Hi guys
I've had a sniff round and couldn't find an answer to this, so was hoping you could help; can you create a URL link with icon to a favourite website on a page on your phone?
cheers
Robsa
Ah, it's Ok, I just worked it out! If you create the bookmark in Chrome, then go into bookmarks and long press it. One option is to add it to your home screen page.
Sorry to trouble you!
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Hey guys,
ok I knwo with the standard Opera browser on the HD2 you get the first page of a website as your icon.
I have now installed Opera 10 with flash. Honestly, I love it.
BUT, how on earth can I change the icons under the Internet tab? when I use the slider and go to internet tab I get the ugly empty icons tabs.
How can add either a custon pic, or anything for tha matter?
Thank you all in advance.
hgalanos said:
BUT, how on earth can I change the icons under the Internet tab? when I use the slider and go to internet tab I get the ugly empty icons tabs.
How can add either a custon pic, or anything for tha matter?
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It says on the tiles, click them to add a website from your favorites list. It will change to a picture of the website you have added to the list.
Kalavere said:
It says on the tiles, click them to add a website from your favorites list. It will change to a picture of the website you have added to the list.
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But it will not take it from your Opera 10 favorites list, it takes the favorites from Old Opera or Explorer. So add a shortcut from your old Opera or Explorer favorites list and then visit the page with old Opera or Explorer then you have the thumbnailpicture on you sensetab.
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But it will not take it from your Opera 10 favorites list, it takes the favorites from Old Opera or Explorer. So add a shortcut from your old Opera or Explorer favorites list and then visit the page with old Opera or Explorer then you have the thumbnailpicture on you sensetab.
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Good idea. That works. Thanks.
Is there a way to increase the number of Links in a row on the internet tab?
I am new owner of the Unlocked Streak. It came with the 2.2 and I am kinda loving it. Have already applied the performance pack and the quadrant scores have kind of doubled from stock ~800 to ~1450 with the performance pack.
Overall I am really loving this device.
Just need a little help in few lousy areas (have already tried searching the forum/web)
1) How do you edit stage UI widgets ? I need to bookmark my webpages on the Web widget but I dont see any option to add my own pages.
2) There seems to be some kind of issue with my Contact widget as well. I have like 150 contacts on my SIM card and I tried importing them to my phone. I could do that but when I get into the Contacts Widget/application, I am just not seeing anything there. Instead it tells me to do the same thing that I just did, that is to import contacts.
I used some other contacts application from the appstore and the other app can see those 150 contacts but again I am unsure if that app is seeing the SIM contacts or not.
3) On the same lines, can I bookmark my favorite music albums in the Music Widget ? Currently everything seems to be random in that widget.
I know I might look like a noob but for a while I am with this new possession of mine.
Looking forward for the help from you guys.
vasishta.sushant said:
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1) How do you edit stage UI widgets ? I need to bookmark my webpages on the Web widget but I dont see any option to add my own pages.
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The widget reflects the favorites that you have saved in the browser. Edit and/or save favorites in the browser and they are reflected in the widget.
vasishta.sushant said:
2) There seems to be some kind of issue with my Contact widget as well. I have like 150 contacts on my SIM card and I tried importing them to my phone. I could do that but when I get into the Contacts Widget/application, I am just not seeing anything there. Instead it tells me to do the same thing that I just did, that is to import contacts.
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The contact widget displays the favorites you have set in your contacts list. When in the contacts app hit the menu key and select display options. My contacts all are from my Google account, you may have to select something there to show contacts that are only on the phone. Once you can see your contacts in the contact app tap one to display details and then tap the start in the upper right corner to add it to your favorites (and to the widget).
vasishta.sushant said:
3) On the same lines, can I bookmark my favorite music albums in the Music Widget ? Currently everything seems to be random in that widget.
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I don't see any way to create shortcuts on or customize the music widget. You can create shortcuts to a playlist. Hold you finger on an empty area of the screen until the menu pops up.Select Shortcuts and then scroll down to Music Playlist. Tap on that and you will get a list of your playlists to choose from. The shortcut created will open the music player with that playlist. You can put the shortcuts in a folder to keep from hitting them when you don't intend to.
Edit: I also see that the widget displays a quick link to all of your playlists.
Thanks brother. Finally i was able to make the desired changes.
vasishta.sushant said:
Thanks brother. Finally i was able to make the desired changes.
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Glad you sorted it out.
FYI - there's a thanks button on posts. Click it when you get a helpful answer.
Oops. Will take care of that next time. Thanks again.
vasishta.sushant said:
Oops. Will take care of that next time. Thanks again.
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The thanks button helps make the forum better.
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It's a very good system. And you're welcome - enjoy the Streak.
Anyone else out there finding that there is no way to save bookmarks in the stock browser? I am using quick controls and it used to be on the first transformer that you could hit the bookmark key and it would bring up a screen asking you to save/rename/etc. but on this current version it just takes you to bookmarks you already had saved. No option to save new ones...
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
You're not the only one. But since the quick access is an experimental feature little attention is given to it.
The only way you can save a bookmark in the current stock browser version, and with quick controls activated, is by retyping the URL, wait till the page starts loading and before the URL bar disappears tap the "star" symbol to save bookmark.
As you have already noticed bringing back the URL bar does not give you the option to save a bookmark - the "star" symbol is replaced with an "X" to cancel the whole URL string. At least this is the only way I have found to save bookmarks ...
Wow how inconvenient! Thanks so much for the tip!
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
Ok ok what's the ****ing trick to bookmarking a page your on in the stock browser... I admit I've never figured it out.
Only cryptic way I have found is to visit your History and hit the star next to the url... is this really how they want it done or am I missing a faster way that is 10x more logical & quick
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Ok ok what's the ****ing trick to bookmarking a page your on in the stock browser... I admit I've never figured it out.
Only cryptic way I have found is to visit your History and hit the star next to the url... is this really how they want it done or am I missing a faster way that is 10x more logical & quick
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When a website is open, hit the star on the right side...it will open a drop down panel, allowing you to change the label, and on the bottom line allow you to bookmark it to "home screen"/bookmarks/other folder.
To active a saved bookmark, click on the right most "banner". It will open a page with all your saved bookmarks.
Bob
Hey xda, I have begun working on an app for a friend with android studio and I am having trouble with the slide out menu. I am wondering how to link pages to the menu?
Right now I have a slide out menu with different tabs, bit is all blank pages.
Thanks for any advice/help everyone!
You mean a navigation drawer. You need to inflate the view either programmatically or using XML files. Suppose you want a list view you would create a listview obj and then and make it a fragment of one of the tab's container
Thanks for the reply MasterAwesome! I'll take a look at it..
I just installed and purchased Nova Launcher today. I'm trying to figure out how to add shortcuts to Word and Excel files that are stored in Dropbox to my home screen.
On the default launcher of my OS (LineageOS 15.1), I performed the following steps to get the shortcut to my home screen:
*Go into Dropbox and select the file to open.
*From within Dropbox, click to fully open the file in Word or Excel.
*From the Recent screen in Word or Excel, press the 3 dots to open a sub-menu, and then select "Add to Home screen."
By performing the above steps, this would put a link on my home screen that would always open the most recent version of this file, even if it was most recently updated on another device.
Anyway, when I perform step 4 from within Nova Launcher, Word or Excel says "item added," but when I go to the home screen, the icon is not there.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
Mike
the best place to find more help is this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
good luck !
xanthrax said:
the best place to find more help is this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071
good luck !
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Apologies. I thought I was posting in a forum dedicated to Nova Launcher. Not sure how that happened. Thanks for the URL.