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Introducing Kakudo Lite an app for faster app switching and multitasking.
WHAT IT DOES:
Kakudo allows users to switch between apps faster by just swiping. Swiping from the left or right sides of their devices opens the most recent open apps. If you want to copy text from a website to paste in a document, Kakudo makes it easier and faster to switch back and forth between your apps. Swiping up from the bottom and adding your most used apps to the Favorite Apps Drawer allows you to open your favorite apps without having to navigate back to the homescreen to do so. Adding toggles to the Favorite Apps Drawer allows you to turn them on without having to leave the app your currently in or to just check to see if the toggle is on/off since Kakudo's toggles show whether they are on/off.
Kakudo is also ergonomically designed to make it easier to use on larger screens. It's easier for your thumb to reach down when holding your device in the middle instead of up.
FEATURES:
- Swipe from the left or right to cycle through recent apps
- Swipe from the bottom to open your Favorite Apps Drawer
- Add your most used apps/toggles to the Favorite Apps Drawer (Limited to 7)
- Choose to start on boot
- Toggles indicate whether they are on/off
- Drag and Drop to reorder/remove apps and toggles from the Favorite Apps Drawer (Android Honeycomb and Above)
- True Swipe Detection
- Multi-Touch Mode
- Long Swipe or 2 (3 in Multi-Touch Mode) finger Swipe for All Recent Apps Window
- Kill Background Processes from the All Recent Apps Window
- Favorite Apps Drawer ergonomically design for easier use
- Minimal RAM/CPU footprint and closes fully when turned off
- Change sensitivity and size of swipe detection areas
- Adjust Icon size to best suit your preferences
-Languages Supported:
English, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Chinese, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian
UPGRADE TO PRO AND UNLOCK:
- Unlimited apps/toggles on Favorite Apps Drawer
- Favorite Apps Drawer on the Right Side
- One-Side Mode
- Change gravity location of side swipe detection areas
- Customize Favorite Apps Drawer Color and Opacity
-Choose from 8 Color Schemes or Create your Own
- Disable Notification Icon
- Additional features to come...
ADDITIONAL INFO:
- Apps may not launch when at the home screen, this is not a problem with Kakudo it is a bug with the Android system
- GPS toggle may not work on all devices (Use GPS Settings instead)
- A Persistent Notification is required by Android to allow Kakudo to stay open
- Killing App Background Processes removes them to free up memory and does NOT close them
- If you can help translate Kakudo to your language please go to https://applokaligo.appspot.com/app/#/projects/1775020
Downloads
Lite Version | Pro Version
If you want to be a beta tester join this group
**Pro Version is on Sale for the first week**
**Thank you to all the XDA Members who helped test Kakudo
**Thank you to all the XDA Members who translated Kakudo
5/23/13: Featured on the XDA homepage
ChangeLog:
5/30/13:
KAKUDO 2.0:
-Redesigned Settings Menu
-All Apps toggle
-True Swipe detection (no more accidental triggers)
-Imporved detection areas for Higher Res devices
-Animation on Side Swipe for Android Jelly Bean
Introducing:
-One-Side (Pro Version Only):
Have the swipe detection area on one-side and swipe up to go one way and down to go the other
-All Recent Apps Window
Long Swipe or 2 (3 in multi-touch mode) finger Swipe to see All Recent Apps
Hold down on an app to kill background processes
-Multi-Touch
Turn on to use 2 fingers for fast switching between apps and 3 to open All Recent Apps Window
Changes:
-Favorite App Drawer limit raised to 7
-Favorite Apps Drawer Pre-Filled on First Start for Better Visibility
5/23/13:
-Added NFC and GPS Settings buttons in toggles
-Fixed the ClassDefNotFound error for android 2.3 devices
-Other bug fixes
5/20/13:
-New app icon
-Fixed the settings issue when turning off the app drawer and then trying to change sensitivity
-Add three new toggles (Sound, Notification Sound, and Rotate Lock)
-Added haptic feedback for the swipes and when long clicking an icon in Favs drawer
-Also some UI changes to better accommodate languages other than english and the add fav button on Android 3.0+
-Other bug fixes
really great for 2.3 dude
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Nice app I bought it because it's only a dollar
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Nice app I bought it because it's only a dollar
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Thanks that's why I put it on sale, to try and entice people to adopt it. I'll continue to add to it and fix any bugs.
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Thanks that's why I put it on sale, to try and entice people to adopt it. I'll continue to add to it and fix any bugs.
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Could you make it vibrate when the app detects my swiping? At the moment I can't tell if the app is lagging or it's not detecting my swipes.
Edit: Early review, I'm mostly just using this app to "return" to my previous app after I respond to a message. It's very nice for that feature. I find the app drawer really hard to use because I have a navigation bar there.
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Could you make it vibrate when the app detects my swiping? At the moment I can't tell if the app is lagging or it's not detecting my swipes.
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Yes this will be coming in a future update. I only have tablets so it was hard for me to test this feature, but Google has just released an update to Google play that allows developers to upload betas and I have a few people who said they would help test features for me
Edit: Early review, I'm mostly just using this app to "return" to my previous app after I respond to a message. It's very nice for that feature. I find the app drawer really hard to use because I have a navigation bar there.
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I understand the difficulty with this but the app drawer swipe detection is just above the nav bar and it shouldn't interfere with the nav bar. It may take a little practice to not hit the nav buttons. Try going to the settings and testing the sensitivity to help with this. I may also include the ability to move the swipe bar so you can place it on any edge.
Thanks for the feedback
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Wow such a great app I would be also happy to be a beta tester
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Willing to test as well
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Thank you all for your willingness to help me test future updates. I am currently just learning how the new beta/alpha system works on the Play Developers Console, and as soon as I'm done I'll let everyone know how to become a beta tester for my app.
Again thanks for all the support and help.
Quite a useful app but impossible to fully use with pie controls. If only i was using the standard navbar.
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Turns out i was mistaken. All i needed to do was change my trigger size. Sorry if i gave anybody false impressions!
I ll try it, curiosity is my name..
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Thank you all for your willingness to help me test future updates. I am currently just learning how the new beta/alpha system works on the Play Developers Console, and as soon as I'm done I'll let everyone know how to become a beta tester for my app.
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OK I just finished setting up the beta testing and the beta is now available to download.
To become a beta tester you need to be apart of this Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!forum/kakudo-testers
After asking to join I will have to confirm you as a member which I will try to do as quickly as I can. Once your a member of the group you will see a topic that says Beta Link in the group. Go into that and click the link to get the beta version of the app.
As a beta tester you will have full access to Kakudo and I ask that you help improve my app. To do this you will have to participate in the group letting me know how the app is working. If at anytime someone isn't giving feedback about the app updates, I will email them asking if they still want to be a tester. If I don't receive a response I will remove you from the group and you will lose access to the beta version.
Anyone interested just go to the group link and ask for permission to join the group.
Thanks in advance for everyone willing to help.
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i'm a donkey
defiant07 said:
Pretty lame guys. I'm willing to help out, test, and provide feedback/logs/etc., but only giving testers access to the lite version is kinda silly imo for two reasons: (1) the only incentive a tester has is pure altruism and early access to new lite features, as such most rational humans will opt to stick with stable lite releases (i.e. you guys get useful information, but what do we get?); and (2) without access to beta pro versions many features will be untested.
I signed up to your group under the screen name "meeeee" feel free to remove me, unless you're gunna reconsider your lite tester policy.
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It is the FULL PRO VERSION, as I clearly state multiple times. The code for the 2 apps is exactly the same. There are 2 lines of code that changes between them disabling certain features in the Lite version and in the beta version I use the same code as the pro version. The only cosmetic difference is it still says Kakudo lite which I was going to change in the next beta update.
Clearly you didn't download the app or read the descriptions of the lite and pro version.
As I understand it if I did the beta testing under the pro version it would still require users to pay. This is a brand new feature to the developer console and every developer is still learning how best to use it.
If you still want to be a tester hopefully this clears up any misconception you may of had. If I don't hear from you by tomorrow afternoon I will remove you from the group as per your request.
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Pretty slick app, unfortunately I found a way to crash the app on demand, which kind of sucks. I sent logs and detailed information to the developer, hopefully helping to make this app even better.
Hope to give it a shot soon
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Great app all it needs is some customization to the task bar
enable/disable app dividers
enable/disable glossy and or gradient overlay (so it wont make things look to flat)
Transparency
Full RGB color
This could turn into its own light weight launcher with benifits of having the fetures it has now. All it needs is a very simple ipadish homescreen (the light weight part is there is no app/widget joor) and then throw in a feture to open preview windows of all apps open and launcher for easy tasking between 2 or more apps.
Just throwing out ideas this could be another project
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It is the FULL PRO VERSION, as I clearly state multiple times. The code for the 2 apps is exactly the same. There are 2 lines of code that changes between them disabling certain features in the Lite version and in the beta version I use the same code as the pro version. The only cosmetic difference is it still says Kakudo lite which I was going to change in the next beta update.
Clearly you didn't download the app or read the descriptions of the lite and pro version.
As I understand it if I did the beta testing under the pro version it would still require users to pay. This is a brand new feature to the developer console and every developer is still learning how best to use it.
If you still want to be a tester hopefully this clears up any misconception you may of had. If I don't hear from you by tomorrow afternoon I will remove you from the group as per your request.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
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My bad, I apologize and feel like a bit of an ass. Yeah I did not even try to dl it initially, but I did read the description which is the same as the normal one for the lite version in the playstore and that would lead one to believe it is not a full version. But at any rate I did go back and try to dl the beta, but unfortunately playstore said it is not compatible with my device. Thus I cannot test it and you can remove me to make room for others. Sorry again, I won't wast any more of your time, and gl it seems like a promising app that could out perform its competition.
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Pretty slick app, unfortunately I found a way to crash the app on demand, which kind of sucks. I sent logs and detailed information to the developer, hopefully helping to make this app even better.
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Thanks for the log and image. I have already fixed the empty app from appearing (I had the code to save part of the remove on top of the code to remove). I am working on moving the settings into an activity instead of a window so hopefully that will fix that problem. The one where I think your getting it to crash on demand (Clicking the app multiple times), however is a bit trickier and has to do with the StandOut library focus listener. I can't seem to find what is causing it to crash.
ronniereiff said:
Great app all it needs is some customization to the task bar
enable/disable app dividers
enable/disable glossy and or gradient overlay (so it wont make things look to flat)
Transparency
Full RGB color
This could turn into its own light weight launcher with benifits of having the fetures it has now. All it needs is a very simple ipadish homescreen (the light weight part is there is no app/widget joor) and then throw in a feture to open preview windows of all apps open and launcher for easy tasking between 2 or more apps.
Just throwing out ideas this could be another project
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Thanks for the ideas. There is a slight gradient on the colors that are included with the app (perhaps I should mess around with this some more to make it look better). In the Pro version you can set the fav app drawer to any color and any opacity that you want (although if you choose this there isn't a gradient).
Bought the full version, try swiping up from bottom for app drawer and it force closes the whole entire app altogether. I'll continue testing though.
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What is your must have apps to speed up the device ?
For me first of all. The SMS app TEXTRA, is really amazing..and really make messaging fast on Mate 7, it is not heavy on the gpu or cpu, fast pop up notifications.
Pop UP notifcations also work well in Locked mode so even if your device is in lock screen you do not need to unlock the phone you can also reply quickly in the LOCK SCREEN WITHOUT using the finger print scanner...
Second MUST HAVE app is C notice, brings superior multi tasking functionality to Mate 7.
Unfortunately this app is not free but it cost..not much..
Third QuickPIC, and other absolute must have app for the mediocre performing phone Mate 7.
With QuickPIC it will load pictures WITHOUT lag and very snappy and fast.
I have tried must gallery apps out there and QUICKPIC is really the ONLY one that is fast
enough that it does not lag on this device. Try it and you will see the difference.
These 3 APPS will make your device feel more faster and mordern.
Besides this of course I do not need to bring up again the importance of chaining the animations speed
in developer options set it to .5x
Great app I've been using is App Swap. It's a brilliant substitute for not having an App Drawer or (even if you're using an alternative launcher) just for getting to your app drawer without going home first.
It basically allows you to swipe up on the circle home button to open your app drawer.
yoboj said:
Great app I've been using is App Swap. It's a brilliant substitute for not having an App Drawer or (even if you're using an alternative launcher) just for getting to your app drawer without going home first.
It basically allows you to swipe up on the circle home button to open your app drawer.
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I will try that, any specific settings you find it important to use ?
And please tell me, what is the main reason one cannot live without this app ?
Is it that "google now" swipe thing that is a must ? for instance if you inside a app lets say KIK
you can swipe to get to the apps more quickly ? ¨
Besides that I am not sure I see a point of it, besides that you can swipe thru a lot of apps more faster not needing to go thru many sides..
If you are rooted, you can get governor tweaking apps like Trickstermod. Set-up "Performance" as your governor and make the phone's governors ramp up to max frequency when running tasks eliminating lags at the expense of a bit of battery life. But if you don't really play a lot of games the battery trade-off won't be that big.
I want to add the app twilight to the list.
A must have also player with superior audio quality is Aimp
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About:
Helix Engine is a tool to help improve the efficiency of your device.
With the use of the Accessibility Service, Helix Engine is able to dynamically switch between different performance profiles automatically without any user interaction. With App Engine, users can configure what app they want to set for which profile, this will be used for the Accessibility Service to determine what profile to switch to when that particular app is detected as currently in use. Users are also able to configure each profile to their liking.
Helix Engine supports all ARM/ARM64 SoCs, from Android Nougat and above. It is recommended that you do not use any other tools that may modify any of the components in the profile customisation page to prevent any conflicts with this tool.
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Requirements:
- Root (I think this is obvious but just in case it's not...)
- An ARM (32-bit ARMv7) or ARM64 (64-bit ARMv8) SoC
- Android 7.0 or above
- No other modifications which may tweak kernel tunables automatically (e.g. Advanced Kernel Tweaks, LSpeed, HEBF etc.)
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Features:
- App Engine
Battery: Low-performance mode to save power on apps that don't need that much power (e.g. Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Reddit, apps that are generally for browsing)
Balanced : The default profile for all apps and newly installed apps. Apps that you think requires a decent amount of power, but not as much as the power intensive applications suitable for performance profile.
Performance : High-performance mode to enable buttery smooth gaming, as well as exceptional benchmark performance (if you are into that sort of thing). Also useful for very power intensive tasks like backup managers, file explorers (when transferring large files), media editing tools, camera apps, launchers (for fast app launches) etc.
Whitelist : Helix Engine will detect these apps and will avoid applying any profile when they are in use. Useful for apps such as keyboards when they become the top-app when the keyboard appears on the screen, avoids unecessary profile switching.
The engine detects which app is currently in use (in the top-app group), and will apply the profile's configuration according to the profile you've set the app to automatically. For example, the battery profile's configuration is applied when an application that has been set to the battery profile has been detected as currently running. Apps set to balanced will apply the balanced profile's configuration. Apps set to performance will apply the performance profile's configuration. Apps set to whitelist will be ignored (i.e. no profile changes from the previous profile that was applied when the whitelisted app is in the top-app group).
Multi select feature: Check the boxes by pressing on the checkbox or the card of each app to select them, a FAB will appear which will allow you to batch set a profile to the selected apps.
Auto Whitelist: (Some apps will not show in the App Engine page, as they are auto-whitelisted to prevent Helix Engine from unnecessarily switch profiles)
- Profile Customization
Users can also configure each profile configuration to their personal preferences. Each configuration should be unique to its own profile.
- Auto Mode (Experimental)
Helix Engine will automatically adjust profile values per-app to attempt to achieve the target jank percentage.
- Backup and restore configs:
Save your App Engine and Profiles configurations and restore them at any time with ease.[/U][/B]
- View system apps
Allows you to change profiles for system apps (if disabled, all system apps will use balanced by default).
- Search function in App Lists
Search through app lists using the search button in the action bar.
- Dark theme
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Download:
Latest Changelog
Power-Engine Source Code
Google Play Store Listing
Latest APK provided at the bottom of this post.
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Credits:
@ivicask for giving me the idea of the concept for this engine before it was created. Without him, I wouldn't even have started this project.
@RogerF81 for maintaining all of the scripts for Helix Engine and alpha/beta testing! Also inspiration for ideas
@Mostafa Wael for giving some ideas on improving the engine, and beta testing!
@geko95gek for being a 32-bit ARM tester
All of my team members at Team Helix for supporting me!
Everyone who promoted this app!
Thanks to anjlab for in-app billing library (Source)
Thanks to @topjohnwu for libsu library (Source)
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Donations are completely optional and are always greatly appreciated: https://www.paypal.me/ZeroInfinityXDA
Donation Wall:
Frank Rudi (x2)
AlemanSantos
saiprasadgawde
EricHegnes
dugi9991
Denkai
broke23
nouse1981
Sukhi
gillboyzz
Mostafa Wael
cigga33_master
drothenberger
p8tgames
Omkar Chandorkar
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Shared profile data collection
App Engine Lists
App Engine lists shared by the users are now maintained on Github. You can find them here: App Engine lists
Profile Data
Profile Data can now be found here: Profile Data
Helix Engine Add-on
Additionally, I created an add-on, which is a flashable Magisk module. This add-on will run some further tweaks, which are not covered by HelixEngine itself (yet). I'll attach it here.
You want to know what it does exactly? Have a look here: Github
Supported chipsets so far
Snapdragon 835
Snapdragon 820
Snapdragon 810
Snapdragon 808
to be continued...
Awesome! I've been waiting for this! Was following the progress closely on GitHub. Nice to see this here officially!
That's one hell of a long OP. ?
Well done tho mate, can see a lotta work went into it.
It might just be me but I am seeing a more stuttering after flashing this engine .
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It might just be me but I am seeing a more stuttering after flashing this engine .
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Depends on what app you use, for battery apps, it may feel slower than normal (to prevent these battery apps from draining unnecessary amount of power). However, games and using the launcher should have no problems as it'll execute the performance profile. If battery profile is too slow for you, I'll discuss it over in my team so we can tune it a bit more towards better performance (at cost of a bit of battery).
This is currently in BETA so there will be some hiccups here and there, we will need feedback from a lot of people so we can fine tune it some more until most people are satisfied.
I'm literally blown away or maybe over whelmed by that OP.
been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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Would like to try, only one question. How to remove after flash? Apk unninstal, magisk module delete, but what about flashable aroma zip? Thanks for you awesome work!
Bad scrolling experience when the battery profile is load but for a beta it's really , I love the idea if the project thanks for your work
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Would like to try, only one question. How to remove after flash? Apk unninstal, magisk module delete, but what about flashable aroma zip? Thanks for you awesome work!
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im wondering the same. for now i took a system-boot backup before flashing.
me myself and i said:
been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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Please provide a logcat when something starts to not work as it should and even makes the phone unresponsive, so we can take a look.
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me myself and i said:
been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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I concur. After reading this, i tried to take a picture at 4x zoom. Right after clicking the shutter button, it hung. While waiting to see if it would get back to normal, i could see occasional stutters. After rebooting, I couldn't replicate the issue again
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I just replicated the issue while taking a logcat. One is the entire log and one is the log from 'mm_camera'.
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@ZeroInfinity htc 10 stock user here. cant seem to install apk. says unable to parse application. would love to be able to use this on stock Nougat
Does it work on custom ROMs too?
Ok, so far , so good. Using it on my 3T. Can already feel the performance boost. I use G+ as a benchmark for scrolling and it has smoothed out quite a bit. Now, i will see how it does on battery. Great job, brother. Always looking for new ways to save battery. Appreciate the effort
I experience jitter scroll effect rather being very smooth. I am on OB5 with Boeffla kernel.
It is more than 10 hours now. I will watch battery saving and share here.
As someone mentioned in this thread, it is a good idea to take system backup before flashing so that we can revert.
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What is "Navbar Weather"?
It's weather app that shows forecast in unique way - on navigation bar via eg. chart. So to use it you obviously have to have navigation bar in your smartphone.
How does it work?
I've been using Huawei Mate 9 for over a year now. It always pissed me off that I had to put a widget on the home screen to check the weather forecast. But hey, why not use navigation bar for the weather forecast? So I decided to develop some small app for my Mate 9, that can show weather chart for next 5 days (in 3 hours intervals) on Navbar. It's still in beta stage (please report me abut any bugs or new ideas in this thread before you rate it). It works pretty good for me, but for sure I know that there is a lot work to do.
So far Navbar Weather was tested only on my Mate 9, but it should work also on any other smartphone with Navigation Bar. It it also confirmed that app works on: Huawei Honor V10, Moto X4 (May 2018 Android 8.1), Samsung Galaxy devices with navigation bar.
Installation
Google Play link: Navbar Weather - forecast at your Navigation Bar
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This is pretty slick!!
Confirmed working on Moto X4 on May 2018 Android 8.1.
2 questions
1) Nova doesn't seem to allow the overlay when on home screen/app drawer, any way to allow that?
2) Each time i go in the app the Navbar Weather switch is off and can't turn it on unless i set location even though it's already being displayed.
SchmilK said:
This is pretty slick!!
Confirmed working on Moto X4 on May 2018 Android 8.1.
2 questions
1) Nova doesn't seem to allow the overlay when on home screen/app drawer, any way to allow that?
2) Can I force one graph to be displayed at all times, instead of changing by time or by switching apps?
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Thank you!
1) I need to investigate that, right now I'm on EMUI, never tested it with Nova. Let me investigate that, I'll try to answer you asap.
2) Just go to settings and select desired Forecast Data Types. You can select e.g. only temperature to force one graph. Also you can turn off Chart Carousel - then you can switch between charts by pressing home button
Lorbas said:
Thank you!
1) I need to investigate that, right now I'm on EMUI, never tested it with Nova. Let me investigate that, I'll try to answer you asap.
2) Just go to settings and select desired Forecast Data Types. You can select e.g. only temperature to force one graph. Also you can turn off Chart Carousel - then you can switch between charts by pressing home button
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Found it, thanks! I'll try a few other launchers as well.
ADW 2.0 overlay is allowed.
SchmilK said:
Found it, thanks! I'll try a few other launchers as well.
ADW 2.0 overlay is allowed.
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Just checked out Nova with default installation and it seems to work fine with Navbar Weather on my Mate 9. Maybe it's some styling settings, I'm going to test it. Thank you very much for your feedback!
What weather provider is used in the app?
wonsky21 said:
What weather provider is used in the app?
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Currently for free I can use only Openweathermap.org, which can take some serious traffic.
Working fine on my Note 8.
But it closes when you get rid of the window in the task manager.
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Working fine on my Note 8.
But it closes when you get rid of the window in the task manager.
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Thank you for your feedback! Now I know it works on Note 8.
Yes it closes when you get rit of the window in the task manager because some users complained they're can't close it normally. If you wish to let it run try to lock app with lock symbol at the task manager. Hope it helps
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Thank you for your feedback! Now I know it works on Note 8.
Yes it closes when you get rit of the window in the task manager because some users complained they're can't close it normally. If you wish to let it run try to lock app with lock symbol at the task manager. Hope it helps
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You are welcome.
Strange feedback you had because this kind of apps are meant to be left running (plus, you have a toggle on the main screen) ; like a widget you want it to be running and refresh informations even it you close the app, or else you just go to the internet for one time information about the weather.
For what I understood of the behaviour of android and its task manager now, it's only an badly made alt+tab like app switcher, not really a manager. If I close all the windows all it does nothing but not having a window history, and apps are still running and updating in the background, leaving doze and manufacturer's auto close/optimising built-in features to deal with what apps and when they have to run and be closed.
Maybe I'm wrong and it actually does more?
I just notice it follows the windows animations (using Nova launcher), so it appear somewhat in the middle of the screen before reaching the bottom when animation of complete. I don't know of you can force it to sick at the bottom?
Thanks!
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You are welcome.
Strange feedback you had because this kind of apps are meant to be left running (plus, you have a toggle on the main screen) ; like a widget you want it to be running and refresh informations even it you close the app, or else you just go to the internet for one time information about the weather.
For what I understood of the behaviour of android and its task manager now, it's only an badly made alt+tab like app switcher, not really a manager. If I close all the windows all it does nothing but not having a window history, and apps are still running and updating in the background, leaving doze and manufacturer's auto close/optimising built-in features to deal with what apps and when they have to run and be closed.
Maybe I'm wrong and it actually does more?
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There is many more strange feedback, like - "it doesn't work on my smartphone that doesn't have navigation bar"
Apps without any background or foreground services are destroyed if you close them in task manager. Navbar Weather is running together with foreground service that is responsible for forecast at navigation bar. Right now there is couple of lines of code inside main app that tells foreground service to shut down if main app is closed/destroyed. I can change that easily, so I'll try add something to settings so you can select if you wish to run navigation bar weather forecast even if main app was closed. Thanks for pointing me out that
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I just notice it follows the windows animations (using Nova launcher), so it appear somewhat in the middle of the screen before reaching the bottom when animation of complete. I don't know of you can force it to sick at the bottom?
Thanks!
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You mean those app opening animations available in Nova Launcher? Right now I'm using it and it seems to work normally at my smartphone. I'll try to test Nova with Navbar a little more, maybe there are some style settings that cause this.
Thanks!
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There is many more strange feedback, like - "it doesn't work on my smartphone that doesn't have navigation bar"
Apps without any background or foreground services are destroyed if you close them in task manager. Navbar Weather is running together with foreground service that is responsible for forecast at navigation bar. Right now there is couple of lines of code inside main app that tells foreground service to shut down if main app is closed/destroyed. I can change that easily, so I'll try add something to settings so you can select if you wish to run navigation bar weather forecast even if main app was closed. Thanks for pointing me out that
You mean those app opening animations available in Nova Launcher? Right now I'm using it and it seems to work normally at my smartphone. I'll try to test Nova with Navbar a little more, maybe there are some style settings that cause this.
Thanks!
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Thanks for pointed that out, I didn't know. That would be great.
I remember that some Samsung device doesn't have a nav bar because they got sensitive buttons under the screen on the frame, but I don't know how it behave at all then.
About Nova, I thought it happened with every opening animations but i was wrong, story.
But it actually happens every time when I press the home button from the home screen to open the search bar. It goes strange when the keyboard is popping out.
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Thanks for pointed that out, I didn't know. That would be great.
I remember that some Samsung device doesn't have a nav bar because they got sensitive buttons under the screen on the frame, but I don't know how it behave at all then.
About Nova, I thought it happened with every opening animations but i was wrong, story.
But it actually happens every time when I press the home button from the home screen to open the search bar. It goes strange when the keyboard is popping out.
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Please try out new 0.8.7 version of Navbar Weather I think it works now as it should, so even when you kill application in task manager Navbar Weather won't disappear.
That's right, devices with sensitive buttons under screen are not supported, if someone enable Navbar Weather - chart just won't appear.
About Nova, it looks like could be keyboard problem.
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Please try out new 0.8.7 version of Navbar Weather I think it works now as it should, so even when you kill application in task manager Navbar Weather won't disappear.
That's right, devices with sensitive buttons under screen are not supported, if someone enable Navbar Weather - chart just won't appear.
About Nova, it looks like could be keyboard problem.
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Awesome, it's working flawlessly.
Do you have a roadmap? To avoid asking obvious questions about what do you plan next?
Thanks
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Awesome, it's working flawlessly.
Do you have a roadmap? To avoid asking obvious questions about what do you plan next?
Thanks
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Great to hear that
Right now I'm planning to add UV index forecast, Weather Alerts (don't know yet how to put that on navigation bar, but it's just a plan right now), Air pollution forecast and in future - more weather providers to choose from. Currently trying to fix some bugs
Thank you very much for your support, if you have some ideas how to improve Navbar Weather - just let me know
App version is now 0.8.9.9, so most of bugs were fixed. Also now you can turn on UV Index forecast, which is really helpful to protect your skin.
Disabler
Disable/Enable Any application using a easy access launcher. This application need ROOT to disable applications
This is an Open Source version of IceBox App
With Disabler you can have all your preferred apps in a tabs like launcher with the option to disable/enable any application
Features:
Add any applications( System or user)
create tabs to order your applications (mutlples tabs allowed)
Disable/Enable any application
Global buttom to enable/disable applications
Option to enable All apps in a Tag
Option to disable All apps in a Tag
Option to Move a tag to the left or right
Option to Show gray Icons for disabled apps
Option to auto disable after screen is off, (select minutes after screen off)
Change the Icons size
... More
Roadmap:
Find a way to disable app without root
Icons Theme support
WebSite:
https://www.servoz.tk/app-disabler/
Source Code :
https://github.com/aceventura82/AppsDisabler
Latest Version:
You can download the app directly from here: Download
OR from F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.servoz.appsdisabler/
Screenshots:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Thanks good idea!!There is a bug that even if I don't choose launcher,app desapears from it also..
Hi,
can you explain the bug better
You mean when selecting the apps?
If you don't choose launcher the app wont show in the launcher
The options are:
Disable: will only disable the application
Launcher: will Only add the app to the launcher
tap on the app Name: will disable it and add it to the launcher, also the application will be added to the list of apps to disable when press the disable button in the launcher
if you still think is a bug, can you please explain better
Thanks!
I mean,both by selecting launcher option or not,app doesn't appear on launcher.Maybe I didn't understand how app works!Also is this view normal?Can't i just set app to open normally and not like curtain like this?Also when i uncheck an app,then it's name disappears.(see *****ute)Thanks!!
Hi,
both by selecting launcher option or not,app doesn't appear on launcher
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When I mean the launcher, I mean the application Launcher, like the one you have in the first image
Also is this view normal?Can't i just set app to open normally and not like curtain like this?
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Yes Sure, you can go to the app settings and set the "Launcher Height" to 10 and slide the transparency to 100
Also when i uncheck an app,then it's name disappears.
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Yes, you are right, I have fixed the text, It' will take a couples of days to update in F-Droid
Or you can updated the APK from Here, If you installed from F-Droid you will need to uninstall it before install this one, as the signature are different
Download
Ohhh i thought our normal launcher bro!!!
kos25k said:
Ohhh i thought our normal launcher bro!!!
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Sorry, my bad, I use the application as my main "launcher"
Use GMD Gestures to open the app in any view, so for me Disabler is the main launcher
feature request
Hi, it would be nice if you can toggle apps by tags instead of toggle them all.
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Hi, it would be nice if you can toggle apps by tags instead of toggle them all.
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Sure, that's nice, I will add that option in the next realease!
Thanks!
Nice thank you! I'm looking forward to see this feature. The ability to reorder tabs would be nice as well.
It also could show addotional information about the apps in the selection menu, like the path for example so you know what you disable.
Updated with new features:
Option to enable All apps in a Tag
Option to disable All apps in a Tag
Option to Move a tag to the left or right
Option to Show gray Icons for disabled apps
Was recommended this app since icebox seems like it's pulled from appstore. This looks actually amazing, and hardly much out there related for similar apps. Thank you so much! I'ma try it now.
Edit:
So I do notice some things that could be improved, but thought I'd provide feedback. Regardless, I love it.
First is a screen off, to auto disable the packages. 2nd, is when the package name is too large, it removes the ability to see the toggles. 3rd, if uninstalling, the packages disabled stay disabled, even after reboot. Fortunately, it seems to detect packages that are still disabled, if reinstalled, but it's definitely a small scare initially, I think. And if could, would like an option for icon resizing.
But just thought I'd chime in. Regardless, thank you! I love it.
Hello,
Thanks for the comments, those are great ideas, I'll try to add some of those features soon
Really cool Aceventura. Thanks for this app.
I will give you my personal feedback, but I am aware it may not be aligned with your view of the app.
Anyhow, here it goes. Your app has two main funcionalities, launcher and hibernator.
The first one, launcher, is a tough one. There are hundreds of launchers around, and truth is that users are never fully pleased. Hence why there are so many. The development of this part could be quite complex too, depending on the amount of features.
The second functionality, is where your app shines (from my point of view). I would suggest to focus the app on this part, and let the launching to whichever the user launcher is.
Basically, have different hibernating condions (e.g. timeout after usage, timeout after screen off, manual), and launch via shortcut or dummy app.
Personally I think dummy app has advantages from the usage point of view because it is easier to search with the launchers and can be placed in both areas, desktop and drawer. But I am also aware that it may be slightly more complex.
In any of the cases, thanks again
Hi rodovict,
Thanks a lot for your comments!
About the "launcher" I think is been misunderstood, My Idea es not to be a launcher app, it's just a view to show the applications list in the app
I like the ideas for auto hibernate, I hope can add those options soon along other one I'm currently developing
Thanks Again!
Hello,
Following some of your suggestions I have added some new options
Updated with new features:
Option to auto disable after screen is off, (select minutes after screen off)
Change the Icons size
Fix long name on apps list
The APK is updated on GitHug Link, or wait a couple of days to get the the F-Droid Version
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Hello,
Following some of your suggestions I have added some new options
Updated with new features:
Option to auto disable after screen is off, (select minutes after screen off)
Change the Icons size
Fix long name on apps list
The APK is updated on GitHug Link, or wait a couple of days to get the the F-Droid Version
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Firstly, thank you for your work. I have been looking to replace icebox for I dont know how long but could not find any app that was capable of doing that.
I quickly ran a test. Auto disable on screen off does not seem to be working.
I'm using OnePlus 6 and on the latest stable. Once my screen turns off, the app continues to show on my regular app launcher (nova). Also, if I see the disbaler apps launcher, the app shows there with white text indicating it has not been disabled. For the autodisable I have selected 0 in the settings.
Here is some feedback which other users may also have suggested.
-Widget/Shortcut to "defrost" all apps enable all apps in click so that we can update them (playstore updates)
-Widget/Shortcut to freeze/disable all apps so that I can disable all the apps that I had selected in the disabler app.
-Fingerprint authentication to do the above activities would be great.
- Ability to create shortcuts to individual apps within the disabler to launch them. Instead of opening the the launcher of disabler and then launching them.
-A way to backup the settings and the list of apps which are disabled would be great. this would immensely help when I flash a new rom and i need to setup the disabler app on that.
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Firstly, thank you for your work. I have been looking to replace icebox for I dont know how long but could not find any app that was capable of doing that.
I quickly ran a test. Auto disable on screen off does not seem to be working.
I'm using OnePlus 6 and on the latest stable. Once my screen turns off, the app continues to show on my regular app launcher (nova). Also, if I see the disbaler apps launcher, the app shows there with white text indicating it has not been disabled. For the autodisable I have selected 0 in the settings.
Here is some feedback which other users may also have suggested.
-Widget/Shortcut to "defrost" all apps enable all apps in click so that we can update them (playstore updates)
-Widget/Shortcut to freeze/disable all apps so that I can disable all the apps that I had selected in the disabler app.
-Fingerprint authentication to do the above activities would be great.
- Ability to create shortcuts to individual apps within the disabler to launch them. Instead of opening the the launcher of disabler and then launching them.
-A way to backup the settings and the list of apps which are disabled would be great. this would immensely help when I flash a new rom and i need to setup the disabler app on that.
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Hi,
Thanks for doing the test!
I have checked here, and sometimes when you first change the value it does not trigger the auto disable on screen off
But a couple of minutes after looks to work OK
If you still having the problem, please provide your Android Version so I can check further
I will take a look to the suggestion as well and hope to add to the app soon!
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Hi,
Thanks for doing the test!
I have checked here, and sometimes when you first change the value it does not trigger the auto disable on screen off
But a couple of minutes after looks to work OK
If you still having the problem, please provide your Android Version so I can check further
I will take a look to the suggestion as well and hope to add to the app soon!
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I tried changing the auto disable values multiple times and even left the chnage overnight. It still does not work.
I'm running oos 10.3.4 android version 10. OnePlus 6. I'm rooted with magisk. The app has been granted root access as well.
syedtahir16 said:
I tried changing the auto disable values multiple times and even left the chnage overnight. It still does not work.
I'm running oos 10.3.4 android version 10. OnePlus 6. I'm rooted with magisk. The app has been granted root access as well.
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Hello syedtahir16,
I have tried with multiple devices running Andoird 10 and seem to be working OK
Just to clarify the process, can you confirm you are doing this:
1. Select some apps to auto disable, In the apps List option you have selected (tapping n the app name) some apps to auto disable
If you tap just in the disable checker, it will disable but will not be in the auto disable list
if you tap just in the launcher checker, it will show in the app launcher but will not disable it
You have to tap in the app name to add it to the auto disable list
2. in the App settings, set the option "minutes to auto disable apps after screen off" to something different than disabled
3. go back to the main screen and enable/open any app from the auto disable list, (some app you have selected in step 1)
4.Turn off screen or wait to turn off automatically
5. Wait the amount of minutes you selected (in step 2) with the screen off
if you turn on the screen before the amount of minutes selected(in step 2), the process is cancelled until next time screen is off
6. Turn on the screen
The app should be disabled
I am attaching and APK with some logs enables for the Screen receiver function
If you confirm you are doing the process right, please install this version of the app
Run the process as described before (you can skip step 1 if you already have some apps in auto disable list)
set the minutes in option 2 to zero (0) for this test
After running the process please take a logcat and send me the file so I can check it
For capturing the logcat you can use this app, or any other you want
SysLog (Capture log files) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.tortel.syslog
Just need to select the Main log(logcat) option, not any other log is nesessary
Capture the log just after turning on the screen ( Step 6)