Meta Widget - create widgets from any website content - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

META WIDGET
Meta is a unique app that can turn virtually any online content into dynamic, interactive widgets.
Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, link or image and enjoy this information right on your home screen!
Why is this cool you ask? Because almost anything can be parsed out of a website - images, blogrolls, RSS feeds or entire windows.
Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.
Features
★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
The app is currently quite stable, but we still prefer to call it a beta. So please, do write to us with suggestions or bug reports!
Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.metawidget
The free app has everything but automatic updates. Please buy the Key - that would help us a lot
Screens

Guys has anyone had issues with the keyboard not popping up in the internal browser?

Any issues with this first build of the meta widget?

Its a cool idea, not exactly what i thought it was. You can have it make a widget of buttons on a web page. I run my little sisters Etsy store, and there is no good etsy app. I used the app to go to the shop page and basically what it does is make a widget with the top buttons that i can click and will open up my browser. I was hoping it would show if i had messages, activity, etc...
I really like the idea, yet i dont know what I will use it for.

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Its a cool idea, not exactly what i thought it was. You can have it make a widget of buttons on a web page. I run my little sisters Etsy store, and there is no good etsy app. I used the app to go to the shop page and basically what it does is make a widget with the top buttons that i can click and will open up my browser. I was hoping it would show if i had messages, activity, etc...
I really like the idea, yet i dont know what I will use it for.
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You selected the wrong element. It shows you ANY element (static or dynamic) in a webpage. If you log into the store, go to the private messaging area and click the "unread messages" number, it will show you how many you have.
For example - i use it to extract the impressions graphs from my advertising analytics service.

Can you have it poll multiple things, such as activities and conversations? Or would that have to be 2 widgets?

jason.hamilton said:
Can you have it poll multiple things, such as activities and conversations? Or would that have to be 2 widgets?
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You can poll multiple things separately. We are working on a way to do this better in our upcoming widgets! project. Here though you can only select one element at a time.
Atm the best way to line things up is to use a launcher that can overlap widgets.
Btw the widgets! project should be in beta quite soon as well

Awesome. Keep up the good work.

1.0.2.1
Fixed keyboard issue present on some phones
Fixed image cache optimization (much faster now)
Fixed a rendering issue that occurs if data connection is lost
Fixed a few device-specific issues from user feedback

Id appreciate some feedback on this latest release!

1.0.2.2
Fixed alignment issue on text and lists
Fixed sort order issue in list view
Added divider visibility toggle
Optimized custom browser rendering
Minor UI changes to increase compatibility

Any issues to report?

Any issues to report? Suggestions perhaps? Screens of what you have done?

Anything to report?

I just saw the app....looks like not too many testers reporting! Ill download and let ya know what I think....I would also post this with all attached in the physical apps forum. Maybe more response!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

1.0.2.8
Fixed bug in list creation
Fixed issue with prompt action

Anything to report?

Interesting. Downloaded, will try it out.

iElvis said:
Interesting. Downloaded, will try it out.
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Let me know how it goes.

ftgg99 said:
Let me know how it goes.
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I tried to make one from my Klout page, but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong? I couldn't seem to select any of the elements.

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[APP][Market BETA] Tabr

Tabr, is a new approach to the multi-application widget, one widget to rule them all!
A Tabr widget has multiple "modules" which link to other applications. Currently supported applications are calendar (including all the task integration you get with Agenda Widget for Android), contacts, Twitter and Facebook.
The tabs across the top of the widget allow you to switch between modules quickly rather than sliding between 5 homescreen's.
Modules can be created by anybody and a simple plugin to an existing content provider can be mocked up in about an hour. If you are interested in including a tabr module in your app contact me!
Features:
Scrolling
Gridview, listview or stackview for any module (some modules only look good in certain view types)
Override skin settings with custom colors
Notifier shows a number of changed rows on background tabs (if supported by the module in question)
3rd party module support
3rd party skin support
Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.tabr&feature=order_history
Currently available modules:
Boomarks (built in to main app)
Contacts (built in to main app)
Social (Twitter/Facebook) - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.scrolling.socialplugin
Agenda (based on Agenda Widget) - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everybodyallthetime.android.scrolling.agendaplugin
More info and downloads: https://sites.google.com/site/tabrforandroid/
Feel free to leave some comments.
Follow @roflharrison for version updates/bug fixes
I'm interested in talking to skinners or developers who want to make modules for their apps!
Do you also dev the android agenda widget?
*ok so you are, why the need for a new app? I use agenda widget and it looks great.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
dtm_stretch said:
Do you also dec the android agenda widget ?
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That's me!
dtm_stretch said:
*ok so you are, why the need for a new app? I use agenda widget and it looks great.
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This isn't an Agenda application, however it has an Agenda module because that was an easy starting point (all the code being written already).
I will update the OP with a better description to avoid further confusion, please try it and see for yourself!
EDIT: update OP with description of the app
Sounds like a good idea! Will try it when I get home. Now, I need to look for more things to fill up the launcher with...
Lawliet said:
Sounds like a good idea! Will try it when I get home. Now, I need to look for more things to fill up the launcher with...
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Interested to hear your thoughts!
very cool, i'll check it out
Working very well, definitely has potential!
Would be nice if there is an option for font size, perhaps. I find the font size for the agenda view slightly big. But I guess that's probably part of the skin =)
EDIT: .nomedia files for the Twitter cache will be nice =X
Font sizes will be overridable, haven't made it to that stage of dev yet
Will fix the twitter image thing, thanks for the tip.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Updated the twitter module:
reply/retweet/share in the tweet dialog
temporarily made the avatar cache load into one folder to reduce the gallery silliness (delete the old avatar albums after install).
Regarding the avatar cache, it seems my download method (the DownloadManager in Android SDK) is scanning all downloads into the media library and it shouldn't be. I am investigating if this is fixable and worst case will implement my own download method before release.
Do you have plans to add Facebook as a Tab, too?
Yep, Facebook is on the todo list once I iron out the bugs in the Twitter module.
Lawliet said:
Working very well, definitely has potential!
Would be nice if there is an option for font size, perhaps. I find the font size for the agenda view slightly big. But I guess that's probably part of the skin =)
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I've updated the main application and the Agenda plugin, if you get both of the new versions you should be good to go!
Updated main application, you can now specify custom icons/labels for module instances
Am I allowed to reply to my own posts this often?
Updated Tabr beta:
Icon!
Lazy loads contacts and twitter
I think I have fixed skin loading, please try the example template skin and let me know if it crashes
Customize label/icon of tabs
If you try the skin, please make sure there is an application in the background/alternate launcher so you can uninstall the skin (for some reason Honeycomb launcher doesn't handle crashes caused by widgets very nicely).
Big update, you will probably have to re-install but its worth it...
Who wanted Facebook support? See OP for details
Great update!
Do I have to install the main application and all the other module separately or are they included in the main package?
Is it possible to click on links?
Have to install separately, at the moment it is annoying, but once it is on the market and they can be updated/added/remove individually it will be a boon!
>Is it possible to click on links
In Facebook module? Not yet because it is in very early stages. I will work on this for you if thats what you want
Looks great so far! Can't seem to get any facebook posts to appear using the social module. Have added an account, with the login page saying "success" but on the widget itself, it just says loading your tweets (Also it appears to be losing the account details if you press the back button after adding an account)
Any ideas on how much this will cost when it hits the marketplace? Love the Android agenda widget but Tabr offers so much more
Oh, I need to change that loading screen so it says "loading..." rather than just loading tweets.
The first load takes a while because it is caching your friends avatars as well as grabbing posts... It should reload itself once its finished updating... If it keeps failing please attach/send me a log? (roflharrison at gmail)
>Also it appears to be losing the account details if you press the back button after adding an account
In the settings screen or the browser?
Price has not been determined at this stage, I will make it competitive though.
In the settings screen. Appears to be intermittant though, can't always reproduce (not that helpful, sorry)
Looking forward to this one, think you're on to something special here

[BETA] Meta Widget - create widgets from any web content

META WIDGET
Meta is a unique app that can turn virtually any online content into dynamic, interactive widgets.
Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, link or image and enjoy this information right on your home screen!
Why is this cool you ask? Because almost anything can be parsed out of a website - images, blogrolls, RSS feeds or entire windows.
Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.
Features
★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
The app is currently quite stable, but we still prefer to call it a beta. So please, do write to us with suggestions or bug reports!
Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.metawidget
The free app has everything but automatic updates.
Screens
I would appreciate some feedback please!
1.0.2.1
Fixed keyboard issue present on some phones
Fixed image cache optimization (much faster now)
Fixed a rendering issue that occurs if data connection is lost
Fixed a few device-specific issues from user feedback
Hi guys - please give me some feedback on the latest release!
Installing this now, will give feedback after 2-3 days
Thank you, i look forward to it. The more feedback, the better the app. Imagine - a developer that actually listens to consumers!
1.0.2.2
Fixed alignment issue on text and lists
Fixed sort order issue in list view
Added divider visibility toggle
Optimized custom browser rendering
Minor UI changes to increase compatibility
Good job !!
Hey,
I had this (huge, at least for me review written, then at the end hit backspace and freakin firefox took me a page back. WTF Firefox, I could kill you for that.
Anyway, so here is the short version:
Love your amazing design, with one exception of the settings menu (where you can choose the titel and all that)
I could not quite work out the difference between the up-down arrows and the left-right arrows
I did not understand the option to display as a list. I just didn't understand what it does
The text size didn't always work properly, sometimes when I would choose a bigger text size, it would actually be smaller
Everytime I had the widget done, I always had to manually resize it, but I guess that was because of sense
The widget itself was always just one big text and not nicely organized the news thread on the webpage, so the widget itself was kind of useless to me
One more tip; if you had chosen more than one element (e.g. an entire news thread), that it then should just open the single element, not the entire website with all the elements
Again great work guys!
The two websites I tried it with:
apktops
manga-access
Not sure what your problem with the menu is... its just like any other android menu.
Regarding the arrows - they will work better or borse, it all depends on the content.
"Use all as list" - this will use all the items listed below in list form, instead of just the element you clicked on.
Havent seen any problems with text size from anyone else, so most likely user error there, or some sort of parsing issue on the sites themselves.
We will make a bunch of sizes in the next release.
Lol.
Not going to happen.
Anything to report?
Hi!
I installed the app from Play Store but I don't find the Widget or the App.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
bigwichtel said:
Hi!
I installed the app from Play Store but I don't find the Widget or the App.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
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Reboot your device. Sometimes widgets need a reboot because of launcher errors.
same here. i installed it but do not see it anywhere in apps drawer or widgets tab. i check in installed apps and its there but thats the only place i see it.
running caulkins v1.5 ICS rom.
bluejee said:
same here. I installed it but do not see it anywhere in apps drawer or widgets tab. I check in installed apps and its there but thats the only place i see it.
Running caulkins v1.5 ics rom.
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its a widget - it shows in the widgets drawer and may need a reboot for gods sake:
ftgg99 said:
reboot your device. Sometimes widgets need a reboot because of launcher errors.
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ftgg99 said:
its a widget - it shows in the widgets drawer and may need a reboot for gods sake:
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Don't feed the idiots
Been using Meta Widget to display headlines from sites for a while. Not much to complain because it does what I want it to do. Only thing I would like toe see is the option to make the widget title bold or underlined.
Great app!
It shall be done. There will also be a minor release in preparation for the widget constructor we will release next week.
Guys, please rate the app on the market, that will help a lot!
Anything to report?
Any issues or suggestions?
ftgg99 said:
Any issues or suggestions?
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Will test! Give you Feedback later bro

☰ Meta Widget ☰ Create widgets from any website ☰ SCROLLABLE NEWS IMAGES ANYTHING ☰

☰ Meta Widget ☰ Create widgets from any website ☰ SCROLLABLE NEWS IMAGES ANYTHING ☰
META WIDGET
Meta is a unique app that can turn virtually any online content into dynamic, interactive widgets.
Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, link or image and enjoy this information right on your home screen!
Why is this cool you ask? Because almost anything can be parsed out of a website - images, blogrolls, RSS feeds or entire windows.
Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.
Features
★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
The app is currently quite stable, but we still prefer to call it a beta. So please, do write to us with suggestions or bug reports!
Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.metawidget
The free app has everything but automatic updates. Please buy the Key - that would help us a lot
Screens
Anything to report?
Guys is anyone having trouble with text and background colors?
So far so good.. Been having a problem of not updating the widget properly with a previous version.. But it's resolved now..
I use it for a local weather website, however, when I'm setting it up, I can choose the image (with difficulty) when I'm on desktop or android mode within the app . But nothing shows up.. As if it's transparent.
But if I choose iphone mode. It works..
Dunno if u got my point.. I'll attach pictures
The website is http://meteo.search.ch/geneve
Thx for trying to fix it.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Looks like there are some dodgy tags around the images. Try using the buttons to avoid capturing the wrong element.
Im sorry but html is very difficult to represent visually - the selector is as good as it will ever get.
1.0.2.10
Reworked parser logic for compatibility
Reworked padding system in some circumstances
Fixed compatibility issues with Nova and others
Fixed title text size caching issue
Fixed a number of device specific problems from user logs
works well thank you...
thanks a lot..
The best thanks is a nice review on the Play Store - good ratings help me spend more time on improving the app
Hi,
I have recently installed Meta Widget. I thought i could use it to grab the market headline from www.ft.com, i have managed to grab one article, but i want to be able to scroll all the market headlines.
Is this possible?
Many thanks in advance,
Mike
Yes, it should be possible. Remember, you need an element that has a lot of similar elements if you want to make a list. So for example, in ft markets it should be the title of the ones 1/3 down the page that say EQUITIES CURRENCIES etc.
Anything to report?
Everything OK with the recent JB updates?

[App][2.1+] ZDcal v 2.1.120 - Powerful schedule manager [ Updated ! 2014-2-19 ]

Google Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zdworks.android.zdcalendarinter
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What's New
2.1.120 changelog [ Feb 19, 2014 ]
1.Added Spanish language supported.
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ZDcal community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107464142434934006152
Welcome to join it to learn more about ZDcal
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Beautiful & Functional
· Supports showing Chinese Lunar and Festive solar terms .
· Humane intimate holiday's countdown and an intimate holiday wish when holiday comes.
· You can flip Almanac just like a real calendar with sounds.
· Periods calendar allows you to track your Period Tracker on your Phone.
· Seamless cloud sync.
· Sync with the build-in calendar.
· Import birthdays from Facebook
Simple and Fast
· Add a time based reminder and ZDcal will remind you just at the right time.
· The calendar widget on your home screen will make it more simple and faster to work with.
Free and NO ADS
· ZDcal is Completely free
· NO ADS anywhere!
Cross-platform & Multi-language support
· ZDcal is also available for iPhone,iPad and Windows Phone.
· ZDcal is fully localized in Chinese simplified & traditional,more language support is coming.
More coming features
· Customizable reminder ringtones settings
· Import birthdays from Contacts.
———————— Contact us —————————
If U have any problem, please contact us: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zdcal
Google+: https://plus.google.com/113179534813998175312
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ZDcal/393536084033403
Website: http://zdcal.com/
Prompt communication is better than one star comment! :laugh:
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LOVE it smooth ! Thanks.
feature
review from wife of this app loves the menstrual integration.Would like to see events as a real time at a glance view instead of just a dot.Ability to merge multiple events as this show the same birthday 4 times on one day.Too similar to all other calendar apps for now but a great start!
Just have to say...WOW!
My only issue is that I can't seem to locate my city and when I type it in search...nothing comes up
mrcartagena2000 said:
review from wife of this app loves the menstrual integration.Would like to see events as a real time at a glance view instead of just a dot.Ability to merge multiple events as this show the same birthday 4 times on one day.Too similar to all other calendar apps for now but a great start!
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Thank you, we record your idea and we'll try a better way to meet your need
mgbotoe said:
Just have to say...WOW!
My only issue is that I can't seem to locate my city and when I type it in search...nothing comes up
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Sorry, which city?
awesome!! the best calendar app i ever used!
A fine life recorder
Looks very good, smooth animation, I recorder or reminder some things, but I think can use the snapshot into the snippet should be better!:fingers-crossed:
Awesome and good-looking calendar apps, my girl said she can say good to womanlog now.
ikaola said:
Sorry, which city?
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Alright so I am running Samsung Galaxy S4, 4.3 Firmware.
The location, for me, simply does not work. I tried berkeley, san leandro, oakland, there is simply no search result no matter what I put in. Also when I press on location, it simply fails....I think it may be an issue with the app but I am not sure, why my device and firmware is listed above. But the weather by it self does work as I choose a random city listed (by the app) and it does work.
Also, is it possible to remove the icon from the status bar and keep the app with in the notification drawer? I have looked in the setting, but cannot locate this...it will be really great if you can! I keep mistaking it for my battery read lol.
If the cycle calender (blush face here lmao) is it possible to make it known what the color coding is? I am 100% sure of what one of them is, 60% sure of the other...and no idea what is the last one. I have look in the app for the clarity but no luck....which I want to add THANK YOU for adding that in there, that is one less app I will have to deal with .
I think giving the option to order the different calenders will be nice. If this is already possible please guide me...as I can't seem to figure it out. It gives option to delete but I do not want to test that as I do not want to loose the cycle calender.
Other than those minor issues, i still love it and will use it regardless. But if developers can take user feedback to account, even better and will recommend out. Got two of my lady friends to download already And one of my co-workers.
Any widget from this app?
Since I dont plan on having a period any time soon, is it possible to switch off that feature?
I really liked this app.
Here's my review:
http://droidhorizon.com/zdcal-review/
Loved this app as soon as I loaded it will probably never go back to stock calendar, option to hide from status bar was hard to find but just click the 3 line button in top left corner then hit settings and you get all different settings
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
An option to disable festivals entirely would be great. Other then that, i love the app.
Celsius/Fahrenheit
Any way to add a setting to change between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the weather? Us Americans don't know temps in C.
mgbotoe said:
Alright so I am running Samsung Galaxy S4, 4.3 Firmware.
The location, for me, simply does not work. I tried berkeley, san leandro, oakland, there is simply no search result no matter what I put in. Also when I press on location, it simply fails....I think it may be an issue with the app but I am not sure, why my device and firmware is listed above. But the weather by it self does work as I choose a random city listed (by the app) and it does work.
Also, is it possible to remove the icon from the status bar and keep the app with in the notification drawer? I have looked in the setting, but cannot locate this...it will be really great if you can! I keep mistaking it for my battery read lol.
If the cycle calender (blush face here lmao) is it possible to make it known what the color coding is? I am 100% sure of what one of them is, 60% sure of the other...and no idea what is the last one. I have look in the app for the clarity but no luck....which I want to add THANK YOU for adding that in there, that is one less app I will have to deal with .
I think giving the option to order the different calenders will be nice. If this is already possible please guide me...as I can't seem to figure it out. It gives option to delete but I do not want to test that as I do not want to loose the cycle calender.
Other than those minor issues, i still love it and will use it regardless. But if developers can take user feedback to account, even better and will recommend out. Got two of my lady friends to download already And one of my co-workers.
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Thank you for your feedback, about the weather issue, we will try to fix it soon, sorry.
You can disable the weekly notification in ZDcal settings : ZDcal - slide our the left side menu - tap the 'gear' setting button, then you will find the option to disable it.
You can order which calendars to display on " calendar settings " : ZDcal - tap the small 'gear' button on the monthly calendar page, now get the option.
Welcome to feedback to us in any time or anywhere ( social or email ).
itandy said:
Any widget from this app?
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Sure ! I will add screenshot about the widgets.
Monthview 4x3
Monthview 4x4
To-do list
weather 4x2
pjilka said:
Since I dont plan on having a period any time soon, is it possible to switch off that feature?
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You can order which calendars to display on " calendar settings " : ZDcal - Period - tap the small 'gear' button on the monthly calendar page, now tap delete - Delete events in this calendar.
jaroque said:
Any way to add a setting to change between Celsius and Fahrenheit for the weather? Us Americans don't know temps in C.
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Sure, enter into weather page - then tap the big degree number - then select Fahrenheit.

[APP][2.1+] HybridLauncher - Open Source

Im sorry, but as I'm not able to create external links on XDA yet, you have to enter the urls on your own. If I had been able to create a DevDB project, I would have done it.
HybridLauncher​
HybridLauncher is a completely new type of Android-Launcher!
It's designed to be highly configurable and innovative.
Screenshots:
As I am currently not allowed to insert images, please have a look at hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
In the past, the underlying principles of Launchers have significantly differed from those of desktop computers. In particular, the homescreen was only able to show Widgets and Apps, usually arranged on a grid, and usually only able to display a finite (small) number of icons at once.
We adapt the concept of desktops to smartphones by providing a homescreen whose capacity is limited only by your phone's memory and without constraints on the type of items it can show.
We improve the concept of desktops by providing not only completely free positions, but also arbitrary tilts, sizes, and aspect ratios of the items' icons. The homescreen's size is dynamically adapted, such that an infinite number of icons can be displayed.
Technically, the homescreen is simply a folder. Actually, every folder can be used as homescreen (and there's an effectively unlimited number of those). Other folders can be directly accessed (the HybridLauncher also doubles as a file manager) and individually designed, just like the homescreen.
This is solved in way robust against changes of your ROM:
The layout of every folder is stored in small file (".layout") directly within the folder. Thus, if you change your ROM, by reinstalling the Hybrid Launcher, you instantly recover your homescreen (desktop).
HybridLauncher is available in two different versions: "Lite" and "Full". While you can enjoy full functionality with the Lite version, it shows a permanent notification in the statusbar.
Unique features of the HybridLauncher include:
Unlimited homescreens with individual backgrounds
Real files on the homescreen just as on the pc-desktop
Freely positionable items with optional grid or magnetic axes
Items individually adjustable
Item size and rotation continuously adjustable
Dynamic layout-size
Direct execution of shell-scripts
Links to other folders and files
"Open with" dialog as known from PC
Highly adjustable
Available for Android version 2.1 up to 5.0+
Data privacy is our highest priority
(HybridLauncher does not require internet access, no data will be submitted)
For maximum transparency, let us explain why HybridLauncher requires the following permissions:
VIBRATE: When you long-press Items, your phone will vibrate.
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: HybridLauncher is a filemanager. Thus, it should have permission to write on sd-cards. In particular, if you want to use a folder on the sd-card as homescreen, then a .layout file needs to be created on the sd-card.
WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE: This is generally the same as WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, but on newer devices (5.0+) the access to the external sdcard is blocked by default and needs this extra permission.
READ_CONTACTS: Contacts can be placed on your homescreen (e.g. to open the SMS app quickly), so HybridLauncher has to access your contacts data. HybridLauncher will not submit any data (have a look at the source code).
SET_WALLPAPER: An app needs this permission to change the background image.
SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS: For background parallaxing the system has to be told the size of the wallpaper.
Information:
HybridLauncher is available in the Google PlayStore, or on my website (hybridlauncher.bricklore.de).
HybridLauncher Lite:
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
Mirror: bricklore.de/android/hybridlauncher/release/hybridlauncher_lite.apk
HybridLauncher is OPEN SOURCE and licensed under GPL v3, you can view the source here: git.bricklore.de/hybridlauncher
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i like your launcher its very customizable and stuff but my wallpaper doesnt scale properly and is causing black borders around the picture which looks kind of ugly
If you could fix this id love to use the launcher
have a great day
tomdudler243 said:
i like your launcher its very customizable and stuff but my wallpaper doesnt scale properly and is causing black borders around the picture which looks kind of ugly
If you could fix this id love to use the launcher
have a great day
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Thanks for your feedback!
I have just reimplemented the wallpaper scaling, which should fix the problem.
Please have a look at the update and tell me if it worked for you!
Best regards
Since your launcher is open source could you please add it to F-Droid? Would make it easier for people not using play store or gapps like myself to keep it updated than periodically checking your website
As a happy tester, here are the direct links to your really nice app until you can add your own:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
And/Und
http://hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
GerManiac said:
Here are the direct links:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fluxnetz.hybridlauncher_lite
And/Und
http://hybridlauncher.bricklore.de
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Added a screenshot
Looking good
It's nice to see a launcher that offers something slightly different. So many of them just seem clones of each other. The ability to place icons anywhere and not be constrained to a grid is something I've not personally seen before.
Allanitomwesh said:
Since your launcher is open source could you please add it to F-Droid? Would make it easier for people not using play store or gapps like myself to keep it updated than periodically checking your website
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Although it seems quite a bit of work to do, I will hook myself into it right now.
--UPDATE--
It's not that easy for HybridLauncher, as the git repo is hosted on my own server which makes things more difficult (no https, minor problems). Additionally fdroid is not able to build from these souces without "understanding" the exact instructions (One has to preprocess the .java and .xml files in a special manner)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to figure out how I can add a prebuild binary .apk to fdroids repository. If you could guide me, I would supply those binaries until I have fixed my server issues.
GerManiac said:
As a happy tester, here are the direct links to your really nice app until you can add your own:
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Thanks! I really appreciate all help I get!
savvigeek said:
It's nice to see a launcher that offers something slightly different. So many of them just seem clones of each other. The ability to place icons anywhere and not be constrained to a grid is something I've not personally seen before.
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Yeah I have noticed the same thing, and thats why I made HybridLauncher.
I wanted to try something completely different.
F-Droid
I'm not a developer so I'm afraid I can't be much use troubleshooting your issues adding your app to F-Droid. I'll ask my friends who are and see what they say. You could also ask on the F-Droid forums,they are always willing to help add a new app
Thank you, really good work.
I cant download from play store....maybe its banned in my country....please can you provide apk or link to apk dwonload?
Sent from my HM NOTE 1LTE
@bricklore crashes when i swipe right or tap next on the welcome screen. log attached. my device is samsung galaxy y duos, gt-s6102, running gingerbread 2.3.6 rom. it's an ldpi device with 289 mb ram only.

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