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[APP] Pubtran London 0.1

Hi, I just released a London public transit journey planner app - Pubtran London. You'll find it on the Market. Can you try it and give some feedback?
FEATURES
Intelligent autocomplete with all London stops / stations
Easy to use and neat interface
...more coming later, this is the first version
This is based on my "Pubtran" app (journey planner for Czech Republic, #4 top rated on appbrain.com). I want to create versions for more cities / countries in the future, if you are a developer willing to cooperate on this, please let me know. I'm working on making it really easy for developers to add support for other public transit networks.

Hi there,
Just installed the program. I am guessing the lack of stations is because it is still in beta.
I like the interface, simple is nice.
However, I get constant FC on my Samsung Galaxy i9000. So i cannot fully test the program .

@benG1
Thanks for trying it! What stations are missing and when do you get the FCs? I know that when you enter a station that is not in the autocomplete list, it usually crashes.
I will fix that obviously but I think that users would rarely enter the whole station manually - they would select it from the autocomplete (if it's there of course).
BTW are you from London?

Oh wait my bad. All stations are there. Just only the stations beginning with a are shown in dropdown box with no input into search box which is what confused me.
Fc's when i click find journey...
And yes i am from London but in newcastle at the moment.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

The newest version from the Market should fix some crashing issues.
But there is still one bug - it crashes when you enter stop name that contains apostrophe (').
I was asking if you are from London to find out if nearest stop suggestions are working but now I know it doesn't...

Just downloaded the new one.
For some reason, even though I am in Newcastle it gave me my 2 nearest stations back home... whether or not that is because I put in my station last time.
But gave me the correct route, just some buses came up as D...what does that mean? Rail replacement?
Otherwise, gives good routes and such. Looking good, potential app for me to use at home

The stops are sorted based on several factors - previous use, time of previous use, importance (tube stations are more importnt than bus stops) and geo distance. So the 2 were suggested because you used them previously.
What is bus D - I don't know too , probably replacement.

Looking good then, just the apostrophe issue and i say good to go! Loving the simplistic theme so please dont change .

Simplicity is one of my top priorities, so you don't need to worry
But I guess it'll take some time before final release is ready - there are still some minor issues and I want to add some features (search options, add to calendar etc).

Definitely has more stations than any other existing app on the market.
The interface is very simple, which I like, but it takes time to realise what means what. I mean like how the transfers are marked, etc. Maybe you could include some help with the app or starting overview.
And the only visual bug I've noticed on my Nexus One is that if the station name is too long, it goes under delete button and looks a bit messy. I think the button should have a white background, so that it hides text under it.

@Karolis
How should I modify (or completely change) the results to be more understandable? Also please have a look here: hhttp://ui.stackexchange.com/q/2270/1565
The visual bug - it will be fixed in the final version.
Any other feedback is always welcomed!

(deleted my duplicate post)

I think the results are easy to understand imho.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I don't think you should necessarily change anything. It's just that I was used to some other apps, and it took a good couple looks to get used to this one, but when I did, I just love the simplicity.
What I'd like to see in this app is a bit more advanced planning options, so that I could exclude some modes of transportation. So let's say I want to travel only by bus, I should exclude everything else.

@Karolis
Search options are definitely coming in the future (departure/arrival time, modes of transport - bus/tube/tram/... etc). I'll probably leave the layout unchanged for now.

Nice, but needs more functionality
I like it, but it could do with some more functionality.
Likes:
Nice clean interface
Ability to see the endpoint of transit
Could do with:
Ability to record home and bookmark other destinations
Ability to get geolocation
Transit maps
One of the other London transit apps I use is London Journey, which offers a lot more to me than something like this to be honest.

@adesweb
Ability to record home and bookmark other destinations - I don't think this is needed. The autocomplete dropdown suggests stops that you have used before.
Ability to get geolocation - This is not working for some reason, I can't test that as I'm not from London...
Transit maps - I will add that sometimes.
London Journey app - I hope my app will be better eventually

New version on the market:
* Option to choose departure or arrival time
* New icon
* Minor visual changes
* Nearest stops suggestions should work now
* Improved stops list
* Fixed crash with stops, that contain apostrophe
What should be in the next release?

Downloaded the new version.
Not a fan of the new icon, but minor details.
Like the new journey interface, looks nice and still easy to read. Apostrophe crash sorted on my phone too.
Next release, choose bus or train, direct route/fastest route/less congested route etc? Dont go through station or dont use certain transport ^_^

Try version 1.0 from the Market. What's new:
* Advanced search options
* Route details with traffic disruptions
* New icon (again)
* Visual changes
* All National Rail stations in the UK included
* You can enter postcodes as departure / arrival
I think it's the best app for journey planning now
Any feedback is appreciated.

[TUT] Tasker | The Ultimate (over-informative & annoying) Alarm Clock V3|With Snooze!

[TUT] Tasker | The Ultimate (over-informative & annoying) Alarm Clock V3|With Snooze!
I had a look at the alarm clock on the Tasker wiki and decided to update it with screen actions for snooze. When I was done, I felt that something was missing... so I added a couple of things, then a few more and then a few more….
First install
Download the .zip file below.
In menu options/profile data 'Import One Task':
AlarmAPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmDayHoro.tsk.xml
AlarmInfo.tsk.xml
AlarmMQoTD.tsk.xml
AlarmNewsHeadlines.tsk.xml
AlarmNGPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmNPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmReset.tsk.xml
AlarmSnooze.tsk.xml
AlarmSnoozeMaths.tsk.xml
AlarmSnoozeTime.tsk.xml
AlarmUPSMaths.tsk.xml
VariableClear
AlarmHTTPCheck (added in V2)
In menu options/profile data 'Import One Profile':
AlarmClock
In a file explorer, navigate to /sdcard/Tasker and within this folder, create the following three folders:
APOTD
NPOTD
NGPOTD
In Tasker, click ‘Tasks’ and select AlarmReset. Click on ‘Test’ within the task to set up the initial variables.
Select the task Alarm. Edit action #11 and choose the alarm sound you wish.
Turn your screen lock off and adjust your screen-time-out to 5 minutes (just for testing).
Make sure you have an active wifi (or mobile data, but profile is data intensive) connection.
Click on the time in the profile AlarmClock and press now, add one minute to each time, click done, click apply… and off we go...
Hit 'snooze' when each speech action has finished.
New to Tasker? Download the free trial here

Disclaimer
Should this alarm fail, not wake you up, you lose your job, followed by your house and wife, please note that compensation claims will only be payable by cheque and may take up to 400 years to process <- You know what I’m sayin
Theory
Q) Do you honestly think I’m ever going to use this? You seriously need to get out more.
A) Well maybe? I do!
I did give some thought to what I’d like to wake up to every morning, but unfortunately Tasker can’t perform that… So, I decided to go a little OTT and make this alarm useful for plenty of Tasker Tips and Tricks.
I separated out all of the tasks so you can easily see what I’ve done. They are then available for you to use or amalgamate into other profiles you have or wish to create. How nice am I…? Let’s take a look at them:
Alarm
This task is first to kick off and controls the flow of what Tasker is going to do. It starts by performing the task AlarmSnoozeMaths (we’ll look at this below) and then encounters its first IF check on the created variable %ALARMCOUNT. Every time you snooze the alarm clock it increases %ALARMCOUNT by 1. When the count is greater than 10, the alarm will stop activating.
As the task continues, it encounters more IF statements for %ALARMCOUNT and performs the action if the IF is true. This way, I was able to create different alarms for different ‘snooze times’. There are four custom speaking alarms and after that, it just plays your selected alarm ringtone.
AlarmSnoozeMaths
This task calculates what the time will be (to display on the screen) when you snooze for 10 minutes. %TIME + 0.10 would have been just so easy wouldn’t it..? But unfortunately when the time is 07:52, telling you your alarm was going to go off at 07:62 was just too untidy. Following the task through, you’ll see how I’ve split the variable %TIME by the ‘.’ and therefore had two variables ‘07’ and ‘52’. From there I add 10 to ‘52’ getting ‘62’. I say that IF it’s greater than 60, minus 60 from it; leaving ‘2’. I then say IF that number is less than 10, join it to ‘:0’, so we end up with ‘:02’. Simples.
The ‘07’ was easier to deal with. IF the above minutes had gone over 60, we would need to add ‘1’ to this number. IF that number was greater than 23, we’d change it to ‘00’.
All the split variables were then joined together and ended up with a more intelligent %STIME.
AlarmSnooze
This is a simple menu task that will pop up on the screen. Pressing one of the two choices will perform the associated tasks. The text you wish to display is in the label field. One performs the task AlarmSnoozeTime which handles the ‘snooze’ and the other performs AlarmReset, which is run when the alarm is turned off. EDIT - Forgot to mention, that if neither button is pressed after 2 minutes, it defaults to 'snooze'.
AlarmSnoozeTime
This firstly ‘shuts-up’ the speech or stops the music. Cancels the notifications and then patiently waits for 10 minutes (or your chosen snooze length) before kicking off the initial Alarm task again.
AlarmReset
Again, this silences and kills notifications before resetting and clearing variables, the most important of which is %ALARMCOUNT to 1, ready for next time it’s to be used. It turns your keyguard back on and stops. EDIT - VariableClear is added to this task by default in V2
AlarmUPSMaths
There is an inbuilt variable %UPS which is the time in seconds since you booted the device (uptime). In the AlarmInfo task, this information is used (amongst many other things!), but having it quote thousands of seconds was just too ugly and really pretty uninformative unless you are a maths genius and even then, first thing in the morning? So, I wanted to change this into hours and minutes. Following the task, you’ll see it starts by dividing %UPS by 3600 to convert it to hours. The result for example of 3.5 does not of course mean 3 hours and 50 minutes; wouldn’t that be easy..? No, the 0.5 = half = 30 minutes. So, by splitting the variable %UPS (which we transferred the created variable %UPMA originally for good house keeping) at the ‘.’ we can deal with the numbers behind the decimal places and convert them to minutes. If it was so simple to be 0.5, then multiplying that number by 60 would give us 30; wouldn’t that be simple..? In the event that it’s actually 0.521331232132131 we need to do something about the getting rid of the 30.121200234423823 (eg) – we do this by again splitting the variable and keeping only what was before decimal point (the whole minutes). Finally we are left with two created variables %UPHR and %UPMIN which are used in the AlarmInfo task for all but a second and therefore was a complete waste of my life – But hey, someone, somewhere, someday will read this when trying to do the same and hit the thanks meter!
AlarmInfo
The first of the information pulling tasks we will run. It grabs the text from the chosen URL in action #1 using an HTTP GET and then starts to extract what it needs – which in this case, is today’s weather forecast. If you’d like to see what information it initially collects and then follow how it’s split, add a file weather.txt under the ‘output file’ field which will store it on your storage card. The task then goes on to speak the weather to you, along with just about everything else that I could find in the Tasker variables for it to tell you! Annoying? Yeah, but that girl’s voice seriously gives me the horn… You? No? Oh...
AlarmMQoTD
Yes, what better to wake up to than a motivational quote!? I’m starting to realise that this profile is really going to make a difference in some of your lives... Ok, so another HTTP GET, followed by a lot of splitting to leave us just the Author and quote itself. This is spoken to you again shortly after by my girlfriend, erm, I mean the speech engine you use...
AlarmDayHoro
How could you possibly consider starting the day without knowing exactly what is going to happen to you by hearing your horoscope!? I know I couldn’t... Again, an HTTP GET, a lot of splitting and that’s what you’re left with.
AlarmNewsHeadlines
This task reads out the recipe of the day for you! Or alternatively, the news headlines as the title would suggest. HTTP GET, splitting, more splitting and job done.
AlarmAPOTD
Alarms are so visual aren’t they? How about some soothing wallpaper from NASA’s astronomy picture of the day – you can admire it whilst you press snooze... Another HTTP GET, but this time we are searching for the image source only and once we’ve dissected it, another HTTP GET grabs the image and Tasker updates your wallpaper with it.
AlarmNPOTD
Same as above, but just NASA’s picture of the day. WHOOP!
AlarmNGPOTD
Same again, but this time National Geographic. %WHOOP2!
AlarmNakedHotGirlOfTheDay
You wish... but if the thanks meter increases sufficiently, I’ll consider it for the next release
VariableClear
The above tasks import a lot of text from the HTTP GET commands. Splitting them increases the amount yet further. This task is not currently instructed to run within any of the other tasks, so either run it manually (open it and press test) or add a ‘perform task’ action into AlarmReset, so it sweeps up for you.
Note: This task is HUGE. Currently (and unfortunately) you cannot join all of the split data together and clear it in one action. I’ve been reliably informed that it will be in the next Tasker update (although that comes a little too late for the 1.5hrs it took me to enter it all manually!) Have you hit the thanks meter yet? Do it again... EDIT - Added to the AlarmReset task as standard in V2
AlarmHTTPCheck (added in V2)
Should part of a triggering task fail, Tasker is currently set up to cease further actions. Having an alarm based on the reliability of your data connectivity is never a good plan, so I had to resolve how to confirm if the HTTPGET had failed and consequently, so had the alarm. There is a built in variable %HTTPR which is the response code, but unfortunately it's not so simple to 'variable check' this in the next action - if the HTTPGET failed, then it would not go to the next action... This needs to be changed within Tasker, but in the mean time the solution was to trigger a separate task.
AlarmHTTPCheck is triggered before the HTTPGET and runs with a lower priority than the calling task to ensure the HTTPGET action is not delayed. It waits 3 seconds, before checking %HTTPR is either a value of 200 or 400 denoting success. The task will cease if this is the case. If it isn't, it will increase the value of %ALARMCOUNT to 5 (+1 will be added in the task Alarm) so all further HTTPGET alarm calls are skipped and only the alarm music is triggered. The disadvantage of this is having less snoozes, but if you are not woken up to your expected informative speech tasks, I'm sure even your sleepy self will realise something is amiss. Sorted?
Credits
Unknown for weather
Unknown for APOD Wallpaper
Daweav for original wiki alarm with snooze
UncleMike for AM/PM variable splits

Customisation
Time – Changed by clicking the profile
Alarm Sound – Changed in the task Alarm, action #11
Star Sign – Change the text gem-in-eye to whatever you want the speech to try and say in action #9 of AlarmDayHoro. Change your star sign in the HTTP GET action #1 in the URL. You will also need to change the sign=# in the splitter as it turns out that each horoscope has a different number too. I'll put a list up of them all shortly, but in the mean time you'll have to look at the URL in a browser and spot your number please - Credit torsrex
Weather – go to this link and type your location in the search box. Click on it and note the code/extension of your local weather station in the URL. Change this in the HTTP GET serverort field – mine is 03534. If you live in the US, you need to add in different information after auto/ical – the blog post #4 here gives you an example
Female – Feel free to rewrite the speech entries so they are flattering to a girl. Or alternatively, call me... and I’ll talk dirty to you, robot-style.
Snooze interval – Change the wait time in AlarmSnoozeTime to the snooze interval you wish. Change the value in AlarmSnoozeMaths, action #3 to display the correct 'snoozing-to-time'.
Pop-up Notifications - You can add your own background by clicking 'tools' in AlarmSnooze.
Change Log
Code:
[B][U]V2[/U][/B]
Added task [B]AlarmHTTPCheck [/B]to ensure alarm didn't fail if a connection or connecting task failed.
Added task [B]VariableClear [/B]to [B]AlarmReset [/B]as standard
Changed collision handling in [B]AlarmSnooze[/B]
Changed task priorities to ensure [B]AlarmSnooze [/B]has a minimal delay at most
Changed task priorities to ensure [B]AlarmSnoozemaths [/B]always completes prior to use in the notification.
[B][U]V3[/U][/B]
* Stupid spelling mistakes in [B]AlarmNGPOTD [/B]& [B]AlarmAPOTD [/B]fixed
* Added day of the week as a context and removed from task [B]Alarm[/B]
Bug/Issue Report
Keyguard/Lockscreen - The keyguard action set off (#3) in the task Alarm has been left in. You’ll need to add Keyguard, set on to action #7 in AlarmReset. Please let me know how your device handles this and what lock you use. I’ll see if I can put something in as standard.
Slow device/internet connection – I’m not sure how your device will handle the multiple HPPT GET actions and if consequently, this will delay other actions such as the %STIME maths.
No/failed data connection – SOLVED in V2
Yahoo News Headlines - Appear to have started adding 'non text' to their headlines since testing... damn.
Development/Requests
NHGoTD currently at request level 1!
If you have a better RSS feed for the above or any requests, please do let me know.
If you adapt this to use your own RSS topics, please do share to save others with the headache of %HTTPD splitting.
FAQ
Q) I like parts of this alarm, but not all of it. How do I change it just to suit me?
A) Instructions are written for you here
Q) I'm using your data sync profiles, can I combine these to start and stop the data connection before and after this task?
A) Absolutely, you can activate the data connection and then use any of the variables such as %WIFIOC or %WIFIORS to turn it off again, or leave it as it was. You could even make it that you only use this alarm when you are at home IF %WIFIHOME = 2 (reading %WIFIPREF).
Q) Why do you always transfer the %HTTPD data straight into another created variable?
A) Within the tasks, %HTTPD is populated with various different data. Transferring the data out of it as quick as possible prevents it being overwritten by a following HTTPGET task. We don't have to apply wait actions this way or confirm that one %HTTPD task has completed before another is allowed to start.
Q) I have many other Tasker questions, can I post them here??
A) To avoid clutter, probably best to use this official Google group
Q) Where can I learn more about Tasker?
A) The manual and Profiles and step-throughs on the Tasker wiki and you’ll be up to speed in no time.
Installation Instructions
In menu options/profile data 'Import One Task':
AlarmAPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmDayHoro.tsk.xml
AlarmInfo.tsk.xml
AlarmMQoTD.tsk.xml
AlarmNewsHeadlines.tsk.xml
AlarmNGPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmNPOTD.tsk.xml
AlarmReset.tsk.xml
AlarmSnooze.tsk.xml
AlarmSnoozeMaths.tsk.xml
AlarmSnoozeTime.tsk.xml
AlarmUPSMaths.tsk.xml
VariableClear
AlarmHTTPCheck
In menu options/profile data 'Import One Profile':
AlarmClock
No need to install V2 first, go straight for V3!
The thanks meter lets me know I'm appreciated!

V2 Up
Change Log
V2
* Added task AlarmHTTPCheck to ensure alarm didn't fail if a connection or connecting task failed.
* Added task VariableClear to AlarmReset as standard
* Changed collision handling in AlarmSnooze
* Changed task priorities to ensure AlarmSnooze has a minimal delay at most
* Changed task priorities to ensure AlarmSnoozemaths always completes prior to use in the notification.
V3
* Added day of the week as a context and removed from task Alarm
* Corrected spelling mistakes in NGPOTD & APOTD

Wow, I love this post a lot.
Release that naked hot girl of the day please dear god

adianlorenzana said:
Wow, I love this post a lot.
Release that naked hot girl of the day please dear god
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Ha! Glad you found it useful. Please provide feedback when you can if all working correctly, so I can add it to the Tasker Wiki
Current count of %NHGoTD = 1! (yeah, that was a Tasker joke...)

random snooze?
would it be possible in Tasker to add a random snooze duration, say between 2 and 10 minutes?
That will keep you on your toes!

thermopyl said:
would it be possible in Tasker to add a random snooze duration, say between 2 and 10 minutes?
That will keep you on your toes!
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It would indeed! In answer to your question - yes! There is a variable randomize option which could be used in AlarmSnoozeMaths and then the same number in AlarmSnoozetime...
Tasker allows you to add variables so you could easily say %TIME + %RANDOMTIMEBETWEEN2AND10 = next alarm!
If it helps you get up in the morning, let us know and I'll put it in as standard!

I wish there was a stripped down version of this. I want the AlarmInfo task (which I can see has weather info and the usual text to say), but don't want horoscope, news or anything else (that wallpaper change thingy etc).
What do I do?

thehrushi said:
I wish there was a stripped down version of this. I want the AlarmInfo task (which I can see has weather info and the usual text to say), but don't want horoscope, news or anything else (that wallpaper change thingy etc).
What do I do?
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Should be quite easy - I'll post instructions for you later
EDIT - The instructions are here in post #11 for you.

I only want to use parts of this alarm, how do I strip??
The basics of the functions of the alarm are in the task Alarm. Opening it, you'll see that in action #3 it has a 'goto' request IF the %ALARMCOUNT (the amount of times it has already activated) is over 10.
Firsly, whatever changes you make, you'll need to make sure that 'goto' always points to the Variable Set %ALARMCOUNT to 1 (currently action #14), which is the reset function before the alarm switches off.
I set this up so all of the information grabbing tasks are separate. Therefore all you need to do is delete the actions that request them in the form of a 'perform task'.
You'll see in the task Alarm that action numbers 5,6,7,8 call for the following tasks to go off and get their information:
AlarmInfo
AlarmMQoTD
AlarmDayHoro
AlarmNewsHeadlines
You can delete the ones you don't wish to have from Alarm, but don't forget to check the 'goto' is still pointing to Variable Set %ALARMCOUNT to 1!
There are no further 'goto' actions to be concerned with in the above and below information tasks.
The first 3 tasks above, kick off the wallpaper tasks in their actions:
AlarmAPOTD (action #4 in AlarmInfo)
AlarmNGPOTD (action #12 in AlarmMQoTD)
AlarmNPOTD (action number #9 in AlarmDayHoro)
The action number varies due to the differing number of Variable Splits required when extracting the data from the HTTPGET.
You are free to delete the perform task actions should you no require the wallpaper changes.
You are free to edit the perform task actions to a different task (wallpaper) if you only want to use a particular one.
That's it! Easily changed to suit your own taste. Any questions, no matter how silly they feel, please do not hesitate to ask (Tasker makes us all feel a bit dumb at first! ).

Feedback?
There have been a few downloads of this, but no feedback?
Should I assume that everything is working absolutely fine?!?!? Hope so!

I have a question for you:
Are there any pre-made scripts to perform all these tasks you describe, or do we HAVE to manually input them ourselves?

A$h x said:
I have a question for you:
Are there any pre-made scripts to perform all these tasks you describe, or do we HAVE to manually input them ourselves?
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The profile and tasks download is in post #3. Import them into Tasker and they are ready to go, everything is set up for you.
In post #1 you'll see that you need to do the basics such as creating folders on the SD card and choosing your alarm sound.
It's a 3 minute job before you can run this for the first time. The amount of changes after that is up to you!
EDIT - ps. There are hundreds of other ready to go Tasker profiles kicking around the net.

That's great. Thanks a ton! Just what I needed.

WOW, just found out that you had created yet another profile! (Too much tapatalk without signatures) . Gonna try this out tomorrow, will report back here with my experiences.

torsrex said:
WOW, just found out that you had created yet another profile! (Too much tapatalk without signatures) . Gonna try this out tomorrow, will report back here with my experiences.
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Ha! I hope it makes you chuckle...

Haha, love the new "alarm clock" (more like high-tech alarm clock monster).
A few bugs to report:
When it tries to pull the weather I get an Unkonw Host message (although the link open's fine in the browser).
The horoscop won't pull itself (I get no error messages, but the "girl" tells me the variable %HOROD instead of my horoscope).
I have sat the snooze time for 2 minutes, but the popup shows 7:03 (which could not be right because my alarm goes off at 7:00).
The rest of the alarm-clock is working fine(love the picture changing thingy)!
Feature request:
Read the first ten topics of the email.

torsrex said:
Haha, love the new "alarm clock" (more like high-tech alarm clock monster).
A few bugs to report:
When it tries to pull the weather I get an Unkonw Host message (although the link open's fine in the browser).
The horoscop won't pull itself (I get no error messages, but the "girl" tells me the variable %HOROD instead of my horoscope).
I have sat the snooze time for 2 minutes, but the popup shows 7:03 (which could not be right because my alarm goes off at 7:00).
The rest of the alarm-clock is working fine(love the picture changing thingy)!
Feature request:
Read the first ten topics of the email.
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Doh! I thought it was working great...
Hmmm... Are you sure you've set the weather up correctly - under the 'mime type' are you pulling HTML instead? Does it work on the weather for my location? Add an output file of weather.txt and see if you get a file created.
For %HOROD, do the same and set an output file horo.txt. It may be that the splitters I've used don't match your star sign - again, did it work with the standard settings.
If the splitters are wrong and you need help changing them, paste the file contents in #code# tags and I'll take a look..
The alarm time must match the number in alarmsnoozemaths too - otherwise you'll end up with two different numbers... Where they the same?
I'm working on calendar entries and email - but Tasker only currently reads K9 email and the calendar entries are coded... need to decode them... Effort!
Keep an eye on your thanks meter

Message to self: don't create tasker-profiles at 00:30am in the morning!
Just readded the profiles, and now the clock is working great!
Just one bug that still persists, the horoscope thingy.
Here is the link to my star-sign: http://www.astrocentre.com/us/Feeds/RSS/getDaily.aspx?sign=Scorpio
I hope you can fix this

[APP] TubeRun: the all-inclusive London transport app

Hi all,
I just finished writing the first version of TubeRun for Android. TubeRun is a London transport app that aims to present the most important data that TfL offers in a single app. My motivation for writing it was the low quality of similar apps found in the market. Typically they offer only a single important feature (eg a journey planner, a good map, bus departures) but they omit the others forcing you to install multiple apps which seldom work in a straightforward manner. In TubeRun, expect to find everything that matters so that you won't have to have 4 different similar apps installed. Features include:
-A Journey Planner that uses the TfL API for up-to-date travel plans
-Live Bus, Underground, Overground, DLR and Rail Departures
-Nearby Tube lines, Bus routes, Cycle Hire stations (with live bike/dock availability data), Rail stations, Oyster ticket shops
-Oyster Balance
-Underground Refund Claims
-The real Tube Map
-Favorites
-Current and Weekend Status Updates
-Fast ICS-inspired interface that doesn't rediscover the wheel
New: The source code of the app is available on GitHub.
I plan to add more features, and I am posting this to request your feedback on what I should add/improve next.
TubeRun is by no means perfect, however I think that it works really well already. Please, let me know your thoughts on it so that I am able to effectively improve it. My current list of TODOs for the future is as follows:
Improve the UI of the main screen (icons are the way to go). (v1.2)
Add a station chooser that uses auto complete and the current user location to void scrolling. (v1.2)
Add the ability to deactivate the backgrounds (my photography skills are not up to the task) (v1.2)
Suggest National Rail stations in the Journey Planner. (v1.2.2)
Add support for oyster accounts with multiple cards enabled. (v1.2.2)
Add tube stations status. (v.1.2.4)
In the nearby tube stations map, add the ability to show departures when clicking a station.(v.1.2.6)
Show nearby oyster ticket shops.(v.1.2.6)
Show nearby rail stations(v.1.2.6)
Fix the title for manually-entered bus stops in departures.(v.1.2.7)
Migrate to the official TfL API for tube departures.(v.1.2.7)
Add national rail departure data.(v.1.2.7)
Overhaul the departures station selector(v.1.2.7)
Add the option to download the tube map that also depicts rail services.(v.1.2.8)
Migrate to the new Google Maps v2 API.(v.1.3.0)
Make favourites sorted by current distance.(v.1.3.1)
Add nearest bus stop in favorites
Show tube/bus departure times directly inside the journey planner
Integrate data about maximum journey time (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14872.aspx)
Support push notifications for travel disruptions
Support advanced journey planner options
Add widgets.
You may lobby for your favorite feature here and I will do my best to implement it. If you are willing to contribute with code, just PM me.
PS. If you like the app don't forget to rate it. The more people that use it, the better the chances of keeping me motivated.
Download link: Android Market
Video presentation (it's old, the app looks more Holo-ish now):

ChangeLog:
---v.1.3.2---
*Journey planner suggestions improvements.
*Minor sliding menu UI updates.
*Better support for the Galaxy S4.
---v.1.3.1---
*Favorites are now sorted automatically by distance
*Bug fixes
---v.1.3.0---
*New, hi-resolution, application icon.
*Migrated to the Google Maps v2 API. Significant performance improvements in Map views.
---v.1.2.8---
Added: added a tube map with rail lines.
New: you can delete the stored tube map by a long press in the Map section button.
Fixes: bus stop selection bug in departures.
---v.1.2.7---
Added: Overground and Rail departures
Added: Departures section overhaul
Added: Official TfL Tube departures API
---v.1.2.6---
Added: Overground support in the Journey Planner
Added: Nearby rail stations
Added: Nearby oyster ticket shops
---v.1.2.5---
Added: New sliding menu implementation
Added: Android 4.2 support
Fixes: Oyster functionality
---v.1.2.4---
Added: service messages appear on (tube/bus) departures
Added: favorites now expand on click (for seeing more than the next 3 departures)
Fixes: bus departures are now sorted by time
---v.1.2.3---
Added: JellyBean support
Fixes: Accepts postcodes without spaces
---v.1.2.2---
Added: Support for oyster accounts with multiple cards
Added: National Rail stations in the Journey Planner
---v.1.2.1---
Fixes: Journey planner suggestions background in Gingerbread
---v.1.2----
Improved: UI
Added: Content Provider (type in the Google search box for quick access to departures and to the journey planner).
Added: Autocomplete textboxes.
Added: Official TfL bus departures API.
Fixes: countless small fixes here and there.
---v.1.1.0----
Added: Nearby Bus lines
Added: Nearby Tube/Bus/Cycle Hire data on a map
Fixes: Claim submission, favorites ordering
---v.1.0.0----
First version.

wow love u work matey just awsome and tyvm just keep going with ur work and ty again

Good job bro! If I'm ever going to London again I'll take this with me ^^

Great app, shame I just moved out of London though! Would have used this otherwise.

referring this app to all of my friends. you need more downloads. App is fantastic, you just need to improve the main menu layout and give it a more ICS style feel.
Well done mate, I use it everyday

fantastic app, will pass it on to all my mates. love it when someone sets themselves a challenge and sails over the bar.
keep it up

WOW what a potential app. I would like to make a few suggestions
1. UI, this needs a rehaul? Im currently using Tube Chaser https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5hbmR5Ym90dGluZy50dWJlY2hhc2VyIl0.
and it looks very well polished. You can also set it up so that it takes you to a certain menu when you launch the app. So it could take you straight to Favourites or near by stations
2. Widgets. This is what Tube chaser was missing. The first Tube app I had was London Tube Status https://play.google.com/store/apps/...s#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwicHRjLnRmbHN0YXR1cyJd
The widgets worked very well.
But I have to say this is a very comprehensive app but needs a cleaner look, ease of use and widgets.
Well done

Hi guys,
Thanks a lot for your kind words. I did put a lot of my spare time into this, and seeing it lagging in the area of 50-100 downloads is indeed demotivational.
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WOW what a potential app. I would like to make a few suggestions
1. UI, this needs a rehaul? Im currently using Tube Chaser https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5hbmR5Ym90dGluZy50dWJlY2hhc2VyIl0.
and it looks very well polished. You can also set it up so that it takes you to a certain menu when you launch the app. So it could take you straight to Favourites or near by stations
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Yes, Tube Chaser had by far the cleanest UI. I went for the ICS+background images layout which I personally like a lot (and it required quite a lot of effort to make it 'work'). What I do lack are some nice icons for the main screen, which I guess is what turns a lot of people off on the first look. As I am not a designer (I more or less suck at photoshop), I didn't want to use some 'not quite right' icons. So I went with labeled buttons. If any of you has a suggestion for a good (+free) ICS icon pack let me know.
What I want to implement for the next version is a quick picker for stations that relies on autocomplete/location and use it thoughout the app. The current version requires quite a lot of scrolling.
As for the "take me to a specific screen", it's indeed nice. However, I think this workflow (quick information peeks) is better satisfied with widgets (see below)
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2. Widgets. This is what Tube chaser was missing. The first Tube app I had was London Tube Status https://play.google.com/store/apps/...s#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwicHRjLnRmbHN0YXR1cyJd
The widgets worked very well.
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Can you ellaborate a bit more on the wigdets that you need? I personally dislike widgets that require me to 'interact' with them in order to se what's new. For example, I don't think that "departures" widgets is a good idea as they will require me to always hit "refresh" to see what's new. If that's the case, I pretty much prefer to launch the app, hit favorites and stay in the clean interface of the app. I thought about doing it for oyster balance, yet I prefer the current implementation that just requires me to launch the main app. Quering servers on the background periodically or getting your location (thus depleting your battery) is something I want to avoid.

Hey,
I have just downloaded your app and I must say! I really like it. I spend a lot of time in london for meetings etc... and so this will come in very useful!

I didn't want to use some 'not quite right' icons. So I went with labeled buttons. If any of you has a suggestion for a good (+free) ICS icon pack let me know.
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Do they have to be ICS icons? You know you can find nice icons on loads of icon sites
What I want to implement for the next version is a quick picker for stations that relies on autocomplete/location and use it thoughout the app. The current version requires quite a lot of scrolling.
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Good idea
As for the "take me to a specific screen", it's indeed nice. However, I think this workflow (quick information peeks) is better satisfied with widgets (see below)
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Take me to specific screen would be handy as when I use it on tubechaser, where ever I am, I would like to see nearest stations first. Its worth having I think
Can you ellaborate a bit more on the wigdets that you need? I personally dislike widgets that require me to 'interact' with them in order to se what's new. For example, I don't think that "departures" widgets is a good idea as they will require me to always hit "refresh" to see what's new. If that's the case, I pretty much prefer to launch the app, hit favorites and stay in the clean interface of the app. I thought about doing it for oyster balance, yet I prefer the current implementation that just requires me to launch the main app. Quering servers on the background periodically or getting your location (thus depleting your battery) is something I want to avoid.
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The only thing I dont like about tubechaser is that it doesnt have departure widgets. Isnt this one of the benefits of Android, having widgets?
When I use Train Times UK for C2C times https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5jcm93b3JjLm5hdGlvbmFscmFpbC5saXZlIl0.
I only use the widgets and never the app. All I need to do is hit refresh on my homescreen and that is it. Im sure you can have that the widget doesnt always update unless manually done on the screen?

I've just downloaded this and love its features. On first impressions, it looks like it's going to become my new main Tube app! The only criticisms I have with it are:
1. To reiterate what others have said about the UI on the front page - I think that some nicer looking buttons wouldn't go amiss;
2. I have two Oyster cards linked to my online account, the first of which was lost a long time ago and has a zero balance. Until there's the option to choose which card to show in the app (or TfL let you delete old cards off of their online service), the Oyster balance feature could be useless to a lot of people.
Great work though, really nice app overall.

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I am now able to start filling up my list of ToDos. Here are my current priorities:
Improve the UI of the main screen (icons are the way to go).
Add a station chooser that uses auto complete and the current user location to void scrolling.
Add support for oyster accounts with multiple cards enabled.
Add widgets.
I will add this to the first post and try to keep it updated. If your favorite feature is not quite high up, maybe I will change my mind if more people ask for it.
I have two Oyster cards linked to my online account, the first of which was lost a long time ago and has a zero balance. Until there's the option to choose which card to show in the app (or TfL let you delete old cards off of their online service), the Oyster balance feature could be useless to a lot of people.
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Yep, I am aware of this and I added it to my todos. For the time being, I am pretty sure that you can erase cards from your online profile. The option may be burried somewhere but I remember doing it a couple of months ago and then fixing a relevant bug in the app.

papajohn said:
For the time being, I am pretty sure that you can erase cards from your online profile. The option may be burried somewhere but I remember doing it a couple of months ago and then fixing a relevant bug in the app.
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Thanks for the heads up, I'll have another look on the Oyster site. Now if only there were an app to stop me losing cards altogether...

simick said:
Now if only there were an app to stop me losing cards altogether...
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Pocket.apk or wallet.apk

i mostly use buses and not all bus stops are available yet (app's saying so). on the bus time table not only how many minutes left but also an arrival time information would be nice. and to be honest background photos distract me. i'm telling this to you as a user, who has tried many these kind of apps and to help you to understand what a user wants from a bus tracking app.

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i mostly use buses and not all bus stops are available yet (app's saying so).
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I am using the 'Bus stop locations' dataset released by TfL here. It may be slightly out of date (eg released last year) but I wasn't aware of any stops/lines missing. Thanks for bringing this up. I will update the description to mention this. Are these missing stops available in other apps?
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on the bus time table not only how many minutes left but also an arrival time information would be nice.
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I am not sure that I understand you here. Do you mean "the next bus arrives in 13.49" instead of "in three minutes"? Or maybe "buses on route 49 arrive normally every 12 minutes"? As for the second dataset (sceduled bus frequency), I do not know if it is available somewhere (and I do not think it is particullarly useful given that live information is available).
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and to be honest background photos distract me.
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Yep, others have told me that one before (while others quite like them). If more people feel strong against them I will deactivate them. For the time being, I think that they give a unique touch to the app.

Maybe adding a background configuration in the settings to allow users to chose either blank or image background. On/Off toggle basically. I'm about to try this app, judging by the video it seems packed with features so I'm looking forward to having it. The oyster card thing looks good, I don't want to waste time checking at the station all the time or hoping I have enough.
The buses section doesn't work very well. Maybe a compass would help to understand which way is which. I guess we can use the journey planner if we are stuck somewhere. On my road the local bus is only shown as one direction. The tube part is good though, haven't tried the oyster card thing yet.
I use BusCount for bus information, it's pretty good, maybe you would want to look at that to see how they get all the information. Just a suggestion since it's spot on.

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Maybe adding a background configuration in the settings to allow users to chose either blank or image background. On/Off toggle basically.
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Let's update my todos.
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On my road the local bus is only shown as one direction.
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Can you give me the route number so that I check what goes wrong?

papajohn said:
Let's update my todos.
Can you give me the route number so that I check what goes wrong?
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Bus number is 462. It shows two buttons but both say "Departures not available. This is Tfl service so be patient". I presume that means it's a problem on their system. It works for other bus routes.

Screen Usage Application

Screen Usage Application
I want to share an app i wrote for myself for free with the xda-community.
ScreenUsage is an app that simply tracks when you were using your screen, meaning
that it tracks when it gets turned off and on. It then stores an entry of that
and displays it.
There is four tabs that can be accessed by swiping to the right and left, "today", "since unplugged",
"since boot" and "all".
The case why i wrote this app, that i usually go to bed at weekend without looking on the clock, and i
quite often want to know when this was. With this app, this is possible. It is also very efficient compared
to all other sensors, and the accuracy is well enough if you use your phone often enough. It of course won't
work if you put the phone away, but then no app will work. One further improvement idea was to add the
proximitysensor, which might be added later, but won't work for everyone (including my phone model).
Further the app can show how long the display has been turned on, and to which overall time-consumption this sums up.
You can also merge very similar entries, limit the number of recent entries, and choose to display the oldest
entries at the top. (This makes it most useful to me: When the heck did i get home last night, starting from
midnight on from "today" ).
If you want translations added, PM me.
Best regards,
calav3ra_de
Required Android Version: 4.0
Translations: English, German
Changelog v1.02:
- added option to hide all entries created before the year 2013, which is needed
in case your phone boots up after a crash/freeze/battery empty, which results that
the system has to use the default system date until it can receive the actual date over
the cellular network. until today the app then displayed very old entry from 2007 on my phone,
on some very recent phonemodels we might even need a more recent date than 1.1/2013.
Changelog v1.01:
- added warning dialog to ask if entries should be cleared or not
- merging entries now is more correctly.
Changelog v1.0:
- base app

This is a nice idea.
Would be nice to see the history. The best would be to see the first time of usage after 4 AM and last time of usage before 4 AM. Then this could be shown by date.

Very cool, thank you!
Sent from my Nexus 6

Since there seems to be currently interest, i may update this app with a little better organisation of items and of course: Material Design

Ok, accepting any name recommendations for the app.
The restructuring will remove the "since boot/unplugged" tabs and introduce tabs per day.
I will also add options to define hours per day "when you will probably go to bed" (4am), and optionally (if possible) direct linking to
the systems alarmclock, so the app relatively well estimates when you went to sleep.
In the final stage, i will introduce a calendar view, where a simple tap will bring you to this exact day.

[APP][OPEN SOURCE][4.1+] Memento Namedays - A modern Namedays app

Memento Namedays​
The sweetest Nameday calendar for Android​
Designed as simple an app can be, Memento is the most user friendly and fast birthday and nameday app for your device. With a quick glimpse you can easily see the upcoming events of your loved ones for the entire year.
Features
• Display all events of the entire year
• Nameday support for multiple locales
• Bank holidays (Greek only for now)
• Add birthdays to existing or new contacts
• Search for birthdays and namedays
• Customisable Widget for your home screen, displaying the upcoming events.
• Daily reminder for the events of the day
• 100% free. No ads, no annoying messages
• 7 different themes to choose from
• Modern Material Design
• Frequent updates for improvements and features
Comments and suggestions are more than welcome!
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexstyl.specialdates
Source code on Github: https://github.com/alexstyl/memento-namedays

Screenshots
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version 1.4.0 is now available for download!
The new version fetches your Facebook Friends images, and introduces more colorful icons for contacts with no set image.
Grab the update here: http://goo.gl/jG2h5k

Version 1.5.0 is now available for download
Days now supports contact names writen in Greeklish and can now properly display namedays for those contacts!

Tried the app! Very promising! It's stylish and very fast! Thanks!
Can you please add an option to backup the contents to sdcard, and also a search function inside the app.
And why does the app needs to read my contacts? And make an option to download details from fb and then sign out. Now if I signout, I can no longer see the birthday list. Anyway promising app.
And I couldn't understand the name days, can you please make it in English. Thank you

The app needs access to your contacts in order to read their birthdays and display them in the list (given you have birthdays stored in your device's contacts ofc ).
Since you get some goodies when you are logged in via Facebook, such as send a facebook message or open their wall, the app requires you to be logged in. But I'll look into your suggestion, and see what I can do!
Lastly, search is coming in a later update of the app. This and the ability to manually add entries into the app is two of the most important feature that need to be implemented!
Many thanks for the feedback!
PS: The app's namedays feature is currently supported only for Greek Orthodox names. How is the Play Store in terms of nameday apps for your country btw?

Sorry for the very late reply..
Oh, I thought it only uses fb to get the birthday list.
And I have no idea what name days means! well, I can simply disable it, so no problem there.
And please add an option to delete entries if possible, thank you

Rajesh_m said:
Sorry for the very late reply..
Oh, I thought it only uses fb to get the birthday list.
And I have no idea what name days means! well, I can simply disable it, so no problem there.
And please add an option to delete entries if possible, thank you
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In Greece, we celebrate each person's name in a set day(or days) of the year, so each person "celebrates" two times a year, one for their birthday and one for their name day It's some sort of tradition here
I am currently working on redesigning the app to match all requested features and needs I've got so far. Luckily I started working on the redesign just about when the Material Design guidelines came out, so the app will get the Material Design treat soonish :highfive: (as soon as I am done with my vacations that is)

Waiting for the material redesign!

Days has been updated to version 1.6
With Google releasing their new design language and getting ready for the next version of Android, a lots of design changes happened to the app!
New icons, minnor tweeks here and there, and a revamp of the selected date screen with bigger, more beautiful contact images!
Get the update here: http://goo.gl/ZQiAsi

Great and stylish app!
Plz add age of contact
And one bug: can not change reminder sound

jesus_c said:
Great and stylish app!
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Glad you like it!
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Plz add age of contact
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Currently the app displays the age of the contacts that have known year of birth. The ability to edit contacts from the within the app is one of the main features that are currently being worked on though. Unfortunately, it might take a while since I am currently starting my masters degree and haven't got a strong machine with me :/
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And one bug: can not change reminder sound
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Nice catch. I'm working on it and I'll upload the fix as soon as it's ready!

Any news/updates?

Version 1.7
• Search : you can now search your contacts birthdays and namedays.
• A new notification for the namedays of day has been added.
• Fixed an issue with some Greek namedays that were previously miscalculated. Also, more Greek namedays were added.
• You can now switch Namedays Calendar between Greek and Slovak.
• Removed Facebook sync, due to some change made by Facebook.
• Various small visual improvements.
Grab the update here:
https://goo.gl/1Tj1fn
Apologies that took so long, I am currently doing my Master's degree and it has been a really busy year. Hopefully after September, I will be able to be more active with the updates again

Version 1.9
• All the namedays of the year appear in the list with the upcoming events, even for the days that no contact has a nameday that day.
Grab the update here:
https://goo.gl/1Tj1fn

Since I'm pretty new on Android, I was really surprised that there is no system support for the Birthday's Calendar!
I'm currently testing 2 apps, your has the neatest interface! :good:
I have a few suggestions:
composed names with a blank inside (like mine Gian Maria) are shown with the first word only (in my case only Gian)
tapping an event will open the system Contact's app instead of asking which one to use when more than one is installed. I do use True Phone and other apps ask me which Contact's app should be used
showing all the nameday (latest feature added!) should be a user selection into the configuration...
Addendum: I didn't found the widget on my MotoG with Lollipop...

GCalzo said:
Since I'm pretty new on Android, I was really surprised that there is no system support for the Birthday's Calendar!
I'm currently testing 2 apps, your has the neatest interface! :good:
I have a few suggestions:
composed names with a blank inside (like mine Gian Maria) are shown with the first word only (in my case only Gian)
tapping an event will open the system Contact's app instead of asking which one to use when more than one is installed. I do use True Phone and other apps ask me which Contact's app should be used
showing all the nameday (latest feature added!) should be a user selection into the configuration...
Addendum: I didn't found the widget on my MotoG with Lollipop...
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Thank you for the suggestions mate!
1) Is 'Gian Maria' a first name of a contact or a full name?
2) I'll have a look at that app. They I did that should open the contact details with any related app installed. Could you please mention the names of the other apps you have so that I can test it out? EDIT: I see what you mean. I am assuming that you are using Lolipop? I am using something that is called Quick Contact Badge. In earlier versions of Android that badge looked different compared to the built-in contacts app, and hence the confusion. Already changed in the next update.
3) I agree, and will be available in the next update
About the widget, some people have reported issues with the widget, so it is under investigation. For the time being, please make sure the app is installed in the device's memory and not in the SD card (some people tend to forget that )

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1) Yes, it's saved as "First Name", so two words in one field...
2) Yes, my MotoG 2014 is running Lollipop and I confirm that now it opens TP's Contact app! :good: (running v1.9.2)
Yes, the app is on the internal memory. BTW Lollipop does enable the option to move it to SD... I think there is an attribute to set so to not let the user move it, I have a few apps like that with the move to SD button disabled.
If you have some "debug version" that want me to test on my phone just send to me!
PS: has you have seen the Italian translation is now complete...

Version 1.12 is now live!
• Facebook Friends are (almost) back! The feature is experimental for know. You can access it through the settings. Let me know if there are problems with the feature
• New app icon!
• Lots of stability improvements and performance improvements.
Grab the update here:
https://goo.gl/1Tj1fn

Am I blind or the translation http://daysapp.oneskyapp.com/collaboration/project?id=85177 has not been updated yet?