View attachment 327790Please note:
- This is NOT my idea. This has been mentioned before in other sections of these forums AND has been seen on other devices (the oPhone I believe?)
- This is NOT solely my code. Although most of the code for this app is my own, I used bits and pieces from a simple drag and drop demo. I DO NOT take credit for all of the (sloppy) code in this test app.
This is a proof of concept apk to show an idea I would eventually like to turn into an actual lock screen. For now this is an app that simply runs like any other app. It does not replace the android lock screen and does not attempt to be a lock screen in any way.
The concept is simple, and, to some, familiar. There is a floating ring. The user drags the floating ring to the designated area to unlock (in this case close the app).
Here are a few screen shots, although it doesn't look like much in a still image.
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The apk file is attached. I encourage anyone interested to install the app and give feedback. If you are going to install the app please note that the code is not final.
The reason this was posted in the development section is because I want to turn this (or something like it) into an actual lock screen replacement. I'm new to coding android apps though so I'm looking for someone who can help me improve on the interface and/or point me in the right direction to making a lock screen. Devs if you believe this was posted in the wrong section please move.
All help and feedback is welcome and greatly appreciated.
Just tried this one. Really nice concept, but it's moving a bit to fast in my opinion
I also get often FC's
tried it!! looks cool, needs to float a little slower though, it wud look smoother, thats just my opinion! overall a really gud concept!
Che123 said:
Just tried this one. Really nice concept, but it's moving a bit to fast in my opinion
I also get often FC's
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Yeah it seemed to be force closing every other time you open. Fixed now. Shouldn't be any FC's at all.
Edit: FC's not fixed yet.. sorry
Thugsin313 said:
tried it!! looks cool, needs to float a little slower though, it wud look smoother, thats just my opinion! overall a really gud concept!
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Thanks I'll go ahead and slow it down a little.
Customizable background would be sweet too
I admire your effort! I agree it has to be a little slower, and IMO it would be the hottest lockscreen ever if there was no background... just a completely transparent lockscreen with a ring floating over your home screen.
I hope to see your idea come into fruition
Sorry about the force closing I know it's annoying. I'm not really sure how to handle it or why it's happening yet. But I slowed the floating down a bit and I'm going to set the background as the system wallpaper soon. Thanks for the feedback
i really like this idea!
This is really neat. I liked Lockbot because of the slide to unlock, but it was just too sloppy and laggy. Better put, the Nexus lockscreen slide is AMAZING to me. I love it MUCH more than pressing Menu twice to unlock.
I hope this evolves. =]
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
This is an amazing idea!!!
+1
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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I agree fully with the above, get all that incorporated and you're golden!
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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Thanks for all the ideas. Although I'm still getting familiar with the android apis, all of these should be fairly easy to implement.
That's the least of my concerns right now though... the tricky part is making this a lock screen. I don't want to make an app like Lock 2.0 for a lock screen. I want to edit the actual android like screen, similar to what stericson did. Right now it looks like I'm in over my head but I'm doing some research and trying to ask around a little. If anyone has any info that could help me out please share. I'm really setting my sights on getting this up and running.
any updates on this?
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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I agree with all of the above and def make the background so that we can choose if we want it set as a pic, wallpaper, or transperent
with these changes, this lock screen would def be amazing!!
with all this implemented, with would be even better then flashing a new Rom
I have no development/coding experience, so all I can do is give feedback on it. but good luck and let me know if you need me to do any testing
huh, i kind of surprised of the lack of activity here
I'm working on it... slowly but surely
maybe u should change the title of the thread to something more appealing, kind of like what you first had.
Do you know OMS OS?Do you know Ophone?
OMS is an android based OS made by China Mobile,and lock screen on OMS is just like yours.XD
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Introduction
Ok, so some of you may have seen my first clocks I've every made - know as the geek clocks. I would like to explain myself then continue this beautiful idea I have.
As many of you know, as soon as you take out your HD2 people awe over it's size but always end up asking - is that an iPhone? Then a conversation opens, and they say - so why wouldn't you just get an iPhone? Valid question for people who don't actually know how to use a cellphone. But we then show them how much better our cell really is. But truthfully, no one cares about specs - they care about looks. It's like at a bar: you don't go over to the nicest girl, you go over to the hottest girl.
So therefore, I would like to introduce to you the new Ultimate Geek Redesign! The idea is to have a funny, geeky, spiffy way to show off our cellphones just from our homescreen. I call this a redesign and not a theme is because I plan on making it a continual work in progress, as well as having multiple clocks/locks/softkeys/etc. so you can pick whatever you want without me picking your theme for you.
I am currently a beginner at all this jazz and the only thing I know how to use is photoshop. My cabs probably aren't made perfectly (although they work - I proved that on my cell) and I don't understand the coding at all... although I am currently trying to learn. Although, now that I think about it, that means my stuff's probably better for you - you know, "beginner's luck"
I will be constantly adding widgets to here (I've been working for 2 days and see how far I've gone already) so check back often.
If you have any ideas to build on what I have or new designing projects, or can help me with the programming bit, please pm me or reply to me here!
Now for the REDESIGNING!
Table of Contents:
CamoLock - The Invisible Lock Screen
InvisibleLock - I don't exist
No Entry - Do not enter! lock
The Ultimate Geek Clock - we just wanna show off
Digi-Geek Clock - For Those Digitalized Geeks
Binary Clock - It's Time to Work with Powers (pun intended)
The CamoLock- The invisible (camouflaged) lock screen
Who wants to be able to see there lock button - just just takes up room and looks, well, not so nice This is for cht's lockscreen - windows style! (When you hold it down it turns normal again - then let go and it disappears... magic!)
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NEW!!! Invisible Lock
No screen shot for this - its actually invisible, only pressing on it makes it visible again!
No Entry Lock Screen
We don't anyone touching or messing around with our cell - it's time to share that!
The Ultimate Geek Clock
Link to its page is here.
Digi-Geek Clock (same link as before) [please use 24 clocks people - that's what geeks are for )
Softkeys in the pictures above (they are minimal to leave our beautiful screen more room!)
Binary Clock - the ultimate geek way to tell time without anyone every knowing!
(The time is 1:56 - I hope you could tell)
By they way, this is only for 24 hour clocks - because, of course, we are geeks!
Works in progress:
Backgrounds (although more ideas would be nice!)
Locks
Email/Messages Skins
More Softkeys
Ideas for anything would be greatly appreciated, and again, anyone who can help with the programming lua and mode9 or whatever that stuff is would be amazing!
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I am a mathematician, my friend.
I must use this.
I think a good idea is the not seeable lock key. I think that would be nic. It will be like camo but visible will be only the arrov on the sides
Swingal said:
I think a good idea is the not seeable lock key. I think that would be nic. It will be like camo but visible will be only the arrov on the sides
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That actually was my original idea - but I found it didn't look that nice... But if you want I can upload the Invisible Lock file if you want...
salonluden said:
That actually was my original idea - but I found it didn't look that nice... But if you want I can upload the Invisible Lock file if you want...
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I would be thankful for that
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I would be thankful for that
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It's up... link is here
Enjoy
For some reason the invisible lock isn't working on my phone. Any ideas why?
kushXmaster said:
For some reason the invisible lock isn't working on my phone. Any ideas why?
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Just as a quick guess, it's because you don't have the CHT lockscreen set or it's not set to windows style... in any case after you install you have to restart sense - but I actually currently have it installed on mine so it is possible - I would put up a screen shot but I feel like that might be a waste of room
In any case check your settings then get back to me
good luck
lovely work! does the camolock work with cht 1.85? cheers!
an easyer way to change hs and backgrounds without cht use
dont now if its possible?
ok. ya that worked...i thought i had it on windows style already, guess i didnt though. working great now! thanks!
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lovely work! does the camolock work with cht 1.85? cheers!
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To tell you the truth - I have no idea... but if you want I can give you the png files and you can somehow stick them in yourself lol or you can just try it and see what happens... I don't totally understand the coding stuff just the photoshop
ikkeenjij36 said:
an easyer way to change hs and backgrounds without cht use
dont now if its possible?
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If you meant to ask: "is there an easier way to change backgrounds without CHT the answer is yes - search the forums but it should be in your settings somewhere on top...
kushXmaster said:
ok. ya that worked...i thought i had it on windows style already, guess i didnt though. working great now! thanks!
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Glad to help... hope you enjoy it
Hey all,
I have a new home app MyLauncher. It is a lightweight(Only about 700k) home app which like LauncherPro,ADWLauncher. It is very fast ,and have more cool and applied function.
Here are some pic:
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download here:
or search in market by "morgoo"
om~I missed my email,[email protected]
will try
10 letters
sounds cool,headed to the market now
definitley has potential.unfortunately i was only on it for about 2 minutes b4 it made my whole screen go black,even the preset icons on the dock disappeared. even after reboot and selected MyLauncher the screen stays black while using that launcher.i kno its still in beta,like i said it has potential, from what i got to see there is some nice features.im still excited to see what the future holds for MyLauncher
Pics and mini are dead !
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Pics and mini are dead !
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Removed probably becoz of this.
Gmail counter displays wrong (1 when I have no emails), kinda laggy. But have potential, I'm gonna look forward for new versions!
hey Moonwalker1432:
Thank you. But what can u tell me your phone model and OS version?I just have been tested it only on Nexus one and I9000.
Nice Idea.
Just installed it and had a play.
Feedback:
I really like the cube effect. It's super smooth. Only thing that a bit strange is that the cube is made up of a grey tint cube and not the wallpaper.
It would be really cool if you could 'wrap' the wallpaper around every face of the cube so you see a different screen each time you flip. Or have the option to choose a wallpaper for every face of the cube.
Be good to have a Master wallpaper which appears behind everything and then as above for the cube etc..
It has a little trouble skipping transition midway through, so if you flip before the screen has finished it's transition, the animation to the next screen it jerky.
When going from Helicopter view to the selected screen, you get this elastic bounce of the grey tint, I don;t think that need to be there at all tbh, makes it look like it's doing something it shouldn't be.
When I selected Fly in/out for the app draw it threw a wobbly and went to black screen. with that setting set it seem to do all sorts of wired things.
Also when I selected fad in/out it kept taking me back to the app draw, stuck in a loop.
Hope feedback helps:
On a Galaxy S.
Nice to see a home screen with more animations, makes the phone look special, keep up the good work.
Logicalstep
I can't figure out how to get to the cube effect. I think its supposed to happen when I click apps on the dock. If so then it didn't work on an evo, an epic, or a nook color.
@Buff McBigstuff
It's desktop animations like ADW EX
So far it's potential but still a few things that could be changed... Gmail counter is a definite must No new emails and I've still got 4 unread even if under gmail I have non unread the animations could be used a little nicer having the option to set something instead of grey would be great
Hey
This needs a lot of improvement.
The idea is very good and has potential to be a great launcher.
It seems that when I have the App Drawer set to scale that it runs into an error. I open it up, and when I press home it jumps to the homescreen and back to app drawer. The only thing I found to get out off that loop is Force Stop or reboot.
The Gmail counter is off also, showing 8 when I had zero.
Other than that I really like. Your 3D wallpapers are really cool too.
Should this work on my rooted G1?
What are the requirements?
I really like how you can change the background of the apps so it looks like the touchwiz UI and how you can change the animations when you change screens like in GDE.
The whole launcher feels very smooth.
I noticed one bug. If you change the desktop animation to cube and then scroll around the pages it always changes the wallpaper back to this wallpaper.
Other than that one bug I don't think there are any.
You should probably make users be able to change the icons in the dock and/or change the background of the dock and the icons for the app shortcuts in the dock.
Great app so far,
ljbaumer
morgoo said:
hey Moonwalker1432:
Thank you. But what can u tell me your phone model and OS version?I just have been tested it only on Nexus one and I9000.
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i have a Vibrant,stock 2.1
this is a nice app though,i cant wait till its working on my Vibrant
ljbaumer said:
I really like how you can change the background of the apps so it looks like the touchwiz UI and how you can change the animations when you change screens like in GDE.
The whole launcher feels very smooth.
I noticed one bug. If you change the desktop animation to cube and then scroll around the pages it always changes the wallpaper back to this wallpaper.
Other than that one bug I don't think there are any.
You should probably make users be able to change the icons in the dock and/or change the background of the dock and the icons for the app shortcuts in the dock.
Great app so far,
ljbaumer
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Same bug here. Felt a little laggy compared to my current launcher (ZEAM).
Will keep on the device and continue to test as I like the idea of the cube transition animation.
Uninstalled and will never reinstall
I though your app had promise right up until it changed my desktop picture, to the ugle grey textured background. I will never...NEVER reinstall this app or any other of your apps. If you can not prevent it from doing something basic like that, you should not be developing Android apps.
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I though your app had promise right up until it changed my desktop picture, to the ugle grey textured background. I will never...NEVER reinstall this app or any other of your apps. If you can not prevent it from doing something basic like that, you should not be developing Android apps.
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Seriously? You are right! Changing the background is a real hard task and unforgivable! I mean, you paid a lot for this app! Wow!
Hi Guys,
I've just published a different type of analog clock to the google market. It has a seconds hand and it works on all launchers. It is currently 3x3 as i felt that was just the perfect size for this widget. Let me know what you guys might feel about the size and i can decrease it if the general concusses is to do so. Give it a try and let me know what you guys think about it. ALso, let me know of any bugs with it or any other suggestions.
I don't think there will be any future updates as I'm pretty happy with the widget. I will still work on the bugs, and any suggestions that make sense in this widget.
I'm however working on another similar widget but which will also have the date and/or location, so you can add multiple of them and show time in different locations. That widget will most likely be at a cost, but I haven't decided yet.
The screenshot is attached at the end of the post along with a qr code to the market link.
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Cheers.
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I've finished work on the full version of the widget, which includes a date section. There are also some more clickable sections of the widget, so you can choose to open different applications by clicking top portion, or bottom. Now, the middle portion opens the settings. Enjoy.
Almost 300 views and not a single comment ... not even a negative one
What do you guys think? any comment would be helpful.
Thanks
it looks weird. i will download it and try it out...let you know how it goes. how do i scan that thing? barcode scanner?
ok so first of all the size of that thing is wrong, for my evo. just because it cant be centered which i know i could change, but im not going to do all that for a clock. The seconds are off when you unlock or slide between homepages. No big deal really, they are on point when the screen stays. I do like how it looks (like a baby bella cheese???? lol)....different. I like that. however I would not get rid of my sense clock to keep that on, but don't be discouraged bc I haven't seen a clock ever I like more than the sense. I even added it to my non sense phones. overall i give you an 8/10.
its gay....there are you happy?
lol nah i like it. posted a quick reply on accident and don't know if you see them or whats up because they aren't showing on the thread. idk.....just trying to post ten times to get a mod i need to flash to fix my browser slowness that for some reason you have to be a member with ten posts to dl..why? idk. can't find it anywhere else. but you got someone to get your widget! Are you behind all this?
The size i couldn't decide on ... as a 2x2 widget it feels too small ... but i agree with you that 3x3 seems odd ... I'll update the widget to a 2x2 widget when i get home ...
thanks for the comments though
I downloaded and installed it on my EVO and I can't even add to the desktop - it's FC's everytime I try to add it! Please send me a fix, also perhaps you'll come up with some cool designs where the second hand is exposed or seconds are displayed in some kind of digital themed clock.
Running the latest Burnt Droid, Firmware, etc., I even tried rebooting the EVO.
Please advise...
I've updated the app on the market to be a 2x2 widget ... you can still resize it if your launcher supports it
JLG1985 said:
I downloaded and installed it on my EVO and I can't even add to the desktop - it's FC's everytime I try to add it! Please send me a fix, also perhaps you'll come up with some cool designs where the second hand is exposed or seconds are displayed in some kind of digital themed clock.
Running the latest Burnt Droid, Firmware, etc., I even tried rebooting the EVO.
Please advise...
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If you could provide me a logcat i could look into it ... i don't own a EVO and it works perfectly on all the emulators and my Magic and my Desire ... :S
ok, sorry, I don't use the feedback thingy to report the errors but I'll get it for you though. I downloaded the updated version and I'm still getting the FC's and can't even add it to the home screen.
JLG1985
ok I finally am able to add to my home screen and all is working well. Have you ever considered adding the date on/within the the silver bar area. Perhaps users could customize that themselves or maybe ask to have it added.
The color scheme is cool cuz it basically a similar color scheme for an EVO and an Incredible. I for one would pay to have the ability to add the date in the space. I'd like to customize it here and there, change colors or fonts once in a while to match whatever background I may at the time.
Thanks again, JLG1985
JLG1985 said:
ok I finally am able to add to my home screen and all is working well. Gave you ever considered adding the date on/within the the silver area. Perhaps users could customize that themselves or maybe ask to have it added.
The color scheme is cool cuz it basically a similar color scheme for an EVO and an Incredible. I for one would pay to have the ability to add the date in the space. I'd give it a high rating for adding the ability to customize it!
Thanks again, JLG1985
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I'm actually working on another similar widget which will have the date portion on the bottom half of the widget. I'm leaving the middle space empty for location, if i ever get around to that ...
Now, could you please tell me how you got the widget to work on your phone ... Ive got a few bug reports from people who've downloaded the widget and all they're getting is nullpointerexceptions on lines where it shouldn't be any problem at all
Ridicool is COOL!
I uninstalled the initial release, looked for any remnants I could manually clean, used SystemPanel to close all open apps, cleared cache w/cachemate, rebooted, installed the updated version, rebooted, added it to my home screen, checked the settings and reverted back to my home screen. Whew!
After a few seconds the widget finally popped up and working.
So far so good, love it's functionality and everything about it. The date within the "bar" area could be a special request for me please. If you wouldn't mind - whenever you get to it. Perhaps a smaller, skinnier "bar" area to see other functions & the clock a bit better could be cool too.
Are you ultimately going to allow scheming with this app/widget? Plus i'd like to donate $$$ for your hard work and future successes please, can I have your private email to send some funds please.
Thanks again, JLG1985
P.S. - I'm serious about the funds
I don't have plans on doing any theming etc simply because i don't know how to ... I'm still learning etc ... Im planning on learning live wallpapers next and doing something similar with them ... I already have the graphics etc so I can churn out a live wallpaper pretty fast ...
And i will honestly, look into adding a date option like you suggested in this widget... Maybe as a setting you turn on or off ... I can't guarantee that yet but rest assured I will look into it in the coming weeks ... I have a full time job along with another hobby that takes up around three four hours of my day everyday ... And then it's ahdroid development ... So development is really a little slow
ridicool said:
Almost 300 views and not a single comment ... not even a negative one
What do you guys think? any comment would be helpful.
Thanks
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Just installed it. Like it. But would even like it more without the "belt" surrounding it, and the option to change colours of the dials. I don't like the change of size affecting just the lower part of the clock.
Cheers,
Alex
Just wanted to say a I'm lovin' this widget!
alderi said:
Just installed it. Like it. But would even like it more without the "belt" surrounding it, and the option to change colours of the dials. I don't like the change of size affecting just the lower part of the clock.
Cheers,
Alex
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I can't remove the belt now, but why don't you like the belt ... i know it's a matter of personal preference but i find it rather cool
I could never figure out why only the top portion of the widget increases in size when you resize the widget to a rectangular shape, but then i stopped bothering as i realized that i only want to support square shaped widgets ... a rectangular widget makes no sense for this type of widget :s
The changing of dial colors is pretty much impossible, unless i store all different colored dials in the app itself and then show the ones which user chooses ... you have to realize that the dials are actually images :s
I've posted an update to the widget. You can now choose which application to run when pressing the top portion of the widget. Also, I went through some of the code and cleaned it up so some of the lower end phones might be able to run the widget now ...
I find it ridiculous that an app that works perfectly on 3 different emulators and two different phones still manages to produce NullPointerExceptions.
I've finished work on the full version of the widget, which includes a date section. There are also some more clickable sections of the widget, so you can choose to open different applications by clicking top portion, or bottom. Now, the middle portion opens the settings. Enjoy.
I've also edited the first post with the info and screenshots.
I've updated the dials to be a bit larger on both the lite and full version. There is also an added option to show today's day (eg Monday etc) as opposed to the year in the full version. Enjoy.
All Credit to HandlerExploit Dev of HeLauncher and owner of Simply-Android
HeLauncher2:
Simplicity has a love/hate relationship.
HeLauncher2 is a home replacement for the mobile operating system known as Android. The home application is the center piece to the users entire Android experience. Device manufacturers like to modify the home application to give the user a different feel for their device, to make their specific device stand out against the crowd.
What makes this home replacement different is the dev has gone and ripped apart multiple proprietary home applications from the manufactures and blended them together into one home application that can replicate them all with one button.
Features:
- Based off of AOSP Launcher2 from 2.3.4
- Three custom themes (Gingerbread, Sense 3.0, Touchwiz 4.0, ALL THE REST FROM He1)
- Transition animations for the desktop
- Blocked applications manager
- More new settings picked for Android users by Android users
What's in this version:
Lots of small bug fixes
Added screen indicator location preference
Screens:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Downloads:
- HeLauncher 2
HeLauncher1:
All Credit to HandlerExploit Dev of HeLauncher and owner of Simply-Android
HeLauncher is a home replacement for Android. The home application is the center piece to the users entire Android experience. Device manufacturers like to modify the home application to give the user a different feel for their device, to make their specific device stand out against the crowd.
What makes this home replacement different is that all docks included in this app, have been ripped from home applications from the main manufacturers and blended into one home application.
There are no massive options or settings menus, to try to keep things simple and stock. There are also features that competitors would only make available to the paid versions of their applications.
HeLauncher is free and open-sourced, you can find the source repository on github. If you have any input feel free to provide it.
Features:
- Based off of Launcher +
- 5 Screens
- Scrollable Widgets
- Re-sizeable Widgets
- Screen Indicators
- 10 Custom docks (Gingerbread, Froyo, Sense, Slate, Music, Blackboard, Espresso, Blur, Ninja, Samurai)
- Flick up to hide status bar
What's in this version: 1.5.4
Added live wallpaper interaction
Increased application drawer speed
Increased style selection gallery scroll speed
Coming Soon:
- 3D App Drawer
Screens:
Settings:
How to change dock :
- Menu button -> Customize
Download
- https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handlerexploit.launcher_reloaded&feature=search_result
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Hello, just one question, is it possible to change the number of rows and columns at homescreen?. Thanks and keep the good work.
cabessius said:
Hello, just one question, is it possible to change the number of rows and columns at homescreen?. Thanks and keep the good work.
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Not yet, future, possibly.
OK, anyway it looks very nice
this looks very promising
Awasomeeee app downloading
i'm liking the multiple style options, giving it a whirl right now. very nice so far, 3d drawer will be a nice addition when you get to it. nice work!
hey, i kno im sorta new but i was thinking of doing a short launcher review in a while
you mind if i add this to my list?
Definitely promising. Would love an option to change the shortcuts at the bottom.
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OlSTAg said:
hey, i kno im sorta new but i was thinking of doing a short launcher review in a while
you mind if i add this to my list?
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Go for it
looks simple and stylish, gonna try it right now!
thx
EDIT: First launcher im using and im finding it pretty cool!
Can I change a folders name? Id like to have two one for apps and one for games
Elegant and stylish! I'll definitely keep an eye on this. Keep up the good work!
Very very nice Launcher! Thanks.
Looks realy great ;-9
If you installe HeLauncher, what about the HTC widgets?
Does the HTC widgets still work or is it like when you use ADWLauncher that most of them, eg. People Widget, don't work anymore?
It's not smooth, it lags really bad when scrolling.
Enable bounce option is pretty strange.
The concept is pretty good but it needs a lot of work to polish it. Keep up the good work !
Wow..
I like this
Im not sure if HTC widgets will work. I dont find any lag when scrolling at all really, but yeah its still being developed. Thanks for all the pos. Feedback.
I really do like this launcher however as with any app of fine taste there is room for improvement. I like how simplistic and light it is, and with the death of Zeam we need another launcher of this magnitude.
However there is a need for performance improvements for scrolling it seems to lag a bit and isn't as smooth as it should be being as lightweight as it is.
The next issue lies with the bounce effect and the ability to use both it and the screen position thing on the top. When using the bounce effect with it when it bounces it says you're on the right screen then when it bounces back it says you are back on the previous screen and then moves back to the appropriate location.
DigitalDementia said:
I really do like this launcher however as with any app of fine taste there is room for improvement. I like how simplistic and light it is, and with the death of Zeam we need another launcher of this magnitude.
However there is a need for performance improvements for scrolling it seems to lag a bit and isn't as smooth as it should be being as lightweight as it is.
The next issue lies with the bounce effect and the ability to use both it and the screen position thing on the top. When using the bounce effect with it when it bounces it says you're on the right screen then when it bounces back it says you are back on the previous screen and then moves back to the appropriate location.
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Yeah that is a Known issue being adressed. Didnt really know people had alot of lag when scrolling, def gunna try to get that fixed.
Looks nice.
So, while I've been heavily busy with work lately, as some of you may know, I've had ready for release an inverted notifications panel (white text on dark background, instead of the default black text on light background), but in addition to this, I've been playing with the idea of removing the top "Carrier" section all together, in order to make way for the display of more notifications, be it ongoing, completed, etc.
The problem with removing the carrier display text section is that it also contains the 'clear' button when present, so the 'clear' button would have to be relocated, but where? My thought is, the clear button only appears (dynamically) when there are 'notifications' to clear, so why not tie the 'clear' button to this section explicitly, so that when not present, no extra space is unnecessarily taken up in the notifications window.
So, Here is an example I came up with that I think works quite nicely. Since the 'clear' button is not part of additional content (right aligned to the carrier text), it would look silly just pushed to the right, so I made it a 'bar' that fills the entire row just below the 'Notifications' banner.
EDIT: See here for demo video progress report for latest iteration of 'clear' button location.
First screen shot is maximized space when no clear-able notifications are present:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
While the second screenshot contains the re-located 'clear' button/bar dynamically, when applicable:
Not sure if anyone has already done this or not, but I thought it was pretty cool. Any interest out there for this?
(Yes Please!)
this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!
dkdude36 said:
this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!
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When an official Gingerbread hits for the EVO is when I will revisit incorporating the new Gingerbread based CM7 widgets.
For now, I'm still working off the 3.70 based Froyo ROM, with the main question here is opinions on re-taking the space from the top of the window, and moving the clear button down.
The more I use it, the more I'm liking it, btw...
I will be following this. Development at its best.
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mkeena0305 said:
I will be following this. Development at its best.
Clear on the bottom seems like the best bet
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You are a master of your craft JsChiSurf!!!
This is really cool. I'd love to have something like this. Always thought the carrier bar was unnecessary.
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I like it give us something to flash 8)
MODEL: Evo 4G
ROM: CM Nightly Build 41
KERNEL: Tiamat 3.3.7
UNDERCLOCKED : 128mhz
OVERCLOCKED: 1152mhz
UNDERVOLTED: HAVS
BATTERY: 4500maH w/ SBC
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
I am definitely interested in this! Good work!
sent from my iPhone serial killer
myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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I think that would be a good place as well. However, without seeing it put in to actuality it's hard to say for sure if I would like it there. But nevertheless, I think that's a great idea to maximize space savings!
And to Js... I'll be patiently awaiting the downloadable awesomeness MOD!
myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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My original thought was to do this as well.
The problem is, in implementation, is that the "Notifications" title bar is a TextView that spans the width of the window (fill_parent), and the 'clear' button is a TextView as well, and you can't place one TextView inside another.
So, I created a new LinearLayout, gave it the header background (in my screenshot the blue background), and dropped the "Notfications" textView left aligned and the 'clear' button textView right aligned, and on initial load, it's all good (you don't see any of it), and when a clearable notification occurs, it displays perfect, but once you hit the 'clear' button, the space now inserted for the "Notifications" text and "clear" button remains, since they are now children of the new LinearLayout, which is problematic. I'm thinking this could be addressed through code hacking, but I wanted to try and avoid that if possible.
I'm still trying to come up with a creative solution to place the button where you mention, but do so without requiring some framework surgery. Just don't know if it is possible...
really cool idea, in for progress
thanks JS, you guys are always thinking outside the box
This is really cool man. I'm totally stoked for this. Thanks for your genius as usual dude.
Awesome.
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hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.
dkdude36 said:
hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.
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Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...
JsChiSurf said:
Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...
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hah yea sorry. there's one in the thread. here's snake-driver's screenie of it.