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[APP] mClock,v2.2 released

I uploaded my digital clock widget, mClock. I plan on adding more styles and/or options. Let me know what you think, what you would like to see as far as options go and whatever else.
I've attached the QR code and screenshots.
For the fonts in the screenshot I just grabbed some off the web and put them on the sdcard.
Fonts: 1979, Acens, Colwell, Orbitron-Medium, and the built in fonts.
Report bugs: http://bitbucket.org/knoxcoder/mclock/issues
Xml help http://www.maroonedsoftware.com
Templates (skins) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9856429
There is also a donate version, mClock.donate

Looks great so far!
I have some suggestions though,
First of all, I really want a real 24 hour clock instead of the 12 hour clock available.
4x2 widget would be awesome.
Perhaps custom date formatting, for example, I cannot currently do "Sunday, November 7". The default android formatting options would be nice i.e "EEEE, EEE, HHHH, MMMM, d and so on."
Perhaps click to open application..
Maybe shadow options?
Larger font size than 100px? I currently use 128px which perfectly fits my screen from side to side.
Separating different lines would be awesome, for example, I might want month and day number on one row and weekday on another.

24 hr clock: I have the code almost ready for that
4x2 widget: Easy to add
Date format: Sunday, November 7 is already supported. You can turn off the year portion on any of the date formats and change the separator to ,(Space).
Click to open app: I've been thinking of a good way to handle this. I also need to allow clicking to open the options page. I've thought about dividing the clickable area to allow different launch options. If you have a good idea I'm all ears.
Shadow options: The blur effect overwrites the shadow. I haven't figured out a way to get both to work. I may settle for toggling between shadow or blur. But I did have the shadow working on a test build so it's doable.
Larger fonts: Easy to change
Different lines: That's where the different styles/formats come into play. Those take a bit more work but I do plan on providing that sort of thing.
Update to 1.3. Includes 24 hr clock, 4x2 widget and increased font max size

Exellent app mate! Congratulations! I m using it whole evening! So good, so far! I have no further wishes about this app! Loving it!

About the click to open app, why not a application in the launcher for the settings?
24 hour clock option should disable AM/PM automatically?
Still not seeing 4x2 widget?
I like shadow because it can act as both solid blur, shadow and the color is configurable.
Blur seems cut off at top and bottom at big font sizes?
I know it's a hassle for almost no difference but perhaps render it as text instead of a bitmap?
I know I sound whiny but this app has so great potential and is already better than the rest of the clocks, simply awesome work. Love it.

New update fixes the 4x2 issue. I forgot to add it to the manifest file... Also I disable the am/pm if 24 hour mode is on.
As for the shadow, I'll work on it next. Hopefully should have it ready tomorrow night. I have code already that allows you to select the shadow color, x & y offset and the shadow size. It should just be a matter of getting it all in shape and tested.
For the app launch. Do you mean put a item in the configure screen that will launch the app?
The blur getting cut off is a side effect of the clipping, I have an idea of how to solve that but I'm going to delay the fix for now.
I don't mind the suggestions, I like to know what can be improved.

Seems the update service crashes(or simply doesn't start) a lot on 1.3.1 with the 4x2 size?
Text won't fill the 4x2 widget correctly, fonts seem limited to a too small size(only 24 hour clock, won't fit width)?
Another suggestion of mine, 24 hour clocks usually display a leading zero when the hour is a single digit?
What I meant with app launch was to have a normal app (the ones that show up in your app drawer ^^) for configuration and launch custom apps with the widget.

Right now I have no clue why 4x2 doesn't work. It works on the emu but not on the device. The other sizes seem fine though. I'll look into it tomorrow.

Very cool looking digital clock widget! Great design.

My new favorite clock app !
What I really like about it is the way you can change colors.. gradient is a nice option.
Nice work mate !

Upload the APK please
Could you please attach the APK file here for the comfort of downloading?
It would be a great help.
Thanks
Arindam

Added the apk file to the original post.
New release now has shadows, more layout options, another clock format and some bug fixes. However I wasn't able to figure out the 4x2 widget issue so it's disabled for now.

looking awesome.
Good luck on the 4x2 widget.

Figured out the 4x2 issue. Still trying to get a good design on handling the app launch feature. One problem is you can have multiple widgets so if I disable the tap to config then you'll have to delete and re-add to change options. One idea is to have a popup that you either choose the app or the config, not as great as just tap to launch.

Awesome...The best clock widget till date...works great on my xperia x10.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

The clock seems kinda small, seems there is a lot of space to spare. See screenshot, bottom is the size I would want(Self-made clock widget), top is current size.
Awesome update man, 1.5 is simply awesome.

There's something "wrong" with the 1.5 version (market update)..
I've downloaded and installed your attached 1.4.1 file in first post just to be sure my eyes were ok..
When I set clock colours (white 100% and white 50%), the gradient is not as smooth as it used to be on 1.4.1

For the size not being as large as you want, try bumping up the font size and turning off clipping. Set the date's vertical alignment to bottom and the clock's to top. That should give you what you're looking for. And if the font size is maxed let me know and I'll increase it.
For the gradient issue. I know exactly what why it happens. I could go into tech details but basically to get the 4x2 working I had to reduce the rgba depth. I'll go back and increase it for all the smaller sizes.

Yeah, font size was maxed out. Perhaps make that setting a text input, shouldn't have any limits and be precise enough then.

Hey knoxcoder, I LOVE your widget, but as Poodlemastah points out, there's this major drawback of not being able to launch our app of choice when tapping it. This is a must have for all clock widgets.
Most of us like to set our alarms by just tapping on the clock widget, and right now I find myself using TWO clock widgets because of this... yours because it's the best looking, and another one in the adjacent home screen just to launch the alarms app... lol.
Even if it means having to re-add the widget once you add this feature, I still think it will be worth it in the long term... it's just a must-have for most people.
As Poodlemastah has suggested, I think the behaviour most of us would expect is:
Both the "add -> widget" option from the home screen and the icon in the app drawer will take us to the config screen. There, we can set all the parameters as we want them (including which app to launch).
Now, as you've said, there can be multiple instances of the widget, so maybe the ideal setup would be being able to "save" different clock configs from the settings menu (without necessarily applying them to any instance), then choosing which one of them to apply at the moment we add the widget to a homescreen. That way, it wouldn't be such a hassle to re-add them everytime, because the config would be saved.
It would be a matter of making the user conscious of this change by just re-arranging the settings menu: when we open it, it shows the options "Create new clock...", "Edit existing clock...", etc. That way, they would realize each clock is saved independently, and they would be asked for a name first of all, so that they would actually remember what it was called when they want to load it up.
Example:
· I open mClock settings
· I'm presented with 3 options: "Add existing clock to home screen"; "Create new clock..."; "Edit/delete existing clocks...".
· I choose "Create new clock..."
· I'm asked for a name, I name it "My clock".
· I'm then presented with the clock settings screen, which I procceed to adjust to my liking.
· At the bottom, I see 2 buttons: "Save" and "Cancel". I click "Save".
· After that, I'm taken back to the settings screen.
· I now choose "Add existing clock to home screen".
· I'm presented with a list of the existing clocks already created.
· I choose "My clock".
· The clock is added to a home screen (the central one, I guess?), and I'm automatically taken there to see it.
Another way to add a clock would be to go to a home screen, choose the "add widget" option in the launcher, and choose "mClock", in which case I would be taken to the same settings menu as before. The only difference would be that the clock would get added to the same screen from which I called the "add widget" option.
I don't know if this would be such a big hassle to make, or if it's impossible at all, since I haven't done any Android development yet. I'm only talking from a usual programmer and UI designer point of view
Let me know what you think.

[App] Clarus Battery

Hello. We're the developers behind Clarus Battery. While we've seen moderate success, with the original app, we had a hard disk failure and lost most of the code along with the keystore we used to sign the app.
We're re-releasing the app with the original app name but a different package name (Clarus.Battery.rr). This is a significant re-write of our original code.
What is it?
Clarus battery is a minimal, transparent battery/temperature widget. The colors below Charge/Temp change based on their values from Green (Very Good) to Red (Bad).
Features:
- Background colors/alpha can be changed
- Text colors can be changed
- Launch apps from the widget
- 1x1 and 2x1 widgets
- Color themes for light and dark backgrounds
- Options to display/hide battery icon, health
- Option to show charging icon
Known Issues:
- Multiple widgets of the same size can't be added as of now. This will be fixed in a subsequent release
The app can be found in the market by searching for "Clarus Battery" or "pname:Clarus.Battery.rr". (I can't post external links as a new user).
The original app has been renamed to "Clarus Battery - OLD".
Others:
We really do appreciate the downloads we have seen thus far. A few users have wondered whether we accept donations. While we appreciate the sentiment, we're not doing this for the money. We'd much rather you donate to your favorite charity.
Thank you.
Best.

Could you please add option to remove (or make transparent) the horizontal line between charge and numbers. Really impressed though, still deciding between this and battery status text
Thanks

ooo this is pretty nice.

ScootyPuffJr1 said:
Could you please add option to remove (or make transparent) the horizontal line between charge and numbers. Really impressed though, still deciding between this and battery status text
Thanks
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Done. We added a menu option called "Hide Horizontal Lines".

Blimey that was quick, many thanks

Great App....Looks and works Great Thanks

Installed it. Love it. Thanks.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Great app. I love how simple it is. I might would change the battery icon.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

A few suggestions for the next update/release...
I've been using the "old" version until I saw this posted. Great minimalistic app and I really like the configurability it provides. Also, you were featured in the "Best Apps Of The Week" blog post over @ Android Police.
Just to offer a few suggestions for the next update...
- Allow a shadow option for the text
- Allow for custom horizontal line color choices
- Allow different color options for each text label (Charge | Temp)
- Allow different color options for each status display (Charge% | TempDegrees)
- Allow for the display of both/one/none for the Heath & Battery icons (Perhaps make the health appear over the Temp side and the battery icon over the Charge side when 'Both' is selected)
Also, can you explain what the "Themes" option actually does? I've selected both and haven't noticed a change in the widget at all.

CNPalmer said:
I've been using the "old" version until I saw this posted. Great minimalistic app and I really like the configurability it provides. Also, you were featured in the "Best Apps Of The Week" blog post over @ Android Police.
Just to offer a few suggestions for the next update...
- Allow a shadow option for the text
- Allow for custom horizontal line color choices
- Allow different color options for each text label (Charge | Temp)
- Allow different color options for each status display (Charge% | TempDegrees)
- Allow for the display of both/one/none for the Heath & Battery icons (Perhaps make the health appear over the Temp side and the battery icon over the Charge side when 'Both' is selected)
Also, can you explain what the "Themes" option actually does? I've selected both and haven't noticed a change in the widget at all.
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And please do the same for Clarus Signal
Giving the Signal App the same option to hide horizontal line would be a great first step indeed

CNPalmer said:
I've been using the "old" version until I saw this posted. Great minimalistic app and I really like the configurability it provides. Also, you were featured in the "Best Apps Of The Week" blog post over @ Android Police.
Just to offer a few suggestions for the next update...
- Allow a shadow option for the text
- Allow for custom horizontal line color choices
- Allow different color options for each text label (Charge | Temp)
- Allow different color options for each status display (Charge% | TempDegrees)
- Allow for the display of both/one/none for the Heath & Battery icons (Perhaps make the health appear over the Temp side and the battery icon over the Charge side when 'Both' is selected)
Also, can you explain what the "Themes" option actually does? I've selected both and haven't noticed a change in the widget at all.
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We should be able to add most of this in the next release. We'll have to figure out a better way to show multiple icons though (i.e. battery icon/ health). Allowing custom colors for the horizontal lines may have to be pushed back a little, but we do plan on implementing it.
The themes change the saturation of the colors of the horizontal lines and the battery icon. We added this option to ensure that the widget 'worked' with both light and dark backgrounds. The light theme works with light backgrounds and the dark theme works with dark backgrounds.

shorty1483 said:
And please do the same for Clarus Signal
Giving the Signal App the same option to hide horizontal line would be a great first step indeed
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We're currently working on Clarus Signal and will be re-releasing this in the market soon. We've lost the code/keystore for this too.
We'll also create a new thread for Clarus Signal once we release the app.

Been using both Clarus widgets, and I love them. The only problem I have is that they do not align correctly with each other. Clarus signal's text and horizontal lines are higher then Clarus battery.
Other than that, loving them.

XNine said:
Been using both Clarus widgets, and I love them. The only problem I have is that they do not align correctly with each other. Clarus signal's text and horizontal lines are higher then Clarus battery.
Other than that, loving them.
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Could you send us the screenshot either here or to [email protected]?
They should align as long as icons are enabled/disabled on both widgets.

THANKS!
ClarusWidgets said:
We should be able to add most of this in the next release.
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Responsive devs & great explanations are what make apps stand out in the market!
Thanks for the support & response.

ClarusWidgets said:
Could you send us the screenshot either here or to [email protected]?
They should align as long as icons are enabled/disabled on both widgets.
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Thanks for the super fast reply! I've emailed you three screenshots, one from the desktop, one from Signal's settings and one from Battery's settings.
-Jason

XNine said:
Thanks for the super fast reply! I've emailed you three screenshots, one from the desktop, one from Signal's settings and one from Battery's settings.
-Jason
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We expected you were displaying Battery Health. We'll fix this in the next update for Clarus Battery. Thanks for the screenshots.
They'll align if you don't display Battery Health.

Is it possible to give the font a bold option?

shorty1483 said:
Is it possible to give the font a bold option?
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This will be included in a further update. We expect to allow separate customization for all text sections of the widget(s).

thnx!!!!!!!!!!

Design issues

Few gripes with the look and feel of Honor 7x.
1) I can't seem to change the notification panel background feom black to transparent without rooting. Is there a solution?
2) Spotify controls on lockscreen does not appear like the stock music control where there is a big album cover. Any fix?
3) Can the recents page be changed to a different look? Am alright with the arrangement, just would like to make the cards rounded or in the same effect?
4) Notifications would also look better if I can change them into Oreo-styled box-shaped notifications with color shading.
Sorry for the amateur questions but I am trying to tweak this phone to the smallest of detail if possible. Again, I reiterate that I am unrooted and would not like to root. On nova launcher. Don't know how to share images on xda otherwise I would send some screenshots. Again, sorry for being a noob, and thank you for all the suggestions.

[APP] Arc Lighting Advanced Custom Navigationbar musiclighting/Iconpack (Promocodes)

Download (xda members get free access, will provide unlock codes to any xda member who asks)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symetium.arclightingnavigationbar
Arc Lighting Navigation Bar is the most advanced custom navigationbar on the market, you can do everything from setting a custom icon from an icon pack of preset provided icons per button coloring it after your current wallpaper or app you use or move the buttons up and down both inside and outside of layers, you can apply a colored layer behind each button individually and you can curve each corner of that layer individually you can also set an outline around each layer invidually and you can curve each corner individually aswell this outline can ofcourse change color after your wallpaper or app you're using and you can ofcourse adjust transparency and color lightness as with all other layers, you can force a custom tapspace for each button individually if you feel it's too small for your finger just increase the space and it will be much easier to tap the button, you can set the each individual layer such as the navigationbar or preset icon to change color after the app you're using or after the wallpaper you have both on the homescreen and inside an app, if you prefer to have the wallpaper color even inside the app you're using you can do that too you can also adjust transparency and color lightness if you prefer a darker or lighter color, you can apply an outline to each colored layer individually you can also curve each corner of this outline individually as well as the layer itself, arc lighting custom navigationbar also features modes that you can create and delete as you wish, you can set a custom configuration for how the bar should look and behave inside an app you can set a custom configuration for how the bar should look and behave inside an app in landscape and in portrait, you can do the same on the homescreen both in landscape and in portrait, arc lighting navigationbar comes with various presets such as pc mode which is designed for mouse and keyboard use and a higher dpi setting simply edit only landscape with this mode and have a pc ui, only enable when in landscape, arc lighting navigationbar also features a lighting system that let's you make each button glow individually you can also adjust the glow or turn it off all together, you can have the home button and or back button and or recent apps button pulse when charging, you can use each button individually as a battery indicator and make them change color depending on your charge, you get all this and much more in the most advanced navigationbar app on the market, arc lighting navbarigationbar also comes with various system modes, if you want the best experience choose advanced mode or rootmode, download the simple to use enabler software to give your device the neccessary permissions for advanced mode so you don't have to mess with adb, if you don't want to do this simply choose simple mode this is slightly more limited than advanced more as it will run ontop of your current navigationbar and it doesn't support transparency.
Features:
- Advanced color system with multiple layers of colors that can be enabled or disabled with adjustable transparency or color lightness and or change depending on wallpaper or app.
- Tap Space customization to adjust how big or small you want the Tap Space to be (smaller is better for a mouse and bigger is better for a finger)
- Movement system for each icon to move icons up and down or side to side both inside a layer or with the layer
- Full support for icon packs per icon and preset white or wallpaper/app colored icons with support for glow and lighting indicators
- Lighting system for each individual icon for notifications and various indicators
- PC mode preset for mouse and keyboard use (try to create Windows XP)
- Modes system that lets you set how the bar behaves in landscape and or portrait in-app and or the home screen by default you edit all so uncheck edit all variants to edit individually
(note to galaxy users set samsung navigatiomode to gesturemode then go into arc lighting and move the buttons up vertically as they are outside of view using gesture mode will make the bar much thinner than normal, force navbar color to black then change the buttons to a line and push them to the edge, this will hide the chin by causing an illusion of the button being closer to the edge than it actually is, the upside to this is that you both get gesturebased navigation and tapbased, by forcing button size it's also relatively easy to hit the buttons)(note to galaxy note 10 users set samsung navigatiomode to gesturemode then go into arc lighting and move the buttons up vertically as they are outside of view using gesture mode will make the bar much thinner than normal, force navbar color to black then change the buttons to a line and push them to the edge, this will hide the chin by causing an illusion of the button being closer to the edge than it actually is, the upside to this is that you both get gesturebased navigation and tapbased, by forcing button size it's also relatively easy to hit the buttons)

Interesting!! Can I get a code please mate? ?

Can i get a promo code?. Thanks!.
Enviado desde mi Mi 9T mediante Tapatalk

dex2grigg said:
Interesting!! Can I get a code please mate?
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sure please send me a message

Hi, can I have promo code pls?

Nice, please give me promo code

Can I have a code as well, thank you

hi can i have a code too. thanks

me too

Can I get a code please?

theUchihaBrat said:
Can I get a code please?
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sure just send a pm

How to uninstall it and get back my original Navbar. Facing issue on Samsung OneUI
Edit: Got it. Made a mistake and uninstalled the app directly without disabling the app.

[email protected] said:
How to uninstall it and get back my original Navbar. Facing issue on Samsung OneUI
Edit: Got it. Made a mistake and uninstalled the app directly without disabling the app.
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theres a simple enable disable button, since simple mode is the only mode that works on samsung phones you simply disable it and have the original navbar under

Hi can I have promo code pls?

please give me promo code
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So far am pretty impressed.. and exactly what I was needing. I'm very curious to see what the full version has in store. May I please grab a code? Thanks heaps!

Hi, promo code pls?

I'd like to give this a try. Can I get a code? If i wanted to be really boring and just have it change the navbar from dark to light based on a schedule, can arc-lighting do that?

Nice app, but normal and root mode doesn't work in MIUI 10 Pie.
Work for simple mode.
Also can i get a promo code please?

Ho bro, can i have Promo code for Arc Lighting Advanced Custom Navigationbar. Thanks with regards.

Question One UI 5 notification icons are just horrible - can I get the old notification panel back (without reflashing)?

Horribly large round grey background with tiny grey icons, making all notification icons look the same and forcing me to read through all the text to distinguish them ... icon also takes a quarter of the notification area space ...
Idiotic design decision
Is there some OS hack or anything I can do/install to bring back the old notification panel without reflashing? If not, can I do a clean downgrade to previous One UI 4.x without having to hard reset/losing apps and settings?

If available where you are, try Good Lock and Quick Star and redesign, colour at least, your quick panel

raul6 said:
If available where you are, try Good Lock and Quick Star and redesign, colour at least, your quick panel
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Isn't quick star for quick panel only rather than notification panel? I don't care about the former

From memory, it changed notification icons colour

It doesn't. I just tried it. It can apply a theme for the entire panel (similar to color pallete) which is worthless for my goal -- all notification icons are still the same color and on a huge round background color of the same tint.

mastabog said:
It doesn't. I just tried it. It can apply a theme for the entire panel (similar to color pallete) which is worthless for my goal -- all notification icons are still the same color and on a huge round background color of the same tint.
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The bootloader didn't go up a revision. You should be able to flash back. Also the color issue is a bug with the themes that affect the quick settings (via theme park or quickstar)

I just created an account on this forum to enforce how Horrible this new icons are. Next phone not being a Samsung level.
Planning on installing UI4

mastabog said:
Isn't quick star for quick panel only rather than notification panel? I don't care about the former
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It is called Notistar.