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[APP] SudoTape . A measurement/note taking tool

I finally finished my first Android app.
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Basically SudoTape lets you mark up images on your device, images either saved on the device externally or using the built-in camera intent.
I found that being a code monkey most my life my writing with those ancient things calls pens and pencils sucks. Recently I found I needed to take some notes for measurements of things in my house and found I couldn't read my own damn writing so I thought, "Why can't I just take a picture of what I want to measure and just draw on the picture"?
This is the premise for SudoTape.
Here is the market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.pixelsystems.sudotape
Here is a link to the documentation: http://pixelsystems.net/?page_id=66
The app is free so it costs nothing to try it out. Your device doesn't need a camera in order to use the app even if the market suggests a camera is required.

Just curious what became of this app? I'm looking for an app for photo markup and this might have fitted the bill. Not available in the Canada play store though.

hpka said:
Just curious what became of this app? I'm looking for an app for photo markup and this might have fitted the bill. Not available in the Canada play store though.
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I haven't had time to update the app, it was frozen in time on Android 2.3 or something ancient. The entire camera functionality changed since I wrote the app so much of the camera functionality didn't work, or didn't work well enough to keep it in the store. I was getting tons of negative reviews so I just pulled it.
Not sure if I'll ever get back to updating it.. last I looked there were a bunch of similar apps out there so maybe you'll find something that will do what you want.

Funny thing is, it's harder than you'd think to find a really good photo markup app.
* SnapMarkup comes close but lacks text boxes
* Nimbus seems a bit overboard....

hpka said:
Funny thing is, it's harder than you'd think to find a really good photo markup app.
* SnapMarkup comes close but lacks text boxes
* Nimbus seems a bit overboard....
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Too bad, I liked how the app worked.. Since I can't read my bloody writing anymore I used it a lot when doing some changes around the house. Sadly the SDK around the camera was in TERRIBLE shape, Android 2.X was a mess at the time with each manufacturer doing their own thin in regards to retrieving images from the camera. It made it a nightmare to try and debug and hack through all the different odd behaviors.
Chances are though, even if I managed to rewrite the camera portion to use the new SDK the whole UI is also frozen in time with the notion of having a menu button (which almost no phones do now).
Maybe some day, but not anytime soon. Thanks for the interest though.

[CLOSED][Live Wallpaper][2.1+][BETA] DroidPal

I've been working (very sparsely) on a small side-side project, my first attempt going back almost 2 years now. I'd like to do a beta run and get some responses. There are bound to be compatibility issues as well.
The "live" wallpaper (lwp) basically puts our favourite Android on your desktop and allows you to interact with him. The current implementation is still a bit basic. The focus has always been minimal resource usage, which is biggest issue with most lwp. Similar ideas have, obviously, emerged on the market recently - but its all 3D from what Ive been seeing.
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Features (beta)
No continuous animations hogging resources.
Basic interactions with the Android.
Android will not be pleased if you keep bugging him
Sleep if screen has been off for too long, 2 demo animations activated via left hand.
After a while the will andorid will stop responding, turn the screen off for a while
Settings havent been implemented yet
- FPS is fixed at 50.
- The lwp will "copy" your current wallpaper (if its an image). So first set desired background wallpaper, then load DroidPal.
Known issues
1. There is a "bug" with Android, where ALL touch events get to the app - even if you are tapping icons/widgets. There is a workaround, but it doesnt work in the wallpaper preview, and some devices dont support it properly. [1][2]
2. Sometimes the wp becomes unresponsive (probably related to #1 and the specific launcher used).
If you get a Force Close/Crash, logcat output showing the error would be useful.
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS APP IS NOT ALLOWED OUTSIDE THIS FORUM. PLEASE LINK TO THIS THREAD IF SHARING.
->Download Removed. Beta over, app will in market soon <-
{Mod edit: Thread closed as no download link is available! - Oswald Boelcke, Moderator}

Looking for impressions, problems, suggestions/ideas, etc..

Keep Up the Good work. I am using it to see what is the Look and feel.
But once again credits for such a good project.

Will try
edit: so far so good! not resource intensive; will test over a few days. Thanks
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Love it. No issues so far.
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This going to sound silly but how do I interact with the Android?

rashidi_zin said:
This going to sound silly but how do I interact with the Android?
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You can try tapping him on the head/body. Or somewhere in top of him.
He will also react after you turn the screen on (probability depends on how long it was off). The beta has 2 demo animations via the left hand.
Also note the "Known Issues" section above regarding touch events.

My girlfriend was so excited playing with him. She somehow managed to make him to disappeared and appeared at other places.
I'm not sure if that a bug or a feature.

^, yes it is
By the way, suggestions for animations & interaction sequences are welcome.

I discovered a bug. I kept switching the phone from sleep to awake repetitively and Android lost his body. Only left with this head and arms.
I had to re-applied the wallpaper again.

[Live Wallpapers][2.1+] The Hobbit 3D Live Wallpaper

I've created a new 3d Live wallpaper featuring The Hobbit theme. It's completely 3d and, imho, it's pretty cool. You can check it here:
http://goo.gl/XKvtI
Any rating left in the Google Playstore is hugely appreciated!!

Nice wallpaper. Thx! :victory:

Thanks!
My inspiration image was this:
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Made it free... didn't get any downloads anyway

looks really good. The app is having the same issues as my live wallpapers. I don't get the scrolling effect. All that I can see is: See attachment. You can see that I have my screen scrolled all the way to the left but the wallpaper remains centered.
This is a common issue for me also on Jellybean. It seems samsung and others have opted out of scrolling wallpapers. So those people that download it will only get to see the first ( center ) screen.
My live wallpapers are plagued by this to at least yours looks decent when on Jellybean it gets centered. Some of mine are way off to the left or right.
I had to add this notice to some of mine to stop people from buying and canceling all day lol.
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eraste said:
looks really good. The app is having the same issues as my live wallpapers. I don't get the scrolling effect. All that I can see is: See attachment. You can see that I have my screen scrolled all the way to the left but the wallpaper remains centered.
This is a common issue for me also on Jellybean. It seems samsung and others have opted out of scrolling wallpapers. So those people that download it will only get to see the first ( center ) screen.
My live wallpapers are plagued by this to at least yours looks decent when on Jellybean it gets centered. Some of mine are way off to the left or right.
I had to add this notice to some of mine to stop people from buying and canceling all day lol.
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Thanks for the feedback (especially the one on google play )!
It's true that samsung disabled the wallpaper scrolling on their phones (why the frack would they choose to disable one of the best features of the android UI is beyond me) and that may confuse the user a lot.

[APP][4.0+] Pixel Battery Saver AMOLED - Save battery by turning pixels off

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SAVE BATTERY by turning off some AMOLED screen pixels!
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Some AMOLED screen powered devices are able to "turn off" those pixels which are showing black colour. This app will let you to turn off some pixels in order to save your appreciate battery by showing very small black points.
As newer devices comes with very high density screens those points will be insignificant to the user´s sight and will be offset by lower spending battery
Developers:
[ANR APPS] bamsbamx
Links:
[Google Play][FREE] Pixel Battery Saver AMOLED v1.2.3
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Very nice, but does the black pixel pattern change over a set period of time? Will be a nice and must-have feature.

mkim055 said:
Very nice, but does the black pixel pattern change over a set period of time? Will be a nice and must-have feature.
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not yet, but it may be added in the future. Thanks for the suggestion

nice application
good way to save battery

Great! i have a note 3 n9005, does this app work for my phone?

thetransit123 said:
Great! i have a note 3 n9005, does this app work for my phone?
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yes, as long as it has an AMOLED screen. Which almost all Samsung devices have

One critical drawback with all the amoled pixel-off apps is that photos in Gallery have micro burst of flickers even when left alone to view, happens on some other apps too. It is so bad that flicker actually hurt my eyes and very irritating to look at.
I noticed this on both i9300 and N910U.
This happens with your app too, using it atm.
Feedback please dev.

mkim055 said:
One critical drawback with all the amoled pixel-off apps is that photos in Gallery have micro burst of flickers even when left alone to view, happens on some other apps too. It is so bad that flicker actually hurt my eyes and very irritating to look at.
I noticed this on both i9300 and N910U.
This happens with your app too, using it atm.
Feedback please dev.
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Yes, thanks for the feedback. I am currently aware of this, but there seem to not be an easy solution for this as it depends on the hardware config.
However, you could try changing the mesh level (3 different levels available in free version) and see if the problem is still there. Also, you can check the 'Display Notification' option in order to have quick access to mesh toggle
Hope this helps

great app. Thanks!

Can we turning our Qhd screens to 1080p or 720p...?

Thanks very much for this great app.

Has anyone noticed real life battery improvements using this app?

Ghost (shadow) issue with black text on white/grey background

Hey guys, I got Galaxy S7 few days ago and I noticed somewhat strange white shadow/outline under black (most prominent with bold) text on white or gray background (can be easily seen in Messenger).
I wasn't able to Google anything similar so I'm wondering if it's just me or what.
Here are two examples:
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and
It's more noticeable when normally looking at screen, but I wasn't able to capture it with my S3 Neo, so I had to zoom.
Sorry for posting images like that but I can't use links yet.

Hi,
as I mentioned in PM, I have the same problem. It is visible bellow dark/white edges. Partial circumvention is to lower the resolution, which unsharpens these edges. Simple way to replicate this with the attached image. Are we really the only two with this problems or the other S7 owners didn`t notice/don`t mind this? I`ve seen another S7 in a shop which has the same problem. All in the Czech Republic (if I guess correctly based on the images above).
Thanks for any information.
pAn

One more info on what is going on - a detailed photo. For some reason are red and blue pixels on the edge more bright than they should be.

I don`t know if anyone is reading this, but I start thinking that I have some super sensitive eyes. I saw four S7s and three definitely had this problem. I am not sure about the last one since I didn`t have enough time to test it.. I also found this article http://phandroid.com/2017/05/03/samsung-galaxy-s8-tips-tricks/ with photos of S8 and this (d)effect is visible also there. I took a look on my wifes S3 and it is OK. The display simple looks better - well the resolution is lower, but no weird effects and the colors are not shifted to red like on my S7 (I haven`t noticed before, every display has little bit different colors). On the other hand this thread is the only one notice I was able to find about it. I don`t know how differently ask google, so native speakers - how would you call this (d)effect? I cannot believe that there are only two people dealing with this.
I`ll see what Samsung service says to this.
Btw - I remember something similar on really old (like previous century) LCDs but the other way round - the light leaked from bright pixels to dark ones, if they ware next to each other.
I`ll be happy for any related information.
Thank you.
pAn