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
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So its a new year and I have a new toy,
I seem to have a set of apps that give me the functions and control I desire.
Its down to Launcher.
I did pay for the upgrade to the AWD EX and to my dismay it does not recognize old settings and desktop configurations. But hey.. Just more tinkering with my new SHINY...
My plan now that I have pretty much decided on the apps I want on the phone is to go to the Pick and Pack ROM with the Voodoo Kernel.
I do want to do some testing with the 3 different Launchers (AWD, Launcher Pro, and TW) and see which will suit my needs for Eye Candy and function..
OK.. to the question at hand. I will have all three on the phone installed. I do not like having to choose between the three every time I hit the HOME button. Is there a way to change the default once it is set ?
Hope to do a review for Noobs like me as I go.
Download the app home switcher and you can choose your default.
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Download the app home switcher and you can choose your default.
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Home switcher is good stuff!
I prefer HomeSmack but either one works.
Sent from my Galaxy S.
If you do not want to use a home switcher you can use the built in one. When you hit home button, there should give you the option on which launcher you want to use. There is also a check box in this window that says use by default (or something like that I never read it) hit the check box then which program you want to go to. Now if you change your mind down the road all you have to do is go to menu-> settings->applications->manage applications Once in here you will find the program in question and click on it then clear defaults then it will start asking you again.
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menu-> settings->applications->manage applications Once in here you will find the program in question and click on it then clear defaults then it will start asking you again.
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Thats what I was looking for.. Thanks..
HAHA As with all good gadgets, there is always a way to make em do what you want to do. Its usually just a simple matter of Banging ones head against the wall a few times and then asking those who know..
So far I like Launcher Pro the best, even though I don't use any of the widgets. Which one did you end up using as your default?
This is probably a stupid question, but I do like ADW but I really like the task manager widget from samsung.... anyway I can get that widget on ADW?
Unfortunately I have not found a way to use the stock Samsung widgets with ANY other Launcher other than Touch Wiz..
But by checking the various forums and doing some research on Market I can usually find something that will fill the need.
You can't have the widget on any other launcher, but if you hold down the home button to bring up the recent app switcher thing you can hit the Task Manager button on the bottom of the popup. It takes you to the same thing as tapping the samsung widget.
Good point... I forgot about that... if I need it bad enough I can put a shortcut for that app on the home screen too...
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I was reading about the various shortcut keys to quickly open specific apps, from the keyboard. Search+E will open up email. When I hit these keys, it asks which app I want to use: Gmail or Email, and to use it Always or Just Once.
I select Gmail, hit Always, but this selection is not remembered. The next time I use the shortcut key, I get the same dialogue box and question.
I'm on Stock JB 4.1.1, not rooted, no ROM's. Default Keyboard is Asus, but I noticed the same problem using the Android Keyboard before they fixed the 'backspace' issue.
Not a big deal, but it would be nice if this worked. FWIW, choosing a default app seems to have worked for other apps in different contexts, so it doesn't seem to be a system-wide problem.
Any insight appreciated.
Thanks.
DLCPhoto said:
I was reading about the various shortcut keys to quickly open specific apps, from the keyboard. Search+E will open up email. When I hit these keys, it asks which app I want to use: Gmail or Email, and to use it Always or Just Once.
I select Gmail, hit Always, but this selection is not remembered. The next time I use the shortcut key, I get the same dialogue box and question.
I'm on Stock JB 4.1.1, not rooted, no ROM's. Default Keyboard is Asus, but I noticed the same problem using the Android Keyboard before they fixed the 'backspace' issue.
Not a big deal, but it would be nice if this worked. FWIW, choosing a default app seems to have worked for other apps in different contexts, so it doesn't seem to be a system-wide problem.
Any insight appreciated.
Thanks.
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Bump - any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.
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Bump - any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.
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Having the same issue - GMail can't be selected as a default app for email. Tried App Picker - didn't help either. I'm on CM10 with BT keyboard, surprised no one is complaining about this in the pershoot thread.
What I'd like to be able to do is set a default app for an action (e.g. opening an HTML link) but *also* have the option to use a different app on the fly. A long/short press setup where the long press provides a list of apps (as the OS does when no default is set) seems like a very natural way to do this. I'm running an essentially stock 2.3.4 on a rooted DInc 2. Any suggestions for a way to accomplish this?
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What I'd like to be able to do is set a default app for an action (e.g. opening an HTML link) but *also* have the option to use a different app on the fly. A long/short press setup where the long press provides a list of apps (as the OS does when no default is set) seems like a very natural way to do this. I'm running an essentially stock 2.3.4 on a rooted DInc 2. Any suggestions for a way to accomplish this?
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it is possible but there is no software to do it.
editing android-system would do
change long press action.
Hi,
because i'm "not permitted to post to development-related forums" i cant ask in the right thread:
At first: many thanks @all developer - this is a great ROM!
Im using LiquidSmooth 3.1 OFFIZIAL with ASOP Recent Apps. Within the first use Recent Apps after swiping to left, the switcher asked to enable "Floating Windows". I pushed yes and i worked. But i dont know for what this floating mode is useful. So i want to disable this floating mode with swiping to left and want to restore the default behavior (close app).
How do i disable this floating mode (swiping to left)? I cant find any associated setting in menu.
Regards
tetzlav said:
Hi,
because i'm "not permitted to post to development-related forums" i cant ask in the right thread:
At first: many thanks @all developer - this is a great ROM!
Im using LiquidSmooth 3.1 OFFIZIAL with ASOP Recent Apps. Within the first use Recent Apps after swiping to left, the switcher asked to enable "Floating Windows". I pushed yes and i worked. But i dont know for what this floating mode is useful. So i want to disable this floating mode with swiping to left and want to restore the default behavior (close app).
How do i disable this floating mode (swiping to left)? I cant find any associated setting in menu.
Regards
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Settings - Interface - Recent Panel - Uncheck the box for Custom Recent Styles?
Player-J said:
Settings - Interface - Recent Panel - Uncheck the box for Custom Recent Styles?
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Thank you for your fast answer, but exactly this setting doesnt exist in my ROM (drdevs.com/devs/teamliquid/Official/3.1/)...
Almost same problem here (Note 2 @ Liquidsmooth).
Chrome beta started to open in the floating window and the page display is dimmed, making web browsing a horrible experience. The difference is that it opens as window ALWAYS, and not only when triggered by swiping on recents.
After spending ca 3 hours looking for the way to change it I realized that such a bug (even if the option is really hidden somewhere) combined with ART issues (rebuilding cache every reboot, a well known bug of dex2oat) plus updates released only as a full dumps (reverting all modifications to /system performed on my own) absolutely DISQUALIFIES the rom whene there are so many others around.
It's far away from my conception of flexibility.
All Links Open browser in floating window
I am having the same problem. All links in Google search open the browser in a new window.
esgie said:
Almost same problem here (Note 2 @ Liquidsmooth).
Chrome beta started to open in the floating window and the page display is dimmed, making web browsing a horrible experience. The difference is that it opens as window ALWAYS, and not only when triggered by swiping on recents.
After spending ca 3 hours looking for the way to change it I realized that such a bug (even if the option is really hidden somewhere) combined with ART issues (rebuilding cache every reboot, a well known bug of dex2oat) plus updates released only as a full dumps (reverting all modifications to /system performed on my own) absolutely DISQUALIFIES the rom whene there are so many others around.
It's far away from my conception of flexibility.
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Got almost the same issue. I never use floating mode, and today, chrome decided to make its appearance in float mode only.. very annoying as you can't pink to zoom without resizing the window.
I couldn't find out how to disable that, i tried unsinstalling.. but nothing seems to help.
By the way, I am using C-Rom v7.1 on Galaxy S3 i9300.
Looks like it is time to change the ROM
fileexit said:
Got almost the same issue. I never use floating mode, and today, chrome decided to make its appearance in float mode only.. very annoying as you can't pink to zoom without resizing the window.
I couldn't find out how to disable that, i tried unsinstalling.. but nothing seems to help.
By the way, I am using C-Rom v7.1 on Galaxy S3 i9300.
Looks like it is time to change the ROM
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Same issue here since last Chrome update, running LiquidSmooth (latest LS-KK-MileStone-3.2) on Z1C.
Chrome opening in floating window
Same issue here. LS-KK-3.2 2013-10-29 on gt-i9300
It's a Chrome issue, not ROM. I have the same problem.
What you currently can do is hold the home button for 2 sec, then choose chrome again, it will switch to full window mode
Im also waiting for the bug fixed in chrome
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54019293&postcount=585
And roll back chrome
Yes working 100% floating crime browser in liquid smooth
esilence said:
it's a chrome issue, not rom. I have the same problem.
What you currently can do is hold the home button for 2 sec, then choose chrome again, it will switch to full window mode
im also waiting for the bug fixed in chrome
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its crome issues its not rom issue. So please press home button for 2 second and then select crome browser you will get full brwoser instead of floating.
Not sure if this helps but I'm bored and like to see activity on our forum. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...ting-window-bug-on-certain-roms-apk-download/
just wanted to tell that chrome beta fixes this issue and it works fine for me.
as also written on chuckies link i just see
fyi, the recent chrome update also fixes this issue now
This is more of a touchwiz question. When I click on a web link from some app I get a dialog asking which browser I should open the link with. It then designates that browser as the default and opens subsequent links with it. I want to choose the browser every time I click on a link. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance
This app had been working pretty good for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith
It allows you to set a default app, or to show you the list so you can choose yourself. It also features a timer, so you can choose that it always chooses a default app if you choose nothing for a few seconds. It's very nice!
Thanks. It did the trick.