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[APP] Advanced Clock Widget

Hi all. I just posted to the market this widget which basically shows the clock with current date, battery status, next alarm, network operator and more. Most of it is configurable (which information to show, which color to use). I will add more customizations in the future.
P.S. it seems that on Galaxy S widget has some issues, pleasepleaseplease contact me before giving "1 star" for this, i don't have a galaxy s and i'm trying to understand whats going wrong.
If you want to give it a try here is the appbrain page:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/advanced-clock-widget/org.zooper.acw
And the o"fficial" one:
http://zooper.org/wp/android/acw
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Hey, Thanks for your effort Good Application so far. Works great on my Hero

not bad at all man. working on N1

love this but is it possible to NOT show the clock??`

I'm gonna add an option to show date instead of clock on next release, i could also permit hiding the clock completely, thanks for feedback!

Nice App - running fine on my Evo 4g - really like all the custom options

@johnuopini hey the time is showing incorrectly when used as a widget in i9000..Its intermitent, not rated yet.If you need any help I should be able to help you

Thanks for calling me a liar in the market description. On my galaxy s it always runs eating 10mb of ram even if the widget it not on the home screen. You admit you've never tested this on galaxy s. Maybe you should try your app on more varied hardware before calling your potential customers liars
I seems like anyone time anyone tries to report a bug in the market you just edit the description saying that's not true

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Thanks for calling me a liar in the market description. On my galaxy s it always runs eating 10mb of ram even if the widget it not on the home screen. You admit you've never tested this on galaxy s. Maybe you should try your app on more varied hardware before calling your potential customers liars
I seems like anyone time anyone tries to report a bug in the market you just edit the description saying that's not true
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Hi Ben,
first of all i've never used the term "liar" or anything near that, maybe i wrote that its not true that the widget eats memory or stays in background if nothing its on the screen and that's because i have tested it on a galaxy s (info on the widget its outdated), i have many friends from google that are using it on nexus s which is quite similar so im quite sure about that. Probably it takes 5 to 10 minutes once removed to autokill itself but it will disappear.
Moreover i don't understand people like you who writes "1 star" comments like that. Most of the widget in the market, i would say 90% of them, have background processes that are there even if no widget is on screen, does this make them "1 star" just for that or you think this could be in some way linked to Android APIs? I don't think this is fair considering that you are not paying anything for the widget, i don't see your comment as very useful for the community, that's all.
I could go into technical details and explain you why this is happening so often but there is a lot of docs around.
Finally, if you are not using my widget, just uninstall it.
Regards.

Yeah any app, widget etc that runs when not open or in use I do rate 1 actually. Google market allows users to rate however they see fit
No other widgets on my phone run when not in use. They dont have to be uninstalled

BenKranged said:
Yeah any app, widget etc that runs when not open or in use I do rate 1 actually. Google market allows users to rate however they see fit
No other widgets on my phone run when not in use. They dont have to be uninstalled
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Try a reboot with widget removed and you will see that its not there anymore, or wait 5 minutes and, again, you will se that the process is not there, im SURE i have tested it yesterday on a Galaxy S.
Anyway no problem with the "really not useful" 1 star comment but an email before rating would have been nice, maybe one day you will develop some free software and understand what i mean.
Ciao.

I rather like your widget (just got the paid version), but there are a few niggles...
1) The date format flips between US (December 11) and European (11 December) depending on how long it is. Perhaps link that format to the global settings?
2) Might be nice to be able to create your own formats, or add a few text areas.
3) Personal thing, the year on its own might be nice.
4) Not sure what's wrong with the font selection, but I think you're working on that already.
These are by no means major, this is a lovely app (run on a rooted Galaxy S2).

Richard Manns said:
I rather like your widget (just got the paid version), but there are a few niggles...
1) The date format flips between US (December 11) and European (11 December) depending on how long it is. Perhaps link that format to the global settings?
2) Might be nice to be able to create your own formats, or add a few text areas.
3) Personal thing, the year on its own might be nice.
4) Not sure what's wrong with the font selection, but I think you're working on that already.
These are by no means major, this is a lovely app (run on a rooted Galaxy S2).
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Hi there! Thanks for support going pro!
1) Really? I'm not able to reproduce that issue, sounds weird, i will try to check
2) Custom text will be there soon so you can create text as you like, also next areas will be supported
3) I will add this on next release
4) I will add a font search through all the system soon, stay tuned (i have not much time to devel recently)
Thanks again for feedback / support!!

hello there , updating weather not working for me even im doing force update but the weather area still like this " --(-- degree) " anybody can help me about it ?

Vry.I.Prsn said:
hello there , updating weather not working for me even im doing force update but the weather area still like this " --(-- degree) " anybody can help me about it ?
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Hi,
do you have the same issue with fixed location? is location&security->use wireless networks enabled on your android options?

Great widget, thank you! One request: Could you incorporate a color picker such as the one by Devmil:[Library] Color picker (Open Source)
Basically, I would like to be able to type in the hex color code rather than fiddling with the sliders.
Will be buying the pro version soon. Thanks again!

Great widget, I paid for pro version.
Can you explain me how to get short format of #NEXTALARM#?
I'd like to show next alarm as "Alarm in 15:45" but I get "Alarm in 15 hours 45 minutes".
Simple alarm time would be also nice as "Next alarm at 05:45"

Transparent background?
Hi johnuopini,
I just bought your app(pro).How do I make the background transparent?You have different color settings but I don´t want any color.A transparent background (the wallpaper as background).
Please help.

luckyluis said:
Hi johnuopini,
I just bought your app(pro).How do I make the background transparent?You have different color settings but I don´t want any color.A transparent background (the wallpaper as background).
Please help.
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Hi! Just set "ALPHA" to zero in the "main color" option.
Enjoy the widget and thanks

[App] Meta Widget - Create widgets from website snippets - Now with Widget Maker

META WIDGET
Meta is a unique app that can turn virtually any online content into dynamic, interactive widgets.
Simply browse to a website, pick a column of text, link or image and enjoy this information right on your home screen!
Why is this cool you ask? Because almost anything can be parsed out of a website - images, blogrolls, RSS feeds or entire windows.
Any widget created through Meta can be customized and automatically updated, or updated on user interaction.
Features
★ Create widgets from almost any website element
★ Parse graphs and images
★ Extract statistics and information from authorized sites
★ Configure widgets (background, alignment, etc.)
★ Automatic updates
★ User defined click actions
★ Lots of other cool stuff
Status
The app is currently quite stable, but we still prefer to call it a beta. So please, do write to us with suggestions or bug reports!
Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.metawidget
The free app has everything but automatic updates. Please buy the Key - that would help us a lot
Screens
Widget Maker
We also make a companion app called Widget Maker. It allows you to staple together many widgets, including Meta Widgets:
XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688088
Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.widgets
Screens:

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Hi! Just maked clean XDA theme for my tablet
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"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"
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Any issues with this first build?

Come come guys - feedback please!

I've just installed it and I'm trying to use it with a forum, I can't seem to invoke the keyboard so that I can log in. I'm using a Sensation XL running Gingerbread.

UKseagull said:
I've just installed it and I'm trying to use it with a forum, I can't seem to invoke the keyboard so that I can log in. I'm using a Sensation XL running Gingerbread.
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Someone else said this was a problem... though we havent been able to replicate it. Does this happen on all sites? Also, which site are you referring to?

I've only tried the one so far http://www.eos-magazine-forum.com/index.php

UKseagull said:
I've only tried the one so far http://www.eos-magazine-forum.com/index.php
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Hmm... i just tried on three devices (hc, ics, cm9) and the keyboard pops up fine when clicking the login field.
Can you please try another site? Or maybe a reboot? We use the webkit browser and its not flawless so the keyboard hiding we do at first run may be screwing with it.
Lets see if we can fix this for you.

1.0.2.1
Fixed keyboard issue present on some phones
Fixed image cache optimization (much faster now)
Fixed a rendering issue that occurs if data connection is lost
Fixed a few device-specific issues from user feedback

Nice idea, like it. But how do i prevent making a list view from content?

herrsch0rdev said:
Nice idea, like it. But how do i prevent making a list view from content?
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Do you mean the list separators?

This is awesome. Tried to make some widgets, but i don't have so much ideas. Anyway the keyboard sometimes don't work, i must exit and start again, and sometimes back button doesn't go to previous page but exit the widget config. A possible overall preview would be nice(maybe full screen preview) since i make some changes and don't know how the widget will look. Another thing that i noticed is that when i select an element, in selection section it shows on center and nice aligned on every row, but when i put it on homescreen it's just one row after another. Here it's an e.g:
Selection:
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Homescreen:
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Also would be possible to take whole div, not only an element from that? I tried to take a div that contains some text and an image, but only the text was selected. This is a nice piece of work, keep up the good work.

AlkaDragos said:
This is awesome. Tried to make some widgets, but i don't have so much ideas. Anyway the keyboard sometimes don't work, i must exit and start again, and sometimes back button doesn't go to previous page but exit the widget config. A possible overall preview would be nice(maybe full screen preview) since i make some changes and don't know how the widget will look. Another thing that i noticed is that when i select an element, in selection section it shows on center and nice aligned on every row, but when i put it on homescreen it's just one row after another. Here it's an e.g:
Selection:
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Homescreen:
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Also would be possible to take whole div, not only an element from that? I tried to take a div that contains some text and an image, but only the text was selected. This is a nice piece of work, keep up the good work.
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Hi. Thanks. If you like it, please leave a comment on the play store - at this early junction good reviews will help us spend more time making things better
Regarding the preview - its in the works, though it is pretty complex to do. We will use our Prepaid Widget as a template, so you can have a look at that if you want a a preview of how thew preview will look...
Re many elements. ATM its only possible to select one at a time. We are working on an internal launcher which will allow you to move all the elements around. Its slated for release this month.

ftgg99 said:
Hi. Thanks. If you like it, please leave a comment on the play store - at this early junction good reviews will help us spend more time making things better
Regarding the preview - its in the works, though it is pretty complex to do. We will use our Prepaid Widget as a template, so you can have a look at that if you want a a preview of how thew preview will look...
Re many elements. ATM its only possible to select one at a time. We are working on an internal launcher which will allow you to move all the elements around. Its slated for release this month.
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Review added on market. This would be huge, if you can implement multiple elements. Select one, two ore w/e elements and move them around, awesome!
Just something that i forgot to ask, sometimes it takes up to 150MB RAM, usually 50~60MB isn't a bit much?

Pretty awesome app. I can't for the kufe of me figure out how to set the widget on my desktop. I assume I need the paid app. Most likely user error I'm just dumb lol.
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swiftinmotion said:
Pretty awesome app. I can't for the kufe of me figure out how to set the widget on my desktop. I assume I need the paid app. Most likely user error I'm just dumb lol.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2
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It's a widget. Long press on homescreen, search for MetaWidget and start configure it:
- Enter a website, select an element(click on it then use the arrows from bottom to select between multiple elements)
!!! make sure you have the checkbox from bottom-left ticked !!!
- Click on the plus sign near the ticked box to select that element and go to widget preference screen.
- Configure the text alignment, size, background color, w/e...
- Click OK , select widget size then select OK again, and you'r done.

AlkaDragos said:
It's a widget. Long press on homescreen, search for MetaWidget and configure.
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Yeah I've done that.. Once I find a Site and stuff can't figure out how to get back to my desktop
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AlkaDragos said:
Review added on market. This would be huge, if you can implement multiple elements. Select one, two ore w/e elements and move them around, awesome!
Just something that i forgot to ask, sometimes it takes up to 150MB RAM, usually 50~60MB isn't a bit much?
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We will implement multiple elements soon when our widget constructor comes out. Within two weeks the beta will be up.
Re ram - this is because of images. And of course the cache of the webkit browser, which once closed is shunted out of ram.
On modern devices this isnt a problem though...

ftgg99 said:
We will implement multiple elements soon when our widget constructor comes out. Within two weeks the beta will be up.
Re ram - this is because of images. And of course the cache of the webkit browser, which once closed is shunted out of ram.
On modern devices this isnt a problem though...
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Nice. About the RAM you are right, when the next version will be out, that won't be a problem
@swiftinmotion - Check out my previous post, i've rewrite it and added some pics.

[APP][4.0+] ibPopup [BETA][10/23][Floating Unobtrusive SMS Popup]

ibPopup
Floating Unobtrusive SMS Popup​
Most other popups:
- Displays in the middle of the screen, blocking all other activities.
- Requires the user to close the popup to interact with other apps.
- Interrupts any other activities that are present at the time of the popup.
Floating and unobtrusive popups:
+ Does not interrupt or block existing activities when it is displayed.
+ Allows interaction with both the popup and underlying applications at the same time.
+ Floats at the top of the screen enabling users to operate other apps as if it wasn't even there.
Other features:
Reply from within popup.
Swipe to cycle through texts.
Swipe to close.
Press enter to send option.
Holo colors and design.
Ability to resize all text.
Ability to move the vertical position of popup.
Allows scrolling through long texts.
Handles multiple texts from multiple people.
Option for persistent notification.
App Info:
.apk
I created this app using Tasker in conjuction with Tasker App Factory
You do not need tasker to run this app.
I have provided a .apk file that can be installed if you enable the option "Install From Unknown Source" in system settings.
.xml
I have also provided the project's .xml which can be imported into Tasker and used through Tasker, just as it would in app form.
Once imported, the project is able to be edited and customized to your needs.
By all means, make any modifications you like, BUT if you do many any edits and post it publicly, please refer back to this thread, site it appropriately and give me credit for what i have created.
How to import.
Known Bugs
*When using the "Press Enter to send" option, a new line is shown when enter is pressed, though the blank line is not actually sent in the message.*
*When two texts are received within half a second, the second text may not display correctly.*
*Screens with different resolution/dpi/size will cause the popup to have a different size/location.*
It can only handle texts from up to 5 different people.
*Only able to scroll down through text in the center of popup (sides are reserved for swiping through texts)*
Compose window displays differently on full screen.
Importing the .xml project into tasker is borked for some people.
*Cannot be fixed at the moment due to Tasker limitations*
Links:
Tasker Website
Tasker Google Play
Tasker App Factory Google Play
Popup 7 (An app that is my inspiration which has similar features and is available through Google Play)
Press Thanks!
{
"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"
}
Press Thanks!

Downloads
Last Updated 10/23
Version 2.3.2
-Notification Click
-Empty Compose Fix
-various fixes
Files:
Dropbox ibPopup Folder

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Thanks for posting this here!
I hope you'll be able to make this into a standard application. On one phone it's fine but on the other it's stretched and overlapped etc.
Keep up the great work!

hey man seems very very nice ! where can I download it ? EDIT : SORRY I FOUND IT !!! =D
I can also put this in my rom and give you the proper credits ?
thank's a lot !

atrix4g18 said:
Thanks for posting this here!
I hope you'll be able to make this into a standard application. On one phone it's fine but on the other it's stretched and overlapped etc.
Keep up the great work!
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What phone? And could you give screen shots? Thanks
eng.Colombo said:
hey man seems very very nice ! where can I download it ? EDIT : SORRY I FOUND IT !!! =D
I can also put this in my rom and give you the proper credits ?
thank's a lot !
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Yeah as long as I get the credit
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

HTC ChaCha / Status. CM10.1 The screen is 480x320.
I guess if I had tasker I could build it for my phone or something?

atrix4g18 said:
HTC ChaCha / Status. CM10.1 The screen is 480x320.
I guess if I had tasker I could build it for my phone or something?
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Haha wow that's bad, I guess since the screen res is so small.
Edit: and it looks like that phone has a default landscape display..
I'll probably have to make multiple versions or find a way to detect screen size in Tasker.
But yes you could edit the app in Tasker.
This might not be ready for multiple devices then maybe I should move this to the app development forum :/
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

It's labeled as beta. It should be fine here.
That's why making this into an app that's not associated / created with tasker would be amazing. Of course that is a lot of work

atrix4g18 said:
It's labeled as beta. It should be fine here.
That's why making this into an app that's not associated / created with tasker would be amazing. Of course that is a lot of work
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Thanks,
and yes i believe this app has a lot of potential, i simply lack the knowledge and skill to make it properly
EDIT: i figured a way to get the screen size!
So now I have to figure out how to dynamically adjust the scenes accordingly...
but its possible

ibCurlyFry said:
EDIT: i figured a way to get the screen size!
So now I have to figure out how to dynamically adjust the scenes accordingly...
but its possible
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Awesome! Keep up the great work!

This is great! Keep it up!

does it work with just textra installed and default android sms app disabled?

mircea89fzr said:
does it work with just textra installed and default android sms app disabled?
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It should. Try it out
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

I can't get what the point of that app if I can't simply reply to SMS
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2

Reply works for me. The reply box pops up when you tap on the message.

vasiaeva said:
I can't get what the point of that app if I can't simply reply to SMS
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Reply works for me. The reply box pops up when you tap on the message.
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Yeah its supposed to be tap to reply..
EDIT: I made it on the homepage! :silly:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/ibpopup-brings-floating-and-discreet-sms-popups/
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

My s4 has a weird bug that makes talkback always on when using any accessibility apps. Is there any way to use this without the accesabilities? Also it doesn't mark the sms as read after a reply other than that an outstanding idea and keep up the fantastic work!
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All the accessibility does is make sure the Compose window appears/disappears correctly.
If u don't enable accessibility it will still work, just might be a bit wonky haha
And last time I checked I can't mark messages as read because of Tasker limitations, but I'll look into it again.
Thanks!
Sent from my SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

It'd be nice if I could see that tutorial again. Also, the font is scaling depending on the length of the message, which makes it go from a book for the blind size to microscopic.

[APP][3.1+] Friend Brush

Hi everyone,
I have recently published a new app called Friend Brush. Using this app you can create collages of smaller photos that look like a single photo when seen from distance (or zoomed out). You can pick your tiles from various sources, namely Facebook, Google+, or your device's gallery. For the big picture, you can either choose from your gallery or simply take a photo with the camera. Below is a sample of what can be done using this app:
{
"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"
}
I would highly appreciate any feedback, especially on stability and user experience of the app.
Download from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=annahid.apps.friendbrush
In case there are some issues in the public release, you can try bleeding-edge beta versions of the app using one of the following options:
OPTION 1:
Become a Google Play beta tester for the app. I have enabled beta testing for XDA Android App Testers Community.
OPTION 2:
Download the testing version from my official website. This version has all the basic features of the app, plus a report button you can use to contact me about a bug.
If you like the app, please make me extremely happy by tipping this to XDA Portal!

Friend Brush has just been updated. Now everyone can choose large tile photos. I also found some bugs in the previous versions and fixed them.

hessan said:
Friend Brush has just been updated. Now everyone can choose large tile photos. I also found some bugs in the previous versions and fixed them.
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Great, thanks for sharing your work. Really nice idea to honor your friends with being a part of a new picture.

I have uploaded a new version to beta channels. I have tried to fix previous bugs. All the new features of 1.2.x are still in beta and not open to public. So, you can have first-hand access to those features (and help me perfect them). Thanks!

Nice idea and good work! Thanks

bezrodnyigor said:
Nice idea and good work! Thanks
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Thanks! Please let me know if you find any problem.

I have just published a new APK to beta channels. Saving creations to storage is now available right from the beginning. Enjoy! And please let me know if you face any bugs.

hessan said:
I have just published a new APK to beta channels. Saving creations to storage is now available right from the beginning. Enjoy! And please let me know if you face any bugs.
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Your app is on the portal now: Easily Create a Photo Collage with Friend Brush :highfive:
As I told you, I like this app. Maybe a fantastic birthday present, when you make a big picture of your girlfriend/wife - of course with her on every tile :angel:

benkxda said:
Your app is on the portal now: Easily Create a Photo Collage with Friend Brush :highfive:
As I told you, I like this app. Maybe a fantastic birthday present, when you make a big picture of your girlfriend/wife - of course with her on every tile :angel:
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Yea, that's really great news. I will try to keep the app fresh through new features. I actually gave out birthday gifts to some of my fiends before I released the app when they asked how'd you do it, I told them about the app.
By the way, thanks for tipping.

Looks nice, gonna try it.

Nice idea but all my photos are on Google+ and I can't access them.

~wolverine~ said:
Nice idea but all my photos are on Google+ and I can't access them.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will add this feature in the near future. However, the best results are with profile pictures as mosaics.

Hey..
This app is amazing.!! I shared a pic made from this with my friends and they all went bezerk..
Well keep up the good work..
And ya one suggestion can u make it possible to add multiple albums from the phone gallery to one brush.. It would be quite nice coz like i keep all my photos segregated into different albums and love to use them all together..
Thankx.. (Y)..
Sent from my WT19i using XDA Premium 4

Niteshdcool said:
Hey..
This app is amazing.!! I shared a pic made from this with my friends and they all went bezerk..
Well keep up the good work..
And ya one suggestion can u make it possible to add multiple albums from the phone gallery to one brush.. It would be quite nice coz like i keep all my photos segregated into different albums and love to use them all together..
Thankx.. (Y)..
Sent from my WT19i using XDA Premium 4
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Thank you for your interest and your idea! Feedback like this helps me understand better what exactly users are looking for. Friend Brush was originally using just friend profile pictures for tiles (hence the name), and using photo albums was a late decision. So that part is still not mature enough. I will think about your idea to incorporate it in a user friendly way. Might not be in the next update, but for sure I will do it in the future. And if you like the app, I would be really glad if you rated it as I'm currently being stormed by haters on Google Play.
Thanks again!

hessan said:
Thank you for your interest and your idea! Feedback like this helps me understand better what exactly users are looking for. Friend Brush was originally using just friend profile pictures for tiles (hence the name), and using photo albums was a late decision. So that part is still not mature enough. I will think about your idea to incorporate it in a user friendly way. Might not be in the next update, but for sure I will do it in the future. And if you like the app, I would be really glad if you rated it as I'm currently being stormed by haters on Google Play.
Thanks again!
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Haha.. Haters will soon know they were wrong.. And ya there is never a hurry.. U take ur time.. It wad just a suggestion..
Keep up the good work mate.!
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Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
3) It was not clear where the app was saving the creations or what it was calling them. Option to name them would be good. I plugged the phone in and searched the internal storage for "friends" to find where they were.
4) It would be great to be able to "favourite" the tiles you pick for the brush. In that if 2 tiles have virtually identical colour tags it would choose the 1 you marked higher priority. Although this is ofc a very minor suggestion
5) A bit of a "Tutorial" for want of a better word, more like basic help. As in the recommended number of tiles for the brush to get good results. I had about 200 of my little son and tried to make a creation out of that but the creation picture was poor. It was not really possible to make it out, this is most likely because of the lack of colours the app had available to make the creation because i had too few photo's. A little tip about this might stop people using too few and discarding the app as useless just because they didnt give it a fair shot.
6) Scrolling down the photo's in the creation is very slow (Xperia Z), maybe its possible for it to cache/thumbnail those. I have around 300 pics on my phone but it took a fair amount of time to scroll to pick a creation photo while it was loading them. It processed the brush and creation faster than browsing the album
Please dont take any of that as negativity, just suggestions. The app is absolutely brilliant and truly 1 of a kind!
Thanks
Adam

thanks for this wonderfull app....
one suggestion..when i am viewing the creation on my desktop while zooming the image it's blurred, but on phone its fine..can you have a look into this...

india86 said:
thanks for this wonderfull app....
one suggestion..when i am viewing the creation on my desktop while zooming the image it's blurred, but on phone its fine..can you have a look into this...
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Thank you. How much are you zooming? Tile sizes are limited (32x32 pixels by default). You can set them to twice this size (64x64) by going to Settings. Hope this helps.

adamkm said:
Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
Thanks
Adam
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Well these can be found in Menu>Help...

adamkm said:
Fantastic App! A few suggestions if I may.
1) I couldn't find anything that show's the full list of Premium features.
2) A little "help" about what the settings do would be useful. Like the random options of none to maximum. I tried both settings with the same brush and picture yet saw no difference.
3) It was not clear where the app was saving the creations or what it was calling them. Option to name them would be good. I plugged the phone in and searched the internal storage for "friends" to find where they were.
4) It would be great to be able to "favourite" the tiles you pick for the brush. In that if 2 tiles have virtually identical colour tags it would choose the 1 you marked higher priority. Although this is ofc a very minor suggestion
5) A bit of a "Tutorial" for want of a better word, more like basic help. As in the recommended number of tiles for the brush to get good results. I had about 200 of my little son and tried to make a creation out of that but the creation picture was poor. It was not really possible to make it out, this is most likely because of the lack of colours the app had available to make the creation because i had too few photo's. A little tip about this might stop people using too few and discarding the app as useless just because they didnt give it a fair shot.
6) Scrolling down the photo's in the creation is very slow (Xperia Z), maybe its possible for it to cache/thumbnail those. I have around 300 pics on my phone but it took a fair amount of time to scroll to pick a creation photo while it was loading them. It processed the brush and creation faster than browsing the album
Please dont take any of that as negativity, just suggestions. The app is absolutely brilliant and truly 1 of a kind!
Thanks
Adam
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Thanks for your comments and your interest! I will answer your questions one by one here:
1) Did you click on "Why?" The button is available on the Google Play version, beside "Go Premium!" on Dashboard
2) There are Help pages about everything in the app. Just hit the menu button and choose Help from overflow menu. You can swipe to the screen you desire. Otherwise go to Settings and choose Help from there.
3) The app saves the creations to Pictures/Friend Brush on your external storage. Naming option can be added in the future.
4) I am thinking of new options for tiles for future updates.
5) Obviously the app can't do magic. 200 photos is a good number if they have diverse color tones. Camera shots normally have very flat range of colors. The app works best with profile pictures of your friends. About 300 profile secures a diverse enough spectrum.
6) I will look into that.

Defilmirz Watchface - free

Hi,
I've finally managed to publish my free Defilmirz watchface on Samsung apps.
IMHO it is an interesting idea because it is very customizable with a settings app on the phone (Android) side.
Since it is free, I assume it is legal to mention it here. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
The watchface is accessible on Samsung Apps with name "Defilmirz"
Please let me know if you have any interesting idea to add on this watchface. I will try to add anything requested which is possible within my capabilities.
Here is a video of its usage and some 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"
}
And the Android settings app is here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aktuna.gear.defilmirz

Very nice especially with phone color config. Very very.... annoying all this faces wich change color as soon as you fingers tap the screen What a shame that don not works also on S2

I just uploaded a version for S2. Once the Samsung testers approve it , you can get it for your S2.
thanks for your feedback.

Nice face. Feedback:
1. The center where the hands meet is an odd grey that looks like a dirty screen. I don't know what to change it to, but other faces address it.
2. the second color only sticks on the always on screen. when the screen is on, the entire second color section is a significantly lighter color and not what I would ever want to look at.

I have published another version of the watchface. It is called "Defilmirz F"
It has the same concept and features. Just a different organization of the screen.

jimbob_sf said:
Nice face. Feedback:
1. The center where the hands meet is an odd grey that looks like a dirty screen. I don't know what to change it to, but other faces address it.
2. the second color only sticks on the always on screen. when the screen is on, the entire second color section is a significantly lighter color and not what I would ever want to look at.
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Thanks for your feedback. I would like to fix what you've seen as a problem.
But I need some clarification and ideas;
1. I could put a static imaghe on the center. Like a dot or circle. Would that be nice ? What color it should be ? Black ?
2. The second color is used for the background of the digital information. But over that part I added a transparent and shiny layer which makes the color lighter. Now if I remove that layer, the shiny light effect will be gone. Maybe I can try to change the effect to be darker.
Meanwhile, as a workaround, you can try to select the color darker.

Having a few more days to play with various watch faces, I can appreciate the artistic challenge of two designs that need to compliment each other and the technical challenge of AOD battery consumption and interacting with the various APIs.
That said, when I look at a bunch of faces, the center painting is made easier by decreasing rings for each hand. The stock Blue Pop does it well. By avoiding solid areas, you can mix in the background color (black). Look at enough and you'll see.
The white overlay now makes sense. I'm too type A to suggest color tuning. There's a happy solution there somewhere.
I do like the companion app that takes us away from Samsung's software. I think there is some real power to be had.

Just installed this and looks great but unfortunately steps count is not showing.

mohitgalaxy3 said:
Just installed this and looks great but unfortunately steps count is not showing.
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it starts from 0 when you load/reload the face. Then you have to walk/run to make a positive number.
if that doesn't work for you , then you might have stopped the generic step count feature of the watch. Please enable it in S Health.
thx.

jimbob_sf said:
Having a few more days to play with various watch faces, I can appreciate the artistic challenge of two designs that need to compliment each other and the technical challenge of AOD battery consumption and interacting with the various APIs.
That said, when I look at a bunch of faces, the center painting is made easier by decreasing rings for each hand. The stock Blue Pop does it well. By avoiding solid areas, you can mix in the background color (black). Look at enough and you'll see.
The white overlay now makes sense. I'm too type A to suggest color tuning. There's a happy solution there somewhere.
I do like the companion app that takes us away from Samsung's software. I think there is some real power to be had.
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thanks four your detailed feedback and compliments. I'll try to do my best to fix what you've pointed out. But I am on vacation starting tomorrow. I hope I'll be able to fix it after 9-10 days.

I'm loving this watch face, but the time shown is an hour behind. Is there a time zone setting I'm not seeing in the companion app?

deanos_98 said:
I'm loving this watch face, but the time shown is an hour behind. Is there a time zone setting I'm not seeing in the companion app?
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I've found the problem and fixed it. But Samsung validation team has to approve it before you can get it.
Thx. for your patience.

mrmrmrmr said:
I just uploaded a version for S2. Once the Samsung testers approve it , you can get it for your S2.
thanks for your feedback.
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Still not avalaible for S2 (july 21)

Pretty cool. Almost all the information I want access to on a watchface without a bunch of extras.
Some ideas to consider or not:
- Tasker compatibility to use a dynamic variable as the scrolling text (could be a reminder, appointment, or anything... limitless possibilities)
- temperature
- tap icon to open battery/health/weather/etc
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RuggedHunter said:
Pretty cool. Almost all the information I want access to on a watchface without a bunch of extras.
Some ideas to consider or not:
- Tasker compatibility to use a dynamic variable as the scrolling text (could be a reminder, appointment, or anything... limitless possibilities)
- temperature
- tap icon to open battery/health/weather/etc
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these are all good ideas. specially I liked the Tasker integration. But I don't know how to write a tasker plugin. Do you have any source on that ?
temperature would be nice, but which source should be used ? getting from weather.com or any other weather information site like wunderground ?
I assume there is no temperature sensor on the Gear S2 or S3 (?)
icon to open battery/health is easy. but it could affect the user experience in a bad way. (unwillingly touching the screen)
maybe I should add it as an option...

mrmrmrmr said:
these are all good ideas. specially I liked the Tasker integration. But I don't know how to write a tasker plugin. Do you have any source on that ?
temperature would be nice, but which source should be used ? getting from weather.com or any other weather information site like wunderground ?
I assume there is no temperature sensor on the Gear S2 or S3 (?)
icon to open battery/health is easy. but it could affect the user experience in a bad way. (unwillingly touching the screen)
maybe I should add it as an option...
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Regarding Tasker, start here. The plug in would be for your phone companion app of course, with the goal of the "scrolling text" field to accept a tasker variable.
I use the wunderground api in my apps and just parse out what I need. You could technically grab a hundred different items and offer your users the choice, but temp would be good enough for me.
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RuggedHunter said:
Regarding Tasker, start here. The plug in would be for your phone companion app of course, with the goal of the "scrolling text" field to accept a tasker variable.
I use the wunderground api in my apps and just parse out what I need. You could technically grab a hundred different items and offer your users the choice, but temp would be good enough for me.
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I've checked the Tasker developer resources, but could not find an easy way to integrate it in my app. They shared the sdk from some other app vendor named twofourtyfouram and it is in Gradle format for Android studio which I don't use. (I am still developing in Eclipse)
Anyway I tried to migrate the SDK to Eclipse but it has references to other libraries from the same vendor (twofourtyfouram) and they are missing.
So I am looking for a ready sdk to use in Eclipse.

timezone issue has been fixed and update is published by Samsung.

Will there be a way to enter hexadecimal color codes to choose colors instead of point and drag?

deanos_98 said:
Will there be a way to enter hexadecimal color codes to choose colors instead of point and drag?
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that's very easy to implement. but do you really prefer it ?
I doubt that a very few will prefer such input.