When I'm in portrait mode in the google navigation app, select 'type destination' and type a number, a road, a town, etc, the drop down list of places that normally appears which is linked to what I type, doesn't appear. And there's nothing to click on to begin the route calculation, so what I typed just sits there doing nothing. There's only a 'go' button in landscape mode.
But if I go to the google maps app and type a destination, the drop down box appears no problem. Then if I go back to the navigation app and start typing again, now the drop down box appears there too. Weird. I shouldn't have to go to maps app first then navigation app to get my search working in navigation, so can I fix it?
Anyone please?
I'm sure I've had that issue before and after entering a destination I had to tap the search symbol iirc. I dont have the issue now so I'm guessing it could be a mismatch of maps and nav versions or maybe something else but an update must've fixed it.
Are both maps and nav updated?
Edit: just realised nav is part of maps perhaps try reinstalling.
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I'm sure I've had that issue before and after entering a destination I had to tap the search symbol iirc. I dont have the issue now so I'm guessing it could be a mismatch of maps and nav versions or maybe something else but an update must've fixed it.
Are both maps and nav updated?
Edit: just realised nav is part of maps perhaps try reinstalling.
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The search symbol disappears once I start typing. Well I found maps on google play. I then disabled maps on the phone which made navigation disappear from my apps drawer. I then installed maps from google play. This turns out to be a later version of maps and it's updated the navigation, because now there's a black UI to it which looks nicer than the white UI. In fact, the first time I ever installed ICS via my carrier's android 4.0.3 update, navigation had the black UI but after my first factory reset, navigation had gone back to the white UI.
But still the same issue is there. The search boxes in both maps and navigation are the same, so I don't get why the drop down box only works when first using maps before going to navigation. There's definitely something not right. I wish there was a way to completely uninstall maps and navigation and reinstall.
I've already factory reset this phone (with ICS) three times so I'm not sure if going through it all again will fix it. When I was on gingerbread this problem didn't occur. I like various features of ICS, but it's given me issues, not just the satnav, that I never had with gingerbread.
Don't know what may be causing the issue with your go button sorry. The search drop down doesn't work for me either as you described. If you open maps and then change it to navigation using the drop down on the top left the search works, I guess they're working towards having everything accessible from the maps app and the navigation shortcut will be removed.
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Don't know what may be causing the issue with your go button sorry. The search drop down doesn't work for me either as you described. If you open maps and then change it to navigation using the drop down on the top left the search works, I guess they're working towards having everything accessible from the maps app and the navigation shortcut will be removed.
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That works great, thank you. I didn't notice the tab in maps that drops that box down. Search works perfectly from there when it takes me to navigation.
What I'm going to try and do now is replace the boring maps icon in my go launcher dock with the navigation blue arrow. I've got launcher pro still installed which has the blue arrow icon in the apps drawer. (In go launcher, it's changed and looks like the maps icon). If I use desk migrate app, can I import that blue arrow from the apps drawer to go launcher?
No problem, sorry I can't help with the desk migrate app but here's the nav icons from the app if it makes it any easier for you.
http://db.tt/Z415P6U5
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No problem, sorry I can't help with the desk migrate app but here's the nav icons from the app if it makes it any easier for you.
http://db.tt/Z415P6U5
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That's great, I can save those and use as a custom icon to replace mine. Thanks!
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This has to be one of the best apps I have ever seen on android. Great drawing app and is free. The full version is only .99 too if anyone is a professional. This could turn your nook color into a viable sketch book.
Are you talking about SketchBook?
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This has to be one of the best apps I have ever seen on android. Great drawing app and is free. The full version is only .99 too if anyone is a professional. This could turn your nook color into a viable sketch book
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Whichever one is from Autodesk. You might be right about the name. I will edit.
anyone have an apk? The only access I have to the android market is through a cupcake emulator.
Here you go
by any chance has anyone installed this on the nook? any luck saving a drawing or similar? seems you probably need the menu button but the soft keys and the status bar is gone
SketchBook in fact, IS amazing! I splurged and bought the $0.99 version. Once I learned how to use layering and import pics, the whole process became very easy. Controls are very intuitive. Maybe we could post pictures we've done in this thread? I'd like to see how others have used it.
Looks interesting
How do you get it to go full screen? the notification bar covers up the bottom buttons.
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by any chance has anyone installed this on the nook? any luck saving a drawing or similar? seems you probably need the menu button but the soft keys and the status bar is gone
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To get the menu button to show up using SoftKeys, make sure SoftKeys is set as your default launcher. Single tap of the N button should take you to your favorite launcher (Zeam, ADW, LauncherPro, etc.) and a double-tap should open Softkeys where you can tap Menu > New or Gallery > Save or Don't Save.
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How do you get it to go full screen? the notification bar covers up the bottom buttons.
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Mine was full screen by default. Maybe try reinstalling? What are you using as your Launcher?
I just purchased Sketchbook Mobile app & it installed, but I don't see it in the app drawer. If I go to the market, it said "installed". If I click on it I get an option to open & I can & it works, but even after a reboot it doesn't appear in my app drawer.
Any ideas? BTW It doesn't show up in my uninstaller app either. Can I re download it somehow?
Update: Uninstalled & reinstalled & finally found it. Maybe I just missed it. Wasn't looking for "SBM" descriptor! They should have mentioned that it would be named that!!!
kev
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Mine was full screen by default. Maybe try reinstalling? What are you using as your Launcher?
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I use Zeam. I'm new to android though. Does the launcher influence whether or not the notification bar is visible in apps?
also, my dpi is set to 200. I've found that I can hit the button at the bottom by tapping just a hair above the notification bar.
It can. Under menu>preferences>general you'll find the fullscreen option. You also have the option to toggle it under the gestures menu in Zeam.
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I did some drawing on my Nexus S some time ago, I attached the result. I'm still waiting for my NC to be delivered, can't wait to use SBM with a bigger screen!
patience paid off!
I remember first using that SB on my laptop and then it was the only reason that I was going to buy an iPad. I waited hoping that it would come to Android and my patience paid off. It's surprisingly stable on the NC but it's crazy fast on my Evo.
I love this app
Could someone please download the app from the market, setup and let me know if you any text freezing while typing, scrolling issues while on the Internet or XDA App? It was messing with my phone but would like to know if others have issues too. (BTW... I really like the App)
Thanks
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I haven't used it yet but today this App is free from Amazon App market.
will try tonight and report back
Wave Launcher - Fully customizable
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Could someone please download the app from the market, setup and let me know if you any text freezing while typing, scrolling issues while on the Internet or XDA App? It was messing with my phone but would like to know if others have issues too. (BTW... I really like the App)
Thanks
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Wave Launcher is fully customizable. You can change the size, location and even thickness of the gesture-area. To change it, look for "Gesture-area presets" in the Settings screen.
The setting the works for most people and is my personal favorite is "Bottom Left - 20%". It will never interfere with the keyboard or scrolling this way.
Note that you can also have Wave Launcher automatically disable in Landscape mode which is often used for typing, games, etc.
The app is very powerful and highly customizable, please go through all the settings to make sure you make the most out of it.
Any reports guy's?
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Used it and it interefered with a lot of things going on on the bottom of the phone such as opening the app drawer and typing. Just my experience others may vary.
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As Mike said above.
I also tried it for a bit, and even changed the popup swipe location but it is just OK. I think bottom corner 20% was the one that worked best for me, but even then I would accidentally press the Home button. Sides are for screen sliding already, and top is for notifications, so there is not much free room to swipe around. Its a fine launcher, but I did not find it useful enough to keep.
I thought it would let me make a gesture to swipe it onto the screen, not follow my finger around everywhere, to where I cant even get rid of it without the awkward swipe back into the same corner of the screen.
What it should have is a setting on how far to follow you across the screen, so if I swipe up from bottom corner, it appears, then it follows me around but only until I get to say 50% of the screen height, then it goes away.
That way, if it appears accidentally, I dont have to swipe is back down, but simply continue the swipe up motion until it dissapears.
I tried it but didn't care for it. Holding the Home screen button essentially does the same thing. Aloso, If you're running stock then you've got your most recent apps in the notification drop down. Unless you are constantly switching between apps, it's pretty pointless.
I use mine for a quickdial and store a few contacts there. so far it hasn't interfered too much
Thanks for your feedback guys!
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Works great on the NC (CM7)! Just be sure to hide the menu buttons when they show up.
Available in Android Market for $0.99 for a limited time.
Not available for me. What's up?
Did you do a special build.prop edit to allow it to be shown?
Nope didn't do anything special. I had to specifically do a search for "Captain America Sentinel of Liberty" in the market to find it though.
I'm running CM RC1 if that helps.
EDIT: Interesting, I just checked market.android.com from my PC and it says that its not compatible with the Nook. But when I did the search using the market app on the Nook, it found it and I was able to purchase, install, and play it.
If you got the new crappy Google Market, you can't get it.
I can find it in the market but can't download it. Sucks you can't get the Gmarket not to update, mine came through OTA.
Does anyone know if you kill / delete Market Updater.apk, does it jack up your system and G Market?
Yes.
I'd wiped my data/cache as well with the last NB and had the 6/13 gapps. Low and behold, after acknowledging the license it started the new market.
Looks like we need to start sending email to the app devs to please consider android tablet users that don't necessarily have GPS. Location services are still possible by Wi-Fi (although not as accurate), but should be sufficient for the dev's needs.
Google maps works for me with fairly close accuracy as the various phones have been updating their hotspot maps over time.
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Nope didn't do anything special. I had to specifically do a search for "Captain America Sentinel of Liberty" in the market to find it though.
I'm running CM RC1 if that helps.
EDIT: Interesting, I just checked market.android.com from my PC and it says that its not compatible with the Nook. But when I did the search using the market app on the Nook, it found it and I was able to purchase, install, and play it.
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Did you perhaps alter your device ID in build.prop to get Netflix or Hulu working?
Update: just had no issues buying it over the old market with device IDed as Nook Color.
Update 2: Weeeeelll... the app is playable (and decent) once you get through the menus, but touch input isn't properly mapped to the menus, so you're pretty much tapping around the screen by trial and error to figure out how to move along. To top it off, none of the softkeys work except "home"--back and menu are useless. If you can manage to get into the game, it plays fine.
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Works great on the NC (CM7)! Just be sure to hide the menu buttons when they show up.
Available in Android Market for $0.99 for a limited time.
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If you hide the menu buttons, how do you exit the game since only way is to press HOME button?
Also some times, the volume key to bring back the menu buttons doesnt work.
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If you hide the menu buttons, how do you exit the game since only way is to press HOME button?
Also some times, the volume key to bring back the menu buttons doesnt work.
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I press the 'n' button.
Also the game menu items are mapped properly if you hide the CM7 menu bar.
How do you solve the problem with corrupt graphics?
Have u connected status bar with n button?
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al mon said:
How do you solve the problem with corrupt graphics?
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No corrupt graphics here...
It really did "just work" for me.
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Have u connected status bar with n button?
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I have my 'n' button set to go back to the home screen. Status bar / menu buttons always come back when it goes back to the home screen.
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I have my 'n' button set to go back to the home screen. Status bar / menu buttons always come back when it goes back to the home screen.
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The problem with most games is, yes you have the status bar on your homescreen, but there's no way to get it back in-game without force closing via App Manager and starting over. Some games rely on the back button and/or menu button to navigate, especially to change any settings or really exit the app.
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The problem with most games is, yes you have the status bar on your homescreen, but there's no way to get it back in-game without force closing via App Manager and starting over. Some games rely on the back button and/or menu button to navigate, especially to change any settings or really exit the app.
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Hmm, don't know what to tell you here. I don't do much gaming, so I can't comment on most games. But in this one, as with all of the Angry Birds games, the in-game menu (via the pause button) works just fine for me. It's not working for you?
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Hmm, don't know what to tell you here. I don't do much gaming, so I can't comment on most games. But in this one, as with all of the Angry Birds games, the in-game menu (via the pause button) works just fine for me. It's not working for you?
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A lot of games (and some other apps) are built assuming you have a Menu and Back button, and don't have anything on-screen to access menu functions, or to get back to the main menu if you're on a setting screen and have hidden the status bar.
ETA: you know what, not only is there a solution to this issue, but I discovered, implemented, and promptly forgot that solution months ago. In the CyanogenMod>Tablet Tweaks settings, you can set any of the hardware buttons to also unhide the status bar. I had already assigned Vol+
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A lot of games (and some other apps) are built assuming you have a Menu and Back button, and don't have anything on-screen to access menu functions, or to get back to the main menu if you're on a setting screen and have hidden the status bar.
ETA: you know what, not only is there a solution to this issue, but I discovered, implemented, and promptly forgot that solution months ago. In the CyanogenMod>Tablet Tweaks settings, you can set any of the hardware buttons to also unhide the status bar. I had already assigned Vol+
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Not only that, but you can also put the Home, Menu and Back buttons in the MENU that comes up when you hold the power button.
I have just jumped into my first ICS rom and one thing I noticed I can not figure out is the new Google Voice Search. On any GB Rom I used, I was able to place a short cut from the draw to my home screen, a simple 1x1 icon. Now that is taken away and the only real option is the 4x1 Good Search bar. I just want a simple 1x1 icon to start just the voice search, not launch the whole Search app with keyboard. Any idea.
I know, I have tried many of the other "Personal Assistant" programs but for simple sending a text, email or requesting to make a call, I have had better luck with the Google Voice Search app. It is simpler and does what I need without trying to have a conversation with me or trying to let me know what else it can do over and over again.
I just took and added the shortcut to my homescreen, and and it works. I think you can long press the search key, and and it works as well. Am I missing something here? I am on Chingy's new effing ics rom. Are you on stock, and or a mod? More info, and I might be able to help.
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I am on Cleanrom DE 1.4 and I do not see an option of adding a single icon short cut. This is where my confusion is coming from.
If you have voice search in your app drawer, just long press, and drop it on your home screen. Hope I am helping, and not completely off of what you are asking....
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If you don't have it in your app drawer, install it from the market!
Just search for "voice search"
After that, the widget will work and voice text recognition is back.
It is installed, I can place the 4x1 full Google Search box on my home screens, but I do not show Voice Search listed in my apps, though in the market it is up to date and installed. I just can not seem to get a single 1x1 icon set on the home screen to activate the voice search... scratching my head on this one.
Sorry to bump an old thread but I miss the 1x1 widget in GB also.
Any solution?
Doesn't press and hold of search button work for anyone?
Every single time i open navigation I've got to start the gps or start it before hand. Many links I click take me to navigation then I need to click another window to enable gps. It'd be much easier if it was possible to create something like this that is semi automated.
Dave
Why not have GPS always on?
In my past phone experiences it really sucked the battery dry quickly, is that not the case w/ this one?
I normally keep mine off. When I want to turn it on, I pull down the notification window and enable GPS via Power Toggles.
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In my past phone experiences it really sucked the battery dry quickly, is that not the case w/ this one?
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I don't use GPS so I can't answer that just throwing it out there
Buy Tasker (pricey app, but you'll find so many uses for it that you'll feel like it's completely worth it).
Set up a task that consists of turning on GPS and then opening Navigation (or Maps, whichever you want). Then add a shortcut to that task to your homescreen. You can make the icon the Navigation icon and name it "Navigation" - it'll look identical to the original icon, but it will execute the program (GPS on, open Navigation) when you tap it.
In the case of apps that link to Maps or Navigation, you can create a Tasker profile where, if the Maps or Navigation apps are opened, GPS is turned on. The only downside to this arrangement is that if you're linking directly to Navigation from another app, Tasker needs the Navigation app to open before it enables GPS. The result is that you'll get the "show location settings" window when it first opens Navigation (it likely won't recognize that GPS is on when you get that pop-up).
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Buy Tasker (pricey app, but you'll find so many uses for it that you'll feel like it's completely worth it).
Set up a task that consists of turning on GPS and then opening Navigation (or Maps, whichever you want). Then add a shortcut to that task to your homescreen. You can make the icon the Navigation icon and name it "Navigation" - it'll look identical to the original icon, but it will execute the program (GPS on, open Navigation) when you tap it.
In the case of apps that link to Maps or Navigation, you can create a Tasker profile where, if the Maps or Navigation apps are opened, GPS is turned on. The only downside to this arrangement is that if you're linking directly to Navigation from another app, Tasker needs the Navigation app to open before it enables GPS. The result is that you'll get the "show location settings" window when it first opens Navigation (it likely won't recognize that GPS is on when you get that pop-up).
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+1...this is how I have mine setup, works like a charm. Tasker is awesome, there are tons of things you can do with it. You'll need to install Secure Settings from the play store (free) also if you want to be able to toggle gps.
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I use AutomateIt and have it set to start GPS when maps or nav opens. It automatically shuts off GPS when going to a different app.
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+1...this is how I have mine setup, works like a charm. Tasker is awesome, there are tons of things you can do with it. You'll need to install Secure Settings from the play store (free) also if you want to be able to toggle gps.
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Good call on Secure Settings - forgot about that.