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[Proof of Concept] Tweaked Notifications Window Appearance - Coming Soon?

So, while I've been heavily busy with work lately, as some of you may know, I've had ready for release an inverted notifications panel (white text on dark background, instead of the default black text on light background), but in addition to this, I've been playing with the idea of removing the top "Carrier" section all together, in order to make way for the display of more notifications, be it ongoing, completed, etc.
The problem with removing the carrier display text section is that it also contains the 'clear' button when present, so the 'clear' button would have to be relocated, but where? My thought is, the clear button only appears (dynamically) when there are 'notifications' to clear, so why not tie the 'clear' button to this section explicitly, so that when not present, no extra space is unnecessarily taken up in the notifications window.
So, Here is an example I came up with that I think works quite nicely. Since the 'clear' button is not part of additional content (right aligned to the carrier text), it would look silly just pushed to the right, so I made it a 'bar' that fills the entire row just below the 'Notifications' banner.
EDIT: See here for demo video progress report for latest iteration of 'clear' button location.
First screen shot is maximized space when no clear-able notifications are present:
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While the second screenshot contains the re-located 'clear' button/bar dynamically, when applicable:
Not sure if anyone has already done this or not, but I thought it was pretty cool. Any interest out there for this?

(Yes Please!)

this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!

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this looks pretty tight. maybe do a cm-like thing so you can swipe sideways to individually get rid of notifications... but that would be pretty damn hard. great work again js... you are the man!
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When an official Gingerbread hits for the EVO is when I will revisit incorporating the new Gingerbread based CM7 widgets.
For now, I'm still working off the 3.70 based Froyo ROM, with the main question here is opinions on re-taking the space from the top of the window, and moving the clear button down.
The more I use it, the more I'm liking it, btw...

I will be following this. Development at its best.
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I will be following this. Development at its best.
Clear on the bottom seems like the best bet
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You are a master of your craft JsChiSurf!!!

This is really cool. I'd love to have something like this. Always thought the carrier bar was unnecessary.
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I like it give us something to flash 8)
MODEL: Evo 4G
ROM: CM Nightly Build 41
KERNEL: Tiamat 3.3.7
UNDERCLOCKED : 128mhz
OVERCLOCKED: 1152mhz
UNDERVOLTED: HAVS
BATTERY: 4500maH w/ SBC

I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.

I am definitely interested in this! Good work!
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myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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I think that would be a good place as well. However, without seeing it put in to actuality it's hard to say for sure if I would like it there. But nevertheless, I think that's a great idea to maximize space savings!
And to Js... I'll be patiently awaiting the downloadable awesomeness MOD!

myn said:
I like it , I like it a lot
I've toyed around for awhile removing the carrier banner but never could come up with a great usable place to put the "Clear".
What would it look like if you placed the "Clear" button inside of "Notifications" section header? Reducing the width and right aligning.
Just thinking outloud.
As usual, you're pushing the envelope
Thanks again.
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My original thought was to do this as well.
The problem is, in implementation, is that the "Notifications" title bar is a TextView that spans the width of the window (fill_parent), and the 'clear' button is a TextView as well, and you can't place one TextView inside another.
So, I created a new LinearLayout, gave it the header background (in my screenshot the blue background), and dropped the "Notfications" textView left aligned and the 'clear' button textView right aligned, and on initial load, it's all good (you don't see any of it), and when a clearable notification occurs, it displays perfect, but once you hit the 'clear' button, the space now inserted for the "Notifications" text and "clear" button remains, since they are now children of the new LinearLayout, which is problematic. I'm thinking this could be addressed through code hacking, but I wanted to try and avoid that if possible.
I'm still trying to come up with a creative solution to place the button where you mention, but do so without requiring some framework surgery. Just don't know if it is possible...

really cool idea, in for progress

thanks JS, you guys are always thinking outside the box

This is really cool man. I'm totally stoked for this. Thanks for your genius as usual dude.

Awesome.
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hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.

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hey js. guess what's in the newest cm7 nightly (51). check it out. that might be what you've been aiming for.
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Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...

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Screen shot? Come out and say it? I don't intend on downloading an entire rom just to see something, lol.
But, for fun, I went the code hacking route (which I'm guess, based on your post, coded something similar), and got it working very nicely.
Problem is, going this route, causes everyone to have go redo all their stuff if they want to use, which I'm not a fan of...
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hah yea sorry. there's one in the thread. here's snake-driver's screenie of it.

[Theme] SteamPunkish theme, initial release. Feedback Requested

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have spent many a sleepless night working on this and it is a few boredom filled days away from initial release, but far from completion. I am looking for feedback! If you don't like something, tell me and I'll look into it.
This started out being a Steampunk theme, and I think keeps the basics of it, but is not full out Steampunk.
It will be for most roms using the VillainTheme system, not theme chooser. There will not be a battery % displayed in the status bar, just the images as normal.
BEFORE YOU POST, CHECK THE SECOND POST FOR THINGS I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIX / EDIT.
Pay no attention to the LauncherPro dock and icons at the bottom and let us begin...
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If you like what I do, all I ask is you hit the thanks button.
Downloads
SteamPunk Initial release, still a lot of work to do. Flashable, should work with most 2.3.x roms.
Random Wallpapers that I think go with the theme.
Market Link to a free LWP that looks ok.
Thanks goes to bmann_420 for hosting over at SuperCentral.net. If you want to donate to someone, contact and donate to him since he is letting me use server space for free.

Things I'm trying to fix​Image #1
Make the on / off icons bigger. Also some of the on / off buttons are not made yet, I forgot about those
Image #3
The USB stick is colored when you mount your SD card.
Image #4
Same as #1, maybe make the background more see through.
Image #5
Add a background image to the dialer. Probably leather.
Working with Mister Hat to make another dialer.
Image #6
Align icons
Image #7
Align icons
Image 8
This image is to show you the change to the desk clock, I don't like the time bars.
Misc
Also changed a couple of icons. What do you guys think; change them automatically or let you change them using adw or whatever?
Code:
8/23/11 Uploaded initial test release.

Suggestions so far:
Rounded corners on tabs.
Get rid of antique phone icons.

The maindock area reminds me of starcraft

Antique phones
I don't dig the antique phone icons, especially the grey one used in image #5 for the phone tab / dialer.
Also, I think you should make rounded corner tabs instead of black/white gradient.
Looking forward to it.

Yeah I agree, I loved the colorized theme.. this one would be something I'd rock in my late 60's.
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zzz159 said:
I don't dig the antique phone icons, especially the grey one used in image #5 for the phone tab / dialer.
Also, I think you should make rounded corner tabs instead of black/white gradient.
Looking forward to it.
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It's greyed out because that tab is selected. Also this pic was taken early, it's not b&w gradient, it's all tan. I'll add new photos in the morning.
Also I'll look into the rounded corners. Don't know how to do that yet....
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wewoapsiak, If you need anything designed I'm super handy in photoshop and do graphic design in my free time.

Previews aren't showing up for me.
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It looks very nice....keep it up
Is this theme working on Lg O2X?
Thanks

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Previews aren't showing up for me.
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Weird...They're there, I promise!
erni83 said:
It looks very nice....keep it up
Is this theme working on Lg O2X?
Thanks
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Thanks. I actually have considered setting this to the side since there has been so little feedback.
But when I get it done it will work for most roms, G2x and O2x.

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wewoapsiak, If you need anything designed I'm super handy in photoshop and do graphic design in my free time.
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Sweet man! Right now I can't think of anything, but if you are inspired to make anything, standard icons (I don't plan on theming app icons), or whatever. Let me know and I'll throw them in.

Keep up the good work...
I"m also looking into what files draw that button bar at the top of the contacts dialer. I couldn't find it by just looking at the .9.pngs, so next I"ll dig through the xml and find what drawables in calls to make that.
I'm getting the feeling that it may be in framework-res, though...if I find it, I'll share with ya.

It is in framework-res, I can't remember the names off the top of my head, something tab selected and unselected. Thanks man.
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It looks like it's the tab_focused .9's in framework...if you change the shape of that, you'd have to know what else uses that drawable.
However, there is tab_pressed_bottom and such, in Contacts that will dictate a colored bar underneath your tabs when one is pressed.

I didnt' have much success changing the shape of the tabs...I mean, I can change the shape of them, but it just didn't look as good as I had hoped.
So what I did instead on mine, was made the tabs transparent...and then layered up the icons how I wanted them to look. That way, I can make the tab look any way I want.
Here's an example. I am toying around with the idea of making a rounded corner red border to each tab, something like what I attached.
I didn't mean to hijack your thread, I'm just hoping to be nearly as helpful to you as you were to me in the past.

It'd be pretty sweet to use this in the dialer.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3957524793_cabbf8da6e.jpg)

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I'll be watching this one, it looks great!
I can't wait to try it out with Weapon.

Dude soo much information! This is gonna rock when it's complete.
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Mister Hat said:
It'd be pretty sweet to use this in the dialer.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3957524793_cabbf8da6e.jpg)
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That would be cool. If you want to put those icons together, I'll make it an add on for the theme. I like the buttons I have because of the background I've set up, but I'm not above making other people happy

[2/28][Trailblazer101] (Awesome) Ticker Modification Package!

Trailblazer101's Ticker Modification Package!
Hey All, finally decided to release this package of mine
Before I begin, I'd like to share that this should be flashed on a plain EC09/EC07 rom, deodexed and all... I would prefer if you tried it on EC07 clean, and if you try it on Miunia and it doesn't work, that's why It replaces almost all of the Framework files, for compatibility, but I'll guess we'll see
What this Mod Does:
-removed unnecessary "0" in front of times below "10"
-Holding down on the date/time acts as a button, with customizable text taking the place of the date, and the color of the time changing... When released, two different things could happen: If screen is off, then it'll unlock the phone; if its on, then it'll open the Clock Package!
-Now, to open up the WeatherBug program from the Weather Icon, you must hold the icon down until the beautiful overlay appears... Then release, and it'll open! This prevents accidental bumps, which happened to me all the time... [I'm left handed ]
-Long-Pressing the "Missed Notification" icons will open up the given screen, whether you have any notifications or not! Very Handy
-The New Event Ticker Screen, including the New Message, Email, and etc, now behaves like the RSS Ticker Screen--Adding a Nice blue color when touched, to indicate it has been...
-Also my "Blue-Wave" Mod with "New Events" is in there too
-New, easier to look at StandbyView format... I like it lots Matches what the boot animation looks like, which i always loved
-In Ticker Music View, the Song name now scrolls when it is too big! Nice little touch *Will not scroll when the music is paused, and you then skip songs, and after for the first song after minimizing the "MusicPlayer" app... (Because you should've already of seen the full title!)
-Quick Launch Menu! Hold down the "Ticker History Button" from anywhere (*as long as Ticker Music Screen isn't active with Music Playing) to launch the Quick Launch Menu! These icons provide an easy way to get to your favorite, predetermined (Sorry, ) programs.. Pressing the Close button will do just that
-Standby Screen! Have you ever been in your room, dark as could be, with "Screen Filter" on to lower the brightness of the screen, but then you notice that the ticker is not affected, and your eyes begin to water ? Maybe it's not that extreme, but if you hold down the close button revealed after holding down the Ticker History Button, you are greeted with a black screen with some clickable gentle-to-look at text. Clicking the text will bring you back to the normal screen!
- Completely Redone "Return to Call" Mod is included! Now includes four buttons, Return To, Mute, Speaker, and End the Call Buttons are completely working, with notification light indicating that they are on! This took me a longggg timeee to do, a project that has been going on for at least a year, on and off... It took so long, because I had to completely incorporate the speaker and mute buttons into the phone, because what if you push the speaker button from the status bar, and not the ticker? Everything needed to be linked... I edited Phone.apk, framework.jar, framework-res, and services.jar in order to get it to work perfectly, like it does today
Screenshots:
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[EC07][OLD Source]: http://www.mediafire.com/?lot44ehvzukaif2

Better send me patch files cause its goin in ics!
Love ya buddy
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any chance you can make the clock on the Ticker centered? Always bugged me to see it off-center right above the Samsung logo that is nicely centered, especially when the ticker history button and weather buttons are removed.

Yeah, I could do that probably
Just because you don't have any new messages, missed calls, emails, voicemails, or IMs doesn't mean the icons in the Missed Notification Screen should go to waste Why not make it so tapping them opens up their respective apps anyways, making a quick, convenient shortcut Oh, and the Voicemail icon is remapped to Google Voice
-Coming Soon -
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I think I love you <3

Making the ticker better, one step at a time Should have time to upload this finally tonight! It's been done for forever, just never took it out of beta
Edit: The pictures don't represent the final product... I got rid of the blue background, and made it long click... Also, I made the weather icon long click too!
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Can't wait!
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Can't wait!
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Ditto
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Finally released, download, comment, etc etc!

Nice to see you finally put this out!!!! Going to download and comment in a few!
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Works flawlessy! Nice work...

yay just in time for me to piss off homework and intergrate
i didnt want to sleep tonight
Thanks TB101!
Edit: Well that didnt take long... just got done patching it in
looks great! went back to original WB icons until i make up my mind on ones that blend better
thanks again trailblazer101! made it real easy to patch!

Just released by New Package, with lots of new features!

trailblazer101 said:
Just released by New Package, with lots of new features!
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Link up! Yay. Thanks tb

It should be working noww

trailblazer101 said:
It should be working noww
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its working. and looks great!
would def love to incorp to theme files.
Patch? was edits done to all system apks and jars? i see they were all created today?
just would like to know so i know theme your mod or patch mod my theme?
glad to see ya back around!

Hey, will this work for Ec09? I just ROMmed to that and used ciscogee's blue theme with this. Will the ticker mod work? and can you message me the link?

angryuserwhosephonehates. said:
Hey, will this work for Ec09? I just ROMmed to that and used ciscogee's blue theme with this. Will the ticker mod work? and can you message me the link?
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if you use my eco9 deodex and one of my themes and flash this over it. it will work but major theme will be stock cause this mod is written to stock apks
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Don't flash this on EC09! Lol There are subtle differences in the framework and elsewhere, that I can't guarantee compatibility, at least not in the long run
I'll release my ported version tonight maybe xD I am just getting.... Bleh.... From having to support everything
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Would a small donation motivate you? Lol
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Does anyone like this? Ticker Weather Icon/Analog Clock

Had the idea this morning, and managed to get it looking/working perfectly the same day Let me know if you like it, and I'll pass it out...
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I'm not using twlauncher, so it won't really "fit" with my set up, BUT, that's pretty freaking impressive! Awesome work!
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its nice!!!!!
love the options as always and how u have ticker mods in tsm.
OT question?
i manage to make stausbar dissappear when editting the wrong things lol, so i was wondering what all would we be able to mod in the soft key area? like could we use that 142x400 line or what not to show statusbar? and use rss button realistate to call on softkeys in ticker for a slightly bigger screen.
just thought of if at 4am while working on zimage repacking all night
Or maybe set search as expand statusbar.
What do you think buddy?

ciscogee said:
its nice!!!!!
love the options as always and how u have ticker mods in tsm.
OT question?
i manage to make stausbar dissappear when editting the wrong things lol, so i was wondering what all would we be able to mod in the soft key area? like could we use that 142x400 line or what not to show statusbar? and use rss button realistate to call on softkeys in ticker for a slightly bigger screen.
just thought of if at 4am while working on zimage repacking all night
Or maybe set search as expand statusbar.
What do you think buddy?
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Well, I have been trying to modify the softkey area for a while now.. What I personally wanted to do was allow rotating of the softkey icons What I saw when trying to do that though was the kernel and services.jar working together to display the softkeys/set their functions...
To answer your question, kinda, I will throw out my thoughts. 1) Because of the "gray screen overlay" overtop of the softkey area, it'll make the statusbar 'dulled' down, which would probably turn everyone off (including me )... 2) If we did manage to move it down there, there would be the ultimate problem of 'expanding' it then, since the softkey/main/ticker screens are all declared as separate screens, and moving in between them in one swoop isn't really possible. 3) The code to display the notification bar is within framework-res, while the code to display the softkeys is within the kernel/services... So being able to swap the functions from the notification down to the softkey area won't be (easily) possible...
But, your last comment might just be do-able... Actually, what would be even more doable would be having a 'button' in the ticker that would 'show/hide' the notification bar... That's because the functions for the softkeys are pre-set at /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl, and I wouldn't know where to start adding a custom one ...
EDIT: are you looking to hide the notification bar on just the homescreen, or everywhere???
EDIT EDIT: I came up with two adb commands for implementing hiding/showing the statusbar EVERYWHERE... Looking to incorporate it now in java...

i kinda figured kernel issues cause of the 3 screen issue.
well ive been messing with repack kernel and got one repacked with su and busy box and actually turn boot ani off, (for quickboot). looking to add init.d as soon as i revert back to stock to test rooted kernel and get statusbar back.
since i havent had a statusbar for a couple days i was enjoying the bigger screen and thinking of a statusbar button (pulldown), or what not
any and evrything (discussion etc) is appreciated.

Wait, you successfully compiled a kernel for gingerbread? Or you just modded what we had?!
And I managed to make an app that will turn on/off the statusbar everywhere for our phone, and I managed to take the code and get it work inside the ticker... However, what would you like the 'activation' method be? Getting rid of the 'Ticker History Button' function, and instead setting it as the source for enabling/disabling the statusbar? Or a button somewhere in the ticker, (like where the sleep mode usually is), that does it?
Or has this side-tracked into something you aren't interested in, hahah

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Wait, you successfully compiled a kernel for gingerbread? Or you just modded what we had?!
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Nope not compiled, just a repack. when i resumed my vmware the date was november 2nd lol. dont have that much time to get back into trying to compile. wish i did.
And I managed to make an app that will turn on/off the statusbar everywhere for our phone, and I managed to take the code and get it work inside the ticker... However, what would you like the 'activation' method be? Getting rid of the 'Ticker History Button' function, and instead setting it as the source for enabling/disabling the statusbar? Or a button somewhere in the ticker, (like where the sleep mode usually is), that does it?
Or has this side-tracked into something you aren't interested in, hahah
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thats awesome. definitely replace the rss button. just needs a jelly bean notification img and a triple tap? fuction? ...well i guess accidently pressing the statusbar on/off aint too bad

ciscogee said:
Nope not compiled, just a repack. when i resumed my vmware the date was november 2nd lol. dont have that much time to get back into trying to compile. wish i did.
thats awesome. definitely replace the rss button. just needs a jelly bean notification img and a triple tap? fuction? ...well i guess accidently pressing the statusbar on/off aint too bad
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I can add the triple tap function no problem, but you gotta pick out the icon you want, haha.. You can either have just one image, or two, either works for me!
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Awesome. Had to start from stock again.... it sucks when I had a great hacked kernel, then I didn't back it up before I hackeed another zimage in the same folder to replace it

[APP][4.0+] Around The World - Simple, elegant World Clocks application

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A clean and simple world clocks app.
- 578 Time zones to choose from
- Widget
- Colors
- Date calculator
- Days until
- Duration calculator
- Time converter
- Time zone converter
- Weekday calculator
- Week number calculator
Lite version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fluffydelusions.app.worldclock
Pro version (no ads):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fluffydelusions.app.worldclockpro

BTW, any requests feel free to ask

So to anyone using it would you like an option rather than to display date you could also choose from something like "Today, 5 hours ahead" ?

Also thoughts about something like this for displaying time rather than traditional numbers?

New update:
Added a date preference in settings where rather than show date next to time it will display as something like Today, yesterday, tomorrow and hours behind/ahead. See screenshot:

New update:
- Date calculator
- Days until
- Duration calculator
- Time converter
- Weekday calculator

Will give it a try and then give you some feedback.

GerManiac said:
Will give it a try and then give you some feedback.
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Thanks! Hope you like it

I like it.
And here is my first impression.
Simple and easy use, which is good.
First time starting, it takes a bit for the "processing", maybe you want to consider renaming that to something like "Initialising first use or start or ..." this way a user won't get impatient nor wonders if that will now happen everytime.
I like that it asks to choose a color for the picked city, that is good, maybe you can also add custom color at some point.
Also I would rename "duration calculation" to "days since".
The widget is cool since it switches from city to city. Maybe later you can add custom duration times.
One thing about the widget is that the text is small compared to widget size.
At some point I would also add a dark theme.
So I hope you like my review/thoughts/impressions.
All in all is this a great app, especially for people travelling allot or who have work with people in different time zones.
Will continue using it and keep you posted on my impressions.

GerManiac said:
I like it.
And here is my first impression.
Simple and easy use, which is good.
First time starting, it takes a bit for the "processing", maybe you want to consider renaming that to something like "Initialising first use or start or ..." this way a user won't get impatient nor wonders if that will now happen everytime.
I like that it asks to choose a color for the picked city, that is good, maybe you can also add custom color at some point.
Also I would rename "duration calculation" to "days since".
The widget is cool since it switches from city to city. Maybe later you can add custom duration times.
One thing about the widget is that the text is small compared to widget size.
At some point I would also add a dark theme.
So I hope you like my review/thoughts/impressions.
All in all is this a great app, especially for people travelling allot or who have work with people in different time zones.
Will continue using it and keep you posted on my impressions.
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Thanks, glad you like. Yeah you are probably right about changing that to something like Initializing database. Definitely want to do a dark theme and add more widgets too!

Updated with time zone converter

BTW, anyone think of some useful tools I can add?

Updated with a week number calculator. Enter a week number and year and get back the start date

Update:
I've added a pin local time option in settings. With this you can pin current local time to the top of the list or set your own time zone and use that instead.

Hi,
This looks interesting, thanks for all the work so far, but would you be able to provide some screenshots of the widgets in action? I would only ever use the widget, I'd probably never use the actual app other than the initial set up... (though it does look really nice!)

sg1969 said:
Hi,
This looks interesting, thanks for all the work so far, but would you be able to provide some screenshots of the widgets in action? I would only ever use the widget, I'd probably never use the actual app other than the initial set up... (though it does look really nice!)
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Yeah, the widget atm currently rotates through all the cities you have set inside the app

plbelanger said:
Yeah, the widget atm currently rotates through all the cities you have set inside the app
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Thanks, I've installed it but for some reason I cannot resize the widget down, seems it can't go smaller than 2 rows. Is this by design, or a bug, or just a problem on my phone? I'm using Xperia home launcher, with an xposed mod to set the grid to 6x5, and allows me to resize any widget to any size - and it's working fine with other widgets, I can make them anywhere between 1x1 and 6x5 without problems.

sg1969 said:
Thanks, I've installed it but for some reason I cannot resize the widget down, seems it can't go smaller than 2 rows. Is this by design, or a bug, or just a problem on my phone? I'm using Xperia home launcher, with an xposed mod to set the grid to 6x5, and allows me to resize any widget to any size - and it's working fine with other widgets, I can make them anywhere between 1x1 and 6x5 without problems.
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Yeah that is how it is for now. Shouldn't be a problem in an update though to allow resizing

Would anyone using the app find any of the tools on this page useful?
http://www.epochconverter.com/

New update, filling a couple of requests:
Tools>Seconds to days,hours,minutes,seconds
Change color from main screen rather than recreating a clock