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Uniform Look 'n Feel

We all find a lot of very interesting software in this forum which at the moment is far superior to what Microsoft or the vendors come up with.
The thing that bothers me (personally) a bit is the non-uniformity of all the applications offered. One application is doing nice pulldown menus with custom based settings while the other is doing the native windows thingy.. If we could work out a standard "framework", this way we spare ourselves the work of re-inventing the wheel over and over again and we can focus on the actual functionality.
Here some examples of what could be done:
- Default way of browsing files (kinetic scrolling list, like throttle launcher)
- Default listbox (see 1st)
- Semi Transparent keyboard (to see what you're typing through the KB)
- Transparent scrollbars (like the omnia viewer)
- Transparent menu's
- Look for active today screen and adapt wallpaper (Manilla, 2day, etc.)
- Sizeable custom title bars (for big screens or small screens)
- Resolution aware (no pixels but %'s)
- Tilt Sensor / Accelerometer abstraction
- Uniform but skinable (skin will be used for every app based on this famework)
- Etc.
Is there somewhere being worked on this kind of thing? I was thinking in making some open source re-usable classes in which we can put it all.. I don't say I can do this (alone) but if we make it a group effort it could be a very nice concept imho..

[APP][10-12-08]MyWeatherForecast V0.4.1 - using Google weather

Hello,
i'm currently working on a small weather app for windows mobile.
I'm not yet ready to release a version as an important feature is still missing (configuring the city where you live ).
It makes use of the Google.com weather API and also downloads the images from there.
Goal is to make it as finger friendly as possible, and support multiple resolutions (currently running in VGA) while keeping it simple feature-wise.
Developing under #develop 3.0 with .net CF 2.0 and it's my first Windows Mobile app
Todo:
- add customizeable font colors (currently only background colors changeable)
- transparent icons
- add multiple cities selection
Installation:
- Just unzip anywhere on your PPC
Change history:
V0.4.1 beta:
Just a very small update:
- Fixed bug where weather "age" showed wrong time if update was longer than 24h ago (added "d" now for showing whole days if > 24h)
- changed startup time, now shows last weatherdata much quicker
- added finger scrollable settings menu (test only)
- changed customizer to finger controllable (removed trackbars, again test only)
V0.4 beta:
- changed update behavior (no update on startup, only manual)
- cached last weather settings: Program will start with last downloaded weather data and display "age" of this weather data in hours or minutes
- Update now also possible by clicking the upper panel (in addition to the large weather icon)
V0.3 beta:
- .cab installer available
- Fixed download issue: No longer partly downloaded images
- fixed settings menu layout for VGA (now scales correctly)
- added "Customize" menu: Configurable colors for the 3 main layers (Upper, middle and lower)
V0.2 beta:
- reworked GUI, now should fit VGA and QVGA devices
- added "Settings": Hold & Tap to get into settings menu - allows changing of all weather related settings
- new icons (by www.defcom.com)
V0.1.1 beta:
- fixed QVGA display
- fixed °F / °C conversion
V0.1 beta:
- very early first release, use at your own risk!
- downloads weather data on start
- refresh by pressing the big weather icon
- customizeable only via xml settings file
- language can be changed by changing path (e.g. from .com to .de) of google URL in settings XML
- 2 settings with DE and EN languages available, just copy to the same location as the exe and rename to Settings.xml
Known issues:
- none
Download V0.4.1:
- check out "Attached files" section below!

Nemo0815 said:
Hello,
i'm currently working on a small weather app for windows mobile.
I'm not yet ready to release a version as an important feature is still missing (configuring the city where you live ).
It makes use of the Google.com weather API and also downloads the images from there.
Goal is to make it as finger friendly as possible, and support multiple resolutions (currently running in VGA) while keeping it simple feature-wise.
Developing under #develop 3.0 with .net CF 3.5 and it's my first Windows Mobile app
This is how it currently looks like:
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Looks very promising. Will have an eye on it. If possible, please add the posibility to change the background so that it sticks to your favourite theme.

Layout looks clean, simple and nice. You say fingerfriendly - how about buttons ? Just did one quickly in Photoshop, maybe you use something like this, a bit lighter maybe to fit the big amount of white..
Maybe you could include an option to choose different icon sets as in WeatherPanel.
regards,
Martin

m.schmidler said:
Layout looks clean, simple and nice. You say fingerfriendly - how about buttons ? Just did one quickly in Photoshop, maybe you use something like this, a bit lighter maybe to fit the big amount of white..
Maybe you could include an option to choose different icon sets as in WeatherPanel.
regards,
Martin
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Idea is good, but this would bloat this app. And the author wrote, that the images are directly from Google, so I guess different icon sets are not planned.

Looks like it takes up a lot of screen space. Will you have a simple today plug-in? The best that I've ever found is Pocketweather. It even has a GPS feature where it automatically updates your location and gives you that weather forecast. TONS of different today plug-in styles too.

nonegiven said:
Looks like it takes up a lot of screen space. Will you have a simple today plug-in? The best that I've ever found is Pocketweather. It even has a GPS feature where it automatically updates your location and gives you that weather forecast. TONS of different today plug-in styles too.
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Well, I like the idea of a GPS feature, too.
Next idea: Automatic download of weather conditions with autoclose connection when it's done.

Lycox said:
Idea is good, but this would bloat this app. And the author wrote, that the images are directly from Google, so I guess different icon sets are not planned.
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Well since I'm downloading those images only once (not if they already exist) one could easily replace them with other images.
However, the filenames would have to be identical and one would need a complete list of google's weather icons (which i don't have).

Good idea, congratulations and good job

Nemo0815 said:
Well since I'm downloading those images only once (not if they already exist) one could easily replace them with other images.
However, the filenames would have to be identical and one would need a complete list of google's weather icons (which i don't have).
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I could be wrong, but I think that google gets its weather info from weather.com, same as yahoo does. So you should be able to use any icons with that numbering.

Uploaded V0.1, see post #1

hallo, i tried it on my qvga device.
simple and clean,
-but the text and icons at bottom could be a little bigger
-and i have no temperature.
- i just changed the location in the xml to my hometown and it seems to work ?

Thanks for your input!
Think I forgot the control scaling for these labels, gonna update to V0.1.1 soon!

Thanks for going into public will test it right now. But why don't you upload your file to XDA-Dev? I guess there's no need for rapidshare...

thank you nemo, and please don`t forget that the temperature is missing at the forecast !
and post it here so we all can download faster.

Weather
Ok Im a weather nut. If its weather software I've tried it all.
I changed to my city here in the USA. I changed the degre reading to true for Fahrenheit. But it stays Celcius.

I've uploaded V0.1.1 which fixes QVGA display issues and Fahrenheit / Celsius conversions.
(however it also introduces also some font display issues with VGA, so better stay with V0.1 when using VGA devices!)

Uploaded V0.2, see post #1

finally you can choose your own city keep up the progress and thanks for the update.

Hi Nemo0815,
nice app.
I have some probs on my niki. some icons are damaged.
see attached screenshot

plustig50 said:
Hi Nemo0815,
nice app.
I have some probs on my niki. some icons are damaged.
see attached screenshot
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Hi,
thank you for your feedback. This tends to happen now and then and only for the lower 4 images and i still don't know why exactly (because it's the same code for all images and either the download gets interrupted or it doesn't save the images correctly to the PPC...).
The same code works fine on windows Vista however (using .NET HttpWebRequest)
Solution for now: Delete the "cache" folder and try again to update your weather.

[PointUI Applet][VGA/QVGA][2009-02-27] ML Stock Ticker V1.1

Hi,
I created a Stock Ticker for PointUI Home2.
You need at least PointUI Home 2 Free Build 2.0.18b.
Download: Here
History:
1.1
added option to change the currency shown per stock
added Terms.xml to allow localization
fixed bugs
1.0
initial release
Features:
Up to 6 stock quotes
update quotes automatically
VGA/QVGA support
Update checker
Todo:
Detail view when clicking on a stock - I am open for suggestions how it should look like
Cycling through the detail views

Very Nice Mark!!!

great applet, i like this

Version 1.1 released.

Thanks, really nice

Great job !!
Hi Marc,
Congratulations buddy !! Great Job indeed...
Just a suggestion - You could add a small button which opens up a new full-screen( not sure if this is possible) view with more than 10-20 stocks ( you can name it 'Portfolio'). It may not have complete details but atleast the current trading price. Against the stocks on this screen one should be able to maintain the price at which he bought the stock,number of stocks bought, and the screen can show the current value of all stocks taken together against the invested value at the bottom as summary.
cheers,
rishi2504

Calendar for Android

Hey folks,
I have been into this app which has a lot to do with calendar and dates.
I am still confused about the libraries available for it, I will be requiring the calendar to have following features:
- The calendar should change (by month) when I swipe UP or DOWN
- The boxes of month should have specific colors according to the events of that particular day, eg: red for urgent issues, green for vacation and so on
- The boxes should also have ICONS like weather updates for that particular date
- A LIST VIEW of the calendar will also be needed
If anyone has seen any which can accommodate these features, do let me know.
Cheers
Alex

Hey Alex,
for me, these seem more like programming issues, rather than library ones.
For the first one (The calendar should change (by month) when I swipe UP or DOWN) implementing a gesturedetector is the best way to go Imo.
The other three are simple coding issues, like setting backgrounds, drawables and implementing a listview.
As a tip, you should check out a library we made called "CalendarWrapper" (sorry, I can't yet post links, search for it on GitHub). Basically it's a wrapper around the CalendarProvider, so there's no need to mess around with cursors, everything can be done with object methods. It lacks a few features though.

I don't think there are any ready to use libraries with these specific features, so I'm afraid you will have to build it yourself. There are a few date picker / time picker dialogs floating around, or android-times-square from Square, but you'll have to look into extending it with the specific features like image overlay support for the weather/icon.

caldroid
Have a look at caldroid, it does not have all the functions you seek but is very customizable.
Since you are asking for too much in one library, you will have to do a lot of coding on top of any library that you choose.

thankx
Thankx guys, CalendarWrapper did give me something to look into but caldroid has almost done the job for me.
I have finished the bulk of the job with caldroid now it is printing images inside the dates and list view left.
I do know where to start for list view but printing icons inside boxes could be tricky
Will update you guys when I am done with the APP and put it on play store.
Cheers

[APP][4.4+] CPUSpy Material v3.2.1 [APR 24]

I decided to give a quick update to an old app that I use quite often, but thought was in need of a UI makeover. So heres CPU Spy with Material Design!
Features:
* CPU, Device & Kernel information
* CPU core & temperature monitoring
* Shake to Refresh & Automatic Refresh
* Widget to reset timers from home screen
* Option to hide states below a certain percentage
* Automatically resets states once battery is charged
* Light & Dark themes + Auto theme based on time of day
* Background monitoring service that notifys if device doesn't enter deep sleep
Code:
[B]v3.2.1[/B]
- Updated translations
- Optimize new profile pngs
- Update some deprecated APIs
- Fix a couple NullPointerExceptions
- Fix ListView padding and text sizes
- Fix crash when showing error text
- More layout fixes for tablet devices
- Only show last 500 lines of logcat log
- Do not center full kernel version text
- Update developer circleimageview border
- Use new BottomSheet from support library
- Simplify setting logcat progress bar color
- Bind more colors/string using ButterKnife
- Simplify tinting of text selector handles
- Use wrap_content for AppCompatButton width
- Always use accentColor for text input field
- Disable user from changing color input alpha
- Update 3rd party libraries to latest versions
- Fix Running Processes title on KitKat devices
- Update charged drawable to be more material-ish
- Use new Support Vector Drawables instead of pngs
- Update colors and elevations to match guidelines
- Only set background color when cardview is shown
- Fix NullPointerException when closing InfoFragment
- Add null pointer check when setting mLogcatSummary
- Use Fragment and DialogFragment from support library
- Replace Listview with RecyclerView from support library
- Show error text when temp monitor throws an exception
[B]v3.2.0[/B]
- Rewrite CPU usage code
- Fix padding on tablet devices
- Show list of running services
- Use Butterknife resource binding
- Define size of sliding tab ArrayLists
- Only call Utils.isXposedInstalled once
- Check if a light accent color is used
- Add new developer section to Settings
- Fix colored nav bar enabling by default
- Use Chrome custom tab when opening links
- Only recreate if theme preference changes
- Rename kernel/device menus to match action
- Fix padding for credits and license layouts
- Allow multiple retries when updating states
- Catch exception when checking for an update
- Allow checking for multiple update versions
- Use primary color for deep sleep notify icon
- Allow better support for Right to Left layouts
- Fix cpu usage crashing when exiting InfoFragment
- Update libraries and build tools to latest versions
- Define ArrayList sizes for Credits and Licenses
- Use AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator for animations
- Allow catching exception when setting core visibility
- Hack to fix DiscreteSeekBar text color with light accent
[B]v3.1.9[/B]
- Fix ProgressBar height on Lollipop devices
- Remove DynamicCheckBox background color
[B]v3.1.8[/B]
- Update to latest build tools
- Move openURL method to Utils
- Use vector drawables for API 21+
- Use ArrayList instead of LinkedList
- Add Translators to Credits section
- Add CPU usage monitoring to Info tab
- Reduce number of calls to getActivity
- Only call CPUUtils.getCoreCount() once
- Add missing onCreate() to CpuSpyApp
- Remove useless code from CpuSpyPreference
- Use vector drawables for Preference icons
- Fix ProgressBar height on KitKat devices
- Use String.format() to fix lint warnings
- Automate checking if new version is available
- Add setting to change primary and accent colors
- Tint AppCompatButton to match new accent color
- Tint charged image to match new accent color
- Use new Design Support Library for sliding tabs
- Allow using String Array for changelog content
- Recreate activity when dismissing Xposed warning
[B]v3.1.7[/B]
- Updated translations
- Add support for Marshmallow
- Fix charged view card alignment
- Revert back to using text for tabs
- Use AppCompatButton for all buttons
- Adjust full kernel version text size
- Remove redundant calls to getResources()
- Show the total number of unused states
- Add bootloader information to Info tab
- Use SwitchPreference for API 21+ devices
- Update primary colors to match guidelines
- Summarize which theme is selected in Settings
- Specify initial size of getStates ArrayList<>
- Disable layout transitions during charged view
- Allow animating progress bars with Auto Refresh
- Simplify checking views when Auto Reset is enabled
- Fix background color not showing correctly on KitKat
- Move hiding states below percentage to new toolbar
- Add toolbar for hiding/resetting/restoring states
- Use ContextCompat.getColor() from support library
- Allow Settings to keep scroll position during recreate
- Override KeyEvent instead of using BackHandledFragment
[B]v3.1.6[/B]
- Fix crash on KitKat devices
[B]v3.1.5[/B]
- Check if new update is available
- Reduce total state time text size
- Update libraries to latest versions
- Animate progress bars on app launch
- Use icons instead for sliding tabs
- Updates and fixes to theme changing
- Use Roboto-Medium for snackbar actions
- Fix crash if checkCoreMonitor returns zero
- Use Butter Knife to bind button listeners
- Show warning dialog if Xposed is installed
- Use sliding cardview for full kernel version
- Return null if unable to retrieve cpu info
[B]v3.1.4[/B]
- Remove unnecessary return functions
- Remove useless call to ButterKnife.bind
- Add Exception catch for CPU core monitoring
- Add null pointer check to fix issues #69 and #70
- Dont refresh onShake if mSwipeLayout.isRefreshing
- Add local SeekBarPreference to fix KitKat margin issues
[B]v3.1.3[/B]
- More variables can be final
- Add checking runtime to Device Info
- Update Butter Knife library to v7.0.1
- Update Android Support Library to v22.2.1
- Make hasTemp() return false if file length is 0
- Update to latest gradle and android build tools
- Add service to check if device is entering deep sleep
- Catch ActivityNotFoundException if unable to open intent
[B]v3.1.2[/B]
- assert mActionBar != null
- Move app version to build.gradle
- Update Snackbar library to v2.10.10
- Add function to show/hide unused states
- Clean up SharedPreferences in CpuSpyApp
- MainActivity: Add missing @Override to onResume()
- Add option to hide states below certain percentage
- CpuSpyApp: Use SparseArray instead of HashMap
- CpuStateMonitor: Fix logging and handle exception
- Stop monitoring temperature if getTemp() returns null
- Remove usesless call to CPUUtils.getKernelVersion()
[B]v3.1.1[/B]
- Handle NFE instead of ignoring it
- Fix lint warning by using apply()
- Add support for monitoring 6-8 CPU cores
- Fix some padding issues on KitKat devices
- PrefsActivity: Add missing switch break
- Random code clean up and improvements
[B]v3.1.0[/B]
- More variables can be final
- Switch to new sliding tab layout
- Fix Auto Refresh causing crash
- Add reusable method for reading files
- Move core monitoring to CPU Info card
- Show unused states when resetting timers
- Use simple listview for open source licenses
- Enable monitoring only if fragment is visible
- Update material-dialogs library to v0.7.6.0
- New Auto theme based on the time of day
- Disable swipe to refresh if auto is enabled
- Add null pointer check when removing all views
[B]v3.0-BETA8[/B]
- Remove circle reveal animation
- Add widget info to welcome card
- Support more devices CPU temp
- Add action button back to snackbars
- Merged French translations (Micks29)
- Add colored btn_selector to buttons
- Update to latest build tools and gradle
- Fix Info text overlapping if multiple lines
- Fix setting Preference icons based on theme
- Add style for setting ActionBar elevation
- Apply dialog content color based on theme
[B]v3.0-BETA6[/B]
- Added Shake to Refresh timers
- Added CPU Temp monitoring
- Refreshed charged view layout
- Added new widget to reset timers
- Added indicator to kernel version
- Added darker primary text color
- Adjusted layout for tablets/TVs
- Updated to latest support libraries
- Use native font on API 21 and above
- Tons of code cleanup and fixes
- Fixed main card animation from being cut off
- Improve checking if states file exists
- More improvements to theme changing
- Simplified getting/setting of cpu frequencies
[B]v3.0-BETA5[/B]
- Fix memory leak when setting typeface
- Updated internal 3rd party libraries
- Removed deprecated getDrawable
- Revert using webview for dialogs
- Simplify getting/setting cpu freqs
- Decrease card animation duration
- Random code cleanup and fixes
- Improve reading of states file
- Improve reading cpu information
- Improve theme changing and dark theme
- Simplify checking which views to show
[B]v3.0-BETA4[/B]
- Add Material Ripple library (KitKat)
- Updated internal 3rd party libraries
- Animate About cardview sliding up
- Adjust padding for welcome cardview
- Add donate to settings overflow menu
- Kernel version should use singleLine
- Add custom Typeface for ActionBar title
- Revert back to using CheckBoxPreference
- Add colored navigation bar and dark theme
- Disable cpu monitoring when app is paused
[B]v3.0-BETA3[/B]
- Refreshed UI to be more Material
- Fix settings menu for KitKat devices
- Some random code clean up and fixes
- Add decimal to states view percentage
- Add new Info page with CPU/Kernel info
- Casting '_app' to 'Context' is redundant
- Sync material-dialogs library with v0.6.x
- Update snackbar and WhatsNew strings
- Add WhatsNew option in overflow menu
- Add option to reset timers when charged
- Add new WelcomeCard on first launch
- Use SnackbarManager to handle queues
- Clean up WhatsNew dialog webview usage
- Click states cardview to view unused states
- Add anonymous crash and usage reporting
- Switch to new blue primary/accent colors
- Switch to Handler instead for Auto Refresh
- Fix mBatInfoReceiver causing an exception
- Add per CPU core and frequency monitoring
[B]v2.0[/B]
- Added Pull to Refresh library
- Fixed a few more lint warnings
- New About and License menus
- Added support for KitKat and TVs
- New Material style launcher icon
- Use colored nav bar on Lollipop
- Optimized/removed unused PNGs
- Add Gmail-like Snackbar library
- Timers now reset when battery full
- Add Auto Refresh option to settings
- New WhatsNew dialog for new releases
[B]v1.2[/B]
- Fix issue when no states file found
- Adjust padding to match Material guidelines
- Rearrange home_layout and fix xml formatting
- Move 'Total State Time' above 'Unused CPU States'
[B]v1.1[/B]
- Adjusted padding a little
- Reduced some text sizes
- Removed some unused PNGs
- Removed 'Time in State' header
- Added shadow to action bar
- Fixed progress bar background color
- Added temporary icon until one can be made
[B]v1.0[/B]
- Initial release
Now available on Amazon App Store
Source: https://github.com/existz/cpuspy
Credits to the original dev @storm717.
Link to original thread: http://goo.gl/N3drrP

TODO: Updated 5/19/15
- Option to view time in state for each core (?).

Thanks man, works fine

If you want to follow progress of this app, check my G+ page... Currently looking for other devs to help out.. Please reshare if you use G+.
I should have an update very soon.
https://plus.google.com/111678887963556771807/posts/Jzdag2yhcvT

Really good thanks mate

UPDATE:
v1.1
- Adjusted padding a little
- Reduced some text sizes
- Removed some unused PNGs
- Removed 'Time in State' header
- Added shadow to action bar
- Fixed progress bar background color
- Added temporary icon until one can be made

Great ?

Finally a re-design, very well
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4

great very well .. thanks broo

much needed
thnx

So I've had quite a few people point out that the padding does not follow Material guidelines (which is 16dp).. Although I do agree that it needs spaced over a little more, but I'm not sure how I feel about 16dp yet (but it is growing on me the more I see it). Below is a screenshot of the padding adjusted to follow material guidelines..thoughts?

existz said:
So I've had quite a few people point out that the padding does not follow Material guidelines (which is 16dp).. Although I do agree that it needs spaced over a little more, but I'm not sure how I feel about 16dp yet (but it is growing on me the more I see it). Below is a screenshot of the padding adjusted to follow material guidelines..thoughts?
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Looking between the current setup and the 16dp I personally prefer the 16dp

I'll have an update tomorrow with more UI improvements and small bug fixes. This will probably be the last update for a week or so, at least until I can get more of the important stuff done (ie pull to refresh..etc), I dont like having a bunch of small releases back to back to back, like I have been doing these last couple of days lol. But I want to get this next release out soon because it puts things more inline with Material guidelines.

existz said:
I'll have an update tomorrow with more UI improvements and small bug fixes. This will probably be the last update for a week or so, at least until I can get more of the important stuff done (ie pull to refresh..etc), I dont like having a bunch of small releases back to back to back, like I have been doing these last couple of days lol. But I want to get this next release out soon because it puts things more inline with Material guidelines.
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Tbh as an end user I personally prefer having larger releases with more content unless it is just a bug fix release take your time to make a stellar product.

UPDATE:
v1.2
- Fix issue when no states file found
- Adjust padding to match Material guidelines
- Rearrange home_layout and fix xml formatting
- Move 'Total State Time' above 'Unused CPU States'
This will probably be the last update for a week or two, at least until im able to get more of the important stuff done (ie pull to refresh..etc), sorry for all the updates back-to-back.

Great man, thanks

I might take up the offer on the icon. Hello, existz, it's nice to see you again; back from the DHD days.

kingofnice said:
I might take up the offer on the icon. Hello, existz, it's nice to see you again; back from the DHD days.
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The good ole' days

existz said:
The good ole' days
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I have made a similar app before and has more functionalityy than this
I Just recently updated it with material design )
If you want to save some time you can update that one
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmu3y80gynd1t4y/Cpu_States_2.0.0b199.apk?dl=0
If you want the source please PM me )

@existz
Do you mind changing that the app requires a touchscreen there are devices that do not have touchscreen such as TV based devices
From developer.android.com for devices that use android.hardware.faketouch
"Note: Because applications require the android.hardware.touchscreen feature by default, if you want your application to be available to devices that provide a fake touch interface, you must also explicitly declare that a touch screen is not required by declaring <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />"