I'm wanting to use an app called LMT which is basically add on pie controls that can replace your navigation bar, it's fully customizable. Here's a link to the app forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150 it's a great app. Only problem I'm having is getting it to trigger dual window mode. You can customize the various pie slices to trigger anything you want, apps, app shortcuts, bookmarks, keypresses, but with key presses you have to know exactly how to format the command and I haven't a clue how to do that.
Just open the application dual window.
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ypsmav said:
Just open the application dual window.
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That doesn't do anything, that app I believe is just the framework for dual window, it actually has no activities when checked with system tuner.
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I'm wanting to use an app called LMT which is basically add on pie controls that can replace your navigation bar, it's fully customizable. Here's a link to the app forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150 it's a great app. Only problem I'm having is getting it to trigger dual window mode. You can customize the various pie slices to trigger anything you want, apps, app shortcuts, bookmarks, keypresses, but with key presses you have to know exactly how to format the command and I haven't a clue how to do that.
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Your answer is in thew link you provided.
You have to set a comand "100+Back" this will press and hold back for 100 milliseconds (Pressing and holding back button launches split window.
or 200+Back = 200 milliseconds and so on.
dginsd said:
FAQ
Setting key actions:
With LMT's key action you can not only send simple key presses, but also simultaneous presses, long presses and key chains. See the following examples:
"keycode" -> Just a simple key press and release
"500+keycode" or "1000+keycode" or "2000+keycode" -> press and hold the key for 100ms/600ms/1000ms and then release it
"keycode1 keycode2 keycode3" -> Execute keycode1, then keycode2, then keycode3
"keycode1,keycode2" -> press and release keycode1 and keycode2 simultaneously
"keycode1,keycode2 keycode3" -> press and release keycode1 and keycode2 simultaneously and afterwards keycode3
"2000+keycode1,keycode2 keycode3" -> press and hold keycode1 and keycode2 simultaneously for 1000ms and afterwards press and release keycode3
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I actually haven't tried that yet, but the pie slices can be set to back, and back longpress' stock function, that didn't work, but I'll give your idea a try and see how it goes.
I have an idea that I'll have to specify the command that launches dual window, but I have no idea how to determine what that is.
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I know development is kinda sparse here for the droid pro...but anyway someone can modify the camera.apk to allow the side button to work for taking pictures?
yea that would be kinda nice.
Ive got it set up now so that the single side button opens the camera, but it doesnt take pics
Had that feature on my old BB Tour before I switched to the Droid Pro. Really miss that feature. Don't miss much of anything else though.
I posted this on droidforums.net. works with stock GB camera as well as MIUI camera apk which i like a bit better.
I have been wanting to use the side button as a shutter button since I got the Droid Proand it can be done using Button Re-Mapper
You must be rooted to use this app so.... First go to settings>applications>Quick Launch and press/hold side button to clear the assigned app, this setting will no longer work once we remap the button. Open button remapper and scroll all the way to the bottom of the list and click on 246 (Side) and change it to Camera with Wake_Dropped state, apply changes and reboot. This way, along with No Lock app installed, your side button will now wake the phone. Once the phone is awake, press/hold the side button and it will bring up the camera. Now press the side button while the camera app is active and it will snap the pic. Yay.
The next coolest thing would be an app that can reprogram button actions the buttons are pressed/held like on BlackBerry. This would allow press/hold button shortcuts from homescreen without using the search soft key as we have to use now.
THANK YOU for posting this, should be made sticky in a mods page. ButtonRemapper http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 and no lock from the matter go straight in my howto on this phone.
Another thing on my 3.8... verizon latest rom on settings, applications, quick launch you can do something similar to what you are saying pressing search + letter are keyboard shortcuts, like on BBs!
I'll also share that Toggle 2g/3g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
works great and with widget it extends my battery even more.
Needs resigning of system apps on droid pro, be very careful and do things step by step adding pause in the batch file..
I added this comment http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17626210&posted=1#post17626210 for procedure with droid pro.s
The app ROCKS!
el6006 said:
I posted this on droidforums.net. works with stock GB camera as well as MIUI camera apk which i like a bit better.
I have been wanting to use the side button as a shutter button since I got the Droid Proand it can be done using Button Re-Mapper
You must be rooted to use this app so.... First go to settings>applications>Quick Launch and press/hold side button to clear the assigned app, this setting will no longer work once we remap the button. Open button remapper and scroll all the way to the bottom of the list and click on 246 (Side) and change it to Camera with Wake_Dropped state, apply changes and reboot. This way, along with No Lock app installed, your side button will now wake the phone. Once the phone is awake, press/hold the side button and it will bring up the camera. Now press the side button while the camera app is active and it will snap the pic. Yay.
The next coolest thing would be an app that can reprogram button actions the buttons are pressed/held like on BlackBerry. This would allow press/hold button shortcuts from homescreen without using the search soft key as we have to use now.
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Thank you, that worked great!
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THANK YOU for posting this, should be made sticky in a mods page. ButtonRemapper http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 and no lock from the matter go straight in my howto on this phone.
Another thing on my 3.8... verizon latest rom on settings, applications, quick launch you can do something similar to what you are saying pressing search + letter are keyboard shortcuts, like on BBs!
I'll also share that Toggle 2g/3g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
works great and with widget it extends my battery even more.
Needs resigning of system apps on droid pro, be very careful and do things step by step adding pause in the batch file..
I added this comment http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17626210&posted=1#post17626210 for procedure with droid pro.s
The app ROCKS!
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thanks for this
After I made my version of the GB keyboard do paging with volume +/-, I thought a little about what else one might want. I know some people here really like to have apps in fullscreen mode, without the soft buttons, but then there is the problem of how to get out of such apps (unless the developer thoughtfully provided an exit option). Well, one could modify the GB keyboard app to map something to HOME. Here are three options that come to mind:
- Volume down press. (But then you can't adjust volume.)
- Long volume down hold. (But then your volume gets unnecessarily adjusted.)
- Half-long power hold. (Assuming I can map power keys. I haven't tried.) The down side is that if you want to pop up the long power hold menu, you will be sent home before it shows up. Still, that's perhaps not so bad if you only enable this feature for selected apps.
And here's another option, which could even work together with other keyboards:
- Power button double tap.
You press the power button twice within a short interval (say, 1/2 second) and the current app is exited. Of course, this won't look so good: the screen will turn off and turn back on. But it should be pretty easy to implement.
Any other thoughts?
Hi,
you could simply press the power-button long until the menu pops up and then switch to button-mode which provides a home-button
Instead of getting rid of the softkeys completely, I just make them smaller (24px) using Buttons for RW Rooted Archos.
I you have a rooted device, you can use the button savior app which is available on the market. You can locate this button wherever you want.
ma-shell said:
Hi,
you could simply press the power-button long until the menu pops up and then switch to button-mode which provides a home-button
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I think not. When you an application is forced into fullscreen mode by setting the FULLSCREEN.FULL option in the manifest, the button mode option isn't in the menu--or so I recall.
bach0405 said:
I you have a rooted device, you can use the button savior app which is available on the market. You can locate this button wherever you want.
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Question: Has anybody benchmarked the device with and without button savior to see what it does to graphics performance?
arpruss said:
Question: Has anybody benchmarked the device with and without button savior to see what it does to graphics performance?
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OK, now I did.
AnTuTu 2D without Button Savior: 295
AnTuTu 3D without Button Savior: 674
AnTuTu 2D with Button Savior: 289
AnTuTu 3D with Button Savior: 666
So, surprisingly little difference.
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I think not. When you an application is forced into fullscreen mode by setting the FULLSCREEN.FULL option in the manifest, the button mode option isn't in the menu--or so I recall.
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Oh, what about e.g. the default clock-app or the gallery-app by archos? They don't have those Buttons but you can get them over the menu. Is this somehow "another kind of fullscreen"?
ma-shell said:
Oh, what about e.g. the default clock-app or the gallery-app by archos? They don't have those Buttons but you can get them over the menu. Is this somehow "another kind of fullscreen"?
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I am thinking of apps forced into fullscreen mode either by modifying their manifest.xml file, or by editing the device's packages.xml. These are apps not designed to be used in fullscreen mode, but which can benefit from a fullscreen mode.
My phone is rooted,
How do you multitask? For example if I am using Chrome or the stock browser, how do I switch to a app without exiting the browser? I thought it was long press the back button but it does not work. And how do I change the icons on my lock screen? Ive looked through all the setting and cant find it.
1. Press and Hold the HOME button (the physical button in the middle)
2. Settings --> Lock Screen --> Lock Screen Options --> (press) Shortcuts (not the on / off button .. the word)
If you dont have the multiwindow , you need to update firmware to get it.
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Ghetto Geeksta said:
My phone is rooted,
How do you multitask? For example if I am using Chrome or the stock browser, how do I switch to a app without exiting the browser? I thought it was long press the back button but it does not work. And how do I change the icons on my lock screen? Ive looked through all the setting and cant find it.
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multitask maybe not supported in Your phone.
and to change lock screen icons go to Settings > lock screen > lock screen options Shortcuts Drag any icon to delet it/Arrange it.
i hop i helped you.
*sorry for my English*
ameralkial said:
multitask maybe not supported in Your phone.
and to change lock screen icons go to Settings > lock screen > lock screen options Shortcuts Drag any icon to delet it/Arrange it.
i hop i helped you.
*sorry for my English*
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Thanks you did help me with lock screen icons.
Why would multi-task not be supported by my phone? This should be a basic capability with smart phones these days.
MohJee said:
If you dont have the multiwindow , you need to update firmware to get it.
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I don't think I have multi-task, when I press the Home button I just get recently opened apps. I am rooted, what firmware would I upgrade to?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
I don't think I have multi-task, when I press the Home button I just get recently opened apps. I am rooted, what firmware would I upgrade to?
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That IS multitasking. You're in the browser, then you want to switch to for example the S Note app without exiting (as in closing down/quitting) the browser. You press and hold the home button and select S Note in the app list that pops up. Then when you're done you do the same thing to get back to the browser.
If you're talking about dividing the screen in two and having two apps visible at the same time, that's a different thing, it's called multi-window and is done by pressing and holding the back key, then in the list that pops up, drag for example YouTube and drop it on the top of your screen, then do the same thing again to drag some other app to the bottom of the screen.
If you don't have the multi-window feature, you need to update your firmware.
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That IS multitasking. You're in the browser, then you want to switch to for example the S Note app without exiting (as in closing down/quitting) the browser. You press and hold the home button and select S Note in the app list that pops up. Then when you're done you do the same thing to get back to the browser.
If you're talking about dividing the screen in two and having two apps visible at the same time, that's a different thing, it's called multi-window and is done by pressing and holding the back key, then in the list that pops up, drag for example YouTube and drop it on the top of your screen, then do the same thing again to drag some other app to the bottom of the screen.
If you don't have the multi-window feature, you need to update your firmware.
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When I press the Home button in my browser I don't get a list of apps on my phone I only get recently opened apps. When you say update my firmware do you mean OTA updates? Will this affect my root?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
When I press the Home button in my browser I don't get a list of apps on my phone I only get recently opened apps. When you say update my firmware do you mean OTA updates? Will this affect my root?
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OK. Forget about the whole update thing. I don't think we're talking about the same thing here.
Long pressing home = list of recent apps
Long pressing back = multi-window app selection bar
If you want a list of apps on your phone, you press the home button once to get back to your home screen, and from there open the app drawer.
Is that what you meant?
Sorry for my original post above, I misread what you said. I thought you were talking about the multi Window feature in note 2 which can be activated by long pressing the back button.
The multi tasking is when you long press the home button, correct. You get the list of recently opened apps. That's how it works and how it always worked.
If you want a customizable pad that's let's you switch to other apps on the fly, then I highly recommend SwipePad. You can find it in the market and it's free.
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Kiahnlliya said:
OK. Forget about the whole update thing. I don't think we're talking about the same thing here.
Long pressing home = list of recent apps
Long pressing back = multi-window app selection bar
If you want a list of apps on your phone, you press the home button once to get back to your home screen, and from there open the app drawer.
Is that what you meant?
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For me
Long pressing Home= list of only recently opened apps (not all the apps on my phone).
Long pressing back= does nothing on my phone when I long press it.
Long press home button gives you a list if recently opened apps, yes. That's how it works. It doesn't, in any version of android, give you a list of all installed apps in your phone. I don't know where you got that idea.
Second, if you want the multi Window feature (which opens when you long press the back button) then check OTA update. If there are no updates for you, then wait for it in the future.
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Ghetto Geeksta said:
For me
Long pressing Home= list of only recently opened apps (not all the apps on my phone).
Long pressing back= does nothing on my phone when I long press it.
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To open any other app on your phone, just press Home button and then run any app you wanted, and if you want switch back to your last app long press Home.
If you still dont get it, than search in youtube for Android multitasking.
I'm looking for a tool that can assign shortcuts or the likes, by long pressing one of the hardware buttons.
(Like Long pressing home opens recent apps and longpress power button opens shutdown menu.)
I've searched a litte but nothing usefull comes up.
Thanks.
Use this app-Home2 Shortcut from the play store..works well..
Lordemort said:
Use this app-Home2 Shortcut from the play store..works well..
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Thanks for the input, but it stays up, Taking RAM & Battery. I was looking more for a sort of System edit to make it work, without having an app open all the time.
Else I'd just use swipe opener.
Hi.
So I've been trying to get my navbar buttons to work as they did in my previous phone. What would be:
Recent apps short press: open menu
Recent apps long press: search
Recent apps double tap: open assistant
Home button short press: home
Home button long press: recent apps
Home button double tap: split screen
Back button short press: back
Back button long press: kill app
Remaping the buttons doesn't seem an option since the soft keys are not detected as buttons. I rooted my device as well.
I've tried several methods using other apps that should replace the stock navbar but those despite being shown they do nothing.
I would also like to have it so the home button is disabled when typing.
I would really appreciate some help. Thanks
-Device: OP5T
-OS: OOS9.0.5
-Rooted with magisk. Twrp recovery. No xposed
Most of the functions you listed can be achieved by using the navbar customization built into Oxygen OS. (Settings->Buttons->Navigation Bar->Customization) The kill app button could probably be done with Tasker.
FevenKitsune said:
Most of the functions you listed can be achieved by using the navbar customization built into Oxygen OS. (Settings->Buttons->Navigation Bar->Customization) The kill app button could probably be done with Tasker.
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Although it is true the actions themselves are available on the stock menu apart from search and kill app. The short press action cannot be changed
Ah, didn't notice the menu one. Just for curiosity, do apps still support a menu button function? I haven't seen a hardware menu button in years.
FevenKitsune said:
Ah, didn't notice the menu one. Just for curiosity, do apps still support a menu button function? I haven't seen a hardware menu button in years.
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Oh yes they do. All of the ones I use at least it just opens whatever menu the app has that you would access by pressing on 3 dots. I just hate that some apps use other methods so you always have to think how to open the menu as oposed to just pressing the same thing