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Effective & simple & open source with minimalistic appearance.
Features:
- Run applications fast: when is search narrowed down to only one application, it can be automaticaly started (Autostart button).
- NEW - Recent apps always on top of the search and well visible.
- Eliminate need for various apps: add any activity of any app on your device to list of apps (e.g. Wifi settings, ...).
- Get rid of un-unistalable apps: hide any app from list of apps adding it to the hide list.
- Improve readability of your list of applications: rename any app however you like.
- Stay focused: icons of apps and wallpapers are not displayed. This also improves response.
- Search naturally: The space character " " is mapped to the "any set of characters". (i.e. in terms of REGEX " " is replaced with "*." ) This feature is demostrated on the screenshot.
- Advaced search using REGEX.
- Includes basic widgets (wifi, blue tooth, cam)
Note:
-NEW - To access menu without menu button search " Menu-Launcher" item.
-I have lost my keystore so I will have to create this update as new version on Google Play
Last update:
12.10.2012
NEW Google Play Link
If you like this app buy me a coffee - PayPal Donate going to following donate PayPal link
Thanks for this. Installed on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus running CM10. How do I get the activities to show up?
menu
use menu key and choose.
there is still some unusual memory take up. But I will make it soon under 1MB. sorry for that. will be fixed
mrWax said:
use menu key and choose.
there is still some unusual memory take up. But I will make it soon under 1MB. sorry for that. will be fixed
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I don't have a menu key. The menu soft key doesn't appear.
No worries about the memory.
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button savior
Well you could install button savior if u have root access. Or I could put "menu-open" into the list of applications. Do you have some proposal, how to solve this?
I'm not sure why it doesn't appear. I don't have this problem with other apps. Perhaps it's being rendered off the screen?
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future without menu button
i have gathered more info about this and it looks that I will provide you with alternate solution, because it is suggested that developer should not use menu button any more for 3+.
Options are:
.menu button between other widgets
.menu button in all lists as item - searchable
I'm happy to try test versions if it would help.
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One of a kind launcher!
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on halt for another week
project is unfortunately still on halt since i have moved and started my PhD and do not have notebook yet.
Update to version 2
NEW Features:
-BIG jump in effectivity - Recent apps are listed first and have "R:" before their labels!
-devices without menu buttons can access menu via searching " Menu-Launcher" item in all the list!
white background?
mrWax said:
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just perfect for me.. thank you! i use this as my default launcher on my phone. i tend to use only minimalist apps. and white text on black background is optimum!
i now also have a nook simple touch ereader. and eink prefers black text on white background. could you add reverse colour, as an option perhaps?
I present here a new app. WidgetShade Free!
★With WidgetShade you can have your widgets always on hand. Just use the "+" button , or long press any empty space to add a widget. WidgetShade can be called at any moment and will show as an overlay over your active application.
To call WidgetShade you have three options.
-Tap the app icon.
-Tap the notification in the notification bar (can be disabled)
-Use the trigger area (can be disabled)
The trigger area is a white and blue zone that by default appears at the bottom right of your screen, but it can be configured. Tap it or slide your finger over it to activate WidgetShade. In the application settings, you can change the position and size of the trigger area, its visibility, or completely disable it.
IMPORTANT
To avoid android from closing WidgetShade when it runs out of memory, you have two options.
-Enable "Show notification" in the options ; or
-Go to Android Settings, then to Accessibility and enable WidgetShade
Enabling the accessibility service will prevent WidgetShade from being closed. It will not access any personal information, even if the standard android warning says that it may do that.
Widgets shown in the screenshots: Digical, Elixir2, Eye in the sky, retroClock, Gmail, and Top Contacts. These are independent applications, downloadable from the Play Store and I am not related to them in any way.
I will publish this on the Play Store this week, but I wanted to offer it here first. The PRO version will have extra features (extra pages, button bar can be hidden and configurable background opacity).
Please send feedback!
Get it on the Play Store!
WidgetShade Free
History
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v1.00
Intial Release
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v1.01
Fixes tablet layout
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v1.10
Added root option: Android requires 5 seconds to start any Activity after home is pressed. With this option, rooted phones can skip this 5 second wait.
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v1.20
Tablet FC should be fixed now. Sorry for all the updates, I don't have the devices to test the program. I depend on user feedback.
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v.130
Lots of changes!
-Many parts redone.
-Better Layout (Now defaults to 5 rows x 5 columns)
New in Pro:
-Can choose number of rows and columns.
-Can create Shortcuts to each of the 5 screens.
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v.132
-Fixes FC on very High res phones, like Sony xperia Z.
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v.140
-Shortcuts can be named
-Shortcuts can have custom icon (PRO only)
-Resizable button bar (PRO only)
-Better trigger area activation (Only responds to swipes, not to taps, but can be configured)
-Vibration on trigger area activation (can be disabled)
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v.150
-Improved root compatibility
-Improved trigger: Horizontal swipe to open widgetShade, vertical swipe to move trigger, long-press to open settings.
-Configuration app added to app list (PRO only)
-Option to completely disable the bottom button bar (PRO only)
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v.160
-Fixed small FC bug
-Fixed small Preferences bug
-More precise transparency options for trigger
-More precise transparency options for background (PRO only)
-More precise vertical position for trigger
-Vertical swipe and long-press for trigger can be disabled now
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v.170
-Translated to Spanish and Catalan.
-Options for trigger area more configurable: Now you can choose what to do on tap, long-press, and swipes.
-Added "Contact the developer" option.
-Slightly improved layout.
-Added License verification to avoid piracy (PRO)
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v.180
-Translated to Italian by Davide Baraglia
-Three diferent opening anitmations
-Option to tap on empty space to exit WidgetShade
-Back and settings button can be swapped, to fit Samsung (and other manufacturers) scheme
-Small bug fixes
Just downloaded. Can't wait to see what it'll do.
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Another practical and useful app from you! I don't have a widget I always need to be able to activate, but I think the idea is really good. It's easy to configure and set up to work properly. So a good job from you, even though I don't personally have a need for an app like this.
Multi-tasking via widgets = awesome.
I added a update that should fix tablet layout. It changes nothing on phones, so you don't really need to update if you are using a phone.
Thank you for testing it!
Cooooolll...!
Another home run
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Another home run
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Thank you
New version!
v1.10
Added root option: Android requires 5 seconds to start any Activity after home is pressed. With this option, rooted phones can skip this 5 second wait.
I hope I don't have to update this very often. I'm quite happy as it is now
EDIT: I checked it and FC on tablets, on landscape orientation. I'll try to fix it tomorrow.
New version
v1.20
Tablet FC should be fixed now. Sorry for all the updates, I don't have the devices to test the program. I depend on user feedback.
I received report of text showing as squares in widgets. How many of you have this problem? Which device do you have? Which android version?
Thank you all!
New version 1.3b
Hi!
I completely rebased the program, so now the grid looks nicer (The number of rows and columns). It is now a 5x5 grid, because for some phones you were getting weird grid values like 4x2 or 4x3.
I hope you like it
Great app. Reminds me of that Mac OSX feature that does this same thing. Will definitely buy (once I get money). Cool.
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Really like where this app is heading. Reminds me alot of Intelliscreenx when I was using the iphone. waiting for a revision or 2 before getting the pro app to support. A suggestion maybe? How about an option for setting a trigger for when the notification shade is down, swiping left and right would activate the widget shade?
davtse said:
Really like where this app is heading. Reminds me alot of Intelliscreenx when I was using the iphone. waiting for a revision or 2 before getting the pro app to support. A suggestion maybe? How about an option for setting a trigger for when the notification shade is down, swiping left and right would activate the widget shade?
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It is a good idea, but unfortunately I can't do that. The notification shade always stays on top of everything. This means that I can't capture events when it is down. However, you can enable the notification, which activates WidgetShade when tapped.
If you have more suggestions, let me know. I really appreciate feedback, and I try to implement all the suggestions I receive.
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
dapaua said:
It is a good idea, but unfortunately I can't do that. The notification shade always stays on top of everything. This means that I can't capture events when it is down. However, you can enable the notification, which activates WidgetShade when tapped.
If you have more suggestions, let me know. I really appreciate feedback, and I try to implement all the suggestions I receive.
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Bought the pro to support. Is it possible to implement a slide to trigger option? the tap to trigger can sometimes be abit disruptive (if the trigger area is too big) or hard to use if we make the trigger area smaller.
davtse said:
Bought the pro to support. Is it possible to implement a slide to trigger option? the tap to trigger can sometimes be abit disruptive (if the trigger area is too big) or hard to use if we make the trigger area smaller.
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I'll try to do this. This was the original intention, but I assumed that tap was okay.
You are right, sometimes I also tap the trigger area by mistake.
Thanks for your support. I hope you enjoy the added features of the pro version.
@Dapaua:
Good app. I just gave it a try, and decided to log in only to reply to you!
Here are the list of my drawbacks (mainly in UI).
1- The trigger button you need to do something with it!
I would be happy if it's possible to trigger it with long pressing (I think this is easy to implement).
2- The virtual buttons are annoying (I already got capacitive buttons to start with), and it really takes some space.
Back button on capacitive could replicate the same functionality of the virtual one, also long pressing works fine (no need for "+"). The only thing is remaining a way to enter the settings menu).
Basically, I am trying to say give us an option to remove the floating buttons on the screen.
3- A slider to better control the high/length of trigger button & transparency.
Basically, focus more on the UI aspect and you will be good on selling this app.
Good luck.
neuTrue said:
@Dapaua:
Good app. I just gave it a try, and decided to log in only to reply to you!
Here are the list of my drawbacks (mainly in UI).
1- The trigger button you need to do something with it!
I would be happy if it's possible to trigger it with long pressing (I think this is easy to implement).
2- The virtual buttons are annoying (I already got capacitive buttons to start with), and it really takes some space.
Back button on capacitive could replicate the same functionality of the virtual one, also long pressing works fine (no need for "+"). The only thing is remaining a way to enter the settings menu).
Basically, I am trying to say give us an option to remove the floating buttons on the screen.
3- A slider to better control the high/length of trigger button & transparency.
Basically, focus more on the UI aspect and you will be good on selling this app.
Good luck.
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Thanks for the suggestions.
1.What exactly is wrong with the trigger button? I am now implementing an option to only respond to swipes, and not to taps.This avoids the accidental triggering. It should be ready in a few hours (It's done, needs testing). If the problem is that it is ugly, it can be made transparent. If it is something else, tell me. I like getting feedback.
2.I agree that removing the button bar is a good idea, but I think this would be a PRO version thing. I already have an idea of how to change settings without the button bar.
3. This is a good idea, but first I want to concentrate in the core functionality. But I will implement it eventually.
I am just starting with this, I hope that in the end it will be a good program.
New version.
v.140
-Shortcuts can be named
-Shortcuts can have custom icon (PRO only)
-Resizable button bar (PRO only)
-Better trigger area activation (Only responds to swipes, not to taps, but can be configured)
-Vibration on trigger area activation (can be disabled)
APP IS BANNED FROM GOOGLE PLAY WILL RETURN SOON though!
Ultimate Dynamic NavBar - app that alows you to get rid of that horrible space-eating black navbar and replace it with fancy showing-on-swipe customizable navbar-like panel.
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I'd Be Glad Glad If you support me by bying this in Google Play ^_^
Also you can download lite version there
As always, UDN is free for XDA and 4PDA communities(but if you want to donate me - buy PRO, it's the same, as CE, but updates through Google Play)
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Features:
- panel that shows up with fancy animation by swipe from bottom edge of the screen or by touching a trigger button (Customizable).
- XPOSED(safe) or build.prop mod(dangerous) to hide softkeys on your device. All devices with android 4.0+ are supported!
- you can add up to 9 buttons to the panel (and assign shortClick and LongClick acitons to every button)
- About 20 different action for buttons: from basic system navigation to "kill app" and "tie custom app"
- Everything is themable: buttons, panel, glow-effects and more!
- Swipe mode to navigate the panel like paranoid's pie.
- small ram consumption (~< 8 MB of RAM)
- Lots of other customizations and modes.
Waiting for your bugreports and feature requests on UDN's Issue tracker
Since this thread moved to devDB, I'm no more able to edit attachments(hope it's temporal bug, though). So here's latest download link:
udn_v23.2_CE.apk
XDA:DevDB Information
Ultimate Dynamic Navbar[DEVELOPMENT TEMPORALLY PAUSED], App for the Android General
Contributors
MrBIMC
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v23.2
Stable Release Date: 2013-11-19
Beta Release Date: 2013-11-16
Created 2013-10-10
Last Updated 2015-04-14
Changelog:
Changelogs:
v22.0 beta1:
-Optimized for Android 4.4(KITKAT)
-"Previous app" action
-"Hide panel" action for edge buttons
-When you press "XPOSED module" - app will redirect to "Modules" section of xposed configurator. If you don't have xposed - app will propose to install it.
-Added preference for external xposed module, will make it active in beta2
-lots of internal improvements
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v0.20
-Changed order of buttons in list. It is more logical now.
-1 new button - SCREENSHOT[SAMSUNG]
-Updated FAQ
-Optimizations
v0.19
-FIXED: incorrect action names and icons on "Screenshot" and "PowerMenu" buttons
-FIXED: Custom app as seven button breaks all preferences.
-Made "pick an app" dialog to load apps as async task. Now it doesn't freeze UDN when loading apps
-Optimized MainActivity, so app starts faster on slow phones and doesn't lagg if you didn't grant root permissions
-Updated FAQ, now it helps solving all known problems.
v0.18
-2 new actions: "screenshot", "PowerMenu"
-Ability to add custom apps to the panel!
-FIXED: incorrect length of swipe when trigger type is "swipe" and activation method is "whole bottom edge"
v0.17
-1 new way to hide navbar(Requires XPOSED): safe, bug-free, keeps "overflow menu" button in apps.
-FIXED: incorrect length of swipe when trigger type is "swipe" and activation method is "whole bottom edge"
v0.16
-Panel stays visible after orientation change
v0.15
-2 trigger types: "swipe" and "touch"
-Configurable swipe length for trigger
-FIXED: Wrong actions on edge buttons
-FIXED: Crash when selecting glow animation
-FIXED: Glow effect doesn't disappear when swiping on button
-Glow effect now disappears with animation, when swiping on button
v0.14
-Now it's possible to assign LongClick actions to edge buttons
-2 new themes for buttons: "PIXELD" and "DIAMONDS"
-FIXED: "toggle mode" does not work
-Internal Optimizations
v0.13
-Made edge-buttons 1.5x wider
-New action for edge buttons: "SEARCH"
-Glow-effects are now brighter
-Length of vibrations is customizable now
-New Button: "EMPTY SPACE"
v0.12
-New legacy-like "edge menu button" (+ few placement options for it)
-5 new glow-effects
-Option to turn off glow-animation
-FIXED: Buttons density does not work for landscape-right mode
-FIXED: glow-effects in landscape
v0.11
-Internal refactoring and optimizations
Version v0.10(yeah, I changed naming scheme):
-Option to stick navbar to the right side of the screen
-Option "don't rotate trigger with navbar"
-more correct way to count density of buttons, now depends on orientation
-6 new themes for glow-effect(they're not finished for landscape yet!)
-Optimizations
Version v0.9.25:
Nothing new, just fixed bugs of 0.9.23 and 0.9.24:
-FIXED: "whole-bottom" triged is not transparent.
-FIXED: Glow-effect does not disappear if I slide the finger up on the panel.
-FIXED: Navbar hides instantly after triggering it.
Version v0.9.24:
-Total internal refactoring, optimizations.
-New, better algorithm for trigger-listeners.
-Ability to hide panel by touching outside of it.
-1 new animation for glow-effect.
-Notification is now hidden by default.
Version v0.9.23:
-OnClick effects are animated now! 2 pre-loaded animations: "stock" and "rotate", expect more animations soon!
-Background image of onClick effect is customizable: "stock", "hexagon", more themes will come soon!
-Color of Glow effect is Customizable!
-*Please note, this update is not very polished so expect higher memory usage(still less then 10mb), will fix this in next update.*
-*Also, translations are partially broken now*
Version v0.9.21:
-App now checks for busybox, superuser existance and superuser's permissions. UDN will not let you do anything with it if those checks are not passed.
-UDN will ask you for leaving review on Google play after some time of active usage
-Added manual "rate this app" option.
-Removed wip.html
-Fixed few small bugs that were causing app crashes.
Version v0.9.20:
-Fixed bug: wrong values on numeral fields in CE edition app.
-Fixed bug: Wrong summary on Color options.
-Added 4 new themes: "College", "Defused", "Droid", "Elvish".
-Removed Motorola RAZR D3 from Supported devices, because most negative reviews I recieve from this phone and I got tired of explaining why I can't fix their problem(if you wan't to try this app on your D3 anyway - mail me).
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Version v0.9.17:
-Total internal refactoring.
-fixed 4.3 bug: now UDN will be launched when you click on notification.
-Moved all string resources to strings.xml, so app can be localized now(write me, if you want to translate to yor language)
-Added Russian translation(Напишите мне, если есть замечания к переводу!)
Version v0.9.16:
-"Google now" action
-Ability to semi-spoof notification on 4.3
-New theme "LoPro"
-Google now is now default action for Longpressing home button
-Optimizations: app again consumes ~5-7mb of RAM on default settings (Magic, ha?)
Version v0.9.15:
-Android 4.3 optimizations
-New action: "KILL ALL APPS"
-External vibration option for navbar trigger
-Made General settings more obvious
-Updated FAQ
-Internal optimizations
Version v0.9.14:
-Sexier look of the app.
-New fancy icon.
-Configurable height of the toggle button
-Fixed: crash when you select search button.
-Internal optimizations.
Version v0.9.13:
- Speeeed! No more delays! Navbar buttons are now react as they should.
- Fixed All icons of actions(and notification).
- 3 new action: "Volume -", "Volume +", "Sleep".
- Fixed bug with buttons preview.
- Partial internal refactoring, removed unused resourced.
- Fixed bug: "buttons are red by default"
Version v0.9.12:
-Custom colors for navbar and icons.
-Transparency of the Icons.
-New action: killApp.
-New Theme: HONEYCOMB
-Removed MIUI theme, because it was incompleted and low-res.
-Made PIXEL icons bigger.
Version v0.9.11:
-Speeeeed! Now buttons react slightly faster.
-Probably fixed bug that caused crash on android 4.0 (Not tested, because I don't have such devices)
-Changed default settings.
-In "Enabled Bttons" tab previews are now shown in chosen theme, not always in NEXUS theme
-Massive internal refactoring.
Version v0.9.10:
REMOVE OLDER VERSION BEFORE UPDATING TO THIS ONE
- Configurable transparency of trigger.
- "Support me?" tab. You can check comparison between LITE/PRO/CE there, and switch between them.
- 2 new themes: "Samsung" and "Pixels".
Version v0.9.9(and subversions):
- Fixed transparency. From now, only transparency of the panel is editable, buttons are always bright.
- Added new trigger: center of the bottom edge of the screen.
- Added 3 new themes: AIRBRUSH, ZTE, RUSSIA.
Version v0.9.8:
- Added "vibrate on click" option.
- Added new trigger: center of the bottom edge of the screen.
- Internal refactoring of button management. Now it consumes a bit less of resources. NavActions gonna be accessible via external(non-UDN) calls soon!
Version v0.9.7:
- Migrated to RootTools.java as root utilities provider.
- From now it is completely safe to use "Hide real navbar" option. //BUG: if your phone/tablet does not have root&&busybox this option will do nothing for you, will not even notiy.
- Quicker buttons reaction.
- Fixed outside_click action on dialogs. From now them work correctly.
Version v0.9.6:
- NavBar Hider is accessible again! It won't brick your device anymore. Still not cool enough, though
- 2 new themes(MIUI and ZENYTH).
- fixed bugs.
Version v0.9.5:
- Temporarily removed ability to hide real navbar. //hope tomorrow will re-add it againm this time without bricking devices
- Removed edge buttons because they're not worked anyway.
- Now panel can handle 7 normal buttons.
- Changed sprites for toggle buttons (temporal sprites, i'd be glad if someone paint me better ones).
- Added XPERIA button's theme.
- Moved panel options to "Themes and Behavior" category.
- Internal refactoring, small optimizations and fixes.
Version v0.9.4:
- HideAction Countdown resets when you press a button. (except "toggle mode" and "hide on button pressed" mode).
- Fixed placing of buttons. Even ldpi screens can now add up to 5 normal buttons (edge buttons are not fixed yet, though).
- Internal optimisations. Service again consumes less than 6 megabytes of RAM.
Version v0.9.3:
important: IF YOU UPDATING FROM OLD VERSION(<0.9.3), CLEAR CONFIG FIRST, APP WON'T START OTHERWAYS.
- Numeric options are now configurable through seekbar. Looks fancy!
- Now it is possible to setup transparency of the panel.
- Fixed buttons misplacing in NEXUS and MOTOROLA themes.
- small bugfixes.
Version v0.9.2:
- Now it is possible to assign longpress action on a button.
- Partial internal refactoring.
Version v0.9.1:
- Removed small edge-buttons for now, because they didn't work as expected. Will add them back later.
- Basic theme framework. For now only internal themes(NEXUS, MOTOROLA, HTC, FACEBOOK_HOME), working on ability to install custom themes
- LongPress action on home_button (Opens recents window). Not configurable for now, In the next updates will work with all buttons and gonna be editable.
Version v0.9:
- Removed shortcut to use GMD GestureControl as a gesture handler to activate the UDN, because that didn't work.
- [FINALLY] Added ability to hide real navbar from-inside of the app.
- Small fixes.
Version v0.7.1:
- Ability to disable navbar auto-hiding when pressing any button.
- Toggle mode: navigation bar will never hide itself, hidable only by pressing a button-trigger.
- Option to replace the gesturePad with the button-activator (2 versions)
- 2 new button-spaces: tiny buttons on the sides. / / PREVIEW FEATURE, EXPECT BUGS
- Removed Russian language, because it's more convenient and faster to develop for only one set of XMLs, if it necessary to you - translate yourself XD
- Maybe something else, I don't remember
P.S. All features added in today's update were earlier requested by members of XDA and 4pda communities, thank you for ideas, guys!
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Official mimi-FAQ (TOO OUTDATED):
Q: How to use "Ultimate Dynamic NavBar"?
A: Switch the switch to "on", then you can trigger UDN's panel by swiping up near the trigger(grey triangle) at bottom-left screen corner of your phone(or tablet).
Q: Only button that works is "Recents" Why?
A: Looks that you don't have Root permissions on your device. Google for more info...
Q: Activated "hide real navbar" option, but nothing happened! What I did wrong?
A: That means that app can't obtain root permissions, or your device don't have busybox installed.
Q: App can't restore original navbar.
A: Rare bug You can manually restore navbar by removing all "qemu.hw.mainkeys=1" lines from /system/build.prop . Mail me if you need help.
Q: UDN overlaps information on the screen!!!1 How Do I fix it?
A: That's correct behavior! It is impossible to act another way! And No, I cant overlay nothing in the zone of real navbar Don't ask!!
Q: Android 4.3, can't hide notification. Is it possible to fix?
A: No, since google fixed bug I used to hide notification. There's no way to hide notification anymore
Q: OK, I found bug! What should I do???
A: post it to issues list I'll be happy to fix it!
Says problem with download
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Second the parsing error
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raymond36136 said:
Says problem with download
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Sorry, will fix it now. Use dropbox link for now: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5oalbgb7plr830z/com.mrbimc.udn.apk
It wont let me select to "hide real nav bar''. So all it really does for me is add a second, auto hiding nav bar on top of my existing nav bar.
twichel04 said:
It wont let me select to "hide real nav bar'' So all it really does for me is add a second. auto hiding nav bar on top of my existing nav bar.
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Looks that I need to add FAQ to the thread
0. you can bting my navbar back by swiping UP from the bottom of the screen.
1.My app can't hide real navbar yet But you could use this(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558) or check your rom settings(CM, AOKP and Paranoid are have fullscreen toggle).
Good job man!
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A shortcut to show and hide the navbar will be helpful ... to use it with gmd gesture control to combine the best parts of both apps ...
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mdcykkk9 said:
A shortcut to show and hide the navbar will be helpful ... to use it with gmd gesture control to combine the best parts of both apps ...
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Ok, will add toggle shortcut in the next update. (actually, it is going to be "show" shortcut, because hidding is hardcoded for now. and i'm not going to change it's behavior in nearest future )
Will watch this apps progress. Thanks dev.keep up.
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Very well sir
Simple and easy as that. I like it.
I have one suggestion. If I set, in your app, "Activated state time" in 2000ms i would very like that navigation stay on for this 2 seconds but after last tap. Reason is using BACK button for several time. If I leaving Gallery app a don't like pres home button, I usualy press back button for 3-4 times. With your setting I have to swipe every time when i want to press button.
"Just this" for and from me
Good luck !
Mario_ZG said:
Very well sir
Simple and easy as that. I like it.
I have one suggestion. If I set, in your app, "Activated state time" in 2000ms i would very like that navigation stay on for this 2 seconds but after last tap. Reason is using BACK button for several time. If I leaving Gallery app a don't like pres home button, I usualy press back button for 3-4 times. With your setting I have to swipe every time when i want to press button.
"Just this" for and from me
Good luck !
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I second this. Thanks to MrBIMC for your great work but instead of automaticly dispearing after some seconds, can you put a button (directly in the nav bar) for hiding the nav bar, the gesture seems very OK in most apps.
Thank you
su660ics said:
I second this. Thanks to MrBIMC for your great work but instead of automaticly dispearing after some seconds, can you put a button (directly in the nav bar) for hiding the nav bar, the gesture seems very OK in most apps.
Thank you
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Can anyone mockup how shoud this button look? because right now i can only add it as normal button, but it is not aestetic.
Or i could edit XMLs a bit and add support for small edge buttons (like legacy menu button of shame), so it will be possible to set hide trigger there.
What do you think?
Updated the app, check the head post for details and apk!
Had a few spare hours, so implemented some features you requested
Waiting for reviews, comments, new featurerequests and bugreports!
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Had a few spare hours, so implemented some features you requested
Waiting for reviews, comments, new featurerequests and bugreports!
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Thank you for the new version. I have only tested it for a short while yet, but I can see a lot of improvements. Some feedback:
You are right, the button looks quite out of place. And I think the best position should be in the middle. I will try to make some better graphics and send then to you.
The small graphics seem to work well so far, and on a phone with small screen, I think this is ideal for the menu button.
I am glad you are not killing SystemUI to get rid of the navigation bar, as the best option is to edit build.prop
Not too sure the option to stay on screen is behaving as it should. First, if no button is pressed, the bar should disappear after the normal timeout. Then, only if the back button is pressed, it should stay on screen. In that case, it should reset the timer on every press, no just the first one.
I hope that helps.
Awesome app, no need to edit any system files or push anything to /system, but still quite buggy, if the nav bar does not hide, it blocks the thing behind, any way to shift everything up, or not hide the thing below? See screenshot attached.
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if the nav bar does not hide, it blocks the thing behind, any way to shift everything up, or not hide the thing below? See screenshot attached.
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Even if it was possible, it would not work at all as a user interface. Three possible options:
* shift everything up: the top of the screen would disappear instead, and the sudden shift in position would be very annoying.
* squash the screen to fit in smaller space: that would look awful, and would also be annoying.
* leave everything as is, and overlay the bar on the bottom part of the screen. This is the current situation. The fact the the screen does not change, makes it much smoother for the user. To counteract the fact the bottom of the screen is then hidden, maybe transparency would help?
MrBIMC said:
Can anyone mockup how shoud this button look? because right now i can only add it as normal button, but it is not aestetic.
Or i could edit XMLs a bit and add support for small edge buttons (like legacy menu button of shame), so it will be possible to set hide trigger there.
What do you think?
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Yes sir, it should be best if you put one edge button for hiding. About the design I think you should focus on the idea first, after things get better and the app runs well then you can change your focus to the overall design. Yep the current design is not very aesthetic yet but it can wait .
The new version looks very promising but when I choose more than 3 big buttons then the toggle hide button dissappear
Anyway, thank you very much, your idea about this bar is very good and much better then lmt launcher or gmd gesture which are difficult to use for normal users.
Bubble Launcher 2.6.1 launched here on XDA(free version) and also in play store (payed full version)!
FULL support for PA 3.56+ HALO - apps can be launched in downsized MULTI_WINDOW
Please remind, that Bubble Launcher XDA 2.5+ is a time limited Version (with all functionality of Full Version!) since today!
-The testing time period is 10 days after installation.
If you consider to use the prior version 2.3.1 (WITHOUT TIME LIMIT), I' let let stay a download link in OP for that all the time...
(but in that case you don't get new features from now on...)
Bubble Launcher is an 'always on top' side launcher for Android OS. It can be used on top of every opened app.
The starter halo hotspot is made as floating system window, so it can be on top of everything on screen!
It was made for JB 4.2.2 / 4.3 , but should work on OS versions since 2.3+.
The Launcher comes with a
-standard listview
and
- circle halo knob
for selecting an starting an app.
How to use:
Hotspot -> swipe left -> opens Circle Launcher;
Hotspot -> swipe up -> opens Favorites Panel;
(You have to mark some apps as Favorite in 'Blacklist & Favorites Editor' -> start 'Settings Panel' via Menu Button -> mark some apps as Fav. in most right column checkbox!)
Hotspot -> swipe down -> opens App-List-Launcher;
Short Tap on App in List -> HALO)))-start of app;
Long Tap on App in List -> Fullscreen-start of app:
circle launcher -> circle swipe to outside -> fast release -> HALO)))-start of app;
circle launcher -> circle swipe to outside -> wait a second release -> fullscreen-start of app;
circle launcher -> circle swipe inside Halo-knob -> no app will be startet;
Menu Button Opens 'Settings Panel'
Bubble Launcher supports Halo))) start of apps in MULTI_WINDOW on Paranoid Android 3.56 and above!
And of course you can start apps also in Fullscreen Mode.
On non Paranoid OS the apps will always be started in Fullscreen Mode.
In the full version of Bubble Launcher you can mark any app as blacklisted or favorite.
Blacklisted apps will never be shown in the launcher lists.
Favorite apps are listet on top of standard listview and are the only listed apps in circle launcher mode.
You can test this free XDA version, before purchasing the full version.
the XDA-app-version is full working with the following
limitations:
- blacklisting of apps not active
- Favorites not active
- Themes not active (only Holo Dark is enabled)
All other features are fully working!
No ads!
If you want to uninstall the app, than first go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box for Bubble Launcher
screenshots attached...
apk-file attached...
MOD EDIT
paid full version is also available in Google Play Store.
Change Log:
Update ver 2.6.1(09202013)
- Nexus 7 compatibility (and more other devices, that don't have telephony functions)
Update ver 2.6(09182013)
- New Activity-Shortcuts for installed Apps and their launchable activities.
To get them all in Blacklist and Fav-Editor use 'Refresh app Database' in settings!
That may take some seconds - will give you access to a ton of system settings panels
All recognized activity-shortcuts will be blacklisted after import by default.
Mark those of them, you want to use, as Favorites...
- New swipe actions - Diagonal Up / Diagonal Down - all swipe actions can be customized now in settings
- precise recognition of swipe actions / new gesture engine
- New working 'Change Long Click/Short Click' Option for app lists and panels
- better contact Photo / contact engine for builtin floating Notification
-major bugfix: BL stopped when removed from recent apps list
BL won't be shown in recents apps now!
- minor bugfixes
Update ver 2.5.1(09142013)
- unlock with promotion code works again for this and all future versions!
- NEW!: contact photos for floating notifications (only for Android 4.3)
Update ver 2.5(09132013)
- new: Floating Hotspot
Hotspot can be positioned everywhere on screen or can be docked everywhere on left or right screen border.
to move it: -> double tap+hold+pull
- new Floating Status Bubble
the new Status Bubble can be positioned everywhere on screen
to activate it: -> swipe from HotSpot diagonal up
to move it: -> double tap+hold+pull
-new activities, that can be use as shortcuts (i.e. from within HALO))) )
to launch Fav List , All Apps List or StatusBubble without having Bubble Launcher HotsSpot Bubble active
(you can deactivate 'Hotspot Visible' in Bubble Launcher' settings)
- new downsized Fav List for low count of marked as Favorite Apps...
- fixed bug, when launching Bubble Launcher on Samsung's Galaxy Note and some other devices...
- fixed some minor bugs
If you consider to use the prior version 2.3.1 (WITHOUT TIME LIMIT), I' let let stay a download link in OP for that all the time...
Update ver 2.3.1(08312013)
- minor bugfix (background color in lists)
Update ver 2.3(08312013)
- major bugfix (autostart after reboot should work now on all devices - also when device sleeps after reboot)
- clearer hint for defining Favorites when app lists opened after 1st start
- speed improvement (when app starts)
- smoother animations
- smoother sensitivity on hotspot
- glitches in pitched favorites panel removed
- tested compatibility with XPosed framework and XHaloFloatingWindow
Update ver 2.2 (08282013)
- minor bugfixes
- scratched hotspot bubble on HD devices fixed
- hotspot animation/hold time decreased
- link to XDA-thread fixed for 'Activate Floating Notifications' in settings fixed
Update ver 2.1 (08232013)
- major bug fixed (Nexus 7 / other HD devices)
- actions speed improved
Update ver 2.0 (08212013)
- Rebuilt from scratch
- New super fast list views
- New floating notifications (Android 4.3+ only!)
- New custom themes (see HowTo's below)
- New sql app database
- New custom icons support (free ADW - themes based)
payed themes/icon packs will be supported later
- New sort favorites Icons
Update ver 1.81 (07042013)
- Major bug fixed (FC when comma separated app names found, i.e. 'Dragon, Fly!')
Update ver 1.8 (07032013)
(Full Ver)
- new Settings Panel is Holo themed now
- Settings Panel can be reached now via Menu Button from views
- new ability to enter promotion code in case that license check fails (pure network connection/ DNS problems)
- license check result will be written to app's data now
- long press icons in Favorites Panel -> app start in fullscreen (under PA 3.56+) is back now
- some bugs fixed
(XDA Ver)
- new Favorites Panel (swipe up gesture)
- new Settings Panel can now be reached via Menu Button from vom views
- new Settings Panel is Holo themed
- new ability to enter promotion codes, to unlock all options of Full Version
- Favorites can be selected and be used in Favorites Panel
- standard theme is now 'Transparent'
- enable Lock Screen option is unlocked mow
- same code stage as full version
- some bugs fixed
Update ver 1.72 (07012013)
(ONLY FOR FULL VERSION!)
- License Check added (in case of floating around UNLICENSED FULL VERSION!)
Update ver 1.71 (07012013)
(ONLY FOR FULL VERSION!)
- minor bugfix in 'Halo))) notify' option
Update ver 1.7x (06292013)
- *new Favorites Panel View with scrollable grid of App Icons
- *new option to set gestures binding to none
- *improved speed faster load of Blacklist Editor (< 3 sec now)
- improved memory management (correct releasing of unused resources)
- major bugfix on multitasking with already running apps behind Halo))) opened apps
*) ONLY IN FULL VERSION!
Update ver 1.5 (06272013)
- *new option for bindung views to gestures (left/right, up, down)
- *new favorites only list and favorite+other apps list
- new option for showing icon only lists
- new option for sizing icons/list item height
- *new option for using a notification to start (use) only the favorites list via Halo))) bubble/notifiction bar
without having an own launcher bubble on screen
- *new styled Blacklist & Favorites Editor with colored responding checkbox flags
- small improvement on speed
*) ONLY IN FULL VERSION!
Update ver 1.1 (06232013)
-bug fixed for swipes on hotspot, when on left screen side
-bug fixed for scrolling Blacklist Editor
NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW + NEW
HowTo use builtin 'Floating Notifications'
If your device runs Android 4.3 (and only than!), you can use the builtin 'Floating Notifications'. This may be useful, if you want to use your device in full screen mode.
To activate 'Floating Notifications' you have to download and install NLSHelper.apk (see attachments below...).
This APK will be installed as a Bubble Launcher module hidden from Appdrawer/Home Launcher.
After installing this module you have to activate the Notification Access Policy in SETTINGS/SECURITY/NOTIFICATION ACCESS by ticking the checkmark for NLSHelper!
(Bubble Launcher tries to guide you automatically to related Settings Panel after Installing NLSHELPER. If it doesn't happen, please go manually to SETTINGS/SECURITY/NOTIFICATION ACCESS for activating the policy.
If you have completed these steps, Bubble Launcher will intercept incoming notifications from gmail, sms/mms, google+, google search, whatsapp and similar apps.
(Only push notifications, no ongoing notification, will be intercepted!)
When a push notification is received an notify icon will be displayed in Bubble Launcher's Hotspot Bubble and a notifying Label will be displayed near the bubble.
If You Click on the notify icon in bubble, the notify label will be updated and displayed again.
Click onto the label for opening the notifying app.
Swipe from notify icon to down, for updating the push notification queue.
Swipe from notify icon to up, for clearing the push notifications queue.
HowTo use 'Custom Themes'
For trying out custom themes, download customThemeSample.zip (see attached files below).
Unzip this file to your root folder of your devices sdcard. After unzipping you will get two files:
1. old paper blue-16776961.blt
and
2. old paper gray-11446940.blt
(Don't touch the filenames or file name extensions of these two files! - Or the import will fail!)
if they are in the root folder of your devices sdcard, you can open Bubble Launcher's Settings Panel by its the App Icon in Home Launcher.
-Tap on 'Select Custom Theme ' in settings panel.
-Tap in the opening list on 'Import Themes'
- a Toast Message should notifying about successful import...
After that you can Tap on 'Import Themes' again and you can select one of the two freshly imported custom themes.
So you will see what you get...
That's all...
A detailed documentation for 'making your own themes' will follow later here!
HowTo 'Sort App Icons in custom Order'
Since Ver 2.0 of Bubble Launcher you can change the order of App' Icons in the Favorite Panel View.
To change sort order - open Favorite Panel by the related swipe action (i.e. swipe from Hotspot to left).
On the bottom of panel you find a Label called 'SORT ICONS'. - Tap on that - All Icons will begin wobbling...
Single Tap on an icon, that should be going to new position - the Icon's background color should change to orange color.
Now tap on an Icon at the position, where you want to get your 'marked app icon' - the order should be changed now!
If you finished sorting, tap again on 'SORT ICONS'.
The new sort order will be saved and used in Favorites Panel, Favorites List (and in Circle Launcher View, if you use full version of Bubble Launcher).
HowTo 'Use Custom Icons From Free Icon Packs'
Since Ver 2.0 of Bubble Launcher you can use free ADW-compatible icon packs to select single custom icons per app in Bubble launcher.
There are many free ADW icon packs available on Play Store or on other resources.
Support for Payed Icon Packs is not implemented atm.
The following steps should guide you for use of such icon packs.
1. Install at least one of those Free Icon Packs
2. Start Bubble Launchers Settings panel via it's Icon in Home Launcher
3. Tap on 'Edit/Sort Favorite-Icons' - a special Favorite Panel View should be opened.
4. Long Press the Icon you want to change to custom.
5. A share menu for installed Icon/Theme Packs should be opened.
6. Select the pack of your choice - If you have more than one icon pack installed - use 'only this Time' (to have the choice option later).
7. The Icon-Overview of your selected Icon Pack should be opened.
8. Tap on an Icon of your choice to select.
9. Tap the back button.
10. Your App Icon should be changed to the one of your choice.
that's all.
I'm working on the support for Payed Icon Packs for a later version of Bubble Launcher.
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Thanks, looks cool.
I try it
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I think links to paid software aren't allowed in the forum. Just saying.
thanx for the hint - link neutralized
bitstra
App is nice... But I'm having a hard time uninstalling it. Won't uninstall through application manager or play store..
:-\
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camelfoo said:
App is nice... But I'm having a hard time uninstalling it. Won't uninstall through application manager or play store..
:-\
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Go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box
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Go to settings -> security -> device administrators and un-tick the box
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Right - so it can be uninstalled!
If you use 'normal' uninstall - you should be automatically linked to deactivate the Administrator Policy
regards
bitstra
Edit: will update the OP for the Administrator-Policy-behavior
Thanks haha. It didnt take me there automatically. Learned a new thing today.
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Nice! Just bought the app. I've noted one minor problem though... If you launch the blacklist editor and then try to scroll it up to see more applications, it disappears and the settings window returns. This makes is practically impossible to blacklist apps that require the list to scroll to see.
Other than that, it makes a great addition to GloveBox and Gravity Screen. Looking forward to see where this project goes.
Thanks
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Damn... XDA won't let me edit my post... Sorry I ment to say the applications list and not the settings windows. My Bad!
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Uhh... just to add to this... the problem only seems to occur if the Bubble hot spot is located on the left side of the screen. When on the right side of the screen I'm able to access the full blacklist listing.
diggmc said:
Nice! Just bought the app. I've noted one minor problem though... If you launch the blacklist editor and then try to scroll it up to see more applications, it disappears and the settings window returns. This makes is practically impossible to blacklist apps that require the list to scroll to see.
Other than that, it makes a great addition to GloveBox and Gravity Screen. Looking forward to see where this project goes.
Thanks
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Damn... XDA won't let me edit my post... Sorry I ment to say the applications list and not the settings windows. My Bad!
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Uhh... just to add to this... the problem only seems to occur if the Bubble hot spot is located on the left side of the screen. When on the right side of the screen I'm able to access the full blacklist listing.
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Thank you for watching this! this Will have a look into that tomorrow...
regards
bitstra
Looks cool! What's the paid version called in the Play store? (can't find it)
Never mind, found it. But when I click on an app in the launcher they only come up full screen, not floating.
Never mind again, just saw that if not on a PA ROM apps only open in full screen mode.
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Agreed, a link in the xda version wouldn't be a bad idea
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
update Ver 1.1 in OP & Google Play
thanx @diggmc for watching bug in Blacklist Editor's scroll event!
regards
bitstra
Good launcher, I test it
hello i just bought the app,could get quite handy i think.
Some suggestions though.
1.Favorite only mode or maybe all other apps as an expendable tab or something like that that can be closed to make it cleaner for me people who mostly use the favorites.
2.customizable line height.I would like ti see more lines of apps at once.Sadly changing the dpi of the launcher doesn´t work as on all other apps.The circle gets cut off and the height doesn´t change at all or get too small and you see too much.
3.Could your app maybe force certain apps always to launch in floating window mode even when not lauched from bubble launcher but also from the notification bar or any other way?
4.option to disable app names.
5.improve list opening speed,maybe the in point 1 mentioned favorite only mode could help here.
6.If there would be a way to launch a favorite only mode like bubble but as a grid of icons that could be good.Faster and more convenient than the bubble i think.This way you could directly tap for launch in floating mode and long press for fullscreen mode.
ok,that´s it so far i can see.Please tell me what you think of it and what could be done maybe
also found a bug,even if made visible i can´t see the bubble on the left side on my Nexus 7,one my One x see it on both sides though.
Also icons on the Nexus 7 overlap with the app name text as can be seen in the screenshot
Launcher is very good
Im Not able to uninstall it..
I stopped the Service in the settings of the app, restarted the device twice. Still nothing.
sumpf2 said:
Im Not able to uninstall it..
I stopped the Service in the settings of the app, restarted the device twice. Still nothing.
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did you also remove ther service permission ?
nimrodity said:
did you also remove ther service permission ?
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how do i do that?
sumpf2 said:
how do i do that?
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Go to settings - security - device management - device administrator and uncheck bubble launcher
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Taskbar puts a start menu and recent apps tray on top of your screen that's accessible at any time, increasing your productivity and turning your Android tablet (or phone) into a real multitasking machine!
On devices running Android 7.0+, Taskbar can also launch apps in freeform windows for a PC-like experience! No root required! (see below for instructions)
Taskbar is also fully supported on Chrome OS - use Taskbar as a secondary Android app launcher on your Chromebook!
Features
• Start menu - shows you all applications installed on the device, configurable as a list or as a grid
• Recent apps tray - shows your most recently used apps and lets you easily switch between them
• Collapsible and hideable - show it when you need it, hide it when you don't
• Many different configuration options - customize Taskbar however you want
• Pin favorite apps or block the ones you don't want to see
• Designed with keyboard and mouse in mind
• 100% free, open source, and no ads
Freeform window mode (Android 7.0+)
Taskbar lets you launch apps in freeform floating windows on Android 7.0+ devices. No root access is required, although Android 8.0+ devices require an adb shell command to be run during initial setup.
Simply follow these steps to configure your device for launching apps in freeform mode:
1. Check the box for "Freeform window support" inside the Taskbar app
2. Follow the directions that appear in the pop-up to enable the proper settings on your device (one-time setup)
3. Go to your device's recent apps page and clear all recent apps
4. Start Taskbar, then select an app to launch it in a freeform window
For more information and detailed instructions, click "Help & instructions for freeform mode" inside the Taskbar app.
Download
• Download Taskbar on the Play Store
• Download Taskbar on F-Droid
It's about time I made an xda thread for this :laugh: Feedback is appreciated!
XDA:DevDB Information
Taskbar, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
farmerbb
Source Code: https://github.com/farmerbb/Taskbar/
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 3.9
Stable Release Date: 2018-03-10
Created 2016-12-12
Last Updated 2018-08-12
Good work bro keep it up. Installed it and enjoying the ride as it's great concept as launcher's & dock is useless now . Issues and suggestions Will be post if any.
Thanks for the app.
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This is an amazing app whose concept can revolutionize the android experience. With KK I used to download Xposed and install XHaloFloatingWindow and Floating notifications just to mimic a PC desktop. Now I can do something similar with this app and Nougat! Thanks, OP!
It would be great if the Taskbar overlay can support the Extended Desktop feature. I use an unofficial build of LineageOS, and when you open an app in a freeform window, the nav bar appears and it doesn't hide. And when you close all windows, the overlay and the nav bar stay, making it impossible to use, for example, gestures in your home screen. I use Nova Launcher, and in order to open the app drawer, I use a double tap gesture. So I have to go to the Taskbar settings, disable it, and then I can access my app drawer as usual. Is it possible for the overlay to automatically close when there are no freeform windows opened?
Also, is there a way to implement a shortcut to toggle off the taskbar without opening the app? Like greenify hibernation, that can be even set with a gesture in nova.
If the overlay and nav bar issues can be fixed, and we can somehow enable a shortcut use the taskbar whenever we want, this is going to be my favorite app from now on ?
Thanks again, OP. I hope this feedback helps!
xXLosstarotXx said:
This is an amazing app whose concept can revolutionize the android experience. With KK I used to download Xposed and install XHaloFloatingWindow and Floating notifications just to mimic a PC desktop. Now I can do something similar with this app and Nougat! Thanks, OP!
It would be great if the Taskbar overlay can support the Extended Desktop feature. I use an unofficial build of LineageOS, and when you open an app in a freeform window, the nav bar appears and it doesn't hide. And when you close all windows, the overlay and the nav bar stay, making it impossible to use, for example, gestures in your home screen. I use Nova Launcher, and in order to open the app drawer, I use a double tap gesture. So I have to go to the Taskbar settings, disable it, and then I can access my app drawer as usual. Is it possible for the overlay to automatically close when there are no freeform windows opened?
Also, is there a way to implement a shortcut to toggle off the taskbar without opening the app? Like greenify hibernation, that can be even set with a gesture in nova.
If the overlay and nav bar issues can be fixed, and we can somehow enable a shortcut use the taskbar whenever we want, this is going to be my favorite app from now on ?
Thanks again, OP. I hope this feedback helps!
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Thanks for your feedback!
Unfortunately, due to System UI restrictions that Google has put in place for multi-window mode, hiding the status/navigation bars is not possible while apps are running in freeform mode. What you could do, though, is disable the navigation bar entirely (through build.prop) and then use an app such as Simple Control to provide an alternate implementation of the software keys.
Taskbar staying open even after all freeform mode windows have been closed is by design. If it's not set as your default launcher, though, you can still press the home button to collapse Taskbar and exit freeform mode. (You're not the only one that has asked about this, so I might make this an option in a future version )
You can already turn off the Taskbar by either: pressing the "Quit" button in the notification, or by long-pressing the app drawer icon and selecting "Quit". I already have a "Start Taskbar" homescreen shortcut for Android 7.1+ devices - perhaps I should change this to an on/off toggle instead?
farmerbb said:
Unfortunately, due to System UI restrictions that Google has put in place for multi-window mode, hiding the status/navigation bars is not possible while apps are running in freeform mode. What you could do, though, is disable the navigation bar entirely (through build.prop) and then use an app such as Simple Control to provide an alternate implementation of the software keys.
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Perfect, I'll use a third-party nav bar instead, I forgot it was possible to disable the system one via build.prop.
farmerbb said:
You can already turn off the Taskbar by either: pressing the "Quit" button in the notification, or by long-pressing the app drawer icon and selecting "Quit". I already have a "Start Taskbar" homescreen shortcut for Android 7.1+ devices - perhaps I should change this to an on/off toggle instead?
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A toggle is a great idea, and if in the future it's possible to add support so it can be set with a Nova gesture or a similar app, we won't need a dock anymore ?
Another thing I saw while checking the app was that when you move any window to one side of the screen it automatically pins like in split mode. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm not completely sure, but through the developer options it was possible to disable this. However, I cannot find it anymore.
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farmerbb said:
Thanks for your feedback!
Unfortunately, due to System UI restrictions that Google has put in place for multi-window mode, hiding the status/navigation bars is not possible while apps are running in freeform mode. What you could do, though, is disable the navigation bar entirely (through build.prop) and then use an app such as Simple Control to provide an alternate implementation of the software keys.
Taskbar staying open even after all freeform mode windows have been closed is by design. If it's not set as your default launcher, though, you can still press the home button to collapse Taskbar and exit freeform mode. (You're not the only one that has asked about this, so I might make this an option in a future version )
You can already turn off the Taskbar by either: pressing the "Quit" button in the notification, or by long-pressing the app drawer icon and selecting "Quit". I already have a "Start Taskbar" homescreen shortcut for Android 7.1+ devices - perhaps I should change this to an on/off toggle instead?
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Perfect, I'll use a third-party nav bar instead, I forgot it was possible to disable the system one via build.prop.
A toggle is a great idea, and if in the future it's possible to add support so it can be set with a Nova gesture or a similar app, we won't need a dock anymore ?
Another thing I saw while checking the app was that when you move any window to one side of the screen it automatically pins like in split mode. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm not completely sure, but through the developer options it was possible to disable this. However, I cannot find it anymore.
I was using this wonderful app for awhile as my main launcher. The problem I ran into was Hangouts Dialer wouldn't launch with this app installed. Think it was some issue with drawing on top conflicting.
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Another thing I saw while checking the app was that when you move any window to one side of the screen it automatically pins like in split mode. Is there a way to avoid this? I'm not completely sure, but through the developer options it was possible to disable this. However, I cannot find it anymore.
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No it's not possible to disable that. It's built-in behavior of Android.
Visi0nofExcellence2 said:
I was using this wonderful app for awhile as my main launcher. The problem I ran into was Hangouts Dialer wouldn't launch with this app installed. Think it was some issue with drawing on top conflicting.
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Hmm, interesting, I use Hangouts Dialer and haven't had any issues using it with Taskbar. I'll investigate this a bit more though.
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Hmm, interesting, I use Hangouts Dialer and haven't had any issues using it with Taskbar. I'll investigate this a bit more though.
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I tested the new version and it works with Hangouts Dialer. Issue now is my power button doesn't work with Taskbar as home launcher. If I enter an app it works fine but on the homescreen it doesn't. If my phone falls asleep on homescreen, I can't turn it back on without rebooting.
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I tested the new version and it works with Hangouts Dialer. Issue now is my power button doesn't work with Taskbar as home launcher. If I enter an app it works fine but on the homescreen it doesn't. If my phone falls asleep on homescreen, I can't turn it back on without rebooting.
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The power button issue is a ROM-specific bug that has been reported on OnePlus devices, and also devices running CyanogenMod/Lineage OS. It's an issue with freeform mode itself, unfortunately, and not with Taskbar.
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The power button issue is a ROM-specific bug that has been reported on OnePlus devices, and also devices running CyanogenMod/Lineage OS. It's an issue with freeform mode itself, unfortunately, and not with Taskbar.
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I am using a CM based rom. I will turn off freeform.
--Feature request--
Please add an option to disable the start button entirely so it can be used purely as a system wide dock or resents bar only.
Please add icon spacing options so we can centre icons etc when using the "fill white space" option. either manual padding or various presets. also aligning them left/centre/right would be nice also.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
Also, any thoughts to a Kitkat compatible version? We don't need free-form windows, but surely the overlay taskbar would work just fine on kitkat. I ask because Taskbar is extremely useful for tablets, yet most tablets are still running pre-lollipp android versions.
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--Feature request--
Please add an option to disable the start button entirely so it can be used purely as a system wide dock or resents bar only.
Please add icon spacing options so we can centre icons etc when using the "fill white space" option. either manual padding or various presets. also aligning them left/centre/right would be nice also.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
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Also, any thoughts to a Kitkat compatible version? We don't need free-form windows, but surely the overlay taskbar would work just fine on kitkat. I ask because Taskbar is extremely useful for tablets, yet most tablets are still running pre-lollipp android versions.
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Assuming you're talking about the navigation bar icons, yes, more customization options for them is something I plan on adding.
As for compatibility with Android 4.x devices, this is something I have actually investigated adding before. There are a few issues with adding support for 4.x, though, that I would have to work around before I consider supporting those versions:
The app is pretty tightly built around APIs that were only added in 5.0, such as UsageStatsManager and LauncherApps
The app also takes advantage of the Material theme for context menus, and I have not been able to get the context menus to look correct on Android 4.x devices using AppCompat
More testing would be involved on my end if I were to support 4.x devices in addition to 5.0+
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Assuming you're talking about the navigation bar icons, yes, more customization options for them is something I plan on adding.
As for compatibility with Android 4.x devices, this is something I have actually investigated adding before. There are a few issues with adding support for 4.x, though, that I would have to work around before I consider supporting those versions:
The app is pretty tightly built around APIs that were only added in 5.0, such as UsageStatsManager and LauncherApps
The app also takes advantage of the Material theme for context menus, and I have not been able to get the context menus to look correct on Android 4.x devices using AppCompat
More testing would be involved on my end if I were to support 4.x devices in addition to 5.0+
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Understood. I'll keep my fingers crossed. It's the one thing I'm missing from my kitkat tablet to make it truly awesome.
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 2.1.5
Stable Release Date: 2016-12-09
Created 2016-12-12
Last Updated 2016-12-12[/QUOTE]
Fantastic app( but for nougat only...I am talking about freeform). It needs the following two features and it will be unbeatable:
1. Option to open notifications in freeform/floating like hover or halo and
2. All the features working below nougat(at least lollipop)also. Thanks for reading.
Is it possible to trigger the taskbar with on screen navbar? Maybe with tasker and custom navbar app?
Excellent app - restored a better version of windows than were on my Lenovo Yoga Book. If I click on the maximise window button so that it fills the screen, I can't see a way to rewindow the same app?
is there any hope of getting live wallpaper support added to this app?
I would absolutely adore the ability to use this as my Launcher with KLWP.
But I don't know if that is even possible... :/
I know this thread is pretty old now, but not sure where else to put this.
With taskbar installed as a system app, it's possible to have it detect only the running apps (found this out thanks to bliss OS), however, i am unable to get a list of running apps on Android 9 MIUI 10, it just remains blank, is this a bug in the app, or an issue with MIUI (rooted with magisk, app has been manually moved into /system/app)