Hi guys!
What is the "today timeout" check box in the today's option (Items tab)?
It's a timer that will show the Today screen if you haven't used the device for say 1 hour.
It's near useless in my opinion, since it would be nice to set it to appear every time you switch on etc.
Try my TodayButton program for easier access to Today screen.
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vijay555 said:
It's a timer that will show the Today screen if you haven't used the device for say 1 hour.
It's near useless in my opinion, since it would be nice to set it to appear every time you switch on etc.
Try my TodayButton program for easier access to Today screen.
V
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It is useless. I utilize the password protect function which makes my Today screen pop-up every time after resuming from standby. Set the "prompt for a password" to several hours if you don't want to deal with entering one too often.
I have a MDA Vario. In SETTINGS --> TODAY --> ITEMS tab, what is "Today timeout", which is set at "4 hr" by default?? Does anyone know pls? I do not see any reference to it in the manual. Thx.
Tones
I think that's the amount of time after which it will return to the today screen if you left it with an app open and didn't touch it.
i tried it last night by leaving a game running, but it was still there when i got up the next day. it does seem to be the function u described, mate. Anyone else have any ideas pls?
A game will certainly work differently as it will request permanent focus and fullscreen. Just try with a standard app like calendar...
well, it was only a simple solitaire card game, but nonetheless I will try standard one like you suggested. But if this "timeout" function really is to return to TODAY screen, what is the real use of it? to timeout in 4 hours? and the longest possible time option is 12 hours.
Doesn't it simply stop refreshing the today screen (ie the clock and other values)?
It still refreshes the clock when you put it into sleep mode. However, after a number of hours it always takes some time for the clock to jump to the correct time.
It is the idle time before the Today screen is shown.
It's near useless, I almost always keep my today screen on anyway, because who wants to wait 4hours to see it
Use my TodayButton app if you want quick access to the Today screen...
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personally, I always return to the TODAY screen anyway by shutting down applications after i'm done with them. I just thought this "timeout" thing was a sophisticated and useful function, but it turns out to be quite the opposite. But i will never understand why anyone want to design it to timeout in HOURS and not in minutes.
I'm the same, I shut down apps and always leave it on the Today screen!
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Use my TodayButton app if you want quick access to the Today screen...
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Doesn't the Red button do that anyway?
Nah, red button minimises apps to leave them running in the background (I think it actually just switches to the today screen). Some don't mind this, but for me, if I want the app open, I'll open it, and when I want it closed, I want it closed.
VJOkButt allows you to use the red button to minimse or close, and also properly close the phone to save around 3mb memory. But it does this sympathetically with the phone, so if you're in the phone, it hangs up, but otherwise it's a minimiser.
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lolz
Morale of the story.... no one knows it. I always keep it disabled. So no big deal.
Had PDF softcopy of Reference Manual of my O2AL, and searched with no hint at all. Lets be it.....
I thought...
Guys,
I just stumbled upon this thread and thought it might be a good idea to get educated. I never knew it.
But this is what I thought - I thought it is the time slot to show appointments.
Means, if you chose a slot of 4 hours, and there are continuous meetings scheduled in your calender (and display of them enabled), then it would act like a rolling 4 hours window (read as slot).
Does this make sense? I never had so many appointmens, but always thought this was the use of it.
Comments please.
What does the Today Time OFF do? I tried changing the time off and I can't seem to notice any difference if I set it to 1 hour or 12 hours.
Hello Christian,
You're going to have to be a bit more precise. What Today Time Off?
Perhaps you're talking of this setting, which has mystified many:
Under Start/Settings/Today, the second tab (Items), has a "Today Timeout" option that never seems to do anything.
What this option actually does, is that if your device has been off for the selected amount of time (1hr - 12hr), the operating system will hide (minimise) all the active windows, and bring the Today Screen to the foreground. This is useful for those people that run Today items with information they would like to check (stock tickers, calendar viewers), and not have to be reminded that they had a game running last time they were using the device.
If this is not it, please be more specific. :lol:
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I have an activity in my Android app that only needs to display one thing...a countdown timer. In my app there is a global variable called calculation_result. I need the calculation_result to be formatted into a running countdown that shows years:days:hours:minutes (no seconds) with a label over each one. I'd like it to display at the top of the screen and span the width (fill_parent).
So if the calculation_result was 35.5 (you can round the number to nearest tenth), that number would represent 35 years and 182.5 days and the countdown displayed in the new activity would start at 35:182:12:00 and begin counting down towards 0. Whenever the app is closed, the countdown would stop (so we're not always draining the battery), but the next time it launches, it would need to account for the time it was off. I would prefer that this time marker be stored as a variable to this activity if it can work that way. As an example, if the app were restated 25 days and 4 hours after being shut off from the previous display, it would start up showing 35:157:08:00, and continue displaying an active countdown as long as the app was running, even if the user navigates to another activity in my app. The countdown would only reset itself if the user changed the data used to create the calculation_result, which is stored as a preference and it's value should not be changed by the countdown timer.
I'm working in Eclipse (android 2.2) and would like to get the eclipse project from whoever does this.
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This work has been done and PAID.
Something that bugs me about FireOS is the lack of a clock. It may be a psychological trick to make us watch stuff longer or it could be an oversight.
I know this isn't an official Amazon forum so they won't pick this up, but it would be great if they could add a few time based functions:
- a clock on the home screen and a toggle on the remote to see it over a video.
- a timer / reminder function so you can see how long your dinner needs to cook for or anything else.
- a children's login and time based parental lock. So when a kid is using it, they have restricted apps/content and you can set a time schedule (say 16:00 - 18:00 weekdays) or a timer (say 30mins) and the device will pause the content and display a "viewing time finished" screen (with an override code for parents to extend it). The next day the child can pick up where they left off or return to the home screen.
Probably the wrong forum for this but wasn't sure.
superawesomeme said:
Something that bugs me about FireOS is the lack of a clock. It may be a psychological trick to make us watch stuff longer or it could be an oversight.
I know this isn't an official Amazon forum so they won't pick this up, but it would be great if they could add a few time based functions:
- a clock on the home screen and a toggle on the remote to see it over a video.
- a timer / reminder function so you can see how long your dinner needs to cook for or anything else.
- a children's login and time based parental lock. So when a kid is using it, they have restricted apps/content and you can set a time schedule (say 16:00 - 18:00 weekdays) or a timer (say 30mins) and the device will pause the content and display a "viewing time finished" screen (with an override code for parents to extend it). The next day the child can pick up where they left off or return to the home screen.
Probably the wrong forum for this but wasn't sure.
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If you have a voice remote you can ask alexa for the time
The time is in shown in the settings so all they would have to do is incorporate it into the video player when you pause or bring up the controls
Alexa doesn't currently support timers on the firestick (don't know about others) so a 3rd party app would be needed until it's implemented (if they do)
You can set a parental pin to be entered to launch any app change settings or purchase items
Hiding an app would require a different launcher
User accounts with different logins would probably require an upgrade to android nougat
Time limits maybe possible with a 3rd party app to lock the screen at a certain time if lock screen controls are accessible
To do this per user or globally & not per app might again require a upgrade to nougat
All good ideas but the current software limits most of it
Use this app:
https://www.amazon.com/Time-and-Net-Speed-Overlay/dp/B0786KC4C1/