I'm trying to create a shortcut that will open the adw app drawer using Manual Intent Shortcut (hxxps://market.android.com/details?id=app-net.cwfk.ig88.intents). I know there is a way to create an app drawer shortcut using adw directly but I need to know how to actually create a manual intent.
Can some one tell me what the following values should reflect?
Action:
Catagory:
Component Package:
Component Class:
Any other values that I left out
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hey, I am looking for a little help here.
In the newest version of LauncherPro (7.3.0) it is possible to assign shortcuts to swipe gestures on the dock icons.
I would like to use swipe gestures for connecting with custom shortcuts made in BetterCut. E.g. swiping message icon would open up a new message (no specific contact); swiping Gmail => New mail; swiping Calendar => New Event; swiping Contacts => New Contact. You probably get the picture now, and I think this would really be useful.
I have the code ready for BetterCut to at least make new messages and new events. If anyone has the code needed for making a new event I would appreciate it as well.
New email:
Code:
AnyCut > Make your own
Action = android.intent.action.SENDTO
Data = mailto:
type: <empty>
New message:
Code:
AnyCut -> Make your own
Action: android.intent.action.SENDTO
Data: sms:
type: <empty>
New contact:
Code:
action: android.intent.action.INSERT
data: content://contacts/people
type: <empty>
The problem is that when trying to assign these shortcuts to swipe gestures BetterCut prompts the messages: "Shortcut X created" [...] "No more room on this homescreen" and the shortcut is placed on the homescreen itself intead being assigned to the swipe gesture. When swiping the icon it simply opens up BetterCut instead of the newly made shortcut. This probably has as much if not more to do with the way BetterCut is behaving as it does with LauncherPro, so what I am looking for is actually a way around this to be able to add custom made shortcuts in BetterCut to the swipe gestures in the dock. I tried working my way around it by using FolderOrganizer and creating a shortcut here instead of in the dock. However, the same thing happens: The shortcut will be placed on the homescreen instead of in FolderOrganizer.
Any help is appreciated.
No luck getting any help here, but for future reference I will post my solution here.
First of all, Launcher Pro 0.7.4 just came out, and it makes it possible to add activities as both regular and dock shortcuts. There you will find most of the shortcuts I was looking in the original post.
Till this came out I used another solution, which is more flexible but also more complicated; Android Scripting Environment. Here are two code examples in python for adding a new contact and composing a new text message:
New contact in ASE, python:
Code:
import android
droid = android.Android()
droid.startActivity('android.intent.action.INSERT', 'content://contacts/people')
droid.makeToast('Add new contact')
droid.exit()
New message in ASE, python:
Code:
import android
droid = android.Android()
droid.startActivity('android.intent.action.SENDTO', 'sms:')
droid.makeToast('New message')
droid.exit()
Hi guys I need a app that allows me to add apps to the notification bar. I also need it to be able to add a bookmark of my choice and launch the browser.
Does anybody know of one?
Notification Toggle will do Apps but I don't think it does shortcuts. I think Toggle Bar is another & I'm not sure of the shortcuts.
will tasker allow me to do this?
Yes, Tasker can do it. You can make a task to put an icon in the notification bar on reboot, and then make a task to open an app or a menu of apps when you click the icon.
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Yes, Tasker can do it. You can make a task to put an icon in the notification bar on reboot, and then make a task to open an app or a menu of apps when you click the icon.
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Thats it! How can I do it? Can you tell me
You'll probably have to look at a tutorial and the User Guide at the Tasker site to understand, but it's pretty simple when you see what the setup screens in Tasker look like.
You need to make two new profiles in Tasker. To make a new profile, open Tasker and click New. A profile contains a context and a task.
For your first profile, choose the context Device Boot. Then add a task and add to it the action Notify with whatever icon and title you want.
For your second profile, choose the context Notification Click, and put the title from the Notify action in its Title field. Then add a task and open the task properties to change the task type to Menu. Then add to the task Load App actions and Browse URL actions to populate the menu.
putnum said:
Hi guys I need a app that allows me to add apps to the notification bar. I also need it to be able to add a bookmark of my choice and launch the browser.
Does anybody know of one?
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Bar Control app ^^ puts S/C's in notification bar + it's free
Gary5 said:
You'll probably have to look at a tutorial and the User Guide at the Tasker site to understand, but it's pretty simple when you see what the setup screens in Tasker look like.
You need to make two new profiles in Tasker. To make a new profile, open Tasker and click New. A profile contains a context and a task.
For your first profile, choose the context Device Boot. Then add a task and add to it the action Notify with whatever icon and title you want.
For your second profile, choose the context Notification Click, and put the title from the Notify action in its Title field. Then add a task and open the task properties to change the task type to Menu. Then add to the task Load App actions and Browse URL actions to populate the menu.
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Thanks that did it!
Hi,
Attaching scripts for Tasker app (https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) for toggling Honeycomb Statusbar appearance on Asus Transformer.
Please note that these scripts require Superuser access (therefore will work with rooted devices only)
Follow the following steps to create Statusbar widget toggle:
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1. Unzip the attached file into: "/sdcard/Tasker/tasks/" folder on your Transformer (create the "tasks" folder if it is not created already)
2. Open Tasker application
3. Goto: Settings Menu -> Profile Data -> Import One Task
4. Import "StatusBar_Hide", "StatusBar_Show", "StatusBarToggle" tasks by repeating step 3
5. Goto your prefered home screen
6. Add widget -> Task
7. Select "StatusBarToggle", press "V" in the next dialog to finish
The created widget will toggle StatusBar visibility on each click and will change the widget icon accordingly.
You can also use the attached scripts to hide status bar before invocation of selected applications and returning the status bar back after exiting the application:
1. Follow steps 1-4 from the above sequence
2. Add new profile in Tasker, name it "Apps with Hidden Statusbar":
2.1 Select "Application" context
2.2 Mark all the application you want to use without statusbar (for example i use it for "MoboPlayer" video app and some games)
2.3 Press "V" and Task selection menu will appear
2.4 Select "StatusBar Hide" task
2.5 Press again on created "StatusBar Hide" task and select "Add Exit Task"
2.6 Select "StatusBar Show" for exit task
2.7 Exit Tasker to apply the scripts
Big thanks to ppareit and his "HideBar" app sources (https://github.com/ppareit/HideBar) that i used to create these scripts.
Happy Taskering
when the widget hides the bar, how do I get it back from withun the opened app? Does flicker work or do I have to somehow get back to desktop to click the widget again?
midirt said:
when the widget hides the bar, how do I get it back from withun the opened app? Does flicker work or do I have to somehow get back to desktop to click the widget again?
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This widget is indeed useful only with apps that you can exit explicitly from within the app (like most of the games and some other apps) or if you always have the docking with you (like i do).
If you want more complete solution you can take a look at HideBar application (
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265860&highlight=hidebar). The downside that this application always run in the background. My script just hides/shows the statusbar without running service in the background for gesture catching.
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Thanks for this...really useful. Another solution is to install something like swipepad which will let you move from app to app.
Anyone else been using any other tasker profiles? All I have so far is having headphones mute my notification volume and auto-airplane mode when the screen is off.
Hello, I just installed the ICS Version on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unfortunately the mentioned tasks does not work? Is there any adjustment I can make to make does takes workable under ICS as well?
Thank a lot for your support!
Is it possible to create a shortcut on the home screen to a file and have a command line associated with that file? What I would like to do is have a shortcut to a specific file and opens in the designated app controlled by the shortcut not the Android defaults.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I have a notes app (Nimbus) that allows you to create a homescreen shortcut directly to a specific note inside the app. Works as expected. However, I would like to have one icon for the Nimbus app AND the shortcut directly to the note, with a regular tap taking you into the app and a swipe-up on the icon taking you into the note. The problem is I can't find the shortcut directly to the note so I can change the Nimbus shortcut's swipe-up action to that note's direct-to shortcut. The swipe-up one is not one of the primary shortcuts for the app. Is there a way in Android at large or in Nova to find such dynamcially-created shortcuts? And then to enter that shortcut into a swipe-up action?
Thank you.
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I have a notes app (Nimbus) that allows you to create a homescreen shortcut directly to a specific note inside the app. Works as expected. However, I would like to have one icon for the Nimbus app AND the shortcut directly to the note, with a regular tap taking you into the app and a swipe-up on the icon taking you into the note. The problem is I can't find the shortcut directly to the note so I can change the Nimbus shortcut's swipe-up action to that note's direct-to shortcut. The swipe-up one is not one of the primary shortcuts for the app. Is there a way in Android at large or in Nova to find such dynamcially-created shortcuts? And then to enter that shortcut into a swipe-up action?
Thank you.
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If you are rooted, try using Tasker to setup your specific actions.
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Thank you. I do have Tasker, but having trouble locating the specific shortcut to the particular note. I realize that there is the ability to kind of "macro my way" through it with Tasker but was hoping for a more direct access approach.
SFCurley said:
Thank you. I do have Tasker, but having trouble locating the specific shortcut to the particular note. I realize that there is the ability to kind of "macro my way" through it with Tasker but was hoping for a more direct access approach.
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You might be able to do this with the Quick Shortcut Maker app, it's available in the PlayStore.
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I tried, but trouble is identifying / targeting specific note. Thank you, though (and this looks like a decent app). I have an email into the note program developer.