I don't know if this thread belongs here, as I am a newbie and could be in the wrong place, but I'm going to start it here and please move it to the appropriate place if this is not correct.
I have an htc evo4g and use shapewriter as my keyboard for email and text. When browsing the web I'd rather use the built in sense keyboard. Is there any way to have it automatically use the stock keyboard for the browser but the shapewriter keyboard for everything else?
This is the type of thing you can do with Tasker. Check it out, it is an awesome app.
How would you run that through tasker I have been trying to do that but am at a loss
Sent from my EVO running cm6 powered by snap
Tasker only allows you to show the input method menu, it cannot chose it for you.
But to do it I'd do something like...
New -> Application -> Browser
+ button -> Dialog -> InputMethod Settings
Tap right box of new profile -> Add Exit Task
+ button -> Dialog -> InputMethod Settings
With this it will ask you what you desired input method is when you open the browser (chose stock) and when you close it (chose shapewriter). It is less than ideal, but it'll get the job done.
There is an app on here (xda) that is similar to what you want. That app will auto select your desired input based on your phone being portrait or landscape.
rmoney said:
There is an app on here (xda) that is similar to what you want. That app will auto select your desired input based on your phone being portrait or landscape.
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I've been looking for an app to do that, searched a few times but no luck - any chance you can point me to the app? I've got a Captivate and would like to use SWYPE for portrait and the Samsung or stock Android for landscape.
Thanks in advance.
sjroberts98 said:
I've been looking for an app to do that, searched a few times but no luck - any chance you can point me to the app? I've got a Captivate and would like to use SWYPE for portrait and the Samsung or stock Android for landscape.
Thanks in advance.
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Its not perfect, but it works well enough. Hopefully someone will continue to develop it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8148657&postcount=33
if you set orientation control to landscape then potrait errors disappear
this has the effect of being able to install and try different apps for compatibility
I now have AirDroid (by setting landscape mode) working which really helps with installs and app exports etc
tested with Sony NSZ-GT1 honeycomb 3.1 offical update,note you may need to force close airdroid after first run
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orientation control(paid $1.49),AirDroid (free) both found in android market
this also allows other potrait only apps to work,note some still force close
other orientation apps may also work but untested
if you find a free one let me know
Thanks!!
bubble2: Huge help... now it works. Thanks so much!!
bubble2 said:
if you set orientation control to landscape then potrait errors disappear
this has the effect of being able to install and try different apps for compatibility
I now have AirDroid (by setting landscape mode) working which really helps with installs and app exports etc
tested with Sony NSZ-GT1 honeycomb 3.1 offical update,note you may need to force close airdroid after first run
needed
orientation control(paid $1.49),AirDroid (free) both found in android market
this also allows other potrait only apps to work,note some still force close
other orientation apps may also work but untested
if you find a free one let me know
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Anyone ever find any alternatives to Orientation control to set to landscape? I would like to install airdroid on my logitech revue.
*update* Answering my own question "Rotation Locker" is free and seems to work the same. It does have to be sideloaded (i downloaded it via dropbox) as market says it's incompatible but it works fine. I used it to install tapatalk, airdroid and mint.com.
Folks,
I'm completely in love with this device (P905).
However, there are some apps that are meant to use with phones, that will change their orientation (to portrait) and stretch to use the whole screen.
So everything is stretched out and completely unusable/ugly.
I have already disabled the auto orientation... and this problem still stands. I have tried to run these apps in windowed mode, but no luck.
So, any tips on how to force orientation on a single app?
A few apps that have this behavior: Connectbot, ESPN Score Center, UFC TV come to mind.
My tab is rooted, I'm running Wanam Xposed.
Thanks.
Try "Ultimate Rotation Control" in the app store. It allows per application rotation settings.
You may experience crashes when forcing some applications though forcing you to hard reboot the device.
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muzzy996 said:
Try "Ultimate Rotation Control" in the app store.
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That did the trick! Thank you very much! :laugh:
Looking for an app that allows me to hide an app (Lets call it "Q") from the system, maybe in such a way that it doesnt appear to be installed either, is this possible? (i have root).
And I also want to password protect Q, all password protectors i find just popup a screen with a enter password-request whenever Q is opened, but Q is very clearly visible with its contents on the multitasking menu of the Galaxy S5, and this isnt good enough.
Its would also be a bonus if the app will not allow itself to be un-installed.
I want real security on this application. Military style. Willing to pay for it.
Does anyone have any tips?
As for app locking, I'd highly recommend AppLocker. Very secure, very reliable, just plain good all around.
As for app hiding, I'm not aware of any apps that do this. However, if you'd like to have it available on your homescreen, many custom launchers (like ADW) offer app shortcut label and icon changing. For example, I use ADW Launcher with the Minimalist theme, and I have my email app password-protected and labelled "Light Bulb" with an illuminated light bulb as the custom icon.
Hope this helps! And if it does, don't forget a thanky!
Get Hide it pro from play store. It has an option to hide apps using root and it won't even show up under Apps in settings.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro
thenookieforlife3 said:
As for app locking, I'd highly recommend AppLocker. Very secure, very reliable, just plain good all around.
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Unfortunately AppLocker is the first app i tried out. This just pops up a window infront of the screen whenever it notices that Q is open, but it doesnt really help when the recent apps list is up, all the contents are easily visible from the menu :/
When it comes to hiding Q, I was hoping i could make it dissapear from the "Installed applications" list in settings->Applications menu.
If someone steals the phone from me, they are not supposed to be able to find out that this particular app is installed.
Its already hidden from app drawer and is password protected. But if anyone checks the list of actually installed applications, it shows up there, and it also shows up in recent apps list. I want it to vanish
I just started using my first Android phone 2 days ago, so this is probably a really dumb question, but I've figured almost everything else out and this one not so intuitive.
When I'm in the home screen or the alphabetical list of all apps, if I turn the phone horizontal it won't switch to landscape. It only rotates if I open the keyboard. The settings menu and most apps auto-rotate fine, so I know the phone can sense it right., it's just the basic Android screens that won't landscape unless the keyboard is open.
I'm using CM11 from 21-OCT-2014 and the only extras I've installed are gapps, k9 mail, firefox, google translate and google wallet. The "Auto-rotate screen" box is checked, as are the "0 degrees" and "90 degrees" rotation mode boxes.
enigma9o7 said:
I just started using my first Android phone 2 days ago, so this is probably a really dumb question, but I've figured almost everything else out and this one not so intuitive.
When I'm in the home screen or the alphabetical list of all apps, if I turn the phone horizontal it won't switch to landscape. It only rotates if I open the keyboard. The settings menu and most apps auto-rotate fine, so I know the phone can sense it right., it's just the basic Android screens that won't landscape unless the keyboard is open.
I'm using CM11 from 21-OCT-2014 and the only extras I've installed are gapps, k9 mail, firefox, google translate and google wallet. The "Auto-rotate screen" box is checked, as are the "0 degrees" and "90 degrees" rotation mode boxes.
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Probably depends on the launcher (home screens and app drawer is handled by launcher). Some have a setting to enable it, some don't...
I dunno if this is normal behavior, something I can change in a setting, or a bug in something, and if so what?
Not quite sure what a launcher is, but I only installed the stuff I mentioned before, so I assume my launcher is whatever comes with CM11 or Gapps.
enigma9o7 said:
I dunno if this is normal behavior, something I can change in a setting, or a bug in something, and if so what?
Not quite sure what a launcher is, but I only installed the stuff I mentioned before, so I assume my launcher is whatever comes with CM11 or Gapps.
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add this line to build.prop
log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE
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add this line to build.prop
log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE
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Done, and it worked! Thanks much. Any explanation as to why editing a system file was necessary to do something that seems to me should be automatic? Will I have to do this again after updates or anything?
(Of course nothing is simple the first time; took me over an hour to do this; figured easiest way would be from terminal, but had to find the file without a whereis command, then didn't know how to hit "ESC" when trying to edit with VI since there's no ESC key on our keyboard, finally found it in a menu, then wasn't able to save cuz readonly... tried again after su but same result, considered changing permissions but since I really didn't know what I was doing, did a web search, found a tutorial for editing it with ES file manager, which I installed, but the 2-year old tutorial had different menu structure for putting ES into "root explorer" mode, but finally got it modifiedt, saved, rebooted).
And I still dunno what launcher I'm using. After posting I did some web searches earlier, seems CM has its own launcher (forgot name, something that sounded french), and GApps has a launcher, but I read the CM version of GApps (that I used) doesn't change the launcher, but I also read the launcher from GApps is the one that will pop up google now if you swipe on the side of the screen, and that keeps happening to me (by accident as I'm trying to figure out how to use this thing) so it seems I have the GApps launcher. I dunno.
My problem is solved as mentioned in previous post, just rambling as I'm trying to understand all this.
it's called trebuchet
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log.tag.launcher_force_rotate=VERBOSE
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Just upgraded CM to new version and had to do this again. Is there any way to make this more permanent?
enigma9o7 said:
Just upgraded CM to new version and had to do this again. Is there any way to make this more permanent?
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Use a different launcher? Nova, GoLauncher, Apex, Aviate, etc... most should have options for this.
Is there no way to fix it permanently in the default launcher? I'd just rather not use too many add-ons unless truly needed, but am getting tired of looking up this thread every time I update CM so I can find the text I need to re-insert. I'm happy to figure out how to submit a real bug report but dunno if it's a CM issue or google issue or what...
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Is there no way to fix it permanently in the default launcher? I'd just rather not use too many add-ons unless truly needed, but am getting tired of looking up this thread every time I update CM so I can find the text I need to re-insert. I'm happy to figure out how to submit a real bug report but dunno if it's a CM issue or google issue or what...
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There's no bug. This is by design.
If you don't like it, you can change the launcher or keep doing the build.prop hack.
Curious... why do you think it would have been purposely designed this way? I just assumed it was one of those things that worked right for some phones but not others or something.... There's already settings to turn off rotation (and to select which specific orientation to allow rotation), so if someone wanted it off for some reason they should be able to turn it off that way...
Either way, if it's not a bug report, then it's a feature request, either way I'd like to at least *try* to get it changed before I give up and try an alternative. I'd imagine the developer or whatever wouldn't want people switching to alternative launchers if there's something he could easily fix fix anyway. And I imagine since it's so easy to fix by editing that file, it can't be that hard to fix in the program or whatever, and since supported in other launchers it's not some system limitation or something...
Anyway just my thoughts. I'm still very thankful for being told the workaround, and I'll probably figure out how to write a shell script that adds that line for me so I can just run that after each update (instead of looking up this thread and manually editing a file on an annoying little device). But that only helps me, be better to get it fixed for everyone.
enigma9o7 said:
Curious... why do you think it would have been purposely designed this way? I just assumed it was one of those things that worked right for some phones but not others or something.... There's already settings to turn off rotation (and to select which specific orientation to allow rotation), so if someone wanted it off for some reason they should be able to turn it off that way...
Either way, if it's not a bug report, then it's a feature request, either way I'd like to at least *try* to get it changed before I give up and try an alternative. I'd imagine the developer or whatever wouldn't want people switching to alternative launchers if there's something he could easily fix fix anyway. And I imagine since it's so easy to fix by editing that file, it can't be that hard to fix in the program or whatever, and since supported in other launchers it's not some system limitation or something...
Anyway just my thoughts. I'm still very thankful for being told the workaround, and I'll probably figure out how to write a shell script that adds that line for me so I can just run that after each update (instead of looking up this thread and manually editing a file on an annoying little device). But that only helps me, be better to get it fixed for everyone.
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Android is all about choice, you've been given several workarounds which fix the problem.
Other than that, this is how the stock launcher in CM is designed. A lot of people don't want the home screen to rotate when the phone rotates, I'm one of them.