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dxTop Widget Development

Wanted to start a thread here about dxTop widgets. I want more of them! Memory Management is awesome, now we just need a few more!
This is basically a plea to the Developers here to make a few.
Weather
Calender
Frequent callers
RSS
Digital Clock
New Analog Clock (If you make themes, maybe just extract your clock, and make them avalible as dxTop Widgets, as dxTop overwrites the clock styles )
There are more, a better starting list is at the dxTop Forums however

Perhaps a XBL Widget showing peoples status. Or maybe even a mini buddy list from some of the IM clients.

I'm thinking about adding a widget view to the open source Wifi Tether app so that you can just click on a button on your screen... If the author doesn't beat me to it.

I would like a RSS feed widget and weather widget. Maybe a system status widget(storage, temp, memory, and cpu speed)

Perhaps the tether widget could show who is also connected.

I am all about the different style clocks. Thats a great idea.

Gimpeh said:
Perhaps the tether widget could show who is also connected.
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Yeah, but the thing is, I'm probably not going to actually code it because I dont have the time; I'm just going to make a view for it... eventually... =D
speoples20 said:
[blah blah =P] ...Maybe a system status widget(storage, temp, memory, and cpu speed)
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Wouldn't that end up being a widget that's about the size of an entire screen?

amgupt01 said:
Yeah, but the thing is, I'm probably not going to actually code it because I dont have the time; I'm just going to make a view for it... eventually... =D
Wouldn't that end up being a widget that's about the size of an entire screen?
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Or you just touch a widget the same size as the Mem monitor, and it changes between them/expands like a folder opening for more detailed view, or a combo of both, tap to change the quick view, hold for a detailed overview.
Mind you, I am not code savvy, so I have no clue if it'd work...but the widgets in windows can do similar things, so some intelligent Developer might take a swing at it =)

three words... upcoming calendar appointments

I think once there is a more complete "how-to", I think more will become available.
I cant wait though!

i always wanted some widget like this
i thought it would be a great
addition to the home screen
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My current dream widget.. do you hear me twidroid developer?

amgupt01 said:
Yeah, but the thing is, I'm probably not going to actually code it because I dont have the time; I'm just going to make a view for it... eventually... =D
Wouldn't that end up being a widget that's about the size of an entire screen?
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could be a good use for that extra screen , lol
or make it one whole screen or in parts that way you can disperse them among your 4 screens

Weather Widgets for Android 1.5 (cupcake) by Jeffrey Sharkey

Hey everyone, if you are running build 1.5 (Haykuro, Dudes, ADP) of android, jsharkey has created a working weather widget. I have it on my phone and it works pretty well.
Read about it more here:
http://www.jsharkey.org/blog/
Or grab the apk from here:
http://www.jsharkey.org/downloads/Sky-101.apk
Screenshots:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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looks outstanding, loading it up now
btw, do you have a twitter account, i found thats the best way to keep up with the updates for android apps.
thanks!!

Is there a way to make an options screen for this or something? It's exactly what I've been looking for, however, my widget is showing 'red flag warning' because there's a fire risk today(even though it's going to downpour any minute).
I don't care much for this function in general, so it has nothing to do with your programming specifically, but is there a way to turn this off? I hate not being able to see just the temp outside without having to press the widget first...

The source code is there. Can someone made it work outside US?

Looking at the source, I think it'd be easier to use the app as a framework for an international version rather than modify the existing code. The reason being is it was designed an api from a US weather service.
You never know though.

Hello,
Great widget! I'm trying to recode this widget to use Google Weather API.
I just have one small problem, how to uninstall this widget? I try through the application manager, adb ...

Nice! Let's get it out there for Open Home so it can be used there too!
Monterey Bay? You from around there? I lived in Monterey/Seaside/Marina, Ca for a while.

Erinec said:
Hello,
Great widget! I'm trying to recode this widget to use Google Weather API.
I just have one small problem, how to uninstall this widget? I try through the application manager, adb ...
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install appmanager to access ALL installed programs....

This is awesome. Any battery effect, really?

I liked it but removed it due to not updating weather enough... was off by quite a bit

Missing a lot of icons but otherwise a good start for a widget.

If you didn't see, I made a modified version for internationnal (with added features).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=511351

well so far i like the way the widget looks.... but i also have weatherbug so i get the temp. on the notification bar.. so i'm wondering which is better

bboy_201 said:
well so far i like the way the widget looks.... but i also have weatherbug so i get the temp. on the notification bar.. so i'm wondering which is better
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I would like the option to choose where we get the weather info from. I have weatherbug also, which gives me the current weather & the widget which gives me the lows & highs of the day. The lows & highs don't always match weatherbug.

c-tang said:
I liked it but removed it due to not updating weather enough... was off by quite a bit
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How did you remove it? I tried using Appmanager and it doesn't even show it.

Touch Flo 3D Clock??

Is there anything similar to this out there as far as widgets go? Im currently using the retro clock but its black and a bit small. I was wondering if anyone knew of one out there.

Go to the market place and type in 'beautiful widgets' it costs €0.99 but you'll get the exact same hero flip clock with the weather icon.

Wow that is exactly what im looking for. Thank you very much

This is well worth the money! great app!

No worries kids, glad to help.

When I search "beautiful widgets" in the Market, nothing found. why is that?

I have bought it and I m a bit disappointed... It doesn't look exactly the same as TouchFlo widget. Different colour (sun is a bit drab), different font size which makes a difference.
So it really looks close to the original widget but not 100% as I've read on different forums...

sunboa said:
When I search "beautiful widgets" in the Market, nothing found. why is that?
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You need access to paid apps. If your carrier does not allow paid apps than you must root and use market enabler.
Clinton

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Weather widget - Donate.
Looks really like the hero widget
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.androidapps.widget.weather2
i'm triying to get one without wheater info, just only the htc flip clock

Carlosrh said:
Weather widget - Donate.
Looks really like the hero widget
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.androidapps.widget.weather2
i'm triying to get one without wheater info, just only the htc flip clock
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very good app - and skinnable too!

Just snagged the donate version and the forcast addon and all I can say is wow, fantastic app and well worth the $1.49. My iPhone never did that!

I got weather widget by donate
- PRO: Looks amazing, I love the look
- CON: my time does not always update. i have to refresh manually sometimes for it to update. any of you find out the reason for this?

mine always updates by itself.. only trouble i had was when i accidentally killed it using taskiller, then it wouldn't update and i had to take the widget off and put it back on.. so make sure that if you have any task killer application that it isn't closing it or preventing it from running?
only thing i can think of.. hope this helps

i thought i might have been that. i do close weather widget via task killer because i don't want anything running but open home, but sometimes it updates even if i close it which is a good thing. if i leave weather widgets on though it always updates but it is open and taking up resources. i like having as few apps open as possible. thanks for the response.

also at my phone: clock doesnt update frequently.... it's 5:12 but clock shows 5:01 ...

Found a New Launcher

Have any of you guys used this NetFront Life launcher. I just downloaded it and it is pretty cool. You just have to figure out how to move the apps off the ring and place them. I got it figured out. If you need help.
The exact name from the market is NetFront Life Screen

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Have any of you guys used this NetFront Life launcher. I just downloaded it and it is pretty cool. You just have to figure out how to move the apps off the ring and place them. I got it figured out. If you need help.
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No launcher shows in the market. Please post a link to see what the launcher is. Or take screen shots.

Sorry I am considered new and i can't post links in the forum. I will get the exact name. I am in the middle of a flash right now.

Ok the OP is edited with the name
NetFront Life Screen.
Google it for pictures.

I actually did see this a while back, but I constantly kept getting "app not found" errors. I even found it on app brain and using the QR code still didn't work. Found other apps by net life and looked at the developer page for more apps, and it didn't show up there either. I just searched again though and indeed, there it is. So if you can't find it, it's likely because of your market fingerprint.
I'm currently running Cognition 3.04 with the Market 2.3.2 (recently updated woo) and I can install it.

I downloaded this launcher and gave it a test run. All I can say is that it is not ready to be used daily as my default launcher. It's a cool concept, but can lag at times, and is a bit annoying when trying to cycle through apps in a hurry.

Its definitely an interesting concept but needs more options to customize it. For example, the space for the widget is a pre-set size....and you can't change the icons. Noticed it used around 45mb too

chrisz5z said:
Its definitely an interesting concept but needs more options to customize it. For example, the space for the widget is a pre-set size....and you can't change the icons. Noticed it used around 45mb too
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you can definitely change the icons:
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just grab the top half or so and scroll to the left page and there's a cube for apps. the only time I see this thing really lag is when going from the right page to the left page.

Just now tried. really looks good. But donno how to go to menu

I used to have this launcher, but I got rid of it because it became slow and it forced closed all the time.

Def a cool launcher, but I can't see myself using this as my default launcher. Maybe after some updates this thing will really take off

its a nice concepts but eats a lot of memory...lags a lot....

I like the UI but need more update for lag issue.

[THEME] Pure Calendar Widget

I modified a couple of skins with some nicer (in my opinion at least) icons.
You can apply them from within the widget settings under the name:
-tacchan23_XXXXmod (from left to right: ECLAIR, ICS, PURE)
both for Agenda and Grid widgets. (sometime not all the skins are visible at first, in case click on "update list")
You can also select the transparency level when you apply a new skin, so it's possible to make the ECLAIR team transparent too.
All credits go to the original images creators, I just modified them a bit and put all together.
Here some previews:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Nice skins for Pure calendar.I'm glad to see that the man who made my WiMo phone look stunning is still having his touch.

Edvin73 said:
Nice skins for Pure calendar.I'm glad to see that the man who made my WiMo phone look stunning is still having his touch.
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Thanks
If I had more free time I'd try to do some stuff for Android too, but really difficult to learn the basics again from scratch with very limited time...

i tried uploading your skins from the pure calendar widget but when it loads its a different color and design, it seems to be loading the default skin instead of yours. any idea how i could correct this?

Thanks a lot bro. Looking for some great pure calender themes and happened to find yours :good:

rab1412000 said:
i tried uploading your skins from the pure calendar widget but when it loads its a different color and design, it seems to be loading the default skin instead of yours. any idea how i could correct this?
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Anyone else having this problem?
You had already the original skins installed? or you just downloaded mine but still show the original skins?

tacchan23 said:
Anyone else having this problem?
You had already the original skins installed? or you just downloaded mine but still show the original skins?
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It comes out as the default pure skin which is already installed. However if i install and select the other skins like ics, it installs perfect.
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away

rab1412000 said:
It comes out as the default pure skin which is already installed. However if i install and select the other skins like ics, it installs perfect.
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
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Maybe you could try to clean the App Cache?
Otherwise you can try to uninstall the skins from the calendar widget app.
Then with a root explorer go to /sdcard/.org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar/skins_v2/backgrounds and delete any folders named "tacchan23xxxx".
Then on the widget app, press the update list button and finally download and install again.
Let me know if it works...

I tried clearing cache and data. Didn't work, so I just uninstalled it, and it's all good now
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away

I fixed the icon position in case someone still interested.