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[Live Wallpaper] Mario Live Wallpaper 0.94b [Update: appearance settings]

My second app!
This is a live wallpaper of Mario playing randomly generated levels. Every once in a while, a level ends and a new one begins. There are three themes for levels: outside, underground and castle. They appear in that order.
Have a look at wallpaper's settings! You might find something interesting there. Like the ability to change FPS, or to disable level background (making levels darker).
By default, this live wallpaper is in the playback mode. If you switch it to AI mode, it tends to waste a considerable amount of battery power because of the artificial intelligence, which is rather complex. The fact that the wallpaper is nice enough to be stared at for long periods of time, doesn't help that situation either.
By default, this wallpaper is set up to have a low priority. This is good, but not if your device is running a CPU intensive app. So - if the wallpaper is very slow on your device (something like 2 frames per second), consider looking at battery logs to find application(s) that waste a lot of CPU time.
And, at last, as all my work, this live wallpaper is donation supported too. So if you like it, consider buying be a cup of much needed cofee or a pizza.
See the video of how it looks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g58o9w0bg4
Issues? Read the FAQ in the next post below.
To get the live wallpaper, use this link from the android device, or this QR code:
<no longer available via market because of a legal claim by Nintendo>
Or, download this APK if you don't have the market on your device or for some reason don't see it there.
MarioLive_094b is the latest version.

Changelog:
0.94b, published 2010-7-23 [first post on page 25]
- by popular demand, removed the app icon that was added in 0.93b (now Help)
- new configuration options: Help, Changelog
- new group: appearance settings (with a preview)
- new appearance settings: Background color, Overlaying color (usefull for dimming)
- increased buffer to make transitions in low priority mode smoother
- ad space on top of settings is now reserved
0.93b, published 2010-7-17 [first post on page 24]
- new "playback mode" which saves battery, turned on by default
- smoother shifting of Mario
- added an app icon, explaining that this is a live wallpaper, and describing settings
- removed a limitation which prevented some devices from seeing the live wallpaper on the Market
- further bug fixes
0.92b, published 2010-6-26 [first post on page 5]
- bug fixes of force closing due to threading concurrency
- trying to fix a bug where Mario wouldn't be centered on Evo
0.91b, published 2010-6-26 [first post on page 4]
- fixed preview bug, where Mario wouldn't be in the center
- introduced "Always in center" option to force Mario be in the center all the time
0.9b, published 2010-6-25
- initial release
Frequently asked questions - FAQ
I've downloaded and installed it. How do I set it up as a Live Wallpaper?
Follow this procedure:
go to your home screen
press the menu button on your device
select "Wallpaper"
select "Live Wallpapers" *
search and select for "Mario Live Wallpaper"
select "Settings" to see the settings or select "Set wallpaper" to activate it
(* if you don't see "Live Wallpapers" option in the "Select wallpaper from" menu then your device probably doesn't support Live Wallpapers)
What is the difference between "AI Mode" and "Playback Mode"?
Playback mode uses prerecorded plays, so Mario doesn't think but just "plays back" one of the 1000 or so levels from memory. AI mode makes Mario smart, and he will use artificial intelligence to complete the level. AI mode uses MUCH MORE BATTERY, and also might not work correctly on some older devices due to lack of memory and processing power.
I've turned "AI Mode" on and this wallpaper wastes a lot of battery. What can I do?
That's just how the Mario's artificial intelligence is, very demanding on the phone's resources. Turn the AI Mode off or if you absolutely want it, you can disable course background and decrease FPS to remedy the issue.
Why does this Live wallpaper require internet access?
It's to download and show ads. They appear in the Live wallpaper's settings.
I can't find this on the market. Where is it?
Your phone is probably unsupported. If you're sure that your phone supports live wallpapers, you can try manually installing with the APKs that are at the end of the post above.
I can't download the APK. My phone says "Cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone". What to do?
Don't download it with your phone! The default browser in Android doesn't support downloading APK files. Try this:
download AndroZip from the market. It's a file browser app
download the latest APK from the first page of this thread, do it with your PC
transfer the APK to the phone's SD card
on the phone, go to Settings -> Applications -> check "Unknown sources"
launch AndroZip, search for the APK on the sd card, and select it. You should be offered to install the live wallpaper
later when installed, go to home screen, press the menu key, select Wallpaper -> Live Wallpapers, search for Mario Live Wallpaper and select it
This is so cool! How about you theme it like this game? Or make another like this other game? Or maybe that game?
This is not likely going to happen because of copyright issues. The Mario Live Wallpaper is made from free and open-source material (check About in the settings) while any other game (even themes from Super Mario) are a no-go because the vast majority is proprietary and copyrighted.
This LWP is very cool. Thanks! How can I contribute?
In a number of ways:
by contacting me if you have any issues, not mentioned in this FAQ
by saying thanks
by buying me a cup of coffee or a pizza

OMG
this is awesome!
GREAT!
i really laughed when seeing it!
really really great ^^
do you know how many battery it takes?
whats happening when there is a fullscreen app launched? i assume than the wallpaper is stopped?
edit: maybe a random difficult level could be good, so that he sometimes uses 1 or sometimes 15 every level different difficulty? randomly maybe?

haha thats really cool!
It lags a little though for me when I flip between screens, especially one with a scrolable widget.

Thank you for share with us

qvert said:
OMG
this is awesome!
GREAT!
i really laughed when seeing it!
really really great ^^
do you know how many battery it takes?
whats happening when there is a fullscreen app launched? i assume than the wallpaper is stopped?
edit: maybe a random difficult level could be good, so that he sometimes uses 1 or sometimes 15 every level different difficulty? randomly maybe?
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Thanks!
On my device it usually shows 10%. Yes, of course, the wallpaper pauses when it's not visible.
Good suggestion! I'll consider it. Right now the difficulty is actually random between what ever you set and up to 3 higher. So if you set 4, the difficulty will be random from 4 to 7.
th0r615 said:
haha thats really cool!
It lags a little though for me when I flip between screens, especially one with a scrolable widget.
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It's supposed to lag. This means that it gives priority to your home screen and widgets. It you don't like this behaviour, turn off low priority from the settings, but then everything will lag. As I said, Mario's AI is complex.

can't find in market even when scanning QR code.

this is ridiculously awesome.

Awesome! Thank-you. It would be great if you made a version based on Super Mario World 1...

dudebro said:
can't find in market even when scanning QR code.
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There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.

pikipirs said:
There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.
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Thanks! was not showing up for me either. I'll redownload once available and rate it highly!

This **** is epic! I love it.

pikipirs said:
There you go. I've added the APK to the first post.
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thanks, guess this is like the starfield wallpaper. it shows up for me on froyo but not eclair.

Nice job! *10char*

Very sweet and surprisingly smooth with Launcher Pro.

I downloaded the .apk from the first post and I'm running it on cyan 5.0.8. For some reason Mario is off the right side of the screen, so I can't see him actually jumping over anything or doing anything. Is this wallpaper supposed to be used in landscape mode or is something wrong with my install?

awesome!
found on market on 2.1

The best!!!

simply brilliant !

chesh420 said:
I downloaded the .apk from the first post and I'm running it on cyan 5.0.8. For some reason Mario is off the right side of the screen, so I can't see him actually jumping over anything or doing anything. Is this wallpaper supposed to be used in landscape mode or is something wrong with my install?
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The view should align with homescreens. If you're in the center homescreen, Mario should be at the center.
He might be shifted to the right in the live wallpaper preview mode, since that is the "zero" position.

[App+Widget+LW] 1010ti.me

I'm finishing a 2 month polishing in my app suite (D'Clock Live / Gold / D'Watchmaker) and I'm in final pre release phase.
The app is an analog clock editor that you can use as a full screen clock, a Live Wallpaper or a Widget 2x2 or 4x4. The clock can show time, battery, wifi and GSM signal for now with much more to come.
Feel free to drop by the app site at http://1010ti.me and try it. I'm also attaching the last version.
Every feedback would be more than welcome as tests were made mainly in Samsung Galaxy S and ZTE Blade.

Looks very nice, I will definitely check it out!

Thanks karyney. Feel free to drop me an email with your thoughts and questions (pmduque on gmail)

Download and installs fast...some nice looking clocks! Will report any issues. Htc incredible.
HTCInc-redibly re-ENGINEERED

Try the editor ( menu on main app screen and choose editor). That's the fun part!

It works nice on my Nexus One on stock GRI40. I don´t like the link under the clock to the website; if you click on the clock, sometimes that launches the website.
Not a bad choice in an overloaded clock app's market.

"The essential guide to Android widgets", an eBook featuring the top ten Android widgets from various categories provides practical information about widgets to help you choose the best widgets for your device. wwwDOTsmashwordsDOTcom/books/view/49216

1010ti.me just went live! Look for it in Android market!

I just want to leave some screenshots from the application. As it's a LiveWallpaper, a widget, and a full clock editor, it's difficult to have it explained in still pictures...
Click on the images to get the full picture. You can find more screenshoots on the site.

My first Clock with 1010ti.me
First to say: Very good work, now my favourite clock! Thanks!
Used D'Watchmaker before and just tried out the new 1010ti.me
Made my first clock with battery indicator, here's the upload. Maybe somebody likes it.
Works pretty good so fare. Some FCs, but seems to be fixed with last update.
Things for the Wishing Well:
Adjusting the angles and positions is a bit tricky with the sliders.
It is hard to get objects fit together, if you want to create something off the middle (e.g. the battery indicator in my clock).
I would like to have an alternative input method, were I can insert numbers of the angles and position literally with the keyboard.
It would be nice if the widget automatically fits its size to the given area (e.g. with ADW-Launcher you could change the size of the widget). I have seen this behaviour with other widgets, so it must be possible
Edit: Posted Clock on 1010ti.me

Hi Jan,
Thank you for the feedback. I really like your clock. Don't you want to post it on the site?
Regarding your wishing well, in the actual version you have three options while dealing with sliders:
- use the slider itself which is good for the first crude placement;
- use the up/down volume button, good for fine adjustment;
- long press the slider title: a popup will show asking for numeric input, which is great for copying values from element to element.
I know this is "hidden" info but now that the release is out, I'll have time to sort out a user guide.
Regarding the autofit, I'll look into it

Hi Pedro,
Thanks for the quick answer. (I normally sleep at that time )
I will tweak my clock, now I know how to do it accurate, then post it on your site.
But I noticed after charging, that the battery hand pointed to 0, should be 100.
Don't yet know, if it is my design issue...
Edit: Setting „Hand divisions“ to 101 does the trick.
Btw.: Phone is Motorola Defy.

For the battery you need to invert the initial and final angle (so that for ex. a 1/4 circle, the initial angle should be 90 and the final 0). That's because the higher the battery goes the closer to the top you want it.
Did that help?

I just set the “Hand divisions„ to 101. Because the direction was Ok, the hand points correctly to 10, 20, ... 90. Just at 100 it pointed to 0. Which would be OK with a full circle .
But now it works fine.
The Defy gives the battery level in 10% steps, so it stays long at 100.
The 1% value is there, but in a different file.

Here is the first independent review of 1010ti.me (http://android-walker.com/?p=5706).
It's in Japanese but it has a nice walkthrough video that gives a good overview about the app.

Always nice to see Portuguese devs out here, cheers mate!
Trying your app right now... So far so good!

Very nice, coincidentally I installed this just hours before it was posted on the XDA RSS feed.
I really like the live wallpaper idea with custom background.
JanHimpIII's clock looks really nice too.
Edit: the import feature works great (straight from the website)

Downloaded and tried it on the Samsung Vibrant as well as the Huawei M860(Ascend) and they worked flawlessly. Great work! PMduque

I got a message in the middle of my LWP this morning saying 'grace period expired ,choose a free clock...'.

Thank you for all the comments!
Britose: the free version will display that message every 6 hours after activating one of the "non" free clocks (there are 6 free clocks stocked with the app). You just need to tap the clock and choose the "set as wallpaper" again.
The gold version does remove that restriction.

[BETA] Meta Widget - create widgets from any web content

META WIDGET
Meta is a unique app that can turn virtually any online content into dynamic, interactive widgets.
Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, link or image and enjoy this information right on your home screen!
Why is this cool you ask? Because almost anything can be parsed out of a website - images, blogrolls, RSS feeds or entire windows.
Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.
Features
★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
The app is currently quite stable, but we still prefer to call it a beta. So please, do write to us with suggestions or bug reports!
Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.metawidget
The free app has everything but automatic updates.
Screens

I would appreciate some feedback please!

1.0.2.1
Fixed keyboard issue present on some phones
Fixed image cache optimization (much faster now)
Fixed a rendering issue that occurs if data connection is lost
Fixed a few device-specific issues from user feedback

Hi guys - please give me some feedback on the latest release!

Installing this now, will give feedback after 2-3 days

Thank you, i look forward to it. The more feedback, the better the app. Imagine - a developer that actually listens to consumers!

1.0.2.2
Fixed alignment issue on text and lists
Fixed sort order issue in list view
Added divider visibility toggle
Optimized custom browser rendering
Minor UI changes to increase compatibility

Good job !!
Hey,
I had this (huge, at least for me review written, then at the end hit backspace and freakin firefox took me a page back. WTF Firefox, I could kill you for that.
Anyway, so here is the short version:
Love your amazing design, with one exception of the settings menu (where you can choose the titel and all that)
I could not quite work out the difference between the up-down arrows and the left-right arrows
I did not understand the option to display as a list. I just didn't understand what it does
The text size didn't always work properly, sometimes when I would choose a bigger text size, it would actually be smaller
Everytime I had the widget done, I always had to manually resize it, but I guess that was because of sense
The widget itself was always just one big text and not nicely organized the news thread on the webpage, so the widget itself was kind of useless to me
One more tip; if you had chosen more than one element (e.g. an entire news thread), that it then should just open the single element, not the entire website with all the elements
Again great work guys!
The two websites I tried it with:
apktops
manga-access

Not sure what your problem with the menu is... its just like any other android menu.
Regarding the arrows - they will work better or borse, it all depends on the content.
"Use all as list" - this will use all the items listed below in list form, instead of just the element you clicked on.
Havent seen any problems with text size from anyone else, so most likely user error there, or some sort of parsing issue on the sites themselves.
We will make a bunch of sizes in the next release.
Lol.
Not going to happen.

Anything to report?

Hi!
I installed the app from Play Store but I don't find the Widget or the App.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.

bigwichtel said:
Hi!
I installed the app from Play Store but I don't find the Widget or the App.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
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Reboot your device. Sometimes widgets need a reboot because of launcher errors.

same here. i installed it but do not see it anywhere in apps drawer or widgets tab. i check in installed apps and its there but thats the only place i see it.
running caulkins v1.5 ICS rom.

bluejee said:
same here. I installed it but do not see it anywhere in apps drawer or widgets tab. I check in installed apps and its there but thats the only place i see it.
Running caulkins v1.5 ics rom.
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its a widget - it shows in the widgets drawer and may need a reboot for gods sake:
ftgg99 said:
reboot your device. Sometimes widgets need a reboot because of launcher errors.
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ftgg99 said:
its a widget - it shows in the widgets drawer and may need a reboot for gods sake:
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Don't feed the idiots
Been using Meta Widget to display headlines from sites for a while. Not much to complain because it does what I want it to do. Only thing I would like toe see is the option to make the widget title bold or underlined.
Great app!

It shall be done. There will also be a minor release in preparation for the widget constructor we will release next week.

Guys, please rate the app on the market, that will help a lot!

Anything to report?

Any issues or suggestions?

ftgg99 said:
Any issues or suggestions?
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Will test! Give you Feedback later bro

[APP][2.2+] Fresco (NASA Astronomy Picture Of the Day viewer)

CURRENT VERSION 1.5.2 RELEASED DECEMBER 7, 2014 - SEE BELOW FOR CHANGELOG AND DIRECT APK LINK
I would like to share with you guys an app I recently finished called Fresco. With Fresco you can view images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website of NASA. Every image has an explanation written by a professional astronomer and every image ever posted on this website is available in this app (starting somewhere back in 1995) and the goal was to create a very polished, responsive, fast and easy to use interface while being very feature rich.
QR-Code
Use this QR-code to install the app!
{
"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"
}
Screenshots:
Features
* View over 5800 images with a new one being downloaded every day
* Mark images as favorites
* View a random image with one button click (I use it to find cool pictures and stories, you can cycle through all images or your favorites)
* View a grid with image archive (with ascending, descending and random sorting)
* Full Text Search for images (e.g. searching for 'apollo moon armstrong' will show all images containing those words, the index uses Porter Stemming Algorithm)
* Double click an image to view it full-size and you can zoom it
* Set image as wallpaper
* Automatically set wallpaper to today's image as soon as it's downloaded (my favorite)
* Share images (via all channels available on your device)
Why it was made
For a long time I was used to a similar app called NasaImages, but it disturbed me that it had a sluggish interface, showed wrong dates and was not able to correctly show 'special characters' like ë and ß. Also i would have liked to set the wallpaper automatically when a new image was downloaded. I addressed all these issues and tried to create a very fast, very polished, simple and yet feature-rich 'replacement' app which is developed using the latest design guidelines. Fresco is the result
The name?
There's an image of two astronauts reaching with their fingers to one another like Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel (the creation of Adam). I found that image very touching and decided to use it as icon of the app. Wall paintings like the creation of Adam are called frescoes, so that's how I came up with the name (well, actually my girlfriend came up with it, so I guess I should say thanks honey ).
Why this post?
First of all, every developer wants to share his creation because he/she wants to entertain or help others with a problem he/she has had. For me it's no different, I love this app and everyday I wake up I can't wait to check the new image posted and I want to share my excitement with you guys. Second, this is my first serious attempt to create an Android app and I am curious how people think I've done so far. The app is completely free of charge, although it is ad-supported. This is because the images are indexed on my own VPS and that has to be paid and I hope to do that with this app and my future apps
Who am I?
I am a reader of XDA for quite some years now. I did not post a lot and I'm not active in a lot of boards, mostly the Windows Mobile Phone (pre 7) ones and Android/SGS1 boards from two years ago until now. My name is Jori and I live in the Netherlands in a small town called Purmerend (close to Amsterdam). I am a software engineer for a company that creates CRM software and in my free time Iove to play handball, expand my coding skills and spend time with my family.
Closing words
I hope you like (the idea) of this app and hopefully you guys can give me some feedback At least let me thank you for reading.
Change log
1.5.2 (december 7, 2014)
- Changed retrieval url to be able to download images again
- Updated local database with pictures until december 7, 2014
1.5.1 (october 23, 2013)
- Fixed a bug in database initialization which could cause spontaneous re-initializations and crashes
- Added a pop-up icon in the action-bar for all devices (devices without HW buttons already had that icon)
- Changed sharing, so you can share the actual image in stead of a link to it
- Increased responsiveness of the app
- Removed the Image of the Day (NASA) archive, due to the change of the website of the NASA, this cannot be kept up-to-date.
1.5.0 (july 24, 2013)
- The notification will now correctly be removed when a new new wallpaper has been selected (e.g. when you select an alternative). After selecting the wallpaper, the selection dialog will also automatically be closed.
- Fixed a bug where a CPU of your phone could go up to 100% usage due to the NASA IOTD images not being available (anymore)
- Removed all NASA IOTD images, since NASA changed the method of exposing this data. This will be fixed in the next version (probably somewhere in August), for now only APOD images will be available.
- Decreased the amount of error reports being sent to only the unexpected ones
1.4.8 (jun 7, 2013)
- Decreased the amount of error reports being sent to only the unexpected ones
- Added the possibility to send anonymous user statistics (this is enabled by default and can be disabled in the preferences)
1.4.7 (jun 4, 2013)
- Improved the random crashes fix and don't let Fresco crash anymore when it occurs.
- Added a setting to send catched crash reports for better inspection of the root cause of the random crash bug (no sensitive/private data will be sent, you can disable this in the settings screen)
1.4.6 (may 30, 2013)
- Fixed an issue where downloading images after a reboot would only occur after you started the app at least once
- Improved the random crashes fix (on some devices the crashes still occur, hopefully everything is ok now)
- Improved the speed of downloading new entries
1.4.5 (may 4, 2013)
- Fixed a spontaneous crash that could occur sometimes (due to an out of memory error)
1.4.4 (may 3, 2013)
- Fixed random crashes in alarm manager (app keeps crashing on certain devices)
- Widgets were still not clickable sometimes, tried to fix that (again)
1.4.3 (apr 5, 2013)
- Added option in the settings dialog to move the internal db Fresco uses to the sd (to save up internal storage space)
- Fixed an issue where on some devices Fresco could crash all the time. Please do a clear all data if you encountered this issue after you update to this version.
- Thoroughly went through all crash reports and tried to fix all of them (including random crashes)
- Fixed a whole lot more strange characters in Dutch translations
1.4.2 (mar 10, 2013)
- Added a .nomedia file to each folder Fresco uses to save cached images (so Fresco's images will not show up in your gallery app(s) anymore), you can disable this switch in the settings screen.
- Fixed strange characters in Dutch translations (like é )
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget showing a faint line on the bottom
- [3.0+] Probably fixed an issue clicking the widget (over time) would not work anymore
1.4.1 (mar 5, 2013)
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget not fully resizing on high resolution devices
1.4.0 (mar 3, 2013)
- Rewrote background worker mechanism, this should fix all 'freeze' situations and make Fresco a lot more responsive (like it should)
- [3.0+] Added (scrollable) home screen widgets for today's image (Picture frame, just text or both)
- Fresco now chooses an appropriate location for cached images and this location is now editable in settings
- Notifications of new wallpapers didn't work until the app was started at least once
- In the select wallpaper dialog you can now open Fresco (to read the text of the image)
- Removed unused space on imageview (sometimes the text was even not visible without scrolling while half of the screen was black)
- [3.0+]Widgets are now clickable
- Automatically setting an IOTD image as wallpaper could fail
1.3.1 and 1.3.2 (jan 28, 2013)
- Tried to fix an OutOfMemory issue
1.3.0 (jan 27, 2013)
- Added a complete archive of the Nasa image of the day (iotd) images (found on www.nasa.gov), over 2300!
- Added the latest iotd to the wallpaper selection screen
- Clarified the tabs on the wallpaper selection screen by making the page indicator lines thicker and moving them to the top
- Improved image resizing of smaller images (they will now stretch)
- Improved memory utilization when opening large images
1.2.1 (jan 21, 2013)
- Some devices still had problems with stretching wallpapers, fixed that now!
1.2.0 (jan 20, 2013)
- Setting a wallpaper will stretch to full screen now! (thanks for reporting this one)
- Auto set wallpaper has now a new option in which you can if and how you want to be notified if a new wallpaper is available (see screenshot)
- Images are initially rendered larger now so it looks more epic and when double clicking it'll open the full-screen view and zoom in automatically
- When you select a random image, you can now scroll back and forth through the selected images
- Retrieval of latest entries was slow when initializing the database for the first time
- Fixed Android 2.2 compatibility issues (crashes)
- Fixed a whole bunch of crashes: restoring Fresco after a long period, setting a video as wallpaper (disabled now), when initializing the Fresco database (sometimes the dialog was already dismissed)
1.1.1 (jan 10, 2013)
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
1.0.1 (jan 3, 2013)
- Initial public version
Feedback / problems
You can use Twitter to report problems or send some feedback: toverbalApps
Link
Play store: Fresco (not available anymore because of suspension of developer account, see here)
APK
Direct link to APK (1.5.2): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_2.apk
Older versions
1.5.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_1.apk
1.5.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_0.apk
1.4.9 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_9.apk
1.4.8 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_8.apk
1.4.7 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_7.apk
1.4.6 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_6.apk
1.4.5 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_5.apk
1.4.4 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_4.apk
1.4.3 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_3.apk
1.4.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_2.apk
1.4.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_1.apk
1.4.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_0.apk
1.3.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_2.apk
1.3.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_1.apk
1.3.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_0.apk
1.2.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_2_1.apk
1.2.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_2_0.apk

Good luck with that!

taomorpheus said:
Good luck with that!
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Thanks, I hope people will like it

Good idea. I love the photos that NASA does. Already downloading!

I regularly change my wallpaper using this app. Nicely done!
On a sidenote: I noticed there's a Dutch site (apod.nl) that contains translations of the accompanying texts.

wibber1981 said:
I regularly change my wallpaper using this app. Nicely done!
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Hey thanks!
On a sidenote: I noticed there's a Dutch site (apod.nl) that contains translations of the accompanying texts.
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I checked it out and it indeed contains all all dutch translations going back to somewhere in december 2004. I will check out if I can index them too, shouldn't be too much of a problem and when done, the app can be completely in ducth too, which should be nice Thanks for spotting man!

nice app. thanks

Awesome app for switching my wallpaper daily. The quality of the pictures are great and the app runs very smooth.:good:

I'm only mildly interested in NASA's photos, but your app looks nice. Sad that you're the only reviewer on Google Play. I'll throw it a review after playing with it for a bit. Thanks for sharing. Nice OP, too, very well written and formatted. Wish they were all like that.

silverfaller said:
nice app. thanks
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x-fanity said:
Awesome app for switching my wallpaper daily. The quality of the pictures are great and the app runs very smooth.:good:
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Thanks, it's nice to read such posts
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I'm only mildly interested in NASA's photos, but your app looks nice. Sad that you're the only reviewer on Google Play.
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Thanks, there are some Dutch reviews too, but you won't see them unless you select 'Dutch' in the play store But I had actually thought the interest would be somewhat higher, doesn't matter though, even if no one will use it, it has been a great learning experience
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I'll throw it a review after playing with it for a bit. Thanks for sharing. Nice OP, too, very well written and formatted. Wish they were all like that.
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Thank you and thanks for the compliment. I tried to imagine how I would like to see the post if I were someone else, guess that helped

I have got some feedback from some people and I started working on improvements. Those are now available in the play store (see OP for link).
The following things were addressed:
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
And some images to indicate the changes

Fan of NASA. Fan of wallpapers. Now a fan of the OP. Nice work.
Suggestion, Post this app to the Nasaspaceflight.com (forums). I'd ask a moderator where to post an they are a bit harsh on rules at times.
Thank you for your contribution. Clean work.
Sent from the Mars Rover.

Beautiful nifty little app and enjoying the translation option to Dutch. Just bought the in-app ad-removal!
Keep up the good work!
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Nice been hoping for a new app, the last few stopped working some time ago. Good job!
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Fan of NASA. Fan of wallpapers. Now a fan of the OP. Nice work.
Suggestion, Post this app to the Nasaspaceflight.com (forums). I'd ask a moderator where to post an they are a bit harsh on rules at times.
Thank you for your contribution. Clean work.
Sent from the Mars Rover.
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Thanks for the nice words, really appreciate them! I checked out the website you mentioned, but it seems they would only post it as advertisements (and although it's pretty cheap, starting $50/month), I don't have that kind of funds (at least not yet). So I think I have to at least postpone that
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Beautiful nifty little app and enjoying the translation option to Dutch. Just bought the in-app ad-removal! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks Thijs, your help is really appreciated and I will do everything in my power to keep the app as cool as it is and keep it updated! ...although I found a bug today, but that'll be addressed
gersto said:
Nice been hoping for a new app, the last few stopped working some time ago. Good job!
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Thank you and you're welcome!

$50 a month is not a fair rate for which to share a free app with space enthusiasts. I would just post it, and if they delete it, accept it and move on. If they delete the post, they're probably not as interested in space as they claim to be.
Also, I think an option to request setting wallpaper would be appropriate. The other day, it automatically set a pretty lame picture as wallpaper. On its own it wasn't lame at all, it was comparing planets' size (or mass). On its own it's a good picture, but it's a graph, and not really a good choice for a wallpaper. They also regularly post stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) images that would make poor wallpaper choices. I've actually taken to disabling the automatic wallpaper and checking it every couple days, and changing my wallpaper if the new one warrants it, so I suppose that is just as well.

I second your thoughts on the automatic wallpaper selection (had the exact same experience with the graph wallpaper).
Also, today I tried the app on a nexus 7 running android 4.2.1 and it just crashed on launch (I sent the crash report to Google hoping that it will eventually reach you). So I was wondering whether you could add support for nexus 7 devices.
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Ok, so I typed a complete answer in like 20 minutes and previewed it to check it for errors and guess what? Windows 8 decided to reboot because it installed even more bugs on my computer, ...sigh... Have to retype it again, hold on, will take some time, since I have to go to work now first

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$50 a month is not a fair rate for which to share a free app with space enthusiasts. I would just post it, and if they delete it, accept it and move on. If they delete the post, they're probably not as interested in space as they claim to be.
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Good point, I'll try to check it out later today again. I'll post the results when I have done that .
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Also, I think an option to request setting wallpaper would be appropriate. The other day, it automatically set a pretty lame picture as wallpaper. On its own it wasn't lame at all, it was comparing planets' size (or mass). On its own it's a good picture, but it's a graph, and not really a good choice for a wallpaper. They also regularly post stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) images that would make poor wallpaper choices.
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I second your thoughts on the automatic wallpaper selection (had the exact same experience with the graph wallpaper).
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During the development of the app this has crossed my mind several times, but I could not come up with a good solution. Now the app is live, I too think not all images are suitable wallpapers, especially the ones you mentioned. However, I still like the "unattendedness" of automatically setting the wallpaper, so I have given it some more thought and I think I have come up with a (partial) solution for this "issue".
1. When a new image is available, it will be automatically set as wallpaper
2. A notification will be created with two buttons (revert to previous and randomly select from favorites)
3. Clicking on one of the buttons will directly result in a new wallpaper being set (thus without any more interaction)
4. Clicking on the notification (outside of the buttons), opens a screen with e.g. 10 randomly selected images which you can then set as wallpaper with one click (with or without the possibility to crop).
This is open for discussion for me though, but I think it would be quite cool as I described
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Also, today I tried the app on a nexus 7 running android 4.2.1 and it just crashed on launch (I sent the crash report to Google hoping that it will eventually reach you). So I was wondering whether you could add support for nexus 7 devices.
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Ouch! That should certainly not happen. I did try it on the emulator with the same specs and that worked (except for the layout, but that will be addressed). I also tried it in an electronics store where I live (lol) and that worked too. I have seen some crash reports, so I will be addressing them, my question for now is: did you experience this issue after it was correctly started once, or doesn't it start at all? I will try to reproduce it again in the emulator. I am aware of an issue that sometimes occurs after you re-focus the app after a long time of inactivity, that issue has been solved, I'm not sure if your issue is related to that.
On a sidenote I have been working on indexing the NASA image of the day images too. I will add those in Fresco too, but the only question is: when you have the auto wallpaper feature enabled, which one will be selected?

Your solution can work, but maybe it's too complicated. I like the random idea. Maybe show the new image (JB expanded notification) and say "Set, Random, Pick". Set makes it your wallpaper. Random takes one from your favorites, like you said. And Pick opens your favorites and lets you pick one. Set and Random crop for you, where Pick would let you crop it yourself.
Full disclosure: I'm actually rocking the live wallpaper from GO's neXt Launcher, though. (The launcher is $15.99 -- ouch! -- but the LWP is free. Not plugging it, just saying. But I will go back to space wallpapers sooner than later, I don't like what LWP's do to my battery. And GO stuff is kinda terribad anyway, but this one at least looks nice.)

[Tasker Plugin, Dev] Material Design Tasker Plugin receives massive update to version

Hello everyone! I just sent an update to Material Design Plugin which is probably the biggest update I have ever made for one of my apps before! There is a lot of things I have done so let's just get right into it!
New Action! Content activity! With Content Activity you can do some amazing things! With it you can give a title, text, and an image. Then you have optional attributes like moving it, swipe to delete, click to select, etc. This is perfect for media consumption and things like that. You could create your own Google+ for example!
There is now a search option for List Activity! This is an extremely powerful tool as it adds a whole new level of options for the list activity. Now you can take tasker data you want to be searched, and put it in a list activity just to search through!
You can now set image files via a path! This one is great for people who were having issues with the local image picker or anything like that. Anywhere you can put the icon name, just put the path and it will work like a dream. (Image showing will be made far more efficient in later releases)
I completely remastered the navigation drawer! Now everything is far more efficient! I also added support for a real size drawer header! Now, paired with the background image, this can be like an actual navigation drawer header! And don't worry if you prefer the way it was before, an update is coming to allow a customizable size.
Alright! I know that it was a rough time switching over to the new theme and to the new drawables, but I finally got the last bit of crashes kinked out for y'all, should be smooth sailing now!
Google also released a fix for a lot of the issues in the support package, like switches text not changing color, etc, so that should be smooth sailing now as well.
I also synced a lot of the apps actions all together so now there is a lot more efficiency and reduced apk size, and there is more to come!
I fixed the tutorial button for kitkat users! I know this was a big complaint so I am happy to report that I finally fixed that one.
Alright guys! That is about it, there are probably some things I forgot to mention but there you go! Hope you enjoy the update and please let me know about any issues, suggestions, requests etc. that you might have!
If you want to check out more you should look at my website! http://www.nicknackdevelopment.com/home.html
You should also check out tasker week where this app was featured! http://www.xda-developers.com/tasker-week-theming-and-design-using-scripts-and-scenes/