Just got the fold 4, it's my first fold. I don't really care for OneUI but it's the only thing that lets me properly configure the home screen when folded or unfolded. The only issue I haven't been able to overcome so far is the lack of home screen grids.
Best I'm getting right now is 5x6. I'm mostly ok with 5 columns although I would prefer 6, but only 6 rows it's painful! It's there any way to up this?
I grabbed good lock and installed home up, but they are disabled in there and cannot be changed.
Use folders. Every pixel you light is sucking energy and causing wear on the oleds.
Or use One Handed Operation plus, not sure how that will work on the fold.
I have over a dozen hidden touch or swipe shortcuts on this homepage, 4 are on the Digi Clock.
{
"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"
}
You need to download good lock from the galaxy store. Then download home up module within good lock. There's TONS of customization options in good lock
erick161 said:
You need to download good lock from the galaxy store. Then download home up module within good lock. There's TONS of customization options in good lock
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God I can't thank you enough!!! Any other hidden gems like this one?
Smittyzz said:
God I can't thank you enough!!! Any other hidden gems like this one?
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No problem! I've used good lock for years...it's one of the most amazing hidden gems of samsung. Why they don't push that more is beyond me!
I haven't found many more. Then again...good lock covers almost all the bases IMO when it comes to tweaking the UI.
blackhawk said:
Use folders. Every pixel you light is sucking energy and causing wear on the oleds.
Or use One Handed Operation plus, not sure how that will work on the fold.
I have over a dozen hidden touch or swipe shortcuts on this homepage, 4 are on the Digi Clock.
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I'm already using folders. One of my issues is a widget I've used for years looks absolutely terrible when it's as thick as it is. If I could increase the rows more it would get thinned out enough to look good.
erick161 said:
You need to download good lock from the galaxy store. Then download home up module within good lock. There's TONS of customization options in good lock
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I did already mention that i did this. The problem is the grid size is locked in the home up app.
PMad said:
I'm already using folders. One of my issues is a widget I've used for years looks absolutely terrible when it's as thick as it is. If I could increase the rows more it would get thinned out enough to look good.
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Try resizing the widget or throw on the 2nd page.
One UI is a great launcher once you learn it's capabilities. It's the best one for Samsung's and it's rock solid stable. The Edge clipboard stores multiple copies, very useful. Much of the Samsung ecosystem is great but it has its quirks I like virtual navigation keys, hate swipe, no problem with Samsung. One Handed Operation plus lets you do a bunch of tricks too, including this. Useful when an app locks navigation.
DIGI Clock is slick, one of my favorite apps. I use as a launcher constantly. Very customizable clock too.
blackhawk said:
Try resizing the widget or throw on the 2nd page.
One UI is a great launcher once you learn it's capabilities. It's the best one for Samsung's and it's rock solid stable. The Edge clipboard stores multiple copies, very useful. Much of the Samsung ecosystem is great but it has its quirks I like virtual navigation keys, hate swipe, no problem with Samsung. One Handed Operation plus lets you do a bunch of tricks too, including this. Useful when an app locks navigation.
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DIGI Clock is slick, one of my favorite apps. I use as a launcher constantly. Very customizable clock too.
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I've tried resizing them but they wont go thinner than the rows themselves, which leaves them super thick. I'd like these widgets im using (there's 10 total, its the "Crypto Ticker Widget") to be roughly half the height they are, but its seeming like this is going to be impossible.
I understand the Samsung ecosystem, my household has always had Samsung phones, and im the tech guy so im always using them and learning them, but none of the methods i've found work for the Fold 4. I've attached a screenshot so you can see what i mean. I do have cover screen mirroring on so the unfolded phone's desktop is 2 separate desktop columns instead of one big one. I like this better and had even more issues when i didnt do it this way.
PMad said:
I've tried resizing them but they wont go thinner than the rows themselves, which leaves them super thick. I'd like these widgets im using (there's 10 total, its the "Crypto Ticker Widget") to be roughly half the height they are, but its seeming like this is going to be impossible.
I understand the Samsung ecosystem, my household has always had Samsung phones, and im the tech guy so im always using them and learning them, but none of the methods i've found work for the Fold 4. I've attached a screenshot so you can see what i mean. I do have cover screen mirroring on so the unfolded phone's desktop is 2 separate desktop columns instead of one big one. I like this better and had even more issues when i didnt do it this way.
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Damn. That be slug ugly. No way you want that on your homepage. Throw on the 2nd page if you must have it. No other size widgets for it?
People over on Samsung forum might have more ideas for you.
blackhawk said:
Damn. That be slug ugly. No way you want that on your homepage. Throw on the 2nd page if you must have it. No other size widgets for it?
People over on Samsung forum might have more ideas for you.
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Yeah there's no other sizes. I've spent hours looking at other crypto widgets and none of them give me the features I want. I already have 5 pages of stuff, so I'm thinking I may just have to view it as a whole portfolio within an app instead, which really sucks.
PMad said:
Yeah there's no other sizes. I've spent hours looking at other crypto widgets and none of them give me the features I want. I already have 5 pages of stuff, so I'm thinking I may just have to view it as a whole portfolio within an app instead, which really sucks.
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That drive me nuts having that many pages, lol I'm bad enough with browser tabs. Strange they're displaying so badly; Samsung has a large share of the market.
blackhawk said:
That drive me nuts having that many pages, lol I'm bad enough with browser tabs. Strange they're displaying so badly; Samsung has a large share of the market.
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I completely agree! I have one screen that I sit on most of the time. I usually swipe left to see my first list for the day (asking with a few other things like keep notes), and to the right for gaming and my calendar. This phone is different though... Since there's a lack of rows, now I have to use more pages. I guess it's time to either make my own fold launcher, or rethink my idea of a home screen haha. I think I'll go with the rethink. I'm tired of programming.
PMad said:
I completely agree! I have one screen that I sit on most of the time. I usually swipe left to see my first list for the day (asking with a few other things like keep notes), and to the right for gaming and my calendar. This phone is different though... Since there's a lack of rows, now I have to use more pages. I guess it's time to either make my own fold launcher, or rethink my idea of a home screen haha. I think I'll go with the rethink. I'm tired of programming.
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I use the homepage mostly. The folder are more inconvenient but save battery and display.
The shortcuts I use the most are on Digi Clock's quad switch or on the sides, One Handed Operation plus. The second page is a scratch page.
My biggest grip about Samsung is that the File Manager can't be set to sort by date photo was taken. Idiots.
Renumbering photos isn't easy either... and that will lead to problems. Canon's Zoom Browser or DPP sure by nice to have on Android...
PMad said:
I've tried resizing them but they wont go thinner than the rows themselves, which leaves them super thick. I'd like these widgets im using (there's 10 total, its the "Crypto Ticker Widget") to be roughly half the height they are, but its seeming like this is going to be impossible.
I understand the Samsung ecosystem, my household has always had Samsung phones, and im the tech guy so im always using them and learning them, but none of the methods i've found work for the Fold 4. I've attached a screenshot so you can see what i mean. I do have cover screen mirroring on so the unfolded phone's desktop is 2 separate desktop columns instead of one big one. I like this better and had even more issues when i didnt do it this way.
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If you like widgets but want them minimized check out pop widget.
What about Smart Widget feature built into One UI?
wes53177 said:
If you like widgets but want them minimized check out pop widget.
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I couldnt find Pop Widget, but i did see Popup Widget 3, is that it?
Szadzik said:
What about Smart Widget feature built into One UI?
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I did try this but it actually makes my widgets even taller! I like the idea but it doesnt work so well with stock/crypto widgets like this.
When you scroll down in the settings you can edit to any size.
Depending on the developer some of the Galaxy store icon packs may not display or respond to all setting options correctly. You need to test each; if one doesn't display correctly try another.
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Home Launcher (working name) (Android 4.0.3+ , xhdpi devices like Galaxy Nexus)
ROOT Needed - installer included.
BETA
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"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",
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Replacement of the standard ICS launcher. As other alternatives it is fully based on the ICS standard launcher but has some extra options, like:
* Alternative top bar with a some handy options
* Option to turn the top bar off and create a clean desktop with 5 scaled desktop rows.
* two extra page transition effects: tablet "window wall" transitions, like on the current honeycomb tablets, and "stack" animations (same animation as the one that is used in the drawer)
The list will be growing and growing. I started this just for fun. Suggestions and requests are welcome and appreciate it.
Changelog
Beta 1 Initial release
Beta 1.01:
New animation effects for desktop page transitions:
"Card off Stack" effect (like the drawer)
"Tablet effect" - Like on Android 3.0+ Tablets
New plans
Manual
The settings can be found in the upper right corner of the drawer ("OPTIONS")
Happy new year!
Direct downloadable from the Android market (free):
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.home_installer
Installer for installing the app in the system directory is included (together with an uninstaller)
Dl'n now. Anything by the team that brought us thumb keyboard is going to great.
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Amazing work looks great^^
As far as suggestions are needed, I would love to see new homescreen transitions^^
especially I would like the appdrawer effect on my homescreens^^
Looks good! For features I would suggest circular scrolling and being able to resize any widget, which would be some of my most missed features from other launchers.
very nice idea.
for the top bar i'd say get rid of the calender link and instead when you press the date, have that go to the calender.
maybe make the left a search or voice actions link.
as far as other suggestions, i suggested this in nova and got ignored.
if possible, i think it would be awesome to get the tablet homescreen transition working on a phone.
I like adjustable columns and rows. I set it high so I have more precise control over widgets. I also use Android Widgets Pro for twitter and Facebook. The more column/rows the more that is visible on screen.
LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.3 CM9
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver
Nordpolcamper said:
Amazing work looks great^^
As far as suggestions are needed, I would love to see new homescreen transitions^^
especially I would like the appdrawer effect on my homescreens^^
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Consider it done Implemented and tested, will upload a version later today. BTW agree, it is a very nice transition effect
joenathane said:
Looks good! For features I would suggest circular scrolling and being able to resize any widget, which would be some of my most missed features from other launchers.
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Yeah will add this later. Not top most priority.
neok44 said:
very nice idea.
for the top bar i'd say get rid of the calender link and instead when you press the date, have that go to the calender.
maybe make the left a search or voice actions link.
as far as other suggestions, i suggested this in nova and got ignored.
if possible, i think it would be awesome to get the tablet homescreen transition working on a phone.
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Tablet (honeycomb) transition is working (not full screen yet).. will add it as an experimental option in the version I will upload later today.
Great suggestions for the top bar. My plans are to make that top bar highly customizable. Which means, amonst others, that users will be able to put all kind of shortcuts on it.
player911 said:
I like adjustable columns and rows. I set it high so I have more precise control over widgets. I also use Android Widgets Pro for twitter and Facebook. The more column/rows the more that is visible on screen.
LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.3 CM9
Asus Transformer - 3.2 Revolver
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Will add this most certainly to a later version. For now this is not the top most priority. I believe the nova launcher already has this? And I know they are working on such a feature for the CM Trebuchet launcher.
appelflap said:
Consider it done Implemented and tested, will upload a version later today. BTW agree, it is a very nice transition effect
Yeah will add this later. Not top most priority.
Tablet (honeycomb) transition is working (not full screen yet).. will add it as an experimental option in the version I will upload later today.
Great suggestions for the top bar. My plans are to make that top bar highly customizable. Which means, amonst others, that users will be able to put all kind of shortcuts on it.
Will add this most certainly to a later version. For now this is not the top most priority. I believe the nova launcher already has this? And I know they are working on such a feature for the CM Trebuchet launcher.
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Amazingly fast^^
How do I turn off the top bar? Thanks!
Suggestion
Since you started by changing the top bar, why not name this Top Launcher? Has a nice ring to it, is marketable and less generic than Home Launcher.
pedmond said:
Since you started by changing the top bar, why not name this Top Launcher? Has a nice ring to it, is marketable and less generic than Home Launcher.
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Thanks! Great suggestions.
Lirankn said:
How do I turn off the top bar? Thanks!
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In the drawer, choose OPTIONS (in the upper right corner)
Update
2 new desktop page transition effects:
* "Card off stack" effect (like in the drawer)
* Tablet "moving windows" effect
appelflap said:
In the drawer, choose OPTIONS (in the upper right corner)
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Oh I can't see it on the Nexus S..
Unlike Nova this launcher works really well actually with the Nexus S and looks really good on it but I just can't change the options..
Do you have any plans to make it compatible with it? Thank you!
I do have a problem
I want to install your launcher, but I just cant find it. I used your market link, but it says, that it isnt compatible with any of my devices. Looking for Home Launcher in the market doesnt give me your launcher either
could you maybe upload the apk? or something else? I really dont know, why it doesnt work.
I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.2. Is the version a problem?
Lirankn said:
Oh I can't see it on the Nexus S..
Unlike Nova this launcher works really well actually with the Nexus S and looks really good on it but I just can't change the options..
Do you have any plans to make it compatible with it? Thank you!
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That's great news! I didn't test it on a hdmi device but tried to be as general as possible.
Why can't you change the options? Don't you see the menu item on the top of the drawer. It's above the tabs. You should see APPS and WIDGETS on the right and OPTIONS on the left.
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I do have a problem
I want to install your launcher, but I just cant find it. I used your market link, but it says, that it isnt compatible with any of my devices. Looking for Home Launcher in the market doesnt give me your launcher either
could you maybe upload the apk? or something else? I really dont know, why it doesnt work.
I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.2. Is the version a problem?
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I've set it to sdk 15 (4.0.3) and above. I know it crashes on version 4.0.1 and I assume it will also FC on 4.0.2
Nevertheless I will try to get a version out that would be compatible with 4.0.1 and above. With the new market system that would be no problem.
Nordpolcamper said:
I do have a problem
I want to install your launcher, but I just cant find it. I used your market link, but it says, that it isnt compatible with any of my devices. Looking for Home Launcher in the market doesnt give me your launcher either
could you maybe upload the apk? or something else? I really dont know, why it doesnt work.
I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.2. Is the version a problem?
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Lol - read the first post the first line!
appelflap said:
That's great news! I didn't test it on a hdmi device but tried to be as general as possible.
Why can't you change the options? Don't you see the menu item on the top of the drawer. It's above the tabs. You should see APPS and WIDGETS on the right and OPTIONS on the left.
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Haha yeah it works really well! Fast and looks like it's optimized for this resolution.
And no I can't see the menu item, all I see is Apps, Widgets and the market icon.. Just like the stock app drawer..
Maybe you can implement it in the menu that pops up when you press the physical button that the Nexus S has..
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Lol - read the first post the first line!
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I read it, but why not try^^
4.0.3 wasnt that big of a change, but ok, then I will have to look for another rom and go again^^
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I'll be designing various UI concept improvements for Android and I'll keep them uploaded here.
If you have any ideas then please, let me know
8th January - Notification Concept Improvements Part 1
My first concept interface is done and ready for viewing - as well as feedback and comments.
This concept goes over some of my notification concepts which I feel would make Android a little more functional and fluid. Let me know what you think.
This user interface concept improvement video covers 3 simply tweaks, which I feel improve the functionality of Android.
1) Bigger Notifications
These bigger notifications show the contact picture,and are large enough so the message can be read. They appear over the top of the default notification bar to save space.
Clicking on the notification takes you to the application for which the notification is for. In this case, its the Messaging App
2) Quick Reply
Something I feel that has been missing from Android for some time. When the message arrive, clicking on the message itself will open quick reply.
Quick Reply extends the notification area so you can reply to the message right from the notification area, without leaving the application you are currently in.
3) Swipe to Close/Mark
Notifications have already easy to close in Android by either pressing the 'X' or in Android 4.0, by swiping the notification away.
However, there is no way to mark a message or email as read if you close it from the notification area. This concept means that you can do this. Simply wipe the notification to the left to close it, or swipe it to the right to mark it as read and close it.
There were 2 other videos that didn't make it into the final video - the only reason for this is that they are longer and the size of the video came to about 600mb for a HD one. Hence why they were left out of this video.
You can find more information about these at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21179299&postcount=62
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All feedback and comments are welcome. Feel free to message me on any of the sites above.
These are just concepts, unfortunately I dont have the coding skills required to make this a reality. However if I can get ideas and make concepts up, a dev from the forums, the cyanogen mode team or perhaps Google themselves if we're lucky will see this and help make them become a reality.
If you would like to incorporate these ideas into a ROM, application etc, then please contact me first
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Honestly there isn't much I'd change right now. I haven't noticed much that I would change.
In terms of performance, they NEED to fix the autorotate function. Yes, it's nice now that it shows an animation, but it takes waaaay too long to rotate. This was the same gripe I had with Honeycomb tablets. I'm positive that it's intentional by Google, because other phone running ICS with skins rotate faster (I have a Sensation to compare).
This second one is gonna get a bit long.
Second, they need to change the response time of the recent apps button. After extended use and several apps running, there will be a slight delay between pressing the button and the list opening up. I'm actually fine with the fact that there's a delay, it's just where the delay is. The way it runs is you touch the button, there's a delay(lag, whatever you want to call it), then the phone vibrates, the button lights up, and the list comes up. What google needs to do is change the way it functions. Make sure the haptic feedback functions and the button lights up the instant your finger touches it. Then it can delay and the list can come up. In other words G needs to make the illumination and haptic feedback first priority. Then it could work on the multitasking process.
I think if it was done in this manner, the lag would be much less noticeable. It's the same as showing some sort of screen or animation when starting an app. If you touch an app and nothing happens (the screen doesn't change at all, not even a press animation) until the apps fully loaded and running it'll be seen as lag. If you touch an app and immediately see a loading screen or an animation (just examples) then you know the app started up already, and it's perceived as loading instead of lag.
Phew. That was a mouthful. It needed to be said. Come on now Google. All of both of these are just a little tweak in software. Entirely doable. Or maybe it's already done. I don't know for sure since I'm still running 4.0.1
Other than that ICS is great.
EDIT: oh and Google should change the notification to mirror that of tablets. I don't see why they removed the quick settings; it seems unlike them. Just the basics like in Honeycomb: wifi toggle, brightness, bluetooth and autorotate. I've seen mods include it, so I'm sure they could come up with an elegant solution
They need to add the ability to get rid of the Google Search bar on all homescreens or make it less intrusive on the homescreen.
Evostance said:
All,
Just doing a bit of research.
Even though we all love Android, its still got its gripes. One of those for me is that the interface isn't as fluid or as function as it could be.
As many of you have seen ICS now, what type of enhancements to the interface would you like to see?
To give you an idea of what i'm after: I personally still dont like the notifications. I feel that they are a bit limited as to whats on offer, so I would like to see more function added to them
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Fixing notifications is easy. Just drag and drop custom sounds into notifications, alarm and ringtones folder. Using same nokia notification for text ever since my first smartphone. I have the usual buzzer alarm since ics didnt include it. I would also like option of no search bar or at least pinning it to desired homescreen. It would be nice if google included more in house options for themes, colors and backgrounds. Sms, gmail, calendar and email are ridiculously white. I'd like more black background white text options. We also need a toggle for the gpu clocks or coolbho3000 to hook us up in setcpu. Options for amount of home screens. 32GB and/or micro sd. Better clock options. Damn pogo pins car dock already.
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tsunami1609 said:
Honestly there isn't much I'd change right now. I haven't noticed much that I would change.
In terms of performance, they NEED to fix the autorotate function. Yes, it's nice now that it shows an animation, but it takes waaaay too long to rotate. This was the same gripe I had with Honeycomb tablets. I'm positive that it's intentional by Google, because other phone running ICS with skins rotate faster (I have a Sensation to compare).
This second one is gonna get a bit long.
Second, they need to change the response time of the recent apps button. After extended use and several apps running, there will be a slight delay between pressing the button and the list opening up. I'm actually fine with the fact that there's a delay, it's just where the delay is. The way it runs is you touch the button, there's a delay(lag, whatever you want to call it), then the phone vibrates, the button lights up, and the list comes up. What google needs to do is change the way it functions. Make sure the haptic feedback functions and the button lights up the instant your finger touches it. Then it can delay and the list can come up. In other words G needs to make the illumination and haptic feedback first priority. Then it could work on the multitasking process.
I think if it was done in this manner, the lag would be much less noticeable. It's the same as showing some sort of screen or animation when starting an app. If you touch an app and nothing happens (the screen doesn't change at all, not even a press animation) until the apps fully loaded and running it'll be seen as lag. If you touch an app and immediately see a loading screen or an animation (just examples) then you know the app started up already, and it's perceived as loading instead of lag.
Phew. That was a mouthful. It needed to be said. Come on now Google. All of both of these are just a little tweak in software. Entirely doable. Or maybe it's already done. I don't know for sure since I'm still running 4.0.1
Other than that ICS is great.
EDIT: oh and Google should change the notification to mirror that of tablets. I don't see why they removed the quick settings; it seems unlike them. Just the basics like in Honeycomb: wifi toggle, brightness, bluetooth and autorotate. I've seen mods include it, so I'm sure they could come up with an elegant solution
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Stole the words out of my mouth. It sounds like nit-pickey stuff but it really would bring it all together nicely.
tsunami1609 said:
Honestly there isn't much I'd change right now. I haven't noticed much that I would change.
In terms of performance, they NEED to fix the autorotate function. Yes, it's nice now that it shows an animation, but it takes waaaay too long to rotate. This was the same gripe I had with Honeycomb tablets. I'm positive that it's intentional by Google, because other phone running ICS with skins rotate faster (I have a Sensation to compare).
This second one is gonna get a bit long.
Second, they need to change the response time of the recent apps button. After extended use and several apps running, there will be a slight delay between pressing the button and the list opening up. I'm actually fine with the fact that there's a delay, it's just where the delay is. The way it runs is you touch the button, there's a delay(lag, whatever you want to call it), then the phone vibrates, the button lights up, and the list comes up. What google needs to do is change the way it functions. Make sure the haptic feedback functions and the button lights up the instant your finger touches it. Then it can delay and the list can come up. In other words G needs to make the illumination and haptic feedback first priority. Then it could work on the multitasking process.
I think if it was done in this manner, the lag would be much less noticeable. It's the same as showing some sort of screen or animation when starting an app. If you touch an app and nothing happens (the screen doesn't change at all, not even a press animation) until the apps fully loaded and running it'll be seen as lag. If you touch an app and immediately see a loading screen or an animation (just examples) then you know the app started up already, and it's perceived as loading instead of lag.
Phew. That was a mouthful. It needed to be said. Come on now Google. All of both of these are just a little tweak in software. Entirely doable. Or maybe it's already done. I don't know for sure since I'm still running 4.0.1
Other than that ICS is great.
EDIT: oh and Google should change the notification to mirror that of tablets. I don't see why they removed the quick settings; it seems unlike them. Just the basics like in Honeycomb: wifi toggle, brightness, bluetooth and autorotate. I've seen mods include it, so I'm sure they could come up with an elegant solution
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Your second point is fixed in 4.0.3
I agree with the OP I hope google does something new with the notifications.
Even just adding them to the lockscreen like iOS would be awesome
I also dislike how the notifications have a character limit, it would be cool if you had the dropdown open long enough the text would scroll
- I'd love to have swiping away a text or email mark it as read. And while we're on notifications I don't get why contact pics don't display in the drop-down bar for texts, only for emails.
- Swiping away a recent app actually kills it
- Option to easily switch between the phone & people apps
- Option to mute shutter sound right in camera menu
- Notification bar toggles like in CyanogenMod or AOKP
daandman said:
- I'd love to have swiping away a text or email mark it as read. And while we're on notifications I don't get why contact pics don't display in the drop-down bar for texts, only for emails.
- Swiping away a recent app actually kills it
- Option to easily switch between the phone & people apps
- Option to mute shutter sound right in camera menu
- Notification bar toggles like in CyanogenMod or AOKP
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Swiping away apps actually does kill them, you can see the process dying in the logs when removing from recent app list
I would like a new SMS app theme. The current one is pretty ugly. Something like Windows Phone 7's messaging theme would be much nicer.
BlackDino said:
Your second point is fixed in 4.0.3
I agree with the OP I hope google does something new with the notifications.
Even just adding them to the lockscreen like iOS would be awesome
I also dislike how the notifications have a character limit, it would be cool if you had the dropdown open long enough the text would scroll
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The reason I ask is im just doing a concept design for ICS. Not a custom launcher but actual improvements to stock.
For notifications i actually meant the looks and functionality of it. The first concept ive done is to change how the text notifications work.
I don't like the character limit or how restrictive it is, so I've changed it.
Hopefully when I've got my concepts together, someone will be able to help make them a reality, be it a dev, the cyanogen team or google themselves lol.
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I would really like a change to the lockscreen while listening to music. I want the bottom half of the screen to be transparent, or to show the wallpaper instead of beeing black. I have been searching through SystemUI, framework-res and android.policy.jar to try and find it, but haven't as of yet.
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I would really like a change to the lockscreen while listening to music. I want the bottom half of the screen to be transparent, or to show the wallpaper instead of beeing black. I have been searching through SystemUI, framework-res and android.policy.jar to try and find it, but haven't as of yet.
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Do you mean where the soft buttons would sit?
You'd like to see music controls in there?
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Soft button area supporting gestures
I came to Android from webOS after HP shot themselves in the foot several times and one of the things I miss most is the gesture bar you had at the bottom of the screen. With the advent of the soft button area in ICS I see a real option to enable the area to work in a similar fashion.
For those that are unfamiliar with it it's basically an area at the bottom of the screen blocked off from apps that registers simple finger gestures. This made the basics of actually using a device a breeze and pleasure i.e. no looking for a particular button / tapping the wrong button when you weren't looking and the gestures were consistent no matter what app was running.
The gestures were:
A single swipe up would show you your running apps.
Swiping 2 fingers up would show you the launcher (app drawer).
A leftward swipe would go back.
A full swipe across the entire area going either right or left would take you to the next or previous running app.
Besides the wireless charging the gesture area was one of the webOS killer features you very quickly learned to take for-granted. So yeah, I'd like the soft button area to handle gestures in case you haven't guessed already
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I came to Android from webOS after HP shot themselves in the foot several times and one of the things I miss most is the gesture bar you had at the bottom of the screen. With the advent of the soft button area in ICS I see a real option to enable the area to work in a similar fashion.
For those that are unfamiliar with it it's basically an area at the bottom of the screen blocked off from apps that registers simple finger gestures. This made the basics of actually using a device a breeze and pleasure i.e. no looking for a particular button / tapping the wrong button when you weren't looking and the gestures were consistent no matter what app was running.
The gestures were:
A single swipe up would show you your running apps.
Swiping 2 fingers up would show you the launcher (app drawer).
A leftward swipe would go back.
A full swipe across the entire area going either right or left would take you to the next or previous running app.
Besides the wireless charging the gesture area was one of the webOS killer features you very quickly learned to take for-granted. So yeah, I'd like the soft button area to handle gestures in case you haven't guessed already
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Ok ill see what I can mock up. I've done a basic notification text, just need to add another feature before i finalise it
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Go you! I was hoping this was something Matias Duarte would bring to Android himself.
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Do you mean where the soft buttons would sit?
You'd like to see music controls in there?
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No, it's the black part of this screenshot I'd like changed.
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No, it's the black part of this screenshot I'd like changed.
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Oh wow. Thats actually what it looks like when playing music
I think that black part may be for album art?
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Oh wow. Thats actually what it looks like when playing music
I think that black part may be for album art?
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No, it just shows the album art at the very top. Up where the media buttons are.
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No, it just shows the album art at the very top. Up where the media buttons are.
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How stupid. Definitely a tweak that should be there
Honestly, the only two things I want to be changed in terms of the UI are
1.) The ability to hide the soft keys at will for example, if I'm playing a game I want to be able to utilize the entire screen. I think a gesture to hide + bring back the soft keys is the solution. Highly unlikely to be implemented anytime soon
2.) Such as many launchers which have the functionality to have scrollable docks, I would like the soft keys to be scrollable. It would be pretty awesome to be able to have different toggles such as wifi, Bluetooth and even apps always available since unlike the notification bar, the soft keys never disappear regardless of the current app.
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Tired of moving your fingers up/down your tablet to switch applications? Try out TasKarou!
TasKarou is a multitasking launcher overlay.
Taking inspiration from the 'Quick Controls' feature in the android browser, TasKarou provides a multitasking layer on top of a launcher on tablets.
By swiping anywhere on the left or right edge of your tablet screen, you can activate TasKarou's UI.
It gives you access to a quick, smooth, and intuitive interface to facilitate app launch, transition, and management for the user
The user interface brings a more responsive, and enjoyable level of interaction to your tablet.
Notes:
To use TasKarou, set it as the default home launcher, and from TasKarou's settings, select the actual home launcher you want to overlay.
TasKarou user interface is then triggered by swiping from either the left of right edge of your tablet screen, while still allowing access to the overlaid home launcher through the home button.
The app is also available in the android market.
nice app, but how do i use the browser controls? when im in the browser and put my finger to the side the taskarou menu opens...
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nice app, but how do i use the browser controls? when im in the browser and put my finger to the side the taskarou menu opens...
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It's not possible to use both at the same time, since both controls rely on the user touching the edge of the screen.
If you have an idea on how I could get around that issue, I'm all ear.
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It's not possible to use both at the same time, since both controls rely on the user touching the edge of the screen.
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that sucks, because it basically makes the browser unusable.
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If you have an idea on how I could get around that issue, I'm all ear.
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some ideas from the top of my head:
- disable taskarou menu completely when in browser
- disable one side of the screen (permanently or when in browser)
- disable the upper/lower/middle half of the screen (permanently or when in browser)
on another note, the notification HAS to go. at least make it optional.
that being said, i really do like the concept of the app :good: i found myself regularly swiping in from the screen edges when not in browser, and then being disappointed that nothing happened.
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that sucks, because it basically makes the browser unusable.
some ideas from the top of my head:
- disable taskarou menu completely when in browser
- disable one side of the screen (permanently or when in browser)
- disable the upper/lower/middle half of the screen (permanently or when in browser)
on another note, the notification HAS to go. at least make it optional.
that being said, i really do like the concept of the app :good: i found myself regularly swiping in from the screen edges when not in browser, and then being disappointed that nothing happened.
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Thanks for your suggestions. I have a few other ideas along with the ones you suggest that I will try to integrate, and test in the following days.
In the meantime, I updated TasKarou to also support android phones. I duplicated this thread in the 'Android Apps and Games' section to make it more visible: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984010
I like this. Definitely a nice addition to my current launcher.
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Definitely slick in some aspects. Can't say I really like it as it messes with my LMT set up and takes up more RAM on top of it.
There's a lot to be done like distinguishing different "hotspots" and designating right side only or left side only. Overall though I really enjoy the transitions and how the menu auto-switches based on which choices you're hovering over. Very intuitive choices too that I agree with about which things go where.
Looking forward to the potential this holds in the future. I may just abandon my LMT setup if done right.
Edit: And of course the ability for users to add/edit the options, potentially switch the color for mere superficial reasons. Something like my screenshot.
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ne0fhyk said:
It's not possible to use both at the same time, since both controls rely on the user touching the edge of the screen.
If you have an idea on how I could get around that issue, I'm all ear.
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Maybe ask SwipePad's developer.
(I'm not being sarcastic)
Really useful. Love the idea, but it does cause a few conflicts with apps that rely on swiping from the sides of the screen. Having said that, when I set the margin to 13 pixels I can use the Dolphin browser (for example) without too many issues by not swiping from the outer edge, but by placing the finger a little more away from the edge and then swiping inwards. Other apps are less forgiving.
What about a button in the notification area, which is visible at all times anyways?
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If swiping has the preference, then it would be more logical to align the available programs/tasks to the side from which was swiped. Swiping and selecting can be done with one hand then, regardless of which hand was used to swipe with.
The recents button is useless, I never use it, ever.
I'd like the option to use this instead and just disable the side activation altogether.
Nice idea. However on TF101 after getting the quick control moving the finger to one of the options too fast causes the quick controls to disappear. I have to move the thumb really slow in order to select any option. Hopefully, this will be fixed soon:fingers-crossed:.
ppl get over it, the man is trying to make ur life simpler, so if u don't like some stuff about the app then tell him your opinions in a decent way so he can make a proper development for the app instead of trashing it, otherwise f*** off
I like this!
1. I only see it from the right edge in portrait.
2. Might have a user selected area(s) for its swipe. This would allow those with conflicts to fix them. There is a similar app on Play which just gives a row running/recent apps icons which is not a bad interface. I found its use of the bottom obtrusive.
3. The home key does not go home in the base browser (I am using Trebuchet on a CM10).
4. There is a difference between "running" and "recent" (exited, cached, and still available.) !!
Long press of home gives a vertically tiled thumbnail view of both.
Taskarou shows only icons of running apps, not recent.
Taskarou should show both, either in two panes or in one with some distinction?, i.e. frame around one or the other. I sort of like having the thumbnails and they could be tiled or cascaded. If cascaded, should be focus-able, if tiled, scroll larger view like the app list. Best eliminated the number of apps option or make that for the pane (but that would be scroll-able for more). Cascading the main webOS motif. Flick down to kill?
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ppl get over it, the man is trying to make ur life simpler, so if u don't like some stuff about the app then tell him your opinions in a decent way so he can make a proper development for the app instead of trashing it, otherwise f*** off
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First of all, as far as I can see, no one is trashing his app. So maybe lower your tone a bit and at least pretend to be able to communicate in a proper way.instead of telling people to "F-off".
The developer probably appreciates the feedback as he responds to it. Feedback (be it positive or negative) is valuable for both him and the app he works on. The end product can benefit from any kind of feedback as it points out flaws and strong points, and it can give the developer some different perspectives and experiences from different users and from different devices.
The day a developer stops listening to his/her targeted market is the day the product will begin its downfall.
Hey man, I just noticed that you dont have a video demo on google play... would you like one? I can do some switches with a background music... may I do it and you decide after if use it or not?
360porcento said:
Hey man, I just noticed that you dont have a video demo on google play... would you like one? I can do some switches with a background music... may I do it and you decide after if use it or not?
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That'd be cool, thanks.
Was having issues on my Nexus 7 running SmoothRom 4.1.2. Updated to 4.2 and no more disappearing quick controls as soon as my finger leaves the border. To get them to stay I had to leave my finger there for at least 1.5 seconds. Now all is well. Really liking it. I look forward to extended and customizable menus
Update:
Scratch that. Conflict was gesture control. Had it set to consume events in starting zone. So a touch on the edge first went to gesture control. Just an iD10t error.
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ddlooping said:
That'd be cool, thanks.
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Are you the the same guy as the OP?
360porcento said:
Are you the the same guy as the OP?
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No but it'd cool regardless as I'd be interested in seeing it in action.
(the app that is)
360porcento said:
Hey man, I just noticed that you dont have a video demo on google play... would you like one? I can do some switches with a background music... may I do it and you decide after if use it or not?
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I would loved one, that'd be greatly appreciated... thanks! (i am the op)
Hello!
I'm an Android developer and I almost finished a new app called Deskbar Launcher.
I created it for many reasons. First I was fed up by the look of the system bar with Home/Back/Recent Apps and the huge waste of space it makes. Like many others I tried alternative solutions like HideBar and the likes but then I looked at my laptop and at its ribbon bar which I use all the time and I thought it would be a good idea to have something similar on Android.
{
"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"
}
Download links are now in the new thread here. If you have any comments, suggestions or problems, please report there. Thanks
Features :
-can replace your soft buttons (sadly Back button needs root, after lots of search I don't think it is possible otherwise)
-add shortcuts to your favorite apps on the bar
-music controllers to go to pause/go to next/previous song in any apps
-volume controllers
-lock button to minimize accidental input of your bar and soft buttons
-access all your apps in StartMenu as well as categories such as Pictures, Music, Settings, etc.
-(experimental)(ROOT)fullscreen mode.
Future features:
-Folders
-Themes
-Reboot button for root users
-etc
I developed it mainly on Nexus7, that's why I post here before releasing it on the Play Store. It is a Trial version of 10days and when you launch it you need internet access for verification, after it's not necessary except if you reload it. A licence key will soon be available.
There might be some bugs!
Questions
Q:I don't have Root and not having a back button is not possible for me, it seems I can't use your app.
Q:I already got rid of my system bar, it will cover screen content so it's not usable for me too.
A: You can! Deskbar Launcher has an autohide feature so you can still access your back button. Bring it up only when it's needed!
Q: I have one bar for soft buttons and notifications (no status bar on top) . Your app will cover the notification part and I won't be able to access my notifications
A. There is a setting especially for that so the Deskbar takes only half your device's width, in the future the width of Deskbar might be more customizable.
Q : Can I use it on my other tablet/phone ?
A. Yes! It is theoretically compatible with all 2.2 or + Android devices! There might be some problems on specific rom or with some manufacturers. Please report to me in this case.
i'll try and report,i haven't mean exactly what does (using it is more intuitive!)
thanks for now mate!
Will be testing this for sure!
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Light usage so far
Pros:
- Quick easy access to your music, photos, and documents
- Completely changes look and feel of the bottom nav bar without need for root or new ROM
- can view and switch to apps of your choice quickly with out exiting current app
- in-depth settings with good amount of customization
- work around for non-rooted users
Cons:
- visual appeal isn't appealing( to me at least)
- nav buttons feel a little too close together
- cannot change the color of the bar
- auto hide feature needs work as it seems finicky
What I would like to see:
- short cuts to user defined app in menu
- options to change colors
- quick toggles in menu (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc...)
Other then that I really like it and its a good change. Will love to see the advancement of this project later down the road! Great work indeed!
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Thanks for your feedback!
About suggestions and bad points:
-Yeah visual appeal is kind of generic, I'm not the best at design/art . Themes should give a workaround for those who don't like it in one of the next updates. (By the way there was a bug with the start button not showing the glowing icon when start menu was displaying . It's fixed in the new version, it's the same download link, uninstall is needed if you have the previous version.
-I plan on adding a setting to have custom distance between buttons because on some device space is precious and on others there's plenty of it.
-Themes should also address this issue
-Not sure what you mean by this, I admit it's not ideal because there's no animation, it just goes down after a 3seconds delay. I will add a smooth movement option in the future.
-user-defined shortcuts in menu is planned, as well as folders containing app shortcuts
-I'll try to add Theming fast
-Quick Toggles is indeed interesting, I'll think of ways to add it in the Menu.
Awesome! I see this as being a good hit
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This damn thing is INTUITIVE. Seriously, I love the feel of it and it really looks quite nice on my N7. Cheers for letting us try this, I think its a really good fit and shows promise of something in the future. Killjoy question: what will the licensing price new?
Im really loving this! I do have have more thing that I would like to see added and that would be having resizeable options for the menu its self. More so users can choose exactly how many pixels the pull up menu actually takes up. I'm also picky like that though.
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Very minor complaint: after about an hour of use, it starts to feel a bit sluggish. That is, I'll tap on home, back it recent and it'll take about a second to respond. I rebooted my tablet and suddenly I got my groove back. Maybe it's a memory issue? Just thought I'd chime in, I'm really enjoying this mod!
Love it so far!
Two little things:
-ability to change icons/icon sets of shortcuts
-expanded version of the menu to see more apps at once
Thanks
Sharpen3d said:
Killjoy question: what will the licensing price new?
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Lol. 2.49 probably.
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Very minor complaint: after about an hour of use, it starts to feel a bit sluggish. That is, I'll tap on home, back it recent and it'll take about a second to respond. I rebooted my tablet and suddenly I got my groove back. Maybe it's a memory issue? Just thought I'd chime in, I'm really enjoying this mod!
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I'll need more info on this one, I did not encounter this problem. Was it only the soft buttons ? Did the other buttons (shortcuts, music, startbutton) worked correctly ? Did you add a lot of shortcuts ?
soloman56 said:
Love it so far!
Two little things:
-ability to change icons/icon sets of shortcuts
-expanded version of the menu to see more apps at once
Thanks
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First is already in the works. For the second one maybe the default size is not big enough ?
Lots of force close on my device, Samsung Showcase. Like the idea though.
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PenguinxEnjoi said:
Lots of force close on my device, Samsung Showcase. Like the idea though.
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Hello!
Can you tell me when it's happening and if it's after a precise action ? Could you use the CatLog app (or any similar one) to get me a crash report ? Thanks!
You might be low on memory and the system decide to stop the app to free some.
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I'll need more info on this one, I did not encounter this problem. Was it only the soft buttons ? Did the other buttons (shortcuts, music, startbutton) worked correctly ? Did you add a lot of shortcuts ?
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Music buttons worked great, as did the launcher button. No shortcuts added. I'm wondering if the error came from my rom or what, I'm running slim bean beta 2 with faux beta 14b01. Haven't had any issues since restarting, maybe it was a fluke?
New version uploaded which uses less memory and has a new welcome screen ( not so well done but I wanted one to have a link to the video tutorial I finished ).
Link updated in OP
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Music buttons worked great, as did the launcher button. No shortcuts added. I'm wondering if the error came from my rom or what, I'm running slim bean beta 2 with faux beta 14b01. Haven't had any issues since restarting, maybe it was a fluke?
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Maybe, or it's the way to simulate virtual buttons that can sometimes go wrong, it's kind of a hack but there isn't really any alternative. It should work most of the time and as well as similar apps offering virtual buttons alternative.
I have to go, I'll be back tomorrow.
EDIT:I forgot to add if you already installed it, erase app data before uninstalling and installing the new one because the way data was saved as changed.
Greats Job, Please add volume button up/down on navigation bar, thanks
PenguinxEnjoi said:
Lots of force close on my device, Samsung Showcase. Like the idea though.
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I found what it was, it concerned all devices with Android version under 3.0. It's fixed (new version in OP) except maybe for the "Switch App" button.
Could you test for me or someone else with a device on 2.2/2.3 ? Thanks
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Greats Job, Please add volume button up/down on navigation bar, thanks
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Added to the todo-list, I'll do it soon I think.
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As soon as I noticed the trail 10 days crap I uninstalled it. Sigh. Why can't people do things without money motivating them?
I can see if it was finished but its not even close.
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What a great idea. Please keep the 10 day trial available once its more refined, I will definitely try and probably buy.
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So far so good. I really like the idea and the way it works. I'll report back if I have any problems.
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So, the nav-bar eating a portion of my screen was bothering me for a while and I wanted my device to rely on gestures only, so I decided to search for the most suitable way for me to solve this problem... LMT of course, but first I got rid of the nav-bar using FullScreen Toggle.
Big thanks to the creators of both those apps
LMT can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
FullScreen Toggle can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
Now, as the title says, I'd like to share with you my LMT configuration. There are many things that I'm currently unable to understand about how LMT should actually be configurated, I just used a trial&error approach, but the result I got is more then decent and worthy of being shared IMO. If I'll get some suggestion on how to improve what I did I hope to turn this post in a clean LMT ISAS guide for the Nexus 4.
PLEASE NOTICE that I didn't want to use the pie and I (almost*) didn't use LMT's gestures. The following configuration is for ISAS only.
That's because I wanted to get rid of softkeys and still have an easy to use and reliable N4. Complicated gestures tend to be hard to use and to reproduce consistently, they will give you an hard learning curve and will slow down every operation. Here I'm trying to get the benefits of gestures without making everything overcomplicated.
Now... let's get into it, I'm gonna use pictures to make everything easier to understand
This is what I ideally wanted to get:
{
"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"
}
Each colored part corresponds to a ISA on LMT
YELLOW is ISA 1 (bottom left), assigned to BACK
RED is ISA 2 (bottom center), assigned to HOME
BLUE is ISA 3 (bottom right), assigned to RECENT APPS
GREEN is ISA 9 (left bottom), assigned to OPTIONS
ORANGE is ISA 6 (top right)
this is an optional one that I wanted to add. It's assigned to search longpress, wich triggers an activity of the app "Screen Off and Lock". Basically it locks the screen with a swipe.
Sadly, if you assign the ISAS as shown without changing any value within LMT your ISAS will look nothing like the picture, you'd get something like this:
Why? I promise I don't know. I read the posts about how to use LMT, but I couldn't really understand how the 4 settings for ISAS work. So as I said, I went for trial&error. At first I thought that "Activation area thickness" was the setting I had to modify to get what I wanted, but it didn't help in any way, and the same happened with "Min bbox size", so I left those two as they were by default.
Then I found out that increasing the value for "Touchscreen to screen factor Y" reduces the colored rectangles areas. I found the value 209 to be ideal. The rectangles were now more like lines closed to the frame, but many things were still off. Here's how it looked like:
The home button is far too small, everithing is too much to the left and I don't really know what the heck orange is doing down there.
Finally, I changed the "Touchscreen to screen factor X" value to 250, and it got me to my final result
It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. I would like yellow red and blue to be better centered, but this configuration is really reliable and easy to use. It actually took me some time to realize that it's not exactly as I wanted it, the only thing that you have to remember if you you're gonna use this, is to stay well to the right when you want to swipe into recent apps.
If you apply this settings you will be able to use easy gestures that can't be activated by mistake while you are using other apps or games and you'll gain precious space on your screen.
My final LMT values are:
Min bbox size: 1 (default)
Activation area thickness: 80 (default)
Touchscreen to screen factor X: 250
Touchscreen to screen factor Y: 209
*I also enabled the X shaped gesture on LMT and associated it with FullScreen Toggle. If anything goes wrong while you are using your phone and you can't open the app drawer to get to FullScreen Toggle and enable the navbar, just perform the gesture, toggle the navbar back and reboot your phone.
Known issues with this configuration.
There are two of them.
First, since you have an ISA for options, you will be able to use the options in any app that has an option menu. The problem is that for some reason when FullScreen Toggle is activated you will not be able to see the 3-dots on-screen icon that opens the menu on any apps. That icon disappears from the top right corner or wherever it's supposed to be. That means that you will have to remember which apps have an option menu or just try to swipe and open it in case there is one.
Second, with LMT ISAS change positon properly when you go from portrait to panorama mode only if you rotate your device 90° to the left. If you rotate your device to the right ISAS from the bottom go to the top and ISAS on the right side go to the left side and viceversa.
However this is not a big problem to me and maybe it will be fixed by LMT's developer anyway.
Sorry for the long post and for any grammatical error (probably a lot). Hope someone finds this intresting and helpful
Cool guide thanks.
Did you try GMD gesture control? Seems like it would be easier to setup how you like. Complex or simple. I guess if you got LMT working fine then its all good.
jarayn said:
Cool guide thanks.
Did you try GMD gesture control? Seems like it would be easier to setup how you like. Complex or simple. I guess if you got LMT working fine then its all good.
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I tried it but I was not satisfied with it. It's really great and extremely customizable, but in my expirience it's a bit buggy, it gave me problems right after the boot, can't remember if the auto-start was too slow or if there was actually something worse then that.
Also, it doesn't allow you to hide the navbar only, if you want to hide the navbar you have to hide the status bar too.
Marlon90 said:
I tried it but I was not satisfied with it. It's really great and extremely customizable, but in my expirience it's a bit buggy, it gave me problems right after the boot, can't remember if the auto-start was too slow or if there was actually something worse then that.
Also, it doesn't allow you to hide the navbar only, if you want to hide the navbar you have to hide the status bar too.
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Ah ok. I dont use the hiding functions at all just use the Rom for that. The gestures aren't buggy at all and are a lot easier to set up than lmt. Also you get the launch pads.
Anyway it doesn't matter. It's a good guide and lmt is free so that's something.
Awesome post, thanks!
2 Questions...
Is there any way I can swipe back with the keyboard up without typing anything? I end up with a million drafts using LMT.
Also, is there a setting to actually see the areas like you show them for the touch locations?
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Awesome post, thanks!
2 Questions...
Is there any way I can swipe back with the keyboard up without typing anything? I end up with a million drafts using LMT.
Also, is there a setting to actually see the areas like you show them for the touch locations?
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First answer... this kind of things are the ones that bother me too with gestures, and doing what I showed in the OP I specifically tried to eliminate or reduce them. My answer to that problem was having a little line instead of a rectangle, and not so tiny that it's hard to trigger the gesture. It works well for me, and I think it requires very little getting use to.
Try it yourself if you want and maybe accomodate it to yur preference. Maybe you will type something from time to time but I hope the guide makes it so that it happens rarely.
Also, I never tried this on another N4... I don't see why it shouldn't work the same way for others, but a little feedback would be a very good thing.
As for the second question, there's no such setting that I know of, you should ask to the develoer of LMT. If there was such an option it would be so much easier to configure the app perfectly.
Fyi: touchscreen to screen factors for the nexus 4 are 200/200. It's written in the OP.
Hth!
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Fyi: touchscreen to screen factors for the nexus 4 are 200/200. It's written in the OP.
Hth!
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I know that, but does it work for you? On my device it does not, if I don't mess around with X and Y I always get rectangles
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I know that, but does it work for you? On my device it does not, if I don't mess around with X and Y I always get rectangles
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200 by 200 work best for me. OP: Are you able to simple press those hidden areas, or do you have to do a small swipe? I have to do the latter.
Yes these are the correct values to divide each side of the screen into 3 areas with equal size.
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Yes these are the correct values to divide each side of the screen into 3 areas with equal size.
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Well, then I guess I'm left with a big pile of nothing... What happens to me is I have big areas in wich a swipe triggers the action. At 200 they take a big part of the sceen and if I increase Y even slightly they become lines, but some other things are off as I said. I've read around about people not being able to get ISAS to work and I thoght I was into something, but if that's just me then I'm at a loss... I guess I'll do a nanobkp and wipe and see if everything start working with 200/200
Great!, thanks for the guide.
tyraelasd said:
Great!, thanks for the guide.
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yeah, you are welcome... read the rest of the thread, chances are this guide is useless for most people
jarayn said:
Cool guide thanks.
Did you try GMD gesture control? Seems like it would be easier to setup how you like. Complex or simple. I guess if you got LMT working fine then its all good.
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I use both LMT and GMD for different gestures and I'm pretty satisfied, I also use glovebox for frequently used apps.
My setup is a little different, when I'm from the pc (and hopefully I'll remember XD) I'll share also my setup with you
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I personally use the Extend Desktop feature easily accessible from the power button on CM. Probably the way to go if you already have a custom ROM.
my gestures setup
I use, as I said, both LMT and GMD for my gestures setup. I tried a bit to emulate ubuntu for phones. (I also use glovebox as you see)
(In the image, the rectangles are actually the area you have to swipe to activate the gesture)
GMD custom gestures:
with a swipe from the left center you go home
with a wipe from the right center you go to the previous app
LMT ISAS:
swipe form the bottom center to go home
swipe from the bottom left to go back
swipe from the bottom right to recent apps
swipe from the top right to go back (useful when you have the keyboard open and you don't want to accidentally type)
the settings for the apps are the following
LMT
min bbox (how much do you have to swipe to activate the gesture: 5
activation area thickness: 25
touchscreen factor x,y: 200
GMD
gesture size (under "advanced"): 492
home and prevapp gesture may have to be disabled when keyboard is on depending on your keyboard
I'm pretty satisfied with this setup, only little thing that bothers me is that sometimes when I type a bottom gesture is activated, but it happens very few times
Im testing this Now, thanks
I like it. I had to use 100 instead of 80 but works mint.
issues with typing is messing with this. Also its hard to swipe up to go back on some apps. It keeps opening the keyboard.
I just wanna thank the OP and everyone on this thread. I read all the responses and was able to get it working perfectly for me. I like this setup way more than using PIE.