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Overlay

Hi guys and girls.
just thought id give the app "Overlays" a mention.
Basically it allows you to float any of your installed widgets on top of your screen so that they are still visible when using your apps/browser etc.
The app also allows you to size and set the transparency of the widgets.
Its really easy to use and there is a lite version for you to play with - see more at the XDA portal thread.....
Overlays Thread
Its pretty cool and well worth a shout, especially for us tablet owners :good:

SCREENSHOT
Here is a snap of this thread, you can see my bookmark widget on the right and also my Sonos player widget just below it
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[Q] Auto launcher shortcut on install?

For some reason my N5 seems to have stopped creating a shortcut on the launcher when I install a new app and I cant for the life of me find it...any clues please?!
I use this feature quite heavily as I run a simple one screen setup and tend to browse Play Store from a PC and send software to my phone during the day...that new installs dump to the desktop means I know theres something new for me to tidy up...whereas without this I'm huntimg through pages of the App Drawer trying to remember whats new,

It's the auto-add widgets setting in Play Store
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Red scissors on YouTube app

Any idea what they mean or do? Doesn't seem to do anything when I click on them.
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never seen it, is it on all videos or?
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Probably just the icon of the tool they have used to cut the video.

So I just tried it again when I got home and realized it only did it on the movie trailers I was watching. But if I click on the icon it goes away. Not sure why.

Some stupid feature Google added. On a few videos, some of them have the channels icon in the top right corner.
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App ID help, and stock faces

Hi all
I'm new to playing with GWD and I'm trying to set up a tap action that opens my calendar on the day, rather than the month.
I really like the fact that the Gear Dashboard can do this, but everything else just comes up with the month view.
Does anyone know what the app id is?
Has anyone managed to extract the stock faces for use in GWD yet?
Cheers

What gwd lets you choose is the first calendar, but the gear dashboard selects the second. I'm on the hunt for the app id for the schedule view.
Cheers
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Continue playing while using a different app

Hello, is it possible to continue playback of a video while I am working in another app? I swear I saw that setting somewhere and I have used MX Player previously and I believe that it did that at that time. I don't know if Android has made a change or MX Player but it is really essential I have that capability to hear the sound even when I am working Elsewhere on my phone.
Thank you
David

I think you mean this option:
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It's resizable.
If you have the gestures enabled, instead of the bottom bar, you will need to press the pip button or the android gear settings in order to use it.