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[WIDGET] Minimal Reader Pro v2.6 - Updated 31/03/2012

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*** Features ***
_ 2 Scrollable & Resizable Widgets : One for Android 2.x (compatible launchers only) and One for Android 3.X and above
_ 4 Fixed Widgets : 4x1, 4x2, 4x3 and 4x4
_ Display the latest news titles from your favourite websites/blogs right on your desktop
_ Import your Google Reader Subscriptions / Lables / Reading List or add your own RSS/Atom feeds.
_ Click on a news title to open the full story in a customizable Pop-up window, works in offline mode too !
_ Swipe left or right on a pop-up to read the next or previous news article.
_ While reading an article you can share it, set it as favourite for later or read it in the browser.
_ Customize the widget and the pop-up to match your home screen (color, buttons, tex alignement, background, etc ...).
_ Many settings available : Filter the News by age, Filter already read items, auto scroll, auto refresh ...
_ You can add as many feeds as you want on the same widget or separate them in several widgets with different sizes.
** Tips & Tricks ** All credits to Darius_bd !
--> Add twitter list as RSS :
http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com
If your a twitter fan (who isn't?), you can add your lists to the widget !
Simply get your twitter list URL (should look like this: http://twitter.com/#!/joenrv/android and paste it into the box on http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com. Copy the second link (RSS) you get and paste in the widget settings. Done.
--> Add Facebook Notification/Statuses as RSS :
You can also add your Facebook feeds by following to these links:
http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php
Look for the "Via RSS" button on top of the page, copy the generated link and paste it in the widget settings. Done.
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php
The RSS Icon is on the left of the page, get to generated link and change "feeds/friends_notes.php" to "feeds/friends_status.php". Copy that url and paste into the widget settings. Done.
--> 2 Easy ways to copy/paste from dektop PC to phone
1/ Chrome to Phone ! Donwload the app and the chrome extension, get to the website you want on your PC, click the RSS link, then click the Chrome to Phone icon on the right. You can get that URL on your phone through the Chrome to Phone app interface, long press your link, copy and paste that into the widgets settings. Done.
2/ QR Codes ! copy any URL into http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ on your PC, generate a QR Code, flash it with any barcodescanner on your phone, copy and paste the link into the widget settings. Done.
Can't wait to hear what you guys think about it, throw your suggestions on this thread
Enjoy !

** NEW in v2.5 **
- Complete redesign of the scrollable widgets : clean ICS style.
- Added option to show/hide the beginning of each article on the scrollable widgets.
- Complete redesign of the popup : now full screen with action bar.
- New settings : Headers, backgrounds, text colors.
- Fixed few bugs
* v2.4
- Added YouTube support, you can now launch videos right from the pop-up.
- Added Japanese translation. Big thanks to Moyuru for his work !
- Added new options to hide counter, blog title and date from the scrollable widget.
- Fixed few bugs
* v2.3
- Completely revamped the pop-up, now with a page indicator and incredibly fast navigation!
- Added image thumbnails to all static widgets
- Fixed a nasty Android 2.1 FC
- Rearranged all widget layouts
* v2.2.2
_ Optimisations for image pre-download feature : uses less data, less memory and scrolling is much smoother on the widget
* v2.2
- New Feature : Image pre-download for offline reading with images!
- New Feature : Thumbnails on widget ! (scrollable widgets only for now)
- New option to hide buttons on scrollable widgets
- Brought back the old ICS theme
- Added Danish, Turkish, Russian and Brasilian Portuguese languages (Thanks to all the translators!)
- Bug fixes
** v2.1.9 **
- New Widget optimized for Android 3.x / 4.x (scrollable and resizable)
- Revamped the ICS theme
- Changed the publish date format
*v2.1.2
- New setting : Refresh on WiFi only
- New Display setting : Number of items per page
- Fixed scrollable widget wrong article bug
- Few visual arrangements
*v2.1
- New Widget/Pop-up theme : Ice Cream Sandwich !!
- Revamped the White theme
- Other little visual improvements
Go check it out
*v2.0.0
_ ## Scrollable and Resizable Widget ## (WORKS WITH COMPATIBLE LAUNCHERS ONLY)
_ Two new buttons on the scrollable widget : "Mark all as read" and "Show favourites".
_ Unread counter on the scrollable widget.
_ Import Full Reading List (all unread items) from Google Reader in two clicks.
_ Import all feeds items a Google Reader Label (folder)
_ Please use Google Reader labels (folders) to regroup your feeds, importing and refreshing will be MUCH FASTER than importing each feed individually !
_ When you add a feed to a label (folder) in google reader, it will be automaticly synced with the widget, no need to re-import.
_ Pop-up now has slightly bigger images.
_ Fixed many bugs.
*v1.7.4
_ Fixed background and buttons disappearing on some launchers
_ Fixed widget information mixing up between widgets of the same size
_ Fixed FC when opeining Atom feeds urls in the browser
_ Fixed last popup not showing any content
*v1.7.3
_ Added option to not colorize read articles (user request)
_ Fixed the 'Filter by age' setting bug
** NEW in v1.7.2 - VISUAL UPDATE **
_ Added Text Size setting, allows to show more content on the widgets
_ Tweaked all widget layouts
_ Tweaked the pop-up backgrounds
_ Added Portuguese language support
_ Other bug fixes
*v1.7 - MAJOR UPDATE*
_ Added 4x3 widget size.
_ Much FASTER pop-up loading, with image loading in background.
_ Much more robust and efficient refresh.
_ Added spanish language support.
_ Many other optimizations and bugfixes.
*v1.6
_ Added 4x4 widget size with clickable news counter!
_ Added Favourite button on pop-up.
_ Added Share button on pop-up.
_ Even bigger images on pop-up.
_ Added Mark all as read function on 4x4.
_ Added Independent settings for each widget size.
_ Big code cleanup and CPU optimizations.
_ Many other bug fixes and minor changes.
*v1.5.2
_ Added option to invert buttons and arrows, good for left handed people (user request)
_ Re-arranged all the layouts a bit
_ Added scrollbar to the pop-up
*v1.5
_ 4x2 Widget size !
_ Sync and auto scroll optimisations
_ other bug fixes
*v1.4
_ Items are now marked as read after being opened in the pop-up
_ New filter to get only unread news
_ Faster refresh
_ Few other bugfixes
*v1.3
_ Added French translations
_ Better layouts for tablets
_ Widgets behave better when resized
_ Widgets are now syncronized with the pop-ups
_ Added Help screen on first launch
*v1.2
_ Fixed some feeds contents thanks to user feedback (you may have to re-add them to the widget)
_ Bigger images in po-up
_ Fixed some FCs
*v1.0.1
_ Fixed feeds not refreshing if renamed in google reader

Looks promising, I may write about it

Looks cool
I've just purchased and downloaded it, I'll let you know my findings.
Sincerely,
Mac

orb3000 said:
Looks promising, I may write about it
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Thanks orb, i would be honoured.
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Macelangelo77 said:
Looks cool
I've just purchased and downloaded it, I'll let you know my findings.
Sincerely,
Mac
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Thanks mac, always good to have you here
There shouldn't be any major bugs, i've tested it quite extensively, but if u find anything tell me and i will fix it asap.
Cheers my friend!
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Amazing app, the pop up just sold me, it was exactly what I was thinking it would be amazing as going in and out of the browser seemed a bit silly. Thanks!
Now I'll be waiting for the native twitter feed :] (again the google app is over the quota)
Question: How the integration with google reader works? I have two gmail accounts, the principal using my normal blog feeds. I thought of using the second account to add the widget feeds (as I dont want them to show up in my blog reader) but when I click in Connect to Google Reader, just the feeds of my principal account shows up. Both accounts have google reader sync on the settings of the phone. Maybe it can't be done yet? if so, can you add this ability?
Thanks again ;]

What weather widget you are using on top of simiclock?
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Darius_bd said:
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Amazing app, the pop up just sold me, it was exactly what I was thinking it would be amazing as going in and out of the browser seemed a bit silly. Thanks!
Now I'll be waiting for the native twitter feed :] (again the google app is over the quota)
Question: How the integration with google reader works? I have two gmail accounts, the principal using my normal blog feeds. I thought of using the second account to add the widget feeds (as I dont want them to show up in my blog reader) but when I click in Connect to Google Reader, just the feeds of my principal account shows up. Both accounts have google reader sync on the settings of the phone. Maybe it can't be done yet? if so, can you add this ability?
Thanks again ;]
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Hey darius! Great to have you around
Twitter integration will come soon, but i focused on google reader for the first version.
About the accounts, it's the first thing i need to fix tonight. So far I just get the first google account on your account list, but I'm gonna put an intermediate screen to choose which account you want to use. Update coming very soon.
Thanks for the support darius!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Couldn't wait for tonight pushing an update right now to fix multiple google reader accounts.
Darius, can you test it and tell me if everything is ok?

Joenrv said:
Darius, can you test it and tell me if everything is ok?
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Working flawlessly ;D Lot of thanks for it! Now adding feeds couldnt be easier

Darius_bd said:
Working flawlessly ;D Lot of thanks for it! Now adding feeds couldnt be easier
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Awesome, i managed to fix it AND be on time for work this morning
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Mmmm, still that "feed leaking" is happening across different widgets. A refresh fixes it, but would be nice to polish that out.

Nice app but can you pls put it on Androidpits App Center (Androidpit.com) because i dont havea creditcard and i am not able to buy this nice app in the ofgical market pls

Darius_bd said:
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Mmmm, still that "feed leaking" is happening across different widgets. A refresh fixes it, but would be nice to polish that out.
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I know, it's the last annoying problem that I have to figure out, but the problem comes from the android system itself which doesn't seem adapted for several widgets of the same type at the same time (if you have working examples of that kind of widgets please let me know).
Especially on reboot, the systems updates the widgets at the same time and that's what makes the display command right for the first widget but wrong for the rest.
If you have ideas on how I can avoid this issue don't hesitate to share them. I'll keep working on a solution for this.
In the meantime, you can solve the issue with just two clicks so it's not that bad.

Poapfel said:
Nice app but can you pls put it on Androidpits App Center (Androidpit.com) because i dont havea creditcard and i am not able to buy this nice app in the ofgical market pls
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It's done

Joenrv said:
I know, it's the last annoying problem that I have to figure out, but the problem comes from the android system itself which doesn't seem adapted for several widgets of the same type at the same time (if you have working examples of that kind of widgets please let me know).
Especially on reboot, the systems updates the widgets at the same time and that's what makes the display command right for the first widget but wrong for the rest.
If you have ideas on how I can avoid this issue don't hesitate to share them. I'll keep working on a solution for this.
In the meantime, you can solve the issue with just two clicks so it's not that bad.
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Ou no, sorry man, I have no idea about how stuff works in Android :/ Still, that aint such a hard pain, just a refresh and done.
But, for such kind of widget, I think Extended Controls would be the primal example, right? Lots of same type of widget, each with its own controls. Yet it aint similar in how Minimal Reader works.

Great app, bought it. Works awesome!
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Featured @ Android Police ;D

First saw this on the market after using the free version for a while (but not heavily, as GReader sync is vital)
I saw this and got it. I've been hooked ever since... awesome job
Only thing I dislike is that the timer that checks when the next story should be displayed does not seem to reset when I manually go to the next story, it can ocasionally skip to the next story after 1-2 seconds
Sent from my HTC Vision

Meta Widget - create widgets from any website content

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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
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★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
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Any issues with this first build of the meta widget?

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I really like the idea, yet i dont know what I will use it for.

jason.hamilton said:
Its a cool idea, not exactly what i thought it was. You can have it make a widget of buttons on a web page. I run my little sisters Etsy store, and there is no good etsy app. I used the app to go to the shop page and basically what it does is make a widget with the top buttons that i can click and will open up my browser. I was hoping it would show if i had messages, activity, etc...
I really like the idea, yet i dont know what I will use it for.
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You selected the wrong element. It shows you ANY element (static or dynamic) in a webpage. If you log into the store, go to the private messaging area and click the "unread messages" number, it will show you how many you have.
For example - i use it to extract the impressions graphs from my advertising analytics service.

Can you have it poll multiple things, such as activities and conversations? Or would that have to be 2 widgets?

jason.hamilton said:
Can you have it poll multiple things, such as activities and conversations? Or would that have to be 2 widgets?
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You can poll multiple things separately. We are working on a way to do this better in our upcoming widgets! project. Here though you can only select one element at a time.
Atm the best way to line things up is to use a launcher that can overlap widgets.
Btw the widgets! project should be in beta quite soon as well

Awesome. Keep up the good work.

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

Id appreciate some feedback on this latest release!

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

Any issues to report?

Any issues to report? Suggestions perhaps? Screens of what you have done?

Anything to report?

I just saw the app....looks like not too many testers reporting! Ill download and let ya know what I think....I would also post this with all attached in the physical apps forum. Maybe more response!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

1.0.2.8
Fixed bug in list creation
Fixed issue with prompt action

Anything to report?

Interesting. Downloaded, will try it out.

iElvis said:
Interesting. Downloaded, will try it out.
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Let me know how it goes.

ftgg99 said:
Let me know how it goes.
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I tried to make one from my Klout page, but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong? I couldn't seem to select any of the elements.

[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

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☰ Meta Widget ☰ Create widgets from any website ☰ SCROLLABLE NEWS IMAGES ANYTHING ☰
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. Please buy the Key - that would help us a lot
Screens

Anything to report?

Guys is anyone having trouble with text and background colors?

So far so good.. Been having a problem of not updating the widget properly with a previous version.. But it's resolved now..
I use it for a local weather website, however, when I'm setting it up, I can choose the image (with difficulty) when I'm on desktop or android mode within the app . But nothing shows up.. As if it's transparent.
But if I choose iphone mode. It works..
Dunno if u got my point.. I'll attach pictures
The website is http://meteo.search.ch/geneve
Thx for trying to fix it.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Looks like there are some dodgy tags around the images. Try using the buttons to avoid capturing the wrong element.
Im sorry but html is very difficult to represent visually - the selector is as good as it will ever get.

1.0.2.10
Reworked parser logic for compatibility
Reworked padding system in some circumstances
Fixed compatibility issues with Nova and others
Fixed title text size caching issue
Fixed a number of device specific problems from user logs

works well thank you...

thanks a lot..

The best thanks is a nice review on the Play Store - good ratings help me spend more time on improving the app

Hi,
I have recently installed Meta Widget. I thought i could use it to grab the market headline from www.ft.com, i have managed to grab one article, but i want to be able to scroll all the market headlines.
Is this possible?
Many thanks in advance,
Mike

Yes, it should be possible. Remember, you need an element that has a lot of similar elements if you want to make a list. So for example, in ft markets it should be the title of the ones 1/3 down the page that say EQUITIES CURRENCIES etc.

Anything to report?

Everything OK with the recent JB updates?

Call or text your favourite contacts with one touch (updated on 11-Jan-13)

I have a habit of using direct dial/direct message shortcuts instead of using the widgets available in play store because I believe it saves battery as well as RAM usage. But since I flash new ROM (of different flavors like ASOP, MIUI, JOYOS) every now and then it was difficult for me restore the data and I had to create entire shortcuts all over again. Also I have a habit of changing launchers very often. In this case also creating contact shortcut was a boring task. Hence myself and my team came up with this simple app to create shortcuts in a simple way.You can find more details on play store itself.
You can download this directly from google play store at
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klausit.apptainment.android.apps.directcut#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmtsYXVzaXQuYXBwdGFpbm1lbnQuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRpcmVjdGN1dCJd
working on
1. Backup and restore
2. More themes
Please give your feedback.

Good App
Thanks for the app. i was looking for the similar app for a long time. Good :good:

Please provide your valuable feedback for the improvement of the app.

Very useful app. I remember there was a similar app (dont remember the name though) for Android 2.1 and below. I am waiting for the other features mentioned by the OP as well. I would like to see an option for changing the number of columns I can have. At present it only 3. Thank you for the app

I checked this application and:
* interesting
* look not very nice
* not intuitive
But good luck!

Thanks Hiandroid for the feedback,
Definitely we will add the feature of changing contacts columns in the coming version.
hiandroid said:
Very useful app. I remember there was a similar app (dont remember the name though) for Android 2.1 and below. I am waiting for the other features mentioned by the OP as well. I would like to see an option for changing the number of columns I can have. At present it only 3. Thank you for the app
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Thanks for the feedback.
We will be adding Themes feature in the next version.
sigcont said:
I checked this application and:
* interesting
* look not very nice
* not intuitive
But good luck!
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Hello hiandroid,
We have updated a new version with Changing number of columns options for contacts in folder shortcuts.
hiandroid said:
Very useful app. I remember there was a similar app (dont remember the name though) for Android 2.1 and below. I am waiting for the other features mentioned by the OP as well. I would like to see an option for changing the number of columns I can have. At present it only 3. Thank you for the app
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More updates are coming next week

Nice app!

sumanthbabum said:
Hello hiandroid,
We have updated a new version with Changing number of columns options for contacts in folder shortcuts.
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Thanks. Please add more themes

Version 1.0 Released.
1) Themes added
2) Search contacts enabled
3) Full screen mode can be enabled
4) Zoom functionality in folder shortcuts...
Back and Restore coming soon.......
Simple utility to organize your Direct Dial/Direct Message/Direct Email Shortcuts
Features
1. Create Direct Dial/Direct Message/Direct Email shortcuts on your home screen
2. Organize or Group related shortcuts into folders
3. Create Multiple group folders
4. Assign different icons to each folder for easy recognition
5. Easy creation, deletion and modification
6. Easy Navigation
7. Beautiful Themes.
Benefits
1. No battery consuption since it is a shortcut rather than a widget which continuosly runs in the background
2. Move the App to SDcard unlike widgets
3. One action creates shortcut on all launchers/home apps installed. So no need to individually create on each launcher/home app and you can change launcher/home app easily without worrying about loosing the shortcuts
More Features to Come
1. More themes with round and square themed contacts
2. Backup and Restore facilty for created folder
Please report any bugs via email to [email protected]
If you want to add any new feature, you can send your suggestions to: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE : THIS APP CANNOT BE USED TO SEND GROUP MESSAGES/EMAIL

Christmas Theme --Coming soon

sumanthbabum said:
Version 1.0 Released.
1) Themes added
2) Search contacts enabled
3) Full screen mode can be enabled
4) Zoom functionality in folder shortcuts...
Back and Restore coming soon.......
Simple utility to organize your Direct Dial/Direct Message/Direct Email Shortcuts
Features
1. Create Direct Dial/Direct Message/Direct Email shortcuts on your home screen
2. Organize or Group related shortcuts into folders
3. Create Multiple group folders
4. Assign different icons to each folder for easy recognition
5. Easy creation, deletion and modification
6. Easy Navigation
7. Beautiful Themes.
Benefits
1. No battery consuption since it is a shortcut rather than a widget which continuosly runs in the background
2. Move the App to SDcard unlike widgets
3. One action creates shortcut on all launchers/home apps installed. So no need to individually create on each launcher/home app and you can change launcher/home app easily without worrying about loosing the shortcuts
More Features to Come
1. More themes with round and square themed contacts
2. Backup and Restore facilty for created folder
Please report any bugs via email to [email protected]
If you want to add any new feature, you can send your suggestions to: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE : THIS APP CANNOT BE USED TO SEND GROUP MESSAGES/EMAIL
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Better

Thanks....
Any other feedback on the new version.
hiandroid said:
Better
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New Theme Added--Zingle Red

Fixed Folder Change Image Bug

sumanthbabum said:
Fixed Folder Change Image Bug
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I keep following up this because I liked this concept. Its very good. Latest theme looks good

Fixed search contact name bug.

Thank u...
More updates coming
hiandroid said:
I keep following up this because I liked this concept. Its very good. Latest theme looks good
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Terrible UI - why just don't stick with nice and clean default/holo android look?