I've always been annoyed by search widgets taking me away from my beloved home screen to open an app instead of simply popping up a keyboard for me, allowing me to write directly my search query, like the iPhone -I don't care if you're a fan boy or if you hate it, I like that feature, deal with it.
After trying a few widgets, I noticed that all of them insisted on launching a separate app, which obviously means two things: no cool transparency/blur effects were used, and (as a result) my wallpaper went bye-bye every time I decided to search for something.
Anyway, long story short, I decided to give a shot at making a simple widget, just the way I want it, using Zoom and Tasker. And what started as a simple input-your-text-then-click-"Go"-to-launch-the-search-app-with-your-query grew. It grew to the point that I can now present you people with an acceptable build-it-yourself! (almost) fully functional widget.
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Grab the full tutorial: View attachment 1324497.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Please read the tutorial before asking questions.
Project download: View attachment Dialer.prj.rar
Extract it, then import Dialer.prj.xml into Tasker.
You'll still need to manually re-add the pictures/icons used in the scenes.
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Really very helpful tutorial. Never been worked with widget and tasker. This tutorial helps a lot! Will try this weekend and let you know!!
Added a download link, so you can quickly import it to Tasker. You'll still need to manually re-add the pictures/icons used in the scenes.
First of all thanks for writing this wonderful tutorial and giving the profile. I imported it and did everything using the tutorial but, when i dial a number it doesn't show up anything. I hope you can help
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Actually I am trying to implement a very simple profile, which intercepts all outgoing calls to carry out an action (HTTP post) using the dialed number instead of actually dialing it using the phone but using simple profile it doesn't work as the variable %CONUM update is fishy (sometimes it works, mostly doesn't). I hope using your profile I can get the problem solved.
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Hey Everyone,
Just wondering what everyone is using as there Dialer??
The Stock one is quite sad considering that you have to click like a few times to call someone...
Is there a application out there that displays all your contacts and you just have to press once on the name to dial?? ( Not like MeContacts that only displays so many for speed dialing)
I was looking at Dialer one but can't seem to download it...seems discontinued or something...
Please give your preference and if you can, why you chose it.
Thank you all for your input.
Chad
check out superdial
There is 2 in the market place at the moment,
1 that is a paid version but says it's for chinese users but we can use it still and the 2nd one has bugs in it and isn't being continued?
B1AcK kN1GhT said:
Hey Everyone,
Just wondering what everyone is using as there Dialer??
The Stock one is quite sad considering that you have to click like a few times to call someone...
Chad
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me too looking for something like this , checked superdial, not so impressive though.
Check out Youlu. A number of Android sites have recommended it. I just installed it, and though it could use more options (such as disabling dial-sounds, and hiding of email-only contacts), it looks nice.
wow this is actually better than atakephone, i kinda regret paying for it now!
I always had hard time searching contacts to dial.
I used modified acontacts on my donuts. But im now using Dialer One.
It have call log, dialer. contacts at once. easy to use. and its Free
Try it
Link
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Thank you all for your inputs and links
Going to try Youlu and Dialer one out right now and see which one I like better!
Another vote for Superdial. I've been using it for a few months now, can't live without it. It's definitely one of the best dialers out there.
My main concern is having quick and easy access to contacts without having to click through 17 menus to get to them. I simply start spelling the name of the contact and it appears, tap their name and it's calling. Takes a mere 2 seconds before I'm calling the person I want.
OK so this is a sort of experimental app that needs some testers. It's not in play yet but the apk is attached to the bottom of the OP. I'm just curious how many people would find something like this useful and wonder if I should carry on making it or just abandon it. Basically the app works as a sort of shortcut for frequently typed phrases or whatever that you may constantly type out that you may not want to. So you create a keyword and a string of text associated with that keyword. You can now cycle through keywords via the widget or the app itself and click on the keyword and have the associated text copied to clipboard for easy pasting wherever you may want
widget usage:
- Click left/right arrows to cycle database
- Click keyword/string to copy to clipboard
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APK:
http://ompldr.org/vaTJyMg/hotstrings.apk
Would you mind explaining it a little better?
[Sry my native language isn't english]
I didn't get it. What exactly does it do?
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http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotstrings.htm
That link will give you an idea of what they are. I think what needs to happen for this to be worthwhile is a needs a custom kb to work with since you are unable to interact with these keywords in other apps(hence the clipboard). With a keyboard I could have a keyword for a really long bit of a text and I just type the keyword out and it will autoreplace with the associating string saving you time.
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[Sry my native language isn't english]
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Basically, you create short texts that expand to the full phrase/sentence you like. The only similar app I found was https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agileapps.autocorrecteditor&feature=search_result which has fairly negative reviews and still has 500-1000 downloads. I expect this is about the size of audience the hotstrings app would get, perhaps slightly more if it is rated more positively.
Hi I know this is old but I'm looking for something like this! I had this option on my iPhone way back when, it's the only thing I miss about it. I use the Swype keyboard so I don't know if that will conflict with your app but it's worth a shot! The link seems to be down, is there any way I could get this apk to try out?
Hi there!! I am currently studying software engineering and as a grad thesis I have developed an android application to browse a movie, series and actors/directors database. You may think, what´s the difference with IMDB or Wikipedia?? Well, this app has two big differences: it´s lite and it has offline functionality.
It´s lite because it only brings the absolutely needed information everytime you search something. For every movie, series or person you search it only downloads about 20kb or 30kb plus its image, which can be disabled or limited to wifi.
It´s offline because not only saves the articles that you have searched but it also synchronize with a server and authomatically downloads articles searched by other users. This way, you can access them offline later. This sync also doesn´t spend network data as it can be configured only for wifi use or it can be disabled.
For those interested, I tell you how it works. The info is taken from a Google´s Freebase API and, as it looks for articles it creates documents for a local NoSQL CouchDB database that syncs with a server. It´s a very shallow explanation but I don´t want to bore everybody. However, I will gladly explain it in a more detailed way to anyone who wants.
I attach some pics and and you can look for this in the play store ( i cand post links ) :
Lite Movie Database
To sum it up, thanks to everybody that read up to here. I hope some of you are interested in the app, and those who don´t, if you just wanna download it and use it a bit , would be really helpful .
Thank you!!!!!
Play store link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tesis.localfilmdatabase
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ICon!!
Thank you jdstrydom!!!!
It is called Lite Movie Database and has this icon:
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Thank you jdstrydom!!!!
It is called Lite Movie Database and has this icon:
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Pleasure
Sent you a pm.
Works really well and fast too. Just what I have been looking for. Had one fc when clicking on a cast member link, but second time around it was fine.
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Looks good. I'll give it a try for sure
Can't find it...
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Yes it's an old thread
There is always something memorable in our life. MixNote is a simple and safe note app to help us do the record thing.
As its name says, MixNote can take note with many ways to mix all your notes in one app.
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How to start?
Open MixNote, click “+” to create a note.
There are four icons at the bottom: camera, picture, to-do and voice. So you can add pictures by taking photo or from the gallery directly, create to-do list and record voice.
MixNote supports tags. Click the tag icon to add tags. These tags are shown in the left menu of the app. When you want to view all notes in the same catalog, just to find the tag, such as travel, recipes, diary, etc.
Talking about the diary, it’s a very private thing. If you don’t want other people to view a note, MixNote can help you lock and hide it. How to make it visible? Just shake you phone in the home page. As for the unlock method, if you want advanced protection, you can select password, pattern or fingerprint lock in the Settings of MixNote.
MixNote has a ToDo widget. You can add it in the home, so you can check the schedule without opening the app.
What’s more
There is a hidden feature with the “+”. That is you can start recording voice by long press it. When you want to start recording quickly, it will be very useful.
When you need to write a memo during a call, such as a phone number or meeting time, you can shake the phone to start recording your voice. No need to find pen and paper.
Did you by any chance forget to give a download link?
Its in the playstore
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Its in the playstore
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I thought every post must contain a link to download a app, be it direct or through the Play Store.
Correct me if I am wrong
Probably OP forgot to post the link. Here is the link to play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.mixnote
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