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WM5 Color scheme - BaseHue Magic

Okay, so I finally succeeded in creating my own little theme for my Qtek 9100 which runs WM5.
Unfortunately, WM5 decided that my theme's image would be best accompanied by the UI color...none. Absolutely no color - entirely greyscale.
Although cool in its own right, my image was blue, and I wanted my blue interface to go with it.
Did some digging, and it appears that the interface colors are almost entirely handed by the BaseHue value in :
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color
Most of the colors are then derived from that - different brightness, different situation, different gradients (pop up messages for example appear to be a red gradient blended with whatever the base hue is)
I haven't entirely figured out yet how values map to colors - anybody who has, please do post.
So far I just have 0 .. 255 = greyscale (with varying levels of brighness, though I can't say it's a linear gradient)
256 = red, 511 = magenta, everything inbetween goes along the rainbow.
Anything above just seems to be a cycle of values 256 .. 511 again.
So I was able to set my UI colors back to blue, to match my theme's image.
Anyway, now the fun part. I didn't need a soft reset. Change the BaseHue value in a registry editor and *poof* - instant UI colors change.
So now I'm wondering - is there any application taking advantage of this yet ? If not - why not?
It seems like an ideal companion to e.g. reminders...
reminder alarm goes off, pops up the window, you click it away because you're busy with something... but you won't forget about it, because your UI colors turned an alarming red - and won't go away until you specifically tell the managing application that you really don't want to deal with the reminder anymore.
Or you could just have it as part of some background application - make it turn colors based on the time of day or something.
If nothing else, somebody who can fully decipher the colors-to-values voodoo could make an application to quickly change UI colors with a nice graphic interface ?
Seems like there could be lots of fun, and usefulness, to be had with it
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If this was already covered, then I don't know why a search for 'Hue' or 'Basehue' doesn't pop it up.
It's not in : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=PocketPCTodayColors
Nor in : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry

interesting esp the idea about reminders

ZeBoxx: I had a quick play earlier and I don't think the reminders reflect the same colours as the soft keys etc. But play around a bit more to see what you can find.
Re the colour scheme, I played around and have attached a quick guide for people to play with this.
Obviously it's based on hue, not RGB, so the number reflects a figure like this:
Hue
Saturation
Brightness
For numbers between 255 and 510:
It seems that Brightness and Saturation are fixed.
So the numbers over 255 reflect Hue only. But that's enough.
Follow the colour map, from top (0) anticlockwise.
Thus red = 0, green =65, cyan = 127 etc.
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So to have a purple startbar, set
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color to a value of 255+188=443
Hope that helps you guys with some great themes!
V

Hi Vijay,
The brightness and saturation aren't so much 'fixed' as I think that they're absent. The value does indeed indicate only Hue - most of the other colors in the WM5 UI ar then derived from that.
I think you misunderstood one bit, though - when I mentioned the reminders I didn't mean to change the color of the reminder so much, as to change the BaseHue value altogether, causing the entire WM5 UI color to change. This way, if you dismiss an alert/reminder, your UI will still be different from wha you'd normally have, and serve as a constant reminder - without obscuring any applications like a balloon does, or being insignificant like a taskbar icon.
But, as I said, it could be used for a lot of things - you could mimic one of those stupid light balls that track your stock and change color based on that, for example.

Man, what typos in my post.
Anyway, I also think there's got to be something more to the values over 511... this because another site that happens to list some BaseHue values reads:
Windows Default: BaseHue=dword:00010189
O2 : BaseHue=dword:00baf08c
Guava Bubbles: BaseHue=dword:00a8b500
These hex numbers are way higher than 511 in decimal, and I think it'd be odd for Microsoft to pick such a high number if there's basically no point in it.
Maybe part of it describes whether elements go more saturated / less saturated | bright | etc. ?

Hmm.. well, if there is a difference, I sure can't find it.
Windows Default's 65929 and its hue-equivalent 393 seem to generate the exact same color scheme; difference composite in a graphics app showed only the time and the registry value text as being different %)
Strange.
Anyway - still cool Now to find a PPC command-line utility that can load .reg files

ZeBoxx: sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you wanted to also change the gradient for the notification popup as well. This doesn't seem set by the BaseHue but by the normal theme settings.
However, your idea is really good about a subtle reminder colour changer... eg bright red soft keys to remind you what you're missed etc..
Show us what you come up with!
V

If only I were a coder
My coding experience is limited to scripting languages - none of the sort that would run on PocketPCs
I see Microsoft has a little Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit with a total of $0 available, though... perhaps I'll give it a try some day, but I wouldn't expect anything - busy enough with regular work as is :|

Guys, I've knocked up a quick program for this. Hope it helps.
VJBaseHue, on my website.
Basic idea is you just specify the Hue Value you would want (not the number in the registry, but the Hue value itself, as indicated on the picture above. You can get hue values in most art programs and the stardard windows colour picker.
eg VJBaseHue.exe 187
will give you:
This can be assigned to a launcher, hardware key or profile changer etc.
Let me know how you get on.
V

hah - neat
This should work great in conjunction with programs that can launch applications for events
one comment - it seems to be placed in subdir: VJSmallIcons

Man, I hate the cab manager. A bad workman.... Fixed, please redownload and reinstall...
V

All good
Made a nice set of .lnk files for b/w, red, orange, yellow, neon green, green, mint, cyan, sky blue, blue, royal purple, magenta and hot pink now

Screenshots! Perhaps post your hue value and a small screenshot, so we can make a gallery!
V

It suddenly occurred to me that maybe you don't have a WM5 device ?
But if you do - one note regarding your page...it only mentions the taskbar and the soft button area.
It actually affects way more. It affects all dialogs and dialog items that don't explicitly have any colors set. It affects the selection color in your start menu. It affects scrollbars. etc.
My device isn't too interesting to look at at the moment, as I just wiped everything off of it for my next round of software tests. I'll see about some screenshots of my links' settings though.

ZeBoxx - I kind of have a WM5 device! I use my Magician as my phone and that's with me all the time. I have a Universal but only ever use it to browse the net in bed and to test developments on. I've almost never used it! Hence so little customisation on my screenshots. However, that's also why I never see the start menu (I use smallmenu), dialogs etc.. I just made the program quickly (out of my old VJSmallIcons code!), checked it worked and posted it straight off for you guys to play with. I'm probably the last person who'll use it though!
V

Hey Vijay,
I'm using your software and I'm loving it
Thank you for your hard work, and I know it took your night throughout the early morning for you to design this program.Ya da man !

duh - I should have recognized from your screencap
Attached is a file that contains a nice big chart of screenshots + my .lnk files, which assume the current location of your utility.
One note: I was mistaken. The range isn't from 257 through 511 - it only goes through 496 - after that it sorta wraps back towards blue before hitting red again at 512.
So the valid range for hues is 257 .. 496
I still have no idea what the deal is with the greyscale colors' brightness changes

Great work ZeBoxx!Thanks....one question though...I was playing with VJbasehue and discovered that I can key in value higher than 255..is there any different in terms of the decimal value that effect the hue color?
Thanks

ZeBoxx: wow, that's amazingly useful ZeBoxx. Can I put a link to it on my website? It'd be very helpful! You get full credit of course
Zack: hey, this isn't the great hack I was talking about yesterday at 6am :shock: BaseHue is cute, but the thing I was working on yesterday - I wrote it, and it even makes my mouth water. I'll send you a screenshot shortly. You can be the first to see it :roll:
V

argh... I don't think there's any point in setting values higher than 496 - even though the windows default and e.g. that nasty berry thing that comes with the Qtek 9100 have much higher values.
vijay - be my guest

[APP] [FREE!!!] Pl3xWallpaper Customizable LiveWallpaper!!

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This is a LiveWallpaper app based on the Nexus LiveWallpaper from Google, but with full controls over everything you can imagine giving you full control over this wallpaper without the need of a themer or developer to modify it for you.
This is an FAQ/Instruction type post which outlines the capabilities and controls of Pl3x Wallpaper 4.x
Why would I stop charging for this app and give it out for free? I've learned that people love free things, and are more apt to try my works if I offer them for free. Later down the road, when I publish more apps I might throw a paid app back out there.
Now on to the good stuff! How to work this thing!
The Wallpaper Items:
There are 3 main parts to this wallpaper, the images. We'll cover those first, as the rest of the controls dont mean squat unless you pick these images wisely.
The Background Image
This one is quite obvious. Its the actual wallpaper of this application, and is automatically resized to 854x960 for you (will upscale/downscale from there for different devices automatically), so you can feel free to use images from your Camera's save folder. If you use an image that is not in this 854x960 aspect ratio (8:9) it will automatically be stretched and skewed to fit. (better ratio/size controls will be introduced in v5)
The Sprite Image
The Sprite is the "square dot" on the Nexus LWP, or the Circle 3 in the above left screenshot. It is a small image, at only 64x64. You can use larger images if you want, they will be automatically resized to 64x64 for you. Just be careful of stretching/skewing!
This image is very special, as its not used straight up as you might expect. Google uses their private API named RenderScript to modify this image heavily, giving it a "glow" effect of a light. In that regard, it acts just like an actual light. White would be the brightest of all colors, while black is technically no light at all so it doesnt show up at all (black is transparent). Darker colors are effected by this too, as they appear to be more "See through" or "opague" than brighter colors because of this rendering effect. I have tried many times and many different ways to disable this effect so we can use black as a Sprite color, but sadly I keep failing. As I progress in this project, I continue to dissect Google's RenderScript API (which is not documented at all) looking for a way to allow dark/black colors.
The Trail Image
This image is the long trailing color behind the sprite that slowly appears to fade out to nothing. This is also a fairly small image, but it is NOT in the size you would expect. It is 128x128 and a simple gradient FG->Transparent. I usually dont change this image, and dont recommend changing it either, but I hate limiting people on their controls, so I have included it in this app.
The coloring of the trail is the same color as its sprite it is attached too, and also goes under the same RenderScript effects as the sprite.
The length (or size) of the trail can be adjusted, shorter or longer. The width can also be adjusted smaller or wider. However, its not as simple as it sounds. The two are somehow tied very closely together, and I havent looked into the equation to figure it out yet. Play with the settings until you find what suits you best.
The Controls:
Selecting an Image
Selecting an image is really simple. Just click on Background/Sprite/Trail at the top of the main screen to open the Image Selector screen.
Here you will see a list of folders to visually navigate through. Clicking on folders will open them, pressing the back button or "[parent folder]" will go back a folder. Pressing back on the root (/) directory will close the Image Selector screen and return you to the main screen.
If a folder contains any images, they will be presented to you at the bottom of your screen in a Gallery View. Scroll/Flick through this Gallery to select your image. The Gallery populates itself and caches thumbnails to your SDCard. You can clear the cache at any time, instructions for that are down towards the bottom of this post.
The Image Confirmation screen will show you a small, resized (if larger than screen) preview of the image you just clicked on. Click the Set button to set this and go back to the main screen. Click Cancel to go back to the Image Selector screen to pick another image file.
The Color Controls
There are 4 colors that can be adjusted to anything you want. Have them all the same, or all different. Its up to you. All 16.7 million colors are available to you.
There is a row of 4 large, colored dots. Click on one to bring up a color wheel. Drag your finger around the wheel until the center dot displays the color that you want. Or you can type in the Hex # if you want. Click that center dot to set that color. Do the same for all 4 colors.
Number of Sprites
This allows you to set how many free floating Sprites there are on the screen.
Max Number of Sprites on Tap
When you Tap on the screen (not in preview mode) 4 Sprites shoot out in all directions from where your finger is. You can have so many Extra Sprites on the screen at any given time. The default is 20, so after 5 quick taps it stops drawing extra Sprites until the previous ones disappear offscreen. Raise this to raise that limit.
Speed
This is the set speed of how fast the Sprites are moving across the screen.
Speed Variance
Notice not all Sprites move at the same speed, some slower, some faster. This setting controls that. It is a Variance control, meaning it goes both high and low of the set speed. If speed is 5, and variance is 2, then your sprites will randomly be set at speeds between 3 and 7.
Max Redraw Offscreen Delay
This is how long the Sprites stay "alive" while offscreen before they are redrawn.
Trail Length
This is the trail's length control.
Trail Width
This is the trail's width control.
Allow Tap
You can allow the Tap that was mentioned previously or not. Jus tuncheck this and taps ont he screen will no longer draw extra Sprites.
Menu Button Controls
The following settings are found by pressing your device's Menu button.
Color Schemes
I have included the standard color schemes that can be found in CM's Nexus LWP mod, plus a few more (more will be added with each version). These are a named set of 4 colors, predefined in the app. Select one from the list, and the colors will automatically be set on the main screen. You can then decide to use these colors, or modify them with the above mentioned Color Controls.
Load Defaults
This will simply unset any custom images you have set, and restore all slider/checkbox values to their default preset values.
Clear Cache
This clears the Gallery View images from the cache located on the SDCard
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If you have any issues at all with this wallpaper app, please report the bug to me in PM, and as a temporary fix try clearing the Pl3x Wallpaper data.
*Currently this app is ONLY for Froyo HDPI devices. IF you cant find it in the Market, then your device is most likely not supported.

updated for v4 paid

Here are a few Sprite images I've put together for ya'll to use (remember, black is transparent )

And here is a custom trail to get your imagination juices flowing

Updated for FREE version.
I've downgraded the paid version to free!

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Updated for FREE version.
I've downgraded the paid version to free!
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hey dude, iv been looking on the market and i can not find it, is it gone? If you can, can you send me a apk download?

super-6-1 said:
hey dude, iv been looking on the market and i can not find it, is it gone? If you can, can you send me a apk download?
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/pl3xwallpaper/com.pl3x.livewallpaper

it says " the requested Item could not be found" so im guessing its down right now.

super-6-1 said:
hey dude, iv been looking on the market and i can not find it, is it gone? If you can, can you send me a apk download?
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*Currently this app is ONLY for Froyo HDPI devices. IF you cant find it in the Market, then your device is most likely not supported.
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[APP] Lightwell Live Wallpaper

Lightwell is a Live Wallpaper which displays
- Current Location address
- How long you stay there already (UNIQUE NEW FEATURE)
- Time and Date
- Battery Status
- Local weather information [BETA]
- Network status (WIFI, mobile) and traffic counter [BETA]
I am very glad to read feedback from you here. Especially regarding measuring the time how long you stay at your current location. Does it have some value to you?
To me sometimes it was useful, e.g. "how long am i working already"...
Free version in Android market
If you have problems downloading the APK, you can try this link. But please note: Android 2.1 required to support Live Wallpapers.
Download lightwell_free.apk
-didi
NEWS:
CHANGES
1.17
1.16
- Added custom wallpaper feauture to FREE version. Use any image of your gallery as your wallpaper behind the Lightwell data
- Fixed weather to use Yahoo data instead of unofficial Google "API"
1.15
1.14
1.13
- NEW font CabinSketch
1.12
1.11
FIXED Battery status. Now resetting history whenever AC power connected or disconnected.
NEW Headers can be turned off if user wants to see the values only.
FIXED Font is now also adjusted in horizontal direction. CONDENSED and BASIC mode looked ugly in previous versions if used in PORTRAIT mode.
NEW Feature Stay Awake. Wallpaper tries to keep display ON when charging phone. Can be useful if phone is used as clock during night.
V1.10
- NEW Screen styles CONDENSED and BASIC - better tablet support
- NEW Screen styles separately configurable for portrait and landscape orientation
V1.9
- FIXED Permission READ_PHONE_STATE required for Signal Strength on some phones
- FIXED Signal Strength is resetted correctly
- FIXED Bitmaps were loaded too often since last update
V1.8
- NEW Signal Strength for mobile network
V1.7
- NEW Style "basic" with new layout
- NEW Fonts (free: 2 fonts, paid: 10 fonts)
- Fixed location time "since 0" if no location provider is enabled
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[2011-06-13] New feature (BETA): Mobile traffic since last reboot
[2011-06-13] New Language Translation: Spanish
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lol whats the battery usage?

I like the concept. I installed the wallpaper and I will use it and see how the battery is affected if at all on my evo.
Would be nice of we could select any image as the wallpaper background. Could even go crazy with the customization by reordering things, different colors for each data set...weather option maybe.
Great work!! I look forward to seeing how this grows.
i can haz root

Seems to work okay....however it doesn't scale properly on my Dell Streak.
Only uses 3/4 of the screen vertically.
Width is fine.

Amdathlonuk said:
Seems to work okay....however it doesn't scale properly on my Dell Streak.
Only uses 3/4 of the screen vertically.
Width is fine.
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Was actually just going to mention this too. Doesn't use up the whole screen on my evo, it actually seems to shrink sometimes and use even less vertical real estate
i can haz root

jhayes;13298163
Would be nice of we could select any image as the wallpaper background[/QUOTE said:
+1 to that I would love to have my own pic.
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As I´ve written in the market!
Keep on and this could be the base for something great - why? Because no oine really needs it and that´s often a feature of success
If you need help with localization for German you can contact me (just see my other thread).

Excellent!!..
Thanks for this.
Can you please attach the APK?.. (sometimes is better for me than going into the market)

awesome live wallpaper! would be cool if there were an option to select a custom static wallpaper behind the status.

In X10 Mini Pro don't use all screen, in top keep a blank margin

theaveragechef said:
awesome live wallpaper! would be cool if there were an option to select a custom static wallpaper behind the status.
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It looks like that's an option of the paid version, if I read correctly.

jhayes said:
I like the concept. I installed the wallpaper and I will use it and see how the battery is affected if at all on my evo.
Would be nice of we could select any image as the wallpaper background. Could even go crazy with the customization by reordering things, different colors for each data set...weather option maybe.
Great work!! I look forward to seeing how this grows.
i can haz root
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With the pro version you can use your own pictures!

Amdathlonuk said:
Seems to work okay....however it doesn't scale properly on my Dell Streak.
Only uses 3/4 of the screen vertically.
Width is fine.
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+1 running on galaxy tab 7"

Cool wall paper thanks. I would like to be able to select the size of the battery gauge and the clock. I don't think time at a location is very useful to me. Seconds on the clock would be a cool option too.

Looks very good!
Have you run some tests of battery drain?
It would be great if we could customize the emphasis of each category. I guess a lot of people would prefer to have a bigger time and smaller battery level.

Select your own wallpaper background image
Hello,
first i want to thank you for all your feedback. I am very happy about.
- Currently I have uploaded two different versions to the market. One free version and a 1 $ version which adds the feature of selecting an image of your own gallery.
- Regarding Dell Streak's display size I will do some research and try to fix soon.
- Battery usage: This was one of my primary goals when developing the wallpaper. Often this was the cause, I have removed a live wallpaper in the past and changed back to a standard image again. As you can see all the values are updated when you turn on the screen. When the display is turned off, the app will unregister from all broadcast receivers to sleep all the night without getting disturbed (wakeup) by any OS notification. Repaint calls were optimized. I cant ensure that it is perfect, but I spent some effort on this already. (My N1 with Cyanogen is providing me nice statistics about CPU/Battery usage)
Once again I am glad, if the app is being used and some people out there like it.
-didi

extremely smart and unique idea. Good Job DEDEEP. still testing it out on my Tmo Vibrant with custom Roms

dedeep said:
Hello,
first i want to thank you for all your feedback. I am very happy about.
- Currently I have uploaded two different versions to the market. One free version and a 1 $ version which adds the feature of selecting an image of your own gallery.
- Regarding Dell Streak's display size I will do some research and try to fix soon.
- Battery usage: This was one of my primary goals when developing the wallpaper. Often this was the cause, I have removed a live wallpaper in the past and changed back to a standard image again. As you can see all the values are updated when you turn on the screen. When the display is turned off, the app will unregister from all broadcast receivers to sleep all the night without getting disturbed (wakeup) by any OS notification. Repaint calls were optimized. I cant ensure that it is perfect, but I spent some effort on this already. (My N1 with Cyanogen is providing me nice statistics about CPU/Battery usage)
Once again I am glad, if the app is being used and some people out there like it.
-didi
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I apologize I didn't even see the paid version in the market, so I didn't know of the custom image feature.
I must say, I didn't notice any significant battery usage while the screen was off, certainly no change when the screen is sleeping, so it looks like that is working just fine.
Keep up the good work.

@didi
weather info would be desirable!

repllccax said:
@didi
weather info would be desirable!
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Agree with this, perhaps having configurable options as to what info is displayed? Apart from adding that to the wishlist, I'm enjoying this live wallpaper, good job.

[APP][1.6+] TinyLaunch: New lease on life for old and slow devices

I was finding my Archos 43 Gen8 device with its puny 256mb RAM unusable with regular launchers so I decided to roll my own from scratch: TinyLaunch.
The main development rules were:
- use very little RAM
- run on lots of devices (all the way back to Android 1.5 -- the subject line is wrong when it says 1.6)
- get out of the way and avoid doing anything in the background while other apps are running
- run fast once it's configured (but currently the configuration app scan is slow)
- nothing extraneous--no pretty extra icons, no help information, and of course no ads of any sort (not even a link to my other apps--all that is wasted memory)
I plan for the apk never to exceed 40K. Currently it's 29K.
This is *extremely* low-featured. At base, it just presents a simple scrolling list of apps (with categorization features) with no icons (though you can turn on icons, at the expense of some speed: Menu, Settings). You tap on an app and there you are.
In particular:
- no widgets
- no shortcuts
These limitations may make this useless to you. But if you just want a list of apps for launching, e.g., on a device for your kids to play with, TinyLaunch may be the thing for you.
The first time you run TinyLaunch needs to scan for apps. This is a very slow process on my Archos 43 (at least for apps moved to SD), though faster on modern devices.
By default TinyLaunch just shows a simple list of apps. Choosing Menu, Settings lets you include icons (slower) and a more standard tiled view (slower).
Instead of folders, I implemented a category system inspired by PalmOS, though with some variations (the main one is that apps can be in more than one category).
By default there are three special categories: All, Unclassified and Hidden. You can make some custom categories like "Games" and "Math and Science" by pressing MENU and New Category. To categorize apps, the easiest way is to switch the category to Unclassified (tap on the category selector at the top of the screen), and then long tap on an app to choose how to classify it. The app then disappears from the Unclassified category. Note that the Hidden category is a special category that hides apps from the All and Unclassified views (though a Hidden app can still show up in other categories if you like).
APK download: http://pruss.mobi/dl/TinyLaunch.apk
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.TinyLaunch
Source code: code.google.com/p/tinylaunch
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Can we have a screenshot?

I just uploaded a new version. This includes a more standard and less ugly tile view (but slower). And I included the screenshots in the post above.

Maybe you should put some steps for minimum memory use - medium memory use - normal ? Therefore this launcher might be used by other users who has a bit more ram? Btw, your idea is so nice and really suitable with google kitkat's idea "less ram, more work, high speed"
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I wanted to try it out but it says that it can't parse the package unfortunately. I'm using Android 4.3.
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I have tried it on Android 4.3, so it works
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I just uploaded 0.07. Minor tweaks to the display. Option to lock orientation. And now the scanning happens when you need it to, I think.

Now officially released on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.omegacentauri.TinyLaunch

Any chance of a light theme? Am trying your launcher out on a rooted Nook Simple Touch which has an e-ink display. Other than being a bit dark seems to be running well, thanks. Will also try it on my Gen 8 Archos 70.

darren1 said:
Any chance of a light theme? Am trying your launcher out on a rooted Nook Simple Touch which has an e-ink display. Other than being a bit dark seems to be running well, thanks. Will also try it on my Gen 8 Archos 70.
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You probably would also want paging rather than scrolling for eink, right?

arpruss said:
You probably would also want paging rather than scrolling for eink, right?
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Thanks for the reply. Screen refresh is set high so not noticed a problem with scrolling.

Great idea! Runs great on my old wildfire!

darren1 said:
Any chance of a light theme?
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Thanks for the idea! I implemented it in 0.10. (At no size cost, since I also optimized some code at the same time.) Should be up on Google Play now. Menu, Settings, Light theme.

arpruss said:
Thanks for the idea! I implemented it in 0.10. (At no size cost, since I also optimized some code at the same time.) Should be up on Google Play now. Menu, Settings, Light theme.
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Thanks for implementing a light theme, unfortunately I just get a black screen with no text when I choose the light theme on my Nook Simple Touch with Android 2.1. Also doesn't work properly on my Archos A70 using 2.2 but works as expected on my Nexus 10 running 4.3. Do you think it could be an issue with Android 2.1 and 2.2?
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Light theme also not working properly on ZTE Skate running 2.3.

darren1 said:
Thanks for implementing a light theme, unfortunately I just get a black screen with no text when I choose the light theme on my Nook Simple Touch with Android 2.1. Also doesn't work properly on my Archos A70 using 2.2 but works as expected on my Nexus 10 running 4.3. Do you think it could be an issue with Android 2.1 and 2.2?
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Light theme also not working properly on ZTE Skate running 2.3.
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I foolishly only tested on Genymotion running 4.3, not an actual device. Yeah, it doesn't work on 2.2. I fixed that, and uploaded 0.11 to Google Play. Should be up soon.

arpruss said:
I foolishly only tested on Genymotion running 4.3, not an actual device. Yeah, it doesn't work on 2.2. I fixed that, and uploaded 0.11 to Google Play. Should be up soon.
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Working now, thanks.

Would anyone find this useful on a tablet and hence would like more than four columns of icons? (Currently the number of columns is hard-coded. It would probably add about 2K to the apk to make it more flexible.)

I added a feature that works sort of like a home screen. If you have a category named "Home" (capital H, everything else lowercase), then pressing the Home button toggles you between the Home category and the All category. So you can just put your most frequently used apps in the Home category. If you want a plain PalmOS-style launcher, just don't make a category with that name.

I added a very primitive toddler lock to TinyLaunch. If you turn it on, then the HIDDEN category disappears completely, and the access to all the menu functions disappears until you type "Not toddler". I use it on my Nexus 7 in conjunction with a restricted profile to make the Amazon Appstore (which I need to have available for the sake of the toddler apps that are tied to it) inaccessible to the toddler--I just set the Appstore to be hidden in TinyLaunch

i just got a new toy - Archos 70b Cobalt and wanted to thank you!
i change the homescreens on all my devices to some minimal ones like "search based launcher" and "organised drawer". while trawling the archos forums, i happened across your TinyLaunch. i like it so much that it has become the default launcher on not just my archos, but also my samsung galaxy ace mobile and nook simple touch ereader (with light theme).
i like what you have done with the Home category, and apps in multiple categories. i don't use/need any other features.
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your white theme has white menu, which is nice. but the default black theme menu is white which seems to conflict.. might look better with black menu.
arpruss said:
Would anyone find this useful on a tablet and hence would like more than four columns of icons? (Currently the number of columns is hard-coded. It would probably add about 2K to the apk to make it more flexible.)
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rather than hardcoding, perhaps let the user enter a number? should be simpler and more flexible for different devices. my tablet particularly in landscape mode could use far more columns.
btw, can you tell me how to get those nice soft-buttons, on your screenshots, at the bottom? my archos has just the standard three jelly-bean buttons in a wide band. i could do with a thinner band, and few more buttons on it. or more preferably have the buttons on my notification bar, like on my nook.

[APP][4.0+] Light Painting Helper - Make awesome colorful Ligth Paintings

{
"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"
}
Introduction:
You have a Camera that is capable of long exposure times imaging and you want to make awesome Light Paintings? You don't want to buy special torches? Then download Light Painting Helper!
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Features:
- One Color or Color Gradient
- Predefined Colors and an easy to use Color Picker
- Five different Shapes in the Size you want
- Color Gradient time adjustable
- Backlight of screen can be set to max brightness - old value is restored at app exit
- Flip the Screen up to the sky or down to earth - the display is set to black
- If the screen is black you can choose if the color gradient continues or not
- If you have a LCD Device, you can disable the backlight when black is displayed for better Images. Not needed with OLED Devices.
- Vibrate at the end of a color gradient
- New Immersive Mode for Android 4.4 KitKat Devices
- Material Design, even with Android 4.x
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Screenshots:
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Reminder:
This App does not create Light Paintings. You still need a camera that is capable of long exposure times
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Limitations:
Devices with Hardware Buttons: The Backlight Illumination of the Keys can not be disabled. Please use black Tape or similar.
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Link to Google Play Store
[QRCODE]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kpdev.lightpaintinghelper[/QRCODE]
XDA:DevDB Information
Light Painting Helper, App for the Android General
Contributors
KobiP
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 0.7.2
Beta Release Date: 2016-04-10
Created 2014-01-05
Last Updated 2016-04-19

Reserved
Changelog:
v0.7.2:
Bugfix
- App crashing after single color was displayed
Sideload Link: Google Drive
[QRCODE]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0vR4Csba4OjU1ZGR3Vlckc5STQ[/QRCODE]
Older Versions:
v0.7.1:
Major overhaul of the App
- Material Design
- New Icon
v0.6.0:
New Features
- Refresh Rate and Number of Lines moved to Main Screen
- Vibration after color gradient finishes
Bug Fixes:
- RGB Color Gradient was actually a HSV
- Color Gradient Time was always 5s
v0.5.1:
Bug Fix:
- Removed crash at startup
v0.5.0:
New Features:
- Saves last run profile on app exit
- Added Opacity Bar at Color Mix Activity
- Reworked Code
- Improved Layout
- New Setting: Debug Mode - Enables LogCat output
v0.4.0:
New Features:
- Reworked Color Display Activity - Supports now the Immersive Mode of Android 4.4 KitKat
- Reworked Color Choose Activity - more rows, more colors
- Reduced Installation Size by half
Bug Fixes:
- Darker Black Setting was never evaluated

Hey,
I am proud to present my second app to a wider Audience! Since about two monts my App is now in the Play Store, but with my newest Version I dare to publish it here It would be absolutely amazing if you could test my App and tell me whats wrong and what else to implement. Even more amazing would be if you could post your created Light Paintings here! As it turned out I am a better Programmer than Photograph...
Cheers
KobiP

Hello Everyone,
I am happy to announce Version 0.5.0! Have Fun with it!
You can find it in the Play Store in a few hours, or you can sideload it now!
Cheers
KobiP

Hi!
I uploaded the BugFix Version 0.5.1. The APK I was installing with Eclipse worked fine, the APK that I exported and send to Play Store / Google Drive not. This should be solved now.
Cheers

Hello,
I am moving quickly towards the first Version that could be called "stable". This time I removed two Bugs: the first made the RGB color gradient to be executed as HSV. The second Bug was introduced in v0.5, it caused all color gradients to run for 5s, no matter what you applied.
I also Improved the UI: You can find now the Refresh Rate and Number of Lines on the Main Screen, not hidden in the Settings. Just press the new More Options Button. In the Settings you can find now a new Option that lets your Phone Vibrate when the color gradient is finished.
Cheers,
KobiP

Hello,
wow, more than two years later I have a new Version of the Light Painting Helper! This time it is a mayor rewrite of the App to get Material Design, Fractions, new Icon, ...
Much more of a maintenance release than new Features.
Tell me what you think!
Cheers

Hello,
another week, another update. This time just a small bugfix, when closing displaying a single color the app crashed.
Cheers

I've been using Light Painting Helper lately. Of all of the apps on the Play store, it's the only one that seems to work, so I thought I'd offer encouragement.
The use of the orientation sensor to 'pause' the pattern is really amazingly handy. My E-M5 Mk II has a "Live Time" mode so I can see the exposure take form on the iPad, while I use my Moto X to run your app. So, first I start your app, point the phone face-down, then I trigger the shutter, then I get in position to paint.
The 'lines' pattern tends to make for the most interesting texture.
I'd post a URL but I can't because anti-spam.

Hi. Just installed and know how to use it. Very helpfull app, I am wondering if you can add option for enter tekst that could be displayed as floating letters, like you observe it behind aperture. And moving phone will create hanging tekst when you capture it with camera with light painting option.

DeVilio said:
Hi. Just installed and know how to use it. Very helpfull app, I am wondering if you can add option for enter tekst that could be displayed as floating letters, like you observe it behind aperture. And moving phone will create hanging tekst when you capture it with camera with light painting option.
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Hello, thank you for your input! I was actually also dreaming of such a functionality, I have currently just no free time to implement it, and I am not sure when this will change.
theromis said:
give it to me
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Sorry, what? You get it in Play Store and in the second post you find the APK to Sideload.

Well, ok, i can fully understand you, what about position of tekst at screen? Is too low and bottom half is cut.
And also - it`s too slow - i dont see option to speed it up.
And - great work! Keep it going. If this app cost about $1 i would buy it - if it works perfectly. Sometimes it crashes when i choose second option.

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