I was using a theme on CM 5.0.4.1 and it allowed me to place shortcuts on the home screen in the lower left and lower right of the screen.
The shortcuts would appear in the location where the dots for navigating instead of swiping appear normally.
I wish I could add more detail, but that's all I remember. This feature was very convenient for me.
TIA for any help provided.
apologies if this is in the wrong forum
madhartigan said:
I was using a theme on CM 5.0.4.1 and it allowed me to place shortcuts on the home screen in the lower left and lower right of the screen.
The shortcuts would appear in the location where the dots for navigating instead of swiping appear normally.
I wish I could add more detail, but that's all I remember. This feature was very convenient for me.
TIA for any help provided.
apologies if this is in the wrong forum
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630659
This what you looking for?
Also...
nexTheme has Dialer and Browser at the bottom.
Ideally I'd like to be able to choose what fills the 2 slots, but I'm good with the updated launcher of nexTheme
McFroger3 - Not exactly, but that would definitely work.
JJackson9995 - I think that's the one. And I think I was able to long press on the dialer and launcher and replace them, or maybe I just filled the spots they were occupying on the bottom row with other shortcuts that I needed.
Either way, both of you have provided assistance that is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!
madhartigan said:
McFroger3 - Not exactly, but that would definitely work.
JJackson9995 - I think that's the one. And I think I was able to long press on the dialer and launcher and replace them, or maybe I just filled the spots they were occupying on the bottom row with other shortcuts that I needed.
Either way, both of you have provided assistance that is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!
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Sounds more like a home replacement? Home++ or something maybe? Don't think it was a launcher mod as I've yet to see one where you can customize the buttons down there without modifying code.
Anyone know how to do the following:
1. Change the color of the mouse pointer. I can only see it if the screen brightness is turned all the way up.
2. Is there way to map a key to the recent programs screen?
3. Is there anyway to "Alt+Tab" through open programs? I know the concept of open programs is different than in Windows but even a single key to cycle through would be awesome.
Thanks
as of right now, no no and no.
sorry.
You could possibly change the mouse pointer color if you root and could find the image extract it, edit it and then replace it, but as far as i know no one has tried.
there is noway to remap keys so for now you have to actually touch the screen for this. and yes i find it annoying too.
honeycomb dosn't support a function like that. maybe ice cream this fall.
Apps and recent apps are two glaring omissions to the keyboard considering all the crap shortcut keys I'll most likely never go near. A long press on the home key would be nice to bring up recent apps. Control x/c/p would be nice shortcuts as well.
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Control x/c/p would be nice shortcuts as well.
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I know Ctrl+p works. Does ctrl+c/x not work?
Mods, would it be OK to maintain a "wish list" for mods or additions here in the Dev forums so that chefs / developers can take ideas and cuss from there. Kind of like a "meter" to see what the biggest (software) issues of the users with the device are?
If thats not desired here in this subforum please move or delete this.
My first suggestion would be the "Three dot menu fix" already out for the One X by blubbers. The new buttons on the lower end of the screen take some using to. I still miss the menu and search key.
Ideally it would be awesome to get the entire three key panel hacked to allow multi-custom presses. Such as:
Left "<" Press once for back, press and hold for task switcher
Middle Home button: Once for homescreen, double tap for Apps drawer?
Right key: Tap once for old school menu, double tap for quick-search launch
Maybe even triple uses are possible later on, such as press and hold, with either hard coded functions or customizable functions.
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Second Idea:
In standby mode when playing music the side volume rockers modify volume which is nice. Maybe it is possible to modify / enhance the behavior to do a previous / next track skip by pushing and holding the upper / lower vol key, while maintaining the volume adjustments on short presses.
I know this is probably quite far off as the development is just kicking into gear, but a collection of such ideas might be a nice thing to have, although it might be the wrong subforum for such a collection.
Thanks for your attention
have a look at the virtuous rom, it already features some of the changes you want...
Quote: "Remaped buttons (Long press Home -> Recent apps, Recent apps -> Menu) (Thanks lyapota)"
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20859-rommar-24villes-seriesvirtuous-one-s-v120/
Another one might be to allow the 4 shortcuts on the lockscreen to be different from the ones in the dock. I know I don't always want them to be the same. This was one of the better features of sense 3 which has been lost.
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Number 1 this is the wrong section to post it in should have been posted at "One S General" and it's not a good way to start off the phone by requesting things.
Thread moved to general... this is a wish list... not development
And I would add that wishlists are so specific to each person, maybe you should create a poll or something to see which general wishes people have so that a ROM can be made to satisfy as many people as possible...
I like that idea! Would it get rid of the big black bar with the 3 buttons coming up on some games? Hate that so much!
EDIT: Having had a look at that new ROM looks nice. Going to have to learn how to do it at lunch!
Does anyone know how the virtuous is getting on?
The phones rooted now anyone busted the uptake kitchen yet? Or tried sys tune. Not even got my phone yet lol
I think in regards to mods...toolsets wont take long to appear the biggest question is will asop ever arrive I know quite a few devs have gone to the x...
Forgot to ask...anyone tried changing dpi yet?
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The virtuous team is over at rootzwiki
Just finished my latest app T9 Launcher, and it shaped up real well so I thought I'd share
Launch apps and contacts with predictive T9 dialing, much faster than your regular launcher and appdrawer.
It also learns your usage patterns thus giving you better results over time.
Check it out on the PlayStore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.dw.rocketlauncher
Google+ Beta group
https://plus.google.com/communities/115754804024192139851
Got feedback, comments or feature requests? I'd be happy to receive them!
Happy launching
Dag
Did anyone try it yet? Im curious to know if the learning curve is steep, or if you get the dialing right away!
Dag
Does this launcher support cyrillic app names?
Here's what I posted in the Play Store reviews for this launcher:
An option to disable the widget screen and activate the dialer by swiping to it instead of pressing home would be nice (Option to "Home" with "Dialer").
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Maybe even an FAB to launch the dialer would be nice.
Just something that lets me launch it without a home button press.
I went from Smart Launcher to Z Launcher and then Z Launcher to this.
Great work so far.
Orientation changing is important, too. I hope you implement that soon.
It would be much better to make it not a classic launcher, but a standalone start menu, or even a homescreen widget. Will it be possible? I do not want to lose Google Now on the leftmost page.
PS. Why only three columns on apps screen? Are the grids adjustable?
siealex said:
Does this launcher support cyrillic app names?
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Can you get give me examples for the T9 Letters? Then I dont think that would be a problem.
Etc
1:ABC (In cyrillic)
2:...
and so on.
ApertureAndroid said:
Here's what I posted in the Play Store reviews for this launcher:
Maybe even an FAB to launch the dialer would be nice.
Just something that lets me launch it without a home button press.
I went from Smart Launcher to Z Launcher and then Z Launcher to this.
Great work so far.
Orientation changing is important, too. I hope you implement that soon.
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Thanks! I was thinking of a FAB, but wouldnt that just take up screen space? The home button is a nicer solution in my opinion In the next update I implemented gestures aswell (For swiping the dialpad up), you should try it out.
Im going to look into orientation switching!
siealex said:
It would be much better to make it not a classic launcher, but a standalone start menu, or even a homescreen widget. Will it be possible? I do not want to lose Google Now on the leftmost page.
PS. Why only three columns on apps screen? Are the grids adjustable?
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Maybe I will make it a standalone in the future, now I am concentrated on ironing out the bugs in the launcher version!
I can make the grid adjustable Next update!
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Thanks! I was thinking of a FAB, but wouldnt that just take up screen space? The home button is a nicer solution in my opinion
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On my phone, even I fill the screen with widgets, it seems like there is enough space for a FAB.
But gesture support seems like a better solution.
wulltd said:
Can you get give me examples for the T9 Letters? Then I dont think that would be a problem.
Etc
1:ABC (In cyrillic)
2:...
and so on.
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1- АБВ
2-ГДЂ
3-ЕЖЗИ
4-ЈКЛЉ
5-МНЊ
6-ОПРС
7-ТЋУ
8-ФХЦ
9-ЧЏШ
These letters are Serbian Cyrillic. And this is not universal because a Cyrillic T9 input doesn't exist (atleast not here in Serbia)
Nice job!UI is awesome!
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I just uploaded a new version to the store, it should be available to you soon.
There will be custom grid column counts, gestures (Swipe up for dialler, down to hide/open notifications) and more
SDee96 said:
1- АБВ
2-ГДЂ
3-ЕЖЗИ
4-ЈКЛЉ
5-МНЊ
6-ОПРС
7-ТЋУ
8-ФХЦ
9-ЧЏШ
These letters are Serbian Cyrillic. And this is not universal because a Cyrillic T9 input doesn't exist (atleast not here in Serbia)
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Ok added to my todo list Ill try to get it done in the next few days.
Charlie said:
Nice job!UI is awesome!
Sent from my GT-I9195 using XDA Free mobile app
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Thanks man!
wulltd said:
I just uploaded a new version to the store, it should be available to you soon.
There will be custom grid column counts, gestures (Swipe up for dialler, down to hide/open notifications) and more
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I finally got the update and tested it. It seems if I try to swipe up on that blank space under my widgets, it does not launch the dialer. I can, however, launch the dialer if I swipe in the widget area (as long as there isn't a scrollable widget there).
Well. I do like this launcher. It has rooms for improvement.
What I like.
1. Its fast.
2. The kind of launcher that I want.
3. Its beautiful. <-- This is important.
4. The app section and contact section. Really nice.
What I don't like
1. There's no setting to hide certain apps. <This does not mean Porn. It means Paypal and other banking apps.
2. I don't like pressing home button activate the dialer. I prefer to press home button just to go to home so I can see my widget. And no toggling either between Home and dialer. I prefer to use swipe up to call the dialer part. While I don't like this now, I may learn to like this.
4. Too little room for widgets, or home screen.
5. No shorcut dialling?
Suggestion:
1. Take a look at MiHome Launcher from Xiaomi, its my current launcher. Its a standard launcher with built in T9 app dialer. Swipe up from any screen to bring the dialler. No contact dialer like yours though. Seems like it was taken down from Play Store recently though. I use it because I like the launcher. Swipe up with two finger brings up the access to hidden apps (with password to access them as well).
2. If you want to keep 1 home screen, maybe make it scrollable? I have Gmail, calendar, Keep, and prayer time widget. I certainly would not like to go to those app just to see some current information.
3. Maybe the option of increasing the home screen?
4. The Home button situation. This is one of the core in your app. So, you got to polish the usage of this. I can also say, the user should learn to adapt to this new operation.
5. Maybe you can add dialing shortcut?
I guess lack of room for widget is weighting on me to use this launcher by default. If you look at my attachment, the wifi shorcut is something I use lots of times. I have four home screen, 1 for Keep, 1 for Gmail, 1 for calendar and prayer time and the main one, that includes my wife contact widget, and wifi shorcut.
ApertureAndroid said:
I finally got the update and tested it. It seems if I try to swipe up on that blank space under my widgets, it does not launch the dialer. I can, however, launch the dialer if I swipe in the widget area (as long as there isn't a scrollable widget there).
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Ah I see.. Does your device have physical buttons, not a nav bar?
I just found an error that adds padding to the bottom of the views (dialer, widgetscreen) to compensate for a navbar that doesnt exist. Ill try to fix that.
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Well. I do like this launcher. It has rooms for improvement....
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Thanks for the feedback, Ill try to adress your points in the coming version(s).
Hidden apps: On the todo list but not currently a priority. Two finger swipe up to show sounds like a good idea.
I have speed dialing a bit higher on the list (Long pressing a dialbutton for a chosen app/contact)
And I am thinking of ways to add more widget space.. Scrolling might be a solution to this. I am also thinking about vertical paging. I do not however want to add more screens to the left or right, I think that will clutter the experience. What do you think?
Home button situation: I think that the home button to open the dialpad ads to the speed of the launcher. The back button does what you describe. I know that its not like other launchers but I dont want it to be just another launcher
And I added a Home-toggle-preference to the Settings menu on another users request, your welcome to try it out.
I try to represent two end states with the buttons, so that a stressed user can button mash to get to what they want;
Home: End state is dialpad, Search
Back: End state is widgets, Start
And really, I appreciate your feedback. I hope you will stick around for a few versions to come I have set of the weekend to adress bugs and users concerns.
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Thanks for the feedback, Ill try to adress your points in the coming version(s).
And I am thinking of ways to add more widget space.. Scrolling might be a solution to this. I am also thinking about vertical paging. I do not however want to add more screens to the left or right, I think that will clutter the experience. What do you think?
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I vote for vertical pages. That is something new. I agree adding them horizontally is not a good idea. Scrolling down and up isn't intuitive for me. Bonus if you can make the vertical page a loop, like some Samsung phone, I really like the loop mechanism.
I don't have any concern other than widget space. And the learning part is really cool.
1- АБВ
2-ГДЂ
3-ЕЖЗИ
4-ЈКЛЉ
5-МНЊ
6-ОПРС
7-ТЋУ
8-ФХЦ
9-ЧЏШ
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It's Serbian cyrillics, the Russian T9 layout is slightly different.
1 .,;:!? (no letters)
2 АБВГ
3 ДЕЁЖЗ
4 ИЙКЛ
5 МНОП
6 РСТУ
7 ФХЦЧ
8 ШЩЪЫ
9 ЬЭЮЯ
PS, you can find all T9 layouts in TouchPal.
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PPS, the launcher must support at least two layouts simultaneously, e. g. English and Russian, the second layout must be selectable in options.
My suggestions:
- Allow hide apps in drawer
- Ability to add shortcuts to desktop.
- When contact has no avatar set, Android uses placeholder - white letter on color background for it. When adding such avatarless contacts to Google Now Launcher or Nova they use this placeholder, maybe you can also make contacts page to use it?
- Lock desktop option, so widgets can't be moved/deleted
- I would also like to suggest redesigning of window that appears when longpress on app... It looks too cluttered and not material at all. More like something from early ICS era
+1 for vertical scrolling of center screen!
So far it's very unique I'm curious what direction it will take.
Here is some features you can add to make your launcher even better :good:
-Disable swipe down from anywhere to toggle notification bar.(toggle only if i swype down the not bar)
-Show contacts only from gmail or phone.Now there are contacts from G+
-Home button goes to HOMe and not in the dialer.
-My phone is in usa language and the number are in 123-456-7890 format.So dialpad dont find them.
EDIT: I cant find my stock dialer app in the app tab!
EDIT2: I added a widget clock( i have samsung with stock kitkat rom) and i cant delete it.When i press it, the screen for widget and wallpaper appears.
wulltd said:
Ah I see.. Does your device have physical buttons, not a nav bar?
I just found an error that adds padding to the bottom of the views (dialer, widgetscreen) to compensate for a navbar that doesnt exist. Ill try to fix that.
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Oh, yeah. I have my nav bar disabled. When I enable it, the launcher looks fine.
I found a bug that will probably confuse a lot of users.
If you go to the Applications tab and press the home button, the dialer pops up. Press home again and it'll switch to the Home tab, but with the dialer still open (and the same application list as the Applications tab has). Pressing home a third time hides the dialer finally ("Home button toggles dialpad" is on).
There is no difference between the Home tab and Applications tab when the dialer is open.
Swiping up and down gets awkward, too, because it also scrolls widgets and the application drawer.
I think, if you still want to use home button to launch the dialer, it should switch to the Applications tab and then launch the dialer. Also, having the dialer open automatically when swiping to the Applications tab would be nice. As well as removing and reorganizing tabs (I want to remove the Home tab, since I don't use widgets).
Here's a video of the home button action bug.
http://1drv.ms/14J1FAa
Also, it seems that the scroll up and ripple animation lags when the dialer is called up on the Home tab, but not when it's called up in the Applications tab (Probably because it doesn't need to scroll up before rippling there). Just one more reason to switch the Home button behavior to launch the dialer in the Applications tab instead of the Home tab.
Sorry if this post seems like it's all over the place, I'm just exited about this launcher. It's so close to becoming perfect.
In thoughts to by an Mate 9 but have a few questions:
1) Is there a expanded desktop option on Huawei Mate 9?
2) Does Nova Launcher work well on the letest update on it?
3) I would appreciate if someone could post a screenshot with the View Mode on the smallest and the Font Size on the smallest? It is important for me to get the very small text you find in Lionage Os.
4) Hows it going with the release of the Kernal of the phone? Lineage Os?
5) How well have the camera worked on previous Huawei phones with custom roms, have they still been the same afterwards? I have experienced on three different phones that the camera went worse after installing Cyanogen Mod, Lineage Os...
6) How hard is it to port the camera app from Huawei to an custom rom?
I can't answer the custom rom and root questions, i can help you with the other stuff though.
1) No there isn't
2) It works amazingly well!
3) what do you want to screenshot me? The settings page with the font size or a specific app?
Sorry for not being able to answer everythinf, hope i still helped you a bit
ZleMyzteX said:
I can't answer the custom rom and root questions, i can help you with the other stuff though.
1) No there isn't
2) It works amazingly well!
3) what do you want to screenshot me? The settings page with the font size or a specific app?
Sorry for not being able to answer everythinf, hope i still helped you a bit
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1) I really dont want to see the clock,battery ... While webbrowsing and wathcning pictures, movies... it qould be great to have the whole screen without the icons and navi buttons.
2) Great!
3) Just a screen shot from settings and also from the webbroweser chrome so I see the size.
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1) I really dont want to see the clock,battery ... While webbrowsing and wathcning pictures, movies... it qould be great to have the whole screen without the icons and navi buttons.
2) Great!
3) Just a screen shot from settings and also from the webbroweser chrome so I see the size.
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If you want custom ROMs I'd advise you to find another device if not this is the whole package the best phone I have ever used and I've used most of them.
Great phone. My set up attached with google now swipe left and pixel launcher
What size do you use in view mode and font size on that picture?
Here is my OPO with smallest in both settings
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What size do you use in view mode and font size on that picture?
Here is my OPO with smallest in both settings
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I use custom DPI of 365 set in developer options.
Sorry for bumping a week old thread. Just wanted to let you guys know that you can actually hide the status bar up top. Download Tiles from the Play Store. It lets you add quick settings tiles for just about anything. There's one for immersive mode, where you can press the tile and it'll hide the status bar, navigation bar, system bar or a dialog for your choosing. I have it set so whenever I toggle the quick setting tile, it hides the status bar up top, which is what you are looking for. It works great.
Here is a pair of screenshots of the quick tiles from the app, and how it looks like without the status bar. Let me know if you need any help or have any other questions.
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Sorry for bumping a week old thread. Just wanted to let you guys know that you can actually hide the status bar up top. Download Tiles from the Play Store. It lets you add quick settings tiles for just about anything. There's one for immersive mode, where you can press the tile and it'll hide the status bar, navigation bar, system bar or a dialog for your choosing. I have it set so whenever I toggle the quick setting tile, it hides the status bar up top, which is what you are looking for. It works great.
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Thanks! The only thing left is a way to hide the Navi buttons in choosen apps, for an example chrome.