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visual task switcher: Card view in grids very good!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.esdmobile.taskswitcher
itching thumb: Finally card view just like WebOS.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/itching-thumb-(task-manager)/com.bw.flipit
Multitasking lite: it has iPhone app switching animations pretty just needs card view.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/multitasking-lite/com.tkdtnek23.app.multitaskinglite
Anyone with CM6 or above replace the long click home..
Finally!!
doesnt work with home replacements
only on stock froyo launcher
if you have CM RC3 you can change the long press on home and DONE you have it as your long press home button! and then set which ever launcher you like
I hope this app gets popular. It has amazing potential and will be great if lots of people start using it (like Launcher Pro) It's definitely great with Cyanogen Mod using the long press home replacement!
Can't wait to see some coverflow and other animations
This has the potential to be pretty great it just needs a better way to close apps (swipe up palm OS style maybe? or just an X in the corner). I get pages of recent apps thats counter productive sometimes, but pretty cool start
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doesnt work with home replacements
only on stock froyo launcher
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when you have visual task switcher open, you can press menu and get to settings, where you can choose what home app to launch, as well as whether to bind the app to the home key or search key (long press)
Thank you! This is fantastic when configured to replace the long-press home task switcher.
Love it although I'd love the ability to pin apps to the screen(kinda like the task bar in windows 7) so they appear whether they are open or not. Preferably with some way of distinguishing an open task from a non open one.
bigballa said:
doesnt work with home replacements
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Why do you say that? it works great with launcherpro.
You open the app, then press menu setting, and set launcherpro as home.
The i mapped a gesture of my app drawer (middle icon) to swipe for visual tasker and all done.
That's smart as hell, I just replaced the home function using Cyan 6 but I'm gonna set that up as well...
I hope in future updates it allows long press to just press an X and close an app (or remove from the list) I don't like the whole screen with the forcestop button
bigballa said:
doesnt work with home replacements
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Works fine for me..
Home: Launcher Pro Plus; Long Search: Power Strip; Long Home: Visual Task Manager
on Android 2.2, N1
btw here's the dev site http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...al-task-switcher-now-available-on-the-market/
Awesome!!! I am using it right now.
Thanks for sharing!
Nice program!
Have pretty much covered all my multi-tasking bases now heh
Home key: Launcher Pro
Long press Home key: Visual Task Switcher
Long press Search key: QuickDesk
Seems useless for those of us with Enom, since we don't have the control for long press home.
Either I choose long search, which cuts my easy access to Voice Search, or I choose short home, which makes everything else involving the home button really awkward. Poor implementation.
cyberchuck9000 said:
Seems useless for those of us with Enom, since we don't have the control for long press home.
Either I choose long search, which cuts my easy access to Voice Search, or I choose short home, which makes everything else involving the home button really awkward. Poor implementation.
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I'm pretty sure the developer can't do anything about that, since apps don't have access to long press home at all.
great app! thanks!!
SBS_ said:
Nice program!
Have pretty much covered all my multi-tasking bases now heh
Home key: Launcher Pro
Long press Home key: Visual Task Switcher
Long press Search key: QuickDesk
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I guess you are using CM6 since you can change long press home?
wuli said:
I guess you are using CM6 since you can change long press home?
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Your assumption is correct. Currently on the 2408 nightly.
I wish the preview cards were a little bit bigger. Either that, or if the previews had a slightly higher resolution? Other than that, it's pretty cool!
I wish there was an option to force the preview cards smaller, or even better, icons only. Going from 15 recent apps (CM6) at once to 9 is a downer.
Also, for some reason new items sometimes randomly pop up on the left side, and sometimes on the right side, so you have to scroll back and forth. That really slows down app switching. And sometimes, apps like Voice don't even show up at all for some reason, which make me waste even more time.
Great looking app and great idea, but had to uninstall as it was actually slowing down alt-tabbing.
- Disabling left/right scrolling (force 1 screen),
- Allowing an option for icon-only view,
- And fixing the bug that some apps don't show up will make me reinstall.
Hello,
I have a idea for a launcher but don't have the programing experience to make it. Unless a launcher is much easier to do then I think. I have done some light app dev in eclipse for android and would be willing to try it my self if someone can point me in the right direction.
I'll put the idea out there and anyone who wishes to use it I only ask to be credited with the original concept.
I call it "No Home"
The idea is that I am constantly hitting back or home to return to the home screen before I press the power button and put the phone to sleep. But the home screen provides nothing I really need, at least not necessarily. So Instead pressing home button will open a app drawer, I like the one Zeam uses since on return you are back where you left it. Also Some of the others allow changing of the number of Icons wide and tall are displayed, This would be a nice addition since I have a EVO and four by four has a lot of wasted space. Also it needs to be able to do folders. This allows for apps to be organized.
On boot you are opened to the App Drawer/screen. Then from there you just leave the phone at what ever app it is in when letting it sleep, if you need to open a new app either long press home for a recent app or press it to get to the app drawer/screen.
There would be no widgets unless they could go in the app screen, The notifications will have to do. I'm sure a always running notification that provides some kind of folder or something for widgets could be developed.
I know this would not be the launcher for everyone, maybe not even you. I also realize it sounds like this or that launcher or that I could achieve the same thing by not pressing the home button, but I think as a App it would be faster and lighter then any home screen launcher could be.
Nice!
joeavery2 said:
Hello,
I have a idea for a launcher but don't have the programing experience to make it. Unless a launcher is much easier to do then I think. I have done some light app dev in eclipse for android and would be willing to try it my self if someone can point me in the right direction.
I'll put the idea out there and anyone who wishes to use it I only ask to be credited with the original concept.
I call it "No Home"
The idea is that I am constantly hitting back or home to return to the home screen before I press the power button and put the phone to sleep. But the home screen provides nothing I really need, at least not necessarily. So Instead pressing home button will open a app drawer, I like the one Zeam uses since on return you are back where you left it. Also Some of the others allow changing of the number of Icons wide and tall are displayed, This would be a nice addition since I have a EVO and four by four has a lot of wasted space. Also it needs to be able to do folders. This allows for apps to be organized.
On boot you are opened to the App Drawer/screen. Then from there you just leave the phone at what ever app it is in when letting it sleep, if you need to open a new app either long press home for a recent app or press it to get to the app drawer/screen.
There would be no widgets unless they could go in the app screen, The notifications will have to do. I'm sure a always running notification that provides some kind of folder or something for widgets could be developed.
I know this would not be the launcher for everyone, maybe not even you. I also realize it sounds like this or that launcher or that I could achieve the same thing by not pressing the home button, but I think as a App it would be faster and lighter then any home screen launcher could be.
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Nice idea. But I don't have the programming skills either. Good luck with it and I hope that someone can make this soon!
Tbo-art
I think you´re idea sounds a lot like iOS
I personally don´t like it, but I´m sure some will!
have you tried vlauncher
search for it in the market
matt.tugwell said:
have you tried vlauncher
search for it in the market
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Good call. It is not far off, and I'd consider it, but I'm not going for a iOS Home screen, I like the vertical drawer very much over horizontal and, I'm not sure if it is just my phone but I saw serious lag on vlauncher.
I guess What I'm looking for is really just a launcher missing the home screen. A striped down launcher. I need a app drawer that will allow me to get to my apps fast, and I have about 200 apps on my phone. Having to go home then press the app drawer button is two steps vs my proposed one. Also 16 apps vs 25 (for higher res screens like the EVO) makes a big difference.
I think I saw a how-to in a starting with android lesson that had a home screen lesson. Maybe I'll give that a shot... Have to find it again.
Still welcome any other suggestions or help, thanks for the ones so far.
joeavery2 said:
Good call. It is not far off, and I'd consider it, but I'm not going for a iOS Home screen, I like the vertical drawer very much over horizontal and, I'm not sure if it is just my phone but I saw serious lag on vlauncher.
I guess What I'm looking for is really just a launcher missing the home screen. A striped down launcher. I need a app drawer that will allow me to get to my apps fast, and I have about 200 apps on my phone. Having to go home then press the app drawer button is two steps vs my proposed one. Also 16 apps vs 25 (for higher res screens like the EVO) makes a big difference.
I think I saw a how-to in a starting with android lesson that had a home screen lesson. Maybe I'll give that a shot... Have to find it again.
Still welcome any other suggestions or help, thanks for the ones so far.
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AWD Launcher (and I think other launchers as well) has an option to launch the drawer when pressing the home button.
(You can still go to the desktop by tapping a on-screen icon: convenient for incedental consult of some widgets)
appelflap said:
AWD Launcher (and I think other launchers as well) has an option to launch the drawer when pressing the home button.
(You can still go to the desktop by tapping a on-screen icon: convenient for incedental consult of some widgets)
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Ah, I found the home button binding setting in AWD Launcher, I forgot how configurable AWD was, and how much I liked it. This is close, When you press home it brings you to the home screen and a second tap brings up the app launcher, which you can set the number wide and tall the icons are.
This will work, between this and just leaving the phone at it's present state vs. pressing home before putting it to sleep, it basically solves my issue.
It would be a neat add on of AWD to Reverse the order of the home screen operation, maybe I'll suggest a option for that.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
Hey,
I've been looking for ages for a task switching app and I was wondering if anyone had seen something good?
I've always thought that it would be really useful to have one that shows the list of apps in the notification bar and can select what apps are show.
Thanks for any help with this,
Drew
Have you tried holding down your home button?
Hey,
Yeah, tried that one, but its usually filled with settings and other things that I dont ever want to go to, so I only see like three or four apps I want to change to...It allso shows apps that are closed.
I'm being a bit fussy, the home button does do what I'm after most of the time, was just wondering if there was anything else.
Thanks,
Drew
drewhopcroft said:
Hey,
Yeah, tried that one, but its usually filled with settings and other things that I dont ever want to go to, so I only see like three or four apps I want to change to...It allso shows apps that are closed.
I'm being a bit fussy, the home button does do what I'm after most of the time, was just wondering if there was anything else.
Thanks,
Drew
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Advanced Task Killer is a free app that will switch between apps. It is essential on the androids. I keep it widget on my desktop. When launced, it will show all the programs currently running on your android. If you hold your finger on an app in ATK, a window will pop up and you can sellect switch too.
there are lots of them, check out multitasking pro, perfect task switcher, etc.
Just do a market search and you should find what you want.
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There are a couple of things I think you might like. Since you don't like having your list of apps cluttered with Settings and the like, you probably want something that you can tweak.
QuickDesk
For one, maybe try QuickDesk. It is basically a single homescreen you can access from any app by either double-tapping Home or holding Search. On top of having any widgets or shortcuts you want, there's also a sliding list of recent apps on the bottom.
SwipePad Beta
If you want something faster and simpler, try SwipePad. Basically, you can create a gesture that lets you access a screen full of shortcuts from anywhere. You choose a corner or side of the screen that you swipe away from to create an overlay that displays shortcuts to different applications.
Wave Launcher
Wave Launcher is similar to Swipepad, only it creates a smaller list of apps that follows your finger around once you do the gesture. I'd recommend following the link and watching the video since it does a better job explaining that I could do.
You should give PreHome a try. You can configure it to only display tasks that are running.
Thanks all,
I'm loving PreHome, for the whole 1 hour I've been using it for...
The double tap home function is better than my 'notification bar' idea...
The other apps look good as well but think I'll be sticking with PreHome.
Thanks again,
Drew
Honeycomb comes with a "Recent" apps list, by pressing the 3rd button from the bottom left. The icon looks like 2 rectangles with one overalpping each other.
Unfortunately, this list grows too large after a while and the only way to clear it is to reboot. This makes the list cumbersome to use.
Is there a way to EITHER:
- Clear the list
- Limit the number of the list
Thanks!
I agree there needs to be some way of clearing the recently used apps just to make it a little more user friendly
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I did a quick search and didn't find anyway of clearing it aside from restarting. I will try a few apps tomorrow and see what i come up with.
Excellent keep us updated with your findings if you can.
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This thread is relevant to my interests. +1
todders said:
Excellent keep us updated with your findings if you can.
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will do!!!
For this very reason, I have been restarting my Tf a lot more often than it needs.
I wish there is an easy way to kill running apps and clear the list like in the ipad/iPhone.
ikeny said:
For this very reason, I have been restarting my Tf a lot more often than it needs.
I wish there is an easy way to kill running apps and clear the list like in the ipad/iPhone.
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You can kill apps with a taskmanager.
I like the way Android handle multitasking by showing recent apps instead of just running apps, but the ability to remove any apps from the list would make it more perfect. I hope it will be implemented in future.
I have found myself looking for a feature like this as well. Hoping they throw it in an updated version of Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwhich...
I am also interested on this.
Regards.
sontin said:
You can kill apps with a taskmanager.
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But that requires finding and opening the task manager app, selecting/deselecting what you want to kill, pressing the kill button, then hitting the home button to get back home. Since I got my Transformer, I can't help but compare the OS in some ways to my iPhone. With jailbroken iOS, I just simply press and hold the home button to quit/kill the app, and that's it. The current Android task manager method just can't be compared with the simplicity of the iOS method of killing apps.
Don't peg me as a "fanboy". I love different technologies and enjoy competition because it just give me more options and products to play with
I just navigate to "settings>applications" area; and use the "force close" for whatever I don't want to see.
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But that requires finding and opening the task manager app, selecting/deselecting what you want to kill, pressing the kill button, then hitting the home button to get back home. Since I got my Transformer, I can't help but compare the OS in some ways to my iPhone. With jailbroken iOS, I just simply press and hold the home button to quit/kill the app, and that's it. The current Android task manager method just can't be compared with the simplicity of the iOS method of killing apps.
Don't peg me as a "fanboy". I love different technologies and enjoy competition because it just give me more options and products to play with
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Advanced task killer for froyo. Pretty good
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You should be able to bring up the recent app list & give you the option. This could either be done by providing an X to close that program. Another option could be to click & hold on the program in the list to ge given the option. I think Google needs to change this in the next update.
So far it seems that task killers or use what rpavich said. We could ask a dev of they could if they could add the little x that jadesse said.
The ideal solution would be a long press on the thumbnail would give you the option to kill the app, remove from list or both.
I'd love to see that in future OS versions.
First we complain about not being able to scroll the list in 3.0, now we complain about the list being too long?
I doesn't bother me but the option would be nice. Rather than a hold, i would like to drag the screenshot away and "toss it" a la WebOs flick up.
You know, sometimes I wonder if Google even beta tests.
Some of these issues, probably, would have been caught or suggested early on in the beta testing process.
Just my opinion....
Iwish there was Cynanogen for Honeycomb. This festure has been part of Cyanogen for a while..
Here's the source where I found this, I'm pretty sure this would work on all AOSP type ROMs like CM7.1 and Verizon Stock, even though the site says 2.3.6. Not sure about the Sony Timescape. I'm not familiar enough with these steps to pull this off, maybe if someone could work this out and possibly even make a flashable zip?
http://androidandsandu.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-add-virtual-softkeys-navigation.html
I wasn't sure if this should be in the Development section or here because it's theme based, but it does involve compiling I believe. I placed here for the sake of Themes.
Why would you want less screen space?
Less screen space or not it is still a nice update/feature that can be useful on gingerbread. Granted it sounds like a whole lot of work, but there is already a thread where others have ported the "ICS swype to clear" notifications. If someone wants to try this I say good luck.
Ios suckkss.
We have hardware keys. Thus no point for softkeys unless you don't like screen space
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People might want soft keys because their hardware is starting to go. My Xperia's home button and back button are really soft to press. I too would like the ICS on-screen keys because, not only that, it's also more convenient.
Xepter Keedas said:
People might want soft keys because their hardware is starting to go. My Xperia's home button and back button are really soft to press. I too would like the ICS on-screen keys because, not only that, it's also more convenient.
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That's what I was thinking too, plus, you would have either equal or more screenspace if you lower your DPI, I have it on 210 instead of 240 and I have more than plenty of space. Plus the softkeys would be smaller.
just use button saviour available from the play store, you can hide and show it..plus it has themes, yes, ICS is there...