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I'm not sure if this will work or how this works but I'm wondering if there are any avenues to request a feature or modification to an app when the original developer is unresponsive to requests? Obviously this would only be for personal use and not for redistribution of the app.
App: BattStatt
Mod: I love the look and simplistic nature of this widget. My only grip is that I'm running it on an Evo 4g with a large 800x480 display and when I use the widget in a 4x1 configuration the text only takes up a small portion of this defined area. I want the text to scale up to where it fills the 4x1 space as much as possible so space isn't wasted. Can this modification be done easily by any of the developers around here? I'm not sure how this works so don't flame me lol.
Typically, the source code needs to be available to modify how it works. Is it?
All I have is the app itself as downloaded through the market. I'm not sure how to go about getting the source code.
Hmm.. this app uses "sp" units to set font size, so text should automatically scale to constant physical size.
I won't modify it for you, because I would have to create 5 different sizes, so you would choose the best for you. But you could quite easily do it by yourself using apktool. Link is in my signature.
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Or just tell me, how much bigger you want this text.
Can you guys help suggest the best Radio and Daily Use apps ( Calendar, Alarm, etc.).
I've tried TuneIn Radio but it keeps buffering (so annoying). Anyone know of a radio app where i can tune in to local radio stations?
As for Daily Use apps i just want to see if there's better looking and functioning apps than the stock ones on the phone.
Appreciate all comments and suggestions!
Best daily radio to use from my state of being a customer to them...Grooveshark
Search it on your EVO, download the android program, there's a free trial you can try to test it yourself and search for songs you can add them to your playlist while your listening on a headset to EVO.
www.grooveshark.com
I paid the 9 bucks
As for widgets or screen customization themes, you can buy ADWLauncher EX for the themes and they have free themes and also .99 cent or 1 dollar something themes, but it depends your vary of liking, I prefer to keep my head solid and up high when I carry my EVO cause this EVO is the best phone I've ever received in my entire life due to the craziness of developers on EVOs. I'm a flashaholic too haha.
Beautiful Widgets - Weather and Clock Widget - Free Themes Downloadable - Paid app
Clockr Evolution or Clockr - It's a simple text clock, in letters. No numbers.
Uhm there's many more, and lots of them.
Good luck
alekosy said:
Best daily radio to use from my state of being a customer to them...Grooveshark
Search it on your EVO, download the android program, there's a free trial you can try to test it yourself and search for songs you can add them to your playlist while your listening on a headset to EVO.
www.grooveshark.com
I paid the 9 bucks
As for widgets or screen customization themes, you can buy ADWLauncher EX for the themes and they have free themes and also .99 cent or 1 dollar something themes, but it depends your vary of liking, I prefer to keep my head solid and up high when I carry my EVO cause this EVO is the best phone I've ever received in my entire life due to the craziness of developers on EVOs. I'm a flashaholic too haha.
Beautiful Widgets - Weather and Clock Widget - Free Themes Downloadable - Paid app
Clockr Evolution or Clockr - It's a simple text clock, in letters. No numbers.
Uhm there's many more, and lots of them.
Good luck
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HUAWEI ASCEND for me thanks for the suggestions!
bump! any other local radio apps or daily use apps?
I've searched for this, and it doesn't seem to exist; I'm surprised.
In case the premise is not clear: in much the way that (for example, SSlauncher) some launchers can have heavily customized setups / themes which can then be saved / backed up, why is there no launcher in which the theme / layout would be html-defined? The primary missing element would be a tag to launch an app, but I imagine such could be implemented, <a href=app://com.somedev.whateverapp>foobar</a> etc...
It would have the mild advantage that many users are already familiar with the markup, and it would allow for simplified sharing (and previews!) of themes... As well as device-resolution agnostic themes, etc.
I completely agree with you. Just finished googling it and came up with nothing. Right now i use a text only launcher, but would enjoy a HTML one much better
Another good thing would be that you could easily make themes for both phones AND tablets! I'd make a bunch of designs for sure!
hello,
i want to know how can i create best GUIs, visual effects and other designign in android??
means is there any software for designing??
which tool is use to develope application with customized android controlls and layouts>>\\??
thank you... :
If you 're interested in theming check out the guide about rom theming from xda-university
In general the most standard tool for graphics design is photoshop(or gimp)
div3791 said:
hello,
i want to know how can i create best GUIs, visual effects and other designign in android??
means is there any software for designing??
which tool is use to develope application with customized android controlls and layouts>>\\??
thank you... :
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If you are talking about apps:
1. Android's Holo design guidelines itself provides best theme and GUI and looks really cool, and many popular apps now have adopted them like Whatsapp, Twitter etc.
2. jQuery Mobile also provides another way of design implementation on Android
3. ActionBarSherlock is another library resource for themeing.
Also, there should be even more ...
So I can use lets say Gimp and Inkscape to design my app.. right??
Im sorry, but as I'm not able to create external links on XDA yet, you have to enter the urls on your own. If I had been able to create a DevDB project, I would have done it.
HybridLauncher
HybridLauncher is a completely new type of Android-Launcher!
It's designed to be highly configurable and innovative.
Screenshots:
As I am currently not allowed to insert images, please have a look at hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
In the past, the underlying principles of Launchers have significantly differed from those of desktop computers. In particular, the homescreen was only able to show Widgets and Apps, usually arranged on a grid, and usually only able to display a finite (small) number of icons at once.
We adapt the concept of desktops to smartphones by providing a homescreen whose capacity is limited only by your phone's memory and without constraints on the type of items it can show.
We improve the concept of desktops by providing not only completely free positions, but also arbitrary tilts, sizes, and aspect ratios of the items' icons. The homescreen's size is dynamically adapted, such that an infinite number of icons can be displayed.
Technically, the homescreen is simply a folder. Actually, every folder can be used as homescreen (and there's an effectively unlimited number of those). Other folders can be directly accessed (the HybridLauncher also doubles as a file manager) and individually designed, just like the homescreen.
This is solved in way robust against changes of your ROM:
The layout of every folder is stored in small file (".layout") directly within the folder. Thus, if you change your ROM, by reinstalling the Hybrid Launcher, you instantly recover your homescreen (desktop).
HybridLauncher is available in two different versions: "Lite" and "Full". While you can enjoy full functionality with the Lite version, it shows a permanent notification in the statusbar.
Unique features of the HybridLauncher include:
Unlimited homescreens with individual backgrounds
Real files on the homescreen just as on the pc-desktop
Freely positionable items with optional grid or magnetic axes
Items individually adjustable
Item size and rotation continuously adjustable
Dynamic layout-size
Direct execution of shell-scripts
Links to other folders and files
"Open with" dialog as known from PC
Highly adjustable
Available for Android version 2.1 up to 5.0+
Data privacy is our highest priority
(HybridLauncher does not require internet access, no data will be submitted)
For maximum transparency, let us explain why HybridLauncher requires the following permissions:
VIBRATE: When you long-press Items, your phone will vibrate.
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: HybridLauncher is a filemanager. Thus, it should have permission to write on sd-cards. In particular, if you want to use a folder on the sd-card as homescreen, then a .layout file needs to be created on the sd-card.
WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE: This is generally the same as WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, but on newer devices (5.0+) the access to the external sdcard is blocked by default and needs this extra permission.
READ_CONTACTS: Contacts can be placed on your homescreen (e.g. to open the SMS app quickly), so HybridLauncher has to access your contacts data. HybridLauncher will not submit any data (have a look at the source code).
SET_WALLPAPER: An app needs this permission to change the background image.
SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS: For background parallaxing the system has to be told the size of the wallpaper.
Information:
HybridLauncher is available in the Google PlayStore, or on my website (hybridlauncher.bricklore.de).
HybridLauncher Lite:
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
Mirror: bricklore.de/android/hybridlauncher/release/hybridlauncher_lite.apk
HybridLauncher is OPEN SOURCE and licensed under GPL v3, you can view the source here: git.bricklore.de/hybridlauncher
Changelog
* reservered post for changelog *
i like your launcher its very customizable and stuff but my wallpaper doesnt scale properly and is causing black borders around the picture which looks kind of ugly
If you could fix this id love to use the launcher
have a great day
tomdudler243 said:
i like your launcher its very customizable and stuff but my wallpaper doesnt scale properly and is causing black borders around the picture which looks kind of ugly
If you could fix this id love to use the launcher
have a great day
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Thanks for your feedback!
I have just reimplemented the wallpaper scaling, which should fix the problem.
Please have a look at the update and tell me if it worked for you!
Best regards
Since your launcher is open source could you please add it to F-Droid? Would make it easier for people not using play store or gapps like myself to keep it updated than periodically checking your website
As a happy tester, here are the direct links to your really nice app until you can add your own:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
And/Und
http://hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
GerManiac said:
Here are the direct links:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
And/Und
http://hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
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Added a screenshot
Looking good
It's nice to see a launcher that offers something slightly different. So many of them just seem clones of each other. The ability to place icons anywhere and not be constrained to a grid is something I've not personally seen before.
Allanitomwesh said:
Since your launcher is open source could you please add it to F-Droid? Would make it easier for people not using play store or gapps like myself to keep it updated than periodically checking your website
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Although it seems quite a bit of work to do, I will hook myself into it right now.
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It's not that easy for HybridLauncher, as the git repo is hosted on my own server which makes things more difficult (no https, minor problems). Additionally fdroid is not able to build from these souces without "understanding" the exact instructions (One has to preprocess the .java and .xml files in a special manner)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to figure out how I can add a prebuild binary .apk to fdroids repository. If you could guide me, I would supply those binaries until I have fixed my server issues.
GerManiac said:
As a happy tester, here are the direct links to your really nice app until you can add your own:
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Thanks! I really appreciate all help I get!
savvigeek said:
It's nice to see a launcher that offers something slightly different. So many of them just seem clones of each other. The ability to place icons anywhere and not be constrained to a grid is something I've not personally seen before.
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Yeah I have noticed the same thing, and thats why I made HybridLauncher.
I wanted to try something completely different.
F-Droid
I'm not a developer so I'm afraid I can't be much use troubleshooting your issues adding your app to F-Droid. I'll ask my friends who are and see what they say. You could also ask on the F-Droid forums,they are always willing to help add a new app
Thank you, really good work.
I cant download from play store....maybe its banned in my country....please can you provide apk or link to apk dwonload?
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@bricklore crashes when i swipe right or tap next on the welcome screen. log attached. my device is samsung galaxy y duos, gt-s6102, running gingerbread 2.3.6 rom. it's an ldpi device with 289 mb ram only.