I accidentally posted this in the "Themes and Apps" forum, so mods feel free to close that thread.
Anyway, here goes:
Just curious to know if any of you folks are currently working on a way to customize the stock notification widgets inside the drop-down notification window?
This would be awesome as I personally would LOVE the ability to handle volume settings in the widget versus Airplane mode, GPS, and Sync toggles which are virtually useless to me, and I'd imagine a large group of other people.
Obviously, I'm in no way demanding or even expecting, just checking to see if anyone's doing anything with this from the development side.
Many thanks in advance!
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have you tried extended controls? Its not in the drop down but it lets you pick what you control. i.e. add volume but you can take away the airplane mode
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I noticed on the Atrix 4G that the pull down notification menu does not have the controls for WIFI, GPS etc. as on the Captivates with almost any of the Roms.
Does anyone know if there is a way to put them back? It was very convienient having them in one spot.
If I missed this or it was already addressed somewhere else or a simple setting I missed I am sorry.
Thanks all!
the Atrix dropdown is basically Vanilla android. They did not change it. So the Captivate must have a tweaked interface that the Atrix does not.
I know there are a few apps that will add this in ongoing notifications but I always felt these were a battery drain.
The Atrix has the toggle widgets on the last home screen by default.
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Sorry, Toggle Widgets?
SNadler said:
Sorry, Toggle Widgets?
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Widgets to toggle settings like wifi, bluetooth, ect.
Yeah, I moved them to my home screen and BA-A-AM even better
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Get an app from the market place called CONTROL BAR. It works with the Atrix and is excellent for turning everything on & off. Also get LAUNCHER PRO PLUS.
It is a must have and GREAT for Android and for the ATRIX. And read up on how to use it. It disables a lot of the motoblur stuff but that's OK. I have my Launcher Pro configured at 6 colums and 6 rows. You can also configure the size of widgets with Launcher Pro and the screen looks really great on the Atrix. I am going to post a screen shot on XDA shortly.
Sorry to go off topic a bit, but kind of related. Is there a way to keep the bar up top with launcher pro? I'd rather have these options tuck away in that drop down menu/bar (like the OP described) than have the widget.
I am currently using an app called quick settings which is acceptable and works fine. It is another app though. I would just assume have the pull down notification have access to the items that are on the other roms. I am dying to flash a new rom but will patiently wait for the Dev's to make it safe to do so.
I thought someone might have found a setting or something I was missing to acomplish adding the items back to the pull down.....
Is it just me, or has HTC also actually screwed up the wi-fi toggling/notifications in a second way with Sense 4.0 on this new Incredible?
Besides the constant wi-fi notification which plenty of people have already noted and complained about on both the Inc4g and the S3, there's also this...
It seems like connecting to a wi-fi network actually takes a couple extra steps now. In the past, if I was at either of my normal wi-fi spots at home or work, I could just hit the wi-fi widget from my homescreen and it would automatically connect to whichever of the two was available without me ever needing to leave my homescreen.
But now, when I hit my homescreen widget, I am taken to the wi-fi screen where I then have to hit a second toggle (the off/on button at the top), then I have to hit the back or home button to get back to the homescreen. So that's three presses to accomplish what used to take one. Similarly, it takes three presses instead of one to turn it off and get back to the homescreen.
Why did they go and ruin something simple and helpful like the wi-fi widget??
Or am I just missing something obvious??
-Sam
You haven't missed a thing. Obviously they had engineers working on it that had no real world experience using the phones. This happens all too often. I'm using the Mod by Nitsuj for the settings tab, life is soo much easier now. Eliminates worthless software programming.
I think the thing that pisses me off the most these days is the quality of the product that is going out the door from Big Red. They have the attitude of most companies these days..."We don't need to listen to the customer, they need to listen to us."
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You haven't missed a thing. Obviously they had engineers working on it that had no real world experience using the phones. This happens all too often. I'm using the Mod by Nitsuj for the settings tab, life is soo much easier now. Eliminates worthless software programming.
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Did a bit of searching, but couldn't find what you are referring to (Nitsuj's mod).
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Did a bit of searching, but couldn't find what you are referring to (Nitsuj's mod).
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It's his ROM which is available in the dev section.
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It's his ROM which is available in the dev section.
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Ahh... I guess I conflated this thread with the other one where I was complaining about HTCDev.com not unlocking my phone. (was assuming he would not be suggesting flashing a ROM to someone with an unrooted phone...)
Also, on the subject --
I noticed that the wi-fi toggles on both of HTC's 4x1 tile dashboards widgets ("data bashboard" and "power dashboard") function in the same annoying fashion as the individual 1x1 tile wi-fi widget.
However, the wi-fi toggle on the old standard Android 4x1 tile Power control widget does work seamlessly. But that's still annoying just because I don't feel like sticking the 4x1 widget on my main homescreen.
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Also, on the subject --
I noticed that the wi-fi toggles on both of HTC's 4x1 tile dashboards widgets ("data bashboard" and "power dashboard") function in the same annoying fashion as the individual 1x1 tile wi-fi widget.
However, the wi-fi toggle on the old standard Android 4x1 tile Power control widget does work seamlessly. But that's still annoying just because I don't feel like sticking the 4x1 widget on my main homescreen.
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i downloaded a great app called notification toggle.
I put wifi/bluetooth/volume/brightness/rotation/flashlight and skip track for pandora. for first notification.
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i downloaded a great app called notification toggle.
I put wifi/bluetooth/volume/brightness/rotation/flashlight and skip track for pandora. for first notification.
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That is a pretty cool app, but it doesn't really solve my specific issue with HTC's new wi-fi widget/toggle.
As far as I can tell, it still takes three motions to turn wi-fi on or off with that notification tool. (one swipe to bring down the notification screen, one touch to hit the wi-fi icon, and then one more action to get back to the homescreen)
I really want one touch wi-fi toggling from my homescreen.
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That is a pretty cool app, but it doesn't really solve my specific issue with HTC's new wi-fi widget/toggle.
As far as I can tell, it still takes three motions to turn wi-fi on or off with that notification tool. (one swipe to bring down the notification screen, one touch to hit the wi-fi icon, and then one more action to get back to the homescreen)
I really want one touch wi-fi toggling from my homescreen.
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Still gave you a "thanks," though for reminding me to really look at the Play store...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...IxMiwiY29tLmFpdGVhbS53aWZpdG9nZ2xld2lkZ2V0Il0.
This is what I needed.
I've been looking for a Pandora App mod that is made for easy use in a car dock. the closest i found was a concept made back in 2010 that ended up being nothing more than that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648144
I kind of like that idea, but an easier solution i thought of was just taking the buttons on the horizontal view and just stretching them across the screen, with each button having a rounded border and the icon being in the center of the buttons.
this way it would be easier to hit each button while in horizontal mode while keeping the app looking the same in vertical mode.
I'm sure i am not the only person who likes listening to Pandora in the car but doesn't have a fancy radio that lets you control the app through it and find it extremely hard to hit the next and thumbs up buttons.
p.s. if this is the wrong section to post please move and tell me where the right section is. Sorry, i'm a noob to these forums.
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!
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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.
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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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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)
My father has early onset Alzheimers and I need to create a rom that when the device is powered on all he sees is 3 buttons call, end call, and text which brings up the plain texting option. Call shows square photos of people and services..etc.. tap on one it calls that person. I Would also like to do things like change the power button so it cant fully shut down the phone with out a specific combination of buttons or a pattern. Where do I begin to learn how to do this? I would really like to learn to do this on my own.
Hi there. Sorry to hear about your father. I've had a couple members of my family suffer from this and it's difficult, to say the least. As far as what you are looking for, well, I'm not sure you need to go all in and make a custom rom for this. I think many of the things you are trying to do can be done with existing mods.
As far as the power button, you can look into using the Xposed Framework and the Xposed Additions module which allows you to customize the activity of the hardware buttons.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/framework-xposed-rom-modding-modifying-t1574401
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/mod-xposed-additions-t2294274
For the buttons on screen for Call / End Call - Well, the Call with a link to favorite contacts with pictures is easily done with most launchers or a favorite contact widget. The End Call option though, I'm not so sure about. Reason being is that any time you're going to make a call, it's going to open the dialer app and the end button will be there. I can't really think of a way around that. I looked into adding a shortcut to that activity with Nova Launcher, but it's not an option available (though there are a dozen other shortcuts).
But with a launcher like Nova, you will have the ability to add / delete anything off the main screen besides what you want. You can lock the home screen so he can't inadvertently make changes to it and enable a gesture he wouldn't be likely to use to allow you to access the app drawer (like 2 fingers swipe up, etc). You can also use one of the variety of locking apps that will prevent access to any unwanted apps by requiring a password or PIN.
Ooh. Custom ROMs. A lot of work for such simple need. Maybe use Tasker instead? You can accomplish this with a scene and some profiles/tasks setup on stock ROM. Only disadvantage I see compared to making your own rom is long boot time. You can bypass everything in regards to Android UI just by making the scene fullscreen and disabling keyguard with a on-boot profile. That way, when he turns the screen back on, it goes right to your scene setup with no "slide-to-unlock" crap. I am very experienced in Tasker, so if you need any help, I can help you. I'd be willing to develop this for you, it would be about a half hour on my part
All the best,
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Thanks for the suggestions, these are great places to start.