After seeing the Flyer and knowing styli are not in vogue right now I got to thinking.I was wondering if it will be possible to create a Bluetooth battery powered pen that will output pressure information(which isn't supported by capacitive displays) to the OS.Will something like this require a serious rewrite of the API(meaning, forget I asked) or will it be possible to write a program that could just output to it?
I've never touched Android code, and frankly quite a noob in the code business in general and thinking aloud.I'll be happy for a serious, detailed answer.
If you're just gonna write "NO",please ignore the thread.
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I'm finishing up my bachelors degree in electrical engineering. My senior design project is to build a ionizing radiation detector from solid-state parts. The hardware is coming along well. What we would love to do is write an Android app to track/record/manipulate the data output by the sensor (via USB port preferably). Long term, I'm thinking the circuitry is embedded a phone case (like PowerSkins, except circuitry instead of a battery) and you plop your phone in, plug in the USB connector, and boom, you have personal and mobile dosimetry at a FRACTION of the cost of what is currently available (see Siemens Dosimeters-$1,000+ and then proprietary software costs). My project partner and I are crap at java programming *read-ALL programming*.
If anyone is interested in taking on something like this or knows someone who might be PLEASE PM ME. The deadline is coming up (mid-Feb), and while the software would be considered beyond the scope/requirements of the project it would really make it great.
Anything helps, even if someone wants to give as a shell of the code we could start with that would be greatly appreciated!
I should be starting another part-time job this month and would be happy to make a donation to anyone willing to help out.
Thanks.
Mark.
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That's quite an interesting design project you've got there.
My programming skills are quite lacking as well, so I unfortunately cannot help you directly.
Just one comment though; if you're going to be interfacing with an Android phone with an external accessory, I think you may need something like this: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardADK to handle communications between the phone and your sensor. Another option would be to use bluetooth as an interface.
Good luck with your project!
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That's quite an interesting design project you've got there.
My programming skills are quite lacking as well, so I unfortunately cannot help you directly.
Just one comment though; if you're going to be interfacing with an Android phone with an external accessory, you may need something like this: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardADK
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Thanks for the input. Ya, we're going to need something like that for sure. We're acctually planning on sending accociated energies with each event (in eV).
I love my prime, but as of late i noticed a small problem. When i drag my finger, it takes about half a centimeter for the device to detect movement. I've been searching around for awhile now, and the only Solution I found was an app called TouchScreenTune (I'd link it but I'm a noob, its on the market)
It fixed the problem perfectly. Only problem is, It wants 5 bucks to fix a problem with my Tablets software? 5 bucks for what is most likely a simple system file edit? sorry, not paying it.
My question comes down to this. Does anyone know what file(s) control the following variables?
Minimum movement amount
Disable movement filtering
Touch sensetivity
Palm detection
Thanks alot in advance
This post is in violation of the rules of XDA forums. You are telling people how to use an application without paying for it.
That is a violation.
Not to mention, just a completely **** thing to do.
If you do not know how to code this yourself then it should not bother you to pay 5 dollars for the application.
I used the free version for some time, had no issues, decided to buy it because it simply works without issue.
Then I bought it two more times for my other 2 tablets (prime and galaxy).
If you are so broke that you cannot afford 5 dollars to modify your 600 dollar device, well then I do not know what to tell you.
Wanting a working touchscreen without a 5 dollar fee is a completely **** thing?
Sorry, I disagree.
Well, I'm new to posting, so sorry about that, but you're right. I don't know how to "code this myself" Hence my "asking.."
No, advocating stealing, and giving instructions on how to do so, because you are to tight to pay 5 bucks for a solution to your problem is the **** thing to do.
Rather than steal from the dev why don't you pack up your prime, ship it back to where you bought it and tell Asus that you did so because you wanted a working screen. This will make them actually fix the issue. Until then this dev came up with a way to fix the issue, he deserves payment for his hard work.
Stealing from the guy who created a solution to your problem, rather than directly addressing the company which created the problem is the issue.
The fact that you are new to posting means that those rules to read and agreed to should be fresh in your mind.
Ok Please quit posting off topic to my question. Thank you for the lesson in forum ethics. I'll ask it again:
My question comes down to this. Does anyone know what file(s) control the following variables?
Minimum movement amount
Disable movement filtering
Touch sensetivity
Palm detection
Thanks alot in advance
Most likely the build.prop file.
Load up logcat, make the changes, search for the strings changed, see if you can find it.
Thread closed. Treads a fine line between warez discussion and hacking to avoid spending $ to a Dev who's done all the work.
So...from what I can glean from YouTube vids and interviews this charming very mobile toy is not but a very bare bones robot. It has function limited true, but function. It can patrol on its own or can be directly controled by ANDROID phone. It is running on an ANDROID IOS, and logically it has a ROM, right? It has some way of sending and recieving data, it communicates (I am speculating bluetooth) with the phone, right? It generates holograhic messages on your phone screen. With an expansion of memory you should be able to enlarge or change its function, modify its ROM? Like a little round phone that follows you around. If it uses bluetooth that it must have basic telephony app or something similar? It could be rooted, bootloader unlocked? I would think that it depended on its parent phone except that it can and does patrol indepentantly.
The creaters were only 48 hours in getting the prototype ready, so it is not new technology but adapted tech. Using apps and system data already in use on Android phones, right?
Does anyone else see this as possibility? Challenging? Even as a noob I am intrigued by the scope of what could be.
Or am I merely fantasizing wiidly? Has anyone actually had one in hand?
Thankyou for the space to speculate and wish. Any insight would be appreciated, eeven if it is to tell me I wrong or an incoompetent noobie that knows nothing. Better yruth than hallmark rhetoric.
DRONE
So I know you folks are busy and being at the top of your game much in demand, so I tried not to be offended that I was ignored. I would like to point out LG's new phone and modular accessories, includes a spherical drone much like the one I was describing in the first post.
My skill set was exceeded by my vision. That is changing in part from the tutorials from XDA, and the advice on how to look for answers.
I've got a few larger tablet type Android devices mounted around the house that I use for security camera viewing. That's the only purpose they serve and they're wall mounted. Next to a couple I have a $20 device from CostCo that displays the current time and current temp as well as lots of other BS I really don't need.
What I'd like to do is eliminate these secondary devices as right next to them is a much more powerful machine that is capable of more accurate temperature and what not. I'd like an app that will display the current time and current temperature in text form right over the top of other apps. I use IP Cam Viewer for my cam app and it has a time feature but the time is too small to see from a distance. Something that allows me to sort of hover the time in the middle of the display with the temp right above or below would be perfect.
I've used the Google Machine and haven't come up with much in terms of a solution that will help me accomplish this. It's probably something very simple that I'm not thinking of or finding... hopefully. It could also be that what I'm looking for is unique enough that it's not out there but I hope not.
Any help, thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Anyone have any ideas?
I'm not really sure why this got moved to "help & troubleshooting" as I don't really need help nor do I have a problem. I just want to know if an app exists that will allow me to do something that is relatively basic.
This site's countless subforums with nondescript descriptions has always been one of it's negatives IMO. In all the years I've been here I doubt I've got a 50% record of not having a thread moved to a section that doesn't seem to make sense. I've had zero issues on all other forums of all types. This is a problem unique to XDA for me.
Recently a stupid idea crossed my mind and I want it to stop, so I decided to ask the experts. The idea is:
Is there any way to write a kernel unit to use the front camera connector as a connector for a modified second screen in nexus 5?
Explaining better. Is it possible to create some kind of adapter for the input of a new Nexus 5 screen to make the connector compatible with the front camera's internal connector, making it a communication channel? And later write a kernel drive to communicate with the screen? This way the nexus would have 2 screens.
A poor's man galaxy fold.
Please don't laugh at me. At least not much, hahaha
I know that if it were possible, the technical difficulties would be immense. I just wanted the opinion of someone with knowledge just to find out if THEORETICALLY would be possible.
And I beg you, no answers like... theoretically anything is possible.