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betatesters wanted :)

Hi, I have created a simple app that visualizes your SMS inbox as a cloud of words (size based on word usage) - currently I seek for few users with 2.2 device for beta tests. Please check Visual Words at Market (free) and report your experiences in this thread. Thanks for help!
PS. The app may behave strange depending on your SMS inbox size and content - if you see blank black screen only please try clicking the screen to change visualization settings (check on the app webpage for details).

Only Froyo is supported? Sounds like a fun app to toy with a little.

Niice idea , yeah i'll beta test if you want't

ill beta test too if you want. angeldelaguarda [at] gmail(dot)com

I installed and played around with the app. It has some entertaining possibilities. Some things I noticed..
(Nexus one running rooted eViL 1.15)
-Words are tiny.
Suggestion: Show words that are used the most, maybe even bigger words based on how often they occur. (Doesn't seem to do that at this point.)
-Some times it includes the (1/3) (2/3) parts of the messages.
Suggestion: I'm not really a fan, perhaps removing them would bring a little more polish. Not a really a big deal though.
-Words do not fill the screen.
Suggestion: I have over 400 text messages but it only fills just the corners of the screens. There is a HUGE black area in the middle thats not doing anything, would be nice to try and fill the screen as much as possible.
I'm still playing with it, I'll let you know if I come across anything else.
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Thanks for the test - I am quite surprised that all words seem to have exactly same font size ... I think/hope that changing the scale to logarithmical in options and clicking then when it displays the screen touch it according to the instructions below should help:
* Top left will decrease the number of words while top right will increase it (starting at 500, increase by 20%, decrease by 10%, 5 words minimum).
* Bottom left will decrease the font range, bottom right will increase it (starting from 10pt to 60pt, increase by 20% decrease by 10%, 6pt to 36pt minimum).
* Center Left will decrease the logarithmical scale, Center Right will increase it (making the “scale curve” more steep). It requires plenty of clicks - changes are relatively slow at the beginning (increase with each click though).
please check by clicking - increase word count few times (upper right corner) and increase font size few times (bottom right corner).
thanks for the comments on (1/x) - I have a list of words being removed will add few of these.
For all others willing to test - the app is in the market - look for "Visual Words" - feedback is highly appreciated - make sure to touch the screen to change the settings.

Increased and decreased font size, and pretty much messed with UI to get it to break, everything seems like its working as intended.
(This was what I was expecting with the first image of words.)

Thanks for the effort on testing - I will surely look into what can be done to have the right scale from the very beginning. (not very simple as the inboxes across the globe will vary significantly)
Second point on my todo list is giving the user ability to fliter words (I do have a small "filter list" but looking at your screenshot I see much more, and it actually will be language dependent) ...
Third will be the sender filter I think.
Thanks again and I hope you had fun playing with it.
PS. posting a comment on Market that it actually works will help to countermeasure the comment I got from initial version where there was no option to scale via user interface...

Added a comment to the market, also marked the other as unhelpful since it's no longer valid.
Keep it up

Seems to work as intended. I must be thick, but I don't understand what it does...I mean, I do...but I don't see how this is going to benefit me.
Eris KaosFroyo V34

I'd love to give this a test, how can I get hold of it? PM me if possible.

This concept seems like a good idea for a livewallpaper. Ill beta in a minute downloading now (if it's not gonna work on any phone it wont work on mine) and post a logcat if applicable.
Edit: Works well on HTC Dream with modified lcd density, added review and marked unhelpful one as such.

z0mbi3 said:
I'd love to give this a test, how can I get hold of it? PM me if possible.
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It's on the market as "Visual Words"
themapleboy said:
This concept seems like a good idea for a livewallpaper. Ill beta in a minute downloading now (if it's not gonna work on any phone it wont work on mine) and post a logcat if applicable.
Edit: Works well on HTC Dream with modified lcd density, added review and marked unhelpful one as such.
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That would be pretty nice actually, just change the background when a new text message is received... humm...

Once I fiddled with the corner touching I was able to get a nice picture.
My suggestions:
Auto detect screen size and render at an appropriate size by default.
Provide an OSD with buttons for the adjustments (similar to zoom on stock browser)
Default to logarithmic scaling.
Provide a spinner to let us know the application is doing something.
Run the calculation in a background thread as to not block the UI and possible cause a Force Close prompt.
Ran it on some friends phones with equally awesome results. All that's needed is general UI polish and you'll have a really clever application.

what does this do?
I am down for beta testing but aside from guessing it has something to do with txt messages I have no idea what this app does...can someone explain?

dsMA said:
I am down for beta testing but aside from guessing it has something to do with txt messages I have no idea what this app does...can someone explain?
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Sure, I'll do my best.
Visual Words reads the words from the SMS messages on your phone and places them on the screen in no particular order. When you touch the center of the screen a different set of random words will fill the screen. Press in the bottom left corner and the words shrink, bottom right, and they get bigger. (Some words are bigger then others when they are used more frequently, so over time, you could be able to see which words you favor in your text vocabulary.)
This application is merely entertainment, just more of a artsy kind of entertainment. This isn't something that is going to do your math homework for you, or complete your project deadlines.
But at this point, who knows where playground is going to go with this, the code itself has to be pretty interesting if nothing else.

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Sure, I'll do my best.
Visual Words reads the words from the SMS messages on your phone and places them on the screen in no particular order. When you touch the center of the screen a different set of random words will fill the screen. Press in the bottom left corner and the words shrink, bottom right, and they get bigger. (Some words are bigger then others when they are used more frequently, so over time, you could be able to see which words you favor in your text vocabulary.)
This application is merely entertainment, just more of a artsy kind of entertainment. This isn't something that is going to do your math homework for you, or complete your project deadlines.
But at this point, who knows where playground is going to go with this, the code itself has to be pretty interesting if nothing else.
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Thanks that was a very good description of the app. I think seesmic was doing something similar to this in their pc client for twitter.
So is this an app that you open and then it has those effects or does it run in the background and you have words floating around your screen all the time or does it just pop up when ever you get a txt message...how does it work?

I like it
I wonder how big the word viagra would be if it worked on email.

i would like to be a beta tester for your application it looks really amazing.
Device: HD2, with Froyo 2.2 on it

dsMA said:
Thanks that was a very good description of the app. I think seesmic was doing something similar to this in their pc client for twitter.
So is this an app that you open and then it has those effects or does it run in the background and you have words floating around your screen all the time or does it just pop up when ever you get a txt message...how does it work?
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Right now it's only when you run the application do you get to play around with / look at the words.

[APP] Rocket Launcher! What do you think?

Hello XDA!
Me and my pal Crazy J made an Android Home Screen Replacement app and are trying to get it popular. It's called Rocket Launcher and it looks something like this:
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We made a video tutorial on how to use it in case some of you don't get some parts of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsa-EAtkDM
You can also download it from the market here: <Paid version><Free versions>

Really amazing concept.
What is the difference between the two versions?
I think preference is spelled wrongly as well.
No way to redorder widgets?

Hey! Thanks for the kind words, let me answer your questions:
1. The difference right now is the paid version dosen't have an add in the app drawer, although that add is not producing that much revenue anyway. So the paid version is just basically to support us. So far it's paying the electricity bill but it's only doing that mind you.
2. Where is it spelt wrong?
3. Yeah you can, it should explain that in the video. If it dosen't: you just press the bar next to the widget, and then press the bar of a different widget and they will get swapped.

i like your choice for a name
are you limited to only having 6-7 icons on the screen?

Ads in a launcher are a no-go. Why not just disable an option or add something special to the paid version?
I will never use a launcher that features advertisements - the free version of the W7 launcher is the only other one I can think of, and I used it for all of 2 minutes before the ads drove me insane.

@GoneMADSoftware No you can have as many as you want in that strip in the middle
@Braneless You do have a point since right now we are making nothing off the adds, except people complaining about their existence. I'll think of something that the paid version will feature so the users will use it.

I looks cool

taranasus said:
Hey! Thanks for the kind words, let me answer your questions:
1. The difference right now is the paid version dosen't have an add in the app drawer, although that add is not producing that much revenue anyway. So the paid version is just basically to support us. So far it's paying the electricity bill but it's only doing that mind you.
2. Where is it spelt wrong?
3. Yeah you can, it should explain that in the video. If it dosen't: you just press the bar next to the widget, and then press the bar of a different widget and they will get swapped.
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Like the look of the launcher a lot, if we could move widgets themselves it would be nicer, if you only have one widget you can't move it... also not all of my apps show in the list. More home screens and icons would be nice, no landscape mode, it cuts it off and the ability to scroll makes the launcher move around in portrait mode landscape just doesn't look right.
Great concept, keep up the work guys and I agree, great name for a launcher.

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@GoneMADSoftware No you can have as many as you want in that strip in the middle
@Braneless You do have a point since right now we are making nothing off the adds, except people complaining about their existence. I'll think of something that the paid version will feature so the users will use it.
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nice I will have to check it out

Urabewe said:
Like the look of the launcher a lot, if we could move widgets themselves it would be nicer, if you only have one widget you can't move it... also not all of my apps show in the list. More home screens and icons would be nice, no landscape mode, it cuts it off and the ability to scroll makes the launcher move around in portrait mode landscape just doesn't look right.
Great concept, keep up the work guys and I agree, great name for a launcher.
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If you only have one widget you can move it arou... I don't follow. It's a widget list, like an app list, a lists start at the top therefore the first (and in this case only) widget would be at the top... where else would it be? I mean it's clearly a list of widgets so where else would you have it?
The fact that not all of you apps still baffles me. I just can't seem to find a way that works to get all the apps, properly, on all model phones. The way its done now seems to be the standard one and it works on most phones... what model phone do you have? I'll think of something... I do have 2, 1000-or more page android books lined up to read, if only my E-book reader would arrive this century, but i digress.
More home screens... i'd rather use the one home screen that exists already and expand it sideways with more branches. So you can add more icons and what-not. If i just add more screens it's like every other launcher out there.
I don't want it to have a landscape mode and i will probably remove the dodgy landscape that it has right now since it looks very wired. The launcher moves a bit in portrait mode because on a HVGA or QVGA screen the picture itself is bigger than the screen of the phone therefore a QVGA user won't be able to see all the icons without scrolling. I do admit that the slight movement of scrolling that it dose right not is a tad annoying and i will get around to fixing that; but there are only so many hours in the day and i've been having huge issues with sony xperia phones not displaying the icons of apps since yesterday so... need break!
Cheers for your feedback though!

Suggestion
Cool concept. Being able to select the icons on the home screen would be nice. Like the look of the stock ones from the launcher but prefer to use different SMS and Launcher apps. Having those apps Icon's mixed with the Stock phone etc. is less clean then it could be. Keep up the good work

[APP][4.1+] Snype - fastest way to access apps and contacts

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Hi all!
I wasn't satisfied with any of the current methods of accessing all apps/contacts so I set out to create my own.
I present to you, Snype.
Snype has a unique dual-index system where switching between "snyping" apps and contacts is almost instant. It has changed the way I use my device and has done the same for many of my beta testers.
It also has a unique "side panel" mode where apps and contacts can be accessed simply by scrolling a finger up or down the edge of the display, which is always active no matter which app you are currently in. A list will appear and automatically begin scrolling to the location in the index that the finger is pointing to.
Snype does not try to replace your launcher. In fact, I designed it so that I would be able to use any launcher I like and not have to worry about the launcher's implementation of the app drawer. This means it's very easy to have a completely uncluttered, beautiful home screen and still be only a second away from accessing any app or contact you desire.
There are no ads and all functionality is available for free. The premium upgrade allows full customisation of the appearance of the lists.
Let me know how it goes for you!

I should mention that the premium upgrade is available for $0.99 for a short period of time to celebrate the launch of Snype. It will be a bit more later.

I love your app Sleep Ambience!

kiwiio said:
I love your app Sleep Ambience!
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Hey thanks Kiwiio!
Haha, I certainly didn't expect many people here would be using my other app.
I hope you like this one too!

jazoom said:
Hey thanks Kiwiio!
Haha, I certainly didn't expect many people here would be using my other app.
I hope you like this one too!
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I will test it and come back to you with feedback.

kiwiio said:
I will test it and come back to you with feedback.
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Thanks. That would be appreciated.

Really good app. I will give you 5 stars!
Some things to change:
- Add more languages
- if possible the alphabet lists have a title to know that one it is for apps, and the other for contacts.
- A widget and a direct access from home.

kiwiio said:
Really good app. I will give you 5 stars!
Some things to change:
- Add more languages
- if possible the alphabet lists have a title to know that one it is for apps, and the other for contacts.
- A widget and a direct access from home.
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Thanks for the excellent feedback.
More languages is actually a surprisingly large challenge due to the indexes. It is something that I might look into again later, but when I was having a crack at it before there were some significant technical hurdles.
I have thought about doing something to let you know at a glance which is for apps and which is for contacts... like different colours or something. I'm not sure. Where do you think the title should go? There's not much room there.
I also looked into doing a widget. Unfortunately widgets don't support all kinds of views so making a widget with this functionality is impossible unless the launcher is built specifically for it. That's actually the main reason I implemented the side panels, because I knew the widget would not be possible.

ability to launch apps in halo would be nice. And maybe icon theme support. Very nice and useful app by the way:good:

vikas724 said:
ability to launch apps in halo would be nice. And maybe icon theme support. Very nice and useful app by the way:good:
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Thanks for the ideas

I just released an update to fix some crashes in the initial release.

I just released an update which added animation to the side panels, adds Snype to the list of apps and fixes some bugs. I'm still trying to hunt down some bugs that occur only on some devices. Let me know if you have one of those devices please.

Okay, I think I've got all the known bugs fixed. Let me know if there's anything else wonky.

Just released an update with a new feature: favourites bar.
Now it's even faster to access those special few apps and contacts you use most often.

I love the ability to search contracts easily! And light theme looks cool.
Keep it up!:good:
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Thank you! I'm really liking it so far.
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Very good idea. I'm thinking about replacing my app drawer with this app. Unfortunately the fly in and out animations are somewhat jerky (using a Note 3).

paranoid2007 said:
Very good idea. I'm thinking about replacing my app drawer with this app. Unfortunately the fly in and out animations are somewhat jerky (using a Note 3).
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Yeah, Samsung devices seem to do that. I'm not sure why, since even my Galaxy Nexus is pretty smooth and the Note 3 is much more powerful. I'll keep trying to make it smoother for you.

The folders in EMUI is really my only problem with EMUI what is yours ?

Since EMUI got no App drawer you rely a lot on folders, my really only problem with EMUI right now is how the folders look, I really do not like that they pop up in fullscreen like that, I know they do in a lot of launchers out there I have never understand the purpose of this, to me it is clear, the android vanilla/nova/apex folder look is superior and a lot faster to use more flexible and looks better. I really wonder if Huawei will ever submit using tradtional vanilla android folder. I think this is really important.
I would normally just switch launcher but I have found that EMUI is best optmized and lags a lot less then 3rd party launchers with Marshmallow, with lollipop it was the opposite.
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Yes, the launcher I hate.
On Lollipop mine runs nice on Smart Launcher Pro. If I updated to MM and had poor performance with it, I'd revert to LP.

Well, for me it's a little bit of the opposite... I've always used Nova Launcher, but a while ago I decided to give a try to EMUI launcher. I looked for a nice theme, and I love the result...

yes I like EMUI but the folders look not good in its "opened" state" they do not need to pop up in full screen like that

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yes I like EMUI but the folders look not good in its "opened" state" they do not need to pop up in full screen like that
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Totally agree...

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Totally agree...
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Most launchers fail in this area, actually most luancher seem to have this "pop up" folder style, not many fall true to the look of vanilla android folders (in its expanded state)
All I am saying is I hope Huawei read this and fix this small problem, besides this I have no complains about EMUI really, it is just these damn folders.
I really love the swipe down function to do search it is really good and useable.
I cannot really say I miss an apdrawer, for me when I used nova I did not use it to scroll down thru all apps I did just use the search directly since I founded apps faster that way.
To get as much to fit as possible on one screen you get faster access to your apps. But this popup animations of the folder slow down the access little bit..

I really see no problem with EMUI folders. I mean, if you open a folder it's because you want to see it's content, am i right? My attention is on the folder, not anywhere in the screen, why do you want to be able to see other parts of the screen while in a folder? Just touch anywhere else and you'll be right back in the home screen in like 0.00000000001 seconds.

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I really see no problem with EMUI folders. I mean, if you open a folder it's because you want to see it's content, am i right? My attention is on the folder, not anywhere in the screen, why do you want to be able to see other parts of the screen while in a folder? Just touch anywhere else and you'll be right back in the home screen in like 0.00000000001 seconds.
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It is mostly about ergonomic reasons for the thingers . With googles standard folders you need to move your finger very little to choose app within in folder it makes it faster, the animation alone will just delay access time with about 1 second, the full screen mode is much like windows 8 start menu which also did pop in full screen, it gets very "distracting" . So I hope they get rid of this or atleast makes us be able to show of folder will be shown.
With launchers who have no app drawer and depend on folder it makes it very important that the folders is good.
One thing I like about the folders though is when its closed state the folder is transperent and you get a good overview of all apps inside, that is good and that is not in standard android

My only problem with EMUI at the moment is that custom launcher run so poorly as OP already said. I always used Smart Launcher until I flashed Lollipop, then it would always restart when clearing all tasks in task manager. Now in Marshmallow it doesn't behave like this anymore, but the performance is just bad, even my first Android did better than that..

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My only problem with EMUI at the moment is that custom launcher run so poorly as OP already said. I always used Smart Launcher until I flashed Lollipop, then it would always restart when clearing all tasks in task manager. Now in Marshmallow it doesn't behave like this anymore, but the performance is just bad, even my first Android did better than that..
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Yes I really wonder why, even google now launcher is slower which is strange, on lollipop google now laucnher was noticeable faster for all task that incuded browsing, scrolling, open apps and app animations then Huawei Laucnher, right now with Marshmallow EMUI is clearly a lot more faster, but it should not be this way...not sure what the bottleneck is.. Launchers like Nova, apex and Google now launcher are heavily optimized, even though a very small % have marshmallow I would note believe that they did not optimize it less good for marshmallow.
Anyway every 3rd party launcher I have tried have resulted in sluggish and non smooth animations. With that said I am very happy right now with EMUI and Mate 7 lollipop, it is just these damn folders that I do not like, but I have gotten used to them now but if I could choose I would easily choose google style folders

Now that i think about it, my one and only big complaint about EMUI is the lack of notification badges in most apps. Sure, system apps like the dialer or the messaging app do get their badges, and so do some app like whatsapp, but i use telegram mostly and it bothers me that i dont see the notification count in a badge, same as Instagram and others :|

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Now that i think about it, my one and only big complaint about EMUI is the lack of notification badges in most apps. Sure, system apps like the dialer or the messaging app do get their badges, and so do some app like whatsapp, but i use telegram mostly and it bothers me that i dont see the notification count in a badge, same as Instagram and others :|
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Not sure what you are talking about. Badge icons are available for all programs in settings

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Not sure what you are talking about. Badge icons are available for all programs in settings
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Yeah, yeah, i know that but Telegram does not show up there :| Also Instagram is supposed to give me badges and it does not, only regular banners on the screen

aldesal said:
Yeah, yeah, i know that but Telegram does not show up there :| Also Instagram is supposed to give me badges and it does not, only regular banners on the screen
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Yes you are right. It was not many apps in the list I thought alla was there.
Well install the app c notice etc you get floating pop up windows it has badges in the icons

Themes / Apps / Mods SamSprung TooUI - Cover Screen Home (FREE) [ZF4]

Welcome to the original "Z Flip 3 Launcher"
A complete home experience on the cover screen.
Compatible with all current "Flip" devices.​
TooUI adds cover screen support for apps, full notifications, widgets, quick toggles, voice launch, custom screen timeout, animated wallpapers, and more without recording how you choose to use it. Even our bug reports are filtered with your privacy in mind.
Compatible with Samsung Health and lock screens.
Fingerprint unlock must be used with a secure lock.
Notice: Due to an Android 13 bug, touch is not passed to the stock launcher when TooUI is minimized. Double tap the SamSprung icon to temporarily disable the launcher until the screen is turned off.
See the SamSprung site for setup and usage information​
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A complete home experience on the cover screen. Contribute to SamSprung/SamSprung-TooUI development by creating an account on GitHub.
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It's still pretty rough, but all the README and Wiki and whatever other nonsense is being repackaged into a single website to make it easier to navigate. It should be up and running in the next day or two.
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I will be going into surgery next week and may not be available for a bit during recovery, so I will try to get everything done ASAP. Thank you to everyone who has supported this project and made it possible to finally take the time off needed to breathe normally again.

SamSprung was released one year ago today as the first app launcher for the cover screen. With nearly 2000 new downloads per version and over 800 builds released, we have reached over 1 million downloads. Cheers!

Just an update - surgery did not kill me and new builds should be filtering through as Google finishes reviewing them.

I love you so much this is my first flip and I am blown away by this neat app. appreciate ya.

Awesome! Anyone can compare this with CoverOS?

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Awesome! Anyone can compare this with CoverOS?
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There is a thread for that. It's not really appropriate for the individual app threads (since I assume you want an unbiased opinion).

Are the launcher icons too small? I recently received a bug report saying they were entirely too small, but also feel like making them much larger will make the launcher seem clunky on a 1 inch screen. I run a DPI that makes anyone over 40 cringe, so I am a bit partial to smaller icons for person use. Are other people struggling with the app icons?

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Are the launcher icons too small? I recently received a bug report saying they were entirely too small, but also feel like making them much larger will make the launcher seem clunky on a 1 inch screen. I run a DPI that makes anyone over 40 cringe, so I am a bit partial to smaller icons for person use. Are other people struggling with the app icons?
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To be fair I think it varies on the icons, like personally me I'm a big boy so got big thumbs but I hardly ever misclick something; but that's also as you said, 1 inch screen there isn't much you can do about it. Possibly having an option for size adjustment would be cool but I see no problems with it.

Google Play reviews are a little backed up, but new builds were pushed to improve the overall stability (and reliability) of removing helper views. This should solve a few of the issues with ghost screens preventing input and other bugs.

Is this no longer being developed?

Wiggz said:
Is this no longer being developed?
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The latest update was today. This thread is not a reflection of how active development is at any given time, though.
I don't really post announcements here because there isn't a whole lot to announce that anyone would come here to find.
Being open source, there is really no reason to explain what goes into each version. Downloads automatically show the changes since the previous version and building automatically happens when there are new changes. Google Play gets updated for every significant change.
Most bugs or requests get submitted through the app, so they aren't being posted here to reply. Any that aren't submitted to the GitHub directly come through email and are converted to GitHub issues.
This app doesn't have a paywall or features to unlock, so there is nothing to sell. It's kind of unnecessary to persuade anyone that a free app is worth trying because the price is already convincing.
Honestly, the lack of posts here is a positive sign that everything is running smoothly.

Yes, I am still here and still actively updating. TooUI now supports the Oppo Find N2 Flip.

twistedumbrella said:
Yes, I am still here and still actively updating. TooUI now supports the Oppo Find N2 Flip.
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Absolutely love it good sir.

i am using a flip 4. for some reason i can't swipe. i tried enabling/disabling 'gestures' but swiping left/right/up/down doesn't work once samsprung is launched. what am i doing wrong ?

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i am using a flip 4. for some reason i can't swipe. i tried enabling/disabling 'gestures' but swiping left/right/up/down doesn't work once samsprung is launched. what am i doing wrong ?
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Notice: Due to an Android 13 bug, touch is not passed to the stock launcher when TooUI is minimized. Double tap the SamSprung icon to temporarily disable the launcher until the screen is turned off.
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Android 13 enabled another of Google's brilliant ideas to disable the ability of any window to pass touch to windows below it.
There are a few exceptions. A completely invisible window (so basically malware) is granted the ability to pass touch. A window more transparent than the arbitrary maximum opacity of an overlay (0.8 or 20% transparent) can also pass touch, but results in the window under it being visible through the current one. The last, and my personal favorite, is accessibility. By requesting ANY accessibility feature, such as retrieving notification text, you gain unrestricted access to control the entire device.
Google's only method to control accessibility is to require that at least one use case fits one of the ones they allow and that you notify the user before requesting access to accessibility that you are going to ask them for access to accessibility. Put simply, you need a nag screen.
On top of that stroke of brilliance, they are now planning to add extra permissions and disclaimers for services running in the foreground.
This means that any service that is required to notify you it is running and maintain a notification reminding you it is running will now have to make absolutely sure you know it will be running through a series of nag screens and disclosures.
Google is trying to emulate the security promises made by Apple, but trying to pass all of the work to individual developers. The end result being a platform no less insecure than it was, but with frustrated users and developers doing a lot of meaningless work.

For me the newest github release from yesterday works better than the one on google play. Nice work, my friend.