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PocketCM v0.21 is here ladies and gentlemen!
Size: 574 KB
Type: Freeware
Requirements:
• Windows Mobile 5.0 / WM6
Author: Quentin Pouplard
Home: http://www.pocketcm.com/index.php
PLEASE VISIT THE AUTHOR'S SITE ABOVE FOR DOWNLOAD OF THIS GREAT UPDATED FILE! I HAVE INCLUDED SCREENSHOTS OF THIS PROGRAM BELOW FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!
Description:
PocketCM is a finger friendly contact application for PDA phone, it will allow you to scroll to you list of contacts, call them and edit them.
Actually it's the rewrite in native of ContactManager, a .NET version of a finger friendly contact.
Are you using a VGA device? You'll need to download and install a VGA theme here.
If you are using a device with a 240px square screen, you'll need the a theme that support this screen size.
What's different from other contact application:
It can be used with fingers, no need to get your stylus. Finding contact with your finger is really easy, it's different than other software: if you press you finger on the left or right border of the screen it will allow you to select the letter you're searching for, release the finger, it will show you the contact starting with this letter. Why does it work? Human being cannot point directly to the right letter on a small screen, however human are very precise while moving their finger. So you press the screen, see the feedback, adjust the position to the right letter... and you're done!
It's animated: the list scroll with your finger in a natural movement, the transition between contact detail and contact list are animated.
You can set contact as favorites, they will appear in the favorite list, perfect to get a quicklist of contacts under the finger.
You can edit your contact picture from the software, simply tap on the contact picture.
You can customize about everything by changing the setting.ini: color, font, background image, etc...
From ContactManager here's what's new/modified:
- Native version: this version doesn't use .NET compact framework, it's written in C++.
- Faster version: I've put some time improving performance, on my device, it goes quite well, tell me about you.
- Faster display: drawing is also optimized, however, it may have some issue for advanced theming, tell me about it.
- New fade effect while calling/edit conact/set picture, this offer a better transition between application, tell me what you think.
- Contact update if added/changed/deleted from other application (including activesync).
- Memory footprint: No more .NET crap, picture of contact should also take less memory.
- Ability to remove contact picture.
- Edit contact now goes to edit page directly.
- New contact now goes to edit page directly.
- New theme packaging (a theme in one file instead of many).
- Letter bar between contact.
- New setting for non latin alphabet (coming with localization but now it's technically possible).
- SMS conversation panel: hitting SMS button now goes to an SMS page. It will allow to send an SMS display previous conversation with this contact...
Installation instruction:
- Create a new folder on your device.
- Unzip the content of the zip.
- Launch PocketCM.exe.
Note:
To close PocketCM Contacts, press for 250 ms to phone button at the bottom right of the screen. To minimize PocketCM Contacts, tap in the upper right corner.
To send SMS using PocketCM Contact, you have to hold the send button for at least 250 ms. It's a feature (that will be enhanced in future version) to avoid accidentaly send of messages.
Update Description:
v0.21 (26-04-2008):
- New icon for contact with unread SMS or unseen missed call.
- Last unread SMS is shown instead of contact number in contact list.
- PocketCM Contact now handle phone call history: contact with new call are sorted first in SMS contact list.
- Rewritten code to handle SMS, should use less memory, and be a lot faster.
- Faster reading of SMS/phone history, startup time should be better.
- Text box now capitalize the first letter.
- Adding contact from SMS/phone history now update the contact correctly in the list.
- Some tweak in the default theme to make some part more visible, and avoid menu to popup when minimizing.
- Performance enhancement.
- Bug fixes & Memory leak fixes.
v0.20b (17-02-2008):
- Fixed switch to landscape bug.
- Greatly enhanced performance in some scenarios.
v0.20 (17-02-2008):
- Category edit in contact.
- Backspace button on phonepads.
- New theme option in order to allow clean bubble.
- Preloading of some image to allow smoother use.
- Added menu to all panel, you can now choose the SIP while editing note or contact.
- Performance enhancement.
- Bug fixes.
v0.19b (20-01-2008):
- Added a button near company/city edit field to select value from existing contacts.
- Tweaking and fix in the theme.
- Bug fixes (DWORD alignment on blt, and alpha blt, clipping bugs, update contact detail after edit, ...).
- Fixed a bug that cause cached to not be recreated correctly.
- Fixed a bug that cause some image to be stretched instead of blitted, you should see a huge performance improvment in some theme.
v0.19 (20-01-2008):
- New theme: Dream using the new feature of 0.19.
- Rewritten alpha blending algorithm: faster, allow theme with alpha.
- New add contact feature: type the number on the phonepad, and call/add directly.
- Finger friendly contact edit/new contact screen.
- Bug fixes.
- 0.19 theme are different than previous theme, so you need a 0.19 in order to run it.
- ...more.
v0.18 (01-01-2008):
- New default theme for the new branch: Touch (looks familiar?).
- Rewritten animation: transition should be a lot smoother (from 10 fps to 30 fps or more).
- Rewritten fade out effect, fade to black is smooth now.
- Rewritten new alpha fade effect for option.
- New animation for setting favorite/removing picture.
- Added option for "show contact without phone" in options panel.
- Lot of performance tweak.
- Bug fixes (fullscreen mode, label.contactlist.header.text, set contact picture, delete conversation).
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section and your will see that pocketcm started in this forum...
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NOW WITH ANIMATED ICON SET AND FULLY USER TRANSLATABLE
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Massive THANKS to jmart518 for the cab files !!!
CHANGELOG IN POST 3 - CHECK THERE FOR LATEST VERSION INFO
Well here it is, finally! What started out as three of us playing about with basic layouts and text colours has morphed into 6 weeks worth of work in my spare time creating from scratch a completely new WVGA theme for Weatherpanel. Every layout has been written from scratch, pretty much every icon, background, transition, etc has been created specifically for DDT (except the actual weather icons which is a modified set of Rumball's static Diamond VGA icons as they are without doubt the best weather icon set out there) and this is the result - we hope you like it!
This thread originally started out as a tutorial for getting Weatherpanel up and running on your HD2, giving it somewhere to live (in our case Second Today from Chi-Tai) and linking it using CHTE to be the default weather app. I've removed most of the rather longwinded background behind the project from this post as I'm sure most of you have read it by now, however for new visitors to our little HD2 WP community, welcome and we hope you find what you're searching for here! Weatherpanel really is the most comprehensive weather app out there - it may be old but it is still the best as far as information, accuracy and user customisation goes. Now with this new theme we reckon that visually and from an intuitive UI point of view it blows the other weather apps away (and it's free!)
Before we start I must give credit where due to Marsware, the original creators of Weatherpanel, Chi-Tai for Second Today and of course the remarkable Mssrs Cookiemonster & JCM for the unbelievably superb CHT & CHTE without all of whom none of this would have been possible. Thanks also to my two brothers in insomnia - Davej and Troed whose initial tweaks to the original Phatphinger and Diamond themes set us off down this road in the first place, and for keeping me going over the last few weeks - thanks guys!
Right, so here's why - Basically, fed up with the lack of information on the Sense weather tab I was looking for a way to click on the weather section of the Home tab and be taken to a much better weather app than the weather tab. Days and weeks of searching and experimentation finally led me to the following solution - Weatherpanel (an old WM Today plugin) given a home in Second Today which is in turn set as the preferred weather app in CHTE. It is all beautifully simple and works perfectly.
Let's get this out of the way before we start in BIG RED LETTERS:
This does not replace the Sense weather tab !!!
It is still there and can be accessed from your slider as usual. This setup simply directs a touch on the weather element of CHT to Second Today & Weatherpanel.
About DAVEJ's Animated Icon Set
My very good friend Dave has spent way too many hours editing Rumballs original VGA animated icon set and resizing the various sets to make them fit this theme. The icons set is huge at over 88Mb! Unfortunately WP uses a rather crude MNG image format (renamed .wpa) which means very large files compared to gifs. As a consequence the size of the main screen large animated icons has had to be kept smaller than we would ideally have liked because to make them the same size as the static icons would have meant each file was way over 10mb and caused WP to run at a snails pace or crash altogether. So Dave arrived at the best compromise he could to balance size over performance. The smaller sets are absolutely fine. We have culled frames in many of them to keep the overall size down and have made them all single play. And as you go up in the various sizes Dave has thinned out the sets progressively until the Huge ones on the main screen have just the most common weather types animated and the rest are static (otherwise you'd have had a 150Mb icon set!). They do slow WP down a bit but we think they are well worth it! We all run both icon sets and themes and switch between them as the mood takes us...
IF YOU WANT TO USE THE ANIMATED ICONS YOU MUST INSTALL THE RELEVANT AI (ANIMATED ICON) VERSION OF THE THEME AFTER THE MAIN INSTALL HAS COMPLETED - INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED BELOW!
Here is the walkthrough:
IMPORTANT FOR NEW USERS AND EXISTING USERS UPDATING TO THE NEW THEME:
For some reason the maximum useable screen area for WP differs between 6.5 and 6.5.x ROMS. Basically in 6.5 ROMs WP can be set to a maximum visible height of 720 pixels, whereas 6.5.x can go to 760 pixels (proper full screen below your taskbar). Also, we have discovered that Weatherpanel takes it's time format from your main phone settings (12hr/24hr) and as the layouts I originally wrote were for 24hr there were errors on screen if you are using 12hr time format. I have therefor created two complete versions of the theme so make sure you download the correct one for your WM version, each with three layout options in both 12 and 24hr format, otherwise the theme will not look right and you may be left with a scrollbar and overlapping elements on screen. Also, you must pay particular attention to the setup instructions for Second Today on first run - Disable Command Bar - as otherwise you will not get full screen and instead will have an unsightly scrollbar down the right hand side of your screen.
FULL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR NEW USERS
(ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANIMATED ICON SET IN THIS COLOUR)
There are two cab files linked to below which will do 90% of the installation for you. Make sure you download the correct cab for your WM version (6.5 or 6.5.x). Both cabs can be used for installs with or without CHT, and include the necessary reg settings for both CHT 1.8.5 and CHT 2.0
1. Download the relevant cab file for your WM version:
COMPLETE CAB INSTALL FOR WM 6.5
COMPLETE CAB INSTALL FOR WM 6.5.x
If you want the option of using Dave's animated icon set you will also need to download and unzip the relevant additional AI (Animated Icons) theme folder :
ANIMATED ICONS ADD-ON FOR WM 6.5
ANIMATED ICONS ADD-ON FOR WM 6.5.x
2. Download and unzip one or both of the icon sets:
STATIC ICON SET
DAVEJ'S ANIMATED ICON SET
IMPORTANT - When unzipping files you may find that you end up with a folder within a folder (DDT Mod Diamond WVGA Static Icons>DDT Mod Diamond WVGA Static Icons, same with icons folder) - Make sure you take the 'inner' folder out and use it to copy as if you forget to do this the icons will not appear in Weatherpanel
3. Install the cab to your storage card (you can put it in main memory if you like but the icon files will need to go there too and they are big folders (around 17Mb for the Static Icons and 88Mb!!! for the Animated Icons) - it runs perfectly well from the SD card). The cab will then install Second Today automatically to your device, and Weatherpanel and the theme to your storage card.
4. When the cab finishes intalling Weatherpanel runs through an extract process and will probably leave you with a WP window asking you to select language (default is English). Select your language then press your hardware back key. Then you can click OK as normal after a cab install.
5. Now you need to copy the complete unzipped icon set folder(s) to Storage Card>Program Files>Marware>Weatherpanel>Icons. If you are installing the animated icon set you also now need to install the unzipped AI theme folder to Storage Card>Program Files>Marsware>Weatherpanel>Themes
6. SOFT RESET
7. Now you need to open Weatherpanel for the first time. If you are using CHT then simply touch on the weather element of your home tab. If you are not using CHT then you need to go to Start Menu>Second Today and click on Second Today. First time you open it you will either get a blank screen with a message at the top saying invalid layout or you will see the Second Today settings window. If you see the few lines of text at the top of an otherwise blank screen then simply touch on this message and it will open the Weatherpanel settings screen. If you see the Second Today settings window it means that the ST settings haven't 'stuck' during the install so you need to do the following before proceeding:
7.1. On the plugins tab check the box beside Weatherpanel and make sure NO other boxes are checked
7.2. Still on the plugin tab check 'Use Custom Background' and then browse to whatever wallpaper you want for your main WP screen - don't use anything too light as some of the text won't show up!
7.3. On the display tab delete any text in the Window-Title box
7.4. Check the box beside 'Disable Command Bar' - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Once you have made these changes click on the right softkey to accept the settings and you will be taken to the blank screen with the few lines of text at the top (touch on the text at the top of the screen), or directly to the WP settings window.
8. You then need to set up Weatherpanel by doing the following:
NB There is no confirm or back softkey in the WP settings screen so once you have entered all you need to on a certain screen you need to press your hardware back key to return to the previous screen or to exit settings altogether.
8.1 Add your cities (NOTE - WP does not utilise My Location so you have to manually enter locations you want weather info for) which is just a case of clicking 'Add New', then entering your city name in the 'Search For' box.
8.2 Once you’ve added each new city you then need to add weather images for each city (if you want weather maps to show up). If all your cities are in the same part of the world (i.e. Europe) then you just need to add the same image(s) for each city. I’m in the UK so all my cities use the same Europe maps. For more info on finding and adding weather images look HERE and try http://www.weathercharts.org/ - thanks again Troed
8.3 Once you’ve added all your cities and images click on the Display tab. The theme, icon set and layout are all already preselected by the cab install. You do however have a choice of six possible DDT layouts to select from in the Layout dropdown list (V2+, V2Mid, V2Lite in either 12 or 24hr format - see below). Select the layout you would like to try first, and make sure you select the correct version for the time format you use on your phone. If you are wanting to use the animated icons and have followed the instructions correctly to this point you need to change the Theme to the AI theme you will have in the Theme dropdown. Then simply choose your preferred layout as before, and in the Icon dropdown select the Animated icon set.
Once you’ve done this then click your hardware back key and you should then see the main WP display for the first city in your list. The left/right arrows beside the location name let you scroll through your cities. To exit the WP screen back to wherever you were simply click your hardware back or home key.
Job done
If once you've followed the installation instructions you are having any issues with not seeing the full screen, or having a scrollbar down the right hand side of the screen (and you have definitely installed the correct version of the theme for your WM version) please do the following:
With Weatherpanel open press your hardware Start Menu button. The open the Second Today folder and click on SToday Settings. In the Display tab make sure that 'Disable Command Bar' is checked. Exit by pressing the right softkey and Weatherpanel should now look correct.
About User Translation
THIS WILL ONLY WORK WITH DDT V2 - NOT PREVIOUS VERSIONS
This final edition of the theme is now fully user translatable through the use of the lang.txt file attached at the bottom of this post. All you need to do is download the file, open it in any text editor (Notepad is perfect for the job) and translate the text on the right hand side of each entry. The attached sample is for German users so if you want DDT in German then simply use this file! Once you've completed your translation save the file as lang.txt and copy it to the main Weatherpanel folder on your storage card (Storage Card>Program Files>Marsware>Weatherpanel).
There are a few things to bear in mind when you are translating:
1. Please stick as closely as possible to the number of characters in the english version of each text entry as this is the text the theme was designed around and if you increase the number of characters it will mess up the look of the theme or the text may not display at all.
2. You will be limited to the language specific characters available in the fonts used in DDT (Helvetica and Helvetice Neue Thin) so probably no Chinese or Russian translations?
3. Once you have translated I apologise if some of the grammar or syntax doesn't track perfectly but again the theme is written in English and although I have done my best to break the text up in such a way that when translated it makes sense there may be one or two elements that aren't perfect!
If you do translate the lang.txt into something other than German (or if you produce a better German one than mine!) please post it in the thread with the filename lang_*language*.txt (i.e. lang_french.txt) and I will compile a library of translation files in the second post.
Dave and I also reckon there should be a prize for the most amusing English adaptation of the text - do and English to English translation but substitute where relevant for amusing alternatives (ie Snow=Jeez, it's cold out here etc...)
CREDITS FOR USER SUBMITTED TRANSLATIONS:
GERMAN - lang_DE_V1.5.txt - Thanks to ceh01
PORTUGUESE - lang_POR.txt - Thanks to filipepro
DUTCH - lang_DUTCH.txt - Thanks to luckyuser
POLISH - lang_PL.txt - Thanks to Jack_Surfer
FRENCH - lang.FR.txt - Thanks to t00ms
DANISH - Lang_DK_v1.2.txt - Thanks to polpot
SWEDISH - Lang.SE.txt - Thanks to halloj
Remember to rename these files to lang.txt before copying to the WP folder.
UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CURRENT USERS
1. Download the correct DDT theme zip for your WM version:
DDT ULTIMATE V2 THEME ONLY FOR WM 6.5
DDT ULTIMATE V2 THEME ONLY FOR WM 6.5.x
If you want to use Dave's animated icons also download the relevant AI theme zip for your version:
ANIMATED ICONS ADD-ON FOR WM 6.5
ANIMATED ICONS ADD-ON FOR WM 6.5.x
Download the fonts:
DDT WP FONTS
Download the icons:
STATIC ICON SET
DAVEJ'S ANIMATED ICON SET
2. Extract all the zips.
3. Place the fonts in your Windows>Fonts directory on your device
5. Place the theme and icon folders in the relevant WP folders on your storage card as usual.
6. BEFORE YOU RUN FOR THE FIRST TIME - Go to your Start Menu and open the Second Today folder. Click on SToday Settings and in the display tab check the box beside 'Disable Command Bar'
7. Run WP and select theme [COLOR=Dark Orchid](AI version if you want to use the animated icons)[/COLOR], icon set and layout (DDT_Ultimate_V2+ DDT_Ultimate_V2Mid or DDT_Ultimate_V2Lite, either 12 or 24hr)
8. Enjoy
IMPORTANT: For anyone using Android builds see Android section in FAQ's
FAQ's in Post 2
Main screen layout options and navigation overview
V2+
V2Mid
V2Lite
There are three options for the main screen in the theme - V2+ (shown on the left above with two hide/reveal panels to play with), V2Mid (shown in the centre with the 5-day forecast permanently displayed and a hide/reveal info panel) and V2Lite (shown on the right above withboth the info and forecast panels permanently displayed). In the V2+ and V2Mid layouts the info panel is opened with the info button on the left hand side of the screen, and in the V2+ layout the five day forecast panel is opened by clicking on the five suns at the very bottom of the screen. Once the forecast panel is open you can then click on each day to be taken to a full forecast summary for that day.
Most elements on the main screen are clickable as shown above, and in each subsequent screen you will find a shortcut navigation panel on the top right of the screen allowing you direct access to anywhere else in WP you might wish to go. In addition, wherever the moon appears in the theme you can click on it to be taken to the Lunar Schedule page. It would take me forever to explain the function of every element in the theme, but as they are all very intuitive and each screen is fully self-explanatory I'll just let you play around and discover it all for yourself! You can't break it by playing around too much so have fun! As a rough guide however the various screens are as follows:
Main screen - contains all relevant current weather data (with info panel open), 5 day overview (with forecast panel open, sunrise/sunset times, local time for location selected, current moon phase, current temp, etc
1 - Current conditions screen - gives a bit more detail along with a 24 hour combined temp/rain chart
2 - 10-day summary page - each day is clickable to access the main forecast page for that day
3 - Lunar Schedule - with current and next moon phase info
4 - Charts page - four hourly/daily charts showing forecast max/min temp, precipitation, windspeeed and humidiy
5 - Full forecast page - Day and evening forecasts for the selected day, plus moon info
6 - Radars page - where web weather images, traffic cam images, etc you specify in your radars.txt appear and can animate. The player buttons are hidden when you first open an image page - to open the controls simply touch and hold on the image for a second or so and the buttons will appear.
If you are in Europe then you can download the attached radar.txt file and overwrite the one in the Weatherpanel folder on your storage card as it contains several more Europe radar image URLs.
Hope this walkthrough helps anyone else out there as thick as me to get there a lot quicker than I did! Now I have four questions for the clever people out there to do with things that would make it better but which I have no chance of finding a solution to on my own:
Any questions/suggestions please feel free to ask.
Enjoy
One word of warning - WP can be pretty data intensive so beware! I have two cities and four weather images and the update size is around 1MB, so if I have it set on hourly updates I can easily hit 10MB+ each day. I only hook up on wifi at home and work so not a problem, but if you are using mobile data you may want to keep an eye on it.
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FAQs
FAQs & Add-ons
City name cut off or overlapping left/right arrows - When you search for your city in the WP Add City screen it will appear in the Name box at the top of the screen as City, Country. In a lot of instances this will make the name too long to fit on screen in the space I have allowed. All you need to do is edit the City name in the Name box at the top of the screen to either remove or abbreviate the Country or State name and it should now fit. Also if you cannot find your tiny village in the search then just search the nearest large town, select it and edit the name in the top box to that of your village.
Can I use other WP icon sets - No. I have edited the Diamond VGA icon set, which has included adding in some missing ones and creating a full new set of resized moon icons. The theme also uses 5 different sizes of icons which other sets will not necessarily have.
Does it work with My Location - No. I am hoping someone far cleverer than me may pick this up and find a way of making it work but I'm afraid this is far beyond my meagre skills!
Animated icons? - Davej is currently working on an animated set of the main screen icons but at present the set is about 120Mb+ and slow to run so don't hold your breath - it may take some time!
Scrollbar showing on right hand side of screen - Either you are using a 6.5 ROM and have not followed the instructions for overwriting the 6.5 optimised files, or you have not followed the last instruction in Step 9 to Disable Command Bar in Second Today settings
Multiple city images overlapping when switching between cities - HERE - Thanks fmlarsen
Waiting for storage card error message - HERE - Thanks scandiskfr
Get rid of annoying beeps and alert noises - HERE - Thanks davej
To add additional weather images - Search online on your PC for current weather forecast for desired location. Once you've found a weather map/satellite image/radar image/etc that you want to use right click on it and select properties. Then copy the URL from the properties box. Open the radars.txt file from your WP folder using Notepad on your PC. You then need to add a name for the image, then hit enter and on the next line paste the URL (it'll make sense when you open the file!). Note - quite a few of the good looking weather images you'll find will be flash so you won't be able to incorporate them. Also try http://www.weathercharts.org/ and look HERE for more info Troed has posted on this
Sunrise/sunset times not showing correctly in 12hr format - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SELECTED ONE OF THE 12hr LAYOUTS IN THE DROPDOWN LIST
LITE version - If you would prefer to have the two popout panels (info and 5-day forecast) permanently displayed on the main screen there are two layout options in the theme folders available for download in the first post. Open WP settings and select DDT_Ultimate_V1Lite in the layout menu.
For Lite users - if you would prefer not to have the semi-transparent background behind the info panel 996r has created a fully transparent version which you can download HERE - just overwrite to the DDT theme folder.
Changing the background on all screens - The custom background you select during the setup process for Second Today is the background that will appear on the main screen only. If you want to apply the same (or any other background image) to the rest of the WP screens (with the exception of the Lunar Schedule and Detailed Forecast screens which use specific custom backgrounds) then you need to make a background image exactly 480x788 in png format, name it bkg.png and overwrite the one in the DDT theme folder. Restart WP and there you go.
Android causing problems with Weatherpanel - Look HERE - many thanks to jaguaralani for this one You'll have to follow his instructions for both the V1+ and V1Lite wpl's if you have both in the theme folder
GPS Setting - On the Connection tab in WP Settings there is an option for setting the GPS Port and Baud Rate. This does absolutely nothing so don't bother with it. The original developer of the core WP software disappeared in 2005 and it has remained pretty much unedited since then. This was something that appears to have been being planned for a later revision but that never happened.
For US Users - In some parts of the US Weatherpanel will provide weather alerts for certain conditions. As I don't get these in the UK I hadn't thought to do anything about an alert POPUP so WP uses the one from the default theme folder which isn't very pretty! I'll have a go at putting one together but as I can't test it it will be good luck if it looks any good! In the meantime Troed has edited the default one to be a bit more readable. Download and unzip the Alert.zip from this post and copy the Alert.wpx into Storage Card>Program Files>Marsware>Weatherpanel>Themes>DDT Ultimate
Changelog
1/10/10
V2 Final Edition Uploaded
Some icons and arrows updated
New 'Updating' icon thanks to LessCro!
Now fully user translatable through lang.txt file
DaveJ's animated icon set now uploaded!!!!!!!
Additional Add-On version of the theme added to accomodate correct positioning on screen for the animated icons
Alert window fixed for US users
30/8/10
CAB files now uploaded - MASSIVE THANKS TO jmart518 FOR THESE
25/8/10
Completely revised theme folders uploaded
Screenchanges away from main screen now done with POPUP/CLOSE so number of layout files needed reduced. Once away from main screen changes still done by smooth fade between screens. Pressing Home shortcut then closes POPUP screen and immediately returns to main screen (much quicker!)
Final bug fixes for Update button
12 and 24hr versions now consolidated into one folder for each WM version for less confusion and more choice in layout selection - 6 DDT layouts (V1+,V1Mid & V1Lite in both 12 &24hr format)
23/8/10
Fixed update button not working on main and forecast screens - all theme folders updates and reuploaded 10.55 GMT
23/8/10
V1Mid layout added to all theme versions (fixed 5-day forecast panel, hide/reveal info panel
All theme folders bugfixed and reuploaded
Bug on main screen not allowing touch on main weather icon to access current conditions now fixed
21/8/10
Created and uploaded complete themes for each WM version/time format (6.5, 6.5 12hr, 6.5.x, 6.5.x 12hr) and uploaded to first post. These theme folders also now contain both V1+ and V1Lite layouts so you can choose either from the layout menu in WP settings.
Minor modifications made to main screen layouts to increase response area for pressing on Info button, and to remove the problem of touching on the top left temp info on the main screen causing a new window to open with unsightly grey bar across the bottom.
If you have already installed the theme you can download the latest update for your WM version/time format from the first post, then delete your existing DDT theme folder and replace it with the complete new folder.
20/8/10
Lite version added
20/8/10
Additional Overwrite files added for 12hr time format
19/8/10
Completely new DDT Ultimate WVGA theme uploaded
Install walkthrough revised for new theme
Gone to bed for a week now to recover!
26/6/10
Amended install process to make it easier:
Reuploaded PhatPhinger IV Altered zip now with all irrelevant layouts removed and Kangmas's tweaked layout included
Original Phat+265 layout amended slightly
Complete HTC VGA Icons folder now uploaded to Mediafire for single download - original three zip files removed from this thread
Great! Great! Great JOB!
Thank you very much for your efforts!!
Greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks, It's fantastic!!
It will be better if high-resolution big icon is used...
Anyway, the weather is more accurate in my country, I'm from Hong Kong...
THANKs Dunc001
THIS IS GREAT
OMG ... .. . Finaly , we could have WP in HD2
but coud it be inserted into manila weather page !!!!!
abumhmmd1 said:
THIS IS GREAT
Finaly , we could have WP in HD2
but coud it be inserted into manila weather page !!!!!
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I don't think so. The closest solution would be one similar to here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563150 - where you'd need to use MTP or similar to add a new tab in manila then deselect Sense weather tab in display settings. You'd then need to find the right bit of the registry to edit for CHT to then send you to the new tab when touching on the home tab weather element?
I didn't want to do this as it seems like far too much hassle and the solution above is really easy to implement.
Thanks a ton. Great instruction. Only problem: The Name of my city in the main screen is cut on both sides (as if it was too long), but there is still a lot of space to the edges of the screen. Any suggestions?
super, but, can i have this app in one .cab please, i'm geek ;p
thank you
I have followed everything step by step multiple times but when I get to the step to choose the layout, I don't see the option on the drop down for Phat+265.wpl, any ideas on this? Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Thanks for a great walk-through
elburna said:
Only problem: The Name of my city in the main screen is cut on both sides (as if it was too long) Any suggestions?
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Second this...followed instructions and everything else is working a treat.
elburna said:
Thanks a ton. Great instruction. Only problem: The Name of my city in the main screen is cut on both sides (as if it was too long), but there is still a lot of space to the edges of the screen. Any suggestions?
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I had this too, sorry forgot to mention it! Basically I found that when you go into WP settings to add or edit one of your cities you just remove the country name from after the city name in the very top box on the screen, then just hardware back key and it is saved - job done!
aurelien hd2 said:
super, but, can i have this app in one .cab please, i'm geek ;p
thank you
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Sorry, way to big for a single cab.
morfis said:
Thanks for a great walk-through
Second this...followed instructions and everything else is working a treat.
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Answered above
hey op,i see your from pickering,i live in thirsk, great init lol....
is it totally not possible to cab this file as i'd love this on my phone.....great job by the way.
great app!!!!!!!!! now if it only came in GTX
Works great, thanks very much, now if only I could enter where I actually live, damn living in the countryside.
Can someone confirm it working on HTC-Stock-ROM 1.48 GER (Sense 2.5.1921xxxx, WM 6.5, no .x) ??????????????
troed said:
Can someone confirm it working on HTC-Stock-ROM 1.48 GER (Sense 2.5.1921xxxx, WM 6.5, no .x) ??????????????
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Yes it does as it is not integrated in Sense and therefore dependent on the SenseVersion or something (like the Sense-Tab-Integrated-Version you might have seen somewhere). This Proggi is fully based on SecondToday which should even run on WinMob2003
Greets
pretty cool.. good job.. hopefully a cab will be issued
1000 Tx for the prompt answer. This forum is a treasure ...........
New version of JustReader is out!
JustReader is a Google Reader client for Android.
We focused on these features:
*honeycomb tablet support
*full offline support
*multiple accounts
*fast and customizable UI
*dark/light themes
*share/star fully supported
*swipe to switch article
*font size can be changed
If you like JustReader, please, rate it in the Android Market! It can really help us!
Here is a small video review:
Please, if you have any suggestions or bugreports feel free to contact me here or via "Feedback" option in my app.
Recent changes:
1.5.6 beta1 http://dev-host.org/qyqylj10cgli/1.5.6-beta1.apk
- faster screen orientation change
- progress bar is shown when article is loaded
- fixed backup/restore in accounts
- starred items can be loaded for offline use
- added notification "Not all articles loaded"
- fixed some important stability issues
- optimized list scrolling a little bit
- changed layout for tablets a little bit
1.5.5-beta2
http://dev-host.org/shvm4kh8f78s/1.5.5-beta2.apk
- some optimization to prevent OutOfMemoryError
- possibility to use background color in Article Title (setting next to 'Theme' setting)
- fixed old java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view
- some enhancements for widget in Android 3.0+
1.5.5-beta1
http://dev-host.org/ei2v25ad23iz/1.5.5-beta1.apk
- thumbnails fix
- better scroll on tap and switch on tap
- better "share text". added link to mail
- fix for "mark as read" (sometimes statuses were not saved after mark all as read)
- better ICS support. (strange white background)
- some bugfixes from my mailbox
- Mode Selector is shown when user taps on mode indicator
- probably fixed: links sometimes opened in internal browser (while set to external)
- some fixes for orientation changes
- data not cleared when new feeds added (previously data was cleared. now only new feed data is loaded)
Here is 1.5.3-beta2
http://dev-host.org/sw9ukpmpnub1/1.5.3-beta2.apk
Should fix some errors mentioned here:
- Problems with thumbnails and summaries
- Text color in the title of activity (in tablet mode)
- Some sync optimizations
Here is the first version of JustReader with plugins - 1.5.3-beta1: http://dev-host.org/9tc7a45ulvj8/1.5.3-beta1.apk
what is done:
- plugin system + 2 included plugins
- facebook plugin (not included, here: http://dev-host.org/klu24wccv1ri/plugins-0.1-beta1.apk). nice plugin I think. try it and say what you think
- changed reading UI. check it out. I hope you like it. (both on tablets and phones). Reminder: you can switch articles by tapping on the screen (I think I fixed some bugs about it, so this should work now)
- optimized article list scrolling - feels much better on my Acer A500 Honeycomb tablet
- better internal browser
- there are many little changes
It's better to try
based on your feedback, here is 1.5.1 beta
http://dev-host.org/twgdkmeffw45/1.5.1-beta1.apk
- bugfixes
- "Mark next as read" and "Mark previous as read"
- added back "Mark as read" to tablets. (was not available in reading layout)
- checked ICS - everything is fine for me
- fixed "tap to scroll" and "tap to switch" article. Previously JR could switch article when link was clicked.
- regrouped settings
- made a small 3-steps wizard
1.5.0-rc
http://dev-host.org/c7ngjwqhca68/1.5.0-rc.apk
- now it updates JustReader from the market (not a new installation)
- deletes folder /sdcard/JustReader. now it uses Android/data/ru.enacu.myreader
- better thumbnails viewer. scrolling is more smooth now
- some fixes
- "share link" from context menu added
- possibly, fixed zoom on tablets (wasn't working sometimes)
1.5.0-beta18
http://dev-host.org/cxrnzrf1ea23/1.5.0-beta18.apk
- updated translations
- fixed some bugs with rotation
- added BACKUP/RESTORE (saves all your settings + accounts + feed settings) for now it saves everything in /sdcard/JustReader.backup.xml. will add dialog for selection
- fixed tablet mode for Android 2+
- some other bugfixes
1.5.0-beta17 http://dev-host.org/38o9v6jcrhyn/1.5.0-beta17.apk
- fixed online mode for categories with spaces
- memory usage optimization
- favorites is always shown (+ it opens ful your history of starred items)
- many bugs fixed
1.5.0-beta15: http://dev-host.org/buez7cxrd914/1.5.0-beta15.apk
- new share icon, a little bit changed UI, deleted like/share buttons
- fixed some http errors
- cleaned up a project a little bit - smaller apk
- fixed "back to list"
- added new settings "Max unread post age", "Max read post age" (before was only one)
- "save picture" fix
- fixed widget updates in some cases
- "fit images" fix
1.5.0-beta14 http://dev-host.org/1r3k1t0vojjf/1.5.0-beta14.apk
- fixed some sync issues (scottjb and shadowcaster31, pls, check this out)
- changed Http library
- some optimizations (in thread management). possibly, app will be more light
- added animations for article switching
- added "Tap to scroll" and "Tap to switch" actions. Tap on the left/right/top/bottom side of the reading screen to switch articles or scroll
Hope, all these changes will make JustReader more comfortable to read
1.5.0-beta13 http://dev-host.org/64sgyrtwyzuz/1.5.0-beta13.apk
- widgets added + some improvements for them
- sync optimized
- some bugfixes
1.5.0-beta12
http://dev-host.org/l3x74w0rly1w/1.5.0-beta12.apk
- optimized UI. work much smoother now
- better offline mode support (almost the same as in 1.3.9)
- simplified mode selection (there is an indicator in the corner. press it to select mode). also added descriptions to clarify this
1.5.0 beta 10: http://dev-host.org/dsdzpp3o5yz9/1.5.0-beta10.apk
- fixes in sync process (many)
- "mark all as read" marks items read only locally (when offline)
- there is a possibility to just save article statuses (without loading new articles). it's available in main menu.
1.5.0 - beta 9: http://dev-host.org/5fm3pjfvmjln/1.5.0-beta9.apk
- Some more fixes
- better youtube support for honeycomb (+ shows small youtube icon to go to Youtube App)
- better image fit (some images had wrong proportions)
- fixed some mark all as read bugs
- better thumbnail viewer (+ fixed bug with huge Android)
- fixed crashes in Honeycomb (workaround)
1.5.0-beta8
http://dev-host.org/riciu2x8psif/1.5.0-beta8.apk
- offline mode as before (sync works again)
- made some improvements to "copy text". Use standard android feature for text selection
- made many improvements in sync (should work more stable)
1.5.0-beta5
http://dev-host.org/f3oou70jy3cw/1.5.0-beta5.apk
there are fixed many little things, but many things are to be fixed
Also, started implementing offline sync
Now you can select mode of the app: Online/Offline/WiFi only
Check the menu (Honeycomb), bottom toolbar (pre Honeycomb)
1.5.0-beta4
- fixed issues with Android 2.2-
download
1.5.0-beta3
- honeycomb support is back!
- opimizations, for example, statuses change almost immediately
- bugfixes
- the last, but not the least: You can enable "Tablet mode" even for Android 2.x devices.
Can be very usefull for many users, having 7 or more inches tablets on Android 2.x
Also.... VERY IMPORTANT: IF you have any bugs with sync: loading new items and saving statuses, please, send me back logs. Just press "Send logs" menu item
Here is the link: http://dev-host.org/nmv1mzvjvsdi/1.5.0-beta3.apk
v1.5.0-beta1
- NOT FOR HONEYCOMB. will come later. check 1.3.9
- works only ONLINE. sync option will come later
- some UI changes (pull to refresh in the list)
- optimizations
download
Also, we started our site and facebook page.
'Like' in facebook is appreciated very much.
Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry. Other than that it looks nice, good work so far
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
Sent from my iPhone 6
cingall said:
Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry
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I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
jedwardmiller said:
Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
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Now for me the first priority is auto sync and sync of pictures, but after that I'll surely implement a widget (but, maybe in pro version).
What do you like to include in such widget? A list of articles (for selected feed, category) or texts?
Thank you both for the feedback!
enacu said:
I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
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I am interested! Gonna try ASAP!
Thank you for your job, it's a great lightweight app!
I use it as my everyday reader for 1 week, so far so good.
I'll wait for the auto sync but actually I don't really need it!
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your response.
I'll try to make it even better!
Here is the new version with auto sync!
1.0.beta3 was not very stable.
So, check out quick fix!
1.0.rc1 is much more stable now.
Also, you can just download JustReader from Android Market!
Hi everybody!
I've just implemented downloading of the images (view images offline). Do you want to try it?
If so, check out this version!
It's not very stable, but you can try and write here what you think.
It can be switched on in account preferences screen.
Next things I would like to implement are:
- possibility to stop synchronization process
- show synchronization status in notification bar
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
new version for testing
gp4004 said:
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
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Thank you for testing pre market releases!
This is new version with
- sync status in notification bar
- some improvements in sync process (speed, stability)
- possibility to stop sync process
Check it out!
Also, I'm planning to release paid market version and to cut a little bit free version, also I'll try to add advertisment on the main acitivity of the application.
Everyone here, If you want, you can send me emails or private messages and I'll send you unlock code.
So, come back here when pro version is out. First 100 will get unlock code.
Also, a big job must be done to make the release really stable.
Thank you all again!
What about Google Reader by Google?
What do you think about new Google Reader for Android released by Google?
Do you think they will implement full offline support?
Do you like this new app? Why?
Just downloaded market version, and a few quick thoughts (I'll have more later)
Sync settings:
Maximal age of the post should be Maximum
you list a bunch of numbers in that catergory. I'm assuming they are days, but weeks would also be a possibility. If you could put 1 (unit), 2 (unit), that'd be great.
Main feed page:
I use folders a LOT in google reader. Usually, I browse by the whole folder at once, rather than the individual source (example, I might have android police, Android Central, and XDA portal for android all in one folder). However, in this app, I can only view by individual feed. If you can place an option under the folder menu to view all at once, that'd be great! By this I mean, I might be viewing an Android central story, but the next story might be XDA portal.
Edit: Just found if you tap the numbers it does this. If you can make that a menu option, that'd be great. I only found it by accident.
Overall:
You have a setting for article screen theme. Any way you can make that universal throughout the app? I like black text on white. However, everything but the article is still white text on black.
Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
That's all for now. Looks really good so far. Love the swipe to go to next page option. Google official reader needed that. For what I think of googles reader app, I really like it. Nice UI, but no offline caching.
E_man5112 said:
Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
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Hi!
Thank you very much for some suggestions!
What do you mean by phrase on top of this post?
Statuses are saved to Google servers each time you synchronize account.
You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
enacu said:
You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
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+1. Also, PM
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
I think a widget would be a great idea. I see you are planning to add it in the future and you were asking what to be included. I think the best way to do the widget would be to display "all items" that would link to your app when clicked. I also would like to see a mark all as read on the widget too if that can be done.
I'll implement widget for sure, but a little bit later. Now the main priority is stability.
Now, you can try one more beta version:
better offline support
bugfixes
some synchronization performance improvements
1.0 version is out
Hi!
version 1.0 is on the market now.
you can update right from the market or from the top post.
And, there is a present for you.
PM or email me and I'll send you key app for removing ads in JustReader (I need your Google Reader account name for this)
Next things I would like to do: to implement better and more intuitive interface and to listen for your suggestions!
Thank you
Happy New Year to everybody!
JustReader 1.0.4 is out now (update from the market) .
ui improvements
full themes support
bugfixes
downloading of images is limited to 20 posts for free version
I would like to thank you for using JustReader and make a little present - JustReader pro.
Send me PMs with your google reader account name (usually your gmail) and I'll send you pro version for your account.
Hi everybody!
New version is out.
changes are:
-present version works fully like pro version
-reading position shows on the Post Activity
-link to open browser (possibility to open browser without using menu)
-bugfixes
Also, there are some special offers.
If you would like to translate JustReader to your native language, I'll be very happy and you'll get present version of JustReader Pro for your work (or maybe two or three versions for your friends)
If you like the app and want to get free pro version you can make a post in your blog about our application, what you like and what you don't, with links to xda and homepage.
Thank you!
Bubble Launcher 2.6.1 launched here on XDA(free version) and also in play store (payed full version)!
FULL support for PA 3.56+ HALO - apps can be launched in downsized MULTI_WINDOW
Please remind, that Bubble Launcher XDA 2.5+ is a time limited Version (with all functionality of Full Version!) since today!
-The testing time period is 10 days after installation.
If you consider to use the prior version 2.3.1 (WITHOUT TIME LIMIT), I' let let stay a download link in OP for that all the time...
(but in that case you don't get new features from now on...)
Bubble Launcher is an 'always on top' side launcher for Android OS. It can be used on top of every opened app.
The starter halo hotspot is made as floating system window, so it can be on top of everything on screen!
It was made for JB 4.2.2 / 4.3 , but should work on OS versions since 2.3+.
The Launcher comes with a
-standard listview
and
- circle halo knob
for selecting an starting an app.
How to use:
Hotspot -> swipe left -> opens Circle Launcher;
Hotspot -> swipe up -> opens Favorites Panel;
(You have to mark some apps as Favorite in 'Blacklist & Favorites Editor' -> start 'Settings Panel' via Menu Button -> mark some apps as Fav. in most right column checkbox!)
Hotspot -> swipe down -> opens App-List-Launcher;
Short Tap on App in List -> HALO)))-start of app;
Long Tap on App in List -> Fullscreen-start of app:
circle launcher -> circle swipe to outside -> fast release -> HALO)))-start of app;
circle launcher -> circle swipe to outside -> wait a second release -> fullscreen-start of app;
circle launcher -> circle swipe inside Halo-knob -> no app will be startet;
Menu Button Opens 'Settings Panel'
Bubble Launcher supports Halo))) start of apps in MULTI_WINDOW on Paranoid Android 3.56 and above!
And of course you can start apps also in Fullscreen Mode.
On non Paranoid OS the apps will always be started in Fullscreen Mode.
In the full version of Bubble Launcher you can mark any app as blacklisted or favorite.
Blacklisted apps will never be shown in the launcher lists.
Favorite apps are listet on top of standard listview and are the only listed apps in circle launcher mode.
You can test this free XDA version, before purchasing the full version.
the XDA-app-version is full working with the following
limitations:
- blacklisting of apps not active
- Favorites not active
- Themes not active (only Holo Dark is enabled)
All other features are fully working!
No ads!
If you want to uninstall the app, than first go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box for Bubble Launcher
screenshots attached...
apk-file attached...
MOD EDIT
paid full version is also available in Google Play Store.
Change Log:
Update ver 2.6.1(09202013)
- Nexus 7 compatibility (and more other devices, that don't have telephony functions)
Update ver 2.6(09182013)
- New Activity-Shortcuts for installed Apps and their launchable activities.
To get them all in Blacklist and Fav-Editor use 'Refresh app Database' in settings!
That may take some seconds - will give you access to a ton of system settings panels
All recognized activity-shortcuts will be blacklisted after import by default.
Mark those of them, you want to use, as Favorites...
- New swipe actions - Diagonal Up / Diagonal Down - all swipe actions can be customized now in settings
- precise recognition of swipe actions / new gesture engine
- New working 'Change Long Click/Short Click' Option for app lists and panels
- better contact Photo / contact engine for builtin floating Notification
-major bugfix: BL stopped when removed from recent apps list
BL won't be shown in recents apps now!
- minor bugfixes
Update ver 2.5.1(09142013)
- unlock with promotion code works again for this and all future versions!
- NEW!: contact photos for floating notifications (only for Android 4.3)
Update ver 2.5(09132013)
- new: Floating Hotspot
Hotspot can be positioned everywhere on screen or can be docked everywhere on left or right screen border.
to move it: -> double tap+hold+pull
- new Floating Status Bubble
the new Status Bubble can be positioned everywhere on screen
to activate it: -> swipe from HotSpot diagonal up
to move it: -> double tap+hold+pull
-new activities, that can be use as shortcuts (i.e. from within HALO))) )
to launch Fav List , All Apps List or StatusBubble without having Bubble Launcher HotsSpot Bubble active
(you can deactivate 'Hotspot Visible' in Bubble Launcher' settings)
- new downsized Fav List for low count of marked as Favorite Apps...
- fixed bug, when launching Bubble Launcher on Samsung's Galaxy Note and some other devices...
- fixed some minor bugs
If you consider to use the prior version 2.3.1 (WITHOUT TIME LIMIT), I' let let stay a download link in OP for that all the time...
Update ver 2.3.1(08312013)
- minor bugfix (background color in lists)
Update ver 2.3(08312013)
- major bugfix (autostart after reboot should work now on all devices - also when device sleeps after reboot)
- clearer hint for defining Favorites when app lists opened after 1st start
- speed improvement (when app starts)
- smoother animations
- smoother sensitivity on hotspot
- glitches in pitched favorites panel removed
- tested compatibility with XPosed framework and XHaloFloatingWindow
Update ver 2.2 (08282013)
- minor bugfixes
- scratched hotspot bubble on HD devices fixed
- hotspot animation/hold time decreased
- link to XDA-thread fixed for 'Activate Floating Notifications' in settings fixed
Update ver 2.1 (08232013)
- major bug fixed (Nexus 7 / other HD devices)
- actions speed improved
Update ver 2.0 (08212013)
- Rebuilt from scratch
- New super fast list views
- New floating notifications (Android 4.3+ only!)
- New custom themes (see HowTo's below)
- New sql app database
- New custom icons support (free ADW - themes based)
payed themes/icon packs will be supported later
- New sort favorites Icons
Update ver 1.81 (07042013)
- Major bug fixed (FC when comma separated app names found, i.e. 'Dragon, Fly!')
Update ver 1.8 (07032013)
(Full Ver)
- new Settings Panel is Holo themed now
- Settings Panel can be reached now via Menu Button from views
- new ability to enter promotion code in case that license check fails (pure network connection/ DNS problems)
- license check result will be written to app's data now
- long press icons in Favorites Panel -> app start in fullscreen (under PA 3.56+) is back now
- some bugs fixed
(XDA Ver)
- new Favorites Panel (swipe up gesture)
- new Settings Panel can now be reached via Menu Button from vom views
- new Settings Panel is Holo themed
- new ability to enter promotion codes, to unlock all options of Full Version
- Favorites can be selected and be used in Favorites Panel
- standard theme is now 'Transparent'
- enable Lock Screen option is unlocked mow
- same code stage as full version
- some bugs fixed
Update ver 1.72 (07012013)
(ONLY FOR FULL VERSION!)
- License Check added (in case of floating around UNLICENSED FULL VERSION!)
Update ver 1.71 (07012013)
(ONLY FOR FULL VERSION!)
- minor bugfix in 'Halo))) notify' option
Update ver 1.7x (06292013)
- *new Favorites Panel View with scrollable grid of App Icons
- *new option to set gestures binding to none
- *improved speed faster load of Blacklist Editor (< 3 sec now)
- improved memory management (correct releasing of unused resources)
- major bugfix on multitasking with already running apps behind Halo))) opened apps
*) ONLY IN FULL VERSION!
Update ver 1.5 (06272013)
- *new option for bindung views to gestures (left/right, up, down)
- *new favorites only list and favorite+other apps list
- new option for showing icon only lists
- new option for sizing icons/list item height
- *new option for using a notification to start (use) only the favorites list via Halo))) bubble/notifiction bar
without having an own launcher bubble on screen
- *new styled Blacklist & Favorites Editor with colored responding checkbox flags
- small improvement on speed
*) ONLY IN FULL VERSION!
Update ver 1.1 (06232013)
-bug fixed for swipes on hotspot, when on left screen side
-bug fixed for scrolling Blacklist Editor
NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW
HowTo use builtin 'Floating Notifications'
If your device runs Android 4.3 (and only than!), you can use the builtin 'Floating Notifications'. This may be useful, if you want to use your device in full screen mode.
To activate 'Floating Notifications' you have to download and install NLSHelper.apk (see attachments below...).
This APK will be installed as a Bubble Launcher module hidden from Appdrawer/Home Launcher.
After installing this module you have to activate the Notification Access Policy in SETTINGS/SECURITY/NOTIFICATION ACCESS by ticking the checkmark for NLSHelper!
(Bubble Launcher tries to guide you automatically to related Settings Panel after Installing NLSHELPER. If it doesn't happen, please go manually to SETTINGS/SECURITY/NOTIFICATION ACCESS for activating the policy.
If you have completed these steps, Bubble Launcher will intercept incoming notifications from gmail, sms/mms, google+, google search, whatsapp and similar apps.
(Only push notifications, no ongoing notification, will be intercepted!)
When a push notification is received an notify icon will be displayed in Bubble Launcher's Hotspot Bubble and a notifying Label will be displayed near the bubble.
If You Click on the notify icon in bubble, the notify label will be updated and displayed again.
Click onto the label for opening the notifying app.
Swipe from notify icon to down, for updating the push notification queue.
Swipe from notify icon to up, for clearing the push notifications queue.
HowTo use 'Custom Themes'
For trying out custom themes, download customThemeSample.zip (see attached files below).
Unzip this file to your root folder of your devices sdcard. After unzipping you will get two files:
1. old paper blue-16776961.blt
and
2. old paper gray-11446940.blt
(Don't touch the filenames or file name extensions of these two files! - Or the import will fail!)
if they are in the root folder of your devices sdcard, you can open Bubble Launcher's Settings Panel by its the App Icon in Home Launcher.
-Tap on 'Select Custom Theme ' in settings panel.
-Tap in the opening list on 'Import Themes'
- a Toast Message should notifying about successful import...
After that you can Tap on 'Import Themes' again and you can select one of the two freshly imported custom themes.
So you will see what you get...
That's all...
A detailed documentation for 'making your own themes' will follow later here!
HowTo 'Sort App Icons in custom Order'
Since Ver 2.0 of Bubble Launcher you can change the order of App' Icons in the Favorite Panel View.
To change sort order - open Favorite Panel by the related swipe action (i.e. swipe from Hotspot to left).
On the bottom of panel you find a Label called 'SORT ICONS'. - Tap on that - All Icons will begin wobbling...
Single Tap on an icon, that should be going to new position - the Icon's background color should change to orange color.
Now tap on an Icon at the position, where you want to get your 'marked app icon' - the order should be changed now!
If you finished sorting, tap again on 'SORT ICONS'.
The new sort order will be saved and used in Favorites Panel, Favorites List (and in Circle Launcher View, if you use full version of Bubble Launcher).
HowTo 'Use Custom Icons From Free Icon Packs'
Since Ver 2.0 of Bubble Launcher you can use free ADW-compatible icon packs to select single custom icons per app in Bubble launcher.
There are many free ADW icon packs available on Play Store or on other resources.
Support for Payed Icon Packs is not implemented atm.
The following steps should guide you for use of such icon packs.
1. Install at least one of those Free Icon Packs
2. Start Bubble Launchers Settings panel via it's Icon in Home Launcher
3. Tap on 'Edit/Sort Favorite-Icons' - a special Favorite Panel View should be opened.
4. Long Press the Icon you want to change to custom.
5. A share menu for installed Icon/Theme Packs should be opened.
6. Select the pack of your choice - If you have more than one icon pack installed - use 'only this Time' (to have the choice option later).
7. The Icon-Overview of your selected Icon Pack should be opened.
8. Tap on an Icon of your choice to select.
9. Tap the back button.
10. Your App Icon should be changed to the one of your choice.
that's all.
I'm working on the support for Payed Icon Packs for a later version of Bubble Launcher.
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Thanks, looks cool.
I try it
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I think links to paid software aren't allowed in the forum. Just saying.
thanx for the hint - link neutralized
bitstra
App is nice... But I'm having a hard time uninstalling it. Won't uninstall through application manager or play store..
:-\
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camelfoo said:
App is nice... But I'm having a hard time uninstalling it. Won't uninstall through application manager or play store..
:-\
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Go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box
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nexusmaniac said:
Go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box
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Right - so it can be uninstalled!
If you use 'normal' uninstall - you should be automatically linked to deactivate the Administrator Policy
regards
bitstra
Edit: will update the OP for the Administrator-Policy-behavior
Thanks haha. It didnt take me there automatically. Learned a new thing today.
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Nice! Just bought the app. I've noted one minor problem though... If you launch the blacklist editor and then try to scroll it up to see more applications, it disappears and the settings window returns. This makes is practically impossible to blacklist apps that require the list to scroll to see.
Other than that, it makes a great addition to GloveBox and Gravity Screen. Looking forward to see where this project goes.
Thanks
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Damn... XDA won't let me edit my post... Sorry I ment to say the applications list and not the settings windows. My Bad!
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Uhh... just to add to this... the problem only seems to occur if the Bubble hot spot is located on the left side of the screen. When on the right side of the screen I'm able to access the full blacklist listing.
diggmc said:
Nice! Just bought the app. I've noted one minor problem though... If you launch the blacklist editor and then try to scroll it up to see more applications, it disappears and the settings window returns. This makes is practically impossible to blacklist apps that require the list to scroll to see.
Other than that, it makes a great addition to GloveBox and Gravity Screen. Looking forward to see where this project goes.
Thanks
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Damn... XDA won't let me edit my post... Sorry I ment to say the applications list and not the settings windows. My Bad!
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Uhh... just to add to this... the problem only seems to occur if the Bubble hot spot is located on the left side of the screen. When on the right side of the screen I'm able to access the full blacklist listing.
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Thank you for watching this! this Will have a look into that tomorrow...
regards
bitstra
Looks cool! What's the paid version called in the Play store? (can't find it)
Never mind, found it. But when I click on an app in the launcher they only come up full screen, not floating.
Never mind again, just saw that if not on a PA ROM apps only open in full screen mode.
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Agreed, a link in the xda version wouldn't be a bad idea
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
update Ver 1.1 in OP & Google Play
thanx @diggmc for watching bug in Blacklist Editor's scroll event!
regards
bitstra
Good launcher, I test it
hello i just bought the app,could get quite handy i think.
Some suggestions though.
1.Favorite only mode or maybe all other apps as an expendable tab or something like that that can be closed to make it cleaner for me people who mostly use the favorites.
2.customizable line height.I would like ti see more lines of apps at once.Sadly changing the dpi of the launcher doesn´t work as on all other apps.The circle gets cut off and the height doesn´t change at all or get too small and you see too much.
3.Could your app maybe force certain apps always to launch in floating window mode even when not lauched from bubble launcher but also from the notification bar or any other way?
4.option to disable app names.
5.improve list opening speed,maybe the in point 1 mentioned favorite only mode could help here.
6.If there would be a way to launch a favorite only mode like bubble but as a grid of icons that could be good.Faster and more convenient than the bubble i think.This way you could directly tap for launch in floating mode and long press for fullscreen mode.
ok,that´s it so far i can see.Please tell me what you think of it and what could be done maybe
also found a bug,even if made visible i can´t see the bubble on the left side on my Nexus 7,one my One x see it on both sides though.
Also icons on the Nexus 7 overlap with the app name text as can be seen in the screenshot
Launcher is very good
Im Not able to uninstall it..
I stopped the Service in the settings of the app, restarted the device twice. Still nothing.
sumpf2 said:
Im Not able to uninstall it..
I stopped the Service in the settings of the app, restarted the device twice. Still nothing.
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did you also remove ther service permission ?
nimrodity said:
did you also remove ther service permission ?
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how do i do that?
sumpf2 said:
how do i do that?
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Go to settings - security - device management - device administrator and uncheck bubble launcher
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If you want a PC Like UI For your Android Device, here is how to do it!!!
You don't even need to format to use this method! All you need is a Launcher From the Google Play Store!
So you can Keep CM And its nice Boot Screen or any other rom your using.
1. Open The Google Play Store (Or a Website you get apks from)
2. Search Leena Desktop UI
The Icon is a PC With an L. With Buttons on the bottom
3. Install it
4. Last Set Leena As your Default Launcher.
Your Done!
When you tap the home key, You see your Andorid Phone or Tablet has the UI of a PC
Please Note as of 9-30-18, The app is in Beta as it says on the app so there will be bugs such as Resting to Small Text when you open the Launcher, Moving Around Windows Doesn't Always Work, etc.
Features:
1. Web apps (On the Dock By Default)
List of Web Apps
- Dropbox
- Evernote
- Facebook
- YouTube
- Twitter
- Linkedin
- Instagram
- Pinterest
- The XING Website
- Google Drive
These web apps let you open their websites without opening an app witch lets you multi-task!
2. You Can move and Resize windows!
3. The Built in Apps!
List of apps
-A File Explorer
-A Text Editor
-A Browser
-Show Apps (It Brings a macOS Like Launchpad UI To The Launcher!)
-What to send the Developer Feedback, Click Send Feedback Online
-Also The Upgrade Leena app Lets you Upgrade The Launcher!
These Apps will run in a Windows Like the Web Apps!
4. Like macOS, You Drag Apps or Even Files to The Dock To a Shortcut to them, and like macOS, you can Drag a Shortcut out of the Dock to remove the Shortcut!
Man! This Launcher is alot like macOS
5, Again! This has a title bar like macOS Where can see you battery settings, Change Wi-Fi Settings and Even Change The Volume, will you can just use the Volume Rockers for that as you know every Android Device has Volume Rockers (Even the Very Cheap Tablets that you can't do anything on and The Kindle Fire's that are not branded as Android Tablets but they are android Tablets have Volume Rockers :good
6, No ads Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, Enjoy the Windows/macOS UI For your Android Device!