Guess it's time to throw my hat in the ring. I've tried a bunch of screen blockers and for one reason or another wasn't happy with them. CurtainCall was developed for me and a couple friends to use on our phones for work.
CurtainCall is not Open Source software. I am granting a license to XDA users to use CurtainCall. CC requires the .Net Framework version 3.5 and Windows Mobile 6 Pro or greater. It has been tested on my Sprint Touch Pro with the original rom and Sprint's updated ROM. It has also been tested on the AT&T Fuze Original ROM.
Here's a list of features in this beta version:
Battery Meter
Tasks current / overdue
Scratch Caller Picture to answer and ignore incoming calls (Scratch down 50% to answer scratch horizontal 50% to send to voicemail.
Next calendar appointment
Caller Id info with name and number
Caller Picture
Unlock when Keyboard is slide out (Display orientation changes).
Unlock on charge or computer connection
Close phone Dialer when hang up occurs
Shell notifications audible alert works
Unlock when receiving call while syncing
Change screen BackColor when screen or caller picture is pressed while unlocking.
Display 12 hour clock with date
Display Service Location (Home Roam NoSVC, Search)
Display active signal strength
Display current speaker volume setting
Battery Friendly (No Timers to reduce battery life)
Exclude some applications from CC locking the screen (Safe Programs) Don't put in activesync or cc will never lock screen.
Do Not Distrub feature
Initially lock when in call
Configurable options Double Click X to close and hit setup button
Remain unlocked when call recv'd and keyboard is out
Displays status of current data connection eg EVDO 1X EDGDE etc.
Here's some basics on 1) unlocking CurtainCall so you can use your device and 2) Answering or ignoring calls from the CurtainCall Screen. 3) Exit application and Setup Screen
1) Press down on the Clock until the background turns yellow. The clock will change to 45%. Now slide your finger down the screen until the 45% (which is where the clock now used to be) goes to 0% and release the screen. The screen will be unlocked.
2) Same concept as #1. To answer the call press the caller picture on the top portion of the picture until the background turns yellow. Slide your finger to the end of the picture and CC will answer the call. To ignore the call press the left side of the callers picture and slide to the right. The caller will be sent to voicemail.
3) The X in the upper right corner is used to Exit the application, get to the setup screens, and enter a temporary Do Not Distrub mode.
The cab file that is attached will cause CC to start when your system starts and puts an icon under programs.
Let me know what you think and if your having issues. I'll do my best to fix them, but you should know I have a full time position in IT and am a family man. So, there are some limitations on my time.
CurtainCall Update Information
Version 0.7.9
Some graphics fixes and fix for unknown caller for name when it's id'd after the fact.
Version 0.7.10
Add display of Vibrate and Silent modes. Also did testing for Windows Mobile 5 users. Hit some platform limitations. CurtainCall will NOT run on WINMO 5.
Version 0.7.11
Add config option to allow setup of Auto Start with WinMo.
Add indicator to show Do Not Distrub is active. DND is permanently set in setup
Clean up some small issues with adding safe programs
Add a temporary Do Not Distrub button in the same screen as the Exit and Setup Buttons. Additionally allow for a DND profile of Silent and Vibrate. This is set in the setup screen. With DND on the phone will only ring once and then send the caller to voicemail. For me it's much better than meeting mode in WINMO.
Version 0.8.0
Changes to help users without slide out keyboard.
Changes For Touch Pro2 Tested on stock Sprint ROM with WM6.1
i'd be happy to try it out.. but please post some screenshots. thank you
Here is the screenshot
IT_Dude said:
Guess it's time to throw my hat in the ring. I've tried a bunch of screen blockers and for one reason or another wasn't happy with them. CurtainCall was developed for me and a couple friends to use on our phones for work.
CurtainCall is not Open Source software. I am granting a license to XDA users to use CurtainCall. CC requires the .Net Framework version 3.5. It has been tested on my Sprint Touch Pro with the original rom and Sprint's updated ROM. It has also been tested on the AT&T Fuze Original ROM.
Here's a list of features in this beta version:
Battery Meter
Tasks current / overdue
Scratch Caller Picture to answer and ignore incoming calls (Scratch down 50% to answer scratch horizontal 50% to send to voicemail.
Next calendar appointment
Caller Id info with name and number
Caller Picture
Unlock when Keyboard is slide out (Display orientation changes).
Unlock on charge or computer connection
Close phone Dialer when hang up occurs
Shell notifications audible alert works
Unlock when receiving call while syncing
Change screen BackColor when screen or caller picture is pressed while unlocking.
Display 12 hour clock with date
Display Service Location (Home Roam NoSVC, Search)
Display active signal strength
Display current speaker volume setting
Battery Friendly (No Timers to reduce battery life)
Exclude some applications from CC locking the screen (Safe Programs) Don't put in activesync or cc will never lock screen.
Do Not Distrub feature
Initially lock when in call
Configurable options Double Click X to close and hit setup button
Remain unlocked when call recv'd and keyboard is out
Displays status of current data connection eg EVDO 1X EDGDE etc.
The cab file that is attached will cause CC to start when your system starts and puts an icon under programs.
Let me know what you think and if your having issues. I'll do my best to fix them, but you should know I have a full time position in IT and am a family man. So, there are some limitations on my time.
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Is it working on i780...?
Please replay if anyone tried.
-Pratap
Is it possible to show on what state the phone is, like muted or vibrating or normal? Maybe put in a small icon at the top. And maybe a functionallity to choose wheter you want to show a big caller picture or a small one.. I prefer a small one Or just make it possible to use the phone's dialer. When you misses a call the photo stays in the screen. I guess it would be better if you just go back to the mainscreen where you can see you missed a call. Now you don't see the other counters (sms, mail).
Can you tell me where the 'do not disturb' function is for?
Further is looks really great
RAHO thanks for trying CC. Muted can be seen by the nuber of )))) after the speaker. If there aren't any it's muted. I don't have anything for Vibrate yet.
As to making the picture smaller, One of the uses of the caller's picture is for answering the call. If you press the picture and swipe down 50% the call will be anwsered, or if you swipe horizontally it will send the caller to voice mail (Ignore). If I make the picture to small it will be easier to miss anwser which is one of the main reasons for curtaincall.
The purpose of do not distrub is to ignore all calls. You will hear one ring and then the call is sent to voice mail. That is set in the setup screen. \
By the way there is no need to close and re-open cc when you make changes.
Hope this helps, and I'm glad your liking it.
RAHO, I forgot to mention something. I left the picture up so I would see my last called. You can clear the picture by swiping it just like you were going to answer the call or for that fact ignore it as described in my last post.
Not working on HTC Universal WM5!
it works ok on an elf (6.5).
Simply brilliant.
Font is aliased on my qvga screen.
Icons are a little bit aliased on qvga.
I don't particularly like the chosen icons but hey... ;-)
Works quite well on my TP2 although it strangely flickers between the scratch to answer and slide to answer screens on a call. Also the last icon on the right is corrupt around the bottom edge.
Looking forward to updates.
Thanks!
Here's a couple of screen shots that shows a bit more of the functionality/
Answering a couple of posts...
First, Most developers suffer in artistic ability. I'm one of those. If you have some cool royalty free art I can use that is appealing I'm up for making some changes there. I started messing around a bit with gimp attempting to change things a few days ago, but my time to do that is pretty limited.
As to the WM 5 issue, CC was developed for WM 6.1 or higher. I'm open to looking at issue though. Exactly what problems are you having? It maybe that the object model is missing some pieces if that's the case I'll be forced to say that it's wm 6.1 or greater. Just let me know what's happening and I'll give it a shot.
I think it's very good for a first release! Just a few bugs so far like I said...
As to the graphics, maybe you could make it skinable for the graphics gurus?
It looks like I've put this in the wrong place. I'm sorry for doing that. I'm just now getting the lay of the land here at XDA.
Could some on move this thread over to Windows Applications and Games.
Thanks in advance.
I've had to uninstall this
It keeps fighting with the stock HTC slide to answer regardless of the settings.
Pity
Problem with caller id
I really like the approach of this app. My problem is that when I receive an incoming call, I get a text popup window with "Answer" and "Dismiss" options which cover the Curtaincall picture ID. Consequently, I cannot swipe the picture to answer or send to voicemail. Any thoughts on this one? I need the picture id to always be topmost on the screen. I am running Ultralite 6.5 ROM with SPB Mobile Shell.
thx in advance
mjf100 said:
I really like the approach of this app. My problem is that when I receive an incoming call, I get a text popup window with "Answer" and "Dismiss" options which cover the Curtaincall picture ID. Consequently, I cannot swipe the picture to answer or send to voicemail. Any thoughts on this one? I need the picture id to always be topmost on the screen. I am running Ultralite 6.5 ROM with SPB Mobile Shell.
thx in advance
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Forgot to mention that I running this on an HTC Diamond Touch
@ IT_Dude: Thanks for your reply! It sure helps
I hope you can build in an vibrate-icon sometimes.
Can you give me abetter discripiton of what's happening. I kknow during the inital development phase I had trouble with during the first ring or two the dialer screen would fight to be on top. I got past that though. Are you running win 6.1 or the new 6.5?
MJ100, I'm not sure what text window you are getting. I know one of my alpha testers had some similar issues because he was trying to use slide to unlock in conjunction with CurtainCall. I had another alpha tester add activesync as a safe program which caused him a lot of grief. Try turning off (Deactivating) all your safe programs. If that's npt it can you send me a screen shot so I know a little more what I'm dealing with.
Is it possible to have notifications pop up on the lock screen? I'm thinking specifically of text messages here, as the phone makes a sound but doesn't really give any visual indication apart from a tiny LED blinking away.
Can it be done on the standard UI or do I need to install something else? Sorry for the noobish question, this is my second day using an Android phone
I think you mean like the iPhone does? Because I was just looking into that, but haven't found if a launcher or SMS app. Any help greatly appreciated.
Pretty much like the iPhone does yeah. That's the one drawback I've found so far moving over from iOS
Widgetzoid.....
Ive been using Handcent SMS and it has a feature similar to what you are asking for. Under the applications menu go to Notification Settings, Popup Settings and uncheck Privacy Mode. It works on the Motorola Droid and HTC Sensation.
Check out GO SMS Pro. It's a free messaging app that is skinnable with a theme that looks almost exactly like the iPhone. It also has popup notifications when you have a text, and can even turn your screen on when receiving messages.
Hello,
As other users are probably aware of, notifications of apps like Whatsapp get threaded in the default Sense notifications drawer. Maybe even in the default ICS one, I don't know.
Is there a way to get a notification per message, instead of having them combined in a single row for the app? Like on the iPhone? And, a way to make it more readable perhaps, having the size of the notification row adjust to the size of the message, displaying the entire message? I believe this also happens on the iPhone.
Apologies if this is the wrong section, it felt the most appropriate to ask here.
Hi all,
A few weeks ago i got a DNA and overall i like it but i am becoming increasingly frustrated with the sense. Nothing major just some glitchy little things that are rather irritating.
First off I dont like the default messaging app that comes with the phone. Its slow and lacks features such as a little checkmark when sending texts to other verizon customers recieve a text. the only way i have found to get this is to get a notification in the status bar every time one is delivered which is annoying when a small checkmark next to the text will suffice. I also do not like the skins they have for it, as i prefer an iphone bubble look to my texts. Thus i have resorted to third party sms apps such as handcent, gosms, and iphone messages by barleystudios. with all three of these i have the same issue that seems to be caused by the sense. Neither the icon in the dock/homescreen or in the pulldown bar will display a small unread count on the icon as they are supposed to and the Sense seems to block the message preview box under the lock screen completely when receiving a new text while lockscreen is engaged. Anyone know how to fix this or an app that this isnt an issue with?
Also i have a macbook and use iCal and i have synced it with my gmail account but the app on my phone and iCal dont seem to want to communicate at all. Any fix for this?
no one?
Hi guys. I just switched from Apple land and trying to get used to the Android ecosystem since I've been using iPhones since the iPhone 4.
The biggest pain point for me is getting a handle on the notifications. Apple gave you a lot less control over what you see so I'm a bit overwhelmed with the amount of control for SOME apps (I guess it depends on how granular the developer makes it for the users).
My current obstacle is receiving notifications while in an active call. I spend most of my work day in meetings so it's important to see notifications showing up in real time. When I'm on a call the notifications are causing a vibration or alert but there is no popup to indicate which one just came in. When I slide down the notification center I don't think the notifications are sorted by date/time so I have no idea which one just came in.
1) is there a way to force notifications to pop up on screen even when I'm on a call so I can glance at what it's about?
2) is there a way to sort notifications based on date/time so I can make sure the topmost one is the most recent?
3 bonus round) does anyone have a good solution for more iOS like notification bar that looks less congested and confusing (this is one of the only things I miss about iOS)
Thanks.