I've always wondered but felt it was dumb to ask becuase of obvious reasons(it doesn't't have a hardware keyboard)
Why can't hero ROMs have a rotatable home screen
Why can't hero devs just implent it
is it really that hard i myself find this the one and only thing that keeps me from staying with hero and switching back to cupcacke i mean we have leds and almost bluetooth
all that's missing is auto rotate home screen
All aspects of the homescreen would have to mapped to work in lanscape mode. Widgets. The rosie launcher. The location of the buttons on the side would have to mapped out to the side of the screen instead of the bottom (visually speaking). It would take a lot of work to make it look like a cupcake homescreen in landscape. Also the devs probably have what they consider to be more pressing issues than the homescreen rotating.
I think they would probably have to compile from source for that... rosie is closed source. So I doubt anyone is willing to spend the time on it. Who knows though, hero roms are getting faster, maybe someone will look into it.
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VS.The HTC home plugin, I feel like M2D is some sort of sick joke that has been "forced" on to us. Please for the love of god take M2D out to pasture and choke it to death. If not for our sake, than its sake. Thank you.
Good job we all have opinions and can choose what we want to use as our Homescreen
You can probably tell by my sig what Homescreen i use
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Yes, I understand, I reverted back to HTC plugin 2.x. My biggest complaint is lack of landscape mode because I use landscape mode ALOT due to my slide out keyboard and my hate for using the stylus.
when i slide my phone, it also goes from landscape to portrait.
I resigned my internet explorer button with a script that makes tytnII to landscape. Than no problem...
My rom is from Sakajati. Google and you find.
I'm no fan of M2D either. HTC Home has a lot of info right there and handy.
My screen sometimes pick up taps in the wrong area and M2D thinks I'm hitting a tab and takes me to a whole different field.... very frustrating!
I run Cyanogens stable releases pretty much as soon as they come out. It seems as though they're always going to use 5 home screens, which is fine. I'd only ever use 3, but there's no harm in having more. my problem is, I like to try new themes out sometimes, but alot of them only have 3 screens built in. Because this cuts out the 2 rightmost ones, now the screen that was to the left of my main screen is recognised as my main screen, and the screen that was to the right is just gone! Is there a way to easily shift stuff from one home screen (including the one that's now inaccessible...) to another, so I can easily shift everything when I update with one of these themes? Or do I need to rely on the theme dev to include 5 home screens in their launcher.apk?
it really depends on the theme. if 5 screens is a necisity then find out how many screens it supports. otherwise, theres nothing you can do really.
Ok, fair enough. Thanks for the simple reply.
no problemo. lol. i know ALOT of hero themes have multiple home screens...remember to SEARCH before you post. otherwise, feel free to post
Not going to spam the sapphire forum, but because i mainly live in the G1 area I would like you all to know that I have developed a whole new Home Replacement called GDE. It has transitions like a cube, configurable toolbar buttons etc etc.
A link to the G1 thread ( with all features and some movies ) so i dont have to copy all of it over and over:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4698010#post4698010
I have tested this on a G1 and a G2, but it should also run great on a Sapphire. If anyone has tried it please let me know how it works on your devices!
Downloaded to my mytouch and so far i'm liking it.
Couple of suggestions
1. For the option on the launch bar to bring up the phone, can you make it bring up the dialer and not the recent call list? kinda like the Hero
2. Now, when you press the menu button, the app tray pops up. I'd prefer if the normal menu would pop up. The one that has the option to change wallpaper, notifications, etc.
3. if there is a way, when trashing an icon, to make the whole bottom bar the trash, not just the bottom left corner.
4. the possibility to skin the launcher. (edit: i see in the original post that you said your working on this)
bugs i've noticed:
-when # of visible screens is set to 3 and default desktop is set to 1, you can not scroll all the way through. if you swipe right or left one time thats all that you can do. it doesn't allow you to swipe again to get to the home screen. edit: i forgot to mention that its when its in stretch mode and it doesn't work on any configuration (ie default desktop 1,2,etc). it works fine on cube
-when changing an option that require the restart of the launcher, it pops up the last used application such as sms or gmail.
thanks
Thanks for your input,
Downloaded to my mytouch and so far i'm liking it.
Couple of suggestions
1. For the option on the launch bar to bring up the phone, can you make it bring up the dialer and not the recent call list? kinda like the Hero
That indeed could be something to look at... i will look into it
2. Now, when you press the menu button, the app tray pops up. I'd prefer if the normal menu would pop up. The one that has the option to change wallpaper, notifications, etc.
The hard-menu button will be configurable in the near future, so you can set it to open up any menu you like i.e. settings... The control panel is going to get a lot bigger so it should allow you to do "almost" all things you were able to do in the past... and some more of course
3. if there is a way, when trashing an icon, to make the whole bottom bar the trash, not just the bottom left corner.
Well when you drag the right button will change into the trash... The left button is also context sensitive and in the future this will bring up a settings menu in which you can uninstall the app etc etc. I will give the icon the original red corner because the hit area isnt as clear this way ( its much bigger then you will think )
4. the possibility to skin the launcher. (edit: i see in the original post that you said your working on this)
bugs i've noticed:
-when # of visible screens is set to 3 and default desktop is set to 1, you can not scroll all the way through. if you swipe right or left one time thats all that you can do. it doesn't allow you to swipe again to get to the home screen. edit: i forgot to mention that its when its in stretch mode and it doesn't work on any configuration (ie default desktop 1,2,etc). it works fine on cube
The other transitions dont have endless scroll "yet"... I am working on implementing this into stretch and fade. The original transition can never support this, because of some technical reasons.
-when changing an option that require the restart of the launcher, it pops up the last used application such as sms or gmail.
thanks
I will see if i can make it so that it comes back to life again... it now forcefully kills GDE to clear out everything
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Once again thanks for your input... this is what hopefully will make it the better home replacement.. If you ever come up with ideas, notice bugs or whatever dont hesitate to contact me
One thing i forgot to ask... Can you tell me how the transition speed is on a sapphire? I havent had a chance to run it on one... for now only the G1 and the G2.
On the G2 the cube transition is really fluid... So i hope it will also be on the Sapphire as they are the same hardware/memory wise if im not mistaking.
There are two versions of the Sapphire, one with 32B and one with 32A board. All Google/Vodafone/TIM/Provider branded sapphires are the 32B versions... which has ~182MB RAM, all sapphires with a HTC logo at the front are 32A and have ~290 MB RAM...
So your statement was partly correct
Loving the looks of your launcher by the way, reminds me of LG phones though ^^.
Ok thanks for the clarification and for loving the looks of course
I must be honest... I have never had an LG phone nor seen the interface.. So if it does im a good copycat without knowing ..
it seems pretty smooth. there is a little lag intermittently but not horrible. To get a good comparison I would need to have another phone to compare it too. But so far I'm liking it.
A thing I would like to see is a dock of 4 customisable icons (like the iPhone has yes...) and a shortcut on a different place to pull up the menu The 4x4 crap stucks :/ the 3 buttons take up too much space... I want my own icons there
I downloaded ur app btw because it has so much potential
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One thing i forgot to ask... Can you tell me how the transition speed is on a sapphire? I havent had a chance to run it on one... for now only the G1 and the G2.
On the G2 the cube transition is really fluid... So i hope it will also be on the Sapphire as they are the same hardware/memory wise if im not mistaking.
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By rights if it's fluid on the G1 it should be on the Sapphire as they're so similar. I've tested tried it out on my 32B and the 'stretch' and 'fade' effects are as smooth as silk, though 'cube' is alittle clunky even with the CPU at 528.
I'll throw in an iddy-biddy suggestion/request; could we get a configurable bottom-bar in a future build? I'd love to may it a bit darker or semi-transparent. Either way, no biggy.
Overall this is a killer Home replacement, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it mature. A big thank-you to you, Rogro.
Additional: Scrolling through the applications list is really choppy in both grid and list.
Thanks for the reply.
I will look into the grid/listview on my phone the listview is smooth although the grid suffers some lag. its related to the transparancy, but i will fix it asap.
About the configurable toolbar... I am working out the whole theming support, so hopefully soon you will be able to adjust it to anything you want it to be.
Thank you Rogro82 !
i made a video ( 0.1.1 ) to show all transitions and some options.
runing on a Sapphire ( 32B versions )
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Thanks man!
Already seen the video and its looking great!
Let me know when you have a new video online. Love to see reviews!
multilang.
hey rogro, are u able to add Multilang to this app, this would be rly nice.
i will help to translate to german if u want
(and a function to custom the function of the middle-button, so the hero theme will look like a real hero (and the palm theme also) )
Ok so i've got a rooted Nexus One... had it for about a week... messin around with some roms and I like Cyanogen. But while trying out the Desire port I noticed when you use the trackball to move between home screens pretty easily. Is there anyway I could do that with Cyanogen?
Yeah I really love this in Sense roms too, but the simple answer is no.
Android 1.6 has the "AdvancedLauncher" replacement that can hide the titles on home screen shortcuts and make them essentially invisible to trackball selection. This way, there is nothing for the trackball to highlight and it just jumps whole screens. I have not seen that on 2.x yet.
HelixLauncher has the option to hide text label now but it still allows the trackball to highlight icons, and this prevents the jump from screen to screen.
So far, you can only have this feature on a Sense UI rom. Personally, I'm rocking the Desire rom!
I am on Cy 5.0.6 and I can use the trackball to navigate through all my home screen pages
Hold down on the app drawer button. Flash cards will pop up, you can use trackball from there.
Hold down on the app drawer button. Flash cards will pop up, you can use trackball from there.
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Oh dang I didn't even remember that! I'm not fully proficient with the new UI yet, I haven't had my Nexus too long. So that's another alternative.
I, however, prefer not to have any orange highlights on anything on the home screen at all. This is why I like the Sense way of doing it.
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Hold down on the app drawer button. Flash cards will pop up, you can use trackball from there.
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After doing all that I might as well just use my finger and flip normally between screens lol
I was just hoping there might be an app or something that I could just scroll left or right without worrying about going from icon1-to-icon2-to-icon3-to-icon4 THEN to the next screen and doing it all over again.
So for an upcoming April Fool's joke I want to get my N1 to look like iOS. Any suggestions as far as ROMs and themes go? Icon packs should be easy to find. I'm pretty sure I could toy around with LauncherPro to get the general look, but the key to a good April Fools is in the details. That includes the Notification bar and some of the built in apps (Dialer, email, etc.) if possible. Splash and bootanimations would help too.
MIUI would do the trick very well. Visually it's pretty much iOS copy.
MIUI rom looks like IOS, check it out in development area if nexus one.
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MIUI always struck me as more of a TouchWiz clone than iOS, but I guess with some tweaks it would work... Probably a better start than CM at least. I guess it'd be too much to try to get the trackball to work like the app button on iOS and make the other buttons do nothing...
Scratch that last post. I didn't notice they've completely moved over the widgets and everything. MIUI should work nicely (assuming I can get the Notification bar done properly). For the button trick I'm thinking of just playing with the key bindings to get that to work and using QuickDesk for the double tap functionality. Anyone know what their app button does on a long press?
On iPhone4, if I'm not mistaken, it brings up the task manager.
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On iPhone4, if I'm not mistaken, it brings up the task manager.
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I thought that was a double tap. QuickDesk has a "QuickPanel" that shows the recent apps. If I just have that with no icons on the rest of it, it'll look really similar. Close enough that even an iOS user might not notice the difference (which is the ultimate goal)
One thing I miss from my iPod is being able to tap the top bar and have it take me to the to of the page. Would that be doable?
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Surely doing this to somebody elses phone would be a prank. Doing it to your own...??
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Surely doing this to somebody elses phone would be a prank. Doing it to your own...??
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Just changing it out isn't the prank, but it is a necessary part of the gag as a whole. At this point I've got the whole thing themed, slide to unlock looks right, the wallpaper doesn't scroll, double tapping the home button acts properly, and I've got a good plan of action for the face buttons. I'm down to two problems, the first being much more important: getting the Notification Bar to look like their Status Bar, and getting the icon jiggle when the launcher goes into edit mode(I'm using MIUI). I'm thinking I might have to change out the status bar layout xml in framework-res.apk. Does anyone know if there's a better way or if this will even work?
Anyone know how to implement the Universal Search feature of iOS? True the search widget more or less replicates the functionality, but I need it to look like and behave like Universal Search (needs to become full screen, and a second press on the home button needs to return to whatever home screen you were on). ideas?
ok, I am totally stuck. It looks like the notification bar is gonna be more than just a quick xml changeout in framework-res.apk. services.jar will have to be edited too. Does anyone have any experience at all with moving icons around on the status bar?