Hello to all,
i like to share my new app with you. It´s a Visual Task switcher in the style of Dynamo3, but it´s written in native Win32 C++.
You should map the App to an Application button. Once started, the app scans all active windows and shows the windows on the screen. After this moment it monitors the running tasks and takes screenshots. Just tap on the screen to minimize, tap on a picture to activate the app or scroll up/down with moving on the screen (if there are more app than there is space on the screen).
You can configure many things in the config tool.
It should work with every resolution....
Have fun...
Greets,
Thomas
0.97
-technology switch to DirectDraw. Better performance in scrolling and zooming.
-tap and hold to close an application
-faster reaction time, but higher memory consumption when not active (the background-bitmap is not deleted)
-Version 0.961 still available for devices where the 0.97 version won´t work.
-reduced filesize
0.961
-stability fixes
0.96
-you can select between left/right or up/down scrolling
-better initialisation of background pictures
-some improvements regarding not-existing windows
0.95
-bugfixs in VisualTaksConfig-Tool wich prevents app from starting
-fixes when switching portrait/lanscape mode (pictures will not be deleted)
-stability fixes
-you can prevent VT from scanning windows by setting ScanInterval to 0
0.945
-some stability fixes for the runtime-crashes
-graphical fixes when not using a background image
-bugfixes on deleting windows-snapshot that no longer exists
-usable in Landscape or Portrait mode
-tested on 240x320, 480x640 emulator images and on 480x800 device (G900)
0.94
-configurable space between the screenshots
-window text now at the bottom of the screenshot
-improved animations
-SIP input button is now hidden
-some bugfixes
0.93
-improved animations for activating the app and selecting the windows (try the "Intro Animation" in the config tool!)
-configurable ignore-list for windows (if you want to ignore the phone app, it could be that it has a blank behind it´s name!)
-configurable scan-time for the first app-scan
-improved stability
-bugfixes wich prevents the app from starting on some devices
0.92
-there is a scan for active windows at the first start of the app
-Gesture control. You can now scroll up/down by screen gesture if there are more windows than there is space on the screen
-names of the window are shown over the pictures
-improved stability
0.91
-New Configuration Tool with many options
-.exe file smaller
-made a .cab for installation
In the Config tool you can now configure the opacity for the background (if you use a background picture you can use 0 for opacity), the background picture, the capture intervall, the layout style, start animation or not and the animation smoothness.
Other Projects:
Customizable AVRCP agent: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=331385
Wimdows Media Player ResumePlugin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412847
Thanks but where is the attachment?
yeah .. heheheh .. where is the attachements?
Here it is..
how is it practically different to Dynamo 3 and any screens?
nuke1 said:
how is it practically different to Dynamo 3 and any screens?
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or mortbuttons task switcher...
also what the memory footprint like considering the screenshots and how often are these taken
It takes about 1.5 Megs of Memory with 8 screen-shots of 240*320 quality (for the zoom-effect), it´s about 120-150Kb per process. At the moment a screenshot are taken after 2 sec a new process is started.
Just try it....if you like it use, if not don´t use it..
Well, it is faster than Dynamo/TaskFacade.
It doesn't have auto-scaling icons (always 4x4 setup). That would be nice.
There are no animations.
The background seems to consist of 2-3 semitransparent programs all shown over each other. I find it confusing and would like to have a solid background or the background of just the application just before activating visualtasks.
The oldest application is shown in the upper left position. Newer windows fill the first line, then the next and so on. This means the newest applications position depends on the number of windows captured. This is not so great. Reverse sorting would be nice.
It captures windows and not applications.
Just like Dynamo, it can risk capturing the today screen twice. This means two icons both showing the today screen.
galmok said:
Well, it is faster than Dynamo/TaskFacade.
It doesn't have auto-scaling icons (always 4x4 setup). That would be nice.
There are no animations.
The background seems to consist of 2-3 semitransparent programs all shown over each other. I find it confusing and would like to have a solid background or the background of just the application just before activating visualtasks.
The oldest application is shown in the upper left position. Newer windows fill the first line, then the next and so on. This means the newest applications position depends on the number of windows captured. This is not so great. Reverse sorting would be nice.
It captures windows and not applications.
Just like Dynamo, it can risk capturing the today screen twice. This means two icons both showing the today screen.
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The background should consist of the last Application Window in a transparent form. On my devices it is so (Universal, G900 and the Emulator of VS2005).
Sure it captures Windows, if there is a background application it has nothing to cature..
There should be a zoom animation when activating a window?! Wich device do you use..?
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The background should consist of the last Application Window in a transparent form. On my devices it is so (Universal, G900 and the Emulator of VS2005).
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But what is shown behind the transparent window? Right now, I don't see more than one application in full size, but I did see a mess of applications when I first started the application, including some corrupted image.
Sure it captures Windows, if there is a background application it has nothing to cature..
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I am not sure I understand. Which point of mine are you replying to?
There should be a zoom animation when activating a window?! Wich device do you use..?
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I have to correct myself. I do see an animation when I select an application to switch to.
Could you maybe make the fullsize image of the application used as background be aligned with the bottom of the screen in stead of the top? This would keep the image from being misaligned. You don't capture the titlebar of the screen which means you images are not fullscreen sized.
It is very annoying to have 2 icons going to the today screen, especially because there is 1 difference. The task manager where the close button normally is, is missing on one of the today screens.
This works great but disregards the phone and TOday screen.
First crash:
include/vector line 986 if I remember correctly.
Second crash:
Debug Assertion Failed!
Program: \Programmer\VisualTasks\VisualTasks.exe
File: C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\ce\include\vector Line: 986
Expression: vector erase iterator outside range
Also, the first time VT is started after this crash, all screenshots are shown fullsize, semitransparent and overlaying each other, showing 4+ images at the same time.
Device: HTC TYTN II
Tried to use this, but the transparent backgrounds overlapping each other made it almost unviewable. I'd recommend a user-defined static background over which to put the thumbnails.
And I for one like that it is window-based rather than program-based. The latter approach makes some applications unviewable.
Oh, and I'd like it not to exclude any programs by default (e.g. phone and today screens). Leave that up to us.
this is perfect man! THANKS!
have you tried using this outside or in a high glare situation? that transparent background is a nightmare....I can't even see the icons....please give us a plain background option.
Love the speed! That's what all of the others are lacking.
On my Titan, however, it's showing screenshots of all kinds of wacky stuff, like screens during transitions, etc.
I'd also like to see the button (whatever button you've mapped to activate it) also minimize it.
Hi, looks like a great app !
unfortunately it doesn't look so great on my 240x400 omnia
very fast, no crash, i like de transparancy for the background
it's a very good work
for me,better than dynamo
thx
lastnikita said:
Hi, looks like a great app !
unfortunately it doesn't look so great on my 240x400 omnia
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Looks like that on the TYTN II as well.
can i get some screenshots on the app please???
Hi, looking at my task manager, gwes.exe seems to take up 35000+kb. There is also an x icon next to it in the task manager. I'm thinking it's responsible for the bit of lag I am experiencing. Is there a fix to this?
hi,
what Rom/build/com are you running on you phone?
35 Mb gwes does not seems to be too much.
i used to be about that when working in Com 2 and now mine is much bigger on com3 (23152).
anyway, for an HD2 35 Mb should not be creating lags
gwes renders all the controls like buttons and scroll bars. do you have a high definition skin or something non-standard going on in that area?
Im not on winmo so cant compare with yours, sorry.
Do not worry because of the red (x). It's really the default icon of this file.
thanks for the replies, I was worried because it was abnormally big compared to the other processes. I think it was another app that was causing the lag, I uninstalled it and hd2 runs smoothly now. This morning gwes was at 40MB, but it's not laggy. I have tmous original energy rom installed, com3 I believe--I guess with that build, plus filling up 30 quick links with an analog clock (second hand enabled) provides reasonable excuse for 40mb?
Hi all, I have the latest 20110601 aosp cm7 installed on my LG optimus V. I installed autokiller memory optimizer and set it to moderate. I didn't like the app so I hit default. But the default numbers aren't exactly what the numbers were, so what is the numbers that the aosp cm7 put on there? I just need the numbers for the three blanks Hidden app, Content provider, and Empty app.
If another user of this ROM could download this app and tell me the numbers, I would be very thankful.
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer only applies the settings on boot, so as long as you uninstall it, or uncheck apply settings on boot, the default values will not be changed.
Usually it's fine to keep the default task killer settings, especially since O1 has 400MB usable RAM...
why not install every script and app that can be found to get a hell machine?
1.) memory is very optimized through kernel - if you dont know about that, read some posts.
2.) speed is very optimized through the kernel - if you dont know about that, read some posts.
3.) do you know about lowmemorykiller and task priorities? if you dont know abouth that, read some posts.
btw:
where can i download AOSP CM7? do you know something about android versions?
if not, read some posts.
Hi,
would someone be as kind as to give me the settings to create an AVD for the prime.
Thanks!
The Prime is a relatively unmodified Android 4 device, so this should do it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7817044/how-to-create-a-avd-for-android-4-0
Of course you should mimic the device's specs as much as possible. 1GB RAM, Enable keyboard, disable GPS( ), etc..
I thought more about things like vm heap size, lcd density, ...
Okay RAM is easy
But there are some options that do not ring a bell even, like ideal system partition size and so on.
Thanks!
Memory And Storage Info Widget
This is a simple widget that update itself every 10 seconds. It works in English and Arabic.
You can place it on your home screen.
** Fixed the transparent issue in this update (100%).
It will display:
1. Free Ram.
2. Internal SD Card free space.
3. External SD Card free space, choice to hide.
4. Battery Power Left, choice to hide.
5. Resizable Widget from 2 to 4 cells.
6. Transparent and color selected background.
7. Change Font size to your desire (10-25).
8. Touch Widget center for setting screen.
9. Warn you before the device shut down at battery level 2% or less (Fixed FC).
10. Single Click on [Ram Free] to update the Widget for all devices.
. . . Double Click on [Ram Free] to Run Built-in Ram Cleaner for Galaxy Devices (works on some devices).
. . . (This can be Enabled/Disabled from setting screen)[/COLOR][/B]
Supports Android 4.0+
Download and install from Google Play. Rate it if you think it,s helpful.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kag.com.memory.storage.widget
Why use that when you can use a much better and prettier widget called zooper and you can make anything with that also make it look like what ever you want.