again.
Unhandled Exception: Stop breaking my application...just kidding. Reply to this threa with the full exception message you get and as much information on how you got the error
Everything else: Same as above
Change Log:
Version 2.2.3 - 2012-01-05
Removed all translations for Application Bar as there is no easy way to localize them. It isn't hard to figure out what the buttons do .
Version 2.2.2 - 2012-01-04
Fixed critical crash bug for French users
Boosted application performance again
Added additional localization of application
Updated translation file. Please update
Version 2.2.1 - 2012-01-03
Fixed icons not pinning to the start menu if you did not modify the tile at all
Boosted application performance
Reticulated splines
Version 2.2.0 - 2012-01-03
Fixed error on adding a new single icon or background
The sliced up backgrounds now have the correct date/timestamp in the isolated storage (old images will not be touched)
Added crop selection to the multitile window
Added option to select a new image if you didn't like the cropped selection the first time
Added option to upload png’s, jpg’s or zip files
Fixed tiles on the main page not loading their custom icons and backgrounds from isolated storage.
Version 2.1.0 - 2012-01-02
Added new multi tile cropper
Added ability to delete custom icons and backgrounds
Suppressed 'Error: -2147220990'
Fixed Bricked tile when pressing back button from the edit, icon, and backgrounds screens without making any changes
Unchecking the tile on the main page no longer launches the edit screen
Fixed scrolling issue on custom image page
Removed remaining hardcoded tile names
2011 December 31 (2.0)
Major UI overhaul
Ability to select: Accent Color (both stock and custom), Library of stock Icons, Library of your own Icons, Library of stock Backgrounds, Library of customized Backgrounds
Coming soon (Do not ask when):
Back tiles
Ability to change the font, color, and size of the Tile Title (say that 10 time fast)
Ability to have multiple tiles that launch the same task. This would be for launching Websites for example. You will get the option to type an address if you want.
Option to Do things that the API can do such as call a person, e-mail a person, etc.
Blank tiles that do absolutely nothing
More "stock" icons
Some UI changes
Option to select from applications that are from the APP store
Maybe a neat feature for those that donate.
I’m also working on launching shortcuts without having to launch Supreme Shortcuts first (though this might not work).
Device specific utilities such as the Dell Engineering Mode, Samsung Diagnostics screen, etc.
Finally!!!! Internet sharing shortcut! Thank you!
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Nice job! Thanks for the effort.
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Aaron McCarthy said:
Finally!!!! Internet sharing shortcut! Thank you!
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luckydog98 said:
Nice job! Thanks for the effort.
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Feel free to donate if you can . Button is on the left.
thanks, nice job. Needed the Internet Sharing Tile
I havent tried this out but I was wondering when you press on wifi does it disable it right away or does it just bring you to the setting page
Settings page
Yes, finally IS shortcut Thanks for your effords!
Thanks for this app !
I found a small bug:
If you launch the search settings page the Wifi page appears.
=> probably you used the wrong GUID.
Is it possible to share the source code ?
Regards
contable
Hi MJCS,
Can you add a shortcut for "Internet Explorer" please ??
I want to custom tile of Internet Explorer and we can't because it's an application system !!!
If you create a shortcut, we can custom tile of this shortcut and pin it to the home ...
Your application it's a way to custom Tile of System application !!!! ... All peoples are waiting for it
Thankx,
Poloche
Could you add the attached shortcut (works only on Samsung devices) to your app ?
I think smaller icons fit better to the system icons but this is just a question of personal taste. The package only include the icons you can see on the screenshot.
For my personal use I also changed SplashScreenImage to black...
This works wonders =]
I have posted about it [APP] Supreme Shortcuts.
Do you have a video demo of the application working on a phone or would you like for me to create one?
Also are you going to be making any other useful homebrew applications for Windows Phone? =]
Thanks @wphomebrew
contable said:
I think smaller icons fit better to the system icons but this is just a question of personal taste. The package only include the icons you can see on the screenshot.
For my personal use I also changed SplashScreenImage to black...
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thanks, nice icons
contable said:
Thanks for this app !
I found a small bug:
If you launch the search settings page the Wifi page appears.
=> probably you used the wrong GUID.
Is it possible to share the source code ?
Regards
contable
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I'll look into it and see if I can fix it.
** UPDATE **
Fixed.
In the next version I will be making it so you can access the 32 or so Stock applications. I will NOT be adding options to run 3rd party or OEM applications. I will also be adding the option to set the icon of all the apps within the application itself.
How about adding the possibility to enter a custom GUID and icon-name ? So the user will be able to pin whatever he wants if he knows the GUID....
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Just out of curiosity: are you going to publish the app on the MS Marketplace as well?
Hi !
Very good app ! Thanks for it
It's very usefull !
It will be cool if French language will in the other release .
I can send you French translation for the app , tell me if you want ...
contable said:
How about adding the possibility to enter a custom GUID and icon-name ? So the user will be able to pin whatever he wants if he knows the GUID....
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+1 !!!!
If the user can choose all GUID Marketplace, Homebrew and Applications System, your apps will be the first "CUSTOM Tile" with Mango !!!
Tired of searching for themes on your phones?
Tired of using Desktop Visualizer eating up all your RAM and being a pain in the back with all those widget sizes?
Tired of not being able to make the phone look the way YOU want it?
THEN USE SS LAUNCHER!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This pretty unknown launcher could be considered as the evolution of Lightning Launcher. The Stock Layout sucks but who cares - if you are into theming, this is the launcher for you!
Features:
- LIGHT (1MB!!!) and blazing fast
- App Drawer Page on Homescreen
- Freely customizable Icons on Homescreen AND App Drawer
- Scrolling vertically on every page if you want it!
- No more Desktop Visualizer - easily resize your Icons and make awesome tiles!
- NO MORE GRIDS! Freely align widgets and shortcuts, even with Overlapping!
- Pretty much every feature you could ask for!
I barely see any themers using this launcher as it is pretty unknown (100.000 Downloads only), but on screenlicious you get a glimpse of what can be done:
TUTORIALS:
0. Preparations
1. Creating Tiles
2. Icons, Wallpapers and Background
3. Creating Previews
4. Rounded Tiles
0. Preparations
There is some unneccessary stuff on SSLauncher. First, you should get rid of all the homescreens except for one, because the given templates are - sorry - horrible. You will most likely only use a Homescreen-Page and an Apps-Page.
To Delete a page, simply tap on your "Menu"-Button, select "Pages" and then "delete page".
Afterwards, you might want to get rid of the labels. They are handy if you use a lot of pages, but for really minimal results you should hide them.
To hide labels on top (only free-version - paid version has an option for it), hit the "Menu"-Button again, select "Pages" and choose "Label Fonts&Style".
Set the Font size to "10", then disable shadows if neccessary (set Shadow "Radius" to 0) and change the opacity of Active/Inactive Color to zero as well - simply
tap on the arrows on the right side in the "Active Color" / "Inactive Color" and set the Value "opacity" to zero.
To hide the status bar, tap on "Menu"-Button, "Preferences" and "Fullscreen". There you can also choose "Ignore page background" to get rid of the layer on the background page.
1. How to create your own Tiles
Needed:
GIMP 2.0
SSLauncher
TypoClock Free Widget
Weather Eye
Let's face it - it really sucks if your UI depends on the Wallpaper too much and if you have to build UI-elements into it. Every time you want to change your wallpaper, you have to
edit the PSD again too and this can be very annoying - not to mention the issue with Live-Wallpapers.
SSLauncher has 2 very unique features to avoid this: First, you can resize any widgets/icons FREELY, as there is NO GRID. Second, you can even let widgets/icons OVERLAP.
Basically, you only need a Tile and (optional) some content.
I want to give you a quick tutorial on how to use GIMP 2.0 for this purpose - I am a total noob by myself but this stuff is REALLY easy to learn.
Working with layers makes your life a lot easier. The awesome thing about customizing is, that you can get templates and lot of PSDs for free in the
internet, so you won't need to have epic-editing-skills but can edit the files as you need them. So download GIMP 2.0, and install it (it's free of course).
So here is how I create my tiles:
These 2 Guys are going to be your best friends and you wont be using much except for some tools. I will be referring to "Toolbox" for the left one and "Layerbox"
to the right one.
Step 1: Create a new Image with the size of your screen (most likely for SGS2-Users: 480x800). This will help you to determine the actual size of your tiles.
Step 2: Choose your wallpaper. This makes it easier to imagine, how everything will look like later on. Simply drag the Image into GIMP and it will appear as a new Layer.
Step 3: Scale/Move your wallpaper as you wish and when you are satisfied with the look, rightclick on your wallpaper in the Layerbox and choose "Merge Down".
Step 4: Create a new layer - this is going to be your tile. For the one as the picture above, I used 460x160 as dimensions, so I have some space on the sides. Fill the
Layer with some color so you can easily drag it around.
Step 5: Choose the background of your tile. Basically works the same as Step 2, but you might want to open a second GIMP-window for this purpose as it makes scaling easier. Make sure to drag it into your first window while you selected the tile in the Layerbox, so the picture will be cut off to the right size.
Step 6: Create another layer for the fontbackground. Width is the same as the tile, height should be according to the size of your font (I chose 20 as height). Fill it up with
some color again (I used grey) and drag it to the right place
Step 7: Add a font by using the tool from your toolbox. This might be a little bit tricky at first, you will have to type your desired text, then mark it and THEN you will be able to change fontsize etc. . I used Geosanslight, white font, Size is 18p.
Step 8: The last thing to do is to export the tile (to use it on your phone) and add some shadow. To cut out multiple layers, simply click on the eye in the layerbox so that you can ONLY see the layers you want to edit. In our case, just remove the eye on the "Wallpaper" Layer and only the tile with the text etc. will be left. Afterwards, hit SHIFT+CTRL+C so your tile will be copied completely. Now create a new file sized the same as your tile (460x160) in our case) and insert the tile.
Step 9: Now we gonna add some shadow. Click on "Filter", "Light and Shadows" and select "Drop Shadow". A menu will popup where you can set some values. I recommend to use a smaller Radius (I use 4, but it depends on the size of your image) and less offset too (I use 2 for both X-Offset and Y-Offset), so it will look cleaner.
Step 10: The last thing you have to do is to export your file - hit CTRL+E and export is as a PNG file to your desired location. FINISHED!
If you are able to do this stuff you can do a lot of theming already with little effort!
Adding the tile to SSLauncher is pretty easy once you got used to it.
Simply hold down your finger on the homescreen till the "New Object" screen shows up. Select "Shortcut" and choose a "target", the App that should be opening when you click on the tile. Then, select a "Style" - a lot of layouts are going to pop up. As we want a pure tile you should select the Icon without any text or backgrounds. Next, click on "Icon (Change styles of icon)" , then on "Icon (Select an icon Image)" , then click on "Add an Image" and choose the tile you want. Afterwards, click on "Icon Size" and resize it.
The actual size of the tile (460x160) might be too big, but you can rescale the tile on the homescreen anyways. I experimented a bit (the "Scale" tool from GIMP 2.0 really helps with getting the right size in the right aspect ration too!) and 375x114 should be the right size for our tile. This is essential to know if you want to add a lot of tiles and want them to look
the same!
Remember to ALWAYS scroll down and click on "Apply settings", otherwise ... well, the settings won't apply. You will have to do this twice. Now the tile will appear on your homescreen and you can rescale and move it around as you wish - the arrows will help you to align the tile perfectly!
To achieve the look from above, just add the widgets to your homescreen, rescale them and move them above the tile. There you go!
2. Icons and Appdrawer
Needed:
Simple Text Icon Creator
Multi-Picture-Livewallpaper
Wallbase HD
There are a lot of different Icon-Styls with SSLauncher and you should figure out yourself what suits you best - plain Text, a Tile, Icons only, Icons and text... I just want to point out some things I noticed.
First of all, you should decide what kind of icons you want to use. I highly recommend the Jaku Icons, it's probably the easiest way to get your hands on a full set of icons. Many Icon packs lack images for certain Apps and this can be really annoying. There isn't an icon for everything on Jaku, but there is a lot of them.
Another way is to create your own Icons with Simple Text Creator. This way you can make simple Text-Icons for all of your apps, but some might not like the look.
With SSLauncher, you can edit/hide every single App manually and also hide Apps you don't have an icon for or which you don't use. There is no other launcher AFAIK where you can change the Icons in the App-Drawer manually. You can also rename, change Font-Color (at "Menu"-Button, "Theme", change the "Medium" Font") and also change the common settings for all Apps at once if you hit the "Menu"-Button, "Preferences" and scroll down to the Preferences for the "Apps" Page.
If you don't want to have the same wallpaper on your app drawer as on your homescreen, you should try Multi-Picture-Wallpaper. It allow you to set a different wallpaper for every screen. There is also an option for this in SSLauncher, but I prefer this way because it's easier. You can even decrease saturation and brightness, which looks pretty nice - I use the same wallpaper on my app drawer, but set the saturation to 40 percent.
You need to pay attention here because SSLauncher always uses 2 additional screens (one more on the left and one more on the right) which you can't see nor access. Still they are count by Multi-Picture-Wallpaper, so you need set a wallpaper for those screens too.
Finding the right wallpaper can be kind of an issue too but hey, there's an app for that. I like Wallbase HD the most, cause the wallpapers suit my taste. The App-Design is marvelous too, so it's definetly worth a try.
3. Creating a preview
Needed:
GIMP 2.0
Samsung Galaxy S2 template for the screenshots (Download attached), big thanks to Pethey, give him some credit! I just scaled it down to fit my needs.
So you got your homescreen finished and want to present it to everybody else? No Problem, just make sure to use a SGS 2 template and be proud of your phone too
There are a lot of PSDs for the SGS2 but for this purpose, I recommend mine because it is very very noob friendly and easy to edit. I basically merged all layers you wont touch anyways.
Step 1: Make some screenshots. 2 or 3 should do the work, better to have a few big screens than dozen small ones. On my ROM (Sensation Rom 3.5) you need to Hold down Power+Volumedown for a few secs. This might trigger your volume if you don't press the Powerbutton first.
Step 2: Open the Samsung Galaxy S2 - xcf which you downloaded in GIMP 2.0 and look at the Layerbox. There is a layer called "INSERT SCREEN HERE". Just DRAG your screenshot into that layer and it will fit in perfectly, I resized it to match the screenshot resolution.
Step 3: Open your desired background for your preview in GIMP 2.0. Now go back to your screenshot, click on "Edit" and then on "Copy visible layers" (or something like that, my GIMP is in german...). This will cause GIMP to copy the whole thing without having to merge the layers.
Step 4: Copy the SGS 2 with your screenshot onto your chosen background. You might need to rescale the image a bit - I chose 1280x800 as my Preview-Wallpaper and scale down the Device with the screenshot to an height of 780. Add some fonts if you want (dafont.com is a good place for getting fonts! Just download the ttf and install it like a program).
Step 5: Repeat Step 1-4 for every screenshot you want to include.
NOTICE: .XCF files are GIMP-Files. They arent pictures, cause the include layers and other informations to further edit the "project". You need to click on "File", "export to" and export it as jpeg or png to view it as an image.
4. Rounded Tiles (WebOS-Style)
Needed:
GIMP 2.0
Widgets on Screen:
Minimal Reader
Weather Eye
ACWidgets: Your Calendar
Not sure if anyone is interested but I like to experiment with different tile-styles. So here is how I create rounded ones:
Step 1: Create a new GIMP File with the size of your tile - I choose 460x160 again.
Step 2: Drag the Wallpaper for the tile into the layerbox, rightclick on the wallpaperlayer and click on "Add Alpha" -
this will be the transparent background. Delete the white background-layer, you dont need it anymore.
Step 3: Now click on "Edit" and then "Rounded corners". Reduce the radius to 14, as you only want it to be rounded a little bit.
Step 4: Click on "Edit" again, then "downsize" (or shrink or whatever) - this is the space which is left around your tile. 2-4 px will do the job.
Step 5: Hit "Edit" again, then "invert" and then on Delete or CTRL+X. This will remove the edges so you only have your rounded tile left.
Step 6: Hit SHIFT+CTRL+C to copy all visible layers. Create a new layer sized "460x160" and hit CTRL+V to paste your tile into that layer.
This is important, because if you don't do this, the actual size of the Image will be the size of your wallpaper, messing up the shadow.
Step 6: Rightclick on your Tile in the layerbox and make it to a new layer. Add some shadow - "Filter", "Light and Shadow", "Drop Shadow".
Set the offset to zero, as you want to get the shadow all around the tile.
Finished! Now export your tile and have some fun
I tried it out a while back but wasn't a fan. Interesting launcher though.
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I'm theming my home screen every day with desktop visualizer etc. I'll try this now
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very good launcher! and some people made good themes I tried but unless. I wish they would share their themes
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I added a quick tutorial how I do my tiles. I wish some dev would take this launcher and make a kickass minimalistic ROM... we got dozens of Sammys and AOKP/CM9/MIUI stuff but not a single minimalistic and elegant ROM
Greetings
Awesome tutorial! Thanks! This is gonna be fun
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it is quite surprising that many people did not know about this launcher.
It's awesome. But... lol is there an option to have an app drawer that isn't on the home screens?
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kyleforge said:
It's awesome. But... lol is there an option to have an app drawer that isn't on the home screens?
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I don't think so, but I think having the Icons on your homescreen is better anyways for accessability. You can create a Shortcut to link to your App Drawer, but you must have an App Drawer Page.
Greetings
Nice launcher....just installed n used it. Will be stickin wid it for a while
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I installed a free app called App Drawer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDIxMiwiSmFrZWRVcC5BcHBEcmF3ZXIiXQ..
Then on my home screen I put a shortcut to it.
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I installed a free app called App Drawer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDIxMiwiSmFrZWRVcC5BcHBEcmF3ZXIiXQ..
Then on my home screen I put a shortcut to it.
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I've never seen that app before, nice. Still I stick to the Meego Style (everything on the homescreen) but it's personal preference.
Adding some more hints and tips atm ~
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I had a play around and came up with this in about 20 minutes
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I am working on a tutorial and a PSD so you can easily create your own theme previews Stay tuned
I am going to use this one from now on, but will crop it as it is really big...
http://pethey.deviantart.com/art/Samsung-Galaxy-S2-PSD-294811877
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Ok after some troubles with the speaker on the PSD I finally managed to create and upload a XCF-Template to create a preview. Feel free to use it, screenshots look way more awesome like that
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I agree this is the best launcher out there right now. Its still relatively new but given time, I believe it will get the attention it deserves Right now when people Google best launcher for Android, its not surprising that the mature established ones pop up the most. I love detailed theming so when I stumbled upon sslauncher by accident, it was like wow why didn't I hear about this before?? After that it was bye-bye Go Launcher...
Aaand another quick tutorial (lol they are getting shorter and shorter), this time for round tiles. Any hints and tips (espec. from Pro's) are highly appreciated! Searching for a way to replicate the White-Gradient which can be seen on iOS a lot...
Check my tumblr for inspirational UI-Designs I only choose the best of the best...
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this is the best thing ever
but it doesn't look like Multiple Wallpapers work on the Epic 4G Touch
i've looked high and low but i guess it just doesn't work right now
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but it doesn't look like Multiple Wallpapers work on the Epic 4G Touch
i've looked high and low but i guess it just doesn't work right now
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It should work with the App "Multi-Picture-Live-Wallpaper". Look for it in the Play store, here
is a link: http://goo.gl/1MWqw
How do you get this to work with Multi-Picture-Live Wallpaper? Do I have to turn anything on or off with settings? I'm liking this launcher, just need to get the wallpaper to change when swiping to each new screen. I like "5" screens (which I currently have GO set with MPL wallpaper). What should I change? All I am getting is the home screen (that is my home on GO and default), it's not scrolling or changing, just "dimming".
edit: Nevermind, don't need MPLWP, app does everything I want without it. Fantastic launcher! One of the few apps I actually "paid" for. GO is now gone.
misaClean Theme - Tutorial
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To start things off, this is going to be my first tutorial on making a theme. This is actually my first theme I've really made. To be honest, I was actually quite surprised at how many people were interested in my theme and how I created it. Since I had quite a bit of response to it, and people wanting to create theirs, I decided to create a tutorial so that anyone could either copy what I did, or use my idea as a base to create their own unique theme. Before I get started, I would like to thank Deusex74 for creating the theme that inspired me to create my own. So without much further ado, let's begin the tutorial! =)
Apps needed:
Weather: Eye In The Sky
Home Calendar: Jorte
Church Calendar: Simple Calendar
Clocks: Zooper
Launcher: Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher, or any other launcher that will allow you to resize the grid, and have shortcuts that will allow you to go to certain pages.
Icons: Desktop VisualizeR
Wallpaper: MultiPicture Live Wallpaper
Programs:
Photoshop, or something similar would be great. I guess you could also make this in paint, but the editing program is up to you.
First thing I did was decide on how many spaces would be in my grid to fit everything I wanted and not look too crowded. I created an empty screen, removed the dock, and took an icon and placed it on the screen. After holding it, a grid with crosshairs pop up, once that popped up, I took a screen shot.
Next step is to take that screenshot and open it in Photoshop. You then have the correct resolution for the screen, and the grid for the layout. Open the rulers (Cmd+R or Ctrl+R), and drag out guideline from the ruler to each of the cross hairs. Once it's completed, it should look like this.
You now have the basic grid on how icons will fit on your screen.
From here, you can choose how big you want the picture to be to fit on the screen. After determining that, and placing it on your screen, it should look like this:.
Determine how many tabs you want, and how big you want them to be. For me, I wanted only 3 tabs to have 3 pages. If you want more, you might need to tweak the amount of your grid size so that the icons you will use to direct to each page, will fit. Remember, we still need to have icons that will direct you to the right page.
So since I only had 3 tabs, I wanted to make the home tab the largest and in the center, taking up 3 spaces, while the others only took 2 spaces.
After setting those up and creating your dividers, you can create the colored bar to span across the page just above your tabs. It should now look like this with the guide lines turned off
That's all there is to making your first page. After that, just copy that and repeat for your next pages. Your layout should look like this when completed with the layers all the same for each page.
Save your wallpapers as a png for a higher quality image.
Now, unless you want to create your own icons, you're done with Photoshop and on the computer. You can skip down below on how to make it work on your tablet.
If you want icons, it's quite simple. Since you already have the grid and guide line in place, you already know how big each icon will be. With your guide lines turned on, take your marquee tool
and draw out the square indicating how big one icon will be. You will need to create at least one of these in this size to create a blank icon.
After selecting this shape, fill it with a color on a new layer. It doesn't matter the color. After filling it, copy it (Cmd+C or Ctrl+C). Go to file and create a new file with your clipboard as your preset. Then change the resolution to 150, just so it can look cleaner on a higher res screen. Your height and width may vary depending on your grid size you set up in the beginning.
With this new file, you can create your icons. You can either find pictures, create icons with Illustrator or any other vector based program. The first thing we will make though, is your blank icon. This blank icon will go over the tabs we created on your homescreen which will act as screen shortcuts. So what you will do is simply turn off the layer(s) so that nothing is on, and you will see a checker board indicating that it is transparent.
Save as a png since jpgs aren't able to save transparencies.
After you are done with your icons, you are finished with your computer, and now we move to the tablet. Of course, make sure you transfer all your pictures to your tablet, via usb, Google Drive, or whatever you choose.
Tablet:
When saving these images onto your tablet, there's kind of a special way on how and where to save them. Create a folder named misaClean Theme in the root folder if your internal memory. In that folder, you will create several folders. First folder you will create is Wallpapers. Within the wallpapers folder, you will create several folders for each tab you want. So for example, for mine, within the Wallpapers folder, I created a folder named Church, Home, and Media. Within these folders, you will insert the corresponding wallpaper you created. Be sure that no other picture is insider there besides the wallpaper for that page.
*After saving the wallpaper, be sure to crop out the area where the Home, Back, and Multi tab are using the default gallery. When cropping, on the bottom left, you'll see a box that says Original. Press there and be sure to press on None so that there are no cropping dimensions when cropping your wallpaper. You want to make sure you crop out just the wallpaper. So if you had an area for the nav-bar buttons, and the notification panel, be sure to crop that, so that all you have left is just the wallpaper you created.*
Go to your home screen and for wallpaper, click on Live Wallpapers. Choose MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, and click settings. Here you will see Common settings and Screen 1 settings and Add individual settings. Go ahead and add more individual screen settings depending on how many tabs you created. Screen 1 will be your leftmost screen. Even if you want your main page to be something in the center or right, so keep that in mind when setting up which wallpaper will be on each screen.
Click on Screen 1 settings.
Click on Picture source, then click on Picture Folder. (I guess you could also use Single Picture, but for some reason, I had problems, so that's the reason why I'm doing it this way)
Click on Folder Path at the top
Locate where the wallpaper folder is, and press OK.
Repeat for the next screens.
After you are done setting up your wallpaper, set it up as your wallpaper. Now you can go ahead and place all your icons/widgets on your page. Over the tabs you created, I'm not sure if other launchers have this capability, long press and click "Apex Actions." Down at the bottom, you will see Screen 1, 2, etc.
Place those shortcuts over each of the tabs indicating which shortcut goes to which page. It should now look something like this:
Now, it looks a little messy. This is the reason why we created those blank icons. Long press on each of the icons, and press edit. Click on the icon, and replace it with the blank one you created. Repeat that for all the icons.
When you're done, it should look nice and clean, and when you click over each tab, it should direct you to the corresponding page. You now completed the the tutorial, and have a nice clean theme for your home screen. Hope you enjoyed that tutorial.
Thank you for your interest in this tutorial and theme. If you would like to donate, and buy me an ice cream, click the button below. Thanks again!!
Download:
If you want to download the psd I created and just swap out the words and images, feel free. Enjoy!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zvoiwamotfqhhva/misaClean.psd
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Thanks for the guide.
I tried something similar in the past, but not as detailed as you posted.
I mostly arranged my screens with the icons and widgets I wanted to use, made a screenschot of that and used this as a background layer with 30% opacity. Then tried to fit the rest together ^_^
Just out of curiosity. What transmission effect are you using?
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Thanks for the guide.
I tried something similar in the past, but not as detailed as you posted.
I mostly arranged my screens with the icons and widgets I wanted to use, made a screenschot of that and used this as a background layer with 30% opacity. Then tried to fit the rest together ^_^
Just out of curiosity. What transmission effect are you using?
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That sounds like an interesting thing. Do you have any pictures of what that looks like? I'd like to see how that was accomplished.
As for the transitions, I'm uploading a video to YouTube so you can see. For Apex, I am using the Scale effect with no infinite scrolling, and for the MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, I am using the 3D Slide.
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That sounds like an interesting thing. Do you have any pictures of what that looks like? I'd like to see how that was accomplished.
As for the transitions, I'm uploading a video to YouTube so you can see. For Apex, I am using the Scale effect with no infinite scrolling, and for the MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, I am using the 3D Slide.
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Well I don't think it's very interesting as it sounds.
I basically skipped the part with the grid and used my screenshot as pseudo grid.
Then I started to arrange the images I wanted to use. With the Background I could always crosscheck if everything was in order.
I also used the dockbar to jump to several pages.
So I was able to add more pages without altering the background.
As I said it was the lazy way to create an Background with several pages
For the labels in the dockbar I later used "Simple Text-Text Icon Creator" from the market.
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Well I don't think it's very interesting as it sounds.
I basically skipped the part with the grid and used my screenshot as pseudo grid.
Then I started to arrange the images I wanted to use. With the Background I could always crosscheck if everything was in order.
I also used the dockbar to jump to several pages.
So I was able to add more pages without altering the background.
As I said it was the lazy way to create an Background with several pages
For the labels in the dockbar I later used "Simple Text-Text Icon Creator" from the market.
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Oh okay, I see what you did there. Yea, I usually get picky on how things look, haha. If one thing doesn't work, I scrap it all and change plans completely, haha.
oh goodness. THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL.
such a clean and simple look. LOVE IT.
Blank Icon .png
Here is a "blank" icon for your use. Or here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46958507/Blank.png
It's in there, trust me.
excellent howto, just one thing can you share the screenshot with the crosses on it, as I use Nova and for some reason it won't display these and let me do a screen grab as well?
I am not able to get the transitions look smooth/slow like in your video...any other trick on that?
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excellent howto, just one thing can you share the screenshot with the crosses on it, as I use Nova and for some reason it won't display these and let me do a screen grab as well?
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If you download my psd, you should be able to just turn on the guidelines under the view menu and select view guidelines. Either that or you can just save the pic I have with the guidelines on the tutorial and create the guidelines. Using my screen shot as a template.
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ExilHh said:
I am not able to get the transitions look smooth/slow like in your video...any other trick on that?
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There are several things you could check. I'm not too familiar with Nova if they have the same settings, but in Apex, if you go to the Apex settings and under home screen settings, you can mess around with the minimum scrolling time, and transition effects. I have mine set at 0 and effect is scale.
For the multi picture wallpaper app, my transition type is 3d slide. I don't see anything here for speed.
And last, if you go to your settings, and down to developer options, you can adjust the transition animation scale as well as the others. You can mess with those until you come up with the right speed you like. Mine is just set to 1x on all 3 of them (window, transition, and animator).
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pnyboy27 said:
There are several things you could check. I'm not too familiar with Nova if they have the same settings, but in Apex, if you go to the Apex settings and under home screen settings, you can mess around with the minimum scrolling time, and transition effects. I have mine set at 0 and effect is scale.
For the multi picture wallpaper app, my transition type is 3d slide. I don't see anything here for speed.
And last, if you go to your settings, and down to developer options, you can adjust the transition animation scale as well as the others. You can mess with those until you come up with the right speed you like. Mine is just set to 1x on all 3 of them (window, transition, and animator).
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That are the exact settings i used (running Apex) but transitions looks really ugly here...may be its because i use some more screens than only 3. So Apex has to jump from page 2 to 6 for example. Never mind, i will try harder to get a solution! ;o))
Thanx for giving me some inspiration and for your help of course!
Mike
How did you create the icons on the media tab?
ExilHh said:
That are the exact settings i used (running Apex) but transitions looks really ugly here...may be its because i use some more screens than only 3. So Apex has to jump from page 2 to 6 for example. Never mind, i will try harder to get a solution! ;o))
Thanx for giving me some inspiration and for your help of course!
Mike
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Yea, having more pages might make things want to move quicker, therefore not really showing much of the animation. If you slow down the animations, you might be able to see them flow a little more. But then again, reaching to another page, might take a while, and make it seem like your tablet's running a little slow. Glad to have helped!
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How did you create the icons on the media tab?
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For those icons, it's very similar to the Windows 7 icons others have posted in the past. To do them, I used the same grid that I set up for the wallpaper, and used the marquee tool to select the amount of space I wanted my icon to take up. After selecting it, I filled it with a random color, copied it, opened up a new file using the clipboard preset, and pasted the picture I wanted to represent that app. After creating the image for the icon, and saving it to my tablet, I used Desktop VisualizeR to create the icon.
For example, if I made my image to be 1x3, I used the 1x3 template in DVR. From there you click on the "Select Icon" and locate the image you created. For "Select Action," you choose the corresponding app. If you want a label to go with your icon, you can leave it in, or rename it. Choose your colors for the text and the background, and the touch effect, and you should be good. Click "OK" and you're done.
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spthacker said:
excellent howto, just one thing can you share the screenshot with the crosses on it, as I use Nova and for some reason it won't display these and let me do a screen grab as well?
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WOW....nice!!!:good:
Hello guys,
Thanks for this tutorial it's huge!!!!
I've made my own theme but i only have one problem left
I use 3 screen the default one (number 2, the one in the middle ) is OK, but when i scroll let or right (it's the same) i see my other wallpapers but they seems to be part of the screen number too because in the screen 1 and 3 i only have black wallpapers It looks like the size is not good or something like that....
I don't know where can be the problem.... The size of the wallpaper? Parameters in Apex (i've selected Multi screen with scrolling and i use a 10x7 grid) ? Parameteres in Multiple pictures (I've selected "fit to fullscreen" for every screen)?
Is there someone who can help me? Thanks in advance.
Best regards.
I've found the solution if it can help someone
Click to: WORKAROUND FOR SOME APPLICATION in multipicture live and then set it to NONE
I love this theme