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Honeycomb SDK preview out!

Google just posted on the android dev blog, a sdk preview for honeycomb is out!
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/01/android-30-platform-preview-and-updated.html
I'm downloading now to give it a go!

Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?

footboydog said:
Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?
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I tried figuring it out but couldn't, must be a feature.

Yeah, same here. Emulator is REALLY slow. I mean I expected it to be maybe a little slower than previous versions, but holy crap. My computer is by no means the best out there, but it certainly isn't slow. You can barely even tell what's going on when you do something.

footboydog said:
Just fired up the emulator. Its dog slow and its stuck in portrait mode on its side! Does anyone know how to get it into landscape mode?
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try Numpad 9 and 7

NoEnd said:
try Numpad 9 and 7
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Or Ctrl+F11 / Ctrl+F12

Yea I had to google search how to change orientation, with numlock OFF, numpad 7 or 9.
And yea the emulator is super super slow.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of widgets in there, or new apps etc.
I know honeycomb is meant to be 'built from the ground up' for tablets, but to me it just seems like a tablet themed front end (launcher and app drawer). I manged to crash the launcher and then I saw the standard android notification bar etc.
As a side note, if honeycomb is going to be released in a few weeks with the Xoom, maybe google is skipping gingerbread on the nexus 1 and going straight to honeycomb?

athornz said:
Yea I had to google search how to change orientation, with numlock OFF, numpad 7 or 9.
And yea the emulator is super super slow.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of widgets in there, or new apps etc.
I know honeycomb is meant to be 'built from the ground up' for tablets, but to me it just seems like a tablet themed front end (launcher and app drawer). I manged to crash the launcher and then I saw the standard android notification bar etc.
As a side note, if honeycomb is going to be released in a few weeks with the Xoom, maybe google is skipping gingerbread on the nexus 1 and going straight to honeycomb?
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Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4

I tried the usual emu shortcuts (Numpad 7 and 9, Ctrl F11 and F12) but they just switch the window orientation, not the Android UI. If the window goes into portrait mode its slightly too tall for my monitor (1920x1200 res). If the window is in landscape mode the UI remains in portrait so its sideways on (if you see what I mean).

cainhunpi said:
Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4
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And you got your Information from...?
Some Android guy confirmed, that Honeycomb isn't Tablet exclusive.
And it also says that 3.0 is specifically optimized for Tablets but NOT that it's Tablet-exclusive! http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html

cainhunpi said:
Its not going to work like that. Tablets are going 3.x route
and phones are going to stay 2.x
So the next phone release will be 2.4
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According to the interview with Matias Duarte and Engadget, Honeycomb will be optimized for both phone and tablet sized hardware.

In the Engadget interview with the android UI guy, I can't remember exactly what he said, but he hinted that honeycomb is not exclusively for tablets, just what we have seen of it so far is.
I think the phone version of honeycomb will just be like the gingerbread UI with the new apis and features of honeycomb

It is stuck in portrait mode for me too. Ctrl-f11 switches the window layout but the android inside is still portrait...

Apparently you need to go into settings and turn off automatic orientation

Anyone having luck with getting it to run?

So how long before we see the camera app extracted and running on our phones?

Emulator is horrendesly slow. I know it's a preview sdk but urg...

The launcher keeps crashing for me, it worked one but wanted to change resolution so closed it

I think the launcher only works at the default resolution.
I changed the scale when you launch the avd to fit it on my screen

What is new for honeycomb? Sorry if I sound like a noob
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Quick question

I like how some roms like the vegan tab and the honeycomb roms have a bar at the bottom with the back button home button and menu. How can i install that for other roms that dont have something like that? Can anyone help me out thanks!

tinee70 said:
I like how some roms like the vegan tab and the honeycomb roms have a bar at the bottom with the back button home button and menu. How can i install that for other roms that dont have something like that? Can anyone help me out thanks!
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Vegan, if you're speaking of the Froyo one, uses VTL Launcher as it's default home launcher.
Honeycomb, it's pretty much a built in kind of thing.
VTL is a launcher adapted by the Vegantabs team to provide a froyo and GB launcher that was moer "tablet friendly" you know, putting a dock at the bottom of a landscaped screen. It's an adaptation of ADW launcher. Go to the Vegan Tab Devs website to download it for free, for XDA mambers.
It's not bad, but I prefer Launcherpro, myself.

Or you could just actually use a honeycomb rom. Honestly on flashback for a week now i haven't found a reason not to use it. Every single thin/ i use on this tablet works fine just so long as you use opera(which has actually kind of grown on me). Just make sure you use the disable capacative buttons because that can get annoying.
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bobthesalesclerk said:
Or you could just actually use a honeycomb rom. Honestly on flashback for a week now i haven't found a reason not to use it. Every single thin/ i use on this tablet works fine just so long as you use opera(which has actually kind of grown on me). Just make sure you use the disable capacative buttons because that can get annoying.
Sent from my flashback 8.1 honeycomb gtablet
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Do the THD games work normally? Hi-def graphics and all?

Button savior in the market will also do the trick on most any rom.

kieso said:
Do the THD games work normally? Hi-def graphics and all?
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They did for me when I was on flashback, Gtabcomb, or Illuminate.
Hardware acceleration doesn't really effect 3d graphics rendering like you think it would
My advice, do a titanium backup of your apps, flash an HC rom, test what you want, then eitherkeit, or revert back to whatever you were already on.

thanks guys

[Q] Help with wallpaper

Hey there,
maybe it would sound a little bit stupid, but i have wandering around and cant find anything about it. the thing is: I have an HTC Inspire, and it used to come with android Fro Yo, so when i selected a wallpaper it was the kind one that moves when you swipe from window to window and it was nice... then i changed my rom for a RCMIX with android gingerbread and then the options with wallpaper changed and it only allows you to put a steady wallpaper in portrait mode. but my brother bought a new samsung galaxy with gingerbread too, and when he wants to change his wallpaper, it asks him wheter he wants it to be landscape or portrait mode... i really want thins function on my cellphone... is there any rom with an android version that allows you to do that???? please helppppp!!!!!

skotosome said:
Hey there,
maybe it would sound a little bit stupid, but i have wandering around and cant find anything about it. the thing is: I have an HTC Inspire, and it used to come with android Fro Yo, so when i selected a wallpaper it was the kind one that moves when you swipe from window to window and it was nice... then i changed my rom for a RCMIX with android gingerbread and then the options with wallpaper changed and it only allows you to put a steady wallpaper in portrait mode. but my brother bought a new samsung galaxy with gingerbread too, and when he wants to change his wallpaper, it asks him wheter he wants it to be landscape or portrait mode... i really want thins function on my cellphone... is there any rom with an android version that allows you to do that???? please helppppp!!!!!
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Yes.
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Sense 2.1, what your phone came with, had scrolling wallpaper in froyo and gingerbread. The Sense 3.0 roms I used (gb), did not. In aosp/aokp that feature will depend on your launcher.
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well... it just seems that all samsung devices have both options! it just amazes me that you can´t do it in this roms!!! it should be an option!

It doesn't always work on those Samsung. I know the Note was having serious issues with scrolling wallpaper. Any Android phone can give you this option. If you insist on running Sense, you will be limited to the features of whichever version you use.
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[REQ][MOD] TouchWiz Landscape

Can Someone mod the touchwiz launcher to run in landscape mode ? Or at least point me in the right direction to attempt it myself ?
I use my note in landscape a lot, But whenever i leave an app it goes back to the homescreen and reverts to portrait mode and i have to turn the phone on its side again.
Surely im not alone on this one ?
Thanks.
A-D

Touchwiz 4.5 on Galaxy note
Ummm why don't u try the Touchwi 4.5 ,,,it already has landscape support?

Well, Im using the touchwiz launcher from the SGS3, I think its TW 5 ??
The TW i used before that didnt have alphabetical app sorting and i didnt like the icon dock. Im fussy I know
I guess I will revert to it if i cant get a solution, Ive tried apps on the market that force in into landscape but it cuts out half the screen and looks a mess.

azzledazzle said:
Well, Im using the touchwiz launcher from the SGS3, I think its TW 5 ??
The TW i used before that didnt have alphabetical app sorting and i didnt like the icon dock. Im fussy I know
I guess I will revert to it if i cant get a solution, Ive tried apps on the market that force in into landscape but it cuts out half the screen and looks a mess.
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You can use "Appzorter" from play store to sort the apps, in case you revert. No idea about landscape though..
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ParanoidAndroid v0.3 using XDA Premium. xD

i tried landscape locker, and it works partially, because sometimes goes without notice to portrait mode... the only solution its to modify the touchwiz to get a fully landscape experience...

Someobe knows howbto mod the touchwiz to gain landscape mode
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Request for Phone UI

Like many people, I like to use the note10.1 in portrait mode( most of the time )
In most of the phone devices, its possible to enable tablet mode by changing build.ro or other ways
However in tablets there is no way that I know of to enable the phone UI
Any developer willing to help with getting phone UI in our note 10.1
This would put the status bar on top and more notifications can be seen.
Thanks in advance
AP
PS: In android 5 the default UI is going to be this phone UI and in Ipad too... So I am not the only person who thinks this UI might actually be better

You meant unlike many..because i bought me a tablet not a phone if i wanted phone ui i would have got one.. also you could try a CM based Rom.. some can be used in phone mode..But ill look into the phone mode on a stock based rom later.. .. and this is in the wrong section.. needs to be in Q&A

txtmikhail said:
You meant unlike many..because i bought me a tablet not a phone if i wanted phone ui i would have got one.. also you could try a CM based Rom.. some can be used in phone mode..But ill look into the phone mode on a stock based rom later.. .. and this is in the wrong section.. needs to be in Q&A
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Unfortunately there is no phone that has a screen size of 10.1 inch and has pen input
ASOP based have phone UI but then I miss the whole reason of getting galaxy note which is many pen features and TW features.
Thanks for looking into it. Hopefully someone can crack this

The Note 10.1 is using 160 dpi which correspond to tablet UI. If you want phablet or phone UI then change your density to 178 or higher. Install build prop editor in Play Store and change ro.sf.lcd_density from 160 to at least 178. You could try higher values. Then add another property qemu.hw.mainkeys with value 0. Reboot and see if it works.
aalupatti said:
Like many people, I like to use the note10.1 in portrait mode( most of the time )
In most of the phone devices, its possible to enable tablet mode by changing build.ro or other ways
However in tablets there is no way that I know of to enable the phone UI
Any developer willing to help with getting phone UI in our note 10.1
This would put the status bar on top and more notifications can be seen.
Thanks in advance
AP
PS: In android 5 the default UI is going to be this phone UI and in Ipad too... So I am not the only person who thinks this UI might actually be better
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aalupatti said:
Like many people, I like to use the note10.1 in portrait mode( most of the time )
In most of the phone devices, its possible to enable tablet mode by changing build.ro or other ways
However in tablets there is no way that I know of to enable the phone UI
Any developer willing to help with getting phone UI in our note 10.1
This would put the status bar on top and more notifications can be seen.
Thanks in advance
AP
PS: In android 5 the default UI is going to be this phone UI and in Ipad too... So I am not the only person who thinks this UI might actually be better
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I think Apex Launcher has a phone UI mode. You can try different launchers on the market until u find one.

Ok so I tried phone and phablet mode but keep getting systemui errors.. I have to look into it some more but for now its not gonna work..
Sent From Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [N8013]

cyanoxide said:
The Note 10.1 is using 160 dpi which correspond to tablet UI. If you want phablet or phone UI then change your density to 178 or higher. Install build prop editor in Play Store and change ro.sf.lcd_density from 160 to at least 178. You could try higher values. Then add another property qemu.hw.mainkeys with value 0. Reboot and see if it works.
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I tried that to befote but did not work. It would have been easy that way but seems more complicated.
Justinchi said:
I think Apex Launcher has a phone UI mode. You can try different launchers on the market until u find one.
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nope its not that easy
txtmikhail said:
Ok so I tried phone and phablet mode but keep getting systemui errors.. I have to look into it some more but for now its not gonna work..
Sent From Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [N8013]
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Thaks once again
Sent from my GT-N8013

@txtmikhail any updates ?

I love the phablet mode of my nexus much better then the tablet mode. Love the dual notification thing at the top. But with touchwiz on the note it would not be good idea messing with frame work. Will cause more issues then benefits.

Same issue I have wifi only but want to use built in sip stack and phone and contacts to make sip Calls....why don't they allow this.
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