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New Gallery App Replacement *Solved*

PLEASE NOTE: I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS APP, I JUST "TRANSLATED" IT TO ENGLISH
I've been trying to replace 3d gallery and have stumbled upon a great 2d gallery, unfortunately for me it was in Chinese, I read the instructions on the first page of miui translation forum thread and have translated it to English and actually compiled the app without any errors(to my surprise ). but when i replace the app on the phone i still get the original version that opens up(Chinese one).
I spend 2 good hours translating it, and really hate coming up short
can some one tell me what i am doing wrong? I'm attaching the Chinese version and the English version
there are the translation instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8268893&postcount=3
UPDATE: A kind member of XDA community has signed the app

Have you tried replacing the .apk in /system/app via root explorer or adb?
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its not a system app. it just a regular apk. eventually i want to replace the 3d galley so this one woudl open up from the camera

i could not even get it to install. wont install normally, and copied to /data/app and it doesnt show up
tried to install with adb and it gave a certificate error
this is because you didnt sign the translated apk
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
shows you how to do that
if you modify an apk, it must be signed before your phone will use it
ive signed it and its installed, and working, in english
my guess is that you didnt remove the untranslated version before trying your new one, make sure you remove it first
good work btw, great find
also, this isnt aosp is it? i was thinking the icon more resembled miui, which would make sense if it was in chinese

invisiblek said:
i could not even get it to install. wont install normally, and copied to /data/app and it doesnt show up
tried to install with adb and it gave a certificate error
this is because you didnt sign the translated apk
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
shows you how to do that
if you modify an apk, it must be signed before your phone will use it
ive signed it and its installed, and working, in english
my guess is that you didnt remove the untranslated version before trying your new one, make sure you remove it first
good work btw, great find
also, this isnt aosp is it? i was thinking the icon more resembled miui, which would make sense if it was in chinese
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THANK YOU !!!!! nice to see my work didnt go to waste , in the thread it said i can do it without signing it so that what i did.

as far as i know, all apk's must be signed for android to use them (with the exception of framework-res.apk)
also, you should change the thread name to something else and put a signed version on the first thread so others dont get confused

invisiblek said:
as far as i know, all apk's must be signed for android to use them (with the exception of framework-res.apk)
also, you should change the thread name to something else and put a signed version on the first thread so others dont get confused
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changed. you wouldn't happen to know how to link this app through the camera? so when i click on the gallery from there it would open this app. i assume there is a pointeer somewhere in the camera.apk...

what do i look like? a programmer?
actually, no i have no idea. i would expect if you decompiled Camera.apk you can find it by digging through the code
(use smali/baksmali to accomplish the decompile)
but i am not well versed in programming, so i wouldnt know where to begin

crutoi,
great find! love this gallery. so much easier and faster. better organized. when you find the link to the camera, let us know. until then, i'm a happy camper! Thanks!
jc

Have any screenshots of this new gallery?
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makskylan said:
Have any screenshots of this new gallery?
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original screens are under this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9156152&postcount=2876
its the same thing but in English now, i find this gallery just as fast as a htc one

crutoi said:
original screens are under this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9156152&postcount=2876
its the same thing but in English now, i find this gallery just as fast as a htc one
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It looks like 1.6 gallery doesn't?
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jgalan14 said:
It looks like 1.6 gallery doesn't?
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i have no idea what it is, all i know is its a lot better them 3dgallery

crutoi said:
i have no idea what it is, all i know is its a lot better them 3dgallery
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Mm idk it looks just like the moment one which kind of the HTC gallery for the sense phones but who knows
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First and foremost thank you for translating the application. The application loads our media gallery really fast, it blows 3D gallery out of the water.
Feedback:
-Some of the cataloging is redundant,
-Thumb image quality is not the best,
-The icon could be nicer,
-No Picasa support.
Thanks again.
HTC EVO
MIUI 11.5
KERNEL 2.6.32.25 BCBLEND

Do you have the source code for this?

[WIP]Arc / Neo Camera App on Play

First things first: Im not a code guru - I just have some expirience on other android devices and can't promise that my attempts will work succesfully.
So I'm trying to port the camera app from the Arc to our Play.
Looks like we will need to modify the libs, as the camera installs flawless but gives errors on start "No camera found".
Only tried the Arc app, as I didnt get my hands on the Neo dump yet.
Here the zip with (i hope) all libs and the apk itself.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kti4anb9lx7qyv8/cam__anzu.zip
Attempt #1
Copy & Paste all camara related libs from the arc to the play
FAILED - if you overwrite the play-own cameralib.so the phone hungs up in a bootloop.

That sounds cool. I'll take that the arc camera interface is custom made and not as ours the native android?
Regards Dousan...

Thats the reason behind this whole story
Their custom app for the cam looks more cool and sofar i know has more options (or atleast they are better sorted)

Great Looking forward to your updates/progress
Regards Dousan...

Does this mean we will have HD recording?

emann56 said:
Does this mean we will have HD recording?
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If some of the real devs can make the libarys accept 720p recording, probably yes. as the camera seems to be capable to record in that high res. (eg. the htc desire has also a 5mp cam and record 720p flawlessly)

Can you make R the shutter button and maybe L just focussing?

ill help, ive coded a few apps for iphone 4 (cydia)
can you upload anything camera related from the arc, and include directories? thank you!
if anyone used the iFlat series themes, i was behind all the coding for the weather, time etc, im known as xX-SicKsKiLZz-Xx over at iFans

im also working on remapping the buttons, im seeing how the market camera apps remap buttons and working from there.

uploaded the apk and the libs, see 1st post

hold on, did you fix permissions after copying/pasting? thats the only reason i can see why you ended up in a boot loop.

i did. 10 signs.

just checking
ok, i spent all day on this, i managed to remap the camera button and its fully working in the native camera app, theres still a bug i need to figure out, the bug is that if you keep hold of the R button, it focuses but doesnt take a picture.
also, i managed to get the arc camera app working, you have to remove ALL old camera related stuff and replace it with the arcs stuff, then double check permissions.
theres still bugs, none of the features in the arcs camera app work, it FC's if you even try to take a picture.
im rewriting the all of the libs, ill post with updates & uploads tommorow

svenk919 said:
Can you make R the shutter button and maybe L just focussing?
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I second that ! great idea

I spent a few days on this when the arc and play were rooted.. think we will be able to get this working but need to wait until we can get some custom kernel action as there seems to be a link to the arc in the app... or possibly someone smarter then me can break the .apk apart (easy) and find the expression etc that limits its use to neo/arc (the hard part)
anyways thats my 0.02c
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just read
blickmanic said:
also, i managed to get the arc camera app working
theres still bugs, none of the features in the arcs camera app work, it FC's if you even try to take a picture.
im rewriting the all of the libs, ill post with updates & uploads tommorow
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Cheers mate

Any update guys?

Nothing new from my side. The app still doesnt recognize the camera.

Would be cool if we can get it working...
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ammarcool12 said:
Would be cool if we can get it working...
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Yeah as the camera app on the Play is terrible to be honest, shame as the images are really good!

FK1983 said:
Yeah as the camera app on the Play is terrible to be honest, shame as the images are really good!
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Its the stock android camera app, still they removed the the zooming slider for the sake of the front-face camera changer icon thingy stuff...whatever ^^;

[APK]Focal - New CM Camera APP

found this apk floating around xda.
can't remember the original OP I snagged it from.
no need to flash.
no need to push.
just install the APK.
http://db.tt/kyofufYl
working for me on touchwiz rom(mf9).
enjoy.
:thumbup:

Still really buggy, for some reason the panorama crashes the app and the last video Ive tried recording showed it was recording but it didnt. SSo be careful if you plan on using this as your daily camera app.

newyorksabre said:
Still really buggy, for some reason the panorama crashes the app and the last video Ive tried recording showed it was recording but it didnt. SSo be careful if you plan on using this as your daily camera app.
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yea its still in testing according to cm..
installing the apk does not replace your current camera though so no worries really..
still fun to check out and mess around with!

gershee said:
yea its still in testing according to cm..
installing the apk does not replace your current camera though so no worries really..
still fun to check out and mess around with!
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Yea its definitely fun to play around with. Dont get me wrong, when the bugs are ironed out this is going to be far superior than the stock camera ui. Im going to make the switch for sure, but as it is right now I thought Id let peeps know that you may not get the video you think your recording when using this.

not working for me! app starts, all options are there, but no picture - no back nor front camera view. help? original post?

This happened to me a few times, but it always FC'd when I tried to exit out and after restarting it worked again.

miki_maus_srb said:
not working for me! app starts, all options are there, but no picture - no back nor front camera view. help? original post?
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try clearing the apps data
:what:

Works for me in pacman alpha cm10.2-android 4.3. Had to clear data first now works perfectly.
It wasn't this apk. Just came in the rom.
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Extremely Buggy
Will be my favorite camera app when it works. All kinds of problems. Sometimes clearing the data works, but the next time I want to use it, I have to clear the data again. But even so, it may or may not work... If you open the picsphere deal, then close it, and try to open it again, it won't open. The settings allow you to change them, but they don't change the image at all (unless the data clearing works...). It also should allow us to save to SD card. I use the version(s) deployed with CM Nightlies. I wish they would give this some love... They may be working on it, however, the change logs don't reflect any updates... Please make this app stable!
Using CM10.2 Nightlies on Sprint Galaxy S 4...

This app is now available in the google play store in beta form. I have to say it's pretty good, not quite ready for prime time but definitely puts the stock camera app to same in many places.
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Only issue on my end is that the pictures are warped. Both cameras seem like they have a fish-eye effect.
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Great beta app! This will be great when completed! I just downloaded the beta from the play store (since it's not included in CM any longer) and it's still super buggy... So, is there any recommended course of action to clear any data that may cause issues for users? I read somewhere to simply clear the data via app settings and reboot, but it didn't help with my in-app settings issue. Basically, I can change the exposure setting, yet the image does not change at all. I also attempt to change the white balance, yet the change never applies to the image. Every once in awhile, the app will mysteriously work, until I close out of that particular instance. Then it reverts to the preformentioned state...

I've been hesitant to make this my default camera because I kept having issues with it and photo sphere is broken. ;/

^ don't dig up old threads. Focal is on the Play Store.
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[Q] Android 5.0 Gallery Missing?

After updating to Android 5.0 i cant find the Gallery App, is it gone? or did I made a mistake updating my nexus
Please let me know if im the only one with this problem

There is no Gallery app. Only Photos app of Google Plus. Use QuicPic

Stock gallery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytlvi1zeoggfwwm/Gallery.apk?dl=0
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SMRPOWER said:
After updating to Android 5.0 i cant find the Gallery App, is it gone? or did I made a mistake updating my nexus
Please let me know if im the only one with this problem
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I am using this..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyngn.gallerynext
So far so good.

Don't worry guys. Already opened an issue on this and some other things.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79233

Just use Photos->left menu->On Device

Xami said:
Don't worry guys. Already opened an issue on this and some other things.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79233
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Why? The Gallery app was only on the previews cause it was the AOSP app, same with messeging and browser apps. Once the factory image came out it reverted back to GApps and they were removed

There was never the new lollipop gallery app in either previews.
Check this and you'll know. Material design: http://youtu.be/Q8TXgCzxEnw

Im not sure how i feel about google not including an AOSP gallery and forcing me to install google plus so i can use the photo app or use a thrid part app since kitkats gallary FCs when i try edit my pics. I wonder if google is breaking any kind of antitrust laws with its unfair and deceptive practices because if anyone decides to puchase a stock lollipop phone their only option to view thier pics is to either sign up for google plus or download a thrid party app.

Xami said:
There was never the new lollipop gallery app in either previews.
Check this and you'll know. Material design: http://youtu.be/Q8TXgCzxEnw
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Can anybody tell me which music and picture app they show in the Video?
Thanks!

Absolutely hated this. Dont wanna use no crappy G+

The G+ gallery is terrible, an average app developer could reimplement a better version of it in half a day. Quickpic isn't a valid alternative if you have your images on google's cloud. Quickpic max rex is 2048x2048, and doesn't support geotags from picasa cloud, while the old aosp gallery didnt have neither of these limitations. Plus quickpic doesn't support photospheres. I wish there was a valid alternative, but atm it seems that we are stuck with sideloading a 2011 aosp abandoned apk

Try Pikture, a material designed Gallery app, beautiful and fully fonctionnal : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures

They said that the old Gallery app will not be present in the Lollipop version. I don't like this either, maybe if we had waited for the OTA, the old Gallery app would still be there. And it doesn't necessarily need Google+, you can log out of Google+ inside the Photos app.

Atok_fr said:
Try Pikture, a material designed Gallery app, beautiful and fully fonctionnal : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures
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Does it support cloud services?

tylerdurden83 said:
Does it support cloud services?
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No
You could try the old QuickPic.

sorcio91 said:
No
You could try the old QuickPic.
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I'm not really sure what's the fuzz with quickpic is about. The app is stuck in 2012. As I said, it has severe limitations when dealing with cloud images from Google, like the lack of support of geotags, or higher resolution than 2048x2048, or photospheres.

QuickPic Beta with full material design support (look at G+ community for apk ) !

Atok_fr said:
QuickPic Beta with full material design support (look at G+ community for apk ) !
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Using it, but it has nothing of the features I pointed out before....

tylerdurden83 said:
Using it, but it has nothing of the features I pointed out before....
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Yeah sorry for that. I can't do anything for you but this update is a cool news

Default Gallery App Change

Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.

technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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For remapping the buttons the app from Flar2 works.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton

technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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Hmm...
If I tap on an image file I get a choice :

jhill110 said:
Hmm...
If I tap on an image file I get a choice :
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try from within the camera - take pic - review it - only allowed Google Photo's, for me at least..?

technotika said:
try from within the camera - take pic - review it - only allowed Google Photo's, for me at least..?
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Tryna different camera. Counterintuitive? Maybe. Probably. Definitely. But you will get the option that you want.
But this has ALWAYS been the case with HTC. I have installed the HTC camera app on other phones, and it was imperative to have the HTC Gallery app to be able to review the photos after they are taken. I know that it's a different gallery app that we are taking about, but I think have the Camera App is the real issue here. The app defines the default photos app.
I may be wrong, but that's something that I discovered a while back.

technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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You could use a custom rom like leedroid, there you can define your favorite app for pictures and it will launch from the camera.
And you can use custom roms without root.

diamond09 said:
You could use a custom rom like leedroid, there you can define your favorite app for pictures and it will launch from the camera.
And you can use custom roms without root.
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Still need to unlock the bootloader. I'm sure you know that...but there are still some newbies to the scene.

AarSyl said:
Still need to unlock the bootloader. I'm sure you know that...but there are still some newbies to the scene.
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Sure I know about that, it was just a hint to the right direction.
There are some very good guides for it.

What if you sideload the old Gallery app?

If you want back the old HTC Apps try here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...blinkfeed-plugins-devices-08-03-2015-t3049438
I tested it on my shiny new U11

Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it

NeoDJW said:
Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it
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Switch to QuickPic

I cant, already tried that.

NeoDJW said:
Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it
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install htc album from apk mirror, then disable the google photos app. It should default to htc album then.

It should but it doesn't, and I don't know why... When I disable google photos and install htc gallery nothing hapens when I try to open photos from camera.

Any fix for this yet?

Would love to see a fix too!

I got around all the little issues with Photos by disabling that app.
Then got "QuickPic" from Google Play and made it Gallery app in it's settings.
Aggravation instantly gone. Works fine without giving an argument about everything.

haasgo said:
Would love to see a fix too!
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on our rom you can pick any gallery app as preview album in the camera app.

I've tried many apps as I've never really used Google photos before and had no luck with any. But I've started to like it now. Especially since they added opening straight to albums in the settings.