What is Recent Plus!?
It is a small app in an early state that replaces the "recent apps" dialog that appears when you long-press the home button. It shows the recently opened apps as before but additionally shows a volume slider. See screenshots. Requires CM7.
UPDATE: Recent Plus in Market
Why?
As you all know, the nook color is a wonderful device but it is lacking hardware buttons. A typical and really nice remedy is to install keysmod / Hard-key editor and bind the volume buttons to back and menu. Problem: you can no longer easily change the current volume while in an app, especially when it is running in fullscreen.
It started with this post and I am now moving it here.
Requirements:
* a device running a recent nightly of cyanogenmod 7
Installation:
(0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)
1. install the apk that is attached to this post, UPDATE: Recent Plus in the Market
2. go to "Settings", "Cyanogenmod Settings", "Input", "long-press home settings": check "Use custom application" and then choose "Select custom application", tap "Applications" (yes, another tap here in that list! This is the first entry), finally select "Recent Plus!"
3. done. Now you can long press home to switch apps and change the volume
TODOs/Problems:
1. Not sure what happens with devices other than the nook and/or different roms
2. The number of recent apps can not be configured yet
Looking forward to your feedback!
History:
v0.7: (July 9, 2011)
color application label by status (white: running, gray: suspended, dark: closed) - can be turned off
fixed a force close bug when switching to apps in certain states
instead of force closing display an error message instead
Recent Plus in the Market
v0.6: (Apr 12 2011)
optional brightness slider (see settings)
v0.5:
crappy looking settings menu
select which volumes you want to control in the settings
v0.4:
fix android compatibility mode messing up the layout
v0.3:
visual stuff (Button background, longer app names)
different button layout in landscape/portrait
more apps
v0.2: initial release
(reserved)
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
matalo said:
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
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I need more info. What does "cannot add as a custom application" mean? Could you follow all steps? Which Rom and which version are you running?
Kudos to you! This is exactly what I need to put everything together and eliminate the need to switch keys and such. Thanks for making an awesome app!
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
Nice idea. Works. Wishing i was on CM now
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Worked fine for me. I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps. Maybe you guys can work something out of it. Like having Compatibility Mode and still show the volume slider.
And, thanks.
RoboRay said:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.
Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
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Thanks for finding that out. I think I know how to fix that.
I just uploaded a new version that should fix the compatibility problem. Thanks again RoboRay.
MACLUIS1 said:
I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps.
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The are currently no options you can change. The stuff in that settings menu only applies to the default recent app switcher application.
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app. Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
john10101 said:
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app.
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Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
john10101 said:
Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
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Well, the app itself is independent of the rom, but you need a way to launch it using a hardware button. I am not aware of a way to do this without support in the rom. One might be able to do something like "tap home -> launch recent plus", "double tap home -> go to home", not sure. This is similar to the softkeys behavior...
timoskrempel said:
Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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Personally i would be fine with it doing full system volume, for my usage i dont think i need the ability to control different volume's. a settings option would be best for all around functionality for all users. i would suggest you hide it (press menu in app for it to show up) a settings menu would also give you ability to add features in the future if you choose so. I think there are people out there who would like this screen to do more then it does now. Myself all i want is a volume slider, This is much cleaner then having to use any other apps ive tried.
Thank you again for your hard work. This is going to be a staple apk, on my nook
timoskrempel said:
I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?
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A button to either pop out a selection menu or even to simply step through the different volume types with multiple presses might work. Tucked away behind the Menu button would make for a cleaner UI, though.
Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly? Adding a way to select the other volumes could certainly increase the app's usefulness outside the NC community, as well as to anyone who does constantly adjust the other volumes, though.
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
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Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly?
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Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
tj!2k7 said:
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.
Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
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Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
RoboRay said:
Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check
Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.
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Yeah, that was one of the first things I did with CM7 as I love that feature on my phone... and I've got Not, Ring, and Alarm all set to play on speaker -- however -- have you actually tried the "always play on speaker" feature?
I've got two NCs here, and it doesn't work on either one -- most recent: CM7n30.
Can other folks confirm that this feature is working properly?
Edit: Based on some experimentation with Tasker just now, I don't think the NC hardware is actually capable of determining when headphones are plugged in.
Arbelzapf said:
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
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I installed yahoo mail but I can not reproduce this. It crashes when you hit the yahoo icon inside the recent app list? Does this happen every time?
Hey all,
Is there a way to link the ringtone and notification volume on a TouchWiz based rom (stock or custom)? I read that in ICS and JB ASOP they are linked without an option to unlink them, which seems to be the case in CM 9 and 10, but on TouchWiz roms they seem to be separate with no option to link them.
I have tried searching for answers, but nothing that actually works has come up, root or not. Does anyone know of a solution to this as it bugs me some what :silly:
Cheers :good:
Bump - Anyone?
No one has this problem or a solution?
Why you need to link them both? Whenever you press volume button, you can expand the pop up volume bar to adjust ringtone and notification. Is not that's hard compare to finding a mod to fix it, right?
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hi,
i've been using the s3 for six month now and finally got all things the way i want (omega v34 rom with perseus kernel and jkay deluxe framework). except for two things i can't seem to find anywhere:
1. lock back and menu buttons option in the quick panel settings. every time i play something or giving the phone to someone else the back\menu button is accidentally triggered causing a "kill app" operation (long press back button to kill app mod is enabled). annoying!
2. in the contacts screen there is an option to scroll a-->z, i have contacts written in other languages and want to rearrange the scroll order and include letters that are in my language (hebrew).
are the two things i wrote already exist, and if not, from whom should i request it?
p.s i know the #2 issue is possible to solve in galaxy s2 with decompiling some apk's- if anybody knows a good guide for s3 it would be great too..
tnx in advance to the repliers!
you can request the first one in the JKay thread in original development. It's a nice idea
Or if you watching a video on YouTube and you can lock the keys with the lock button so that if i give it to my friend and back button is pressed accidentally so it won't kill our take you out of the video.
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Amritttt said:
Or if you watching a video on YouTube and you can lock the keys with the lock button so that if i give it to my friend and back button is pressed accidentally so it won't kill our take you out of the video.
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that's only relevant to youtube, i'm mainly talking about games\nav apps\browsers etc
Hello to everybody and a happy new year!!!
I like the Samsung based ROM feature to answer an incoming call with the Home Button. Is there a way to enable this option in AOSP, AOKP custom ROMs? Like a MOD or something else?
There is really no solution for this? I would like to use a custom ROM Android 4.4 but i really need this Home Button Answer Calls feature. There is nothing I can do about it?
Hi there, I hope this is the right place where to post this.
I'm not an expert at coding and I am struggling a lot with this issue I have.
I have an autistic child and since they have sensory issues he likes to set the brightness to its maximum level on his tablet,
he does the same with the sound but let's face the brightness issue now.
I'd like to have the chance to remove the brightness slider from the notification shade so that he cannot change it too easily.
On his previous tablet, unfortunately it has died, I managed to install a CyanogenMod Rom which had this option,
his new tablet is a HONOR Pad 8, I couldn't find any CyanogenMod Rom and since it's new I'd really like not to mess around with it for now.
I cannot really undestand how it is possible that such a useful and easy option is missing on stock roms,
the number of disabled people and children that could benefit from this kind of settings option is huge and they are completely neglected.
Is there any way to hide the brightness slider from the notification shade or lock its value?
Thank you in advance.
Alex
n3551 said:
Hi there, I hope this is the right place where to post this.
I'm not an expert at coding and I am struggling a lot with this issue I have.
I have an autistic child and since they have sensory issues he likes to set the brightness to its maximum level on his tablet,
he does the same with the sound but let's face the brightness issue now.
I'd like to have the chance to remove the brightness slider from the notification shade so that he cannot it change too easily.
On his previous tablet, unfortunately it has died, I managed to install a CyanogenMod Rom which had this option,
his new tablet is a HONOR Pad 8, I couldn't find any CyanogenMod Rom and since it's new I'd really like not to mess around with it for now.
I cannot really undestand how it is possible that such a useful and easy option is missing on the stock roms,
the number of disabled people and children that could benefit from this kind of settings option is huge and they are completely neglected.
Is there any way to hide the brightness slider from the notification shade or lock its value?
Thank you in advance.
Alex
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Your options may be grim.
First off - you cannot remove the brightness slider without using a custom rom.
However there might be a fix for the volume controls - which will disable the volume controls, using Button Mapper. It's on the Google Play Store, however not sure if it'll work though.
webhook said:
Your options may be grim.
First off - you cannot remove the brightness slider without using a custom rom.
However there might be a fix for the volume controls - which will disable the volume controls, using Button Mapper. It's on the Google Play Store, however not sure if it'll work though.
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Thank you for your reply.
I have found out how to change volume or brightness levels via ADB commands but I couldn't find a command to lock those values, maybe it's not possible I don't know.
I can assure you that there are lot of people who need to lock volume and brightness, disable the uninstall shortcut by long pressing apps icons, lock phone's settings via the app lock option...
All of this is missing on the stock ROMs and it's really unbelievable.
I think every parent would be willing to pay to benefit of such features.
There are many useless accessibility options available but these obvious ones are missing, I would like to know how to raise awareness about this issues with the official Android developers.
In the meanwhile I hope someone else could suggest me a workaround.
Thank you again
Alex