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I've been playing around with Mark Wei's splendid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688531StandOut library and thought I'd share one app I've been finding useful.
It's very basic and very beta.
FloatNote v1.0.4b
Edit:
Thought I better provide some info
This app is very simple. It floats on top of other windows and lets you scribble notes or little sketches.
I wrote it for me and my phone so I know it runs okay on a Galaxy Note under cm9.
It's written for the galaxy note stylus so pressure increases pen stroke width and the side button gives you the eraser.
Select ink colour by swiping your stylus along the rainbow thing on the titlebar (the title text shows the selected colour). Click the sidebutton when touching the rainbow to return to black.
It autosaves your note and autoloads it when the app opens again.
Resize the window with the triangle in the bottom right corner.
I'm using the android native API so it may work okay(ish) on other devices. If it does, let me know.
Enjoy...
Nikad
Latest Update:
Version 1.0.9b
Changelog:
Major rewrite - had to do away with Mark's standout library and reimplement some of its functionality.
Hide and restore from the notification bar
Share note with other apps, email, etc
Saves position, size and pen colour.
Lots of bug fixes and improvements in performance/reliability
Important:
This app requires API Level 14 or higher to detect the stylus so you need ICS.
There are known issues running under Touchwiz so stick with a CM9/CM10 variant.
Know to run okay on the Galaxy Note International, I717 and the HTC Flyer.
If anyone runs it on other devices I'd love to know!
nikad1970 said:
I've been playing around with Mark Wei's splendid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688531StandOut library and thought I'd share one app I've been finding useful.
It's very basic and very beta.
FloatNote v1.0.4b
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Really nice.
Nice work mate !
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Nice but when erasing it takes screen shot as we press button of the pen
Gr8 idea but how do open it when we need the app? Like I am checking email and want to make some quick note how do I bring it on screen ?
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raghavafitt said:
Nice but when erasing it takes screen shot as we press button of the pen
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Oops! I guess you're running a samsung rom and touchwizz is getting in the way. Looks like I might have to install a stock rom and do a bit of debugging
Vishal_Pratap singh said:
Gr8 idea but how do open it when we need the app? Like I am checking email and want to make some quick note how do I bring it on screen ?
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No quick launch yet, sorry
If you've ran the app already, you can launch it from your recent apps. But...
Improvements in mind include being able to hide the window and then show it when you click on the notification (I had this on an earlier alpha and just need to add it back in).
Multi-page note: support for more than one page.
Share note (with whatever).
I'm not going to go too heavy on functionality though. The idea was to be simple and uncluttered.
Thanks for you interest...
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Nice app man. Works well on asylum v20
from the padded cell tucked away in the dark
Wow...this was the app that I looking for long time, it was great! It's work well on my paranoid! :laugh:Ry
just a suggestion!!
i guess you can use homemyhome to launch it anywhere by double tapping or tripple tapping the home button
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Oops! I guess you're running a samsung rom and touchwizz is getting in the way. Looks like I might have to install a stock rom and do a bit of debugging
No quick launch yet, sorry
If you've ran the app already, you can launch it from your recent apps. But...
Improvements in mind include being able to hide the window and then show it when you click on the notification (I had this on an earlier alpha and just need to add it back in).
Multi-page note: support for more than one page.
Share note (with whatever).
I'm not going to go too heavy on functionality though. The idea was to be simple and uncluttered.
Thanks for you interest...
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Yes its nice I have it and works fine on liquid black ROM . Just add that ability to launch any where over any app and you have almost a s memo killer!!!
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FC on stock rooted 2.3.6 ;/
Works very well on PA v0.4...great work mate, it's one of my favorite pen-app!
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New version on its way. Just going through last testing and tweaking so maybe tonight/tomorrow morning.
Ended up doing a major rewrite just to provide a small amount of additional functionality. But it's all good! It even ended up smaller.
We now have an app that will hide and restore from the notification bar, can share the image with other apps and loads of reliability improvements.
I haven't had a chance yet to run it on other devices or on stock roms so all I can say is it works on the Galaxy Note under CM9.
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Nice little app. Thumbs up for that
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Updated OP with new version
Enjoy!
I have been refreshin this page for new version since your last post. The new version is smaller and works great. I like the export option and clear. I need a find a way to launch this app while I am on a call so i can take notes quickly..
Hey the side button erasor is really really greatr
Great work on this wonderful app
leojab said:
I have been refreshin this page for new version since your last post. The new version is smaller and works great. I like the export option and clear. I need a find a way to launch this app while I am on a call so i can take notes quickly..
Hey the side button erasor is really really greatr
Great work on this wonderful app
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I'm glad you like it. Thanks.
If you're on a call, just pull down the status bar and click on the notification. It's a bit of an illusion that it's "hidden". Really the app is shut down and relaunched when you click the restore notification.
By the way, I see you running a stock rom. Does TouchWiz not cause problems with FloatNote?
Thanks again for your interest!
Ok. That makes sense. I can restore it from the notification bar if it is hidden.. only thing the app must be up and running before that..
I do not use Touichwiz when there are great lauchers namely Nova these days.. It has been some time since I went back to TW
I use float to be called in one of the gesture of NOVA which is great. You would do a scrolling option on the screen if possible. That will help me add longer notes rather than extending the window,,
Thanks. :good:
Working great on RocketRom v10!
Having an issue parsing the package.
Will try again via desktop soon.
Good work!
I love such stuff
EDIT:
Sorry!
I was half asleep and didn't see that it is for CM9.
Please forgive me!:silly:
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Hello,
I just installed the new firmware upgrade to jelly bean, but i seem to have lost my little dot on the screen when i hover over it. It says
in the new pen settings page that it's a feature and should happen, but it doesn't.
Anything i can do to fix that ? it's a pretty solid feature i rely on a lot for drawing
EDIT: Request close!
For some reason i wasn't able to get into the air view settings until i reset it twice in a row with air view enabled, sorted now
Thanks Justinchi for replying
Goto Settings and go down to S Pen and check if "AirView" is enabled.
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Goto Settings and go down to S Pen and check if "AirView" is enabled.
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Yeah it's enabled, i disabled it, restarted it, and enabled it again just for good measure.
Just now restarted it with it enabled to try all possibilities, no dice
Thanks for the info. I love this feature.
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MildlyMoist said:
Yeah it's enabled, i disabled it, restarted it, and enabled it again just for good measure.
Just now restarted it with it enabled to try all possibilities, no dice
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Oh, that suks.....D: Idk
The little stylus tracking dot on the screen is missing on my note since the jellybean update. I can enable the airview functions okay & they all work but the little tiny dot that existed on ICS is not there when I hover the stylus over the screen. I miss this function especially when drawing or editing documents, has anyone still got this with Jellybean or has the feature been removed?
SOLVED
you have to long press the ''air view" option until it highlights in blue and when you release it you get four options, one of which is to turn on the air view pointer.it is off by default.
Thanks to pwatkins over at phandroid for the solution
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Thanks, I was looking for that for about an hour!
I was just about ready to give up when I saw your post.
manmikey said:
The little stylus tracking dot on the screen is missing on my note since the jellybean update. I can enable the airview functions okay & they all work but the little tiny dot that existed on ICS is not there when I hover the stylus over the screen. I miss this function especially when drawing or editing documents, has anyone still got this with Jellybean or has the feature been removed?
SOLVED
you have to long press the ''air view" option until it highlights in blue and when you release it you get four options, one of which is to turn on the air view pointer.it is off by default.
Thanks to pwatkins over at phandroid for the solution
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Thanks for the help.
I think samsung programmers are morons for hiding it like that. It took a hour in and out of work to figure that out. Way to make things simple samsung!
DammitCubs said:
Thanks for the help.
I think samsung programmers are morons for hiding it like that. It took a hour in and out of work to figure that out. Way to make things simple samsung!
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System settings, SPen, Airview. Simple.
My air view hover icons are working but one thing that isn't is a hover icon while in edit mode in S note. Has anyone else noticed that this is missing? I have the circle air view icons in view mode, and the scroll arrows in either mode, but no hover when editing!
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Note 10.1 (UK) N 8010 running jellybean 4.1.1 via OTA
My problem I can not see Multi screen function on any of the Samsung apps ie Gallery, Snote, Video . Do I have to activate it in settings? I have looked and can not see any mention of it. Looking at Youtube videos it is always on the top bar within the applications that support it, but alas not on mine. Am I missing something basic?
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Note 10.1 (UK) N 8010 running jellybean 4.1.1 via OTA
My problem I can not see Multi screen function on any of the Samsung apps ie Gallery, Snote, Video . Do I have to activate it in settings? I have looked and can not see any mention of it. Looking at Youtube videos it is always on the top bar within the applications that support it, but alas not on mine. Am I missing something basic?
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All the apps that can be used with multi screen can be found by pressing the upside down v icon that permanently sits in the middle of the very bottom of the screen. You should have seen this in all the vids you have watched. Once you click that, all the apps pop up and you can click on the one you want.
You can make it full screen by clicking the rectangle on the right, next to the close icon. When In full screen you should see the multi screen icon to the far right, its the last icon.....it looks like two rectangles....one in front of the other. You don't have to activate it....at least I never did.
Can you see it now?
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Markhypnosis said:
All the apps that can be used with multi screen can be found by pressing the upside down v icon that permanently sits in the middle of the very bottom of the screen. You should have seen this in all the vids you have watched. Once you click that, all the apps pop up and you can click on the one you want.
You can make it full screen by clicking the rectangle on the right, next to the close icon. When In full screen you should see the multi screen icon to the far right, its the last icon.....it looks like two rectangles....one in front of the other. You don't have to activate it....at least I never did.
Can you see it now?
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Thanks for reply, the videos I have seen all show show multi screen icon on the top bar, on further research I know see the option is indeed in the upside down v icon with a choice for the Now called Dual View or Cascade View.
The Videos I watched all showed the dual view icon on the top ba,r not hidden in the pop up bottom bar far left hand corner, and to be honest when viewing videos to me anyway looked like two different features.
Thanks again for your help, the videos on Youtube all seem to be from 2 months ago ie not UK version.
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Thanks for reply, the videos I have seen all show show multi screen icon on the top bar, on further research I know see the option is indeed in the upside down v icon with a choice for the Now called Dual View or Cascade View.
The Videos I watched all showed the dual view icon on the top ba,r not hidden in the pop up bottom bar far left hand corner, and to be honest when viewing videos to me anyway looked like two different features.
Thanks again for your help, the videos on Youtube all seem to be from 2 months ago ie not UK version.
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The upside down v, (multi screen app tray) has always been on the note....even in ICS. But you quire rightly noticed that the multi screen icon in full screen apps has changed, and moved to the far right in the latest firmware. So basically all the apps that have the multi screen functionality can be accessed from the pop up tray at the bottom of any screen, that will open them in a small window that can be moved and resized. Then you can change it back and forth to full screen or small window as you wish using the icon on the top right actually in the app.
The 'dual view/cascade view' option on the bottom right of the multi screen app tray you talk about was not in the older firmware at all......you just opened a multiscreen app from the multiscreen app tray (upside down v), and then changed to full screen or dual view from within the app. I can understand why it was confusing.
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Markhypnosis said:
The upside down v, (multi screen app tray) has always been on the note....even in ICS. But you quire rightly noticed that the multi screen icon in full screen apps has changed, and moved to the far right in the latest firmware. So basically all the apps that have the multi screen functionality can be accessed from the pop up tray at the bottom of any screen, that will open them in a small window that can be moved and resized. Then you can change it back and forth to full screen or small window as you wish using the icon on the top right actually in the app.
The 'dual view/cascade view' option on the bottom right of the multi screen app tray you talk about was not in the older firmware at all......you just opened a multiscreen app from the multiscreen app tray (upside down v), and then changed to full screen or dual view from within the app. I can understand why it was confusing.
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Just to confirm my confusion every time I selected the multi screen icon it would just reduce in size (small and float about) not like I saw in the Youtube Videos ie snap into place half screen. So when I found the cascade/dual view icon (bottom left hand corner The upside down v, multi screen app tray) set it to dual view foolishly thinking that was correct! NO. Then I changed it to Cascade view but showing the matching two box overlay icon. YES.
Confusion Rules OK
Thanks Again.
Oh well. At least now you know you were watching Notes with old firmware and outdated features. Your firmware version with Dual view AND cascade view is sooo much better.
Here's an overview of what you can do with the multi view apps.....if you haven't already found a video ........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOmb-9bI6s&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
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No Multiscreen button on top right corner at SNote !!!!
Hi,
Is it possible for someone to help me out and show me exactly where or how I'm suppose to enable and make that multiscreen widget/button visible on the SNote and all other Apps please !
Thanks,
Kind Regards,
Manager00104,
manager00104 said:
Hi,
Is it possible for someone to help me out and show me exactly where or how I'm suppose to enable and make that multiscreen widget/button visible on the SNote and all other Apps please !
Thanks,
Kind Regards,
Manager00104,
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It's always visible in snote and the other compatible apps. Have a look at the screen shot I posted further up this post. It is at the top, on the far right of the apps. It looks like two rectangles.....one infront of the other.
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I just got my note 10.1 and upgraded to JB. I'm loving it so far. But I have a couple questions.
1. for my work I really love grabbing a piece of a PDF and driving it over to s note. Is there some way to default to a square crop rather than the lasso? It would look better. Currently I have to save a screenshot and crop that.
2. a lot of the documentation for the note 2 says to hold the back button to pick apps for multi screen. Holding the back button does nothing on the note 10.1. Is that correct?
3. when you use multi screen apps, is there some way to have them automatically go side by side? Mine always appear in a small window and I have to stretch them out to the right size manually. Is that just the only way it works?
I already read the note 2 documentation. Is there some other place I can look for a better explanation of how to use all the features? Thanks for the help.
I don't know about the first two (holding the back button does nothing for me) but if you want them side by side select dual view in the multiwindow app selector and they'll spear like that automatically
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calum96 said:
I don't know about the first two (holding the back button does nothing for me) but if you want them side by side select dual view in the multiwindow app selector and they'll spear like that automatically
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Super helpful. I don't know how I missed that. Thanks so much.
Just got my S8+ a few days ago. Playing with themes, I've a leftover keyboard skin from a previous theme. (since not all themes have keyboard or other backgrounds.)
Anyone know how to just change parts? I'd prefer a different keyboard skin.
Thanks.
I don't, but I'll tell you this - G board by Google is hands down the best keyboard out right now. And it has themes and other skinning options.
G Board Dictionary sync is broken for the s8 which is a deal breaker for me.
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neles86 said:
G Board Dictionary sync is broken for the s8 which is a deal breaker for me.
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It is? My words all save and show up for me. "Prolly" pops right up. "I'ma" does too. I put those in my Google keyboard a long time ago and not on the s8.
20degrees said:
It is? My words all save and show up for me. "Prolly" pops right up. "I'ma" does too. I put those in my Google keyboard a long time ago and not on the s8.
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Words show up when you type it but not truly sync (predictive). I have words that are saved on google servers displayed on my Pixel and doesnt come up on my S8. If you go to the keyboard option, you should see sync greyed out.
I've read this is due to the secure folder.
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If you're clever with Gboard and Navbar Apps you can make a pair of images that line up to make it look like your keyboard extends all the way to the bottom of the screen. Mine don't line up perfectly, but they're close enough that I don't notice in day to day use.
I'm using the GBoard too and Navbar Apps to blend it all together.
neles86 said:
Words show up when you type it but not truly sync (predictive). I have words that are saved on google servers displayed on my Pixel and doesnt come up on my S8. If you go to the keyboard option, you should see sync greyed out.
I've read this is due to the secure folder.
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Did u try uninstall sec. Folder enable sync then install folder again?
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