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Hi guys,
First, I'm a developer who spends a lot of time with his nose into terminal windows and editors... so please forgive me if I'm used to the "boring" stuff. I was wondering if you could give me some suggestions what widgets should I use to fill few of the tablet screens. So far, the main apps I use on the tablet are the Terminal (go figure) to manage my Linux boxes and my 3 Google Apps accounts (drive, mail, etc.)
I looked on the internet at those "popular widgets" postings and they all show crappy stuff like Google Play, Beautiful Widgets, Facebook etc. With no disrespect, they are useless to me. I'm looking more into "geek" factor, like some nice tablet memory/kernel stats and other cool widgets I could make use of. I know is hard what I ask but I'm looking for input from tech people who use the tablet to manage mostly Linux related stuff, not just the Google Play library.
It sucks to have all those screens empty, thank you for your help.
Floren
You could actually design a fancy-nothing widget by yourself that could show random stuff, like stats, load, cool pictures, links to websites, etc, periodically. Resizable, and repicable. That would be nice.
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For a self-proclaimed dev, this guy sure is lazy. ****, app inventor takes no time.
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ace7196 said:
For a self-proclaimed dev, this guy sure is lazy. ****, app inventor takes no time.
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I don't write Android apps. I did wrote from scratch the XDA search you use it every day and helped the guys to optimize their servers, so you can post your content easier. Thanks for the nice insults.
Yea wth?
Anyway. I suggest Android Pro Widgets. Its free but I recommend buying it for themeing ablilities. They are scrollable Widgets for Facebook, twitter, calendar, favorites, etc. I have a page dedicated to these alone. I like my main homescreen very minimalistic.
Outside of that I use some sort of weather widget. I don't listen to music often and my status bar has toggles. Not sure what else you would need.
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Could try minimalistic text and create your own text widgets showing stats of the tablet.
Does anyone got any good music widgets?
Battery Monitor Widget Pro and System Tuner Pro have some decent geeky widgets. Not great though. I'd like to find some more too.
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I don't write Android apps. I did wrote from scratch the XDA search you use it every day and helped the guys to optimize their servers, so you can post your content easier. Thanks for the nice insults.
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Don't worry about responses like that one. They are a dime a dozen and provide nothing to these forums/communities. Best to ignore nay sayers...
Some suggestions for widgets would definitely be a weather widget, gmail/email widget, play music widget. Just to name a few a lot of it is personal preference from what I see...
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Has anyone tried elixr2? Has quite a few widgets like the OP asked for.
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dante32278 said:
Has anyone tried elixr2? Has quite a few widgets like the OP asked for.
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You beat me too it. Elixr2 is good. I used to use it on my gtablet while testing roms. It was really helpful
I'm sorry if you understood my comment as an insult. I was actually giving a nice idea. I have developed some apps for diferrent purposes, and I found your post interesting - some widgets to beautify your screens. I could simply not mention any idea, but you know, I like brainstorming.
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I made a widget once for a friend that showed either his stats or his teams stats from World Community Grid, but it only seems to work on 2.1 and I'm not a Dev....no idea how to fix it. LOL
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TECK said:
Hi guys,
First, I'm a developer who spends a lot of time with his nose into terminal windows and editors... so please forgive me if I'm used to the "boring" stuff. I was wondering if you could give me some suggestions what widgets should I use to fill few of the tablet screens. So far, the main apps I use on the tablet are the Terminal (go figure) to manage my Linux boxes and my 3 Google Apps accounts (drive, mail, etc.)
I looked on the internet at those "popular widgets" postings and they all show crappy stuff like Google Play, Beautiful Widgets, Facebook etc. With no disrespect, they are useless to me. I'm looking more into "geek" factor, like some nice tablet memory/kernel stats and other cool widgets I could make use of. I know is hard what I ask but I'm looking for input from tech people who use the tablet to manage mostly Linux related stuff, not just the Google Play library.
It sucks to have all those screens empty, thank you for your help.
Floren
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I strongly recommend Elixir Widgets 2. Highly customizable, lots of options (more than any other), sips battery and CPU.
Here is my main 'reporting' page.
Also I reduced to 3 home screens... psychological reduction in empty space.
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I'm sorry if you understood my comment as an insult.
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I was quoting ace7196, not you. Thanks though.
Does anyone else know of any apps that take advantage of airview? I haven't had much luck. Here's a list of what I have.. I can try and keep it updated, but no promises.
[stock] Email
[stock] Messaging
[stock] Gallery
[stock] Calendar
[stock] Internet browser
Flipboard
Calendar does as well. You can hover over appointments, etc.
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I tried it with a Flipboard and had no luck at all
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Orion575 said:
I tried it with a Flipboard and had no luck at all
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On the main page you can hover over the categories to get a quick glance. That's about it.
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I heard Samsung was going to release the apk(?), so now I guess we wait and see if any of the big name devs pick up on it.
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I heard Samsung was going to release the apk(?), so now I guess we wait and see if any of the big name devs pick up on it.
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Toolkit* lol
Yeah that.
It would be nice to see this incorporated into a Web browser and home launcher. Hover over a folder to see contents, hover over messaging icon to see last few messages, etc. It could be infinitely handy in a browser though.
I can't remember where I read they would release the toolkit(!), and I haven't seen confirmation from Samsung on it, but it would be nice.
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Planktron said:
...It would be nice to see this incorporated into a Web browser ...
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The manual actually says that it works in "Web browser" (does not say which one) to zoom in on parts of screen.
I've never tried it as I don't like the stock client, but what I'm interested in is hovering over text to expand a list. That would be great.
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Planktron said:
Yeah that.
It would be nice to see this incorporated into a Web browser
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kreoXDA said:
The manual actually says that it works in "Web browser" (does not say which one) to zoom in on parts of screen.
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It works in the stock samsung web browser, of course you have to enable it in air gestures.
I think its on the bottom?
When you hover over text it will give you a little pop up zoom in of the text, similar to when you press somewhere with more than one link and a pop up appears so you can make a more precise link click.
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The manual actually says that it works in "Web browser" (does not say which one) to zoom in on parts of screen.
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Ah, you're right, it works on the stock browser, allows for text zooming.
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Smart Remote for Galaxy S4 has air gestures too
I think this thread is about Air View, the feature you see in Gallery if you hover your finger over a category. I've accidentally glitched it to be forced ON for all apps on my S5 for about 2 hours. (Went away after a reboot... ) It worked EVERYWHERE. Chrome (mouseover menus on websites!!!) and Google Launcher (only got tooltips for long app names, nothing else) to name just a couple. I'm thinking that Samsung just triggers part of Android's built-in USB mouse code... Maybe we can duplicate my accident with Xposed...?
As the title implies lol.
I hope Google soon implements this once KitKat is up and running. That'd be sweet!
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I'd like that and the stock messaging app.
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Hangouts quick replies
My rom has this for the stock messaging app, but now that the new hangouts has been released that integrates sms, i want quick replies for my hangouts
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My rom has this for the stock messaging app, but now that the new hangouts has been released that integrates sms, i want quick replies for my hangouts
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Exactly!
+10
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I wish more people had chimed in on this thread, but my two cents would be that such a feature would be very difficult to implement.
The stock MMS app was and still is open source, included in the AOSP Android release. Hangouts, however, is a closed source proprietary app, meaning it will be much more difficult to modify than the MMS app was.
I too am dying for some form of quick reply for Hangouts, it's a major piece of functionality I miss even though I've warmed up to the rest of the app. I just think we're going to have to hope for something like Halo to come to more ROMs, because quick reply in the app is highly unlikely.
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As the title implies lol.
I hope Google soon implements this once KitKat is up and running. That'd be sweet!
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I doubt a mod would be able to. The app will need to be designed that way.
Check xposed module call " sms xposed " and add quick reply ( beta ) it's work great !
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Check xposed module call " sms xposed " and add quick reply ( beta ) it's work great !
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it didn't work for me
Hey everyone!
This phone is awesome but it has IMHO a small fallback which is the lack of some true multitasking capabilities.
What I mean is although we have Qslide it is most probably useless if we can't run any app in it.
Just like Galaxy Note series have the Multiwindow manager app or Spwn window app that allows just any app to run in this mode, we should have this on our G2 with Qslide.
It will be awesome. Just imagine you are playing a game and you get whatsapp so you check it on the go and continue playing. Or browsing the web and you check the gmail you just got without leaving the browser.
BTW that's what I do with Halo on Paranoid android on my Nexus 4. However it's a waste to dumb the awesome stock Rom of the G2 to just get this advantage.
Please devs consider this as a serious and urgent request. I know many want this.
Hope I was a dev, I would have helped but I am willing to test.
Thanks and regards!
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Well looks like I was wrong! It looks like nobody wants this feature!
But what is bugging me is that with over 60 views, I didn't get any "+1" or "agreed" replies, or even "no need" or "STFU" replies or any kind of reply.
Have a nice day everyone!
+1. Nice to have Whatsup on the top and scrolling through news for example. Nice feature to get. I am sure someday we can get it. ))
It's probably just a matter of the apps being built for it, and tricking the Qslide into letting you use non LG apps for it.
The Devs did it fairly quickly on my Galaxy Note 10.1
I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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I don't understand why someone would even want qslide when you have the native android multi tasking abilities?
I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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Life Engineer said:
I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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I can't deny your point at all. Once I tried the Halo from PA I really think this guy bring the multi-tasking to another level by other means. Brilliant feature! Custom ROM with Halo is the first choice of my flashing hobby by then.
However, with LG G2 I would like to stay with the stock. It has really good features with ease to access and use that makes all the things so convenience. I would also like to see very much the implementation of Qslide with any 3rd party apps...or Halo ported to stock ROM since it's open source now
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).
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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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Awesome messaging concept. Hopefully you can make an app out of it lol.
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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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Ill buy you a beer if you do.
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I'll hold you to that!