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[APP] XDA TV (Tablet Edition) v1.4

XDA TV (Tablet Edition) v1.4​
Now you can have all the XDA TV videos wherever you go using this application. At the time it's limited to tablets(since I got my Galaxy Tab last week and I wanted to play with some coding for it). I need people testing if this works and how it works on Honeycomb tablets(since I don't have one to test). If you were looking for the phone version, just click here.
I've been working on this for a week. Making the layout using HTML and CSS3 was easy, but I got a lot of problems while trying to make the code work on Android, so I took a bit more to match the code for Android. At the time I can't find another way to open up the videos without firing up the browser to redirect to the Video application, the OS has a lot of problems with HTML5 Video tag so I've done it like this.
The technologies used on this application:
PhoneGap
iScroll
jQuery
HTML5 and CSS3
My knowledge
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TODO:
* Add the HD play options(720p and 1080p)
v1.4:
* Fixed the "Application Not Installed" bug (need testers to check this)
v1.1.1:
* Added a glass effect to the icon
v1.1:
* New feed that is now hosted on my server and I'll keep it updated
* Description added to the video area
v1.0.3:
* Added the placeholder image(forgot to add on the project before compiling) *facepalm*
v1.0.2:
* Added a placeholder image while no video is selected
Update 1:
* User Eroc162 reported that the application is running without problems on a G-Slate

Is this only for Tablets?

Yup. But I'm working to port this to phones too, in about 3/4 days it will be finished. I want to make the phone users have a good experience, just like the tablet users have.
Also, any suggestions, bug reports and improvements that you want to see, please post here that I'll look for it.

Sweet! Your a saint!
Lucky Tablet users, ha.
Thanks a million!

And it's been featured on the portal.

Thanks very much!!
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nathanpc said:
Thanks very much!!
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My pleasure. You did a fantastic job.

Works flawlessly on my HTC Desire HD.
So maybe will be fine on other phones too
I'm a massive fan of XDA TV
Thanks, it's awesome.
P.S The QR needs updating as it read "http:/https://..." before the address lol

Asus TF101
Ran beautifully on my transformer; PRIME 1.7 beta.

Run's fine on my NookColor, CM7 Nightly#147.

CuBz90 said:
Works flawlessly on my HTC Desire HD.
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+1 for it working on The DHD
From long ago, in a galaxy far far away, yet some how in the future.

Thanks very much for the support. Anything that you guys want just say and I'll do my best to improve the app.

nathanpc said:
Thanks very much for the support. Anything that you guys want just say and I'll do my best to improve the app.
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I have a small idea you might be interested in.
I'll PM you in a sec
EDIT: Nevermind, my idea didn't work out lol

XOOM 3g
Works on the XOOM 3G, here are some things to consider.
1. Yes it did open in a browser window - but the program went back to the App. In order to watch the video I had to switch back to the browser.
2. The GUI is a little off..... "TV" is located between the brown bar and the video pane. The Play button w/ description could be centered in the app.... I know I am nit picking, but you asked
Good job otherwise.

jallmitch said:
Works on the XOOM 3G, here are some things to consider.
1. Yes it did open in a browser window - but the program went back to the App. In order to watch the video I had to switch back to the browser.
2. The GUI is a little off..... "TV" is located between the brown bar and the video pane. The Play button w/ description could be centered in the app.... I know I am nit picking, but you asked
Good job otherwise.
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The video opened straight away for me. But may work different on HC

Now that is one ugly UI!
I would try this if I could. Sadly I've yet to buy a tablet.

jallmitch said:
Works on the XOOM 3G, here are some things to consider.
1. Yes it did open in a browser window - but the program went back to the App. In order to watch the video I had to switch back to the browser.
2. The GUI is a little off..... "TV" is located between the brown bar and the video pane. The Play button w/ description could be centered in the app.... I know I am nit picking, but you asked
Good job otherwise.
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Can you send me a screenshot please. I've designed this application for the Galaxy Tab, since I don't have any Honeycomb tablet, so it needs some polishes on the 10" sizing.
8ESP said:
Now that is one ugly UI!
I would try this if I could. Sadly I've yet to buy a tablet.
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It's the first version mate, I'm still working on the UI. It's not easy to make beautiful UIs using HTML and CSS.

nathanpc said:
Yup. But I'm working to port this to phones too, in about 3/4 days it will be finished. I want to make the phone users have a good experience, just like the tablet users have.
Also, any suggestions, bug reports and improvements that you want to see, please post here that I'll look for it.
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This is brilliant mister.
Can't wait for the phone version,
Keep it up.

nathanpc said:
Can you send me a screenshot please. I've designed this application for the Galaxy Tab, since I don't have any Honeycomb tablet, so it needs some polishes on the 10" sizing.
It's the first version mate, I'm still working on the UI. It's not easy to make beautiful UIs using HTML and CSS.
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Nononono! I wasn't at all dissing the UI!
It was a joke about azrienoch's face
The app looks great.

The NEW Tablified Market HD V3.0

We're back! We've just released the brand new Tablified Market HD app. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, we needed to abandon the old Tablified Market app. The app has been completely made from scratch I think you'll enjoy what we have to offer this time around.
Everyone who has previously purchased the pro version of Tablified Market HD will automatically unlock all the Pro features upon installation of the new app. If you have any issues, please contact us at [email protected].
Changelog:
Version 3.0 has been completely revamped!
-MUCH faster load times
-Phone UI (3.0+ only)
-Dedicated UI for 7" tablets like the Nexus 7
-All around enhanced UI with new icon
-Less ads
-Font Resize (pro)
-Better search filters (pro)
-Favorite an app (pro)
-One click direct link to Google Play store (pro)
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DOWNLOAD TABLIFIED MARKET HD
Thanks

I will have a look.

victy23 said:
I will have a look.
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Would love to hear some feedback
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This is a great idea! Its so necessary you would think Google would include a "tablet" category in the regular Market. Thank you sir.

WiredPirate said:
This is a great idea! Its so necessary you would think Google would include a "tablet" category in the regular Market. Thank you sir.
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Glad you like it.
I completely agree with you. This is something that Google should have done but I can understand why they chose not to do it. They would need to manually screen every app and have some sort of guideline of what is or is not a tablet app. We decided to do it instead. We are no Google, but we can at least try
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can someone post the apk please?
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nixie2121 said:
can someone post the apk please?
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Is there is a reason you can't get it from the market? If you don't have access to the Android Market then this app is useless since it links you directly to the market to download the apps.
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ayman07 said:
Is there is a reason you can't get it from the market? If you don't have access to the Android Market then this app is useless since it links you directly to the market to download the apps.
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Please post an apk or mark cm_tenderloin as compatible. I want this on my touchpad but I can't get it.
Running ICS.

+1 for the touchpad, can't install it and I would love to have something like this, especially when I'm stuck on gingerbread

It's been more than a week. Still no touchpad compatibility or a freaking apk of the lite version. Screw you, dev.

catzilla said:
It's been more than a week. Still no touchpad compatibility or a freaking apk of the lite version. Screw you, dev.
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Calm down man. You need to be running at least Honeycomb. That's not going to change (at least not anytime soon). But here is the apk just in case you want to give it a whirl. Gingerbread is not a tablet OS and that is why its not supported. We don't own any TouchPads to do testing on so it's hard for us to know if it works or not. If you're running CM9 then it should work.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2993232/TablifiedMarket_v1_5_build20.apk

Thanks man . I'm using a touchpad too and would give this a try.

Works well on CM9 alpha 0.6 touchpad. Thanks, dev.

Any TouchPad owner kind enough to give us some screenshots of our app in action? Someone was complaining that it doesn't stretch to fit the screen properly. I would like to see it for myself. Thanks!

ayman07 said:
Any TouchPad owner kind enough to give us some screenshots of our app in action? Someone was complaining that it doesn't stretch to fit the screen properly. I would like to see it for myself. Thanks!
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Here you go. Portrait and landscape on my Touchpad running CM9.

Looks like its working working well. Thanks!
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New update!
Changelog:
3-18-12
V2.1
-Completely overhauled the UI
-Apps in each category are now sorted by the most popular apps first. This will make finding great tablet apps even easier!
-Fixed orientation bug
-Noticeable improvements in loading speeds
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tablified.tablifiedmarket

I'm not impressed. Your personal opinion that "Gingerbread is not a tablet os" is flawed. The determining factor should be screen resolution and my Nook Color running CM7 with Tablet Tweaks enabled could easily display your app but as someone else pointed out...all your doing is throwing up the tablified website in a frame and tacking on a few more ad's...I could easily just load the webpage and cut out the "middle man".
All the reviews I browsed seemed focused on throwing folks toward pay apps as well while ignoring others which are free AND non ad sponsored. A suspicious person might be led to think someone is getting kickbacks for directing traffic on a "pay per review" basis.
For what it's worth, your app also fails to display properly within the dimensions of the Logitech Revue (Google TV) running Honeycomb at a 720p resolution requiring the user to pan left and right. Poorly Designed.

famewolf said:
I'm not impressed. Your personal opinion that "Gingerbread is not a tablet os" is flawed. The determining factor should be screen resolution and my Nook Color running CM7 with Tablet Tweaks enabled could easily display your app but as someone else pointed out...all your doing is throwing up the tablified website in a frame and tacking on a few more ad's...I could easily just load the webpage and cut out the "middle man".
All the reviews I browsed seemed focused on throwing folks toward pay apps as well while ignoring others which are free AND non ad sponsored. A suspicious person might be led to think someone is getting kickbacks for directing traffic on a "pay per review" basis.
For what it's worth, your app also fails to display properly within the dimensions of the Logitech Revue (Google TV) running Honeycomb at a 720p resolution requiring the user to pan left and right. Poorly Designed.
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Gingerbread is not a tablet OS. Doesn't matter on how large of a screen you put it on. Save up and get yourself a real tablet.
It's a bit more than a webview, but okay. Build your own app then. You don't have to use my app. It's easier to navigate than the website on a tablet. You can't filter the results the way we do in the app. So no, we are not just simply displaying the site.
The reviews are unbiased and majority of the apps on there are free. Reader HD, tTorrent, Task to do, JotterHd. These all have free versions. Don't like the reviews? Don't read them. It's really quite simple.
Its not for Google TV. It's for tablets! Now your going to tell me that Google TV is a tablet, right?
If you don't want to support our work then you don't have to. Obviously you're the type of person who thinks people work for free. Servers and writers don't pay for themselves. I won't apologize for trying to get a little compensation for our work.
Can't please everyone I guess.
Thanks for the feedback.
Edit- Looks like we were having some issues with the caching system and so you were probably seeing the full desktop version of the site instead of our custom version for the app. We'll try to address this problem soon. Sorry guys.

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Gingerbread is not a tablet OS. Doesn't matter on how large of a screen you put it on. Save up and get yourself a real tablet.
It's a bit more than a webview, but okay. Build your own app then. You don't have to use my app. It's easier to navigate than the website on a tablet. You can't filter the results the way we do in the app. So no, we are not just simply displaying the site.
The reviews are unbiased and majority of the apps on there are free. Reader HD, tTorrent, Task to do, JotterHd. These all have free versions. Don't like the reviews? Don't read them. It's really quite simple.
Its not for Google TV. It's for tablets! Now your going to tell me that Google TV is a tablet, right?
If you don't want to support our work then you don't have to. Obviously you're the type of person who thinks people work for free. Servers and writers don't pay for themselves. I won't apologize for trying to get a little compensation for our work.
Can't please everyone I guess.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Thanks for the rant. "Save up and get yourself a real tablet." Yeah you really make me want to support your "work". As for the logitech revue...perhaps you should spend some time figuring out how to configure your app correctly in google play because it stated the Revue was compatible and allowed the install. Funny how the revue works fine with other "tablet" apps that actually bother to check screen dimensions.
Interesting how you take negative feedback against the APP and turn it into a personal attack on ME.
In the end it's a simple case of mind over matter. I don't mind because you and your app don't matter.

[APP][2.1+] DealPad - UK bargain finding application

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I have recently released DealPad in the Play Store for devices running 3.0+.
Find the UK's greatest deals directly from your Android tablet or smartphone.
DealPad allows you to access all the great bargains from the HotUKDeals website, directly on your favourite Android device.
Features Include:
- Optimised for the Nexus 7.
- View and sort deals with ease.
- Switch between deal, freebies and vouchers with one simple click.
- Search for any deals contained in the vast HotUKDeals database.
- Beautiful interface on both Tablets and Phones.
- Receive notifications of deals which match your requirements (via WatchList).
- Bookmark deals for offline viewing.
- Share deals directly from within the application vis SMS, Email, Facebook, Twitter etc.
- View deal comments.
- Top 10 deal widget.
The application is currently in the Play Store free of charge - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bencallis.dealpad
Any feedback appreciated.

Looks good I'll try it on my Xoom.

SteveI said:
Looks good I'll try it on my Xoom.
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Thank you. Please let me know what you think.

Updated for Nexus7
Just to let you know I updated the application this weekend with a custom Nexus7 UI.
Any feedback appreciated.

I've been using this application for months and I've no complaints whatsoever.
Great work
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DealPad for Android 2.2+
baks said:
I've been using this application for months and I've no complaints whatsoever.
Great work
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Thanks baks for the feedback.
I have just pushed an update to the store which allows DealPad to run on Android 2.2+. This now allows approximately 95% of active Android devices to access the application.
To celebrate this release the Ad-Free version has been reduced to just 50pence.
As always I look forward to hearing feedback from you guys.

Amazing app, definitely the best “HotUkDeals” app on the market. However, I have a suggestion, would it be possible to add a slide function to move between panels?

Sorry just noticed your comment now. I have considered the slide between tabs. The reason it is not implemented currently is that when a tab is switched the deals are downloaded. So adding the slide to switch tabs doesn't feel right.
I will keep it on the to do list and see if I can cache some deals to make it feel more natural and fluid.
Let me know if you have any more requests/comments.

Ahh its fine. Could you not make the slide feature like the YouTube app? The page itself doesn’t actually freeze, so you still have the ability to slide/press a tab even though it’s loading. Caching the deals would be a good idea though, definitely more efficient.
By the way, I have also noticed the settings page doesn’t actually have a header?

By the way, have you thought about adding the ability to switch between holo light and holo dark themes. Just a thought

-BioHaZard- said:
By the way, have you thought about adding the ability to switch between holo light and holo dark themes. Just a thought
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Yeah the way youtube implement it is nice. Sadly the way the deals are stored at the moment means I can't do that without changing the data structure which will be a bit of work.
Regarding themes, I am personally not a fan of holo dark but I have had a few requests so I can look into it. Unsure about black and orange though

bencallis said:
Yeah the way youtube implement it is nice. Sadly the way the deals are stored at the moment means I can't do that without changing the data structure which will be a bit of work.
Regarding themes, I am personally not a fan of holo dark but I have had a few requests so I can look into it. Unsure about black and orange though
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Yeah I understand what you mean, hopefully it wouldn't be too hard to implement though as a slide function would be great. It would definitely make it easier to switch tabs on tablets.
The black and orange theme wouldn't be too bad in my opinion, not greatly important, but nice as an option.
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Just pushed a small updated which allows tablet users to open deals in their main browser by default.
Let me know if you have any additional feature requests as I have a fair amount of time available to work on it these next few weeks

Just created a Google+ Community to give users access to beta versions of the application https://plus.google.com/communities/106913653955175355079.
The current beta includes todays top deals

New App - Amazing technology! The end of homescreen chaos!

What is it?
How many times have you rambled through your phone searching for an App? Wondering where in the world, among all those icons is the one you are searching.
Worry no more! That's what EZ-Launch is for.
To be honest, Ez-Launch is more of a widget than an app, and it helps you makes sense of your overburdened home screen.
How do I install it ?
Well, after you find " Ez-Launch " on google play store and download (Apologies for the absence of a link) and download, You add the Ez-Launch widget to your homepage, and EZ does the rest.
The app will learn your preferences and give you E-Z access to your favorite apps.
What if I don't want this app or that app on my widget? What choices do I have?
In purpose of enabling you more control we have defined a settings screen that enables you to select one of 3 options for every app installed on your device:
Always - This app will always be on the widget
Off - Never place this app on the widget.
Auto - Its up for the EZ-Launch app to decide.
In addition you also have the possibility to save a state of the widget (a certain collection of apps that you like) and load it later on as you please.
What?? How does it work? Is it... MAGIC!?
No. It isn't magic. It is a project developed by 4 Computer science students from Tel aviv University within an android technologies workshop in collaboration with Google.
During the project we have researched, studied and developed algorithms and heuristics (Yeah, sounds a bit complicated) all for your benefit and ease of mind. In order not to burden the reader, we will briefly just explain that the application service simply learns you, and knows how to give you the most convenient arrangement for your home screen that just continues to improve.
This is a project in the Beta phase, and we strongly recommend that you give it a try and download, especially if you know someone (Like your parents) that is having a hard time managing their home screen.
For those of you who don't know what Beta means, it is the phase right before the official release of the app, where you get to try it for free(!) and even influence the development by giving us your valuable feedback.
That's right! If you have complaints, suggestions, or any type of feedback just let us know by contacting the development team by mail:
[email protected]
Or on our Facebook page, where you can also LIKE us:
facebook.com/EzLaunch
So download, enjoy and let us know what you think.
Yours with love,
EZ-Launch Team.

Play Store Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sadna.widgets.application
I'll try it. Sounds interesting!

MrKancho said:
Play Store Link
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sadna.widgets.application
I'll try it. Sounds interesting!
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Thanks. We would love to get your feedback.

To be honest...
This has quite the potential. I am amazed that I seem to be the only one trying it out here! I've been using it a couple of days now and it already gives me a great list of my most used widgets. I'm using it as a 5x3 widget on my note and thanks for making it scrollable as well! :thumbup:
I will recommend this! Thanks!
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Great app indeed!
I only have one comment: while using it with Nova Launcher, resizing the widget 'kills' the way the icons are displayed, as I can only see half of the last row (for custom number of rows/columns).

good work with the app, reminds me of similar things with WinMo 6.x on my Sony Eric son X1 a while back. Would be nice to have resizable app icons within the widget though, if possible.

What a great idea! I am also surprised this app is not getting more attention. Nice work.

Thank you all for the positive feedback. We derive great pleasure in knowing that people like our creation and find it useful.
Besides from relishing on your compliments we would also like to hear any suggestions or complaints you might have. Do not hesitate to post here, email us at [email protected] or like us on facebook.com/EzLaunch
Thanks. :good:

sadly only for android 4 and up on store.
any chance to have it for gingerbread too???

okty2k said:
Great app indeed!
I only have one comment: while using it with Nova Launcher, resizing the widget 'kills' the way the icons are displayed, as I can only see half of the last row (for custom number of rows/columns).
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You can scroll up/down to see all the apps

Nice you planing on ability to change icons and text ...theme abilities.

Hi. Is it possible to have an option for the widget to return to the top of its list after launching an app? Would love to see this feature added if possible.
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Hi,
Nice app. Would be great if you could make icon text optional and a scale down for icons. Till now I used a launcher-x widget on my home screen that is 5x2 grid size and contains 7x3 icons of my most used apps.
As is use these apps often the text is not needed. By scaling down the icons I can just get more icons in it.
Pretty nice app so far. If you could implement some of these features it would be worth buying it.
Regards
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Great update very handy

update looks good! thanks for the new features!
I would also like to see theming compatibility. or a color overlay or icon size options.
thanks! looks like this thread is starting to roll!

Yes reset to apply work ones. Minor hassel

Hi,
i used the widget for about 12 hours now. Yesterday evening the widget was learning pretty well and presented my mosted used apps. This morning the widget presented totaly diffrent apps. Most of them i use very rare or even don't use at all.
Will let you know how it is doing the next days.

poetter747 said:
Hi,
i used the widget for about 12 hours now. Yesterday evening the widget was learning pretty well and presented my mosted used apps. This morning the widget presented totaly diffrent apps. Most of them i use very rare or even don't use at all.
Will let you know how it is doing the next days.
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The last update from a couple of hours ago caused a reset. Just use your phone like normal and after a couple of hours or days the widget will automatically give you a better list.

[APP][1.6+] TinyLaunch: New lease on life for old and slow devices

I was finding my Archos 43 Gen8 device with its puny 256mb RAM unusable with regular launchers so I decided to roll my own from scratch: TinyLaunch.
The main development rules were:
- use very little RAM
- run on lots of devices (all the way back to Android 1.5 -- the subject line is wrong when it says 1.6)
- get out of the way and avoid doing anything in the background while other apps are running
- run fast once it's configured (but currently the configuration app scan is slow)
- nothing extraneous--no pretty extra icons, no help information, and of course no ads of any sort (not even a link to my other apps--all that is wasted memory)
I plan for the apk never to exceed 40K. Currently it's 29K.
This is *extremely* low-featured. At base, it just presents a simple scrolling list of apps (with categorization features) with no icons (though you can turn on icons, at the expense of some speed: Menu, Settings). You tap on an app and there you are.
In particular:
- no widgets
- no shortcuts
These limitations may make this useless to you. But if you just want a list of apps for launching, e.g., on a device for your kids to play with, TinyLaunch may be the thing for you.
The first time you run TinyLaunch needs to scan for apps. This is a very slow process on my Archos 43 (at least for apps moved to SD), though faster on modern devices.
By default TinyLaunch just shows a simple list of apps. Choosing Menu, Settings lets you include icons (slower) and a more standard tiled view (slower).
Instead of folders, I implemented a category system inspired by PalmOS, though with some variations (the main one is that apps can be in more than one category).
By default there are three special categories: All, Unclassified and Hidden. You can make some custom categories like "Games" and "Math and Science" by pressing MENU and New Category. To categorize apps, the easiest way is to switch the category to Unclassified (tap on the category selector at the top of the screen), and then long tap on an app to choose how to classify it. The app then disappears from the Unclassified category. Note that the Hidden category is a special category that hides apps from the All and Unclassified views (though a Hidden app can still show up in other categories if you like).
APK download: http://pruss.mobi/dl/TinyLaunch.apk
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.TinyLaunch
Source code: code.google.com/p/tinylaunch
{
"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"
}

Can we have a screenshot?

I just uploaded a new version. This includes a more standard and less ugly tile view (but slower). And I included the screenshots in the post above.

Maybe you should put some steps for minimum memory use - medium memory use - normal ? Therefore this launcher might be used by other users who has a bit more ram? Btw, your idea is so nice and really suitable with google kitkat's idea "less ram, more work, high speed"
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I wanted to try it out but it says that it can't parse the package unfortunately. I'm using Android 4.3.
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I have tried it on Android 4.3, so it works
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I just uploaded 0.07. Minor tweaks to the display. Option to lock orientation. And now the scanning happens when you need it to, I think.

Now officially released on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.TinyLaunch

Any chance of a light theme? Am trying your launcher out on a rooted Nook Simple Touch which has an e-ink display. Other than being a bit dark seems to be running well, thanks. Will also try it on my Gen 8 Archos 70.

darren1 said:
Any chance of a light theme? Am trying your launcher out on a rooted Nook Simple Touch which has an e-ink display. Other than being a bit dark seems to be running well, thanks. Will also try it on my Gen 8 Archos 70.
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You probably would also want paging rather than scrolling for eink, right?

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You probably would also want paging rather than scrolling for eink, right?
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Thanks for the reply. Screen refresh is set high so not noticed a problem with scrolling.

Great idea! Runs great on my old wildfire!

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Any chance of a light theme?
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Thanks for the idea! I implemented it in 0.10. (At no size cost, since I also optimized some code at the same time.) Should be up on Google Play now. Menu, Settings, Light theme.

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Thanks for the idea! I implemented it in 0.10. (At no size cost, since I also optimized some code at the same time.) Should be up on Google Play now. Menu, Settings, Light theme.
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Thanks for implementing a light theme, unfortunately I just get a black screen with no text when I choose the light theme on my Nook Simple Touch with Android 2.1. Also doesn't work properly on my Archos A70 using 2.2 but works as expected on my Nexus 10 running 4.3. Do you think it could be an issue with Android 2.1 and 2.2?
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Light theme also not working properly on ZTE Skate running 2.3.

darren1 said:
Thanks for implementing a light theme, unfortunately I just get a black screen with no text when I choose the light theme on my Nook Simple Touch with Android 2.1. Also doesn't work properly on my Archos A70 using 2.2 but works as expected on my Nexus 10 running 4.3. Do you think it could be an issue with Android 2.1 and 2.2?
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Light theme also not working properly on ZTE Skate running 2.3.
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I foolishly only tested on Genymotion running 4.3, not an actual device. Yeah, it doesn't work on 2.2. I fixed that, and uploaded 0.11 to Google Play. Should be up soon.

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I foolishly only tested on Genymotion running 4.3, not an actual device. Yeah, it doesn't work on 2.2. I fixed that, and uploaded 0.11 to Google Play. Should be up soon.
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Working now, thanks.

Would anyone find this useful on a tablet and hence would like more than four columns of icons? (Currently the number of columns is hard-coded. It would probably add about 2K to the apk to make it more flexible.)

I added a feature that works sort of like a home screen. If you have a category named "Home" (capital H, everything else lowercase), then pressing the Home button toggles you between the Home category and the All category. So you can just put your most frequently used apps in the Home category. If you want a plain PalmOS-style launcher, just don't make a category with that name.

I added a very primitive toddler lock to TinyLaunch. If you turn it on, then the HIDDEN category disappears completely, and the access to all the menu functions disappears until you type "Not toddler". I use it on my Nexus 7 in conjunction with a restricted profile to make the Amazon Appstore (which I need to have available for the sake of the toddler apps that are tied to it) inaccessible to the toddler--I just set the Appstore to be hidden in TinyLaunch

i just got a new toy - Archos 70b Cobalt and wanted to thank you!
i change the homescreens on all my devices to some minimal ones like "search based launcher" and "organised drawer". while trawling the archos forums, i happened across your TinyLaunch. i like it so much that it has become the default launcher on not just my archos, but also my samsung galaxy ace mobile and nook simple touch ereader (with light theme).
i like what you have done with the Home category, and apps in multiple categories. i don't use/need any other features.
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your white theme has white menu, which is nice. but the default black theme menu is white which seems to conflict.. might look better with black menu.
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Would anyone find this useful on a tablet and hence would like more than four columns of icons? (Currently the number of columns is hard-coded. It would probably add about 2K to the apk to make it more flexible.)
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rather than hardcoding, perhaps let the user enter a number? should be simpler and more flexible for different devices. my tablet particularly in landscape mode could use far more columns.
btw, can you tell me how to get those nice soft-buttons, on your screenshots, at the bottom? my archos has just the standard three jelly-bean buttons in a wide band. i could do with a thinner band, and few more buttons on it. or more preferably have the buttons on my notification bar, like on my nook.