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I am running veg's wm6 rom with the modded six tab plug-in although these questions refer to the home plug-in regardless of version:
1. clock displays am/pm - I want 24 hour display if possible. phone settings are set to 24hour, is it a reg hack for the plug-in?
2. when adding contacts/favorite people to the plug-in how can I specify which number for a contact to use? it seems to default to the first entry for a contact which usually happens to be the mobile number when what I want to add is the office number. (may be a general wm6 question as well)
Additional question - How did I enable my ringtones as system notifications? (I can use them as ringtones, but they don't show as system notifications.)
thanks for your input - I have spent a couple of hours searching before I posted, but being at work 16 hours a day kind of limits the time I can spend online at any one time (perils of being tech support for a school district).
some answers
answer to question 1
go to settings, system, regional settings and set it there - duh!
another answer
ringtones sometimes are "hidden" by default
make sure your ringtone files are not hidden - I believe notification sounds need to be in wave format, but I haven't tested that yet
You should find much of what you want on this post on the WM 6 area: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316107. There are numerous discussions on this plug in there and if you cannot find what you want I suspect you'll attract help there with a post.
Good Luck
thanks
thanks tony!
posted there as well
If I find an answer I will post it here
Next question.. how do I get pictures displayed for the favorite people instead of the first name?
display pictures
QB8Young said:
Next question.. how do I get pictures displayed for the favorite people instead of the first name?
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in you phone or outlook, i use outlook 2007 in the contact options there is a place to select a picture, when you do that the pic will show.
Ringtone switched to vibrate with no reason
I have installed schaps rom, and it worked great, but after installed an ad on that activate my ptt function when my calendar alarm goes on (at least that´s the only think i could see that triggers the issue) it change the ringtone to vibrate only... any one has an idea how to solve this? thanks
Been having a problem since I restored a backup.
Until now I have found two problems, there may be more.
It seems that some menus are shown twice.
For example when I go to Clock & Alarm I get the following:
1 Date and Time
2 Alarm
3 Alarm 2
4 Alarm 2
Also when I go to Settings-Home Screen I get the option twice.
I have two Home screen layouts, two Colour schemes etc.
It's really frustrating. Anyone know how I can make it go ? Either from registry or by doing something else?
I would guess that backup restore doubled some keys in registry. Try CeRegEditor which is damn good in search/compare of whole registry files. If anybody here has Rose registry fresh after HR, it will give you good sample to compare with... Try to catch somebody around, who just did HR and ask him/her to save a copy of it with the same soft and try to compare the files.
At least, you could save keys related to installed software etc., do the HR, restore file system and return relevant keys using the editor back into the registry file. A bit lottery, but better than nothing...
Older files as mine, continuosly running for almost a year, would generate zilions of non-relevant differences so I thing will be unuseful for you...
Thanks for the idea. I dl'ed the application. If anyone has recently made a HR I'd like to make a comparison.
Is there any way (maybe in another sub-forum here) that I could find which are the registry keys for the clock and the home screen?
Corduroy-21 said:
Been having a problem since I restored a backup.
Until now I have found two problems, there may be more.
It seems that some menus are shown twice.
For example when I go to Clock & Alarm I get the following:
1 Date and Time
2 Alarm
3 Alarm 2
4 Alarm 2
Also when I go to Settings-Home Screen I get the option twice.
I have two Home screen layouts, two Colour schemes etc.
It's really frustrating. Anyone know how I can make it go ? Either from registry or by doing something else?
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So...I am not the only one with this problem...good to know
If you find a solution for this please post it here. Thanks.
Anyone? Even if it's not a fresh reset. I guess I could check reg entries that seem relative to the menus.
Plz guys
Hi there,
i want to ask if it is possible to lock the screen, when I shut the keyboard slider or even better: Auto-Lock if the keyboard slider is shut AND there is no new input in the next 2 seconds?
I googled, but didnt find a way :/
Thank you,
Linkin
Linkinsoldier said:
Hi there,
i want to ask if it is possible to lock the screen, when I shut the keyboard slider or even better: Auto-Lock if the keyboard slider is shut AND there is no new input in the next 2 seconds?
I googled, but didnt find a way :/
Thank you,
Linkin
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Sounds like something Tasker can do. tasker.dinglisch.net
Thank you very much. That looks great! I dont have much time right now, but I will look into this on tuesday!
Only problem is: The app is about 5 €... :
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&feature=search_result
Dont get me wrong, I will totally pay the 5 € for this app if it works, but since the policy change, I only got 15 minutes to try the app (which isnt nearly enough!).
Has anyone got the app and might try it, before i buy it???
Thank you!
I created a profile "Not Keyboard Out" -> System lock.
When Im closing the keyboard it's locking the screen
I guess it's probably possible to tweak it to lock after a few seconds.
There should be a 7 day trial of tasker on the homepage. I tested that one just a few weeks ago.
Tasker is great for other things too. I use it to set silent mode after 10pm and when I'm at the office (since it can detect your location) and a few other tricks to control Latify to switch mode depending on if I'm home or not..
i tried it out. It works great, thanks!
You have to make a profile:
Not Keyboard Out (and enable INVERT here!)
-> System Lock
However, I have NOT found a way to give me 2 seconds to prevent the lockscreen. What I've found out:
option a:
Changed "execute" to menu and created another action "vibrate for 1 ms" which i called "use screen". So now i can choose between use the screen and locking it. BUT the timeout is 10 seconds which is pretty much not what i wanted :/
option b:
set display timeout to 7 seconds (is minimum!)
make another option which uses the event "system lock" to set it back to 30 seconds.
but this isnt as good either, because when I dont want to lock it i have a 7 seconds timeout till the next locking... which is pretty short
option c:
can someone how got more skills with tasker help me?
I am starting this thread to stop high jacking the original [Manila][12-Nov-2010] Co0kie's Home Tab v2.0.0 - Final Released thread.
I have been using CHT for some time through NRG's ROMs.
I began making widgets like the Reminder widget [CHTwidget]CHTw Reminder and helping Poyensa with his Note widget [CHTwidget]CHTw Notes.
I also have created some toggles and worked on some alternate toggle methods like data without WMLongLife.
Automatic to Normal and Vibrate Toggles
Voice Command Toggle
MortScripts to toggle settings
Also, some other links.
Switches for Email Widget to provide functions in lock screen like switching accounts, deleting, etc.
I started seeing things I would like different in the basic code of CHT.
This is the beginning of my journey into this work.
CHT_DataLoaders
Original CHT_DataLoaders with fix for CHT restart
Appointment Widget with Tasks included
CHT Lockscreen
CHT StartUp and CHT Core
Tasks Widget
Email Widget and associated widget lua tweak
Scaled Basic Widgets (the CHT_Widgets.lua)
Free Links unlock control (CHT_FreeLinks.lua)
Some thank yous:
poyensa -- for getting me started with his Notes widget and then all his help through my learning curve
rat_2665 -- for his help and his weather clock for code to study
MichelDiamond -- for his pointers
Many others that have chimed in and of course the testers out there too.
CHT_DataLoaders.lua
Some time ago I noticed something in task widget:
If I have tasks that are due two weeks and later from now. They show up with red text. As the days go by and a task that shows red becomes less than two weeks away the text becomes gray.
Others have the same problem:
In the task widget, I want to see only the list of upcoming task for 7 days so I set the "Tasks range" in CHTeditor to 7 but the task that due more than 7 days still show in red text.
And I noticed that if I set "start date", the task will not show in list of task widget.
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I began the process of editing CHT_DataLoaders.lua which is the 7B09A9E6_manila file after it is "cooked" in the kitchen:
My interpretation of the original code:
Even if you choose Sort by Start Date it still only includes items that have Due dates within the date range you pick, so items with start dates that do not have due dates in the range do not show up. It appears the intent is to show you tasks that are due within or before the range you select. Your choice of sort by due date or start date only sorts items due on the same date.
What I wanted is items without start dates to be included in the list no matter what their due date is.
In my code I have tried to get it to show start dates in the range instead.
In early development the red still showed up if I sorted by Start Date, but I think this is from the code using Due Date to set color and not sort date or something else.
To no longer have red Tasks listed beyond the Tasks Range, the list now only shows the tasks in the range and does not show any more than that. For example if you set the range to 2 days and you only have one task between now and then you will only see one task in the list.
I have a lot of tasks that do not have start dates so my list became long if I sorted by start date.
I decided to not include items that do not have start dates in the sort by start date and that made more sense.
Later, I changed to have tasks without start dates get sorted by their due date.
Now you should get a list of only items due within the range or before no matter when their start date is.
I find if I show both dates it "looks" better to sort by start date (my new standard setting).
One thing I have noticed if I choose not to show both dates and sort by start date it shows "..." for tasks without start dates and does not show the due date.
Later I figured out a way to do the sort differently.
Start Date:
Now if you select sort by start date you get all tasks that start before or during the task range.
This will include any tasks without start dates at the end of the list, but excludes those due beyond the task range.
This keeps the list smaller. Tasks that start on the same date are sub-sorted by their due date.
Due Date:
If you select sort by due date you get all tasks that are due before or during the task range.
This will include any tasks without due dates.
Tasks that are due on the same date are sub-sorted by their start date.
One thing you have to do is set task max count to 99 for it to work properly. Never mind, I updated the code to force it to be 99 no matter what you set it to.
Updated 12/29/2011
Reduced some redundant code and took out some code that does not seem to have an effect.
Updated 12/28/2011
Improve speed of getting first refresh of tasks into widget.
Updated 12/27/2011
Main thing is fixing the restart of CHT when you have no tasks.
Updated 12/08/2011
Tweaked the task loader portion to add a pause between running CHT task update program and refreshing the list of tasks.
Updated 11/23/2011
Tweaked the appointments filter for showing multiday and allday appointments.
Updated 11/15/2011
Still tweaking to get doNotRepeatMultiday to show the first occurance and not the rest.
Also, getting an AllDay appointment to not show up as ending the next day.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
Original CHT_DataLoaders with fix for restart
This is the original CHT_DataLoaders with fix for restarting when you have no tasks.
Updated 12/29/2011
Reduced some redundant code and took out some code that does not seem to have an effect.
Updated 12/28/2011
Improve speed of getting first refresh of tasks into widget.
Be sure to make a safe copy of your \windows\7B09A9E6_manila file
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
Appointment Widget with Tasks included
I have always wished there was a widget to show appointments and tasks together:
I began the process of editing Co0kieAppointments.lua which is the 5146EC01_manila file after it is "cooked" in the kitchen. It took updates to the CHT_DataLoaders.lua and the Co0kieAppointments.lua to get these features:
My goal is appointments and tasks in one widget that are sorted and mixed together so you may see a task then a couple appointments and then some more tasks based on their date.
I still want to be able tap a task or an appointment to open the task/appointment or task/appointment program depending on your settings.
I also wanted the long press on task features.
I think it would be nice to add features like color.
Tasks that are active and appointments due today will be the active color
Tasks overdue and appointments that are active will be the overdue color.
I set it to sort and show both tasks and appointments within each day having its tasks and then its appointments.
If you tap the date you get a pop up to select refresh, calendar, appointments or tasks so you can create new tasks or appointments. The "New appointment" version pops up a choice for refresh, calendar, appointments or tasks. I could not find and "[[IDS_New]]" to use instead of the "[[IDS_NEW_ENTRY_HEADER]]" so it says "New Appointment".
You can long press a task and get the pop up to "delete" or "complete" it.
I have done my best to get it to refresh on its own more quickly to catch task changes, etc. I think I can force a full update every minute, but do not know if this will eat battery life. It seems like it takes less than 10 seconds to update the list.
I can add a task by selecting the date and then tasks which opens sensetask in a new task. I save it and quit sensetask. In less than 10 seconds the new task shows up. I can long press a task and select complete and it changes color immediately. If I press delete it is gone in less than 10 seconds.
I sometimes get a hiccup where there is strange things in the list, but they clear up after a couple seconds.
There were some glitches to work through:
You must set the max task count to 99.
It appears the program that gathers the task data uses this limit for how many to gather.
This is different than the max count for appointments.
With appointments you get them all and filter them and then you limit the filtered list to the max count.
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I also changed multi-day all-day appointments to show up a little differently if you have do not show multi-day appointments selected.
It sorts them by their start date so it will show up sooner in the list than the due date.
Just added the completed color to the tasks for completed tasks.
Appointments due today now have "Today:" before the time because it seemed to look strange to me without it.
Tasks have the word "Tasks|" at the beginning to show them up as a task better. Tasks without a start date show their due date instead.
My preferred user experience is to set the following in CHTEditor widget settings for appointments and tasks:
Enable scrolling on
Appointment range of 7 days
Max appointments of 20
open in editor is on
Don't repeat multi-day is on
Show appointments
I hide call history since I use the free link for it
I hide voicemail since I use the free link for it
Task range of 7 days
Maximum task count is set to 99
Show complete is on
Show both dates is on
Long press pop up is on (brings up the complete or delete menu)
Sort by start date (this will show all tasks that start in the task day range and if it does not have a start date it still shows if its due date is in the task day range too; all tasks that start or are due before today also show up.)
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I made some more tweaks to the files. I have tasks without start and due dates added to the list with today's date, but highlighted as overdue. I changed the way tasks look for different due times like today, tomorrow, etc. I got rid of "Due" to get as few English only text values as possible.
I noticed if you set it to "Hide" in the original code you would not see any appointments at all. I changed it so "Hide" only hides the icon, "Show" always shows the icon and "Auto" only shows the icon if you happen to have no appointments. This is similar to how show-hide-auto works for call history and voice mail.
Added menu to Date and New Appointment items so when you press them a menu shows letting you pick:
1) Refresh - instead of using the separate free link
2) Calendar - to go to the calendar tab
3) Appointments- to go to the appointment program
4) New Appointment - to create a new appointment
5) Tasks - to go to the task program
6) New Task - to create a new task
Updated 12/29/2011
Reduced some redundant code and took out some code that does not seem to have an effect.
Updated 12/28/2011
Help force a refresh when you choose refresh.
Updated 12/27/2011
Main thing is fixing the restart of CHT when you have no tasks.
One thing I have noticed in the code is the way complete and delete is set up you can only do one at a time and have to wait for the refresh before you can do another one. One thing I did to avoid confusion is change text to "Complete. . ." or "Delete. . ." before running the code that changes the task to completed or deleted. When it disappears you know you can complete or delete another one.
Updated 12/08/2011
Added the ability for Voicemail and missed calls to show when you first start the widget like after a restart or reset.
Worked on the refresh code, etc.
While doing this I worked on the code for task refresh especially after selecting "complete" or "delete" in the popup menu.
I added a feature of the task text changes to "Deleting. . ." so you know it has started to delete the task.
I discovered you cannot select another task to delete or complete while the code is refreshing the data of the previous delete or complete.
Maybe I'll look into this later.
Updated 11/23/2011
Tweaked so if a multiday appointment starts today or tomorrow it shows "Today" or "Tomorrow" instead of the date.
Tweaked so if a multiday appointment ends today or tomorrow it shows "Today" or "Tomorrow" instead of the date.
If they start before today they show the date it started, but skips the start time since it is past already.
Tweaked the font scale adjustments to work better.
Updated 11/15/2011
Added time to multiday appointments that are not all day appointments.
Added code to adjust font so all the appointment time text should show.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
You can combine this tweak with the CHT_DataLoader tweak.
CHT Lockscreen
I have been using CHT Lockscreen for a while now and selected the choice for lock after a call. It seems it locks after all calls instead of locking only if it was locked before the call. Is this how it works for you all?
I have been looking in the CHT_Lockscreen.lua file, but I have not figured out how lockscreen is called when I end a phone call. I can clearly see code for when we choose lock after unplugging, but not for the phone calls. I also searched all lua files with notepad++, but had no luck either.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for where the lock gets called after a phone call?
I would like to try to get it to lock after a call only if it was locked before the call. There appears to be a registry value associated with it:
CHTI.State.WasLockedWhileIncomingCall
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It is 0 when not locked and when locked. It becomes 1 when a call comes in, but does not if the phone is not locked before a call. This is as expected, but it still locks after a call even if it is not locked before the call.
I used notepad++ to search for WasLockedWhileIncomingCall in all files of the lua code for CHT and did not find it.
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I have created my own WasLockedWhileIncomingCall code for CHT_Lockscreen.lua which is 4956014B_manila when cooked:
I could not figure out the setting of lock after call, so if you have it on and your phone works like mine it will always lock after a call.
With my change you turn this setting off and your phone will only lock after a call if it was locked before the call. Set it back on and it will lock after all calls.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
CHT_StartUp and CHT_Core
CHT_StartUp
I have noticed CHT restarts Sense once in a while. If my phone is locked with CHT it still restarts, but does not lock afterward.
This tweak checks to see if CHT lockscreen was running and after CHT restarts Sense it will lock the phone again.
The file is 55933D15_manila
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CHT_Core
I had a problem with Longpress popup menus not working. I discovered it did not work if I set Animation level to None and worked if I set it to the other levels.
I tweaked CHT_Core.lua to make it work. The file is 750CA94B_manila
Updated 12/29/2011
Tweaked the check limits portion to see if the widgets are on the same page and not just the same level. This allows the appointment widget on the second page to be at the top of the page and not cause the clock at the top of my first page to hide.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
Tasks Widget
I also made some changes to the Co0kieTasks.lua which is the 3778A5E5_manila file after it is "cooked" in the kitchen:
If the task only has one date it only shows one instead of the "..."
It color codes the items still.
Added menu to Date and New Task items so when you press them a menu shows letting you pick:
1) Update Tasks - instead of using the separate free link
2) Calendar - to go to the calendar tab
3) Tasks - to go to the task program
4) New Task - to create a new task
Updated 12/27/2011
Main thing is fixing the restart of CHT when you have no tasks.
One thing I have noticed in the code is the way complete and delete is set up you can only do one at a time and have to wait for the refresh before you can do another one. One thing I did to avoid confusion is change text to "Complete. . ." or "Delete. . ." before running the code that changes the task to completed or deleted. When it disappears you know you can complete or delete another one.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
You can combine this tweak with the CHT_DataLoader tweak.
Email Widget
I have noticed when I go to my Email widget it shows the last email I was looking at. If I have gotten a new email the count x of y is blank.
I decided to figure out a tweak to get the widget to always go to the first email in the list.
I ended up having to tweak Co0kieEmail.lua file to get it to work when going from one hometab page to the other and the CHT_Widgets.lua file to get it to work when going from other tabs to the home tab. It also works on my lockscreen.
I have figured out when you have animation instead of simple page changes you will not get a double flip of the envelope.
Updated 11/15/2011
Improved the jump to the first email so you do not get the double flip in the fancier page switch settings.
Added a delay to not remove the notification until the email page actually shows when you switch to the email widget after there has been a new email notification.
Updated 11/10/2011
Added a menu item to jump to the first email so if you have flipped through a lot of messages you can jump back to the first message.
Be sure to make a safe copy of your \windows\29C5E347_manila and \windows\4B558519_manila files
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
Removed outdated Widgets.lua file. See below.
Scaled Basic Widgets
This updated version includes the tweak for having email go to the first item when you switch to home tab from other tabs from post #8 above.
Scaled Default Weather Clock:
It also has a change that allows the default clock with weather to be scaled. Now I can fit my weather clock and reminder widget side-by-side.
Added the following scaled widgets. I included the ability to go larger than default size too.
Appointments (works for AppTask version too)
Tasks
Notification bar
Email
SMS
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Updated 12/29/2011
Tweaked the scaling portion based on the core.lua edits to stop hiding the clock on a different page. This tweak fixed the "x" position to be sure it shows as being on the correct page. It affects most of the tweaks and not just the appointments widget.
CHT_Widgets.lua file or \windows\4B558519_manila file
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
CHT_FreeLinks
I found that if I accidentally touched a free link while trying to slide to another page on the lock screen it would unlock so... I added tweaks to only unlock if I slid to the free link slide to unlock distance, but not more than twice that distance. That way if I slide more than that it changes pages instead.
For all updated files I strongly suggest you copy your originals from the \windows folder as a back up. Then copy these to the \windows folder. Then restart Sense.
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nosedive said:
damn it.. works great
finally a solution
very well done!!!
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Thank you
Have you tried the combined appointments and task widget tweak?
I could really use some feedback on how it works for others.
Hi Rory,
Thank you very much for your tweaks !
Would it be possible to share the lua of your "Appointment Widget with Tasks included" tweak please ?
Greetings,
Laurent
kalhimeo said:
Hi Rory,
Thank you very much for your tweaks !
Would it be possible to share the lua of your "Appointment Widget with Tasks included" tweak please ?
Greetings,
Laurent
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Here it is. Do you have any problems with the long press on a task bringing up the menu for complete/delete and it disappearing before you can select one?
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RoryB said:
Here it is. Do you have any problems with the long press on a task bringing up the menu for complete/delete and it disappearing before you can select one?
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Thank you !
Yes I do have exactly the same problem with your tweaked widget.
Note that I already had the problem before with a modified App and Task widget of my own, but I did not investigate the cause.
oh I just realised that the zip only contains the lua for the appointment widget, the other _manila from your tweaked plugin must be the dataloader isn it ? (I don t have my kitchen with me ). Is it possible to have that lua as well ?
Thanks
kalhimeo said:
oh I just realised that the zip only contains the lua for the appointment widget, the other _manila from your tweaked plugin must be the dataloader isn it ? (I don t have my kitchen with me ). Is it possible to have that lua as well ?
Thanks
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Sorry, forgot that one. Here it is.
I think when I have a little time I am going to try creating an App-Task widget from scratch so it does not use the existing lua files.
I may try another hard reset and only install the dataloader and the lockscreen tweaks to see if they work and do not cause the long press problem. If they do not then I may install my Reminder widget to check it too. Then I will try creating the new widget.
I have confirmed going back to all the original lua files does not "fix" the problem. I do not know how the break" stays permanent.
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Thanks for the file
RoryB said:
I have confirmed going back to all the original lua files does not "fix" the problem. I do not know how the break" stays permanent.
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Maybe one of our CHT settings (reg) is causing that problem ? It might simply be a CHT bug because if you restore all original CHT _manila files I can see no reason why the longpress bug continues.
As I said above I was already facing that bug with my CHT but did not investigate too much. Maybe it has something to do with the SenseTasks refresh process.
Cheers
The strange thing is I feel it was working for task widget, Notes widget, Reminder widget and maybe even Appointments with Tasks. Then I had to do a hard reset and installed everything. That is when I noticed the long press pop up issue. I even did a re-install of the ROM with Task-29 first. I just did not think to test the functions between the ROM flash and the installs. I am not able to be without my phone data so it will be after the weekend before I can do the flash. BTW the ROM I am using has CHT cooked in it.
Has anyone installed CHT 2.0 into a Co0kie ROM?
Has anyone installed CHT 2.0 into a Co0kie ROM?
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Yes I had to do it some time and works fine
I'm not sure if it is possible but I have an idea of a widget:
It's a widget that contains another widget that will auto after a specific condition (perhaps with llama/tasker?)
Examples:
hide music widget of choice if there's no music playing or headset plugged in.
Hide (school) timetable if you're not at that location.
Show GPS/traffic widget if not at home/school/work.
You might think of another great use yourself.
This is just an idea, and since I'm no app developer myself, (at least not yet) I hope one of the great android developers that are on these fora will take an interest in this project.
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But why hide the widget? That space where the widget that hid the other widget is still unusable because the widget can become transparent, but it can not remove itself from the home screen and then put itself back, since adding widgets is a system level command. And if it could do what I just said it can't, what if you put apps/shortcuts/widgets in its place, where would they go? I might be over thinking this whole idea a little but that's just my two cents. I do have a similar idea now that I read this, though. Use Tasker to restore backed up Nova/Holo/Adw/Apex/Etc, settings and home screen layouts based on what you said in your first post. That is probably going to take way longer to do, but it get the same effect and could probably save battery that way too. I mean, if I make a Tasker profile set up so that whenever I connect to my schools wifi, that it restores a previous backed home screen and settings layout. My phone always dies at school, so my home screen would become blank, with no dock or status bar, and just have gestures set up so that I can still get to my apps (swipe up for drawer, down for notifications, two fingers up for phone app, and two fingers down for messaging). With nothing on my home screen, I save battery because the Launcher does not have to load any thing. Android itself might be a limitation for what we're saying here, but maybe Key Lime Pie could bring us closer to that.
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Thanks for the reply!
PenguinxEnjoi said:
But why hide the widget? That space where the widget that hid the other widget is still unusable because the widget can become transparent, but it can not remove itself from the home screen and then put itself back, since adding widgets is a system level command. And if it could do what I just said it can't, what if you put apps/shortcuts/widgets in its place, where would they go? I might be over thinking this whole idea a little but that's just my two cents.
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Thank you for the reply, PenguinxEnjoi
I can see now that my idea can be a bit confusing.
I just had the idea to hide the widget when I don't need it so it doesn't clog up my lock/home screen.
If it means turning it invisible I'd like that just as much as removing it. I just don't want to see it.
PenguinxEnjoi said:
I do have a similar idea now that I read this, though. Use Tasker to restore backed up Nova/Holo/Adw/Apex/Etc, settings and home screen layouts based on what you said in your first post. That is probably going to take way longer to do, but it get the same effect and could probably save battery that way too. I mean, if I make a Tasker profile set up so that whenever I connect to my schools wifi, that it restores a previous backed home screen and settings layout. My phone always dies at school, so my home screen would become blank, with no dock or status bar, and just have gestures set up so that I can still get to my apps (swipe up for drawer, down for notifications, two fingers up for phone app, and two fingers down for messaging). With nothing on my home screen, I save battery because the Launcher does not have to load any thing. Android itself might be a limitation for what we're saying here, but maybe Key Lime Pie could bring us closer to that.
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If this is possible it would totally be an option. Especially since I'm using widgetlocker and nova launcher.
This will probably be done using intents (if it's supported) but I've only begun using tasker (after llama) so I'm still not sure how they work.
Have you found the way to auto hide widgets for example with Tasker?
extension!?
I have been trying to find a way to recreate a menu pop down resembling the app drawer menu on my desktop and yes...there are many hurdles to be made through an auto hide feature. Why there cant be an app writin that works along with zooper pro or uccw (or done internaly themselves) that can acknowlege a widget name and link it to a static bitmap/icon within another widget as in a"press on" action is beyond me. I know that is probably the last thing those two companies wanna do but it would really make it fun for the average joe just trying to create something fresh and different for their own pride and joy. I havent had much luck getting any reaponse on this. Lol obviously due to a lack reason. And no im not talking about the chocolate covered carmel candy. Bit if any of you developers out there want to take a stab at it. Looks like there is a code writtin in a somewhat similar context that i believe could work. In the end. Its us vs. Them. Hope to see something more happen with this.
And of course..i am mot allowed to copy and paste outside links yet. Thanks XDA. but if you type in."auto hide widget" in google it should be the second link you see. Hope someone makes this a reality. Will be watching for developments.:silly:
Pop up widgets from the developer of the sslauncher. Does the trick nicely. Also you can use swipepad with the widgetpad addon. Works nice for me. Widget here, widget gone
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tie7 said:
Have you found the way to auto hide widgets for example with Tasker?
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you could use overlays (paid version) which integrates in tasker (free version does not)