[Proof of Concept] Tweaked Notifications Window Appearance - Coming Soon? - EVO 4G Themes and Apps

So, while I've been heavily busy with work lately, as some of you may know, I've had ready for release an inverted notifications panel (white text on dark background, instead of the default black text on light background), but in addition to this, I've been playing with the idea of removing the top "Carrier" section all together, in order to make way for the display of more notifications, be it ongoing, completed, etc.
The problem with removing the carrier display text section is that it also contains the 'clear' button when present, so the 'clear' button would have to be relocated, but where? My thought is, the clear button only appears (dynamically) when there are 'notifications' to clear, so why not tie the 'clear' button to this section explicitly, so that when not present, no extra space is unnecessarily taken up in the notifications window.
So, Here is an example I came up with that I think works quite nicely. Since the 'clear' button is not part of additional content (right aligned to the carrier text), it would look silly just pushed to the right, so I made it a 'bar' that fills the entire row just below the 'Notifications' banner.
EDIT: See here for demo video progress report for latest iteration of 'clear' button location.
First screen shot is maximized space when no clear-able notifications are present:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
While the second screenshot contains the re-located 'clear' button/bar dynamically, when applicable:
Not sure if anyone has already done this or not, but I thought it was pretty cool. Any interest out there for this?

(Yes Please!)

this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!

dkdude36 said:
this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!
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When an official Gingerbread hits for the EVO is when I will revisit incorporating the new Gingerbread based CM7 widgets.
For now, I'm still working off the 3.70 based Froyo ROM, with the main question here is opinions on re-taking the space from the top of the window, and moving the clear button down.
The more I use it, the more I'm liking it, btw...

I will be following this. Development at its best.
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mkeena0305 said:
I will be following this. Development at its best.
Clear on the bottom seems like the best bet
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You are a master of your craft JsChiSurf!!!

This is really cool. I'd love to have something like this. Always thought the carrier bar was unnecessary.
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I like it give us something to flash 8)
MODEL: Evo 4G
ROM: CM Nightly Build 41
KERNEL: Tiamat 3.3.7
UNDERCLOCKED : 128mhz
OVERCLOCKED: 1152mhz
UNDERVOLTED: HAVS
BATTERY: 4500maH w/ SBC

I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.

I am definitely interested in this! Good work!
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myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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I think that would be a good place as well. However, without seeing it put in to actuality it's hard to say for sure if I would like it there. But nevertheless, I think that's a great idea to maximize space savings!
And to Js... I'll be patiently awaiting the downloadable awesomeness MOD!

myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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My original thought was to do this as well.
The problem is, in implementation, is that the "Notifications" title bar is a TextView that spans the width of the window (fill_parent), and the 'clear' button is a TextView as well, and you can't place one TextView inside another.
So, I created a new LinearLayout, gave it the header background (in my screenshot the blue background), and dropped the "Notfications" textView left aligned and the 'clear' button textView right aligned, and on initial load, it's all good (you don't see any of it), and when a clearable notification occurs, it displays perfect, but once you hit the 'clear' button, the space now inserted for the "Notifications" text and "clear" button remains, since they are now children of the new LinearLayout, which is problematic. I'm thinking this could be addressed through code hacking, but I wanted to try and avoid that if possible.
I'm still trying to come up with a creative solution to place the button where you mention, but do so without requiring some framework surgery. Just don't know if it is possible...

really cool idea, in for progress

thanks JS, you guys are always thinking outside the box

This is really cool man. I'm totally stoked for this. Thanks for your genius as usual dude.

Awesome.
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hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.

dkdude36 said:
hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.
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Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...

JsChiSurf said:
Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...
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hah yea sorry. there's one in the thread. here's snake-driver's screenie of it.

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[MOD] Remap Sense Rosie Buttons - MT3G Style Launcher - Updated 5/25 for Fresh 2.1.2

Attached are a few modified Rosie.apk files for remapping the bottom sense launcher buttons / functionality.
EDIT: Updated 5/25/10 with new versions supporting Fresh 2.1.2. See Here for downloads.
EDIT: This post revised on 5/8/2009, reflecting the fixed version. Some of the posts/comments that follow are referring to the older (original) version and no longer apply.
The first attachment (RosieMT3G.apk) moves the phone launcher button to the left, the app drawer, with fully functioning up/down (open/close) arrows, to the middle, and replaces the 'add shortcut' button on the right with an 'open contacts' button, similar to the functionality found in Zenulator's MyTouch 3G ROM.
The second attachment simply removes the left / right buttons, leaving you with a center only button for opening / closing the app drawer.
This will NOT modify your launcher graphics (in the first example espresso & second example a custom droid style launcher), as this is controlled in com.htc.resources.apk, however, it will switch out the icons (as shown), on your current Rosie / launcher, null out the 'Phone' text, center the launcher icon, and of course, remap the buttons.
What this does/will give you is the entire sense experience, but with a more 'Vanilla' launcher like functionality. For some, the best of both worlds.
Known Bugs:
None currently!
Push the desired apk to your phone's '/system/app' directory, or drop on your sd card and click to install.
You may want to backup your existing Rosie.apk, should you wish to return to stock.
MyTouch 3G Style Button Remap:
{
"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"
}
Center Button Only Screen Shots:
EDIT: For rosies modified with LWP support, see here.
EDIT 2: If you are designing a custom rosie using a concept / look similar to the stock HTC 3-button rosie, see here for an alternative XML file to replace in any of the attached apk files, to adjust the spacing used between buttons.
NOTE: After downloading your desired apk, rename to 'Rosie.apk' before pushing to your phone.
I decompiled Rosie yesterday and found a few .smali's to play with, but I got lazy. LOL Which ones are you looking at?
Edit, another suggestion would be downloading Zen's My Touch rom and rip apart Rosie from there. I loaded it up last night, but the 100% always on was killing my battery.
VinceOB said:
I decompiled Rosie yesterday and found a few .smali's to play with, but I got lazy. LOL Which ones are you looking at?
Edit, another suggestion would be downloading Zen's My Touch rom and rip apart Rosie from there. I loaded it up last night, but the 100% always on was killing my battery.
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Yea, it's much easier to edit our existing rosie than to port over a different one using a newer/modified framework.
I was/am all other the place on this mod, but mostly working in 'launcher.smali' and 'Launcher$ButtonListener.smali', in addition to some XML edits.
JsChiSurf said:
Yea, it's much easier to edit our existing rosie than to port over a different one using a newer/modified framework.
I was/am all other the place on this mod, but mostly working in 'launcher.smali' and 'Launcher$ButtonListener.smali', in addition to some XML edits.
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Yea, I caught a few instances in Launcher.smail. I also saw there was one called slidingdrawer or something...You dont think the My Touch Rosie will give some insight on the bug?
VinceOB said:
Yea, I caught a few instances in Launcher.smail. I also saw there was one called slidingdrawer or something...You dont think the My Touch Rosie will give some insight on the bug?
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I took a look at it, the framework is very different. Almost like apples and oranges. The bug is more related to the way I "hacked" it to work more than anything else.
Thanks for getting this working, now i can use the theme i made for zens rom the first day it came out, cus i really liked how it just looked cleaner, and the button mapping makes more sense logically. Thanks again.
Re: [MOD][WIP] Remap Sense Rosie Buttons
Thanks. It's by no means perfect, but it's a decent start.
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JCS,
If you ever need an apprentice let me know, I'd love to send you a resume
nebenezer said:
JCS,
If you ever need an apprentice let me know, I'd love to send you a resume
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I'll keep ya posted. The pay is cheap though .
very nice, you have done it again! haha
Did you ever know that your apks make me love my hero,
and now its everything I would like it to be?
I can flash higher than an evo,
'cause your update files make my hero do amazing things
sdotcarlisle said:
Did you ever know that your apks make me love my hero,
and now its everything I would like it to be?
I can flash higher than an evo,
'cause your update files make my hero do amazing things
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That's was beautiful, Miss Midler .
my dream...unfolding before my eyes...
you are a true artist js. i am forever in your debt.
mountaindont said:
my dream...unfolding before my eyes...
you are a true artist js. i am forever in your debt.
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Ha! Honestly, I'm not happy with it yet (it needs to be functioning perfect), but I don't have a lot of time right now to dig in deeper, but I'll get it eventually. However, it is good enough to be functional at this point...
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Ha! Honestly, I'm not happy with it yet (it needs to be functioning perfect), but I don't have a lot of time right now to dig in deeper, but I'll get it eventually. However, it is good enough to be functional at this point...
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****, im just happy to know my idea wasnt retarded, and people actually seem to like it! more importantly, im happy to know we have such an amazing dev like yourself to back the project. im gunna try it out now and report back
JsChiSurf said:
I'll keep ya posted. The pay is cheap though .
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There's pay? I was ready to pay YOU! lol
Thanks for everything you do man
Haha like Trev, it seems like you poped out of nowhere and all we see are threads with mods from you.
Sir I am impressed. Also I remember posting in the 2.0 lockscreen thread before anyone made it when it was just talk, saying that meh its pretty simular to the 2.1. But I was wrong its definitely a nice upgrade.
nebenezer said:
There's pay? I was ready to pay YOU! lol
Thanks for everything you do man
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Quit being selfish nebenezer, i need a sensei more than you. You can just pay ME and ILL be the apprentice, and that way we wont have to fight over apprentice rights. Dont worry, ill keep you updated with the status of my progress; thanks in advance for your cooperation
MagnusRagnarok said:
Quit being selfish nebenezer, i need a sensei more than you. You can just pay ME and ILL be the apprentice, and that way we wont have to fight over apprentice rights. Dont worry, ill keep you updated with the status of my progress; thanks in advance for your cooperation
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can i get the cliffs notes version once ya'll are graduated?
Odd thing happened when I flashed this over a theme. I like it actually. Good work.

[WIP] Need help editing lock screen

View attachment 327790Please note:
- This is NOT my idea. This has been mentioned before in other sections of these forums AND has been seen on other devices (the oPhone I believe?)
- This is NOT solely my code. Although most of the code for this app is my own, I used bits and pieces from a simple drag and drop demo. I DO NOT take credit for all of the (sloppy) code in this test app.
This is a proof of concept apk to show an idea I would eventually like to turn into an actual lock screen. For now this is an app that simply runs like any other app. It does not replace the android lock screen and does not attempt to be a lock screen in any way.
The concept is simple, and, to some, familiar. There is a floating ring. The user drags the floating ring to the designated area to unlock (in this case close the app).
Here are a few screen shots, although it doesn't look like much in a still image.
{
"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"
}
The apk file is attached. I encourage anyone interested to install the app and give feedback. If you are going to install the app please note that the code is not final.
The reason this was posted in the development section is because I want to turn this (or something like it) into an actual lock screen replacement. I'm new to coding android apps though so I'm looking for someone who can help me improve on the interface and/or point me in the right direction to making a lock screen. Devs if you believe this was posted in the wrong section please move.
All help and feedback is welcome and greatly appreciated.
Just tried this one. Really nice concept, but it's moving a bit to fast in my opinion
I also get often FC's
tried it!! looks cool, needs to float a little slower though, it wud look smoother, thats just my opinion! overall a really gud concept!
Che123 said:
Just tried this one. Really nice concept, but it's moving a bit to fast in my opinion
I also get often FC's
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Yeah it seemed to be force closing every other time you open. Fixed now. Shouldn't be any FC's at all.
Edit: FC's not fixed yet.. sorry
Thugsin313 said:
tried it!! looks cool, needs to float a little slower though, it wud look smoother, thats just my opinion! overall a really gud concept!
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Thanks I'll go ahead and slow it down a little.
Customizable background would be sweet too
I admire your effort! I agree it has to be a little slower, and IMO it would be the hottest lockscreen ever if there was no background... just a completely transparent lockscreen with a ring floating over your home screen.
I hope to see your idea come into fruition
Sorry about the force closing I know it's annoying. I'm not really sure how to handle it or why it's happening yet. But I slowed the floating down a bit and I'm going to set the background as the system wallpaper soon. Thanks for the feedback
i really like this idea!
This is really neat. I liked Lockbot because of the slide to unlock, but it was just too sloppy and laggy. Better put, the Nexus lockscreen slide is AMAZING to me. I love it MUCH more than pressing Menu twice to unlock.
I hope this evolves. =]
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
This is an amazing idea!!!
+1
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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I agree fully with the above, get all that incorporated and you're golden!
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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Thanks for all the ideas. Although I'm still getting familiar with the android apis, all of these should be fairly easy to implement.
That's the least of my concerns right now though... the tricky part is making this a lock screen. I don't want to make an app like Lock 2.0 for a lock screen. I want to edit the actual android like screen, similar to what stericson did. Right now it looks like I'm in over my head but I'm doing some research and trying to ask around a little. If anyone has any info that could help me out please share. I'm really setting my sights on getting this up and running.
any updates on this?
Lieu10ant said:
nice idea, my suggestions:
1. make it when you flick the ring for no reason, it actually flies to the direction of the flick (kind of like those air hockey games)
2. when you successfully match the ring to the unlock "ring" make an animation where it glows or shrinks like the ring fell into something. at least SOME sort of animation
3. make the ring physics based, as well as letting the accelerometer effect it.
4.allow user to place the "Ghost" ring anywhere they choose on 1st launch.
5. backgrounds like they said/or transparency
6. have the ring glow/light up/enlarge or something as you grab it.
well these are all ideas to make this a beast of a lockscreen, you can choose what you want. but with all these added, there'll be no shortcommings. good luck with the lockscreen!
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I agree with all of the above and def make the background so that we can choose if we want it set as a pic, wallpaper, or transperent
with these changes, this lock screen would def be amazing!!
with all this implemented, with would be even better then flashing a new Rom
I have no development/coding experience, so all I can do is give feedback on it. but good luck and let me know if you need me to do any testing
huh, i kind of surprised of the lack of activity here
I'm working on it... slowly but surely
maybe u should change the title of the thread to something more appealing, kind of like what you first had.
Do you know OMS OS?Do you know Ophone?
OMS is an android based OS made by China Mobile,and lock screen on OMS is just like yours.XD

[WIDGET] Analog Clock w/ a Twist

Hi Guys,
I've just published a different type of analog clock to the google market. It has a seconds hand and it works on all launchers. It is currently 3x3 as i felt that was just the perfect size for this widget. Let me know what you guys might feel about the size and i can decrease it if the general concusses is to do so. Give it a try and let me know what you guys think about it. ALso, let me know of any bugs with it or any other suggestions.
I don't think there will be any future updates as I'm pretty happy with the widget. I will still work on the bugs, and any suggestions that make sense in this widget.
I'm however working on another similar widget but which will also have the date and/or location, so you can add multiple of them and show time in different locations. That widget will most likely be at a cost, but I haven't decided yet.
The screenshot is attached at the end of the post along with a qr code to the market link.
{
"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"
}
Cheers.
Edit:
I've finished work on the full version of the widget, which includes a date section. There are also some more clickable sections of the widget, so you can choose to open different applications by clicking top portion, or bottom. Now, the middle portion opens the settings. Enjoy.
Almost 300 views and not a single comment ... not even a negative one
What do you guys think? any comment would be helpful.
Thanks
it looks weird. i will download it and try it out...let you know how it goes. how do i scan that thing? barcode scanner?
ok so first of all the size of that thing is wrong, for my evo. just because it cant be centered which i know i could change, but im not going to do all that for a clock. The seconds are off when you unlock or slide between homepages. No big deal really, they are on point when the screen stays. I do like how it looks (like a baby bella cheese???? lol)....different. I like that. however I would not get rid of my sense clock to keep that on, but don't be discouraged bc I haven't seen a clock ever I like more than the sense. I even added it to my non sense phones. overall i give you an 8/10.
its gay....there are you happy?
lol nah i like it. posted a quick reply on accident and don't know if you see them or whats up because they aren't showing on the thread. idk.....just trying to post ten times to get a mod i need to flash to fix my browser slowness that for some reason you have to be a member with ten posts to dl..why? idk. can't find it anywhere else. but you got someone to get your widget! Are you behind all this?
The size i couldn't decide on ... as a 2x2 widget it feels too small ... but i agree with you that 3x3 seems odd ... I'll update the widget to a 2x2 widget when i get home ...
thanks for the comments though
I downloaded and installed it on my EVO and I can't even add to the desktop - it's FC's everytime I try to add it! Please send me a fix, also perhaps you'll come up with some cool designs where the second hand is exposed or seconds are displayed in some kind of digital themed clock.
Running the latest Burnt Droid, Firmware, etc., I even tried rebooting the EVO.
Please advise...
I've updated the app on the market to be a 2x2 widget ... you can still resize it if your launcher supports it
JLG1985 said:
I downloaded and installed it on my EVO and I can't even add to the desktop - it's FC's everytime I try to add it! Please send me a fix, also perhaps you'll come up with some cool designs where the second hand is exposed or seconds are displayed in some kind of digital themed clock.
Running the latest Burnt Droid, Firmware, etc., I even tried rebooting the EVO.
Please advise...
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If you could provide me a logcat i could look into it ... i don't own a EVO and it works perfectly on all the emulators and my Magic and my Desire ... :S
ok, sorry, I don't use the feedback thingy to report the errors but I'll get it for you though. I downloaded the updated version and I'm still getting the FC's and can't even add it to the home screen.
JLG1985
ok I finally am able to add to my home screen and all is working well. Have you ever considered adding the date on/within the the silver bar area. Perhaps users could customize that themselves or maybe ask to have it added.
The color scheme is cool cuz it basically a similar color scheme for an EVO and an Incredible. I for one would pay to have the ability to add the date in the space. I'd like to customize it here and there, change colors or fonts once in a while to match whatever background I may at the time.
Thanks again, JLG1985
JLG1985 said:
ok I finally am able to add to my home screen and all is working well. Gave you ever considered adding the date on/within the the silver area. Perhaps users could customize that themselves or maybe ask to have it added.
The color scheme is cool cuz it basically a similar color scheme for an EVO and an Incredible. I for one would pay to have the ability to add the date in the space. I'd give it a high rating for adding the ability to customize it!
Thanks again, JLG1985
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I'm actually working on another similar widget which will have the date portion on the bottom half of the widget. I'm leaving the middle space empty for location, if i ever get around to that ...
Now, could you please tell me how you got the widget to work on your phone ... Ive got a few bug reports from people who've downloaded the widget and all they're getting is nullpointerexceptions on lines where it shouldn't be any problem at all
Ridicool is COOL!
I uninstalled the initial release, looked for any remnants I could manually clean, used SystemPanel to close all open apps, cleared cache w/cachemate, rebooted, installed the updated version, rebooted, added it to my home screen, checked the settings and reverted back to my home screen. Whew!
After a few seconds the widget finally popped up and working.
So far so good, love it's functionality and everything about it. The date within the "bar" area could be a special request for me please. If you wouldn't mind - whenever you get to it. Perhaps a smaller, skinnier "bar" area to see other functions & the clock a bit better could be cool too.
Are you ultimately going to allow scheming with this app/widget? Plus i'd like to donate $$$ for your hard work and future successes please, can I have your private email to send some funds please.
Thanks again, JLG1985
P.S. - I'm serious about the funds
I don't have plans on doing any theming etc simply because i don't know how to ... I'm still learning etc ... Im planning on learning live wallpapers next and doing something similar with them ... I already have the graphics etc so I can churn out a live wallpaper pretty fast ...
And i will honestly, look into adding a date option like you suggested in this widget... Maybe as a setting you turn on or off ... I can't guarantee that yet but rest assured I will look into it in the coming weeks ... I have a full time job along with another hobby that takes up around three four hours of my day everyday ... And then it's ahdroid development ... So development is really a little slow
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Almost 300 views and not a single comment ... not even a negative one
What do you guys think? any comment would be helpful.
Thanks
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Just installed it. Like it. But would even like it more without the "belt" surrounding it, and the option to change colours of the dials. I don't like the change of size affecting just the lower part of the clock.
Cheers,
Alex
Just wanted to say a I'm lovin' this widget!
alderi said:
Just installed it. Like it. But would even like it more without the "belt" surrounding it, and the option to change colours of the dials. I don't like the change of size affecting just the lower part of the clock.
Cheers,
Alex
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I can't remove the belt now, but why don't you like the belt ... i know it's a matter of personal preference but i find it rather cool
I could never figure out why only the top portion of the widget increases in size when you resize the widget to a rectangular shape, but then i stopped bothering as i realized that i only want to support square shaped widgets ... a rectangular widget makes no sense for this type of widget :s
The changing of dial colors is pretty much impossible, unless i store all different colored dials in the app itself and then show the ones which user chooses ... you have to realize that the dials are actually images :s
I've posted an update to the widget. You can now choose which application to run when pressing the top portion of the widget. Also, I went through some of the code and cleaned it up so some of the lower end phones might be able to run the widget now ...
I find it ridiculous that an app that works perfectly on 3 different emulators and two different phones still manages to produce NullPointerExceptions.
I've finished work on the full version of the widget, which includes a date section. There are also some more clickable sections of the widget, so you can choose to open different applications by clicking top portion, or bottom. Now, the middle portion opens the settings. Enjoy.
I've also edited the first post with the info and screenshots.
I've updated the dials to be a bit larger on both the lite and full version. There is also an added option to show today's day (eg Monday etc) as opposed to the year in the full version. Enjoy.

[Theme] SteamPunkish theme, initial release. Feedback Requested

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have spent many a sleepless night working on this and it is a few boredom filled days away from initial release, but far from completion. I am looking for feedback! If you don't like something, tell me and I'll look into it.
This started out being a Steampunk theme, and I think keeps the basics of it, but is not full out Steampunk.
It will be for most roms using the VillainTheme system, not theme chooser. There will not be a battery % displayed in the status bar, just the images as normal.
BEFORE YOU POST, CHECK THE SECOND POST FOR THINGS I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIX / EDIT.
Pay no attention to the LauncherPro dock and icons at the bottom and let us begin...
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Coming as soon as I dig up my long list.
If you like what I do, all I ask is you hit the thanks button.
Downloads
SteamPunk Initial release, still a lot of work to do. Flashable, should work with most 2.3.x roms.
Random Wallpapers that I think go with the theme.
Market Link to a free LWP that looks ok.
Thanks goes to bmann_420 for hosting over at SuperCentral.net. If you want to donate to someone, contact and donate to him since he is letting me use server space for free.
Things I'm trying to fix​Image #1
Make the on / off icons bigger. Also some of the on / off buttons are not made yet, I forgot about those
Image #3
The USB stick is colored when you mount your SD card.
Image #4
Same as #1, maybe make the background more see through.
Image #5
Add a background image to the dialer. Probably leather.
Working with Mister Hat to make another dialer.
Image #6
Align icons
Image #7
Align icons
Image 8
This image is to show you the change to the desk clock, I don't like the time bars.
Misc
Also changed a couple of icons. What do you guys think; change them automatically or let you change them using adw or whatever?
Code:
8/23/11 Uploaded initial test release.
Suggestions so far:
Rounded corners on tabs.
Get rid of antique phone icons.
The maindock area reminds me of starcraft
Antique phones
I don't dig the antique phone icons, especially the grey one used in image #5 for the phone tab / dialer.
Also, I think you should make rounded corner tabs instead of black/white gradient.
Looking forward to it.
Yeah I agree, I loved the colorized theme.. this one would be something I'd rock in my late 60's.
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zzz159 said:
I don't dig the antique phone icons, especially the grey one used in image #5 for the phone tab / dialer.
Also, I think you should make rounded corner tabs instead of black/white gradient.
Looking forward to it.
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It's greyed out because that tab is selected. Also this pic was taken early, it's not b&w gradient, it's all tan. I'll add new photos in the morning.
Also I'll look into the rounded corners. Don't know how to do that yet....
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wewoapsiak, If you need anything designed I'm super handy in photoshop and do graphic design in my free time.
Previews aren't showing up for me.
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It looks very nice....keep it up
Is this theme working on Lg O2X?
Thanks
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Previews aren't showing up for me.
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Weird...They're there, I promise!
erni83 said:
It looks very nice....keep it up
Is this theme working on Lg O2X?
Thanks
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Thanks. I actually have considered setting this to the side since there has been so little feedback.
But when I get it done it will work for most roms, G2x and O2x.
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wewoapsiak, If you need anything designed I'm super handy in photoshop and do graphic design in my free time.
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Sweet man! Right now I can't think of anything, but if you are inspired to make anything, standard icons (I don't plan on theming app icons), or whatever. Let me know and I'll throw them in.
Keep up the good work...
I"m also looking into what files draw that button bar at the top of the contacts dialer. I couldn't find it by just looking at the .9.pngs, so next I"ll dig through the xml and find what drawables in calls to make that.
I'm getting the feeling that it may be in framework-res, though...if I find it, I'll share with ya.
It is in framework-res, I can't remember the names off the top of my head, something tab selected and unselected. Thanks man.
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It looks like it's the tab_focused .9's in framework...if you change the shape of that, you'd have to know what else uses that drawable.
However, there is tab_pressed_bottom and such, in Contacts that will dictate a colored bar underneath your tabs when one is pressed.
I didnt' have much success changing the shape of the tabs...I mean, I can change the shape of them, but it just didn't look as good as I had hoped.
So what I did instead on mine, was made the tabs transparent...and then layered up the icons how I wanted them to look. That way, I can make the tab look any way I want.
Here's an example. I am toying around with the idea of making a rounded corner red border to each tab, something like what I attached.
I didn't mean to hijack your thread, I'm just hoping to be nearly as helpful to you as you were to me in the past.
It'd be pretty sweet to use this in the dialer.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3957524793_cabbf8da6e.jpg)
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I'll be watching this one, it looks great!
I can't wait to try it out with Weapon.
Dude soo much information! This is gonna rock when it's complete.
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It'd be pretty sweet to use this in the dialer.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3957524793_cabbf8da6e.jpg)
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That would be cool. If you want to put those icons together, I'll make it an add on for the theme. I like the buttons I have because of the background I've set up, but I'm not above making other people happy

[9/1][EC09] Removable AM/PM in Ticker and Triple Tap!

Hey guys, long time no post Here's something i threw together a while ago...
This package has everything else I've done, including a couple new stuff. First off, the ticker am/pm is smaller than the actual time, just like the lockscreen. I think it looks more refined, but that may just be me Also, for those who don't need the Am/Pm there, you can remove it! I tied in the function to remove it into Settings (Settings->Date and Time). It will work instantly, without a restart!
A little history: The first project I ever tried to do was adding a double tap function to the weather icon in order to launch the weatherbug app, because i always accidentally launched it (i'm left handed). I tried everything, and eventually gave up. But after learning the skills needed through my other projects, I came back to it a month or so ago from today after more than a year of shelving it, and actually managed to get it to work! I changed my vision a little though along the way, and now triple tapping on the date/time layout screen will launch the calendar app; all the other original functionality changes are still there, like longhold for clockpackage, longhold for weatherbug, and my five icon shortcut menu!
Enjoy (to the one person who will use it )
1) Make sure you are deodexed
2) Make sure you are on EC09!
Thanks!
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Lovley as always... will flash tonight.
Great to see u back.
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Nice to see something new
trailblazer101 said:
Hey guys, long time no post Here's something i threw together a while ago...
This package has everything else I've done, including a couple new stuff. First off, the ticker am/pm is smaller than the actual time, just like the lockscreen. I think it looks more refined, but that may just be me Also, for those who don't need the Am/Pm there, you can remove it! I tied in the function to remove it into Settings (Settings->Date and Time). It will work instantly, without a restart!
A little history: The first project I ever tried to do was adding a double tap function to the weather icon in order to launch the weatherbug app, because i always accidentally launched it (i'm left handed). I tried everything, and eventually gave up. But after learning the skills needed through my other projects, I came back to it a month or so ago from today after more than a year of shelving it, and actually managed to get it to work! I changed my vision a little though along the way, and now triple tapping on the date/time layout screen will launch the calendar app; all the other original functionality changes are still there, like longhold for clockpackage, longhold for weatherbug, and my five icon shortcut menu!
Enjoy (to the one person who will use it )
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Nice to see something new will diffidently flash this
Make sure that you are on a deodexed rom, and that it is EC09!
and let me know if it works for you! I could've easily made a mistake with putting my package together
Hmmm
Glad that you are back. I have moved on to a SGSIII and relegated my Continuum to a PMP. I love the built in music players ability to move to the ticker. Anything along those lines would be cool.
Oh, sure. I leave, and you figure out how to make a shortcut for g+ on the ticker. Next, you will tell me you figured out how to separate the call to ticker function so it can be used on 3rd party launchers. In all seriousness, good job on this one.
Swyped from the land of unicorn porn
I could put a "shortcut" for G+ on the ticker Not a mesage counter, but a shortcut to it and lol, I never really took a really hard look at that, maybe I should give it another shot
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I could put a "shortcut" for G+ on the ticker Not a mesage counter, but a shortcut to it and lol, I never really took a really hard look at that, maybe I should give it another shot
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I would. This kind of makes me wish I hadn't sold my continuum. Now that it wouldn't matter if it was out of commission for a day, I might be able to play some. Wow. That was a bubby statement. Disregard.
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I know it's a little late, but..... ^^^ lol
Hey buddy, been awhile..
But to confirm: I did get a kernel compiled and it booted no prob with all your mods intact
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Awesome man, good job! We both made head way today; I just managed to incorporate display rotation into the ticker so when you turn the display, there's the opportunity for a new ticker screen to show! Right now I have it so in portrait the regular ticker is there, but in landscape the sleep mode screen is shown it doesn't have to stop there though, there could be a different screen for both landscape positions! (Like, either way you hold your phone sideways...)
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trailblazer101 said:
Awesome man, good job! We both made head way today; I just managed to incorporate display rotation into the ticker so when you turn the display, there's the opportunity for a new ticker screen to show! Right now I have it so in portrait the regular ticker is there, but in landscape the sleep mode screen is shown it doesn't have to stop there though, there could be a different screen for both landscape positions! (Like, either way you hold your phone sideways...)
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Awesome so depending on kernel patch/port we may be able to include ticker I found all the kernel drivers for the ticker. Screen resolution as well as softkeys can be rewritten (nothing soon lol)
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