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This is just a thread for my application: Metro UI. Please post any suggestions. I would post a link...but it won't let me. My Application is called Metro UI (BETA).
Was checking this out the other day! I didn't understand how to get the tiles going. Any help?
This. Is. Awesome.
How do you remove tiles though? it added 2x SMS tiles for some reason, and I can't find a way to remove one of them.
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NVM worked it out, just long hold the app in the app list.
Great app i like this interface a lot especially after last update
this is my suggestions for improvements so far...
-I would like to see the option to hide applications in the "appdrawer"
- Needs folders ( in the squares, it would look nice if the folder looked like the home screen so that you push the folder square and get to an page whith more squares). sorry for my bad English, hope you understand what i mean...
- would be nice to be able to resize and rearrange the squares
- also more custom icons
later on I would like to see an lockscreen in the same theme and perhaps the ability to place widgets in the squares but thats not important at the moment
but as i said in the beginning , great app i will follow this closely
Verry nice, great work!
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- Needs folders ( in the squares, it would look nice if the folder looked like the home screen so that you push the folder square and get to an page whith more squares).
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I agree.
clemsaklumpen said:
- would be nice to be able to resize and rearrange the squares
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I agree.
- maybe a little more documentation how to configure
- use widgets
Agreed, being able to use this interface with the millions of Android WM7 icons out there would be brilliant. Give us the option for 3x1 etc panels and an image chooser and you are on to a winner.
Screenshots? Details? ETC...
quake101 said:
Screenshots? Details? ETC...
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Google helps ;-) :
androidzoom.com/de/android_anwendungen/effizienz_tools/metro-ui-beta_qglu.html
cool i like it, quite fluent as well
edit/ destroys the battery, 10% usage after being installed 20 minutes on a battery unplugged for an hour wtf?
uninstalled.
The app is awesome... icons in the squares are a bit small. Havent had any problems with battery life on my samsung fascinate.
Would like to see the actual wp7 animations though. The cubed music app uses it in the" boring" layout, so it can be done.
Want to say thanks and keep up the good work. Sms tile updated with go sms, so that's pretty cool.
Well done sir.
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Really nice app. Quite smooth, although on some moments it is choppy, but hope it gets fixed in final version. Even when it is in beta it is the best Metro like Launcher.
Def considering buying the full/final version. Also think about Metro like lockscreen.
This is very good!
Miss custom images and colors, and a sort option. And how about transparancy? Also if I use the back button, it exits the app..
But a very good start!
JimmyBanks said:
destroys the battery, 10% usage after being installed 20 minutes on a battery unplugged for an hour wtf?
uninstalled.
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No problem with battery drain here, been using it for a day with no significant drain on the battery compared to other launchers.
ododoo said:
Also if I use the back button, it exits the app..
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I can confirm this too. If are installed more than one Launcher, with the back button it opens an other Launcher.
Metro-UI taskbar needs other icons e.g. BT, GPS, etc then only battery and singnal.
Great app. I was wondering if any possible way to get counts for tweeter and regular email? That would be awesome, otherwise very smooth on my phone.
Hey its the nicest metro ui till date, and the best part is its so light. And its super fast on my desire.
Well done sir, hope to see more customization soon, and it is currently my UI choice.
Thankyou
just thought of a suggestion. Could you give the option in the metro ui settings to turn off the highlight when you press a tile?
tiles dont show up on my mt3g
On my Droid X after I installed nothing shows up. I get the top area with battery, 36, signal, clock, and arrow but no tiles or anything, just black below that.
Any help?
Deadly Cyclone said:
On my Droid X after I installed nothing shows up. I get the top area with battery, 36, signal, clock, and arrow but no tiles or anything, just black below that.
Any help?
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You need to add tiles. You can do that by opening the app drawer and long pressing the apps you want.
FYI - You can later remove those apps by long pressing them in the app drawer again.
Hello,
are there any apps with wide tiles? I think wide tiles (like the calender) are for MS only, but could apps with wide tiles run developer unlocked devices?
If yes, are there any such apps? I would really like a weather app such as the HTC Hub.
There's currently no API for creating wide tiles. Although our phones may be developer unlocked, we're still limiting to doing whatever it's possible to do as a legit developer using the APIs that Microsoft provide.
So... no, I'm afraid there's no way to do this. :'(
FunkTrooper said:
There's currently no API for creating wide tiles.
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I don't know much about live tiles but you can definitly make a wide tile for your app with the current developer tools.
I just don't know what it takes to make it a live tile and whether being a live tile is restricted to small (standard size) tiles or not.
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I don't know much about live tiles but you can definitly make a wide tile for your app with the current developer tools.
I just don't know what it takes to make it a live tile and whether being a live tile is restricted to small (standard size) tiles or not.
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It wouldn't be restricted to the smaller tiles. HTC uses a live double-wide tile for their HUB.
So I guess a wide live tile is possible with what we have today but noone has tried it because of the inability to put it on the marketplace.
Maybe Microsoft will let us create wide tiles for marketplace apps in the future.
Anyway, I know that the HTC Hub app has been hacked to run on all WP7 devices, but this does not include the live tile feature right?
AFAIK the ability to use wide tiles has been restricted to Microsoft and OEMs only. No word on whether MS will relax that policy or not, but for the time being third party developers cannot utilize wide tiles.
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AFAIK the ability to use wide tiles has been restricted to Microsoft and OEMs only. No word on whether MS will relax that policy or not, but for the time being third party developers cannot utilize wide tiles.
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Correct.
@ OP there are no apps with wide tiles. Only stock tiles like Pictures, Calendar, etc. and Manufacturer Tiles/Hubs have wide tiles. You can't create them for a 3rd party application.
N8ter said:
You can't create them for a 3rd party application.
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Like I said earlier, yes you can but the app will not be approved by Microsoft for distribution on the marketplace.
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Like I said earlier, yes you can but the app will not be approved by Microsoft for distribution on the marketplace.
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No you can't it will not display as a double wide tile dosnt matter about the approval process from MS its not possable using the current dev tools they do not support it. I have already tried it several times..
I just used the developer tools to create an app with a double wide tile and it shows up double wide on my phone.
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I just used the developer tools to create an app with a double wide tile and it shows up double wide on my phone.
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they do allow for pictures on this forum...
slimshady322 said:
I just used the developer tools to create an app with a double wide tile and it shows up double wide on my phone.
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In three hours? Nice. What was the secret to your success?
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slimshady322 said:
I just used the developer tools to create an app with a double wide tile and it shows up double wide on my phone.
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I stand to be corrected changing the TemplateType to 6 will give you a double wide tile
yet another mystery solved.
munkeyphyst said:
In three hours? Nice. What was the secret to your success?
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LOL Of course it did not take me 3 hours to do so I just reused an app I had built some time ago and changed "TemplateType5" to "TemplateType6" both times in the WMAppManifest.xml (like @rruffman said).
Other Templates (e.g. TemplateType4) are also usable but again, MS will not approve them.
cool. what is template 4?
I don't know exactly I justed wanted to say that TemplateType5 & 6 are not the only ones.
The other TemplateTypes are also used by Microsoft for example in the Contacts Hub (with 9 pictures) or in the phone/SMS/Email (with the number next to the icon) tile.
I once found a list of all these templates and what one could do with them, but I can't find it at the moment.
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I don't know exactly I justed wanted to say that TemplateType5 & 6 are not the only ones.
The other TemplateTypes are also used by Microsoft for example in the Contacts Hub (with 9 pictures) or in the phone/SMS/Email (with the number next to the icon) tile.
I once found a list of all these templates and what one could do with them, but I can't find it at the moment.
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Yep I even see the Calander one all the templates are in ShellTokens.xsd.. nice to put the double wide tiles but they cant be updated via the push notification tried several times no go.. they seem to be checking not only the size of the file but also the height and width so if you send a double wide tile it will not go through and they remove the notification channel from the app. you have to get a new channel.
slimshady322 said:
Hello,
are there any apps with wide tiles? I think wide tiles (like the calender) are for MS only, but could apps with wide tiles run developer unlocked devices?
If yes, are there any such apps? I would really like a weather app such as the HTC Hub.
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you can take alook at the two tile solution we did with our weather app.
the urls are in my sig.
Hi !
I was looking for a way to add more pages to android home, I use the sense interface and it has some many widget that I think that it's a shame to use just 7 ..
Also I was looking to a way to change background to the all app menu ( I know that probably isn't possible but I really can't understand the thing of the black background...)
any help ?!
Try a different launcher - most of the third party replacement launchers let you configure the number of home screens, backgrounds, etc.
Just open up the Market and search for "launcher" - Launcher Pro, Go Launcher, Zeam Launcher and ADW Launcher are popular ones - have a play with them until you find one you like!
emh actually I forgot to mention that I would like to do this with htc sense....so I think that those app can't help me !
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emh actually I forgot to mention that I would like to do this with htc sense....so I think that those app can't help me !
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You might consider sending a pm to CookieMonster. He did things with HTC Sense on Windows Mobile that nobody including HTC could do.
He doesn't seem to be around much anymore but here is his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792303 Maybe someone from his team may have some thoughts.
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You might consider sending a pm to CookieMonster. He did things with HTC Sense on Windows Mobile that nobody including HTC could do.
He doesn't seem to be around much anymore but here is his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792303 Maybe someone from his team may have some thoughts.
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i know but I doubt that he would like to work on this considering that hasn't been active for a while. anyway I'll give it a try.
and yes manila was much more better in my opinion...android is to close and some of its properties are bad...it's not possible to have a menu app with forced black background...also the stories of only 7 pages is stupid...
No customization at all !!
I use adw launcher and its great. You can change the icons on the bottom row along with a main button. You can change the amount of icons that are horizonal and vertical. Change scrooling all kinds of cool stuff.
Here is the .apk. Not sure if any other files need to go with it as I havent installed it in awhile.
Numerous different ones. I actually might try something different.
https://market.android.com/develope...GwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIm9yZy5hZHcubGF1bmNoZXIiXQ..
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I use adw launcher and its great. You can change the icons on the bottom row along with a main button. You can change the amount of icons that are horizonal and vertical. Change scrooling all kinds of cool stuff.
Here is the .apk. Not sure if any other files need to go with it as I havent installed it in awhile.
Numerous different ones. I actually might try something different.
https://market.android.com/develope...GwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsIm9yZy5hZHcubGF1bmNoZXIiXQ..
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does it work in combination with sense ?
sadly I'm still without solution
Hi there,
I was very impressed of the (original) Hub Layout from this Thread.
But after installing a new ROM I was depressed to redo the whole process over and over with every full wipe again.
Therefore the idea was born to implement the whole idea in ONE Widget and not so many single Widgets. (Note that my implementation is based on the layout done with Launcher actions and Minimalistic Text Widget.)
I started to develop and presented it already in a german android board but now time has come to show you my work.
Hubs Widget 0.5
Current Features:
One configurable widget for all hubs
Horizontal Widget
Global configuration for colors, text etc.
Configurable number of hubs
Direct click for goto page for Nova Launcher jumpto action (no overlapping of widgets anymore!)
At the moment a fixed proportion active/inactive hub of 3/2 (good to know when using the overlap approach)
Issues:
Widget size not properly defined (need some assistance eventually), but can be resized
Sometimes crashes when choosing number of hubs (under investigation)
you tell me...
Planned Features:
configurable fonts (tricky, size and color will come definately)
configurable active/inactive hub proportion
contact ADW and Apex devs to implement direct widget clicking for them too (if already possible via intent to go to a specific screen please let me know)
you tell me...
Download
Version 0.5
Version 0.4
Addon
Transparent Icon theme (for "goto screen" icons) for Apex Launcher
ApexTransparentActionsIconPack1.0
(ADW in progress, help is welcome)
Your feedback and questions are welcome. I will definately work on this in the future until I am satisfied but I cannot tell you how fast the future releases will come.
Regards
David
Credits:
The Nova Launcher Team for implementing the goto intent so quickly
Sergey Margaritov (https://github.com/attenzione) for ColorPickerPreference
some nice beta testers at "android-hilfe"
Great idea! I hope this is still being developed, it would save a lot of people a lot of time not having to redo their hubs every time they wipe
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Great idea! I hope this is still being developed, it would save a lot of people a lot of time not having to redo their hubs every time they wipe
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Oh wow, finally some feedback. I was planning to release it in the market, but in the last weeks I had no time to develop.
At the moment I have a version on my tablet that does everything I want therefore I will only look into more features if there is spare time or some request. I will build the actual version an update this thread in a few minutes, so you can try the new version if you want (it has direct support for Nova Launcher without using some buttons underneath the widget as well as an horizontal version) edit: ok just saw I published the nova version already here. so just horizontal widget in the new version. But if you have any other request I can eventually do it for you.
Thank you for your feedback!
oh my god,always miss this.i really liked the hubs on my previous tablets,but after honeycomb days i stopped use them due to the loss on rom flash..and i flash roms so often that i decided to not do hubs anymore.
Now it seems you did a great job,i want to try this tomorrow and sure i'll post here my impression.thanks for this,a very good idea\potential
Apex support would be my main request atm, but I am guessing that is more in their hands than yours? Would rather not have to use Nova since I bought and set up Apex exactly how I like.
I notice horizontal support was added to the OP since I tried out 0.4 last night, that was my only other request! Don't have my tablet on me atm but other than the resizing issue this seems pretty well ideal for release.
You should definitely spread the word on the individual forums for each tablet because I only came across this thread through google.
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Apex support would be my main request atm, but I am guessing that is more in their hands than yours?
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You should definitely spread the word on the individual forums for each tablet because I only came across this thread through google.
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Yes the Apex thing is more on their side. I will look into it again and check if it works in the current version or ask them to integrate a possibility like nova did.
I thought it a bit odd to advertise my own app in so many threads about hubs.. But you are right, I should do it to spread the word.
you need to explain a little the use of this. I have Nova installed, but.. no idea how to use.
I just get a widget on the screen, I cannot click on any button (nothing happens)
EDIT: Got it! just being stupid and not reading the initial thread.
EDIT2: I think there is an error: I have set up 5 or 7 screens, and the second button takes me to the third, the third to the forth and so on....
EDIT3: I actually works with 5. So I have no idea if the problem is hubs widget or multiple live screen wallpaper or either the launcher. Maybe somebody else can investigate (I am using Nova, as I mentioned).
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EDIT2: I think there is an error: I have set up 5 or 7 screens, and the second button takes me to the third, the third to the forth and so on....
EDIT3: I actually works with 5. So I have no idea if the problem is hubs widget or multiple live screen wallpaper or either the launcher. Maybe somebody else can investigate (I am using Nova, as I mentioned).
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Will look into it at the weekend (no time today, sorry). Should be an error on my side. I tested only with 5.
there is one more thing. at the moment, you can practically have one widget. I mean, if I want one widget that shows something and the second to show something else, it is not possible (for example, in the Entertainment hub, from the entertainment 'box' there is another Hub widget, that has different names (categories)).
Hi,
I could solve the problem with more than 5 screens when temporarily assigning a different screennumber to each hub that links to the wrong screen. But i had not the time to fix it in the code.
The other thing, yes actually all widgets have the same layout. I should possibly allow hub groups or something. I will work on it for future versions.
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i really like this app.hope in future updates when you have times!thnaks for the work!
Hey Guys,
I've got good and bad news.
Bad news is, ther won't be an update for some time now. Good news is, I have some great ideas that I want to implement which will offer a lot more flexibility in the look of the widgets. However I have to almost completely rewrite the code to make it work this way. I don't know how long it will take and how my time for this will be in the future. But there will be some great updates in the future.
Thanks
David
Great work. Any news on update?
I have issue hubs indicator going to wrong screen using Nova Launcher
Thanks!
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Hi Ali,
sorry, no update at the moment. Have you tried to assign each Hub a different screen temporarily like I mentioned on the first page? This fixed wrong screen hopping in nova for me.
brathering said:
Hi Ali,
sorry, no update at the moment. Have you tried to assign each Hub a different screen temporarily like I mentioned on the first page? This fixed wrong screen hopping in nova for me.
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Thanks, works fine now!
The apps has a lot of potential and paying for!
How to get diferent wallpapers on each screen? wich app?
thanks
kalitza said:
How to get diferent wallpapers on each screen? wich app?
thanks
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an app called multipicture live wallpaper - its amazing!
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an app called multipicture live wallpaper - its amazing!
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It worked!! thak you so much!
everytime i make the widget in nova launcher one of the hubs just stays selected even if i'm not on that screen and the others dont show that htey are selected but they still change to the assigned screen...any idea what i may be doing wrong?
Hey guys...
I just wanted to tell you guys about Real Widget. It lets you put a windows phone's tiles on your android home screen. It is not like Launcher7 which replaces your entire launcher. It is just a widget on your home screen.
Smart tiles such as Gmail which show information require you to buy the PRO Version for $1 which I feel is reasonable.
Unfortunately, its only available for android phones with ICS and higher.
Learn more about the app here:
http://www.appdigy.com/blog/entry/real-widget-brings-wp-tiles-to-android
WP+Android? Me gusta.
DayDreamin24 said:
WP+Android? Me gusta.
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Yeah but unfortunately...
Its only on ICS and higher so it actually leaves out a huge chunk of people...
its worth buying though if you can !
If your app show tiles on 4 columns as WP8 is better