Hi everyone,
Do you want a start menu to start apps conveniently from any screen of Android phone ?
Please try iStart:
With iStart, there is no need to navigate back to home screen any more. iStart saves you a lot of taps and swipes each day
You can begin by using iStart's app organizer to set apps into groups, then launch any of them easily from a start menu panel that appears upon touching a start handle icon.
One-touch mode is absolutely convenient : keep your finger touched and swipe to the desired function on the panel, when releasing the finger the desired app will launch, or the desired action will be performed. Your thumb is now as powerful as a real mouse pointer !
The start handle can be positioned anywhere on screen that you want. If it is located near an edge it will be docked along that edge as a thin styled bar for easy swiping out.
MAIN FUNCTION
iStart works like a start Menu, with app groups being shown in customizable tabs.
Besides categorizing applications, you may also create shortcuts to any file or folder on your device and put them onto iStart for easy launching.
You may also create url links and put onto iStart for quick access: web url, sms compose url with ready-filled recipients, phone call url to any phone number, email compose url with ready-filled recipients. With these links on iStart, all your frequent actions or most favourite contacts are just one touch away.
System command actions are also made for your convenient use: turn-off screen, screen orientation setting, turning flashlight on and off, launch calculator app, launch calendar app, open system setting panel, start google assistant (Android L+), pull down notification bar, take a screen shot (Android M+), launch camera app, adjust media volume and ring volume, go back, go home, open recent applications screen.
PERMISSIONS
For functional purposes of iStart, following permissions may be requested at appropriate circumstances:
- Appear on top: iStart must be granted with this permission to show the start handle and the iStart panel. This is essential for iStart to work
- Storage access: in case you want to post your screen shots onto Gallery, you should allow this. This also enhances file shortcut creation function because you can then access more places on your storage when creating file shortcuts
- Do not disturb mode: in case you want to adjust ring volume to low level
- iStart accessibility service: this should be turned on for following things: pull down notification bar, navigating back (for use with a browser), open recent apps screen
- Device Administrator: in case you want to lock the screen with admin lock function. Note that this permission need to be turned off before force stop or uninstall iStart, unless you use the uninstall button of iStart itself.
- Make phone calls: this is used when you want to make a phone call from a iStart phone call link.
- Access phone book: in case you want to add people from phone book into phone call link or sms compose link
- Camera : this is to activate flashlight in old android devices
- Start at boot time: this is to auto start iStart when your device is restarted
Enjoy iSTART - one touch to start any app from anywhere. It's a simpler and more efficient way to use your phone
Dev
Invisible feature
Invisible feature: if you briefly touch the start handle it will act as a Home button for you.
Thank you for using iStart !
Related
Here are a few things I learned today while trawling the net instead of working. I'll just quote some of the good ones here:
Originally Posted by androidcentralforums
Most of them by user Snaz:
---When typing on the virtual keyboard you can swipe down to make the keyboard go away.
---from your home screen, press menu, then settings, then go to 'About phone'
--> Status: i like that it shows you how much battery life you have left in percentage
--> Battery use: Cool way to keep track of what is killing your battery
---Settings >> Applications >> Development >> Stay Awake (keeps screen on while charging)
---The search/home buttons have separate "long press" functions.
long press on Home gives you a list of running (or recently running) apps, and long press on Search brings up your voice search (if you have it).
---Android doesn't have a speed dial list. Instead it has a favorites list. To add a contact to the favorites list:
Go to contacts and touch the star in the upper right hand corner. When it is lit up, the contact is now part of your favorites list.
---If you want to add custom notification ringtones for your emails, sms/mms, ect., plug your phone into your computer, access the SD card, create a new folder on the card called "notifications", and drop the ringtones you want to use into the folder. When the phone is unplugged from the computer, the phone will be able to use the new tones.
---To watch youtube videos in High Quality, start the video, press settings, and click on "watch in high quality
---you can also add the contact on your home screen by touching on the home screen and hold then a menu will pop up click shortcuts then pick a contact from there works great
---While on the web, if you wanna save a picture (for wallpaper purposes or whatever). You have to hold your finger over the picture and the "save picture" message will come up.
---On the virtual keyboards if you long press any button with "..." next to the letter or number it will bring up another list of options.
---Save album art images for music as folder.jpg or albumart.jpg to keep them from showing up in your gallery. also store mp3 ringtones in: /sdcard/media/ringtones to keep them from showing up in your music database.
---You can use the barcode app to share contacts, bookmarks, etc...
open Barcode, press menu button, select share
---To forward a text message press and hold the screen on the text message to bring up options lock message, forward, delete, copy, or call contact.
Physical Keyboards Only:
---Keyboard shortcuts:
go to Settings > Applications > Quick Launch to view and set keyboard shortcuts.
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helpful to me, i don't know whether is useful to you or not?
hope helpful to you.
I'm new to the android world, so I actually did learn a thing or two from your post. So thanks OP.
friends
Post here your expreince regaeding your note 3 such app , home screan, setting and other.
Thanks,
:good:
#1 – Never lose your S Pen!
The S Pen is integral to the power of the Galaxy Note 3 – not something you want to lose. Here’s how you can set the Note 3 to alert you that you may have left the stylus behind:
Go to Settings > Controls > S Pen
Uncheck “Turn off pen detection”
Check S Pen keeper
This will only work when the screen is off, and if you press “okay” when it warns you once, it won’t warn you again until you redock the S Pen and leave it behind again. So be careful!
#2 – Control your Galaxy Note 3 while wearing gloves
The capacitive screen on the Note 3 isn’t only good for writing and drawing with a stylus, it can also be set to operate while wearing gloves, but you’ve got to enable the option:
Go to Settings > Controls > Increase touch sensitivity (it’s the very last option)
Turn this ON!
#3 – Type with one hand
The Galaxy Note 3 is HUGE which may turn some small-handed people away, but if difficulty in one-handed typing is a concern, please know you can adjust your keyboard accordingly!
Go to Settings > Controls > One-handed operation
Check “Use for all screens”
Only check other boxes if you want them automatically resized all the time
The S Pen also makes typing with Swype an absolute pleasure… give that a try as well!
#4 – Block notifications while you’re sleeping
You don’t want to miss an important call or text from a family member or friend in case of emergency, but notifications from apps and drunk dialing idiots threaten to keep you up all night. And those stinking LED notification lights are BRIGHT! Luckily the Note 3 has a feature for this specific problem called “Blocking Mode”:
Go to Settings > Device > Blocking Mode (the last option)
Turn the feature on
Press “Blocking Mode” to set options
UNCHECK “Turn alarm and timer” unless you want to be late for work
UNCHECK “Always” and set the time period you’re sleeping (otherwise turn this feature on/off at night and in the morning)
MAKE SURE you set your list of “Allowed Contacts” who can bypass this feature (family, friends, booty calls, etc…)
#5 – Lower the screen saturation and contrast
Is Samsung’s outrageously bright and colorful Super AMOLED screen a little TOO bright and colorful? You can do more than lower the screen brightness and instead tone down the contrast and saturation:
Go to Settings > Device > Display > Screen Mode
Select “Professional photo” or “Movie” to tone down the screen if you feel the colors are too vibrant
It doesn’t have a huge impact but it can certainly help.
#6 – Vibrations too strong?
The default notification vibrations are pretty darn strong! You can turn them down:
Go to Settings > Device > Sound > Vibration Intensity
Adjust your incoming call, notification, and haptic feedback vibrations as you see fit!
You can also set your phone to vibrate even when ringing (great if you’re at a bar, party, concert, or other loud place) and change the pattern of the vibration from the same settings area.
#7 – Show the battery percentage in the status bar
It can be really annoying trying to guess how much battery you have left by estimating how much of your little icon is filled up with green. We want numbers! Here is how you can put your exact percentage in the notification bar:
Go to Settings > Device > Display
Scroll down and select “Show battery percentage”
Ah… much more helpful.
#8 to #12 – Motion controls annoying? Only enable these!
Samsung has a boat load of features that detect your eyes and your hands and attempt to behave automatically based on your intents. Most can be annoying but some are pretty useful. I recommend turning ALL of them off except the following. Go to the Settings > Controls > Motion Control section for all of the below:
See notifications without touching your phone!
Air gesture > Quick Glance > On. Wave your hand over the screen for a quick look at notifications. (Turn Air jump, Air browse, and Air call-accept off)
Added Stylus hovering functionality!
Air view mode > On > Auto. This provides extra features when hovering over items with the S Pen, for example popping up larger images when browsing the gallery or scrolling pages up/down. Open “Air view pen options” to see exactly where it works.
Special Air Command Features!
Air Command > On: Quickly add recent attachments and frequent recipients by hovering over these respective fields
Turn both Motions & Palm Motions OFF
Prevent screen from sleeping when you’re looking at it!
Smart Screen > Smart stay > On. Uncheck the rest of these features.
#13 – Search for settings
Already overwhelmed? You can now search your settings to more easily find hidden options!
From the home screen press the Menu button
Select “Settings”
Tap “Search” at the top and have at it! Don’t forget this feature is here… it’s very useful.
#14 – Customize your quick settings buttons
Prefer to have different quick setting toggles in your notification bar? You can change them easily:
Pull down the notification bar
Tap the square icons at the top right
Tap the pencil icons at the top right
Drag available buttons to the Notificaion panel (you’ll have to replace an existing button)
Re-order as you like by dragging and dropping
#15 to #18 – Customize your lock screen
Your lock screen can be more than just a lock screen… you’ve just got to set it up. You can find all of these options in:
Settings > Device > Lock Screen.
15) Add quick launch icons to your lock screen.
Shortcuts > On. Further customize by tapping the icons and selecting your own quick launch apps!
16) Add widgets to your lock screen
Multiple Widgets > On > Favorite Apps. The “Camera” option is relatively useless since you can set a quick launch icon (above) to your camera and it launches much more quickly and smoothly.
17) Personalize with contact info and personal message
If you lose your phone, it’s helpful if your screen shows your contact information so a good samaritan can help you retrieve your device. You might also want to add a little of your own pizzaz.
18) Create a memo without unlocking
Action Memo on lock screen > On. To create an “Action Memo” without unlocking your phone, simply hold down the S Pen button and tap anywhere on the lock screen twice. An Action Memo note will immediately pop up at your disposal! Make sure the setting is enabled in
#19 to #25 – Home Screen Shortcuts
When you’re on the home screen the following buttons provide extra functionality.
19) Hold back button to enable/disable Multi Window
20) Double Press Home Button for S Voice
21) Hold Home button for Recent Apps and access to RAM Manager and Google Now
22) Press Home Button for My Magazine
23) Swipe up from the home button for My Magazine
24) Hold Menu Button for S Finder
25) Press Menu Button to edit your Home Screens, access settings, and read help docs
#26 – Prevent Air Command from launching when stylus removed
Air Command is greatly, but you might get restless if the menu pops up EVERY time you remove the Stylus. You can choose to turn this off (or toggle to automatically open Action Memo, which is probably more annoying).
Go to Settings > Controls > S Pen > Pen detachment options
Select “None”
#27 – Capture screen without S Pen & Screen Writer
To get a screen capture without using Air Command, simply hold the Home and Power Button at the same time. You can also prevent the screen captures from entering edit mode by going to Settings > Device > Display > Edit after screen capture (the last option)
#28 – Turn your phone into a Senior Citizen Saver
Did you buy the Galaxy Note 3 for Grandma or Grandpa because they don’t need a telescope to read the print on the HUGE 5.7 inch screen? Make things even simpler by transforming their phone into an incredibly basic layout that’s hard to NOT understand.
Go to Settings > Device > Easy Mode
Turn it on!
#29 – Display your app drawer in alphabetical order
If you’ve got a ton of apps, flipping through page after page to get to something specific can be a hassle. You can change the layout of your app drawer very easily to make it more convenient:
Open you app drawer
Press the menu button
Press “View type”
Select either “Alphabetical list” or “Alphabetical grid” depending on your preference
#30 – Unlock your phone by saying “Hi Galaxy”
I’ve seen many people complain that saying “Hi Galaxy” won’t work and they can’t find the option in the Note’s settings. That’s because the option is actually hidden in the settings of the S Voice app!
Open S Voice (double tap Home Button or open from your app tray)
Press the Menu button
Select “Settings”
Check “Wake up command”
Turn “Voice wake-up” On to activate S Voice even while the screen is off!
Note: “Hi Galaxy” won’t simply unlock you’re phone… it must be followed by a voice command to become useful (see below)
To see full artical click below link
phandroid.com/2013/10/04/galaxy-note-3-tips-tricks/
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Thank you sadekul1985
sadekul1985 said:
#1 – Never lose your S Pen!
To see full artical click below link
phandroid.com/2013/10/04/galaxy-note-3-tips-tricks/
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
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See notifications without touching your phone!
Air gesture > Quick Glance > On. Wave your hand over the screen for a quick look at notifications. (Turn Air jump, Air browse, and Air call-accept off)
^^ This feature won't work if you have it switched on and the 'Palm Motions' off. So, if you want to use the above feature, make sure to switch the Palm motion on.
Also, there are a lot more features which I thought were not working in my phone at first, but then I realised that we need to switch on some other features to make them work. Hence, if you think that any of the motion feature doesn't works on your phone then switch on all, yes all of them and then try it. It should probably work then!
sadekul1985 said:
#4 – Block notifications while you’re sleeping
You don’t want to miss an important call or text from a family member or friend in case of emergency, but notifications from apps and drunk dialing idiots threaten to keep you up all night. And those stinking LED notification lights are BRIGHT! Luckily the Note 3 has a feature for this specific problem called “Blocking Mode”:
Go to Settings > Device > Blocking Mode (the last option)
Turn the feature on
Press “Blocking Mode” to set options
UNCHECK “Turn alarm and timer” unless you want to be late for work
UNCHECK “Always” and set the time period you’re sleeping (otherwise turn this feature on/off at night and in the morning)
MAKE SURE you set your list of “Allowed Contacts” who can bypass this feature (family, friends, booty calls, etc…)
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When I tried this using the timer, it never turned off, I missed a call next morning about a job interview.
Are there any settings elsewhere that interfere?
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sadekul1985 said:
#1 – Never lose your S Pen!
The S Pen is integral to the power of the Galaxy Note 3 – not something you want to lose. Here’s how you can set the Note 3 to alert you that you may have left the stylus behind:
Go to Settings > Controls > S Pen
Uncheck “Turn off pen detection”
Check S Pen keeper
This will only work when the screen is off, and if you press “okay” when it warns you once, it won’t warn you again until you redock the S Pen and leave it behind again. So be careful!
#2 – Control your Galaxy Note 3 while wearing gloves
The capacitive screen on the Note 3 isn’t only good for writing and drawing with a stylus, it can also be set to operate while wearing gloves, but you’ve got to enable the option:
Go to Settings > Controls > Increase touch sensitivity (it’s the very last option)
Turn this ON!
#3 – Type with one hand
The Galaxy Note 3 is HUGE which may turn some small-handed people away, but if difficulty in one-handed typing is a concern, please know you can adjust your keyboard accordingly!
Go to Settings > Controls > One-handed operation
Check “Use for all screens”
Only check other boxes if you want them automatically resized all the time
The S Pen also makes typing with Swype an absolute pleasure… give that a try as well!
#4 – Block notifications while you’re sleeping
You don’t want to miss an important call or text from a family member or friend in case of emergency, but notifications from apps and drunk dialing idiots threaten to keep you up all night. And those stinking LED notification lights are BRIGHT! Luckily the Note 3 has a feature for this specific problem called “Blocking Mode”:
Go to Settings > Device > Blocking Mode (the last option)
Turn the feature on
Press “Blocking Mode” to set options
UNCHECK “Turn alarm and timer” unless you want to be late for work
UNCHECK “Always” and set the time period you’re sleeping (otherwise turn this feature on/off at night and in the morning)
MAKE SURE you set your list of “Allowed Contacts” who can bypass this feature (family, friends, booty calls, etc…)
#5 – Lower the screen saturation and contrast
Is Samsung’s outrageously bright and colorful Super AMOLED screen a little TOO bright and colorful? You can do more than lower the screen brightness and instead tone down the contrast and saturation:
Go to Settings > Device > Display > Screen Mode
Select “Professional photo” or “Movie” to tone down the screen if you feel the colors are too vibrant
It doesn’t have a huge impact but it can certainly help.
#6 – Vibrations too strong?
The default notification vibrations are pretty darn strong! You can turn them down:
Go to Settings > Device > Sound > Vibration Intensity
Adjust your incoming call, notification, and haptic feedback vibrations as you see fit!
You can also set your phone to vibrate even when ringing (great if you’re at a bar, party, concert, or other loud place) and change the pattern of the vibration from the same settings area.
#7 – Show the battery percentage in the status bar
It can be really annoying trying to guess how much battery you have left by estimating how much of your little icon is filled up with green. We want numbers! Here is how you can put your exact percentage in the notification bar:
Go to Settings > Device > Display
Scroll down and select “Show battery percentage”
Ah… much more helpful.
#8 to #12 – Motion controls annoying? Only enable these!
Samsung has a boat load of features that detect your eyes and your hands and attempt to behave automatically based on your intents. Most can be annoying but some are pretty useful. I recommend turning ALL of them off except the following. Go to the Settings > Controls > Motion Control section for all of the below:
See notifications without touching your phone!
Air gesture > Quick Glance > On. Wave your hand over the screen for a quick look at notifications. (Turn Air jump, Air browse, and Air call-accept off)
Added Stylus hovering functionality!
Air view mode > On > Auto. This provides extra features when hovering over items with the S Pen, for example popping up larger images when browsing the gallery or scrolling pages up/down. Open “Air view pen options” to see exactly where it works.
Special Air Command Features!
Air Command > On: Quickly add recent attachments and frequent recipients by hovering over these respective fields
Turn both Motions & Palm Motions OFF
Prevent screen from sleeping when you’re looking at it!
Smart Screen > Smart stay > On. Uncheck the rest of these features.
#13 – Search for settings
Already overwhelmed? You can now search your settings to more easily find hidden options!
From the home screen press the Menu button
Select “Settings”
Tap “Search” at the top and have at it! Don’t forget this feature is here… it’s very useful.
#14 – Customize your quick settings buttons
Prefer to have different quick setting toggles in your notification bar? You can change them easily:
Pull down the notification bar
Tap the square icons at the top right
Tap the pencil icons at the top right
Drag available buttons to the Notificaion panel (you’ll have to replace an existing button)
Re-order as you like by dragging and dropping
#15 to #18 – Customize your lock screen
Your lock screen can be more than just a lock screen… you’ve just got to set it up. You can find all of these options in:
Settings > Device > Lock Screen.
15) Add quick launch icons to your lock screen.
Shortcuts > On. Further customize by tapping the icons and selecting your own quick launch apps!
16) Add widgets to your lock screen
Multiple Widgets > On > Favorite Apps. The “Camera” option is relatively useless since you can set a quick launch icon (above) to your camera and it launches much more quickly and smoothly.
17) Personalize with contact info and personal message
If you lose your phone, it’s helpful if your screen shows your contact information so a good samaritan can help you retrieve your device. You might also want to add a little of your own pizzaz.
18) Create a memo without unlocking
Action Memo on lock screen > On. To create an “Action Memo” without unlocking your phone, simply hold down the S Pen button and tap anywhere on the lock screen twice. An Action Memo note will immediately pop up at your disposal! Make sure the setting is enabled in
#19 to #25 – Home Screen Shortcuts
When you’re on the home screen the following buttons provide extra functionality.
19) Hold back button to enable/disable Multi Window
20) Double Press Home Button for S Voice
21) Hold Home button for Recent Apps and access to RAM Manager and Google Now
22) Press Home Button for My Magazine
23) Swipe up from the home button for My Magazine
24) Hold Menu Button for S Finder
25) Press Menu Button to edit your Home Screens, access settings, and read help docs
#26 – Prevent Air Command from launching when stylus removed
Air Command is greatly, but you might get restless if the menu pops up EVERY time you remove the Stylus. You can choose to turn this off (or toggle to automatically open Action Memo, which is probably more annoying).
Go to Settings > Controls > S Pen > Pen detachment options
Select “None”
#27 – Capture screen without S Pen & Screen Writer
To get a screen capture without using Air Command, simply hold the Home and Power Button at the same time. You can also prevent the screen captures from entering edit mode by going to Settings > Device > Display > Edit after screen capture (the last option)
#28 – Turn your phone into a Senior Citizen Saver
Did you buy the Galaxy Note 3 for Grandma or Grandpa because they don’t need a telescope to read the print on the HUGE 5.7 inch screen? Make things even simpler by transforming their phone into an incredibly basic layout that’s hard to NOT understand.
Go to Settings > Device > Easy Mode
Turn it on!
#29 – Display your app drawer in alphabetical order
If you’ve got a ton of apps, flipping through page after page to get to something specific can be a hassle. You can change the layout of your app drawer very easily to make it more convenient:
Open you app drawer
Press the menu button
Press “View type”
Select either “Alphabetical list” or “Alphabetical grid” depending on your preference
#30 – Unlock your phone by saying “Hi Galaxy”
I’ve seen many people complain that saying “Hi Galaxy” won’t work and they can’t find the option in the Note’s settings. That’s because the option is actually hidden in the settings of the S Voice app!
Open S Voice (double tap Home Button or open from your app tray)
Press the Menu button
Select “Settings”
Check “Wake up command”
Turn “Voice wake-up” On to activate S Voice even while the screen is off!
Note: “Hi Galaxy” won’t simply unlock you’re phone… it must be followed by a voice command to become useful (see below)
To see full artical click below link
phandroid.com/2013/10/04/galaxy-note-3-tips-tricks/
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah umm you should make a YouTube video of all the steps. I bet you would get thousands of hits.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Just one touch to turn off and lock screen.
"Screen Lock" provides different kinds of shortcuts (buttons):
- Shortcut on home screen
- Shortcut in the notification
- Shortcut floating on the screen over other apps
We provide many icons to apply to each kind of shortcut.
Floating shortcut supports more customization features:
- Adjust the size of icon
- Adjust the opacity of icon
- Auto hide in fullscreen mode
- Select icon from the pictures in your device
- Vibrate when locking
- Play sounds when locking
- Display weather information
- Lock the shortcut position
(When shortcut is moved, it will automatically move back to previous locked position in seconds. Just move & hold shortcut in seconds to change the locked position)
The hardware power button of some devices is not well designed. The frequent use to power on/off may damage it. The shortcuts provided by our app can replace it and extend it’s life time. Just one touch to lock screen. It can lock and turn off screen immediately without pressing hardware power button.
[v.1.0.25] 2015.6.21
- Fix the shortcut image in notification may be changed after reboot in some situation
- Refine visual design
You can install the attached APK file or download the latest version (Free) from the Google Play at
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simi.screenlock
If you have any suggestion or new features you would like, please feel free to reply this post or send email to us. Thanks!
[email protected]
just installed... does what its meant for...
I used apps to turn display off before, both used to display a white full screen while locking... this is good
As we all know, the camera app opens in Auto mode by default. There's no option to select it to use Pro Mode by default. We can put a shortcut on the homescreen to open Pro Mode, but there's not way to set that shortcut on the lockscreen or activate via double-press power. Sometimes if the camera is still in memory, it'll open from the lockscreen still in Pro Mode, but not reliably. So I'm wondering what we can figure out to "hack" this a bit to make Pro Mode open automatically when the camera app opens.
1. Tasker is my first inclination. But we need the Pro Mode setting/toggle/switch/activity/whatever to be exposed for Tasker to use. It's not, as far as I can tell.
2. Actually what's weird is there are no activities within the camera app to start Pro Mode. But without that activity, how is the homescreen shortcut created?
3. Is there a macro that can be created to turn on Pro Mode when camera is launched?
4. How can we put that Pro Mode shortcut on the lockscreen?
5. Is there a way to build a very basic app that does what the Pro Mode homescreen shortcut does? Then we could set it as a lockscreen shortcut. Ideally this would not require root. Basically an app that triggers the shortcut that launches the camera in Pro Mode.
Any other ideas?
Tagging @zeroprobe since he is our most knowledgeable contributor for the S7 camera.
It would be nice if Samsung made a proper shortcut but this seems to work in a convoluted kind of way.
Okay, so we’ll need a few things to make this work.
Tasker - paid app
Tasker plugin Autoshortcut – paid app with a 7 day trial
I made a task that uses Autoshortcut to click a place on my home screen. This place is the physical location of the Pro Mode Camera shortcut I made from the camera app. The most reliable way to determine the on screen location was to turn on “Show Pointer Location” in Developer Options. With that option turned on I was able to find out the X/Y coordinates for the physical location of the Pro Mode Camera shortcut on my screen. I am aware that If I move my shortcut to another spot this whole thing will fall apart.
With the X/Y coordinates in hand I continued with the Autoinput task. Manual mode worked best for me:
--
Type: Point
Value: 1000,730 (the X/Y coordinates of the shortcut on my screen)
Nearby text: Pro (this is the name of the pro mode shortcut)
Action: Click
--
When I tested my task I found that it wasn’t reliable because the shortcut wasn’t pressed every time. To fix this I added a delay task to my task of 66 ms (I was going for 50 but got lazy).
I also thought that I needed to ensure I was at the right screen before doing all this. In my case the shortcut is placed on my “main” home screen.
My task now looks like this:
1) Go Home, page 0
2) Wait 66 ms (not sure if this step is actually needed)
3) AutoInput Action,
Type: Point
Value: 1000,730
Nearby text: Pro
Action: Click
Then I found a premade profile, "AutoInput Multi-Press", and task, "Key Press Timer", written by /u/Ratchet_Guy (a Mod on /r/tasker) that addressed the double, triple, quadruple, etc clicking of buttons. This profile and task is great and also needs the plugin AutoInput. I imported the profile and task and added my camera task with AutoInput Action at the end of the “Key Press Timer”.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/5hkelp/how_to_trigger_tasks_on_hardware_button/
So now when I double click the volume down button it launches my pro mode camera shortcut.
Then I thought of your requirement to add this to a shortcut on the lockscreen. I downloaded the Tasker App Factory app and generated an app from my pro camera task. I put this app on the lockscreen and it works 90 % of the time. Sometimes it gets confused and launches the regular camera.
saj222 said:
It would be nice if Samsung made a proper shortcut but this seems to work in a convoluted kind of way.
Okay, so we’ll need a few things to make this work.
Tasker - paid app
Tasker plugin Autoshortcut – paid app with a 7 day trial
I made a task that uses Autoshortcut to click a place on my home screen. This place is the physical location of the Pro Mode Camera shortcut I made from the camera app. The most reliable way to determine the on screen location was to turn on “Show Pointer Location” in Developer Options. With that option turned on I was able to find out the X/Y coordinates for the physical location of the Pro Mode Camera shortcut on my screen. I am aware that If I move my shortcut to another spot this whole thing will fall apart.
With the X/Y coordinates in hand I continued with the Autoinput task. Manual mode worked best for me:
--
Type: Point
Value: 1000,730 (the X/Y coordinates of the shortcut on my screen)
Nearby text: Pro (this is the name of the pro mode shortcut)
Action: Click
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When I tested my task I found that it wasn’t reliable because the shortcut wasn’t pressed every time. To fix this I added a delay task to my task of 66 ms (I was going for 50 but got lazy).
I also thought that I needed to ensure I was at the right screen before doing all this. In my case the shortcut is placed on my “main” home screen.
My task now looks like this:
1) Go Home, page 0
2) Wait 66 ms (not sure if this step is actually needed)
3) AutoInput Action,
Type: Point
Value: 1000,730
Nearby text: Pro
Action: Click
Then I found a premade profile, "AutoInput Multi-Press", and task, "Key Press Timer", written by /u/Ratchet_Guy (a Mod on /r/tasker) that addressed the double, triple, quadruple, etc clicking of buttons. This profile and task is great and also needs the plugin AutoInput. I imported the profile and task and added my camera task with AutoInput Action at the end of the “Key Press Timer”.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/5hkelp
So now when I double click the volume down button it launches my pro mode camera shortcut.
Then I thought of your requirement to add this to a shortcut on the lockscreen. I downloaded the Tasker App Factory app and generated an app from my pro camera task. I put this app on the lockscreen and it works 90 % of the time. Sometimes it gets confused and launches the regular camera.
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I will 250% try this on my phone. But out of curiosity, is it possible to do the same with other software? Perhaps Automate?
Even though the P2 can be considered large with a 5.5" display, the lower region of the screen is occupied by the on-screen navigation bar. While there's an option to turn off the navigation bar and use the fingerprint button exclusively, I still find this alternative lacking in many fronts:
1. I can't tell you how many times I return to the home daily; it gets tiring to always have to push down the fingerprint button.
2. You need to touch the fingerprint button for a second or so before the recent apps window is launched. If you've ever had the need to flip between apps quickly, you would know how irritating this delay is.
3. Because one button is used for three functions (back, home, recent apps), there's no way to quickly switch between apps (like alt+tab in windows).
4. I sometimes find myself lying on my side, holding the phone with one hand, and finding it almost impossible to reach all the way down to the navigation bar, let alone the fingerprint button.
Fortunately, I have a solution that I believe addresses all of the problems above and that is to navigate the phone through the use of gestures.
I've been using GMD GestureControl for about a week now and I think I've found an optimal combination of gestures that don't only work but are also intuitive to use. There's nothing you can lose by giving it a try.
It can take a bit of time to set it up the way I have mine set up. So, if you don't feel like spending some time doing it yourself, you can just "restore" my "titanium backup" backup. Download it from here. Just extract the zip file and copy the content into your "titanium backup" folder. Open "titanium backup" and restore.
If instead, you would like to set it up yourself, here's how I currently have mine set up:
1. After installing the app, the first thing to do is go to "Device Setup" by pressing the menu button on the top right corner of the screen. Change your values to the one you see in the first attached image below. Then go to "Settings", and change the values to those in the second attached image.
2. To create a gesture: press the plus button > Select a gesture > create path. You can see all the gestures I created in the third attached image. Recreate all of them.
3. You can decide which region of the screen a gesture is detected by choosing the appropriate zone in the "select starting zone" option.
4. You need to go to "advanced options" (attached image no. 4) at the bottom of the screen to decide whether or not the gesture can be triggered when the keyboard is active. I have most of the gestures disabled when the keyboard is active because I sometimes swipe to type and I don't want to accidental swipe to trigger something. For this reason, I have duplicated most of the gestures for the only the top half of the screen (above the keyboard) so that the gestures still continue to work when the keyboard is activated.
5. Make sure you enable "evaluate on release" on all gestures so that a gesture is only triggered after you lift your finger off the screen.
If you've gone through all the steps, it's now time to start trying things:
1. To open resent apps, just make a small ^ sign anywhere on the screen.
2. To go home, just make a small V sign anywhere on the screen.
3. To flip between apps, just make a small < or > sign anywhere on the screen, starting from the top.
4. To press back, swipe away from left or the right edge.
5. To open the launchpad, swipe up on the left or right edge.
Good looking out. I really like this option.