Hey there,
I'm used to pull down the notification bar from any possible app (even games) on the sgs3.
I noticed it isn't possible on the nexus... Is there any mod or something for that? :/
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its sdk functionality. if an app requests the statusbar should be hidden the framework has to do that in order to not get in the way of gestures and swipes on which the app relies. if touchwizz ignores that it would be a pretty evil abuse, something that should get them in legal trouble. i dont think it would be hard to realize but i know of no mod or rom who's got that.
Oh I see thank you very much for the explanation.
I got pretty used to it as it was really convenient checking my notification bar without minimizing my current app. (Change music, brightness , GPS etc....)
Oh well will have to get used to it then.
Thanks for the reply again
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Miui allows this. I expect we'll get a miui rom eventually.
For the time being you could use this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiumiu.ca.statusbar.free
I use it and it works great
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Apparently it's going. I will really miss it. I don't think there is any need for two thick black bars on a 7 inch device. I like having the extra space and I like the aesthetics of the tablet UI, especially with a reduced nav bar. I don't know why they are removing tablet UI and if the devs can do anything about it. I hope they can! Will you miss it too or is it just me?
Edit: Turns out it's just a rumour, phew!
Most will miss the 10" tablet UI but honestly, I don't expect that I will. The centered buttons are not that big a deal and the "Odd" way the Nexus 7's notification system lurks around, unobtrusive enough that I probably won't care.
I will be more interested in things like Miracast support and web browsing performance than I will be in the UI changes.
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StrangerWeather said:
Apparently it's going. I will really miss it. I don't think there is any need for two thick black bars on a 7 inch device. I like having the extra space and I like the aesthetics of the tablet UI, especially with a reduced nav bar. I don't know why they are removing tablet UI and if the devs can do anything about it. I hope they can! Will you miss it too or is it just me?
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There are a bunch of ROMs with tablet UI actually. I'm using smooth ROM with it and its irreplaceable
I know, I'm on PA, but once the update kicks in the ROMs won't have tablet UI. Correct me if I'm wrong!
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I will miss it alot. I do not see why they would get rid of something like that.
Btw where did you see it was removed and are we talking about the 4.2 update?
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I thought I would hate it when I first saw it
But honestly, I like it. I was forced to use it for the first month before I rooted my n7, and I got used to it. Then I installed a tabui ROM and imo it doesn't work properly on a 7 inch screen. I know a lot will disagree but I am just sayin
I use the normal phone ui now, its just more consistent and easier to use for me. If I want more screen space, I will remove the bars with 'expand desktop' on the ROMs I use
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Devs will port it over it's not going anywhere
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DirtyShroomz said:
Devs will port it over it's not going anywhere
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things i hate about standard nexus 7 UI
no quick access to brightness. in tablet UI i can quickly tap the time in lower left hand corner and adjust brightness on the fly.. cant do that with nexus 7 UI
i hate how i dont get Tablet APPs and instead get the phone app for youtube gmail etc..
those are the only things that make me to to tablet ui..
if i could have quick access to Brightness AND native tablet youtube and gmail apps in the standard nexus 7 UI then id be fine.
i really do love the expanded youtube app in tablet UI 4 nice rows in portrait mode compared to phone youtube app. yuck.
Yea the tablet mode is supreme. If it doesn't "work" right then it isn't implemented right. EOS has it so stupidly simple that it is a godsend. You can enable/disable it on the fly and it doesn't screw with your other apps. Just combines the bars into 1.
The notification pulldown menu on the stock UI is horrible. Needs fullscreen or something. Looks tacked on like an afterthought.
I will be disappointed once 4.2 hits and it goes away. Remember tablet UI has to be present to unlock it. Google may remove it completely to streamline their OSs.
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player911 said:
Yea the tablet mode is supreme. If it doesn't "work" right then it isn't implemented right. EOS has it so stupidly simple that it is a godsend. You can enable/disable it on the fly and it doesn't screw with your other apps. Just combines the bars into 1.
The notification pulldown menu on the stock UI is horrible. Needs fullscreen or something. Looks tacked on like an afterthought.
I will be disappointed once 4.2 hits and it goes away. Remember tablet UI has to be present to unlock it. Google may remove it completely to streamline their OSs.
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Someone somewhere will find a way...
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xopher.hunter said:
I will miss it alot. I do not see why they would get rid of something like that.
Btw where did you see it was removed and are we talking about the 4.2 update?
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Yes, apparently the update doesn't allow for tablet UI. I read about it over on the PA thread.
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StrangerWeather said:
Yes, apparently the update doesn't allow for tablet UI. I read about it over on the PA thread.
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Link?
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It's all over the place in the ROMs threads but there is a discussion kinda starting here in the PA thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33692765 . Reading this again there seems to be some uncertainty about it. So that's something I guess...
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No one knows what Google have done with the code and the xml layouts until they release 4.2 sources. Until then your guess is as good as mine.
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Hi folx.
I got this phone today.
So i have few questions about it. All questions consider rooting phone, but not putting custom rom
1. Is Light Manager working on this phone or we are doomed to use Light flow?
2. Can i put some shortcuts to unlocking circle?
3. How can i remove google search bar on stock launcher?
4. Can i add some more shortucts to switches menu in notification bar?
5. Can i change color on softbuttons?
If i remember something more, i will write it here
Thanks i advance
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Hi,
1) Light Manager works perfectly, I use it.
2) Custom rom.
3) Not possible if I remember right, need to use an alternative launcher like Nova / Apex or a moded stock launcher.
4) Custom rom or maybe with an existing mod (I doubt)?
5) Custom rom or take a look here but here the colors are limited.
Mainly what you are asking is in almost all the custom roms...
Thanks a lot for response!
Tell me, is it possible to add wather widget on lockscreen as widget?
Thanks in advance
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Check out dash clock widget. If that's not what you're looking for and want full size widgets then try a custom ROM.
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Laynee1 said:
Thanks a lot for response!
Tell me, is it possible to add wather widget on lockscreen as widget?
Thanks in advance
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Many custom ROMs have a feature that allows you to put any widget on the lockscreen.
It looks like you need to start flashing!
Ahhh.. I wanted to use stock for few weeks.. Ive heard that there is one kernel that is working best with stock rom and makes battery life much more better.
P.s. can i recieve ota if i am rooted?
P.p.s. does build number affect ota updates (like on galaxy nexus)?
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Any one ?
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Hey guys,
I really like the pie controls for the larger screen and I would like to keep using them. The problem is that I'm still quite slow using them and now I'm wondering how quickly you permanent users got used to them.
Thanks in advance
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Remcotjuuh said:
Hey guys,
I really like the pie controls for the larger screen and I would like to keep using them. The problem is that I'm still quite slow using them and now I'm wondering how quickly you permanent users got used to them.
Thanks in advance
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It's really fun now with the Pie Controls.... It took me not even a day to get used to it... I'm on it all the time.. Need to turn it off when I'm handing over my N4 to someone else.. and when I'm using the Pie Controls everybody around is like :cyclops::cyclops::good::good:
You'll get used to it very soon... and then stay on it forever..... :good:
Remcotjuuh said:
Hey guys,
I really like the pie controls for the larger screen and I would like to keep using them. The problem is that I'm still quite slow using them and now I'm wondering how quickly you permanent users got used to them.
Thanks in advance
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pratice makes perfect, still learning myself. I'd suggest try using pie for the tasks/things u do most and turn em off for what you do the least on your Nexus.
Do you guys now how to add the cool clock when the pie shown up? In the pie pro control setting there's an option to add click but it's different (very lame clock) please help me..
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I've tried pie on plenty of roms and can't seem to get used to it. Its so damn pretty though.....but It's easier from a functionality standpoint (for me) to decrease the size of my nav bar and make it semi translucent(i do the same with my status bar). I do this because It annoys me to no end when I can't trigger pie and I need to do something, like, right at that moment
I've attached a pic of my home screen so you can see what it looks like. It's pretty close to pie....you can achieve that pie full screen without using pie, just play with your interface settings(nav bar, status bar, I forgot to add that I use a hidden status bar) and get a decent launcher if your Rom doesn't support these tweaks. I use nova prime, I don't think I could live without it lol. If you have any questions on my setup just let me know.
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I really don't like pie tbh. It just seems like a novelty to me, and using the navbar will always be quicker imo. That being said, I do like the fact that you can gain more screen real estate with pie by disabling the navbar and using pie for control, and it looks awesome when it is engaged. I guess its all down to personal preference. If pie works for you than use it. :good:
At first I didn't like pie, thought it was too slow and stuff. I test the waters for a week by enabling it by putting nav bar to 0%. Now I'm so used to it im faster with pie than normal navi bar. Its funny cause when I use an iphone or another android i try to enable the pie but its not there. There is one thing that does annoy me. While my screen is locked, pie does not come out
After using them for a day they already feel much more familiar so I think I will stick to them
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Hi everyone!
A couple of months ago my mother bought a Nexus 5 because she really disliked that she wasn't able to change anything to her then current mobile phone other than the background: she had an iPhone. Now she's been getting used to the whole Android ecosystem and the look and feels, however, certain simple tasks are still difficult for her. What I then noticed was that none of the official Google apps (camera, gmail and settings f.e.) had the same management. The buttons aren't in the same places and therefore you have to learn what to do per app. There is just no consistency.
That's the reason why I made these mock-up/concepts. Simple and easy to understand. Easy to get from one place to the other. Also, apps which are really close to one-another, like the contacts app with the phone and messages app, are connected via the tab-pullout.
http://i61.tinypic.com/2rp36dd.png
Normal camera lay-out
http://i57.tinypic.com/nebztu.png
Camera with tab open
http://i61.tinypic.com/2cneagn.png
Galery app
http://i58.tinypic.com/x53zok.png
Gmail app
http://i59.tinypic.com/14nk0ax.png
Gmail app with tab open
http://i61.tinypic.com/2n8sin7.png
Missed calls
http://i58.tinypic.com/2zoxmbo.png
Missed calls with tab open
http://i60.tinypic.com/2rzv0d5.png
Messages
http://i58.tinypic.com/tarfba.png
Messages with tab open
http://i59.tinypic.com/2qtzjn8.png
Contacts
http://i61.tinypic.com/10wi450.png
Settings
http://i61.tinypic.com/egafth.png
Settings with tab open
Feedback is welcome. Please keep in mind that this was just something I decided to do in my spare time and I thought would be fun to show you guys. Also, I am sorry certain texts are in Dutch, I made screenshots from my phone and didn't bother to change them .
EDIT 31-5-2014:
I've been thinking about how I could improve my last concept/mock-up and now I've come up with this idea.
It is a combination between the new looks of the Google Keep-app, Facebook-app and the camera app.
Now all navigation is in the bar on top, including the "sub-navigation". All the actions are in the lower bar, which looks just like the bar in the camera-app. I don't know what would be best: to make the actions disappear like the three-dot menu in the camera-app or like the actions in the facebook-app: disappear when scrolling.
Also, with apps like the music-app or youtube-app which have a thumbnail, they can take up some space on the action bar.
If there is not enough room for the actions, the action bar would be scrolable.
If a message or anything is selected, an action bar will pop-up below that message.
The action bar is in the bottom because it is easier to touch with your thumb on big phones (and maybe with some smaller phones as well).
I've put all the navigation stuff together and i've put all the actions together so it is more clear for newcomers and also so you immediately know where to go to instead of searching for what you want.
your camera ui is better than the stock one for sure. stock one is really annoying
nice job!
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mkwhater said:
your camera ui is better than the stock one for sure. stock one is really annoying
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Thanks! I always get annoyed that the features I always use are in such terrible spots: I hate the rings. This way it also follows the android app guidelines (sort off).
philippsp said:
nice job!
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Thanks!
Nice job man. I want !! Lol
Good work tho
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Your camera UI is really nice. Much MUCH better than stock. If anyone can make a camera app like that I would be all over it
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That's brilliant. Such a simple concept which explains why most avid android users are confused as to why the acreage users keep forgetting what to do, or don't use features at all.
This looks great! I wish we could implement this.
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Updated the first post with a new and improved concept.
Awesome messaging concept. Hopefully you can make an app out of it lol.
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dlsygaco said:
Awesome messaging concept. Hopefully you can make an app out of it lol.
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I hope I can once I've mastered the art of programming. Started 2 weeks ago with making apps, still don't know what on earth I'm doing hahaha.
thomasvant said:
I hope I can once I've mastered the art of programming. Started 2 weeks ago with making apps, still don't know what on earth I'm doing hahaha.
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Ill buy you a beer if you do.
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dlsygaco said:
Ill buy you a beer if you do.
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I'll hold you to that!
HI, I'm scissors_cut_paper. I have recently taken a disliking to sacrificing my home screen real estate for a dock. I am currently using slimkat, which has the ability to assign a long press function and custom icon to navbar buttons. To that end, I have created some dual use navbar icons, based on stock kitkat, but representing both functions of the navbar key. Now i'm no themer, but paint.net is pretty easy to use. If anyone has good ideas or request I may entertain them, though I would recommend having a play yourself.
To set these keys/icons in slimkat use settings/navigation/navigation bar/buttons.
The current icons I have made are-
Notification pulldown/longpress Quicksettings (Never reach for the top of your screen again)
Back/longpress kill app
Home/longpress application draw
Recents/longpress menu
Filemanager/longpress ?
Download - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v9sz5sco0bdrue0/f_9QvTcLcT
All credits to slim for implementing the functionality, all i did was make some buttons.
Video of implementing (not everyone will need this, took me a while to figure it out though) http://youtu.be/ist7kSStb9k
Video in use - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv88dWqbkcQ
want to share your wallpaper pl0x?
No problem
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any videos on you using it? Im interested...
YouTube link added in OP. Can do a quick video of how to implement (in slimkat, anyway) if anyone needs? Also did some cleanup, changed file explorer icon to better match stock theme.
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No problem
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Got that in Hd?
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Very nice man...your wallpaper is taking many threads by storm now too...
Slimkat also has navring features for those who don't like docks.
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Still trying to figure out what I want to do with my ring.I've got shortcuts set up in the QS, combined with the pulldown button in navbar means they appear right above where your finger already is.
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