What is Recent Plus!?
It is a small app in an early state that replaces the "recent apps" dialog that appears when you long-press the home button. It shows the recently opened apps as before but additionally shows a volume slider. See screenshots. Requires CM7.
UPDATE: Recent Plus in Market
Why?
As you all know, the nook color is a wonderful device but it is lacking hardware buttons. A typical and really nice remedy is to install keysmod / Hard-key editor and bind the volume buttons to back and menu. Problem: you can no longer easily change the current volume while in an app, especially when it is running in fullscreen.
It started with this post and I am now moving it here.
Requirements:
* a device running a recent nightly of cyanogenmod 7
Installation:
(0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)
1. install the apk that is attached to this post, UPDATE: Recent Plus in the Market
2. go to "Settings", "Cyanogenmod Settings", "Input", "long-press home settings": check "Use custom application" and then choose "Select custom application", tap "Applications" (yes, another tap here in that list! This is the first entry), finally select "Recent Plus!"
3. done. Now you can long press home to switch apps and change the volume
TODOs/Problems:
1. Not sure what happens with devices other than the nook and/or different roms
2. The number of recent apps can not be configured yet
Looking forward to your feedback!
History:
v0.7: (July 9, 2011)
color application label by status (white: running, gray: suspended, dark: closed) - can be turned off
fixed a force close bug when switching to apps in certain states
instead of force closing display an error message instead
Recent Plus in the Market
v0.6: (Apr 12 2011)
optional brightness slider (see settings)
v0.5:
crappy looking settings menu
select which volumes you want to control in the settings
v0.4:
fix android compatibility mode messing up the layout
v0.3:
visual stuff (Button background, longer app names)
different button layout in landscape/portrait
more apps
v0.2: initial release
(reserved)
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
matalo said:
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
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I need more info. What does "cannot add as a custom application" mean? Could you follow all steps? Which Rom and which version are you running?
Kudos to you! This is exactly what I need to put everything together and eliminate the need to switch keys and such. Thanks for making an awesome app!
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
Nice idea. Works. Wishing i was on CM now
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Worked fine for me. I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps. Maybe you guys can work something out of it. Like having Compatibility Mode and still show the volume slider.
And, thanks.
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Thanks for finding that out. I think I know how to fix that.
I just uploaded a new version that should fix the compatibility problem. Thanks again RoboRay.
MACLUIS1 said:
I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps.
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The are currently no options you can change. The stuff in that settings menu only applies to the default recent app switcher application.
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app. Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
john10101 said:
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app.
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Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
john10101 said:
Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
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Well, the app itself is independent of the rom, but you need a way to launch it using a hardware button. I am not aware of a way to do this without support in the rom. One might be able to do something like "tap home -> launch recent plus", "double tap home -> go to home", not sure. This is similar to the softkeys behavior...
timoskrempel said:
Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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Personally i would be fine with it doing full system volume, for my usage i dont think i need the ability to control different volume's. a settings option would be best for all around functionality for all users. i would suggest you hide it (press menu in app for it to show up) a settings menu would also give you ability to add features in the future if you choose so. I think there are people out there who would like this screen to do more then it does now. Myself all i want is a volume slider, This is much cleaner then having to use any other apps ive tried.
Thank you again for your hard work. This is going to be a staple apk, on my nook
timoskrempel said:
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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A button to either pop out a selection menu or even to simply step through the different volume types with multiple presses might work. Tucked away behind the Menu button would make for a cleaner UI, though.
Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly? Adding a way to select the other volumes could certainly increase the app's usefulness outside the NC community, as well as to anyone who does constantly adjust the other volumes, though.
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
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Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly?
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Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
tj!2k7 said:
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
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Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
RoboRay said:
Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
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Yeah, that was one of the first things I did with CM7 as I love that feature on my phone... and I've got Not, Ring, and Alarm all set to play on speaker -- however -- have you actually tried the "always play on speaker" feature?
I've got two NCs here, and it doesn't work on either one -- most recent: CM7n30.
Can other folks confirm that this feature is working properly?
Edit: Based on some experimentation with Tasker just now, I don't think the NC hardware is actually capable of determining when headphones are plugged in.
Arbelzapf said:
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
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I installed yahoo mail but I can not reproduce this. It crashes when you hit the yahoo icon inside the recent app list? Does this happen every time?
Related
These mods have now be included in CM-5.0.5. So I have taken down the links. Please download CM-5.0.5 and install. If you have issues with it then post them here please.
I would first like to thank those that have helped me along the way. Thanks ChainsDD for helping me realize Android development isn't that hard. Thanks Cyanogen for the awesome roms and for the inspiration to innovate. Love your cool features. And lastly thanks to all the other devs for the great mods (optedOblivion and arctu to name a few)
Alright on to the details.
The mod has options to turn them on or off, but they cannot be used together. This is by design because if you are skipping songs and the screen wakes up then you are wasting battery and taking events away from the lock screen. (May change this later if you guys want)
1st Mod: (TrackballWake)
- Allows the user to wake the screen using the trackball (No extra apps its built-in to OS)
- Option is under the System Settings -> Sound & Display -> Trackball Settings -> Trackball wakes screen
- Option is off by default
2nd Mod: (TrackballSkip)
- Allows the user to skip to the next song if music is playing and the screen is off.
- This is done by double-tapping the trackball while the screen is off.
- A double-tap is two consecutive presses within about half a second.
- Option is under Music App -> Settings -> Use trackball to skip
- Option is off by default
Two different versions now:
1) trackball-SuccessW-WSv01.zip - This includes the Successive Notifications v0.4
2) trackball-NoSuccessW-WSv01.zip - This does not include Successive Notification v0.4
This should fix the force close issues for people as the previous version had a new implementation of Successive Notifications which apparently has some bugs. If you have problems with Successive Notifications then post in that thread please.
If you get a force close or unexpected behavior, please put it on pastebin.com and post the link on this thread. Please include which version you are using and what happened.
Donation:
Please donate if you like my work. It helps keep me motivated and working hard on Android.
Install:
- Nandroid Backup
- Simple install CM-5.0.5
Again, note for now you cannot use these two mods together (and TrackballWake takes precedence)
Source is on Github now.
Saving for potential changelog if need be.
Very impressive man
You are a lifesaver. Since my power button has gone south, I don't have a way to keep a lockscreen (using keyguard disabler) and cut the screen off after it has been cut on, is there any way that you could remap another button to power it off?
Giving it a try!
Will edit with results.
Edit: Seems to be working fine so far, been waiting forever for this mod. It reverted some of the changes I have had from BakedGoods (clock font color, etc)
HAWT! I've been wanting to be able to turn it on with the trackball! WOOT... I'm trying now.
Does this turn the screen on when you move the track ball or on a trackball click?
sounds nice! will definitely use the 1st one!
alextripp said:
Does this turn the screen on when you move the track ball or on a trackball click?
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Its on trackball click.
Oh, and feel free to donate if you like my work. Link is in my sig.
alextripp said:
Does this turn the screen on when you move the track ball or on a trackball click?
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Only does it for a trackball click for me. Works very nicely.
andythefan said:
Giving it a try!
Will edit with results.
Edit: Seems to be working fine so far, been waiting forever for this mod. It reverted some of the changes I have had from BakedGoods (clock font color, etc)
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Here is a services.jar for this that has been modded to clock, date, and roam/network to white. just remove everything after .jar and push to framework then reboot.
EDIT:
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Trackball_mod_v0.1_white_text.zip
There is one that you can flash in recovery. Nandroid first for cmoa reasons.
So many thanks, is what I've expecting sice I bought my nexus.
i can't wait to see this on github
volume rocker
why dont you change the trackballskip to volume rocker? so you can use both at same time
AF9210 said:
why dont you change the trackballskip to volume rocker? so you can use both at same time
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How would you distinguish between a volume change and a song skip or previous? Seeing as the volume buttons do work while the phone is sleeping.
metalhead8816 said:
How would you distinguish between a volume change and a song skip or previous? Seeing as the volume buttons do work while the phone is sleeping.
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Tap or long press ?
Tap or double tap ?
loving your work,thanks so much..been waiting for this since i bought my n1
trying it now.... thanks!
Made my day
Double post
Works great. Thanks. Here are some suggestions:
1) Make it so a second click then unlocks the screen. I got used to doing that with the menu button when I had my Magic.
2) Make it so a volume button double-click changes tracks. I had this feature on a Sony Ericsson phone once.
Discontinued
Due to a lack of free time and newer hardware (MTCD), I am no longer supporting this module. The code is freely available on my github.
XposedMTC -- mods for Huifei/RM/KLD/GS/JY headunits
Right now, the mod consists of the following features:
Change preferred music app from MTCMusic to something else
Change preferred video app from MTCMovie to something else
Ability to override the default mode switch behavior to include only the sources you want (in addition to Music)
Overridden mode switching can add your selected Nav app (in Settings->Gps) to the rotation
Ability to apply Loudness on boot (newer system images persist this setting)
Time-based dimmer and adjustable brightness level when time is outside dimming period
Ability to automatically set dimming start and end times based on current date, timezone, and GPS location (no data connection required)
Ability to learn your radio presets and re-apply them if/when the presets get lost (usually on hard-reset)
3 replacement launchers for user-selected Music, Videos, and Radio apps for non-SWC vehicles
Preference to allow all BT OBD adapters to pair with headunit
Intents to start and stop the XMTC service
Preference to override the stock volume OSD and place volume level in the statusbar
Launcher to manually start the reverse camera view (BackView) -- disabled for now
Screen Filter integration for ultimate dimming control
Changelog
v1.0 - Initial release
v1.0.1 - Added Playerpro control intents -- forgot to change startService to sendBroadcast for Playerpro -- redownload this if you previously downloaded it
v1.2 - Added dimmer control, debug preference
v1.2.1 - Fixed switchpreference controls that were disabling themselves
v1.2.5 - Added replacement launchers for Music, Video, and Radio for non-SWC users
v1.3.0 - Rolled all beta and experimental changes into a stable build
v1.4.2 - Fixed BT OBD override (tested on latest Malaysk rom with a generic BT ELM327 v1.5 adapter with name CBT.)
Things for the future
Hard button remapping -- mtc-keys works for this
Add user-selected app to the mode switch rotation (e.g. Torque)
Fix system crash when Line-In (AUX) source is added to modeswitch rotation
Figure out a way to turn off the backlight completely, and allow it to be mapped to a button press/long press -- Screen Filter integration allows for complete backlight adjustment
Add preference to enable full backlight brightness when BackView is foreground
Add preference to enable dimmer control via headlight switch/illumination wire
Translations
If anyone would like to submit a translation in their native language (or one other than US English), please visit this link and contribute. Thanks!
Completed translations (thanks!)
Hungarian - @peti007
This module requires that you first install the Xposed Framework and enable the app_process.
Added the module to the Xposed Repo for easy updating from the headunit.
Don't know if this is the right place for this, but I've searched around and can't find an answer.
Am having a problem setting default Music app, i've changed it to poweramp, and it works great, however have noticed that when I start the radio app, then switch to poweramp, the radio app doesn't stop. Is there anything else I have to setup to get the radio app to mute when changing a music app?
Syphe said:
Am having a problem setting default Music app, i've changed it to poweramp, and it works great, however have noticed that when I start the radio app, then switch to poweramp, the radio app doesn't stop. Is there anything else I have to setup to get the radio app to mute when changing a music app?
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How are you switching between PA and Radio? Mode button or launcher icon?
If you're not using a mode button on steering wheel controls, then you have to use the included launchers called MyMusic, and MyRadio in order to properly switch audio sources.
My unit has hardware buttons which launch the sources, so I use those, I did notice launching MyMusic did mute the radio (think it launched MTCMusic), but the "Media" button on the unit just launched poweramp (after changing default app in xposedmtc) and left the radio going.
Syphe said:
My unit has hardware buttons which launch the sources, so I use those, I did notice launching MyMusic did mute the radio (think it launched MTCMusic), but the "Media" button on the unit just launched poweramp (after changing default app in xposedmtc) and left the radio going.
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Oh I see. You can use mtc-keys to remap those buttons to launch the MyMusic and MyRadio activities.
agentdr8 said:
Oh I see. You can use mtc-keys to remap those buttons to launch the MyMusic and MyRadio activities.
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cheers, I'll give that a try next time I get in the car
Syphe said:
cheers, I'll give that a try next time I get in the car
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I believe the proper mtc-keys.ini syntax would look something like:
activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Music
activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Radio
Where ## is the keycode of that particular button.
agentdr8 said:
Oh I see. You can use mtc-keys to remap those buttons to launch the MyMusic and MyRadio activities.
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Syphe said:
cheers, I'll give that a try next time I get in the car
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Hi,
I have been having similar issue with my Pumpkin head unit which also has hard buttons. I'm running XposedMTC and mtc-keys modules and I'd already used mtc-keys to map my "MEDIA" hard button to music app directly as XposedMTC on its own didn't do it for my chosen music app. When I switch from music app (Mixzing) to Radio the music app is still playing.
I hadn't spotted the "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" activities in the app drawer screen before (only had the unit just over a week) but even using these these instead of the hard buttons the music app still plays over the radio and vice versa (i.e one doesn't stop the other). Shame as when I found your posts above I thought these activities would be the solution to my issue and I could just remap hardware buttons to these with mtc-keys. :crying:
WestlakeSt said:
When I switch from music app (Mixzing) to Radio the music app is still playing.
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Originally the only supported media player in XMTC was Poweramp, but I've since added PlayerPro, and few others that utilize generic Android intents for control. It's possible Mixzing doesn't listen for these intents, and specific support would need to be added.
agentdr8 said:
Originally the only supported media player in XMTC was Poweramp, but I've since added PlayerPro, and few others that utilize generic Android intents for control. It's possible Mixzing doesn't listen for these intents, and specific support would need to be added.
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Hi agentdr8,
Thanks for the information. I will try Poweramp and PlayerPro as Mixzing is just one of a few alternative apps I'm trying out so not committed to keeping it at this stage. If Poweramp or Player Pro work well for a car head unit in terms of user interface and hardware abilities (i.e. hard buttons working as I want) then I will purchase one or the other.
Will get the trials for each app and give them a try tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Steve
agentdr8 said:
I believe the proper mtc-keys.ini syntax would look something like:
activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Music
activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Radio
Where ## is the keycode of that particular button.
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Hi agentdr8,
I have now tried Poweramp and PlayerPro and both will switch the radio off if I use the MyMusic/MyRadio icons. So I tried using the above syntax in the mtc-keys.ini for the appropriate key codes but this doesn't appear to work. I amended them on the off chance that it may have needed to be "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" at the end of each line (as that is what the icons are called in the app drawer part) but either way nothing is triggered on pushing the buttons.
WestlakeSt said:
Hi agentdr8,
I have now tried Poweramp and PlayerPro and both will switch the radio off if I use the MyMusic/MyRadio icons. So I tried using the above syntax in the mtc-keys.ini for the appropriate key codes but this doesn't appear to work. I amended them on the off chance that it may have needed to be "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" at the end of each line (as that is what the icons are called in the app drawer part) but either way nothing is triggered on pushing the buttons.
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Hmm. I may have to export those activities in the manifest, based on what I read on the mtc-keys info.
EDIT: Since I have an intent filter on those activities, they should be exported by default. The mtc-keys syntax might need tweaking. Try activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Radio
@agentdr8, can you please add a dark theme to this app? I mean, black background and white text?
It kills my eyes every time I open it...
Cheers!
robertut said:
@agentdr8, can you please add a dark theme to this app? I mean, black background and white text?
It kills my eyes every time I open it...
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I'll add it to my list for the next release.
Many thanks in advance.
WestlakeSt said:
Hi agentdr8,
I have now tried Poweramp and PlayerPro and both will switch the radio off if I use the MyMusic/MyRadio icons. So I tried using the above syntax in the mtc-keys.ini for the appropriate key codes but this doesn't appear to work. I amended them on the off chance that it may have needed to be "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" at the end of each line (as that is what the icons are called in the app drawer part) but either way nothing is triggered on pushing the buttons.
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I'm getting the same thing. When I change mtc-keys, my home screen just receives a home key press (I think).
If I change activity to app and set a package name, it loads the app, so just an issue with activity_xx not resolving.
agentdr8 said:
Hmm. I may have to export those activities in the manifest, based on what I read on the mtc-keys info.
EDIT: Since I have an intent filter on those activities, they should be exported by default. The mtc-keys syntax might need tweaking. Try activity_##=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Radio
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Syphe said:
I'm getting the same thing. When I change mtc-keys, my home screen just receives a home key press (I think).
If I change activity to app and set a package name, it loads the app, so just an issue with activity_xx not resolving.
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Hi again,
Just to update. I am still not having much luck with getting the hardware keys to work. I have tried the following combinations in the mtc-keys.ini file (only one pair at a time) and rebooted the unit each time
43 is my "MEDIA" button and 42 is my "BAND" button which I would like to map to Poweramp and Radio respectively.
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.MyRadio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/MyRadio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.MyRadio
NB: I tried "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" since that is the name of the icon if you go to the apps drawer.
With some of the above, pushing the hardware button would take me back to the home screen, but wouldnt stop anything playing or launch anything else. To be clear, if I'd launched Poweramp with the MyMusic activity in the app drawer and then pushed the BAND hardware button, the unit would return to the home screen, but poweramp would still be playing and the radio would not launch.
Other combinations would do nothing at all.
Are there any other possible combinations I could try i.e. dots and slashes being in different places?
Just for information to anyone who is going to try and suggest help I know next to nothing about android programming or how apps work behind the scenes so please feel free to be very patronizing in how to possibly get this working in the mtc-keys ini file. :fingers-crossed:
WestlakeSt said:
Are there any other possible combinations I could try i.e. dots and slashes being in different places?
Just for information to anyone who is going to try and suggest help I know next to nothing about android programming or how apps work behind the scenes so please feel free to be very patronizing in how to possibly get this working in the mtc-keys ini file. :fingers-crossed:
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I'll take a look at mtc-keys and figure out what the proper syntax is. It definitely wouldn't be the My* names, as those are just the labels for the launcher icons. The activity classes are named Music and Radio.
WestlakeSt said:
Hi again,
Just to update. I am still not having much luck with getting the hardware keys to work. I have tried the following combinations in the mtc-keys.ini file (only one pair at a time) and rebooted the unit each time
43 is my "MEDIA" button and 42 is my "BAND" button which I would like to map to Poweramp and Radio respectively.
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc/.activities.MyRadio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/MyRadio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.Music
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.Radio
activity_43=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.MyMusic
activity_42=com.dr8.xposedmtc.activities/.MyRadio
NB: I tried "MyMusic" and "MyRadio" since that is the name of the icon if you go to the apps drawer.
With some of the above, pushing the hardware button would take me back to the home screen, but wouldnt stop anything playing or launch anything else. To be clear, if I'd launched Poweramp with the MyMusic activity in the app drawer and then pushed the BAND hardware button, the unit would return to the home screen, but poweramp would still be playing and the radio would not launch.
Other combinations would do nothing at all.
Are there any other possible combinations I could try i.e. dots and slashes being in different places?
Just for information to anyone who is going to try and suggest help I know next to nothing about android programming or how apps work behind the scenes so please feel free to be very patronizing in how to possibly get this working in the mtc-keys ini file. :fingers-crossed:
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You can try writing app_43=package name instead of activity_43=activity. You can find the package name of the application using an app from play store, search for package name viewer.
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You can try writing app_43=package name instead of activity_43=activity. You can find the package name of the application using an app from play store, search for package name viewer.
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For most packages, that's fine, as there's only a single activity within it. But with XMTC, the default activity is the preferences, and then there's the 3 My* activities.
Hey guys,
My problem: I have an S7 edge, and the case that I got for it makes it a pain to use the volume buttons.
My solution: Use nova launcher prime to set a gesture to open volume settings.
I cannot find any way to get to the volume settings using the nova launcher. There are A TON activities you can go to, but I can only find "sound and notifications", which is ok for now, but still have to click "volume" afterwards. With so many options, I am sure there is a way to pull this off, curious if any of you lads have had any luck with this sort of thing.
Cheers,
- Patrick
patomack said:
Hey guys,
My problem: I have an S7 edge, and the case that I got for it makes it a pain to use the volume buttons.
My solution: Use nova launcher prime to set a gesture to open volume settings.
I cannot find any way to get to the volume settings using the nova launcher. There are A TON activities you can go to, but I can only find "sound and notifications", which is ok for now, but still have to click "volume" afterwards. With so many options, I am sure there is a way to pull this off, curious if any of you lads have had any luck with this sort of thing.
Cheers,
- Patrick
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I have a set up where I use this app >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phoenixstudios.aiogestures << and I point it towards a Tasker profile I made.
So basically with one swipe even on lock screen I can change the volume to any predefined level that I have made in Tasker.The beauty of this is I can use it with any launcher even stock and also change volume levels from the lock screen without opening my phone.
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You'r solution sounds great. I have downloaded tasker and the gesture app, but it is definitely not a strait forward system.
Hate to be a bother, but if you could give a bit more detail on how to set up your system I would appreciate it!
patomack said:
You'r solution sounds great. I have downloaded tasker and the gesture app, but it is definitely not a strait forward system.
Hate to be a bother, but if you could give a bit more detail on how to set up your system I would appreciate it!
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Tasker as a bit of a learning curve basically you need to create a task under the Task settings press + sign at bottom of screen and name your task (Example loud or silent) Then press the + sign at the bottom of the screen and select Audio from there you can select many different options ie Ringer volume Notification volume System volume etc.
Once you have created you task save it then use the "All gesture" app to select the Tasker task you made under shortcuts and then assign it to a gesture ie corner of screen etc.You can then set up multiple tasks to different corners of your screen.
Sorry this is only a basic guide Tasker as many more features you can use but as I said its a bit of a learning curve (But worth it)
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Tasker as a bit of a learning curve basically you need to create a task under the Task settings press + sign at bottom of screen and name your task (Example loud or silent) Then press the + sign at the bottom of the screen and select Audio from there you can select many different options ie Ringer volume Notification volume System volume etc.
Once you have created you task save it then use the "All gesture" app to select the Tasker task you made under shortcuts and then assign it to a gesture ie corner of screen etc.You can then set up multiple tasks to different corners of your screen.
Sorry this is only a basic guide Tasker as many more features you can use but as I said its a bit of a learning curve (But worth it)
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Thank you,
This worked quite nicely.
I set my bottom left and right corners to high volume and mute.
This does the trick for now, would love to figure out a way to have a gesture open the quick volume menu which hovers over the screen, and shows the 4 volumes to adjust.
Thank you again!
Try Swiftly switch
Too much feature compare to your need but you may like it
If you have any suggestions, add in comments and I'll update the OP. Going to try to keep this list as comprehensive as possible.
Ambient Display: Stock ambient display sucks, so I don't miss it here. But would be nice to get something similar to Moto's active notifications to make use of the amoled panel.
Smart power-save: What does it really do? Is it limiting CPU speed? Is it using a more conservative governor? I can't tell any difference (performance or battery) when it's on vs off.
Voiceprint: Completely useless. I bet not a single person uses this.
MyVoice: This would be MUCH more useful if you could trigger it without touching phone while screen was off. In its current form, the time it takes to unlock my phone, hold back, say my command, and wait for it to respond, I'd be better off just doing whatever I wanted it to do. Screen off voice commands are natively supported by Qualcomm, even when the phone is in Doze.
Gesture & Motion:
-Double tap to wake is very slow and doesn't work when phone has gone into Doze.
It also works in your pocket because there is no proximity sensor check. There needs to be.
-Shake flashlight: You really need to shake your phone violently now. So violently in fact that you will throw your phone more often than not trying to turn your flashlight on.
-Give us some kind of camera gesture when phone is off. Double tap power, hold volume button, shake phone, whatever.
Navigation Keys: Capacitive buttons should be optional. I like being able to swap which side the back button is on, but we should be able to customize long-presses.
Battery Percentage: Should be displayed inside the battery icon or replace it. Uses up a ton of space on the status bar.
Workaround: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
Holster Mode: Completely useless. This is a phone, not a fitbit. Keeping the phone screen on all the time to use as a pedometer will destroy your battery life.
Cast Screen: Why is this not a toggle in the notification shade? Why do I need to dig into the display settings to do this? You have a dual sim quick-toggle, but not a cast screen quick-toggle?
Sound: I really like that when I mute ringer, media volume also mutes. But when you unmute, it goes back to whatever it was at before, which can be a lot louder than you think. Android should tie all volumes except alarm volume together, but if nothing else, let us tie ringer and notification volume together.
Mute Schedule: Why did they remove stock 6.0's timed do not disturb functionality?
Charging Sounds: Should be able to turn off.
Apps: To disable stock calendar, clock, gallery, mifavor launcher, my voice, stock music app, and stock video app, you have to open "stock android launcher" and drag icons from the app drawer to top of screen. Why can't we just disable these same apps from settings --> apps?
Storage: Let us use adaptable storage!
Connect to PC: Does the "Install driver" option do anything? Have not found a computer that does not install driver automatically when MTP selected.
Lockscreen: Get rid of the bell!
Notification Shade: Editing toggles is nice, but let us add and remove toggles. Many of us don't use a 2nd sim card, so having 3 related toggles is a waste of space.
System UI Tuner: Holding the gear icon in the notification shade causes it to spin and settings to open, but System UI Tuner never appears in settings. If you're not going to let us use System UI Tuner, get rid of the toggle.
Stock Weather widget: I really like the widget, but does not scale when resizing. Also, does not open Google clock if stock clock is disabled when clicked. Oh well, back to Chronus.
Toolkit: Not all of these are very useful, but definitely interesting. If you want to create a home screen shortcut to any of these, open the toolkit app and long press whatever icon you like.
Recent Apps: clear button shouldn't cover up 50% of the currently open app. This will be solved in nougat, so probably not worth fixing, but if you're going to put a clear all button on this screen, but it near the top left or top right so it's harder to accidentally press.
Status Bar Color: When status bar turns dark, icons stay dark so you can't read anything. These should turn white.
Speaker Phone: If on speaker phone and screen times out, other person can no longer hear you until you toggle speakerphone off then back on, which means constantly touching your phone's screen so it doesn't time out.
Phone call Proximity Sensor: Doesn't work. If you turn the screen off and hold the phone up to your head, if the proximity sensor sees light, which it will because it's not centered, it will turn the screen BACK ON. With this and the bug above together, phone calls are a huge pain in the ass.
Dolby Atmos: This resets EQ settings very often. I can't figure out what causes it to reset to default, but the settings just never seem to stick.
Anyone have any more info on this?
Write Protection on Rooted phones: Rooted and still can't get adaway or titanium backup to work? Turns out there's an extra layer of write protection here that's not found in other phones. Why do we need this? Luckily, there's a simple fix: Plug phone into computer, load up adb, type "adb reboot disemmcwp" (source:http://androidforums.com/threads/zte-write-protection-for-zmax-and-other-zte-phones.1040331/)
Disable stock apps: in B20, you could disable several stock apps that did not allow you to disable them in settings --> apps by opening"stock Android" launcher and dragging app drawer icons to disable. Seems that has been removed in B27, so now we have no way to disable redundant clocks and calendars to name a few.
Any more suggestions? Anyone know any fixes for the above?
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Battery Percentage: Should be displayed inside the battery icon or replace it. I use this feature, but no reason to have both this and the battery icon together. Uses up a ton of space on the status bar.
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You can enable this with an app - search for "Battery Percent Enabler" in the Play Store. This was mentioned elsewhere in the forum - credit goes there.
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Good summary. I can't believe someone actually thought the notification bell (and subsequently, the inability to turn it off) was a good idea.
I'm going to try to list workarounds here as well, so if someone can come up with good fixes for any of this stuff without waiting for ZTE, please share!
Updated with some new findings and ideas.
I actually like the bell, let's me check the time without having to worry about somebody seeing embarrassing notifications. ?
CandyFoxJ said:
I actually like the bell, let's me check the time without having to worry about somebody seeing embarrassing notifications. ��
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But Android already has a perfectly working system to hide notification content before unlocking the device. You can even pick which apps to show and which ones to hide. And, most importantly, it's OPTIONAL. And it's actually much better at protecting your privacy. With the bell, all the content is visible without actually unlocking your phone.. it just makes it more inconvenient to access.
Ability to turn off charging sounds.
Added charging sounds. Thanks for the feedback!
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Added charging sounds. Thanks for the feedback!
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What about the charging sound? I got my phone on vibrate all the time (a phone ringing is considered super rude in most part of europe) and it just vibrates a bit when plugging in.
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What about the charging sound? I got my phone on vibrate all the time (a phone ringing is considered super rude in most part of europe) and it just vibrates a bit when plugging in.
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Mine does the same (also on mute all the time). Apparently if you have volume on, it makes noise. Either way, should be able to toggle the "charging notification".
Added speaker phone and proximity bugs.
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Added speaker phone and proximity bugs.
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Hope speakerphone gets fixed soon. Use it a lot. We need to get all this great info to ZTE. Thanks for great thread.
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"Wake on Plug" toggle (waking up screen on plug or unplug). I have this option on a Nexus tablet and OnePlus One phone, but it does not exist in MiFavor.
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Apps: To disable stock calendar, clock, gallery, mifavor launcher, my voice, stock music app, and stock video app, you have to open "stock android launcher" and drag icons from the app drawer to top of screen. Why can't we just disable these same apps from settings --> apps?
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What do you mean with stock android launcher? Where do i find it? I cant deactive this bloat without root
The phone, at least in US version, comes with a launcher called "Stock Android Launcher", but it is just a differently themed MiFlavor launcher, not a real stock android launcher. Confusing, but that is what is there.
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What do you mean with stock android launcher? Where do i find it? I cant deactive this bloat without root
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Settings > Themes and Wallpapers.
On the US model, there's a theme titled "Stock Android". When using that theme, you can open up the app drawer, press and hold on an app, and on the top of the screen there's a "Disable" option. This is different from the standard Settings > Apps > selecting an app > Disable (which is greyed out for most of the stock apps).
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Settings > Themes and Wallpapers.
On the US model, there's a theme titled "Stock Android". When using that theme, you can open up the app drawer, press and hold on an app, and on the top of the screen there's a "Disable" option. This is different from the standard Settings > Apps > selecting an app > Disable (which is greyed out for most of the stock apps).
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Sadly, no such option on G Version -.- only 5 slightly different ZTE themes.
Also no Myvoice in g version. WTF?!
@xxBrun0xx: I saw you linked to this list in a ZTE forum, but I think it would be better if it had its own thread as well.
In addition to "wake on plug" toggle I mentioned a few posts above, I would like to see an option to remap capacitative buttons to whatever user wants, right now they can only be "flipped", but ability to have custom functions (on both short and long press) would be helpful. I personally, would like to use one of the button for menu rather than for recent apps.
Recently switched from Galaxy S8 to Pixel 6. One of the biggest differences is not having separate volume sliders for ringer and notifications. I've had to resort to assigning notification sounds to "None" in order to silence notification sounds with the ringer volume on. Does anybody know a better solution for this issue?
dwork1742 said:
Recently switched from Galaxy S8 to Pixel 6. One of the biggest differences is not having separate volume sliders for ringer and notifications. I've had to resort to assigning notification sounds to "None" in order to silence notification sounds with the ringer volume on. Does anybody know a better solution for this issue?
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I've been using this for years. Works really well for me. Toggle in settings to separate ringer and notifications.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netroken.android.persistalternate
EDIT: I should mention that sometimes when you get a phone call the notification volume will get reset to the ringer volume. But you can reset by going to the native volume sliders and change the volume and then go back to the app to adjust.
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I've been using this for years. Works really well for me. Toggle in settings to separate ringer and notifications.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netroken.android.persistalternate
EDIT: I should mention that sometimes when you get a phone call the notification volume will get reset to the ringer volume. But you can reset by going to the native volume sliders and change the volume and then go back to the app to adjust.
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Super happy I noticed this thread, because this has been driving me nuts! But....
Your link to the Play Store is broken. (Hopefully it just got cut off during your edit and the app hasn't been removed from Store)
Can you please update link or share name and developer?
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Super happy I noticed this thread, because this has been driving me nuts! But....
Your link to the Play Store is broken. (Hopefully it just got cut off during your edit and the app hasn't been removed from Store)
Can you please update link or share name and developer?
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The link is working fine for me, but....
Volume Control + by Netroken
The link doesn't work for me either and there is no "Volume Control +" by Netroken in the Playstore, only an app without the plus sign by him, Volume Control.
Even clicking on his name doesn't bring up any + version, so I'm guessing this must be the correct one?
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The link doesn't work for me either and there is no "Volume Control +" by Netroken in the Playstore, only an app without the plus sign by him, Volume Control.
Even clicking on his name doesn't bring up any + version, so I'm guessing this must be the correct one?
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I guess that's the non+ version. Not sure why the link isn't working for you guys. When I click on it I'm directed to the screenshot below. I imagine the regular version will work as well as it looks like it has that same feature.
EDIT: Maybe the link is only working for me because I have it installed? I don't know. Weird...
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I guess that's the non+ version. Not sure why the link isn't working for you guys. When I click on it I'm directed to the screenshot below. I imagine the regular version will work as well as it looks like it has that same feature.
EDIT: Maybe the link is only working for me because I have it installed? I don't know. Weird...
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Maybe it turns into the + version once you donate to unlock the features? No clue, but it's definitely odd lol
You can also try the SoundProfile app - definitely allows me to set seperate ringer and notify volume levels on my Pixel 6.
I have actually combined it with Macrodroid to map my Volume Long Press up and down to set to normal and Vibrate mode - without having to interact with the screen - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-silent-or-vibrate-mode.4352081/post-85908539
Or you can just create widgets to select a specific profile..
Oh and Macrodroid itself also allows you to set individual volume levels for Ringer and Notification. I prefer the SoundProfile app - cos that can show a Vibrate icon in the status bar as well - so you can check with profile is active.
EDIT: Just realised that Macrodroid can also show icon in status bar and even on the lock screen.
harryw66 said:
You can also try the SoundProfile app - definitely allows me to set seperate ringer and notify volume levels on my Pixel 6.
I have actually combined it with Macrodroid to map my Volume Long Press up and down to set to normal and Vibrate mode - without having to interact with the screen - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-silent-or-vibrate-mode.4352081/post-85908539
Or you can just create widgets to select a specific profile..
Oh and Macrodroid itself also allows you to set individual volume levels for Ringer and Notification. I prefer the SoundProfile app - cos that can show a Vibrate icon in the status bar as well - so you can check with profile is active.
EDIT: Just realised that Macrodroid can also show icon in status bar and even on the lock screen.
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Oh yeah. I had forgotten about this. I've used this in the past as well and if I remember it worked pretty well. Not sure why I stopped using it. Going to give it a spin again to see if I like it better than Volume Control +.