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Hiya all, just felt like I wanted to contribute to the community a little by releasing a small program I've made in c#. It requires the .NET Compact Framework to run of course.
This is the first real application that I've written for a PDA, that isn't for university, so its a small one, that doesn't really do much other than echo alerts, and display information. What it does do, however, I feel to be very useful, and may interest other developers.
Information:
1. When there is a missed call, or an unread message, the "Reminder Tone" will be played every 20 seconds until the message/missed call alert has been dealt with by you.
2. When the signal state changes, the relevant sound plays to notify you. This can be handy when you are walking around looking for a signal.
3. When the headset is inserted/removed, a sound is played.
4. Various status information can be viewed by tapping through the tabs.
More information, and a download can be found here on my site:
Link: http://brins0.net/projects/Brins0net_Status/
Current Version: v2008.03.07
If anyone has any comments on it, please feel free to post them here. (Please remember that I'm only really a novice compared to some of the other coders here)
Interesting
Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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I have done this in another one of my small projects, but the best way I could find of storing the interval, was in an accompanying file. I have tried writing to the registry, but it all went pear-shaped. I'll have another go at it later this evening.
When I can write to the registry correctly, I play on incorporating the "reg" file into the program too, so you don't have to use it when installing.
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I have done this in another one of my small projects, but the best way I could find of storing the interval, was in an accompanying file. I have tried writing to the registry, but it all went pear-shaped. I'll have another go at it later this evening.
When I can write to the registry correctly, I play on incorporating the "reg" file into the program too, so you don't have to use it when installing.
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Sounds good. Does the program need to be running in the background or does it load a process silently?
nonegiven said:
Sounds good. Does the program need to be running in the background or does it load a process silently?
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I'm afraid it's not a process, so it has to be open in the background at the moment. I'm looking into making a process based version, but I've actually worked out the mechanics behind it yet. I'm just in the process of adding the things suggested earlier, would have done it earlier, but I fell asleep
nonegiven said:
Good idea but an alert every 20sec is too quick. You should make the interval user-selectable. I currently use TAP for alerts and it gives you a bunch of choices for the reminder interval.
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Do you have a link to TAP, I searched but tap is a common word.
Thanks!
It's Treo Alert Pro. I use it on a Touch. You can get it at treocentral.
Updated to v2008.03.07
I've released an update...
Now there is a small options menu to configure the Alert Interval. The setting is stored in the registry along side the alert sound.
As such, there is a new registry update to apply before you run it (It should correct itself if you don't apply it, but it's better if you apply it manually)
The update interval can be any value between 10 and 300s (5 minutes), it can be increased very easily, but 5 mins seemed to be all anyone would need.
There are also other minor fixes behind the scenes.
The update is available on my site at http://brins0.net/projects/Brins0net_Status/
Hello, just wondering if there is some kinda' cpu config app that makes your cpu like the iPhones. Like when you enter an app, all the remaining cpu is used for just that app.
if that doesn't exist, wouldn't it be a great app ? : D if you don't mind not having several apps going at the same time, you'll be rewarded with an app free(er) from lag.
if it's possible please think of it, developers.
To resign from multitasking? NO!
Having Total Commander, Opera and music player (WMP/TF3D's player) open is a must for me.
It would be a big step backwards. I doubt anyone wants it... Maybe just kill all other apps running in background? You'll have a taste of singletasking
And one more thing. iPhone users loved it so much they developed an app for guess what? Multitasking!
edit: You can get pseudo-singletasking in a easier way! Use dotfred's Task Manager and set a program's priority to High. Do NOT set realtime or you'll have to soft reset.
kosherpig said:
You can get pseudo-singletasking in a easier way! Use dotfred's Task Manager and set a program's priority to High. Do NOT set realtime or you'll have to soft reset.
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: o i didn't know you could do that. tried it now but i couldn't find any cpu priority settings at all. any hints?
Tap on the process name, hold and choose Details. Go to Threads tab. Then, for each thread, you have to tap, hold and choose Highest priority. Seems only way so far.
!: Warning about Realtime does still apply. Do NOT choose it.
kosherpig said:
Tap on the process name, hold and choose Details. Go to Threads tab. Then, for each thread, you have to tap, hold and choose Highest priority. Seems only way so far.
!: Warning about Realtime does still apply. Do NOT choose it.
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k,, thanks.
What they got right:
Screen
16GB class 6 internal storage
Weight
Wi-Fi, GPS and Silent on the drop down notification bar to turn on/off
Easy to root
Oh, did I say the SCREEN
Can change two docking icons on bottom
1Ghz speed
What they are clueless about:
The double - push power on AND then lock screen
The double - Bluetooth drop down notification bar MUST goto settings then on/off
Layar - s-l-o-w to load and must reload EVERYTIME and then goes to download
TeleNav GPS - need I say more
CPU goes down to 19.2MHz
Locked down 2rd party applications - unremoveable unless expert
Starts with over 230mb free and without loading any user applications goes down to 90MB
Can change only two docking icons on bottom
undelete-able bloat-ware
undelete-able bloat-ware
undelete-able bloat-ware, need I say it again, undelete-able bloat-ware
Can not turn off power on "lame" startup sound without turning off everything
1Ghz speed crippled so as to S-L-O-W down everything
Non-Stock Android OS
Bottom line , IMHO, either give a choice between stock Android OS and all this "Samsung customization" or just leave Android stock. Like buying any "personal" item such as a home, car,etc...Folks "want it as they like it" one size does not fit all..basic Android and We will "paint it" as we wish.
I agree with you on many points, but it's still a very good phone.
btw, you do know there's a specific Vibrant-only forum?
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Layar - s-l-o-w to load and must reload EVERYTIME and then goes to download
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Layar is a 3rd party app, not a Samsung app.
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TeleNav GPS - need I say more
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Again, 3rd party app - install another one if you don't like it.
here.david said:
Can change only two docking icons on bottom
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The beauty of Android is that it's customisable. Install LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher from the market and you'll have an incredibly powerful and stock Android-looking homescreen.
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Locked down 2rd party applications - unremoveable unless expert
undelete-able bloat-ware
undelete-able bloat-ware
undelete-able bloat-ware, need I say it again, undelete-able bloat-ware
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You listed "easy to root" as an advantage. So root the phone and remove the bloatware?
here.david said:
Bottom line , IMHO, either give a choice between stock Android OS and all this "Samsung customization" or just leave Android stock. Like buying any "personal" item such as a home, car,etc...Folks "want it as they like it" one size does not fit all..basic Android and We will "paint it" as we wish.
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not to be rude or anything but this is not development related, It belongs in the general section.
In addition this forum is for the I9000 only, discussion on the other galaxy s phones belongs in their respective forums
INeedYourHelp said:
I agree with you on many points, but it's still a very good phone.
btw, you do know there's a specific Vibrant-only forum?
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Sorry, can this be moved to there?
BTW, IT IS A GREAT PHONE...did not wish to imply otherwise...I was wondering "IF" Samsung folks would be "looking" to see what was going on with Development and might get the feedback that, the main point seem to have got lost..."Stock Android"...
I'm sorry, but a lot of your points are not valid, or you make them out as enormous obstacles, when they are not. If SAMSUNG were to ever read this forum,i think all they need to hear is kudos, and thanks for leaving things OPEN for the community.
OP,
nearly all of your grips can be fixed with root and market place apps.
- you can remove all the bloatware
- use "CPUsetup" to set min speed of cpu
- use "no lock" to get out of the two step unlock process (power button and sweep)
- you can remove both start-up and shutdown sounds
- CM6 should be with us soon so you can dump touchwiz for basic android.
- use "awd launcher" or "pro launcher" for fully customizable docks, home screens and app draw.
- dump bloatware layer install market layer (people say is much better)
isnt throttling the cpu a good thing?
SykesAT said:
OP,
nearly all of your grips can be fixed with root and market place apps.
- you can remove all the bloatware
- use "CPUsetup" to set min speed of cpu
- use "no lock" to get out of the two step unlock process (power button and sweep)
- you can remove both start-up and shutdown sounds
- CM6 should be with us soon so you can dump touchwiz for basic android.
- use "awd launcher" or "pro launcher" for fully customizable docks, home screens and app draw.
- dump bloatware layer install market layer (people say is much better)
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How do you remove the startup/shutdown sounds?
How do you remove the bloatware?
How do you "dump the bloatware layer install market layer"?
Thanks in advance!!!
darkknight49 said:
isnt throttling the cpu a good thing?
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Only if you want good battery life. Locking it at max will eat your battery for lunch. The system will speed up the cpu as needed.
^^ find my thread titled Tips & Tricks.
WiKDMoNKY said:
How do you remove the startup/shutdown sounds?
How do you remove the bloatware?
How do you "dump the bloatware layer install market layer"?
Thanks in advance!!!
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if you do a search you will find both threads... I just posted to the removing default apps thread so it should be near the top, depending on when you read this. Or look through the posts I've made. I've posted in both of sound and default apps threads.
layer=bloatware see removing apps.
removing apps thread... use root explorer, it makes it so easy. Oh and back up the files on your sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726637
EDIT:
removing startup/shutdown just audio (novice)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731059&highlight=shutdown
removing startup sequence (pro)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732311
How-to's?
I'm curious if you could point me in the direction of disabling the double lock and removing the bloatware without rooting.
I have looked in all the usual places (market, settings -> applications) for bloatware.
Looked in Settings -> Sound & Display for the lock...
Thanks in advance!
Wow that's a really long list. The only thing I don't like about the Vibrant is the lack of notification light. The rest is trivial. Why do I say that? Because almost every complaint is related to software, which means we can change it. This is a developer forum, after all
Location Manager 1.2
This is my first yet-to-be-published app in the android forum so I am excited to see how it goes. I have thoroughly tested it on my HTC Aria but I would like to see the results on other phones. The idea is as follows:
IDEAAssume that you take your phone to different to different places and you are annoyed of turning off wifi, turning on gps and placing your phone on vibrate whenever you go to certain places. This program simply lets you keep specific profiles for specific places (such as your home, school or workplace). This saves you time, patience, as well as battery.
For example, I go to school and I turn off my gps, my wifi, and my Sound. When I go to work, I normally keep my sound on, my gps off, and my wifi on. I keep this program running and it simply takes the location from gps/wifi/cell tower(whichever is on) and it lets you program locations using an address and if it sees that I am there, it will run that profile. Thankfully, it also lets my override my profiles just in case I want to use google maps in school or keep my sound on at work.
Version ControlVersion 1.0 - The first version which has basic functionality with wifi and sound control. The settings page exists but does not function. The next version will have bluetooth support and full settings functionality.
Version 1.2 - This version has new icons and has functionality for settings page. Everything in the app should now work but may not
HelpPlease post on this thread whether this app works for you or if you are having difficulties.
Downloads (also available below to xda users)Version 1 - http://bit.ly/qW4l0A
Version 1.2 - http://bit.ly/pxCzUZ
Thanks for downloading my app
i always wanted something like that
On my HTC Inspire I get a force-close when I try to "add location" -> "update map".
@Gene Pool - I just discovered that stupid error. Ill fix it in the next version, but basically you are supposed to enter the address first and then press update to update the map. In the next version Ill make it say that
Giving it a go go on Samsung galaxy s2 running villianrom 2.0
Installed, sadly getting FC´s when starting the app
If anyone is willing to try a super unstable (yet newer) version of the app, please try out the following apk file. The settings page does not work but it fixes several gps fixing bugs which relate to the force closes.
-Thank You
Seems like I had to turn on GPS BEFORE starting the app. Now it force closes when choosing to add a location
Ive tried the beta version you posted, everything works except from adding a location, it still fc's on me.
Thanks for the hard work, it's time for a easy to use alternative to tasker
I tried the latest version, but I couldn't see the map. I can press Update Map, but no map appears. Just an empty raster.
On my wildfire I can't read the text at bottom(at main screen), it says "Settings page does not work yet. This is the alpha version."
There is some text below that, but it doesn't fit on my screen. And in landscape I can't see anything below Longitude.
On the about screen, I can't look further than "keeping unnecessary things running" on portrait.
I think it's better to put About and Settings into Menu, because most of the time you won't need it.
When adding/editting a location it's a little bit confusing. I think I'd prefer a dropdown menu for wifi/sounds. Values like: Wifi on, Wifi off, don't change.
When you leave the Profile Name empty, it'd be nice to get a default value.
When I press "Edit locations", and then use my back button, the application closes. I'd like to go back to main screen instead. When I open Edit Locations after adding locations/reading about/settings, and I press back button I need to press it serveral times, but nothing happens. After a few times it closes the application.
And I prefer imagebuttons instead of "edit" button, I'd be nice to have the edit button on the right.
It looks like your using LinearLayout with default Horizontal orientation. RelativeLayouts would be beter in some cases.
Latest comment, I think normal users don't care about his/her current Latitude/Longitude/Accuracy data. I think you could remove that.
Ok, that's it for now. I hope you can use some of my feedback
EDIT: Another bug, I need to kill the application to prevend it from using my GPS 24/7. I can't stop it the normal way. Also, I think it's better to use a service instead of Activity for things like this.
I Cant thank you guys enough for helping test the app. Anyway, I will apply those feedback into a new version and post again. Also, would you say the first one is better or the second one? I tested the new version today while going to work and I discovered several errors in GPS acquisition.
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EDIT:
Version 1.2 just got released - please try it out and it has incorporated several of the features you guys suggested.
Looks better than previous versions. But...Is there a way to delete locations?
Next one will have that and Bluetooth and backlight settings.
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Unfortunately Niantic contacted me to abort this mod. More info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42027875#post42027875
TL;DR version: I have created an Ingress app mod, it is awesome and will make you coffee. You can download it below.
OVERVIEW
Hi,
after more than a 2 years of inactivity in the modding field I'm back with a new mod. This time it's Ingress app. I think and hope it'll be much greater and more advanced than Google Maps mod. There are a lot of things to improve and I think some of them won't be ever added by Niantic, so it's a good idea to mod this app.
First I want to clarify I will never add any kind of cheating to this mod. My goal is to make Ingress game more enjoyable, not less. Questions about location faking, items cloning, etc. are not welcome here. I'm serious. Still if you think this mod is a bad thing and/or if you're from Niantic then please read a section about my motivations below and feel free to ask, suggest or criticize. I make it for Ingress players and I'm very interested in their opinions.
DOWNLOAD
First: you do this at your own risk! I'm sure it won't brick your phone, but remember you may be banned by Niantic. My mod doesn't do any kind of cheating behavior, it doesn't do anything that original app doesn't do, but there is always the risk.
Also if you downloaded apk from different site then check sha1 of this file to make sure it's ok. Unfortunately such mods create good opportunity to inject some malware, because users search for an application in the internet and anyone can redistribute it. I sign this app with my own keys, so if you have installed my mod earlier, now you have downloaded newer version from the internet and Android says it has different certificates then don't install it!
"Mute" variant has all sounds removed, so apk is ~2.5 times smaller and most likely it uses less memory.
ingress-1.26.1-broot-0.2.0-mute.apk
SHA1: 976342081c963998f8a6e56b735fe97581ab335f
ingress-1.26.1-broot-0.2.0.apk
SHA1: dce5399802c8f11287a7cf399c1bb5265f8251e2
Older versions:
ingress-1.26.0-broot-0.1.0.apk
SHA1: ea95d8e36324c6c4a175e0cf254cd65a4797049f
If you have original Ingress app installed then you have to uninstall it first. Same if you want to install original app over a modded one.
FEATURES / TODO LIST
I know simplifying and automation of too many things may be considered cheating, so I have divided all features into several categories: from the most "innocent" ones to some smart assistants. As I stated above, if you think some of them are just too much then feel free to write about it. For me features up to 3. category are ok. Category 4. may be controversial and I'm not sure if I want to implement it. I'm glad for your opinions. Some features (e.g. 2.11., 3.7.) aren't actually related to category descriptions, but I "feel" them as category 2., 3., etc.
I don't want to force people to use every modification, I'll try to make them all opt-in, so modded app will work exactly as the original one until you change this in the mod menu. If you see e.g. "Fullscreen" feature below then read it as "An option to enable fullscreen mode".
Below is just a list of features to make it clear. Descriptions, notes, statuses, implementation proposals, etc. are here.
Legend:
green - completed
orange - not sure about it
red - rejected
black - waiting / todo
1. Changes strictly technical and/or 4fun - they don't affect gameplay at all:
UI for small screens, but this is never ending task
Disable some graphics effects to make it less GPU consuming:
portal particles
xm particles
Fullscreen.
Remove globe intro.
Change colors of factions.
Exit confirmation dialog - it's good for low memory devices.
Keep sceen on.
Disable vibrator.
2. UI changes: new screens, shortcuts, etc. - it makes things easier, but it won't do anything for you:
New screen with mod settings, credits, etc.
New inventory screen with items presented as a clear table.
Number of all items in the inventory - it's very important because of items limit.
New portal keys screen.
Remove original items screen.
Shortcuts to various actions from the main screen.
Modify chat to make it easier to read and harder to accidentally send private message to public channel.
Link to portals from system messages in the chat.
Real-time distance to portal on details and upgrade screen - its necessity is obvious to anyone who played Ingress
Additional info about the portals directly on the map screen.
Logging and statistics.
Circles around the player similar to one at 40m - just for better feeling of the distance.
Number of keys on portal info, upgrade and linking screens.
Config: update interval.
Config: maximum scanner zoom out.
Deploy button uses highest available resonator, not lowest.
3. Automation of some more complicated or repetitive tasks - it delegates multi-clicking to the squad of highly trained monkeys, but it won't think for you:
Dropping/recycling multiple items of the same type at once.
Firing multiple XMP
Picking up all items in the range - with above it's very easy to give items to other agents.
Hacking all portals in range - not very useful because of timers
Auto deploy resonators using a template.
Templates specific to a portal.
Other agents presence detector.
4. Smart assistants:
Hacking timers for each portal: both 5m and 4h ones.
Auto hacking portals in range while moving (using timers).
Smart auto-deploy.
XMP damage assistant.
Linking assistant for optimum CFs in a specific area.
Continuous linking assistant.
Bugs:
The maps are gray when submitting new portals or reporting bad ones.
NEWS
v1.26.1-broot-0.2.0 has been released!
2013.05.26
Updated Ingress to 1.26.1.
Added layouts for small screens: Eugene's 1.26.0.20130526
Added mute version - for smaller size and likely smaller memory usage.
Added fullscreen mode.
Added option to disable portal particles and xm particles.
Added restart button - it's useful for reloading UI changes (fullscreen mode, layouts, etc.).
Fixed gray maps problem.
v1.26.0-broot-0.1.0 has been released!
2013.05.22
Initial version.
New screen with mod settings, credits, etc.
New inventory screen with items presented as a clear table.
Number of all items in the inventory.
CREDITS
Eugene Kartashov - layouts for small screens.
Of course Niantic Project for this awesome game!
Thanks!
FEATURES DESCRIPTION AND NOTES
1.5. Change colors of factions.
I did this before and it's kind of cool: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106080343103638200670/posts/a9krpWApjz5
2.4. New portal keys screen.
I have some ideas, e.g.:
keys grouping/tagging
group/tag keys manually or automatically by their location, name, etc.
filters and sorting by: name, distance, level, owner, etc.
, but I think Niantic want to improve keys management, so I wait for their move.
2.5. Remove original items screen.
For now even if you prefer new items screen the original one is still needed to access portal keys. We can wait for 2.4. or at least add an option to limit original items screen to portal keys and rename it accordingly.
2.6. Shortcuts to various actions from the main screen.
I think it's one of the most important additions, so it has to be well designed. I see it as a HUD-like buttons similar to "FIRE XMP" when you long-press on a map, but much smaller, probably square with icons. Things to consider:
toolbar at the top or the bottom of the screen - I think it's better than left/right
fixed with 5-6 icons (4" screen) or scrolling horizontally
fixed icons or customize them and their positions
an option to open a full semi-transparent menu with all available actions
Actions could be:
fire last XMP
fire highest/lowest XMP
fire XMP of specific level
same for power cubes
hack portal - click button then click portal. This way you don't have to enter portal details screen which is faster and you don't lose the map.
link portal - same as above
set target? It's in a long-press menu already, but we can add it here for consistency and maybe to remove long-press menu.
actions from other mod additions
2.7. Modify chat to make it easier to read and harder to accidentally send private message to the public channel.
Current problems are:
is there anyone who has never sent a private message to the public channel? Is there anyone who did this only once or twice?
it's hard to read conversations between agents, especially public ones, because they're mixed up with system messages
I was considering adding some kind of filters to select which types of messages you want to see, but it doesn't fix first problem. Now I think of something else - 4 tabs/channels:
faction - as normal
public - public conversation only, so system messages won't disturb you and you don't accidentally respond [secure] messages
system - you can't send a message here
all - all above, so it's similar to current "All", but you can't send a message here - you have to choose proper channel intentionally. It can have additional filters to select messages to show.
This feature may be hard to do or even impossible, because most probably Ingress server doesn't have API to filter messages as above. Of course I can read "All" channel and filter it on the app side, but it may not be that good.
Also I won't be surprised if Niantic itself will redesign chat in the near future, because it's definitely wrong.
2.10. Additional info about the portals directly on the map screen.
E.g.: level, if you have a key (how many?), etc. It could be customizable and there could be a shortcut to toggle showing this info.
2.11. Logging and statistics.
I love this one I can log all kind of actions like: hacking, attacking, dropping and picking up items and XM, deploying resonators and portal mods, adding custom "snapshot points" to organize above, etc. and then create a lot of various statistics:
how many hacks did you do (faction, enemy, neutral) today, in last week or month?
how many items did you get from these hacks?
what were the levels of hacked portals and items?
how many XM did you get?
how did you spend this XM?
how many resonators did you deploy and what were their levels?
how many resonators did you destroy, how many portals did you capture?
how many links and CFs did you create/destroy, what were their MU values?
which portals do you hack/attack/build most often?
how much time you was playing?
what items did you spend to build up a farm and what items did you get from it?
Statistics could be tabular, graph, pie and very flexible. I'm also considering two things:
sending some of above statistics to my server to create global statistics for all users. It would let us do some research, e.g.: what is the probability to get L7 item from L6 portal, etc. Of course sending these statistics would be fully optional, you would have to enable it by yourself.
optional paid application to read these statistics - in addition to the free one. It could let you remove ads or just say "thank you" (i.e. it would be the same as free one), but I don't want to piss off someone in Niantic. I think it would be fair, because statistics app would be quite complicated and time consuming and there will be free version, but you never know what's the opinion of other people.
What do you guys think about above two things?
3.5. Auto deploy resonators using a template.
Agent can configure multiple templates and choose one of them when doing an auto-deploy. Template could be defined by:
its name
minimum and maximum level for each resonator
prefer lower/higher level for each resonator
Examples:
"Lowest portal" - each resonator set to L1-L8 and prefer lower for all - it's the same as clicking "deploy" 8 times.
"Highest portal" - L1-L8 and prefer higher for all
"Highest <L7" - L1-L6, prefer higher for all
"Standard L4" - L1-L6, L1-L4, L1-L5, L1-L4, L1-L6, L1-L4, L1-L5, L1-L4, prefer higher for all - it's standard 4xL4 2xL5 2xL6 and it'll use lower resonators if you don't have all of them
another "Standard L4" - same as above, but L6-L6, L5-L5 and L4-L4 - it won't automatically downgrade resonators, but warn you about the lack of resonators
Also some templates could be predefined by default.
It won't work well with existing resonators, it won't choose optimal way to upgrade them, but this is how it should be - it's just: "do it using a template", not: "Calculate optimal situation".
3.6. Templates specific to a portal.
Extension to above: sometimes you know that e.g. NE resonator of some portal is harder to destroy, so you want to place highest resonator there. You can create a template specific to a portal, so it won't mess up main list of templates and it will be auto selected when doing auto deploy for this portal.
3.7. Other agents presence detector.
It read system messages log to find the last actions and positions of other agents (actually positions of portals they've built/attacked). This information could be used to e.g.:
show last position and action of specific agent
show a list of nearby agents: allied or enemy
alert if some other agent will show up below specific distance from you
4.3. Smart auto-deploy.
E.g.:
calculate max level of a portal that you can build alone - depending on your inventory and already deployed resonators
deploy minimum number and optimum resonators to get to specific portal level
prioritize excess resonators and save scarce ones
deploy high and low resonators evenly to make attacking a little harder
if upgrading existent resonators, prefer to upgrade ones with low XM
4.4. XMP damage assistant.
E.g.:
approximate damage dealt using specific XMP in current position
calculate the best spot to fire XMP of some level
4.5. Linking assistant for optimum CFs in a specific area.
You select a group of nearby portals, assistant build links and guide you through place to get as many CFs and AP as possible.
4.6. Continuous linking assistant.
You see an icon near the portal if it's possible to create a link(s) from it to create a CF. It let you create this CF with few clicks.
It may be not possible to do, because it would have to scan big area to know if there are a link between remote portals.
MOTIVATIONS AND FEW WORDS TO NIANTIC
As I stated above my goal is to make Ingress game better and more enjoyable for people. If you think it's evil then please read my motivations and explanation below:
There aren't and never will be features for cheating: location faking, sending same action several times, automatic passcode submitter, etc.
As I said above I have divided mod features into categories of different "dirtness level". I focus on "clean" features and I'm open to suggestions or criticism from players or even from Niantic itself.
I don't share my code and I obfuscate it to not make Ingress easier to hack by other people.
A whole game and world of Ingress is about hacking and reading between lines. I think my mod fits this world perfectly. There are some people who leak Ingress app from NIA and there is some guy somewhere in the internet who tries to get even more from it. It makes perfect sense
I think there are many good features that will be never added by Niantic. I see several reasons: statistics won't be added because it doesn't make much sense for storyline. Why NIA would add such feature? Intro skipping or new items screen won't be added because these features prioritize quick access over a nice look. Niantic can't do the same because Ingress would look like a game for nerds. But there are many people who don't care about the look because... they're nerds ;-P
And finally: I won't fight Niantic, so if they don't like my mod and decide to react then there will be no mod anymore.
If you're from Niantic then please think what is the best for Ingress users. If you don't like one or two of my features then I'll remove them and keep the valuable ones. If you still think this mod isn't good and it's a matter of time before you react then please do it sooner, not later. Mod won't be very popular yet, Ingress players won't be disappointed so much and I won't lose a lot of my time
FINAL NOTES FOR USERS
Once more: feel free to suggest new features or changes to existent ones. You can also criticize a whole mod idea. I want to know what do you guys think about it.
If you get a force close then post a logcat and mod version here.
If something doesn't look ok then post a screenshot. I have a 320x480 and 480x800 devices, but I can't test it on 240x320 and >480x800 resolutions.
You can also report language faults in the app or even here. English isn't my native and I often write something that doesn't seem natural even to me. I would be happy if someone would suggest better names or descriptions for configuration options, etc.
Of course you can redistribute this mod, but please don't do that if you don't have a good reason. I just want to know how popular it is. Also if you redistribute it then please add a link to this thread to give users a full context.
If you want to make a donation then link is in my signature, but remember that this mod may be killed by Niantic at any time.
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Very amazing
I'm gonna try it out on a new account just to be safe, but I love the work and holy cow you did a lot and I can't believe it.
Niantic better sit down and learn some must needed features and options. The globe one for sure
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Keep up outstanding work. I just installed this mod and I confirm that it works flawless.
I'm looking forward to future updates.
iBotPeaches: I did a lot? But you have noticed that above features list is mostly a TODO and for now there are just new items screen and intro skipping? I'm not sure if this is clear from above posts.
I wanted to release it early to get some ideas from people.... or be banned
What about a nosound version? It reduces the app size and removes the annoying sounds for people that are tired of hearing those squeaks
Please find attached a nosound version prototype.
it will be possible to have screen: "exit. are you sure?" when accidentally using back button?
Brut.all said:
iBotPeaches: I did a lot? But you have noticed that above features list is mostly a TODO and for now there are just new items screen and intro skipping? I'm not sure if this is clear from above posts.
I wanted to release it early to get some ideas from people.... or be banned
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Ahh, I thought you did all that stuff that was bolded in the features list Guess I didn't read it well enough.
Hi, on mine HTC Desire it crash suddnly..
EDIT: Reinstalled, work like a charm..
One thing possibly worth pointing out: I think this version will not handle the new push messages, as I believe those are restricted by the certificate used to sign the app. Are you able to confirm this?
Otherwise, very cool work
phyreskull said:
One thing possibly worth pointing out: I think this version will not handle the new push messages, as I believe those are restricted by the certificate used to sign the app. Are you able to confirm this?
Otherwise, very cool work
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They do work for me, at least the "@" notifications
Needs further testing.
Jackos said:
What about a nosound version? It reduces the app size and removes the annoying sounds for people that are tired of hearing those squeaks
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Usually more variants = more problems, but I think mute version may be worth it. It's almost 3 times smaller and space is crucial on many devices. It might also use less RAM and start up faster, because sfx are usually preloaded into memory. I'll do some benchmarks.
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it will be possible to have screen: "exit. are you sure?" when accidentally using back button?
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Sure, but what for? If you accidentally exit application, you can return to it in no time.
phyreskull said:
One thing possibly worth pointing out: I think this version will not handle the new push messages, as I believe those are restricted by the certificate used to sign the app. Are you able to confirm this?
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I'm not sure about it. I got comm notification today, but I was using Ingress just moments earlier, so it might be background service, not push. We'll see.
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Usually more variants = more problems, but I think mute version may be worth it. It's almost 3 times smaller and space is crucial on many devices. It might also use less RAM and start up faster, because sfx are usually preloaded into memory. I'll do some benchmarks.
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Exactly my point of view
However it's a pity that the app uses this same amount of RAM. It might get better if you remove corresponding baksmali lines, I just removed the sound files.
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Sure, but what for? If you accidentally exit application, you can return to it in no time.
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I guess it's because on low ram devices the app gets closed instantly. So a back fail-safe button would save him the app loading time.
Impressions and suggestions
Nice mod!
I am an addicted Ingress player and I really appreciate your work!
The new item tab is awesome!!
I only want you to know that there is a G+ user that is modding Ingress too:
Have a look here.
He did a version even for 240x320 screen.
Maybe you can have a look at his work
I hope you can keep this up to date
Works perfectly!
I'll keep an eye on that, your features list sounds extremely promising!
ingress-1.26.1-broot-dev1.apk
It's muted and should work on all screen sizes. Layouts for 240x320 and 320x480 were created by Eugene Kartashov (thanks!), but I have integrated them into single universal apk. It's just ~0.5MB larger than Eugene's separate apks. I can't test it on 240x320 because I don't have such device. Please confirm if it's ok or not. I'll add fullscreen feature before 0.2.0 release, so upgrade button won't overflow on some devices.
Also I can confirm sounds are loaded on demand, they aren't preloaded, so muted version shouldn't boot up faster. It should take less memory though.
Is there anyone who miss these sounds? As I said I would like to avoid fragmentation and I think muted version is just better.
And if you have 240x320 device then please tell me if new items screen looks ok, especially if you have 100+ items of one type. 320x480 seems to be ok.