Hello to all,
i like to share my new app with you. It´s a Visual Task switcher in the style of Dynamo3, but it´s written in native Win32 C++.
You should map the App to an Application button. Once started, the app scans all active windows and shows the windows on the screen. After this moment it monitors the running tasks and takes screenshots. Just tap on the screen to minimize, tap on a picture to activate the app or scroll up/down with moving on the screen (if there are more app than there is space on the screen).
You can configure many things in the config tool.
It should work with every resolution....
Have fun...
Greets,
Thomas
0.97
-technology switch to DirectDraw. Better performance in scrolling and zooming.
-tap and hold to close an application
-faster reaction time, but higher memory consumption when not active (the background-bitmap is not deleted)
-Version 0.961 still available for devices where the 0.97 version won´t work.
-reduced filesize
0.961
-stability fixes
0.96
-you can select between left/right or up/down scrolling
-better initialisation of background pictures
-some improvements regarding not-existing windows
0.95
-bugfixs in VisualTaksConfig-Tool wich prevents app from starting
-fixes when switching portrait/lanscape mode (pictures will not be deleted)
-stability fixes
-you can prevent VT from scanning windows by setting ScanInterval to 0
0.945
-some stability fixes for the runtime-crashes
-graphical fixes when not using a background image
-bugfixes on deleting windows-snapshot that no longer exists
-usable in Landscape or Portrait mode
-tested on 240x320, 480x640 emulator images and on 480x800 device (G900)
0.94
-configurable space between the screenshots
-window text now at the bottom of the screenshot
-improved animations
-SIP input button is now hidden
-some bugfixes
0.93
-improved animations for activating the app and selecting the windows (try the "Intro Animation" in the config tool!)
-configurable ignore-list for windows (if you want to ignore the phone app, it could be that it has a blank behind it´s name!)
-configurable scan-time for the first app-scan
-improved stability
-bugfixes wich prevents the app from starting on some devices
0.92
-there is a scan for active windows at the first start of the app
-Gesture control. You can now scroll up/down by screen gesture if there are more windows than there is space on the screen
-names of the window are shown over the pictures
-improved stability
0.91
-New Configuration Tool with many options
-.exe file smaller
-made a .cab for installation
In the Config tool you can now configure the opacity for the background (if you use a background picture you can use 0 for opacity), the background picture, the capture intervall, the layout style, start animation or not and the animation smoothness.
Other Projects:
Customizable AVRCP agent: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=331385
Wimdows Media Player ResumePlugin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412847
Thanks but where is the attachment?
yeah .. heheheh .. where is the attachements?
Here it is..
how is it practically different to Dynamo 3 and any screens?
nuke1 said:
how is it practically different to Dynamo 3 and any screens?
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or mortbuttons task switcher...
also what the memory footprint like considering the screenshots and how often are these taken
It takes about 1.5 Megs of Memory with 8 screen-shots of 240*320 quality (for the zoom-effect), it´s about 120-150Kb per process. At the moment a screenshot are taken after 2 sec a new process is started.
Just try it....if you like it use, if not don´t use it..
Well, it is faster than Dynamo/TaskFacade.
It doesn't have auto-scaling icons (always 4x4 setup). That would be nice.
There are no animations.
The background seems to consist of 2-3 semitransparent programs all shown over each other. I find it confusing and would like to have a solid background or the background of just the application just before activating visualtasks.
The oldest application is shown in the upper left position. Newer windows fill the first line, then the next and so on. This means the newest applications position depends on the number of windows captured. This is not so great. Reverse sorting would be nice.
It captures windows and not applications.
Just like Dynamo, it can risk capturing the today screen twice. This means two icons both showing the today screen.
galmok said:
Well, it is faster than Dynamo/TaskFacade.
It doesn't have auto-scaling icons (always 4x4 setup). That would be nice.
There are no animations.
The background seems to consist of 2-3 semitransparent programs all shown over each other. I find it confusing and would like to have a solid background or the background of just the application just before activating visualtasks.
The oldest application is shown in the upper left position. Newer windows fill the first line, then the next and so on. This means the newest applications position depends on the number of windows captured. This is not so great. Reverse sorting would be nice.
It captures windows and not applications.
Just like Dynamo, it can risk capturing the today screen twice. This means two icons both showing the today screen.
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The background should consist of the last Application Window in a transparent form. On my devices it is so (Universal, G900 and the Emulator of VS2005).
Sure it captures Windows, if there is a background application it has nothing to cature..
There should be a zoom animation when activating a window?! Wich device do you use..?
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The background should consist of the last Application Window in a transparent form. On my devices it is so (Universal, G900 and the Emulator of VS2005).
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But what is shown behind the transparent window? Right now, I don't see more than one application in full size, but I did see a mess of applications when I first started the application, including some corrupted image.
Sure it captures Windows, if there is a background application it has nothing to cature..
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I am not sure I understand. Which point of mine are you replying to?
There should be a zoom animation when activating a window?! Wich device do you use..?
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I have to correct myself. I do see an animation when I select an application to switch to.
Could you maybe make the fullsize image of the application used as background be aligned with the bottom of the screen in stead of the top? This would keep the image from being misaligned. You don't capture the titlebar of the screen which means you images are not fullscreen sized.
It is very annoying to have 2 icons going to the today screen, especially because there is 1 difference. The task manager where the close button normally is, is missing on one of the today screens.
This works great but disregards the phone and TOday screen.
First crash:
include/vector line 986 if I remember correctly.
Second crash:
Debug Assertion Failed!
Program: \Programmer\VisualTasks\VisualTasks.exe
File: C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\ce\include\vector Line: 986
Expression: vector erase iterator outside range
Also, the first time VT is started after this crash, all screenshots are shown fullsize, semitransparent and overlaying each other, showing 4+ images at the same time.
Device: HTC TYTN II
Tried to use this, but the transparent backgrounds overlapping each other made it almost unviewable. I'd recommend a user-defined static background over which to put the thumbnails.
And I for one like that it is window-based rather than program-based. The latter approach makes some applications unviewable.
Oh, and I'd like it not to exclude any programs by default (e.g. phone and today screens). Leave that up to us.
this is perfect man! THANKS!
have you tried using this outside or in a high glare situation? that transparent background is a nightmare....I can't even see the icons....please give us a plain background option.
Love the speed! That's what all of the others are lacking.
On my Titan, however, it's showing screenshots of all kinds of wacky stuff, like screens during transitions, etc.
I'd also like to see the button (whatever button you've mapped to activate it) also minimize it.
Hi, looks like a great app !
unfortunately it doesn't look so great on my 240x400 omnia
very fast, no crash, i like de transparancy for the background
it's a very good work
for me,better than dynamo
thx
lastnikita said:
Hi, looks like a great app !
unfortunately it doesn't look so great on my 240x400 omnia
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Looks like that on the TYTN II as well.
can i get some screenshots on the app please???
When I make a screenshot with the SGS2 it's in .jpg, but I want them in .png for better quality of the screenshot. Any1 knows how to change this?
You can not do this with the inbuilt screenshot function of GS2. You might want to take a look at third party apps for taking screenshot. Some of them offer this function to change extension/quality of the screenshot taken.
Root it and use shootme to capture screen shot.
As far as I know, screenshots are saved in .png format in KG1 and newer. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Hi there! I have the LG Spirit 4g lte and I've rooted it with kingroot app. Do you guys here at the XDA have or know of a good screenshot app that can take a screenshot of a complete page. That means a page where you need to scroll down and down to see the content of the whole page. I just want an app that can take a screenshot of the complete page of its complete height. Don't care that the dimensions of the screenshot will be height 5 times more than width ... or sth like that. Just as long as the app can produce 1 single screenshot of a tall page. Been needing an app like that for a long time.
Thank you in advance and thanks for a great forum/platform you give us here at the XDA!
Screenshot is only what you can see on screen
but screen recoder is what you need maybe ?
Well ... ok, call it whatever you want, i think i've explained well in my post what I want it to do. I want an image file, not a video file. So ... Yeah, back to my question, do you have an app for my need or not?
Is there anyway to change this so I can go back to .png? Thanks everyone.
EDIT: Doesn't seem like there is currently a way to change this unless you rollback to Nougat. Game Tools allows you to take a screenshot and save it as a png, but using the hardware keys to take a screenshot will result in a jpg.
ok i will try to explain as precise as possible
I made Android Kotlin app for learning chemical compounds. My app has a full UI where user can add his chem compounds( and they are stored in a file "compounds.txt" in the app's folder) and also app is kinda testing user by asking some questions. When you open that file "compounds.txt", it looks something like this:
Ethanol=C2H5OH
Methanol=CH3OH
Hydrogen Peroxide=H2O2
Baking Soda=NaHCO3
etc...
So... I made all this, and it works and is ok.
What I would like now?
I would like to make a home screen widget which will be like a "random test" (or "random reminder") for a user when he is not even using my app.
Example: I add my widget on my home screen next to a clock...My widget is sitting there on home screen... and I am like... I take my phone.. I make a phone call... finish the call.. and then i see on my widget written "H2SO4"..
If I know what is a H2SO4.. then cool.. I dont do anything... i just continue my life...
But... if i cant remember what is H2SO4 i would just like to click the button on my widget (or not even a button. I can click directly TextView field) and then instead of "H2SO4" will be written "Sulfuric acid"
But... I would not like when I click button on my widget, that appears main UI of my app. Simple click on a widget should just toggle text between "H2SO4" and "Sulfuric acid"
Now... the question is... How to do this?
If i have 2 KT files MainActivity.kt and Widget.kt, and if i am able somehow with Widget.kt to load file "compounds.txt" then excellent. That would be the easiest way i think. Just load file... Split lines... and every 30 min..just change the text on widget...
But... If widget.kt can't load "compounds.txt" then what would be the next best solution for me?
I am very sorry for my long text. English is not my native language, so it is difficult for me to express myself