[Q] [APP] im trying to accomplish something with MI Launcher - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok so im trying to do something with mi launcher it might require apk deconpile im not sure but i want to re assign a key function.
theres something called one key clear (aka the task manager/switcher) just like in miui when you long press the home button. well this feature can also be usable one GB roms thanks to Mi launcher but the only thing is that you only can apply this action to the swipe down on home screen. i want to disable the built in GB task switcher and assign the mi launcher one click clear to the home button long click.
also as a bonus i would like to enable blur on this launcher like when opening folders.

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Love Sense UI, hate previews... disable?

When you double press the home button with you get the Sense UI overview of all homescreens. Its more useless than usefull and plain annoying if accidentally activated. How can we disable this specific feature without breaking Sense UI?
Easy: Get LauncherPro.
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Tried it and many others - Sense UI fits my needs and my taste better than all.
Simple: Don't do that then.
Also, a third press closes the preview.
I use an app called PreHome that is a great task switcher and launcher that works off the home button. When you press the home button it pops up, a second home press gives the SenseUI home screen. The preview home screen never pops up.
frifox said:
Tried it and many others - Sense UI fits my needs and my taste better than all.
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You know LauncherPro can be customized any way you want, right? It can have the same "taste" as Rosie with far more customization and options.
try adw.Launcher.
i swipe down on my screen to access my "wall of screens".
TheBiles said:
You know LauncherPro can be customized any way you want, right? It can have the same "taste" as Rosie with far more customization and options.
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1. open app drawer, hit search key... no way to filter apps by whatever you typed
2. scrolling between home screens isnt intuitive. if scrolling fast, screen wiggles left/right but doesnt change.
3. app drawer opens up too slow, didnt find the setting for that in preferences either
4. no sense ui widgets
jedwardmiller said:
I use an app called PreHome that is a great task switcher and launcher that works off the home button. When you press the home button it pops up, a second home press gives the SenseUI home screen. The preview home screen never pops up.
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1. app list loads slow. froyo sense ui's task switcher is much quicker/nicer
2. doesn't open sense ui first. having to extra-press home key is same as hitting it again to close previews.
tdusen said:
Simple: Don't do that then.
Also, a third press closes the preview.
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true, that's what i currently do... but hitting home button again before previews finished "zooming" simply re-does that zooming action, sometimes resulting in me pressing it 5 times before finally pausing and letting it finish zooming and then finally exiting the expose-wannabe.
stock evo's 30fps cap (33ms per frame) made me wanna throw this brick against the wall, but the fps uncap to 50fps (20ms per frame) saved me from murdering the phone. thats a mere 13ms difference. that being said, you now can probably imagine how those 2,000ms-just-wasted-for-previews are driving me nuts all i'm looking for is an app that would lock the homekey and put it through a simple filter:
Code:
if($homekey=='single_press' && $foreground='sense_ui' && $current_screen=='home'){
$key_press->ignore();
}else{
$key_press->do();
}
any ideas?
frifox said:
1. open app drawer, hit search key... no way to filter apps by whatever you typed
2. scrolling between home screens isnt intuitive. if scrolling fast, screen wiggles left/right but doesnt change.
3. app drawer opens up too slow, didnt find the setting for that in preferences either
4. no sense ui widgets
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1. You don't even have to open the app drawer to search applications, at least on CM6. Just hit the quick search button and start typing away. You can also hide icons you don't want in LauncherPro.
2. Do you have Parkinson's or something?
3. Preferences -> Avanced Settings -> Opening speed. You can also find all of the other speed and scrolling settings here.
4. LauncherPro Plus has identical copies of the bookmarks, calendar, and contacts widgets with more on the way. There are also superior widgets on the Market that more than replace the HTC widgets.
TheBiles said:
1. You don't even have to open the app drawer to search applications, at least on CM6. Just hit the quick search button and start typing away. You can also hide icons you don't want in LauncherPro.
2. Do you have Parkinson's or something?
3. Preferences -> Avanced Settings -> Opening speed. You can also find all of the other speed and scrolling settings here.
4. LauncherPro Plus has identical copies of the bookmarks, calendar, and contacts widgets with more on the way. There are also superior widgets on the Market that more than replace the HTC widgets.
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1. yup, i'm aware of that feature, but it searches more than just the apps... its more than i need but does the job i guess
2. i navigate ui VERY fast, and many times apps (mobile & PC) have hard time keeping up. i prefer apps/os's to adapt to my style or modify them to what i prefer, not the other way around
3. hmm, paid version? didn't see that in the free one, or i just didn't look hard enough
4. i'm looking for the clock. aka, the flip clock + weather + onscreen animations
You get plus by buying it from the dev's website for $3. Then you just enter the activation code in the app. Beautiful Widgets is the perfect clock replacement, in my opinion. Not only does it have a TON of skins, but you can assign different shortcuts to it. No full screen weather animation, but that's just useless eye candy that lasts 2 seconds when you aren't even using your phone.

[REQ] Overriding Home button long press

Hi!
Was wondering if we could somehow override the home button long press to run a custom application instead of showing the recent apps list? This way, we could develop a custom application which shows more stuff rather than just 6 recent apps.
Some ideas are - integrating a task manager which shows running apps, favorite apps shortcuts, shortcut to app drawer etc.
I could develop the application but I wouldn't know how to override the home button long press! Any ideas anyone?
Cheers,
San
Well, there is at least one (paid) app that already does this (could be more but i don't know of them) - "MultiTasking Pro" http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.tkdtnek23.app.multitaskingpro
It would be nice to have extra functionality though, such as a clock (say, if you're in the middle of a game and want to check the time).
As for how it works, just from testing it out, it appears to act as a launcher (given that single home button press takes you to home launcher). I gather this as I had to set it as the default app when i pressed home button for the first time, aswell asthe fact that you have to select the home launcher in the app settings.
The way the app works is, press home button once brings up the menu (overlaying existing app). press it a second time and it takes you to the "default" home launcher as selected in settings. If you hold down home, the original app menu pops up, reinforcing the fact that this isn't a replacement per se.
Of course, overriding the original home button hold function menu would appear to be a much cleaner solution, and I welcome any info on that... whether its integrated into touchwiz or what not... One things for sure, is that samsung modified it to include a link to their "task manager" app.
TaskSwitcher is better, faster, uses less memory and it's completely free.
However no app can replace the long press. It needs kernel/system file modding.
Bec07 said:
TaskSwitcher is better, faster, uses less memory and it's completely free.
However no app can replace the long press. It needs kernel/system file modding.
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Indeed, not possible. Does anyone know if it was implemented in other android phones?
PS. Power strip is better =) Very very fast and you can see 12 recent apps + widgets. Itching thumb is very promising, but its a plain beta for now.
Yeah but itching thumb uses a LOT of memory.
Bec07 said:
Yeah but itching thumb uses a LOT of memory.
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For me Itching Thumb is currently the only task switcher style thing I find good enough (interface, functionality) to run next to Launcher Pro... I uninstalled all others I tried before.
But if I could have Launcher Pro on short press home, and Itching Thumb on long press home, that would be exactly how I would want that . Because I think optimizations such as memory use will come in time anyway.
I hope for the visual style to be integrated in android and have a real preview, live of the app.
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However no app can replace the long press. It needs kernel/system file modding.
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Any idea on what would need to be modified?

[Q] [REQUEST] Tap commands

Hi guys,
is there a way to make an app or a mod, to get some tap commands on Androiddevices?
What I mean is something like the feature on the Nokia 6600 slide.
When you tap on the screen twice, you can see the clock or the lockscreen etc.
Like this: youtube.com/watch?v=MfvGSgr2h2g (sorry, not enough posts for outsidelinks)...but with lighter tapping, I don't want to break my screen xD
Shouldn't it be possible to recognize the tapping with the build in gyroscope or something like this?
I'm too lazy, to push the powerbutton everytime I want to see my lockscreen...and it looked really cool on my 6600 slide
Cheers
Hi,
Witch APEX Launcher you can set Tap command like :
Double-tap, slide down, slide up, pinch and long press.
Same with Nova Launcher ^
Apex is masterrace launcher
BOOM.
ANy app that can implement these options without having additional launcher running ? I like stock launcher, but i like those options too..
Thanks in advance

[Q] Trouble with Lock Screen

have 2 question:
1.
Juggernaut 4.1, GO Launcher
using Go Locker (or any other ScreenLocker). My actions:
- Set GoLocker as default on press "home".
- Hold "home" and open TaskManager
- press "home" to return to homescreen
- ... and... my android ask me: request to the default action for "home" button
How can I solve this problem! Help, please!!
2.
Can i use another Kernel with Juggernaut ROM ? Other kernel need to use CallRecorder
Thank you for your answers.
Why would you want go locker set as your default home action? do you mean Go Launcher EX? It doesn't matter what setting you have for the home button; it will always launch task manager if you hold down the home button. when you press the home button and it asks for which app to choose, there should be a little box when choosing to set as default. If you want to change a certain default app. Go into setting applications, and find the default app. Then click on it, scroll down and click on clear defaults.
If you are looking for an app to lock your phone by pressing one of the soft touch buttons. I would recommend downloading "Screen Off and Lock" from the marketplace. It is free and works great. You can set it by holding the Search soft touch button on the bottom right of your phone.
Regarding your second question, Yes, you can install a different kernel. I would recommend wiping the cache partition and delvik cache before installing a new kernel. I have used Synergy kernel on several roms that come with a different kernel.
Please post your questions in the Question forum. You will get more answers and plus it wont clutter up the general forums.(A forum administrator has just moved your question into the Question Forum)
if i set as default home action - go launcher, after launch task manager appears that the same query.
This problem occurs when using the launcher pro or other lockers

Home Button Long Press

Hi Folks,
Is there any way (widget/application/setting) to choose custom action on long home button press?
I would like to have this settings:
-simple click = go to the default launcher
-long press = open launcher menu selection & go into selected one
Thanks.
Try this: http://goo.gl/fZfTF
Tried the app, it almost works - can assign double tap to any custom launcher, but unfortunately can't assign single tap to the default launcher (!!!).
Custom roms like aokp have long press soft key actions
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thenightbass said:
Tried the app, it almost works - can assign double tap to any custom launcher, but unfortunately can't assign single tap to the default launcher (!!!).
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Yes you can!
As someone mentioned before, you can use custom roms to manage softkey actions. I'm using LiquidSmooth rom and here is a setting included. I would recommend using it since it is very close to stock.

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