Hi,
I have recently created a Piano app which is available in Android Market as LittlePiano (free app).
It has 13 keys with multitouch interface.
The multitouch seem not to work great for two fingers nearby on HTC Desire - it is much better when they are not touching nearby keys.
Also - there is a "follow me" guide with few sample melodies.
I would highly appreciate a short test report on how it works on other devices.
Also if you want you can share your song (as long as it fits in 1 octave) using the following notation:
CDEFGAHV (this are the white keys)
cd fga v (this are the black keys)
please provide a title and if it seems a valid melody I will add it in some future releases.
Thanks in advance for all test reports!
AT&T Captivate
Mulit-touch was non-existent for me. It was slow between key presses. Very simple UI which would be good for my kids. Not a bad start once you are able to figure out the multi-touch issue.
Thanks for feedback flashman. I am sorry to hear multitouch does not work for you. It works like charm on an HTC Desire I used for testing. Works = allows two touches at one go with only the issue the the phone does not match fingers location when they are nearby or when third is pressed.
Could you please elaborate more on the slowness you notice ... does sliding the finger from one side to another does not result in a nice passage and some keys do not play? Thank you for your help.
Also - anyone else with another device who is willing to share feedback? Thank you in advance!
just saw this and downloaded it!
I tried it on my rooted G2/vision with stock rom and it worked fine. Multi touch = 2 fingers and plays two different sounds and can slide finger across screen too!
...however some issues:
1)when 2 keys are pressed at same time one of them stays yellow but the other one turns back to normal color.
2)not sure if its the application or my phone speaker but hitting keys really fast and doing lots of multi touch produces a small crackle/snap sound at the end of some notes.
Otherwise a very good start! good luck!
Thanks CTR1 - it seems that each hardware works slightly different when it comes to multitouch.
I have a htc legend and when 2 keys are pressed at same time one of them stays yellow but the other one turns back to normal color.
Tnx forum the app
Multitouch doesn't work on Samsung galaxy S can't be the harware and it doesn't work if I press the note one by one too fast
PS: To add more notes you could try to add a scroller that allow to scroll on a fulll keyboard
SGS Captivate
Multi-touch doesn't work. When two keys are pressed at the same time it only plays one key and that one stays yellow and locks up the app for a couple seconds before turning back to white and allowing further play. Sliding finger up and down keyboard is fairly responsive and smooth. Would also be nice if it allowed for playing of major and minor triads (aug. & dim. would be nice too).
Good start. Look forward to updates/fixes.
Yep no multitouch else its goos. Nice app! U should makea guitar one
Looks like a great app. One thing though, it got 5 stars in market but no reviews? I tried to drop a review but can't seems to find the option that let me make a review.
Rooted Original Droid
I have a rooted original Droid with the Project Elite Rom. I get no sound at all from this app....nothing. I have the Media Volume at max and still nothing.
Any ideas?
I love the guide that shows you what keys to press. My daughter loved to play the twinkle little star. Thank you for this app
good app
nice app for chidren.
multitouch works on Motorola Droid, but sometimes one note plays with delay.
And after taking fingers off the screen one button still yellow.
I don't know how it can be done but for melody studing you need to show notes length.
This is so cute! I love this application! I have an HTC HD2 with Android installed on it and as some have posted when you touch two keys at the same time one stays yellow but if you touch another piano key the one that's stuck in yellow turns back to normal, no big deal for me. But it doesn't always happen when you touch two keys at the same time, once again thank you for the piano application now I can leave my mom's iPhone alone.
Works great on my HD2. Also get the snap/crackle when the keys are pressed rapidly. Get the same stuck yellow key on multitouch but it's just a visual problem as the sound still works fine and it goes away as soon as you press the next key. Only suggestion is to put the Info and Options buttons in the menu and make the keys full screen.
cant wait to try this
Works great on my MT4G, me and my daughter were just learning to play a couple of songs. Great app. Thank you for your hard work, my daughter said thank you also.
Not found in market
Send apk to pm ... please
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Not found in market
Send apk to pm ... please
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I have just uploaded new version with 5 instruments (piano, guitar, trumpet, bells and percussion) - hope you will be able to find it now - look for "Little Piano" in the Market - as of now its the second search result.
Little Guitar ... a sequel to Little Piano
Following Little Piano I have created another music up - Little Guitar which is available here: https://market.android.com/details?id=pl.ayground.littleguitar
I would highly appreciate your feedback and confirmation if it works on your device. I have tested it on HTC Desire, should work on any 2.2+ device regardless of its screen size.
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As the built in game pad for morphgear seems to be a little buggy when playing on my HD2 (and i am not the only one with the problem apparently) I thought I would develop my own game pad.
This game pad is a wvga game pad, which means that it is designed for use in landscape mode. the game pad is primarily made for the SNES part of morphgear, but I believe it should work with other parts with the same amount of - or less buttons than the SNES.
All you need is:
- Morphgear of course you can find a version especially for HD2 with enabled multitouch, right here, thanks to Blutz
- The SNES part of Morphgear, which is available for download right here, or any other part you might want
When you got all this, you are totally ready to go, so download the file at Rapidshare or at the bottom of this post And follow the instructions to install the game pad.
Instructions:
- First extract the rar file. When you have done that you will have 2 files. gamepad.txt and gamepad.bmp.
- Copy or cut these 2 files and place them in the following folder:
your HD2 --> storage card --> programs --> games --> MorphGear --> skins.
If that is where you have placed the MorphGear folder (I believe that's the standard location). If you placed it at a custom place, then I bet you know where you placed it, and then you should be able to figure it out
- Boot up MorphGear and then press the settings icon. Choose "SNES9x (SNES) if that is what you installed (if you installed something else then that is the one to choose). Go down to the bottom of all these settings. The last option should be called "Skin". Choose the skin called "wvga game pad" and press OK in the top right corner (this is primarily for the SNES part, I do not know how big a difference there is from one emulator to another).
- Now boot up a game and enjoy the show
- If you don't already have, you will need to set up MorphGear so that it plays the game in landscape. This is done by going to the settings icon --> Global settings --> Display --> Orientation, and change this to east or west depending on where you want your hardware buttons.
Other Info:
Mapped Buttons:
n, s, e, w, ne, nw, se, sw, a, b, x, y, select, start, (L1), (R1)
This is the first version, and unfortunately i haven't been able to get L1 and R1 to work. If anyone knows what the code for those are, I would be happy if you could just send me a pm
Versions with a nicer UI might show up in the future, but at the moment I do not see it as being important since you rarely see the game pad when playing. I don't at least
Update:
The L1 and R1 is now working correctly. The new version is attached in this post
Update:
A new gamepad supporting the genesis module is now up for download. The gamepad has all the keys of the genesis, and supports 8 moving directions, n,e,s,w,ne,se,nw,sw It is of course kept in the same beautiful design
Instructions for installing it is exactly the same as they are for the other game pad, except that you have to choose the generator module instead of the SNES9X in settings.
Update:
Yet another gamepad is now ready. Do you struggle with the original pad because you find it too small and crampy? Struggle no longer, as a new big version of the original is now ready for you to download The new gamepad is just around 100 pixel higher than the old, and therefore it allows a bigger navigation pad, and the a,b,x & y buttons have become bigger too. Head to the bottom of this post to find the file, and if you like the old pad better, then that is of course still available
the pad is now working too ^^
Update:
Does playing in landscape mode just suck compared to playing in portrait mode? Then why play in landscape mode? A new gamepad created for playing in portrait mode is now up and ready for you to download So head on down to the bottom of this post, and start playing the portrait way
Update:
Check out Hexjibbers new mod of my portrait SNES gamepad: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=621371. It has the layout of the original SNES gamepad, so if you feel a little nostalgic, then head over to his thread and drop him a comment ^^
Update:
Oh my... An update? Yep its an update ^^ A NES gamepad has now been added to the collection, so if you are tired of those awesome graphics on the SNES, you can head back to NES, knowing that there is a multitouch supporting pad for exactly that purpose. Also there have been a little reorganising of the pads, so that i am able to stay at/under the 8 uploads i have to my use. Thats all for now and if you have any requests then throw 'em at me, and i will do my best ^_^ <-- reason for the quite lame smilies, is the fact that i have run out of real smilies to use... apparently you can only have 15 smilies in your post
Update:
I really wonder when this is going to stop... just as the thread seemed dead it was given some first aid, and suddenly it was alive again. Which is good, because that means that xavierdemon came up with a skin too ^^ So if you just happen to dig the design of the ps3 controller, then head to page 9 or follow this link. to download it... Actually he has come up with 2 skins, so if you like the NES too, then it is your lucky day ^^
Thanks to Blutz for the help I've got from him, and a big thanks to Dredd67, who uploaded a game pad for touch hd, which I could use to understand how it all works ^^
Excellent. Works Perfectly. Thanks.
Phaedrus Nine said:
Excellent. Works Perfectly. Thanks.
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your welcome im glad you like it
Nice pad, works great with Mario
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Nice pad, works great with Mario
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It should considering that it was a Mario game I was testing it with
great work! I was stuck in chrono trigger because multitouch wasn't working very good and I couldn't run (had to catch a mouse ). With this skin everything works great. (altough it is quite ugly )
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great work! I was stuck in chrono trigger because multitouch wasn't working very good and I couldn't run (had to catch a mouse ). With this skin everything works great. (altough it is quite ugly )
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I know its not a beautyqueen But if you play full screen then it doesn't really have to be, because you cant see it anyway Personally I just believe it should be a functional pad, and then beauty may come later
Thanks for this. Works perfectly.
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where would i find roms to download for this software?
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Go to google and search for "snes roms", and I guarantee that you will find a lot of pages that haves all these roms for download. Just remember that you have to own the original game before it is legal. Downloading roms of games that you do not own is illegal
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Go to google and search for "snes roms", and I guarantee that you will find a lot of pages that haves all these roms for download. Just remember that you have to own the original game before it is legal. Downloading roms of games that you do not own is illegal
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I shall bear that in mind
Can you tell me which display options I should use to see the whole gamepad on my HD2 ?
I tried 150% but then the game screen is too small.
If I use "windows size" I don't see the pad anymore.
And if I try with "auto scale", my fingers come accross the game screen.
I've set orientation to "west" and unchecked "disable full screen"
Thank you
pim said:
Can you tell me which display options I should use to see the whole gamepad on my HD2 ?
I tried 150% but then the game screen is too small.
If I use "windows size" I don't see the pad anymore.
And if I try with "auto scale", my fingers come accross the game screen.
I've set orientation to "west" and unchecked "disable full screen"
Thank you
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The only way to be able to see the whole pad is to make the game screen small enough to fit above the pad. personally I use the autoscale function, where you can see the sides of the pad, and then just guess when it comes to the middle. I tried to make this pad easy to use without it being visible, so that you are able to play in full screen or autoscale without having to struggle to find the buttons. Morphgear it self is the one who decides to hide the gamepad, and I can tell you that some people is looking for a way to get the gamepad on top, and add transparency.
Bug propably
Hey guys. I've propably found a little bug. The L and R buttons doesnt work. I've looken into the txt file and there are thu buttons named as l1 and r1. I renamed them to 1 and r as they i named in other pads and R button now works just fine. But the L button repeats the recently used button instead of its proper function. Could you please take a look at that, because except this one little issue is your pad the best i've ever used
Thanks a lot..
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Hey guys. I've propably found a little bug. The L and R buttons doesnt work. I've looken into the txt file and there are thu buttons named as l1 and r1. I renamed them to 1 and r as they i named in other pads and R button now works just fine. But the L button repeats the recently used button instead of its proper function. Could you please take a look at that, because except this one little issue is your pad the best i've ever used
Thanks a lot..
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Hi xZdenis. I've always known about the L1 R1 bug, which i also said in the first post The reason is that i had no clue what they were supposed to be called. Now when i know what the 2 buttons are supposed to be called, i will fix it as soon as i get home, (or sometime like that) and then it should all work perfect
And thank you for the feedback
looking forward to the l/r button update!
thanks for this.
Audio Oblivion said:
looking forward to the l/r button update!
thanks for this.
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the new version is now up
Hojlind said:
Hi xZdenis. I've always known about the L1 R1 bug, which i also said in the first post The reason is that i had no clue what they were supposed to be called. Now when i know what the 2 buttons are supposed to be called, i will fix it as soon as i get home, (or sometime like that) and then it should all work perfect
And thank you for the feedback
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You're more than welcome, thx for quick response and an awesome work
why is this skin support multitouch very good (i can run and fire with mario well) but other skin is not? like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5261944&postcount=269.
can you fix the xbox skin
vua777 said:
why is this skin support multitouch very good (i can run and fire with mario well) but other skin is not? like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5261944&postcount=269.
can you fix the xbox skin
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as said in the other thread I'm not totally sure what I am doing "better" than the other guys. until I know this I am definately not going to touch other persons skins, and if I figure it out then I won't touch without an approval from the creator of the skin and then just publish it
i like your gamepad very much!
is there a possibility to make the buttons and the controls for the direction larger?
so that i don't accidently press beside a controlkey and get the error that if you click on non-control-space morphgear repeats the last keypress?
Ok so I posted some bit's of this already but I have refined the original "Proof of concept" design to something a bit more useable.
It annoyed me that I could not see the buttons in Landscape mode but I could see the sides of the screen when it is set to Autoscale. This set me to try and make a pad that would fit into the tiny slivers of screen left in landscape mode with "Autoscale" set.
This pad needs to be used in "AutoScale" mode on a WVGA screen such as an HD or HD2 This setting leaves a slither of screen each side of the screen that I have used to show the button placement. Don't get me wrong, you can't fit a Dpad in that area BUT you can easily mark top and bottom left of it and that's a start.
I find that my thumb is a bit lazy and I struggle a bit to use a square DPad, because of this I have squished it a bit to a more suitable rectangular shape, have a go and tell me if it's no good - If you imagine that the visible "strip" at the side is 1/4 of the DPads width then you should get it pretty easily. Please take a look at the attached picture though, I have made this pad a slightly odd shape because I find that I use left and right a cack load more than I use up and down. It may not be great for all games but I have found that it suits my thumb better than a standard equal layout. If you hate it then try using my original pad found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6339454#post6339454
Other than this the Start (ST) Select (SE), A, B, R1 and R2 buttons are all visible at the edge of the screen!
Currently the GBA pad is the only one I have done but I could easily modify this concept to cover all of the different systems - The only reason I haven't is that I only really play GBA games on my phone.
There is a readme included but I'd like some feedback so please bring it on!
Hey man, good job. I like the v1 rather than this, i find it harder to hit the up arrow with the new one, but it's not the reason why i'm wiriting this.
Both your pads makes the game laggy when i tap the white (unassigned) space. Other pads I've tried never did that. Any idea how to selve this? Or am i the only one experiencing this lag?
is multitouch available for morphgear?
Phenomenon said:
is multitouch available for morphgear?
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It sure is you just need to download the tweaked version by blutz
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Hey man, good job. I like the v1 rather than this, i find it harder to hit the up arrow with the new one, but it's not the reason why i'm wiriting this.
Both your pads makes the game laggy when i tap the white (unassigned) space. Other pads I've tried never did that. Any idea how to selve this? Or am i the only one experiencing this lag?
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Hi I find that they all lag a bit, it seems to be the way that the Multitouch is implemented (I don't think it's Blutz, rather the original Morphgear crew), I find that when I have 2 buttons pressed all is fine but if I press NE and A (so 3 buttons reported to Morphgear) it lags until I release all buttons. This is just my laymans observation.
I could try producing an ultra light version to see if that helps... I think my skin is >2mb
Could you give me some examples of ones that don't cause it and I'll have a look, I wouldn't be overly surprised to find it was something I had done wrong. What we really need is the capacity to set white = NULL!
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Hi Guys!!
I've updated all my pads, Landscape and Portrait to have the new D-Pad and most have the new colours (which I find work a little better)
I'll keep on tweaking, but for the mo, I'm pretty happy with it.. Let me know if you have any issues.
Set your screen to 150%, will fit into the landscape window perfectly on all my pads.
For the new portrait pad I've recently uploaded, set screen size to auto.
These skins are ABSOLUTELY fantastic for games like Street Fighter2.
I can now do Ha-Do-Kens AND shoryukens ALL THE WAY ACCROSS THE SCREEN no probs!!!! I tried all the other skins I could get my hands on but found it too difficult to do the moves with them, so decided to try making my own with a modified keypad pattern, works a charm!
I've also extended the key-press areas to fit where fingers "would" go to by mistake for the buttons etc, and eliminated all blank space on the touch sensor part, so that you don't get unwanted key presses...
I've used the same d-pad skin and made button skins for the SMS and Mega Drive.. The SNES skin works for NES and GBA..
Try them out and let me know what you think.. If you have suggestions or games that for some reason don't work as well as others, please let me know.. I'd like to keep tweaking it..
I've used this pad flawlessly with..
SNES
Street Fighter 2
Final Fight
Mortal Kombat
Battletoads
RtypeIII
Star Fox
SMS
R-Type
Shinobi
Secret Command
Mega Drive
Golden Axe
Woooohooooo!!!
Downloading it !
Thx !
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can you post instructions on how to use the New Pads for Streetfighter (Multitouch)?
regards
Raziel
You legend..............
Does this mean I can finally pull off the finishing moves in mortal kombat??
Sweeeeet
Thanks man!!
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can you post instructions on how to use the New Pads for Streetfighter (Multitouch)?
regards
Raziel
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Hi!
To get multitouch to work you need a HD2 or a device with a screen that has multi touch (capacative)
Copy the skin files into the skins directory of morphgear using your file explorer.
In the set-up for the gaming console within morphgear, select the skin as your... skin..
Is this what you were after?
works perfect. but i would like them working at landscape mode so that there are more room for fingers. thanks man.
thanks !!!
tis a very good snes pad, cheers matey
will this work on the Omnia (i910)? thanks.
The best pad there is for Morphgear, thanks for sharing!
The only thing I need in Morphgear now is good Genesis audio support, it's rubbish now Sonic needs sound.
Any input is welcome!
i couldnt get the pad to show up in the select skin.what do i do?
yeah, best ever. I really love it, could you make it in landscape mode? the button A, B, X, Y is near the navigation button, therefore sometimes it makes hardly to play some games. thank you.
Vast improvement. Still difficult to run and jump in Donkey Kong Country, but a hell of a lot more playable than what I was using.
awesome skin, works really well.
i wish there was a landscape version though
Hey guys!
Thanks for all the feedback.. I'm gonna make a landscape versin after seeing everybodies posts..
This week I'm a little flat out with work, so I'll do a REALLY quick chop up of my portrait on and slap it together to see what it's like, (which I will probably put up tomorrow)..
I'll re-assess the landscape and spend a little more time making a better landscape for next week..
Hope this keeps the troops happy
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Hey guys!
Thanks for all the feedback.. I'm gonna make a landscape versin after seeing everybodies posts..
This week I'm a little flat out with work, so I'll do a REALLY quick chop up of my portrait on and slap it together to see what it's like, (which I will probably put up tomorrow)..
I'll re-assess the landscape and spend a little more time making a better landscape for next week..
Hope this keeps the troops happy
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yeah, fantastic... hope see a best new version soon
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sorry I meant how to use the Pad literally for Multi touch, to do the moves like dragon punch/Hadoken etc?
If I am not mistaken Morphgear does not support true multitouch so I cannot do the Moves as I would with a joystick.
regards
Ps: I have a HD2 with Artemis 26.1 Rom
Here's a quick one
Ok.. Here is a REALLY quick make up of the landscape version..
It's not finalised at all! But should be pretty functional.
I need to re arrange the buttons a little and re-do the graphics, but please test it and let me know how it goes and what sucks about it.
I will do it up properly over the weekend...
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Ok.. Here is a REALLY quick make up of the landscape version..
It's not finalised at all! But should be pretty functional.
I need to re arrange the buttons a little and re-do the graphics, but please test it and let me know how it goes and what sucks about it.
I will do it up properly over the weekend...
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Thanks! but will there be a Genesis landscape version too?
I feel really silly for asking this but it's driving me mad... When I exit the settings screen (by pressing the X button), i get out of the app, so none of the setting changes are saved. But I really can't find any other way out! Could someone help me with this, please?
I am using a windows 6.5.3 build, so the X is on bottom, of course, @latest ChuckyRom.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Luís
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I feel really silly for asking this but it's driving me mad... When I exit the settings screen (by pressing the X button), i get out of the app, so none of the setting changes are saved. But I really can't find any other way out! Could someone help me with this, please?
I am using a windows 6.5.3 build, so the X is on bottom, of course, @latest ChuckyRom.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Luís
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Sometimes the best answers are the most obvious - i just had to press the BACK hardware key. Problem solved.
Hey guys,
Just wanted to share an image with you of a keyboard project I'm working on for tablets. Currently all dev and testing is being done on my Galaxy Tab, but next week I'll start working on the xoom screensize port as well.
Info:A free basic multitouch keyboard for tablets, (a paid version with more features may come later, or I may just update the free version)
Features:
-Fast
-Word prediction
-Multitouch
-capability for multilanguage support (depends on interest I guess)
-FREE (My favorite words ever!)
How can you help?
Well as you can see there is some space in the middle of the screen, while I've still setup the keyboard with a seperate symbols keyboard (also tablet/thumb friendly) I'm wondering if there are some 'must have' buttons that should be put in the middle. My thoughts are they should be key's that are essential but not normally used, like arrow keys maybe? There's probably room for about 12 keys? So chime in and let me know.
How do I help not to clog up this thread
I don't need testers thanks. But if I do in the future I'll ask.
When is it coming out! I want it now!
As soon as it's ready, obviously it's mothers day this weekend so don't expect it until next week some time at the earliest.
Final info:
This is not the final theme, although it will be something along these lines probably.. I like a clean, minimalistic approach. Also in the second picture (the symbols) you can see the keys are slightly larger, I've also not decided on the final key size yet.
*Update*,
I've updated the attached pictures with the latest revision, and the initial sizing for the 10.1" Tablets. I've only speant a few minutes with the xoom, but being able to input text with both thumbs while holding it makes all the difference in the world.
*Update*, Portrait orientation fixed for 7 and 10" layout
*Update 05-12* I'm pretty happy where things are at right now with the 7" version. I just need to incorporate those changes into the 10.1" size and it should be basically ready. I've tweaked the sizing a bit since these latest screenshots now that I can put the xoom through more testing. I'll maybe add another couple of languages before release, if not everyone can work on those after. I've kept the additional keys in the space minimal, as I said before I like minimal.
hey that's pretty great. But instead of black is it possible to make the background translucence so as to see the content of the app.
a translucence background is a great idea
Will this require 2.2+?
I know you specified Galaxy Tabs, but I have been messing with a cmp738a craig tablet lately and this is exactly what I have been looking for.
Would be willing to test it if you are willing to add support.
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a translucence background is a great idea
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Hmmm. Maybe, first up though before I finalize the theme is the layout.. ill keep it in mind though, thanks for the suggestion
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I have played around with a Xoom for a while and this looks like a great replacement for the stock keyboard.
One thing I really miss on the Xoom is the ability to quickly write numbers by long pressing the alphabetic keys (secondary keys in general would be nice).
Frequently used keys in the middle seems great, a few symbol keys would fit nicely there. I find myself typing @ a lot, but other than I can't think of anything (except numbers) that I type often.
// A
Nice.
The screen res of the Galaxy tab is the same on my Nook running CM7 Gingerbread 2.3.4.
So I would like to help test if possible. This looks lime a nice project.
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How do I help not to clog up this thread
I don't need testers thanks. But if I do in the future I'll ask.
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Nice.
The screen res of the Galaxy tab is the same on my Nook running CM7 Gingerbread 2.3.4.
So I would like to help test if possible. This looks lime a nice project.
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thanks for the offer though
Portugal here, i can help with pt-PT translation
numbers
numbers in the middle would be very helpful and a .com thank u for this
What about the international characters? It would make no sense to limit your work to English language, especially in times of European Community. If possible, it should be more explicit than they Android standard one.
Perfect it was a customizable panel, on which we could put our preferred characters/smiles/etc
Looks nice. An @ button instead of an emoticon button might be used more in the default layout. Also, left and right arrow keys in case someone misspells a word & do not want to delete all letters or try to tap the exact space before the wrong letter.
How does it look like in potrait mode?
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Well its really designed for tablets and landscape mode.. on the todo list is portrait layout.
As for the @ sign and the number keys. They'll be setup on the symbols keyboard(as per the pic) and with long presses. Though honestly its faster to access them on the symbols keyboard than by long pressing.
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Reminds me this keyboard a lot.
a.) I wish it could look that good
b.) there's not way it'll have the same level of features.. well not 'no way', but not likely at all
Arrow Keys
Arrow keys are a must.
Initial concept looks pretty good. Things that stand out for me as a Xoom user with slightly more space:
Ability to swap between traditional and thumb layout
Arrow keys would be fantastic
Long press for secondary symbols much like GB keyboard.
Thanks for your efforts.
latest updates added. Thanks for all your feedback guys. A couple of notes.
this is for a tablet layout, the original layout will not be available to switch between, the portrait is fairly close to stock.
I haven't added in arrow keys as of yet, and don't think I will before release. In all my years with android I've never needed them so why add more clutter.
It uses short gestures instead of taps to get each key. You select each key rather than tap and hope for the best. It's a little difficult to explain but the video might be able to help with undershanding.
Key features:
-ability to quickly move the cursor by rotating.
-Ability to select text easily
-Copy, cut and paste shortcuts
-More special characters accessed by longpressing any key.
This is my first app I learned about android apps sloely to develop this. I found that everyone that dislikes this keyboard do so because they don't understand how it works I made a video explaining how to do the tutorial. Which you can find on the play store listing. I would really love to hear any questions, comments and especially suggestions that you have. I appreciate any sort of input you guys can give me and if you happen to like it a rating and/or review on thi play store would help me alot.
Also here is a list of things being worked on:
-select all and deselect all on clipboard menu(already done)
-resizing, moving aand undocking the keyboard
-Autocorrect and predictions shown on in a circular pattern around the keyboard.
-Because each key is a gesture instead of a tap even if you don't completely swipe over the line NovaKey will know what you are trying to type.
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=viviano.cantu.novakey
Hm
Sweety keys
v.cantu said:
It uses short gestures instead of taps to get each key. You select each key rather than tap and hope for the best. It's a little difficult to explain but the video might be able to help with undershanding.
Key features:
-ability to quickly move the cursor by rotating.
-Ability to select text easily
-Copy, cut and paste shortcuts
-More special characters accessed by longpressing any key.
This is my first app I learned about android apps sloely to develop this. I found that everyone that dislikes this keyboard do so because they don't understand how it works I made a video explaining how to do the tutorial. Which you can find on the play store listing. I would really love to hear any questions, comments and especially suggestions that you have. I appreciate any sort of input you guys can give me and if you happen to like it a rating and/or review on thi play store would help me alot.
Also here is a list of things being worked on:
-select all and deselect all on clipboard menu(already done)
-resizing, moving aand undocking the keyboard
-Autocorrect and predictions shown on in a circular pattern around the keyboard.
-Because each key is a gesture instead of a tap even if you don't completely swipe over the line NovaKey will know what you are trying to type.
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=viviano.cantu.novakey
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This keyboard is absolutely brilliant. :good:
Fantastic idea,.. i use it on my galaxy s4 cyanogen cm12 and my wife which was able to write smooth and fast with it already after only a couple of minutes when she first time used it on her galaxy s3 stock and she wan´t use anything else from now on.
I really hope the development of this great app will continue and that there will follow also different language for spelling
(in our case,.. German..).!
Just a question and suggestions:
I´m not able to find the "+" symbol.. so far....?
Hopefully the cursor on the grey background will be made a little more visible for blind people like me..... :cyclops:
Maybe also different color-designs to choose from.
Suggestions from my wife:
The letters that are used the most maybe should be the ones with the most easy to do gesture... makes it even faster..
Take a look at the letter frequencies of the English language for example:
e....12.702%
t.......9.056%
a.......8.167%
o.......7.507%
i........6.966%
n.......6.749%
s.......6.327%
h.......6.094%
r........5.987%
d.......4.253%
l........4.025%
c.......2.782%
u.......2.758%
m......2.406%
w......2.360%
f........2.228%
g.......2.015%
y.......1.974%
p.......1.929%
b.......1.492%
v.......0.978%
k.......0.772%
j........0.153%
x.......0.150%
q.......0.095%
z.......0.074%
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_freq...
Space could be double tap... for those with big fingers...
And maybe highlighting (colored) the symbol/letter which is in the circle when scrolling through the symbols... her finger always get´s in the way so that she doesn´t really see which one she has selected...
Greetings
sv0911
Thank You!
Thank You! I apologize for the late response. I really appreciate your suggestions and I'm glad you like my keyboard. I have gotten multiple requests so I will be adding German hopefully soon. Also, you will be able to resize and move the keyboard around so that might be more comfortable.
Oh and for "+" shift up from the numbers keyboard.
Thank You again!
v.cantu said:
Thank You! I apologize for the late response. I really appreciate your suggestions and I'm glad you like my keyboard. I have gotten multiple requests so I will be adding German hopefully soon. Also, you will be able to resize and move the keyboard around so that might be more comfortable.
Oh and for "+" shift up from the numbers keyboard.
Thank You again!
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Reminds me of 8pen. Interesting, but unfortunately can't beat the speed of regular tap-typing or swiping.
Keep going nethertheless for the coolness of it ;]
interesting concept, will give it a shot.
testing this keyboard, hopefully the developer didn't stop (last version from 28th of december)
New update from "v.cantu´s" amazing keyboard with many great improvements..!!!
Look above for the download-link on first post.
Btw..:
one more suggestion from my wife to the dev.. She tried the new version and finds it pretty cool...
Maybe you could implement the function that if you push a letter and hold it without moving it that it repeats the choosen letter several times...
so you can keep the option for choosing special characters but she doesn´t has to push for example letter "a" several times to get several "aaaaaa"....
Big thanks to the dev... :good:
What a great concept, too bad it was abandoned so quickly. Does anyone know of anything similar? The playstore is just choke full of glittery keyboard bull****, finding anything there is like looking for a needle in 10000 haystacks.