[APP] [GB][ICS][JB] High Resolution Google Contacts Photos (in stock contacts app) - Android Apps and Games

Native Google contacts app uses a strangely lower resolution (96x96px).
This was normal in the firsts Android versions.
The new phones includes a large amount of memory and a large screens, and also, the new Android version (Ice Cream Sandwitch) predisposes to a better user experience.
But, by default, the contact photos stored in Android 4.0 uses the older resolution (96x96px), and the photo contacts appears pixelated.
With this app you can make a bulk update of your contact photos to a increased resolution (256x256px) that's shows much better in your new devices.
Also, in older devices, that aren't running ICS, the app allows to make a bulk photo contacts update and increase the resolution to the device max supported size.
Finally, if you have rooted your device, you can increase the size of the contact photos to 400x400px (or more). That sounds good in devices with a large screen, like Galaxy Note.
Instructions
1) Place the desired contact photos (in PNG or JPG format) in a folder of your sdcard. I recommend to use square photos.
2) Open the app
3) Click settings and configure the sources folder to the stored photos folder
4) Go main window in the app
5) Select the photos that you want to update
6) Click the update photos button (the photos was automatically resized to the max resolution supported by the device).
* If you want to use photos greater than the maximum supported device size, you need to be rooted. If you're rooted, go
settings, check the "Use HD photos" checkbox then apply the desired photos.
Please, if you have troubles or issues, contact with the developers via email or at the XDA thread.
Requirements
For real HD photos you need to be rooted and, in stock ROMs, you need to install busybox (available in Play Store).
To collaborate in the translations
http://www.getlocalization.com/hd_contact_photos

CHANGELOG
0.1
First beta release
0.2
-Solved issue that's no applying photo if contact don't haves previous photo
-Working for Froyo and Gingerbread (probably does not make much sense, then do not display photos in HD, but at least it used to very quickly assign photos)
-Provably solves the issue with joined contacts (please confirm)
0.3
- Added customization to ignore case in photo name and contact name
- Added case to match partially photo name in contact name (sorry, only for donors)
0.4
- Fixed crash when you apply photos and previously have set the max images height
- Automatically ignore accents
- Working with joined contacts and also for exchange contacts
0.5
- Internal improvements
- Fixed reported issues
- Removed setting for image height. Contacts scales the image to a maximum of 256x256. I rescale to these values now
0.6
- Removed grayed effect for the photos contacts that are no matching for none contact (it's causing troubles in some devices)
- Added preview effect (click in the contact name)
- Added context menu (to apply only one photo or for show the preview)
1.0-RC1
- Fully UI redesign
- Internal improvements
- Facebook export don't works (don't implemented yet)
1.0-RC2
- Added support for JPG images
- Re-added support for Menu key
- Added more setting options
- English strings corrected
- Sorted folders in file explorer
- Added exit confirmation
1.0
- UI improvements
- Memory improvements
- More configuration settings
- Added facebook profile photos downloader
1.3
- First market release
- Facebook exporter improvements
- UI improvements
- Spanish translation
1.4
- UI improvements in the second view (for photos that matches more than one contact)
- Spanish strings corrected
1.5
- UI improvements in the list
- Internal changes to reduce memory requirements
1.7
- Algorithm that updates the photo modified, for improve compatibility (is working fine with ICS and GB based devices)
1.8
- Facebook sync is working fine now (thank's to @Bobanovicz for test)
- Added setting to allow photos cache or not (by default is disabled to reduce resources comsumption)
1.9
- Added functions to delete/rename photos to the context menus
- Added setting to overwrite or not the existing files when download or export stock photo contacts
1.91
- Corrected strings
- Facebook export includes owner photo
- Shows a dialog at startup with the maximum supported width and height (depends from the OS) [I'm interested in known if any Android version is showing a value upper to 256]
1.92
- Changed load bitmap algorithm (solves FCs when load very large bitmaps)
2.0-B1
- Download followers/followings photos from Twitter
2.0-RC1
- Optimized code
- Export operations (stock contacts, facebook and twitter) are cancelable now
2.0-RC2
- Included multiple photos deletion
- Included replaceable characters (for comparaison) [eg. if you configure "ü" is replaceable by "ue", the photo "Arthur Müller" can match with the contact "Arthur Mueller" and vice versa]
2.0
- Added large click into photo name to show the contextual menu (same of click the triangle at the right of the list item)
- Added fast scroll and indexer
- Added russian translation (thank's to Vitalyi600)
2.0.1
- Solved FC on rename file
2.0.2
- Solved FC when set empty replacements table
- Added traditional chinnesse translation (thank's to Chris Yu)
2.0.3
- Added german translation (thank's to [user_99])
2.0.4
- Removed submenu for (downloads -> twitter). Double submenu isn't compatible with all devices
2.0.5
- Added Czech translation (thank's to Bobanovicz)
3.0.0
- Added ability to use resolutions greater than 256x256 pixels (to use it, go settings and enable it [you need a rooted device])
- Added search button in title bar
- Added refresh button in title bar
- Added download button in title bar
- Removed menu button in title bar
- Improved list speed and stability
- Added Slovakian translation (thank's to pRo_lama)
3.0.3
- Don't automatically check "Upload HD photos" setting
- Updated german translation
3.1.0
- Facebook exported photos in original size
3.1.1
- Auto remove facebook credentials if coming from a previous version (3.1.x requires more Facebook permissions)
- Remove numbers from the end of photo name (for compatibility)
3.1.2
- Solved issue with Facebook (now actual profile photo is downloaded)
3.1.3
- Facebook exporter optimization
- Support export for users with many friends
4.0.0
- Ability to add your own images (select from camera/gallery)
- Buttons bar (AKA blue bar) can be showed at top screen, bottom screen or hide [in this case all options are showed in menu] (go settings)
- Facebook export improvements
- Added notification icon for export operations (stock/facebook/twitter)
- Added french translation (thank's to tomcruisader)
- Back button when a photo is selected don't finish app, only unselects all
- Search key actives the photos search utility
- Added italian translation (thank's to be_on_edge)
4.0.1
- Corrected strings
4.0.4
- If the device isn't supported by the app you can see a dialog at first start
- For Gingerbread devices the real HD method (photos bigger than 256x256 px) isn't supported at this moment
4.0.5
- Added catalan translation
5.0.0 (not released in markt, only available in XDA thread)
- Added ability to manually link protos with contacts (without name match)
- Added ability to create backups (and restore) from the settings and manually linked contacts
- Facebook and Twitter own photo is also exported
- Other small changes
- Added Georgian translation (thank's to giorgi_alonso)
5.0.1
- Updated translations
5.0.3
- Corrected FC when display contacts list (in manually assignment) and a contact has no defined name
- When download from Facebook, if two friends have the same name, the two photos are correctly downloaded
6.0.0
- Capable to select the Facebook/Twitter photos will be download
- Auto repositionate in main list when refresh
- UI improvements
- Translation updates
6.1.1
- In selections lists (download [Facebook/Twitter/Stock] and manually link, if you click in the contact icon left to the contact name, it will be show the contact photo
6.1.2
- Solved issue when loading large contacts list (in manually assignment activity)
6.1.3
- Solved bug releated to manually set contacts that are unset when restart app
7.0.0
- (Possible) workaround for Gingerbread devices
- Strings corrected
7.0.1
- FC when upgrading preferences from older versions
- FC when listing a contact that has no name
8.0.1 [EXPERIMENTAL]
- Reboot is no longer required when apply HD photos [experimental]
- Added a message when select HD photos in preferences and you don't have busybox installed
- Internal improvements in the root photos assignment
- Translations updated
8.1.0
- Reboot is no longer required when apply HD photos [experimental] [has an option in settings]
- Enhance partial matches function to match correctly "John Doe" with "John B. Doe" (select partial matches option)
- When apply more than one photo in HD, root is only requested for the first photo (i use the same root session to all photos apply)
- Solved issue when applying photos and the pathname contains accentures or special chars
8.1.1
- Updated language translations
8.1.2
- Solved issue with app-data in root mode
8.1.3
- Solved issue (introduced in 8.1.2) that prevents to set app photos source folder. I'm sorry!
8.1.4
- Removed root options from preferences in Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). No longer required because JB support pictures in 720x720px
- Only 1 photo is applied at the same time in free version (i'm sorry for that, but i need your small donations)
8.1.5
- Solves issues applying photos in contacts that (abnormally) has more than one photo
8.1.6
- Support for "JPEG" file extensions for "JPG" image files
8.1.7
- Works with CM10
8.1.8
- Added ads in free version
8.1.9
- Solved exception in preferences in JB
Differences between donate and free versions
Donate and free versions are contained in the same apk.
The only differences are related to the nexts functions,
that are only available for donors.
- Download facebook friends profiles photos
- Download twitter followers/followings photos
- Download stock contact photos
- Apply more than 5 photos at the same time
- Apply real HD photos (photos greater than 256x256 pixels) [root required]
- Ability to create backups (and restore) from the settings and manually linked contacts
Donate app uses google license service in order to get info about whether application has been purchased

Known problems
In Gingerbread devices the HD real photos (bigger than 256x256px) isn't supported

Weird Google hasn't come with an update on this low res problem. It's been known for years. Now even with HD screen resolutions Google doesn't fix this :-(
I use a similar solution to yours. I use the internal Phone book in my Galaxy S2 to create duplicate contacts with only a single high res image. After this I merge the contacts using settings with my GMail contacts, setting the high res picture as default profile.
This causes two problems though. One, it doesn't change anything on my Google contacts so it only works on my phone. Second, you have to apply this trick every time you get a new phone.
Would be nice if your application could do something similar but with some sort of simple import/export function. But I'm afraid that's not that simple, right?

I love the idea, but get "At least one of the selected photos can't be applied" when trying to apply. Image is 300px in height, named the same as the contact and in .png format.
Am I doing something obviously wrong?

mccune said:
Weird Google hasn't come with an update on this low res problem. It's been known for years. Now even with HD screen resolutions Google doesn't fix this :-(
I use a similar solution to yours. I use the internal Phone book in my Galaxy S2 to create duplicate contacts with only a single high res image. After this I merge the contacts using settings with my GMail contacts, setting the high res picture as default profile.
This causes two problems though. One, it doesn't change anything on my Google contacts so it only works on my phone. Second, you have to apply this trick every time you get a new phone.
Would be nice if your application could do something similar but with some sort of simple import/export function. But I'm afraid that's not that simple, right?
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your're right.
the operation only works in the phone.
the contact photo in google servers are unchanged,
but the (phone) photo was no changed when you sync, only if you wipe the data in the device.

dialmformostyn said:
I love the idea, but get "At least one of the selected photos can't be applied" when trying to apply. Image is 300px in height, named the same as the contact and in .png format.
Am I doing something obviously wrong?
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you have a log file in /sdcard/
open and find a contact with error code different from zero.
if the error is due to a contact picture had not previously assigned, the error will be corrected in the next version.
also, appreciate a logcat

Had a quick peek at the log file, says "-4"

dialmformostyn said:
Had a quick peek at the log file, says "-4"
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hi,
the filename (without the extension) of any photo is the display name for two or more contacts (correct me if I wrong)

You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.

dialmformostyn said:
You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.
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ok, i'm working on joined contacts for new release

dialmformostyn said:
You are quite correct, it was a contact that had been joined - tried it on an un-joined contact and it worked like a charm!
Thanks for a good app and great help.
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hi,
version 0.2 is out.
you can confirm if works with joined contacts?
thank's

Which is the default directory for photos ?
I get no data found when i open the app.
Thanks

aalupatti said:
Which is the default directory for photos ?
I get no data found when i open the app.
Thanks
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click menu key and then settings

Hey mate, still not getting data for ICS,after assigning folder
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

vasili_defy said:
Hey mate, still not getting data for ICS,after assigning folder
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA
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have you stored png's in the selected folder?

Love the idea.
But the app FC's every time i try to apply pictures...
i'm on SG Note, rom Stunner 1.4.26.1 (android 4.0.4), pictures stored as png's, appropriate folder setup in settings. does that irrespective of whether i apply a batch or single contact.

remiotte said:
Love the idea.
But the app FC's every time i try to apply pictures...
i'm on SG Note, rom Stunner 1.4.26.1 (android 4.0.4), pictures stored as png's, appropriate folder setup in settings. does that irrespective of whether i apply a batch or single contact.
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PLEASE
start the app, select desired pictures and apply
then send me a logcat (ryo.software _AT_ gmail.com)

bartito said:
PLEASE
start the app, select desired pictures and apply
then send me a logcat (ryo.software _AT_ gmail.com)
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i'd love to, but i can't find a logcat anywhere

remiotte said:
i'd love to, but i can't find a logcat anywhere
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat

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Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry. Other than that it looks nice, good work so far
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Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
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cingall said:
Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry
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I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
jedwardmiller said:
Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
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Now for me the first priority is auto sync and sync of pictures, but after that I'll surely implement a widget (but, maybe in pro version).
What do you like to include in such widget? A list of articles (for selected feed, category) or texts?
Thank you both for the feedback!
enacu said:
I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
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I am interested! Gonna try ASAP!
Thank you for your job, it's a great lightweight app!
I use it as my everyday reader for 1 week, so far so good.
I'll wait for the auto sync but actually I don't really need it!
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your response.
I'll try to make it even better!
Here is the new version with auto sync!
1.0.beta3 was not very stable.
So, check out quick fix!
1.0.rc1 is much more stable now.
Also, you can just download JustReader from Android Market!
Hi everybody!
I've just implemented downloading of the images (view images offline). Do you want to try it?
If so, check out this version!
It's not very stable, but you can try and write here what you think.
It can be switched on in account preferences screen.
Next things I would like to implement are:
- possibility to stop synchronization process
- show synchronization status in notification bar
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
new version for testing
gp4004 said:
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
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Thank you for testing pre market releases!
This is new version with
- sync status in notification bar
- some improvements in sync process (speed, stability)
- possibility to stop sync process
Check it out!
Also, I'm planning to release paid market version and to cut a little bit free version, also I'll try to add advertisment on the main acitivity of the application.
Everyone here, If you want, you can send me emails or private messages and I'll send you unlock code.
So, come back here when pro version is out. First 100 will get unlock code.
Also, a big job must be done to make the release really stable.
Thank you all again!
What about Google Reader by Google?
What do you think about new Google Reader for Android released by Google?
Do you think they will implement full offline support?
Do you like this new app? Why?
Just downloaded market version, and a few quick thoughts (I'll have more later)
Sync settings:
Maximal age of the post should be Maximum
you list a bunch of numbers in that catergory. I'm assuming they are days, but weeks would also be a possibility. If you could put 1 (unit), 2 (unit), that'd be great.
Main feed page:
I use folders a LOT in google reader. Usually, I browse by the whole folder at once, rather than the individual source (example, I might have android police, Android Central, and XDA portal for android all in one folder). However, in this app, I can only view by individual feed. If you can place an option under the folder menu to view all at once, that'd be great! By this I mean, I might be viewing an Android central story, but the next story might be XDA portal.
Edit: Just found if you tap the numbers it does this. If you can make that a menu option, that'd be great. I only found it by accident.
Overall:
You have a setting for article screen theme. Any way you can make that universal throughout the app? I like black text on white. However, everything but the article is still white text on black.
Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
That's all for now. Looks really good so far. Love the swipe to go to next page option. Google official reader needed that. For what I think of googles reader app, I really like it. Nice UI, but no offline caching.
E_man5112 said:
Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
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Hi!
Thank you very much for some suggestions!
What do you mean by phrase on top of this post?
Statuses are saved to Google servers each time you synchronize account.
You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
enacu said:
You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
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+1. Also, PM
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I think a widget would be a great idea. I see you are planning to add it in the future and you were asking what to be included. I think the best way to do the widget would be to display "all items" that would link to your app when clicked. I also would like to see a mark all as read on the widget too if that can be done.
I'll implement widget for sure, but a little bit later. Now the main priority is stability.
Now, you can try one more beta version:
better offline support
bugfixes
some synchronization performance improvements
1.0 version is out
Hi!
version 1.0 is on the market now.
you can update right from the market or from the top post.
And, there is a present for you.
PM or email me and I'll send you key app for removing ads in JustReader (I need your Google Reader account name for this)
Next things I would like to do: to implement better and more intuitive interface and to listen for your suggestions!
Thank you
Happy New Year to everybody!
JustReader 1.0.4 is out now (update from the market) .
ui improvements
full themes support
bugfixes
downloading of images is limited to 20 posts for free version
I would like to thank you for using JustReader and make a little present - JustReader pro.
Send me PMs with your google reader account name (usually your gmail) and I'll send you pro version for your account.
Hi everybody!
New version is out.
changes are:
-present version works fully like pro version
-reading position shows on the Post Activity
-link to open browser (possibility to open browser without using menu)
-bugfixes
Also, there are some special offers.
If you would like to translate JustReader to your native language, I'll be very happy and you'll get present version of JustReader Pro for your work (or maybe two or three versions for your friends)
If you like the app and want to get free pro version you can make a post in your blog about our application, what you like and what you don't, with links to xda and homepage.
Thank you!

[APP][1.6.1][Mar 24th] DCIM Helper: make your device DCIM compliant!

IMPORTANT: after an update, be sure to turn on the app, as Play Store turs it off!
Do you hate when iPhoto won't show the pictures you shot with your Android device, but it works fine with your friend's HTC Sense device? Why is that?!?
That's simply because Google's camera does not comply with the DCIM standard, used by every other Digital Camera in the world (HTC Sense does it!) and properly recognized by iPhoto.
With this app, your Android device will be able to comply and iPhoto will display and import your pictures.
FEATURES:
- Hassle free "Configure once and forget forever!"
- Works with any picture taking app, not just the stock Android Camera!
- "Automagic" background moving of newly taken shots into the proper folder. No need to open the app each time you connect to iPhoto.
- Fully DCIM compliant and fully Android MediaServer compliant (pictures will not vanish from the Gallery).
- If you don't feel like moving, you can select to copy the pictures (but don't forget to check your free space!)
- ON/OFF switch to quickly enable or disable the app.
- Supported picture format: JPG, JPEG, PNG.
- Supported movie format: 3GP, M4A, M4V, MOV.
- Supports Windows, Linux and Mac OS X hosts (don't worry about Thumbds.db, ._IMG0001.jpg files and so on!)
ADVANCED FEATURES (which require a once-in-a-lifetime donation):
- Multiple folder monitoring: if you use Third Party apps (Camera MS, ICS Camera, ...) you can move/copy their pictures as well! Just add their folder to the monitored list.
For more information about the DCIM standard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_rule_for_Camera_File_system
DOWNLOADS
The app is available for free on Google Play Store.
CHANGELOG
2013-03-24 - 1.6.1
- New translation: German.
2013-01-12 - 1.6
- Online help & FAQ available at http://sineo.it/android/dcim/help.html (or "Menu" -> "Help" in the main screen).
- IMPORTANT: Android 4.1+ "JellyBean" CAMERA HACK/FIX. Please read online FAQ if you are using Android 4.1 and above.
- Fixed service restarting by itself even after being turned off.
- Some UI changes (context menu)
- Fixed some minor bugs.
- New translation: Dutch.
2012-12-01 - 1.5
- Android 4.2 support.
- Hopefully fixed the issue of app not running (not moving pictures) after a while.
- Fix: black gallery pictures on devices with wrong case (upper/lower) in filenames
- Fix: home navigation in preferences screen.
2012-11-01 - 1.4
- Fix: preserve last modified date of copied files.
- Fix: no more "Application Not Responding" popup when using "Move/Copy all files to DCIM" from the context menu.
2012-09-28 - 1.3
- Fixed blank Gallery on Samsung/TouchWiz devices such as Galaxy S3. Thanks to Brunella for the help!
- UI fix: "Add directory" was enabled even when DCIM directory had not been selected.
- New "Keep alive" option (default: false) to (try to) keep the service running when Android is low on memory.
- New translations: Catalan, German.
2012-09-08 - 1.2
- In-app purchases are now available from Google Play Store!
- Automatically disable interface buttons if the external storage is not mounted (this fixes FC people had while trying to move items when the SD card was disconnected from the device and connected to iPhoto).
- Fixed preview for 2x1 widget.
- New translations: Spanish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Polish.
2012-08-28 - 1.1
- Added support for MP4 movies.
- Added Homescreen Widget to quickly toggle the app ON/OFF (1x1, 2x1) and display the current number of pictures and movies processed by the app (2x1 only).
2012-08-25 - 1.0
- First public release.
- Support for themes (dark, light, light & dark).
- Automatic discovery of right folders on first launch.
- Option to monitor multiple folders (Donation required).
PLANNED FEATURES
- Translations: if you want to contribute, you can submit your own translation to http://www.getlocalization.com/DCIMHelper/. If I feel like it, I may give you a special package enabling extra features as a thank you... but the translation has to be good!
- A homescreen widget to turn on/off the service (without having to open the app) :victory:
- Optionally rename 3GP, MOV, M4V, etc files to MP4.
- Improve auto-discovery on devices using "_externalSD" hack.
- "Share to..." service to be used in Gallery and such apps. After a review, it looks like it's impossible due to Android internals.
Reserved.
Cool! Will install as soon as it's up.
Also, is there any way to transform photos that are already taken (on HTC One X but using CM10) so that they conform to the standards?
rajitsingh said:
Cool! Will install as soon as it's up.
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It's up! :highfive:
rajitsingh said:
Also, is there any way to transform photos that are already taken (on HTC One X but using CM10) so that they conform to the standards?
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Sure: long press on the directory and if the directory isn't empty, you'll see "Move all pictures to DCIM" and "Copy all pictures to DCIM".
If you have a lot of pictures it will take some time (and you may get the "App is not responding" message), just give it some time and it will complete its job. In future releases I'll make it so you won't get the "App is not responding" message but I felt it was useless to delay the app further for such a silly "feature".
If you like the app, rate it please.
If you need help, post here.
Gonna try as soon as I can
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I definitely will try this. On monday I can start working on a german translation.
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It is Great
Hi hrk!
I just finished Spanish Latin American translation for this app. I hope you can include it in the next version.
Cheers!
Can you add support for video extension .mp4. That is what my camera record in.
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winfirewire said:
Can you add support for video extension .mp4. That is what my camera record in.
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Yes, MP4 support will be added in 1.1, coming tonight (GMT+2).
New features:
- Support for MP4 files
- Homescreen widget to quickly turn service ON/OFF and quickly know if it's been turned off by Play Store after an update
2012-08-28 - 1.1
- Added support for MP4 movies.
- Added Homescreen Widget to quickly toggle the app ON/OFF (1x1, 2x1) and display the current number of pictures and movies processed by the app (2x1 only).
I hope you'll like the widgets, the icon should be self explanatory. The number (only available in the 2x1 widget, so people can have a toggle-only-widget) is the count of pictures and movies that the app moved. So you can keep an eye on it increasing when you shoot a picture!
I tried them on a HDPI (HTC Desire Z) and a LDPI (Samsung Galaxy Mini) devices. They should look fine on other screen sizes as well, both portrait and landscape. :fingers-crossed:
hi hrk,
just wanna ask..
sorry for being noob :silly:..
what is the benefit actually by using it on Galaxy mini??
and what is iPhoto??
If you deal with a lot of photos, then this app helps if your phone doesn't sort the photos according to the DCIM standard. I don't own any Samsung devices, so no idea how they arrange the folders, directories, name, etc.
iPhoto is a photo editing software for Mac and iOS.
Btw, I've helped translated the program to Malay. Had a lot of fun too. Thankies~
iddeen said:
If you deal with a lot of photos, then this app helps if your phone doesn't sort the photos according to the DCIM standard. I don't own any Samsung devices, so no idea how they arrange the folders, directories, name, etc.
iPhoto is a photo editing software for Mac and iOS.
Btw, I've helped translated the program to Malay. Had a lot of fun too. Thankies~
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ouuhh,, i see..
thanks dude..
I also done on Indonesian.
This is excellent. I was going to do something similar but you have saved me the effort! Thanks for the hard work, seems to work great!
Btw, how to use it??
I already turn it on, and press back app closed. but whenever i open again the apps, the status is off.
I m running it on galaxy mini using theWhisp cm10 and michie sdext script
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Put the widget in your homescreen and check its status (grey = off, white + light = on).
I am using it on your same device and rom.
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Ok, finally work after restart my device.
Weird, but i dont see the widget on the list previously.
Is the a2sd script is the cause?
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since I installed this app my Instagram doesnt work anymore, any suggestions?
TastyTorge said:
since I installed this app my Instagram doesnt work anymore, any suggestions?
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I haven't used instagram, so I wouln't know. If you help me understand what is not working, I can try and fix it. Did you put instagram folder in the watched directories? What happens when you take a picture with instagram?

[APP][4.0+][2016/10/05 2.90]Photo Frame&Grid Widget

** Formerly known as Photo Grid/Frame Widget. Due to complaint of infringement for the trademark "PHOTOGRID", I had to rename it to Photo Frame&Grid Widget. Hopefully, it doesn't infringe any other trademarks. **
Besides, please uninstall any versions older than 2.83 before installing the new version (2.83) because a new package name is assigned and your Android device will treat it as a separate app.
This is my first Android app. Basically I want to replicate the grid-style photo widget from HTC so it can be used by other phones or in AOSP ROM.
I developed the widget and tested it on my HTC Incredible S. If you're interested, please install it in other phones of different brand and screen size. If you encounter any issues, please feel free to report here or give me a PM. Or if you have any request for new features, I'll also consider in future versions.
Features:
Resizable & scrollable grid view / photo frame mode / stack mode
Support lockscreen widget in JellyBean (Android 4.2 and up)
Configurable slideshow interval for frame mode
Supports JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MPO, JPS for image files
Support 3GP, MP4, TS, WEBM, MKV for video files (http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html)
Configurable file types & filename filter
Selectable photo album from internal/external storage
Individual file selection
Can choose a specific installed app to launch for full screen image view or video playback
Image file details in preview mode (Filename, image dimension, file size and video duration)
Tween animation in frame mode (fade / slide) ** even better slide effect if navigation arrows are hidden **
Support different settings in multiple widget instances
Two different image styles - Scale whole image / Crop to fit
User define image border width and color
Thumbnail size options
Display order options
Limit the maximum no of photo files to show. Default is 50.
App to change widget settings on the fly
Tasker integration
Requires ICS (Android 4.0) or above
Permissions
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - store thumbnails for grid view to improve performance
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - read thumbnails for grid view
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - restart services for auto refresh and register alarm manager for slideshow
WAKE_LOCK - keep phone awake during background thumbnail generation
VIBRATE - vibrate when thumbnail is selected
Outstanding issues:
Due to a bug in Android 4.2.1 SDK, if you remove the widget in lockscreen, you need to remove its settings in the app as well manually. Fixed in 4.2.2 SDK.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gzplanet.photoframegridwidget
Change log
Code:
2.90
- New option to limit the maximum no of photo files to show (under Album Photo Files options screen). Default is 50.
2.87
- Fix issue that image files are incorrectly treated as video files in CM12/CM13
2.86
- Add support for esdfs in Moto X devices
2.85
- Fix slideshow issue when interval is less than 1 minute on Android 4.4 or higher
2.84
- Fix widget UI unable to launch on Lollipop
2.83
- Change package name to com.gzplanet.photoframegridwidget. Please uninstall any previous version. Otherwise, you'll end up having 2 separate apps on your device.
2.82
- Fix issue that external SD/OTG cannot be found in Samsung S5
2.81
- Fix issue that external storage not available in some Huawei (4.2.2) devices
2.80
- Improve Auto Refresh on File Change function to make it much more reliable
2.72
- Fix issue that external SD/OTG cannot be found in some Android 4.4 devices
2.71
- Always show Apply buttons in action bar which might be hidden in menu for some devices
2.70
- New option to adjust thumbnail rotation in stack mode
2.60
- Photo in preview/frame mode will be automatically re-rendered to correct size on phone orientation change.
2.50
- New option to auto hide frame/preview mode UI components (filename, dimension, file size...) in 5s. Auto hide feature currently doesn't work with animation.
2.40
- New option to show hidden folder (action bar menu) in Album Folders.
- Allow manual input of border color by hex code or color name in frame/stack mode.
- New option to skip to next photo in frame mode when screen is turned on.
2.32
- Add support for exFAT SD card in Android 4.3
2.31
- Improve animation performance in album folder selection
2.30
- Fix the issue that external storage is not available in Android 2.3
- Bug fixes
2.22
- Fix the issue that widget cannot show images after a reboot for Samsung Galaxy S4
2.21
- Improve mount/unmount event for devices with multiple external storages
2.20
- Add support for individual file seletion
2.14
- Add support for Android 2.3 FEATURE_APP_WIDGETS permission and restricted profile environment
2.13
- New grid thumbnail size for Sony Xperia
- Bug fix
2.12
- New Slide animation (Vertical)
2.11
- Bug fix that the widget is not refreshed when a new video is added
2.10
- Tasker integration
* Change settings (album folder / display order)
* Skip to next/previous photo (frame mode only)
** Changing Album Folder action does not trigger the cache files generation. Thumbnails will be generated on-the-fly when they're displayed and once all thumbnails are generated for the first time, the performance will be the same. However, if you have previously generated thumbnail files, they will be used so there'll be no performance impact. **
2.00
- Now supports video files
- Supports core Android video formats (3GP,MP4,TS,WEBM,MKV). http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html
- New option to select video player app
** Please use the new Reset file types function (under Album photo files section) first. Otherwise, video files will not be shown **
1.91
- Improve widget list and album picker performance
- Improve photo preview performance in album picker
- Stack mode now supports auto refresh
- Reduce auto refresh performance impact on JB
- Improve preview/frame image scaling (now supports stock launcher and Nova 2.1 and Apex 2.0.1)
- Other optimizations and bug fixes
1.90
- New stack mode!
- select stack mode in display mode and find more customization options in thumbnail section
- reduce max dimension if widget/launcher crash especially in tablet
- New options to select image border width & color
- New tween animation in frame mode (fade / slide)
- even better slide effect if navigation arrows are hidden
- Bug fixes
1.81
- New set of thumbnail sizes for Samsung Galaxy Note2
- Fix FC when selected album folder has no photo files
1.80
- New background thumbnail generation - if the selected album folders contain more than 30 photo files, system will generate the thumbnails in the background so you can continue using the phone. Check the progress on the status bar.
- You can now also use Auto Refresh for photo frame mode
- Several improvements on photo album selection UI
- You can now choose to retain existing album folder selections before changing album folders
- Further fine-tuned preview/frame photo dimension calculation on JB
1.75
- Bug fix for preview/frame photo crashes on JB for some devices
1.74
- Slideshow interval can now be set to 0 to disable slideshow
1.73
- Better support for screen off triggered by 3rd party apps
1.72
- Properly handle slideshow interval after screen on
- Restart services when package is upgraded
1.71
- Fix navigation arrows not responding in frame mode
- Generate thumbnails only for grid mode
- Fine tune preview/frame image dimension calculation for ICS
1.70
- Dynamically scale preview/frame image when widget is resized (JB only)
- New preview/frame image style option (crop/scale)
- New preview/frame image maximum dimension option (reduce it if the widget or your launcher crash, ICS only since JB has better memory management, at least it doesn't crash on me)
- New option to disable EXIF orientation detection for preview/frame image
- New option to force filtering for thumbnail
- New option to set thumbnail JPEG quality
- Reduce battery drain in frame mode (slideshow) when screen is off (service is required and thus needs more memory)
- Re-organize config menu
- Bug fixes
1.61
- Fix FC when no external viewer app is found
1.60
- JB 4.2 lockscreen support
- New set of layouts for lockscreen
- New option to show next photo instead of launching viewer app when tapping preview/frame photo
* Due to a bug in Android 4.2 SDK, if you remove the widget in lockscreen. You need to remove its settings in the app manually.
1.50
- Multiple folder support
- Implemented fragment animation
- Option to toggle preview items individually
- Bug fixes
1.41
- Fix FC for some users upgrading from old versions
1.40
- New photo frame mode (configurable slideshow interval)
- Configurable file types to include
- Configurable filename filter with wildcard support
- Random order (useful for photo frame slideshow)
- New option to hide information in preview mode (File info and prev/next buttons will be hidden)
- Bug fixes
1.32
- Fix problem with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
1.31
- New option to set background opacity of appwidget
- Spacing between grid items is now aligned evenly for a more tidy look
1.30
- New config application to change widget settings on the fly. (Find the new app shortcut in app drawer)
- UI revamp to make use of ICS features. (Click the icon on upper right corner to confirm instead of pressing the Back button when adding new widgets)
- Reduced package size
1.20
- Photo preview in album selection screen
- New option to refresh widget automatically when there is a change of image files in the selected folder (service is required)
- Widget now behaves properly when external storage is unmounted
- Bug fixes
1.12
- Add support for MPO and JPS image files
- Images with EXIF orientation tag will be rotated properly
1.10 (Please re-add your widgets)
- New option to choose thumbnail sizes (some optimized for HTC launcher)
- Changed thumbnail dimension to square instead of portrait
- New option to choose display order
- You can now use different thumbnail style, size and other settings for different widget instances independently
- Bug fixes and performance optimization
1.01
- New option to skip preview image and launch external viewer directly
- Unified external storage and album folder selections into a single option
- Adjust preview image size for large screen devices
1.0
- Published to Play store
Beta 4 (build 09040937)
- Correct typo "Chop to fix" to "Crop to fit"
- Fixed issues that thumbnail files are not closed properly during creation
Beta 3 (build 09021624)
- Fixed thumbnail for images of some aspect ratio cannot be generated
- Show file position in preview mode
- New prev/next buttons in preview mode
- New app icon
- Automatically apply filter to preview image if it's upscaled to reduce pixelation
Beta 2 (build 08301200)
- Support devices with non standard external storage
- Support devices with multiple external storage
- Support devices with un-mountable internal storage (e.g. Asus Transformer internal SD)
- Fixed thumbnail generation issue for square size images
- Proper exception handling during thumbnail generation so issue of individual file will not crash the whole widget
Very nice widget,it works great on my Galaxy S with JB 4.1.1
The only problem(which not depends on your widget) is that external storage on CM10 where I have most of my pictures is located in a folder that I can't select with this widget
If you(in a next release) can allow users to do a manual selection of the folder my "problem" will be solved xD
However,it's really a beautiful photo widget man,thanks
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Works good Galaxy Nexus, Cm10, Nova Launcher!
Nezys said:
Very nice widget,it works great on my Galaxy S with JB 4.1.1
The only problem(which not depends on your widget) is that external storage on CM10 where I have most of my pictures is located in a folder that I can't select with this widget
If you(in a next release) can allow users to do a manual selection of the folder my "problem" will be solved xD
However,it's really a beautiful photo widget man,thanks
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Do you mean Galaxy S has multiple external storage? Can you give me the complete paths of these storage. (e.g. /mnt/sdcard/) I'll see what I can do.
I tried your widget, but unfortunately i can't get it to work on my phone (Galaxy Nexus). I can install it, and get to the settings screen.
After pressing back the Thumbnail-Generation starts and during that, the app just closes. With some folders it closes right away, with others it closes later on. But it always stops at the same time if i select the same folder. I.e. when i choose folder A it will always close at 15/30 Images. If i select Folder B it always closes at 1/34. So i guess it might be an issue with certain pictures.
Update:
I finally found one folder with 6 pictures that does work and would like to suggest two additional settings:I would like to be able to change the spacing between the pictures (in fact i would like to be able to remove the spacing). Which would give the widget the same look as the one from HTC and i would like to be able to access the settings of the widget so i don't have to remove and add it back to change the settings.
Thank you for your work!
MiDiANx360 said:
I tried your widget, but unfortunately i can't get it to work on my phone (Galaxy Nexus). I can install it, and get to the settings screen.
After pressing back the Thumbnail-Generation starts and during that, the app just closes. With some folders it closes right away, with others it closes later on. But it always stops at the same time if i select the same folder. I.e. when i choose folder A it will always close at 15/30 Images. If i select Folder B it always closes at 1/34. So i guess it might be an issue with certain pictures.
Update:
I finally found one folder with 6 pictures that does work and would like to suggest two additional settings:I would like to be able to change the spacing between the pictures (in fact i would like to be able to remove the spacing). Which would give the widget the same look as the one from HTC and i would like to be able to access the settings of the widget so i don't have to remove and add it back to change the settings.
Thank you for your work!
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Thanks for testing my widget!
Can you give me a logcat so I can locate the source of the issue? I believe the widget is unable to generate a thumbnail for some of your images. It might be a program bug or a corrupted image. You can create a logcat using aLogcat app or adb command as below (let me know if you need more instructions):
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
I'll add the spacing issue to my todo list. But currently I cannot think of a solution since unlike HTC widget, my widget is resizable and target for different devices so these spacing is added automatically to fill up the entire area of the widget as well as to handle devices of different screen density and launchers (they actually display widgets differently!).
Also, I'll see if I can add the setting button in this version.
itandy said:
Do you mean Galaxy S has multiple external storage? Can you give me the complete paths of these storage. (e.g. /mnt/sdcard/) I'll see what I can do.
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Galaxy S with stock rom has these paths:
mnt/sdcard (internal storage)
mnt/sdcard/external sd (ext-sd card)
With AOSP roms(CM7-CM9-CM10-AOKP-MIUI) these paths change in:
mnt/sdcard
mnt/emmc (ext-sd card)
As you can see,I can't access external sd card from mnt/sdcard with a NON-samsung rom..this is why I can't use pictures on ext- sd
I hope is clear!
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itandy said:
Thanks for testing my widget!
Can you give me a logcat so I can locate the source of the issue? I believe the widget is unable to generate a thumbnail for some of your images. It might be a program bug or a corrupted image. You can create a logcat using aLogcat app or adb command as below (let me know if you need more instructions):
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
I'll add the spacing issue to my todo list. But currently I cannot think of a solution since unlike HTC widget, my widget is resizable and target for different devices so these spacing is added automatically to fill up the entire area of the widget as well as to handle devices of different screen density and launchers (they actually display widgets differently!).
Also, I'll see if I can add the setting button in this version.
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I never used alogcat but i gave it a try, either i'm doing it wrong or there is nothing happening that gets logged. I started aLogCat, cleared everything that was in it, and pressed the Play-button. I then forced the widget to "crash" and went back into aLogCat, and there is nothing new in there. Do I have to change any settings?
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I never used alogcat but i gave it a try, either i'm doing it wrong or there is nothing happening that gets logged. I started aLogCat, cleared everything that was in it, and pressed the Play-button. I then forced the widget to "crash" and went back into aLogCat, and there is nothing new in there. Do I have to change any settings?
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Can you check in the preference, the value for Level is Verbose? If running correctly, you should see new entries coming in constantly even if you do nothing.
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Nezys said:
Galaxy S with stock rom has these paths:
mnt/sdcard (internal storage)
mnt/sdcard/external sd (ext-sd card)
With AOSP roms(CM7-CM9-CM10-AOKP-MIUI) these paths change in:
mnt/sdcard
mnt/emmc (ext-sd card)
As you can see,I can't access external sd card from mnt/sdcard with a NON-samsung rom..this is why I can't use pictures on ext- sd
I hope is clear!
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I guess I found some generic ways to get all external storage locations for different devices. I'll try to implement it in next version.
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If the widget open, you see the picture. Maybe you can improve a button to switch to next picture - forward - backword. Thanks, is a very usefull widget.
NEO130 said:
If the widget open, you see the picture. Maybe you can improve a button to switch to next picture - forward - backword. Thanks, is a very usefull widget.
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Actually I thought about this too. Added to the todo list already.
Another idea. I resize the widget not to fill the full screen on launcher, but when I clicked the picture, it is so small, as the resized widget. Maybe, you can do this making bigger.
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Another idea. I resize the widget not to fill the full screen on launcher, but when I clicked the picture, it is so small, as the resized widget. Maybe, you can do this making bigger.
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Can you give me a screenshot of that? This way I can get a better idea. Thx!
Working nice on my Xperia arc s with latest firmware
Even loaded 200 plus photos!
Sent from my metalliArc S
Beta 2 is up
A new test build has just been uploaded. Please feedback if devices with non standard or multiple external storage work. Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30808879&postcount=2
Working in a HTC Desire with Jelly Beam rom
Fantastic work!
Working great with HTC One V running CM10
Sent from my One V using xda premium
itandy said:
Can you give me a screenshot of that? This way I can get a better idea. Thx!
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Here are the screenshot. I hope you know what I mean. Or you make a direktlink to the intern picturebrowser to open the file. Both is a thinking.

[APP][4.0+] Pictures Optimizer

Pictures Optimizer optimizes your images and photos before sharing them by email, twitter, google drive, picasa, ...
It creates an optimized copy of your pictures using the following techniques:
- Remove unnecessary informations (camera, location, date, ... tags in the image)
- Encode them to PNG, JPEG or WEBP
- Compress the images with quality loss (JPEG or WEBP)
- Remove transparency (PNG)
- Resize the pictures. You can choose between a maximum dimension the optimized image will have or a percentage of the original image size.
You can also add a watermark in the image to protect it.
How to use:
- Select one or more images in the list in the original tab. Press a image to open it in a viewer or the row to select/unselect it. You can also press the "Select all" in the action bar.
- Press the "Optimize" button in the action bar.
- A progress bar shows you the progression.
- At the end of the process, a popup shows you the optimization result. You can choose to share the optimized images.
- Press the tab "Optimized" to see the optimized version of your pictures.
- You can also select some or all the optimized pictures and press the "Share" button to send them to another app (email client, ftp, drive, picasa, ...) or you can delete them.
Link: https://cyberneticlifeform.wixsite.com/cylonu87/legacy
Crashes on selecting any option on settings menu.
Nexus 5 stock kk
nightfishing said:
Crashes on selecting any option on settings menu.
Nexus 5 stock kk
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It's a bug that happen only with android 4.4
It's fixed on version 1.0.1
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update working well!
very nice simple app; fills a void in the market.
(one further bug report: in portrait mode the "ignore files in thumbnail folder" setting has the text truncated)
nightfishing said:
update working well!
very nice simple app; fills a void in the market.
(one further bug report: in portrait mode the "ignore files in thumbnail folder" setting has the text truncated)
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a new version fix the truncated text (at least on my GS3)
version 1.1.0
A new version is available that allow you to select the first level folders you want to scan for images.
version 1.5
A new version is available. You can convert GIF and SVG to PNG/PNG/WEBP.

Darkroom Gallery Official Thread

Hello XDA community! Please download Darkroom Gallery:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobato.gallery
If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or bug reports please use this thread or send feedback directly from the app.
{
"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"
}
Google Play Store Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobato.gallery
More screenshots on the Play Store link - thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy using the app
XDA:DevDB Information
Darkroom Gallery, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
g313
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 9.4.0
Stable Release Date: 2017-01-28
Created 2016-06-08
Last Updated 2018-03-10
5.5.0 (31-Dec-2016)
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Translation - if you would like Darkroom in your language please volunteer and help us translate the app. Simply choose 'Help translate' from the main menu and follow the instructions.
5.4.0 (29-Dec-2016)
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NEW! GIF playback
NEW! GIF tab to easily find your favourite GIF files
Fixes:
- improved thumbnail generation speed (especially after clear cache)
- album covers not updated correctly after deleting or moving media
- copy/move media to albums with similar names fails
- copying to newly created album asks to recreate it when coming back to app
- many other improvements & fixes
5.3.0 (27-Dec-2016)
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Find your photos & videos easier
- Reordered bottom bar: media, albums, organise
- 'New items' popup displayed when new media available
Less ads (we have listened to your feedback)
Premium upgrade check menu item
Camera menu item
Fixed blank screen displaying after coming back to app after a while
5.2.0 (23-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Information & details display for photos & videos, including location and photo EXIF data
Added settings menu to darkroom screen
Fixed photos & videos opened from other apps not displaying
5.2.1 - crash fixes
5.1.0 (16-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Bottom navigation bar makes finding and organising everything much easier
NEW! Organise grid replaces the feed and makes it even quicker to organise your photos & videos
NEW! Transform tool in image editor & updated image editor
NEW! Support for Android 7.1
- Theme & styling improvements (especially dark theme)
- Made shortcuts & organise folders features free (thank you to those who have supported us so far with a premium upgrade purchase)
5.1.1 - Fixed login/sign-up crash in image editor
5.0.1 (2-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Album management (create/delete album, copy/move media)
NEW! Full SD Card Support with super-fast SD Card access
NEW! Organiser - copy/move media and organise your albums faster than any other app
NEW! Organiser shortcuts for quick copy/move
NEW! Improved image viewing experience with fling to pan and better zooming
Fixes:
- Album covers not updating
- Share with some apps not working
- Crash playing video on Android 7
- Many other fixes and improvements
4.6.1 (2-Oct-2016)
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Image Editor
- New! Adjust tool (Brightness, Contrast, Exposure, etc)
- New! Frames, Stickers & Overlays
- New! Adobe Sign In (download extra content)
- Better quality edited images (default save size 15MP)
Improvements:
- Open/Edit with Darkroom working properly with all apps
- Correct dates shown in feed and grid (sorting is based on date taken)
- Faster startup
- Improved preview screen
Fixes:
- show preview screen after editing image from feed
- other crash & bug fixes
4.6.1 (15-Sep-2016)
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Welcome to 'Darkroom': the new name for the app!
Introducing Feed: a new way to explore your photos & videos!
Bug fixes:
- improved toolbars for the darkroom with better gradients, shadows & button colors
- fixed video thumbs to display with correct aspect ratio & not fill up entire screen
- fixed zoomed images to only scroll to next/prev image if edge is reached
- improved memory usage & crash fixes
4.6.1 (6-Sep-2016)
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Improvements
- Speed: faster loading of data and much faster opening of darkroom
- Thumbnails: faster thumb generation, thumbs use less space
- Thumb tracking is smoother
- Automatically sync updated media
Fixed:
- active tab/page is not saved in main screen after rotating device
- darkroom image not displayed after coming back to the app
- active image zoom level not saved
- dark room position is not always saved correctly
- crashes associated with deleting or updating media & other crashes
4.6.0
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- View & edit photos from other apps (set as default gallery)
- Fast scroll / thumb tracking
- Sort by date, group by day, month, year or none
- Automatically sync captured photos/videos, edited photos, screenshots, downloads, etc
Fixed:
- faster startup time
- keep tabs fixed at the top
- darkroom continuous scroll between items
- darkroom display position and media date/time
- delete progress not being displayed
- selection not working properly after rotation
- many more improvements
4.5.0
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- Preview after edit - you can now easily see your edited images and share them straight away!
- Less ads and no more jumpy ads
4.5.1
- fixed preview share & edit buttons appearing behind system nav bar on some devices
4.5.2
- fixed full screen images sometimes don't load on some devices
- fixed on Android JellyBean system nav bar and toolbar cannot be hidden
4.4.0
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- Android Marshmallow support with permissions request
- Material design photo editor with brand new features
- Splash Screen
- Removed popup ads
Fixed:
- flashing thumbnails when selecting images
- large images appear rotated if reloaded
- save large images zoom level and pan position
- deletion of large image should maintain current position
- taking photos using Take Photo menu option crashes on some devices
- Many other crash & bug and improvements
4.3.0
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Images:
- large image loading is now much faster with high quality
- fixed images disappearing and reload after sharing, set as... or editing
- open large image display toolbars by default
- orientation by sensor in settings
Albums:
- redesigned with material design
- show number of photos & videos
Thumbs:
- reduced gap between thumbs
- fixed thumb backgrounds in light theme to use light colours
4.2.0
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Theme customisation: light or dark
Spacing between thumbnails for a better viewing experience
JellyBean bug fixes
4.1.0
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Images: High quality and super fast full screen image loading! More details and superior zoom on full screen images.
Adverts: We have listened to your feedback removed many ads! No more banners on top of full screen photos
You can now invite your friends to use Quick Gallery from the menu and send feedback directly from the app.
This release also fixes the photo grid not updating when taking or editing a photo, thumbs flashing on startup, better memory management & many other improvements.
4.0.0
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All new dark themed UI with tabs for easy navigation to all content.
4.0.2 - Crash fixes and stability improvements
Nice
Version 4.2.0 released: Added support for light theme, added some spacing between thumbs to improve visuals, and fixed JellyBean bugs.
Please let me know your feedback.
g313 said:
Version 4.2.0 released: Added support for light theme, added some spacing between thumbs to improve visuals, and fixed JellyBean bugs.
Please let me know your feedback.
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Good Job!
Very nice app, may be this one could be replace my old QuickPic 4.5.2.... :good:
Some missings for me :
- In folder view, it would be great to have the delete option by long tap on a folder.
- Different sorts (by date, by name, by taken view).
- An option to see hidden pics/folder.
- An option to have cropped thumbnails (in square) or uncropped thumbnails.
One more thing, we have to close/open the app to refresh the folder view.
minhduongtrung said:
Good Job!
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arokososoo said:
Nice
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Thank you - I hope you enjoy using the app!
BreckZeBoulay said:
Very nice app, may be this one could be replace my old QuickPic 4.5.2.... :good:
Some missings for me :
- In folder view, it would be great to have the delete option by long tap on a folder.
- Different sorts (by date, by name, by taken view).
- An option to see hidden pics/folder.
- An option to have cropped thumbnails (in square) or uncropped thumbnails.
One more thing, we have to close/open the app to refresh the folder view.
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This is great feedback, thank you. I will add delete folder and hidden folder option to the next release and option for thumbnails. Sorting will be a bit more work but is nonetheless on my list of things to add to the app now.
I will investigate the album not being refreshed issue as well, the app should be picking up newly added photos but it does not automatically capture newly created empty folders (it will have to monitor a lot of folders otherwise). I think this is calling for a new feature to add the ability to create a new album/folder directly from within the app.
A mix of Gallery and Photo Editor is a great project
A few suggestions for now:
• more Material design for the photo editor
• draw: circles, squares,...
• the app force closes if we block the Notifications access, why?
Awesome photo editor,thanks.
Regarding gallery part, please add option - orientation by sensor...
Where is link to download?
g313 said:
I am looking for any kind of feedback but as some examples:
- What do you generally think about the app?
- Is this an app you would use on a daily basis?
- Would you recommend this app to your friends/family?
- What features would you like to see added to this app?
- What is your favourite / most used feature?
- What annoys you most about the app?
- Any suggestions for improvements / comments / criticisms.
- What are your thoughts on the Play Store listing?
- What do you think about the app icon?
- Does the design appeal to you?
- There is only one banner ad, and the odd interstitial, and a cheap upgrade price. How do you feel about this?
- What languages would you like to see the app localised into (currently support English, German, Spanish & Italian)?
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The app is pretty slick. I really like the design and the checkboxes for deleting groups of pics on the fly in time-line view.
I could use this app on a daily basis and recommend it if it could do the following:
- Move images between folders
- Set album view as the default view
- Exclude folders
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo
- Play videos
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P)
The things missing are the things that annoy me most about this app and would be my favorite/most used features. Oh and the banner at the top is highly annoying. It blocks the icons at the top when scrolling.
The Play Store listing is fine and so is the app icon.
Hope this helps and congrats on a great start!
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app
@g313
OP Edited to add Playstore Link. I don't think you can add, with current post count.
I was this close buying it - nice ui, easy to use, really nice editor. But unfortunately it's so slow. On my G5 it seems to build the data cache everytime i open it after it was exited. But the real dealbreaker is slow opening of pictures. The first takes it's time and then it runs smooth. This app really could replace quickpic but at this moment i'm keeping it to asus gallery. I would love to use your app but with the slow build of pictures ... And don't get me wrong - it's the first app which is close to perfection (for my needs). Really nice work.
If this problem is in any kind a question of settings - please give me a hint, i'll buy it in a second.
kind regards
Primokorn said:
A mix of Gallery and Photo Editor is a great project
A few suggestions for now:
• more Material design for the photo editor
• draw: circles, squares,...
• the app force closes if we block the Notifications access, why?
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Thank you, the photo editor will be getting an update in a future release which will have material design goodness. Not sure why blocking notifications would force close the app? The app doesn't have any notifications, have tried to reproduce it but unable to.
jazzh said:
Awesome photo editor,thanks.
Regarding gallery part, please add option - orientation by sensor...
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Hi noted, how important is this feature to you? Currently on my device it works for 3 orientations, just not reverse portrait which is something I never use.
Daniel-P said:
Where is link to download?
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Perseus said:
@g313
OP Edited to add Playstore Link. I don't think you can add, with current post count.
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Updated link at the top of the first post, not sure why it was missing
Corvida said:
The app is pretty slick. I really like the design and the checkboxes for deleting groups of pics on the fly in time-line view.
I could use this app on a daily basis and recommend it if it could do the following:
- Move images between folders
- Set album view as the default view
- Exclude folders
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo
- Play videos
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P)
The things missing are the things that annoy me most about this app and would be my favorite/most used features. Oh and the banner at the top is highly annoying. It blocks the icons at the top when scrolling.
The Play Store listing is fine and so is the app icon.
Hope this helps and congrats on a great start!
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thank you for your detailed feedback, in response to the points:
- Move images between folders: coming in the next release
- Set album view as the default view: you can already achieve this from the settings, by choosing default content and setting it to albums, you cannot however reorder the tabs, is this something you would like?
- Exclude folders: Coming in a future release.
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo: Tapping on a large photo presents a toolbar from which you can edit, delete, share a photo, or from the menu you can use Set As... or edit externally, etc. Is this what you are referring to or is there some other option that is missing for you?
- Play videos: do you mean play videos directly? At the moment that app launches an intent to play the video using an external video player.
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P): Sounds like a great idea, noted!
The banner ad is annoying, but kind of necessary to help support the development, I will be looking at optimising this though, perhaps I will get rid of completely and use an integrated/native ad, which is far less intrusive.
Btw - thanks for going as far as checking the icon and Play Store listing! :good:
g313 said:
Thank you, the photo editor will be getting an update in a future release which will have material design goodness. Not sure why blocking notifications would force close the app? The app doesn't have any notifications, have tried to reproduce it but unable to.
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You are using "com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" which is depreceated.
nerotier said:
I was this close buying it - nice ui, easy to use, really nice editor. But unfortunately it's so slow. On my G5 it seems to build the data cache everytime i open it after it was exited. But the real dealbreaker is slow opening of pictures. The first takes it's time and then it runs smooth. This app really could replace quickpic but at this moment i'm keeping it to asus gallery. I would love to use your app but with the slow build of pictures ... And don't get me wrong - it's the first app which is close to perfection (for my needs). Really nice work.
If this problem is in any kind a question of settings - please give me a hint, i'll buy it in a second.
kind regards
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Thanks for wanting to support the app and sorry to hear you're having issues with speed. I'm not sure why the image cache for the thumbnails would be clearing, or not caching - do you have much free space on your device?
The large images do take some time on the initial load, it seems more apparent on some devices, because the app is trying to load the image to the left/right of the image you have requested for the first time (Android ViewPager), I will need to optimise this to prioritise the loading.
Thanks you for your nice comment, please feel free to buy it when you feel its ready, but it would be great if you could keep it installed for now so you can receive the updates
Primokorn said:
You are using "com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" which is depreceated.
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Interesting and technical find, thank you, I have noted this and will fix it - probably inside one of the libraries the app uses.
g313 said:
Currently on my device it works for 3 orientations
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I don't know if I'm understood... system orientation is of, but gallery should work by the orientation sensor (like quickpic). My device is nexus 5 with 6.01
This is my main app for gallery now.
I would like to see polish translation (I can help with this) and like somebody already mentioned integrated video player.

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