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Hello everyone, I've looked for many months but I can't find anything that deals with this issue. There is no animation for rotating the screen in default 2.3.3..
Does anyone know how I could achieve this?
I'm looking for a sort of iPhone-Esq turn of the screen, or a fade out and then in type.
If anyone knows of this being done already or would try to do it that would be great!
Thanks
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As far as I know the animation on the iPhone is just a screenshot rotating with the real rotation happening in the background.
So as it was not possible to take screenshots on pre Android 2.3 without root/ADB.. I guess it wasn't really possible?
Dunno though. But I think it's possible in some ways with 2.3 and the api to capture the screen now. Just need some dev to give it a try. But I believe best bet would be the team around MIUI.. as they kinda try to imitate the whole iOS..
I've added some kind of rotation animation in my app... search for sgstools on google code and look into AnimatedActivity class.
It's not perfect... it would be better to handle the orientation change on your own.
When I played bejewelled 2 for the first time I was very impressed by the screen rotation animation.. if you haven't played it, try it out .. the rotation animation is very fast and smooth.. this shows that it can be done
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Will your app work on the original Motorolla Droid? I'm rooted and running CM7. Thanks.
The Xoom has this rotation animation. I wonder if anyone could port over what's necessary.
Honestly I can't believe that a dev hasn't tried to create a rotation animation for their custom rom. I would think that people would really be drawn to it, kind of like the gingerbread screen off animation.
Yeah. This is one thing I envy about Iphone and WP7, turning to landscape looks cool instead of just... like appearing.
Its present in honeycomb, so most likely will be present in the next android release? Maybe someone can port it to gingerbread.
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I'm also surprised that it can't be found in any of the custom launchers. I've used almost all of them, currently using launcher pro, and I haven't noticed it in any of them.
I think it was in one browser I tried, Netfront Life Browser (I think it was pretty good as well).
adobe reader does the rotation animation too, so it is possibly but it seems nobody cares abou that :S
Great point. I also just noticed that launcher 7, which is a windows phone like home replacement, has a nice "tile animation" when the phone is rotated. So we know from these two examples that it is possible. Also, as many people have mentioned, the animation is included in Honeycomb. It's probably just a matter of time, but I'd like it sooner than later.
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Just a quick update, the snes9x ex app, which is super nintendo emulator, has a great rotation animation. Think it could somehow be used for other purposes?
Look at the Samsung Galaxy S 2. It has a animation in the stock browser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxKHGO9HhM
Look at 1:11...
I have a feeling thus sort of thing will make the AOSP in the future. It would be great to contact the dev that created snes9x ex and ask if he knew how to integrate this into framework. I would think this task would nit take too much time, but then again adding a whole new transition animation, writing how this animation is initiated etc.. Could be more time consuming than I would assume.
The first iterations of Stock Android had rotate animations. The first one I remember was the screen zooming out, shaking left and right, then zooming in. In a later release it did this whole fade out/fade in thing, with some pulsing. The delays between rotating phone and screen completing rotation was big.
I don't know why the rotate animations were removed, but I guess that shows who's an Old school android user, as peeps now don't even know about it
we have screen off/ on crt animations TAKE THAT GAYOS! xD
back on topic: @pctechnerd wasn't this on rc22 of android? It might have been left out in later releases because of instability.
Animation on Droid X
The 2.3.3 leak of gingerbread for the Droid X has a very nice rotate animation built in.
Cool! Any idea how to get it to work on the moto droid (D1)?
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every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.
Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.
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I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?
martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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could be. I haven't tried removing the Widgets and seeing if it increases the speed. might give that a try. But rendering Widgets in portrait shouldn't be any slower than landscape... "shouldn't" lol
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I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?
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You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:
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You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:
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I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific
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I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific
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I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.
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same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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That seems logical, however, it's just as choppy and laggy when you have the Xoom upside down (camera down, HDMI up). I only observe smooth transitions when in the standard, landscape position (and even this isn't always lag-free).
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I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.
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that's how launcher pro looks. I just don't like the small app icons. Plus I'm ADD so looking for an app in that is like looking for buried treasure haha
dxTop
I use dxTop Pro on my Xoom, pretty nice interaction. But I didn't set it as default. So each time I hit the home button I get a pop up to select either dxtop or launcher (the xoom default home). I find dxTop as a good alternative. That's why I don't use it as default, just when I wanna play around with a new home. Plus it offer the same exact 3D effects as the default home on the xoom. But with dxTop you have a "cube like" interface. So you can swipe up, swipe down, swipe left and right, and there is a swip for the center. So in all u have about 5 different swipe positon. Not just the current left to right position on the xoom default. You can google it for a demo and more info. Just thought i'll add my 2¢.
I have an iPad and really love the way its screen rotates anywhere I rotate the device. Left-right-bottom-up, any direction.
Can Honeycomb do this? Or can Iconia do this?
Thanks
ahsya said:
I have an iPad and really love the way its screen rotates anywhere I rotate the device. Left-right-bottom-up, any direction.
Can Honeycomb do this? Or can Iconia do this?
Thanks
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It does ;-)
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Well, it seemed my Iconia doesn't have that flexibility
Even on homescreen, it doesn't rotate
Maybe your rotation lock button is set to the wrong position?
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bahuta8 said:
Maybe your rotation lock button is set to the wrong position?
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Tehe ;D
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Well, i won iconia and i have seen IPAD and IPAD2, but i think IPAD really works wonderfully smooth, Android and Honeycomb or whatever version and any android device is far away from iOS in either IPHONE OR IPAD. so you will be disappointed when u will use android cause no doubt iOS is far more smooth and better in animations like rotation etc. I know many here won't like it but i have seen both and can tell u exactly.
Yep, look for the little slide switch next to the volume rocker on the top edge.
As for iPad vs Iconia tab, ignore the Apple shill above. I have an iPad 2, the Iconia A500, and the Asus Transformer all layed out in front of me. I pick up the iPad an rotate it, and the screen rotates. I pick up the Acer and rotate it, and the screen rotates. Apple does a cute animation trick that makes you think the icons simply rotate in place (but they don't), while Honeycomb blanks out the icons then redraws them after the turn. Take about a 2-count for each to respond. Honeycomb slows down a little if you have widgets on a screen. Neither delay will prevent you from quickly getting back to work in the "new" orientation.
If the stock launcher bothers you, there are a few dozen amazing launchers to replace it using some clever animations of their own. Can't do that with the iPad.
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Well, i won iconia and i have seen IPAD and IPAD2, but i think IPAD really works wonderfully smooth, Android and Honeycomb or whatever version and any android device is far away from iOS in either IPHONE OR IPAD. so you will be disappointed when u will use android cause no doubt iOS is far more smooth and better in animations like rotation etc. I know many here won't like it but i have seen both and can tell u exactly.
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people do take animations and the act of scrolling more important than actually doing something.
hey my buddy is having a heck of time transfering music off his iphone to his ps3 to play over his sound system. how to you transfer music over
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BrianDigital said:
people do take animations and the act of scrolling more important than actually doing something.
hey my buddy is having a heck of time transfering music off his iphone to his ps3 to play over his sound system. how to you transfer music over
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That´s true... one iSheep here in the office said his iPad is better 'cause it has smoother transitions. I asked, and what else? He fell silent.
I really don´t understand why people prefer cute animations better.
screen rotation
Works fantastic. Plus you get a hardware lock switch to lock it in place. Sure, the EyePad might have a cuter way of rotating the screen, but when you consider no flash support, no USB host, no MicroSD slot - is the cute animation really worth it?
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That´s true... one iSheep here in the office said his iPad is better 'cause it has smoother transitions. I asked, and what else? He fell silent.
I really don´t understand why people prefer cute animations better.
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Yeah I had like five in my last office they are so funny. Commenting "oh you don't have that app" and I'm like well I have apps on my PC and how does crysis look on your thousand dollar Mac.
My best rebuttle is usually showing a isheep how I delete songs of my inferior os with two button presses
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Troll thread. Just say no, folks...
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well tbh even though it does rotate every which way, in any other orientation other than the original landscape (with the port at the bottom) scrolling between screens shows a slight, but noticeable, framerate drop.
I'm hoping this is due to 3.0 and that the 3.1 upgrade will fix it.
Hey, is anyone working on new/different lock screens for our iconias'? If so, let me know if I can be of help or test stuff out.
Guess not.
What do you mean,lock screen?
There is a switch on top to lock screen orientation.
Lockscreen is this circle on screen to unlock tablet after pressing power button
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i would love to see mods for the lockscreen like turn the ring and ripples red or green ect.
widgetlocker is available on the market. Does it not work?
I'd like to see a mod where it doesn't rotate perhaps
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BrianDigital said:
I'd like to see a mod where it doesn't rotate perhaps
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Agreeable. Also maybe one where we can get different "kinds" of lockscreens such as Simply Lockscreens with the "jedi" trick. it obviously didn't work on the Iconia sans no ir sensor to locate facial proximity but just the same difference.
Anyone? Not alot of theme love going on around here either from what my limited experince has been. Kinda sad forum. For such a great device it seems to me that this device should be moving in a bigger better direction. I understand that Honeycomb source is not released but the customization end is just no starting to be picked up on. I loved the thread 1+ < 800. keep it up guys. Maybe we can get more Iconia love from the guys at acer soon and get this beast in the direction we all want
Hi Fellas,
I'm wondering.. the G2 provides with 3 power-off animations to choose from. If you notice for those who are having lock screens, the retro TV off isn't very smooth. There is some graphical glitches at times.
Overall, I'm wondering does anyone know a hack to turn off the animations completely? That will definitely speed up the screen off lag.
I would love this too. None of the choices are attractive or smooth.
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I noticed that when you preview them they're not the same as real world use. They're a ton smoother when they're applied than when you preview it. The fade one is the same as stock Android is it not?
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I find retro TV to be the best. It's smooth for me and I think the "graphical glitches" you mentioned is part of the animation.
colbyfink said:
I noticed that when you preview them they're not the same as real world use. They're a ton smoother when they're applied than when you preview it. The fade one is the same as stock Android is it not?
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You are absolutely correct.
However, even with real world usage, the glitch does appear intermittently. And I'm pretty sure if I have my lock screen turned off, this glitch is not to be seen.
You can consider it as part of the animation, but I find it ugly The while light of the retro TV animation is supposed to be too fast to be seen as a whole chunk, but with the glitch on, you will see the "chunk" of light with some other colors in it. Not sure if ya guys get what I mean
I've recorded a clip of my retro TV power off animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgkL5bO7Ak&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Is this the same effect as what you're getting on your side? I know the preview version if it looks horrendous but the actual animation is snappy and I like the look if it.
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I've got the sprint ls980 variant and while I have the menu options to change my screen-off animation, none of them make a difference. The preview work, but the actual animation is unaffected. Also, the old CRT animation that was released with gingerbread looked infinitely better than the retro TV animation on here. LG made so many odd decisions with this phone. Though to be fair, the only other LG phone I've owned was the G2x, and it was vanilla-ish android, so I'm not very familiar with their UI, whatever calling it. Looks a lot like touchwiz to me.
EDIT: I just realized how old this thread is. Sorry for beating this dead horse, everybodies.