I'm looking for a simple app that just turns off the screen when launched. I need to be able to choose it as an app to be launched from pie control, and have it simply turn off the screen with no additional taps. Pie control lacks this feature so I'm trying to find a way around it. Anyone know of something that does this?
Notes: I've tried several apps and though some allow creation of a shortcut to turn off the screen, or have an activity to do it, but they will not work with Pie Control as it only lists apps in the app drawer.
Device is an S4 running 4.4.2
Found it! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cillinsoft.scrnoff
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Hi everyone , I hope someone can help me with this.
I hope there's an app or way to do it.
Basically i want to know whether is possible to lock an app on the lock screen so that it can be used but you can't exit it or use other apps without inserting patter code or lock code.
In this case I would like to be able to have my playlist on the lock scree so that even if some of my friends handles the phone ,they'll be able to scroll through the list of songs and use the music player but won't be able to do anything else unless they unlock the device
is something like this possible?(at the moment there's a small widget at the top of the screen that can be used to pause,next songs etc when the lock screen is on but it doesn't allow to have more access to the app features such as playlist songs etc)
Thank you
any advice ?
Settings > Lockscreen and security > Other security settings > Pin windows.
Thank you so much Giocarro, this is exactly what I am looking for.
However, I have tried to check whether the function is available in tasker and can't seemt o find it.
I would like to aumate this so that when I'm in my car I can automatically get the music player open and pin it to the window using the script.
Are you aware of a way to do this through tasker or by any other method?
Thank you
I don't think it is possible, and I am a Tasker user, too.
The thing you can do is activate Settings app when you launch music app; I use this method to enable GPS when launching Maps.
i turn on gps when I open the map too but opening the setting app doesn't have any relevance here if I'm correct.
The settings to activate pin windows is a one of option.
the way windows are pinned is by pressing the recent button and then press on the pin icon on the bottom right side of the recent window you want to pin
This last stage is a bit annoying if it can't be done without a script, however this option that allows to pin apps is quiet useful.
thank you
Only way I could think of doing what you want would be to use Tasker "Send intent" feature, but I am not a developer so don't know whether there is an 'intent' for pinning the current app or not.
Posted this in the LG section but have since rid of that phone for the S6.
I'm hoping to find a way to disable the lock screen when i'm at home or another trusted area, without the need for unnecessary GPS/Location usage as with what the 'smart lock' option demands. Also, without having to root the device.
On my S4 widgetsoid did this brilliantly right from the notification panel and it would coincide with the device locking features that were set.
For instance. Whenever i was home I'd disable by tapping the padlock icon. Then if i went out I'd just tap it again to enable it. If I forgot to enable it, the set time limit for the locking options would take control and eventually automatically lock the device on it's own.
Is there anything available like this? Widgetsoid needs system access for this feature to work now.
[EDIT: The method described in Post #3 is now my favourite, but it requires purchase of an app - the first method described here is free]
[EDIT 2: See Post 5 for Pujie Black method]
I just got my first Smartwatch (Moto 360 2nd Gen 42mm) and had been planning to try this as I thought it would be useful. I frequently turn on my PC (also my media server) using Wake-On-Lan from my phone when I'm about the house or after pulling into the driveway. On an Android phone this is pretty straightforward. Here's how I did it:
1) First of all make sure your PC is set up to allow Wake-On-Lan and it is on the same network as your phone. (Plenty of guides online showing how to do this, for example http://www.howtogeek.com/70374/how-to-geek-explains-what-is-wake-on-lan-and-how-do-i-enable-it/).
2) On your Android device, install 'Wake On LAN' by Reinhard Alischer from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ralischer.wakeonlan). This can be set up to wake multiple PCs, and you can add a widget or shortcut to your home screen for waking individual computers. All you need to know is your PC's MAC address. (Further instructions using a different app are available at http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/turn-on-your-pc-with-android-device-via-wifi-network-wowlan -- but I recommend the app mentioned above for this as it allows Widgets and Shortcuts, necessary for the Android Wear instructions below).
3) You can now test this to see if you can successfully wake/turn on your PC using your Android device.
Assuming you've got the above all set up correctly, you can now proceed to get it working on your Android Wear device:
1) On your Android device, install 'Wearable Widgets' by Udell Enterprises from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wearablewidgets). The free version allows you to have one Widget on your Wear device, upgrade to the full version if you want to wake more than one PC or use other widgets.
2) On your Android device, open Wearable Widgets and tap the '+' button to add a Widget. Choose the 'Wake On LAN' widget for the PC you want to turn on.
3) Now on your Android Wear device, wake the screen and say 'OK Google, Start Widgets'. A Wake On LAN button will appear on your smartwatch screen - tap it and your PC should turn on!
Your Wear device does not need to be connected to WiFi, just paired using bluetooth, as it is your phone's WiFi connection that is being used to wake the PC.
This is one very useful aspect of a Wear device for me - no more having to pull out and switch on my phone to wake up the computer, just a simple command and tap of the wrist. Hope this proves helpful to someone else :highfive:
If anyone has a simpler method, I'm all ears
Very cool; thanks for the post.
Just to update on this and provide an alternate method...
First of all, I did purchase the paid version of 'Wearable Widgets', and it does indeed allow me to wake multiple PCs using separate widgets for each one from the Wake-On-Lan app. Another benefit of this is that I can now also add a widget from my 'FTP Server Pro' app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserverpro&hl=en), which allows me to start the FTP Server on my phone from my watch - so that I can backup my phone over WiFi or transfer files over to it from my PC without having to touch the phone.
An alternate method for the Wake-On-Lan process is to follow the steps as above in post 1, but instead of using 'Wearable Widgets' use the 'Notification Toggle' app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle) - and for this method you must purchase the Shortcuts feature from within the app.
This app allows you to have toggles for WiFi, Bluetooth, Silent, Vibration etc on your watch, so that you can control all of these features on your phone without having to take it out. The paid-for Shortcuts feature allows you to add Shortcuts from any app on your phone to your watch. So, as the Wake-On-Lan app mentioned above allows both Widgets and Shortcuts for waking an individual PC, we can add a WOL Shortcut to our watch. You can also add multiple Shortcuts (from any app that supports them) to your watch (for example, I also added a Greenify shortcut).
1) Load Notification Toggle on your phone and navigate to the Premium Features section. Assuming you have purchased this, tap on where it says 'click here' to see shortcuts. Tap on the shortcut you want to add (in our case 'Wake on LAN Shortcut') and configure it.
2) The app will automatically add the Shortcut to your notification drawer on your phone, so if you don't want it there go to the third screen of the app and remove the tick beside the shortcut you don't want on your phone. (Note that you can turn off all other features of the app if you don't want to use the phone end of the Notification Toggles, simply remove the ticks from all toggles on screens 2 and 3).
3) Navigate to the Android Wear section (screen 4, first button).
4) In the list of Toggles for Android Wear you'll see your Shortcut(s), put a tick beside each one you want to appear on your watch. You can also set the order of the toggles by going back one screen and choosing 'Change Toggle Order'.
5) On your watch, go to the app drawer and start Notification Toggle. Swipe to and tap the appropriate Shortcut toggle to turn on the PC.
This is a bit more complicated to set up than the previous method, but has the benefit that you can have a WiFi toggle right next to the WOL Shortcut on your watch. So, for example, if you've been out and about with WiFi off on your phone, you can pull into the driveway, tap the WiFi toggle on your watch to activate WiFi on your phone, and then wake the PC.
If you have Pujie Black or another watch face with shortcut hot spots, you can set one of these up to launch Wearable Widgets or Notification Toggle to make things even quicker. I find that Notification Toggle loads slightly quicker on the watch than Wearable Widgets, but there's not much difference. This method (with Notification Toggles) is probably slightly better, but I still like having Wearable Widgets on my watch as there are some phone widgets which are handy to have on your wrist.
Turn on your PC using your Android Wear device
Turning on PC using Android wear device? I mean with the help of smart watch, isn't it amazing? Thanks a lot for the informative post mate.
The latest version of Pujie Black watch face now allows you to add shortcuts from the phone direct to your watch face. This means you can install the WOL tool from Post#1, and add an invisible 'hot spot' tap action shortcut for waking your PC direct to any Pujie watch face or to the Pujie tap drawer. No other apps needed
If anyone needs more detailed step-by-step, just ask.
Thank you very much for the post
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Is there a way to get the Backbutton to the right side under Android Q? Custom Navbar App dosnt work and the Tut from XDA about the ADB Comands either.
hi, I'd also like to know if there is a way to get it back on the right side.
I actually use the full gesture mode, but there is something that I would like to change :
When you open the keyboard, the button to close it is also on the left side, is there a way to get it on the right ?(probably something to do with the navbar position of the buttons)
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I've mostly adjusted to this new layout after coming from a Note 9, but I definitely miss the massive customization Sammy offered via the Good Lock app. Interested in hearing the recommended way to achieve a similar level of tweaking in vanilla Android.
I tried digging through the settings activities to see if it was in a hidden menu somewhere, but couldn't find anything. I did discover that if I freeze Pixel Launcher, I lose the System Navigation entry in the System > Gestures menu, and the app switch button stops working. Maybe the Pixel Launcher has some way of controlling the order of the buttons? Though, if it does, it's not in any of the settings.
Hello,
I don't know if you will be able to help me because I have the impression that the factory rom has some gaps.
My Dragon Blaze game launches in the background upon startup / restart. Yet I have checked many times and no applications have an automatic launch. In addition to that, I am unable to close the app when I press the Recent key. It remains locked with the padlock. If anyone can help me that would be nice.
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1. What are you using to check autostart? Is it a built in feature? It can be problematic to limit what autostarts on some Android ROMs.
2. Apps with padlock will stay in recents list, that's a feature. Try to hold/swipe from recent menu, should be possible to unlock it.
It autostarts because it is locked. You can try long-press on the app icon while in Recents and tap on Unlock or something like that.
Thank you, I have to find a solution. When I long-press on the app icon while in Recent, I scroll to the down for unlock/lock the app.
But I don't know why the app automatically auto-start and lock at the restart.