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what is the widget really missing ? (your ideas needed !)

Hello,
After 'Pure calendar' and 'Weather forecast', I am ready to create a new widget.
But I don't have any idea of 'WHAT'.
What widget really miss you ?
Conditions :
- it should NOT exist on market.
- I should be able to sell it on the market (can't sell small widget, like memory, or pictures)
- it will be free during beta testing, paid after
- winning idea will have widget for free
Winning ideas :
+++ messaging widget (gmail + SMS + email)
+++ bookmark widget with sync with mobile browser & xmarks
Remaing ideas :
++ task widget
+ dock to put more app icons into one cell
+ dialer widget
+ photo galery with flicker integration
+ power control widget
+ stock market
Ideas not developed :
- email/SMS/MMS widget >>> problem, there is no gmail API ! >>> solution found !!!!!!!!

Some kind of system montior widget would be great. ie, something that would show: CPU frequency, CPU load, swap usage, battery level, disk usage on fat + ext...
I don't know about other people, but I normally check this stuff from the terminal, so it would be nice to have a widget.

AdrianK said:
Some kind of system montior widget would be great. ie, something that would show: CPU frequency, CPU load, swap usage, battery level, disk usage on fat + ext...
I don't know about other people, but I normally check this stuff from the terminal, so it would be nice to have a widget.
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that type of 'meter' already exist on market I think.

koxx said:
that type of 'meter' already exist on market I think.
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Oh really? There might be, but I was thinking of one with root users in mind, so we could check our ext's, CPU freq ect. Just an idea...

I think a email or text widget like the one in the hero roms

M..N said:
I think a email or text widget like the one in the hero roms
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oh yeah that would be great too.

super social net widget
I would suggest an integrated Twitter/Facebook/GTalk(Jabber)/SMS-MMS widget where you can see everything in one location (maybe tab based or mixed with a label of some sort).
If tabbed, the number of new messages could be part of the tab label or added to the notification bar.
If everything shows in same window, then touching a message could either allow the user to respond or open the appropriate app.
Could be enhanced later with LinkedIn, Plaxo, etc. based on what people want.

Hummmm ... good idea an email widget.
Does it exist only on Hero now ?

efreese said:
I would suggest an integrated Twitter/Facebook/GTalk(Jabber)/SMS-MMS widget where you can see everything in one location (maybe tab based or mixed with a label of some sort).
If tabbed, the number of new messages could be part of the tab label or added to the notification bar.
If everything shows in same window, then touching a message could either allow the user to respond or open the appropriate app.
Could be enhanced later with LinkedIn, Plaxo, etc. based on what people want.
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Main problem with this are API.
Most API have restrictions for commercial uses... so, to use thoses API, you have to create your software as 'free'... This is not my goal.

I believe it does as I can't see it anywhere else

well it's not really a widget i'm missing. but a program to auto end and auto-start other programs at specific times would be great
so one could auto-end k-9 at 23:00, have a good night's sleep and have it autostart at 7:00 to read all the new mails...

athurdent said:
well it's not really a widget i'm missing. but a program to auto end and auto-start other programs at specific times would be great
so one could auto-end k-9 at 23:00, have a good night's sleep and have it autostart at 7:00 to read all the new mails...
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I believe that this is promised for a future release of Locale

M..N said:
I think a email or text widget like the one in the hero roms
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*Self advertising*
http://www.cyrket.com/package/de.heimlich.gut

You could try and make a bookmark widget like the one in hero

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I cant really think of anything that isnt in the market. but i know of a few things that i think are in the market, but can be done better...
personally, i liked the WM 6.2 screen where you had a scrolling "widget" that you could use to place direct call shortcuts... id love to see a android version of that...
the ones out there are ok, but they arent as clean looking as the WM take on it... from what ive seen of your work, you are the person that i think could create something like what im thinking of...
the one on the hero is fine, but, i even think its a bit clunky...

M..N said:
You could try and make a bookmark widget like the one in hero
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web pages bookmarks ?
kwkard said:
I would really like to have a dialer widget. I hate the default behavior that the green call button brings up the call log instead of the dialer. In fact, I would be quite happy if the built-in dialer could be made into a widget. I imagine it would take up an entire home screen but I'm fine with that.
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I think it already exist
evolarius said:
I cant really think of anything that isnt in the market. but i know of a few things that i think are in the market, but can be done better...
personally, i liked the WM 6.2 screen where you had a scrolling "widget" that you could use to place direct call shortcuts... id love to see a android version of that...
the ones out there are ok, but they arent as clean looking as the WM take on it... from what ive seen of your work, you are the person that i think could create something like what im thinking of...
the one on the hero is fine, but, i even think its a bit clunky...
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fluent scrolling is impossible with current SDK. You have to simulate scrolling with buttons ... not very fun.

evolarius said:
the ones out there are ok, but they arent as clean looking as the WM take on it... from what ive seen of your work, you are the person that i think could create something like what im thinking of...
the one on the hero is fine, but, i even think its a bit clunky...
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No he can't. Just because there is no way on normal android launcher to have a scrolling widget.

Yes a bookmark widget

fluent scrolling is impossible with current SDK. You have to simulate scrolling with buttons ... not very fun.
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Even then, i think it can be done better...

Fancy widget?

Anybody have the apk for fancy widget?

Yes, I do. I'm not at home right now, and I'm not sure when I will be home. I'm on a short vacation and the apk file is on my desktop computer at home. I found it on the internet if you want to look for it, or you can wait until I get back home (which will be Monday morning--I think).

I tried searching for it on google, but I think all of sites were forced to take it down due to HTC's C&D.

I love the look of Fancy Widget, but I'm constantly having a problem with the time not updating. The task is not being killed since it's on my task killer's ignore list. It seems to happen at random times...sometimes while the phone is in standby, other times while in use. Is there a solution for this?

TeeJay3800 said:
I love the look of Fancy Widget, but I'm constantly having a problem with the time not updating. The task is not being killed since it's on my task killer's ignore list. It seems to happen at random times...sometimes while the phone is in standby, other times while in use. Is there a solution for this?
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I am having the Eact same problem w/ Beautiful Widget Its freezes up and then fc's. I am was just about to test Fancy and see if that was better.. Im running CM5

King0fShadows said:
I am having the Eact same problem w/ Beautiful Widget Its freezes up and then fc's. I am was just about to test Fancy and see if that was better.. Im running CM5
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It's funny you say that because BW has always worked perfectly for me, and for that reason I switched back to it. That's fine with me because I just saw a skin I really like, and I e-mailed the dev to see if he could modify it slightly. He cooperated and now BW looks very very close to the Sense look (other than the weather icon being on the right rather than centered).

This is the best HTC Sense-like clock. It looks even better than Weather Widget with h7c skin, but has this strange update issue, when I have to wait sometimes for clock to update.
BTW It shows us how Market is NOT open and without control . It's better than AppStore and we can always use *.apk, but it's sad that if some app isn't good for hTC for example, they simply delete it.

It wasn't deleted, HTC asked the developer to take it down I beleive. It was taken down by their choice from what I read, and probably a good idea. It was so similar to the HTC one, I'm sure they have rights on it

raven_raven said:
BTW It shows us how Market is NOT open and without control .
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The Market never claimed to be open or without control, its just a heck of a lot less demanding/strict than the app store... The underlying code for Android is open but anything that manufacturers or devs add to the code itself (IE: Sense UI, Motoblur etc...) along with the apps on the market, are proprietary and therefore NOT open (unless otherwise stated).

no weather info is displayed on v1.2.4

How do you check if there is no virus or malware (calling international numbers i.e.) in any of these files? Is there any other way to check this, besides blind trust?

grandmasterb66 said:
How do you check if there is no virus or malware (calling international numbers i.e.) in any of these files? Is there any other way to check this, besides blind trust?
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Should say in manifest (request privileges) if it can make phone calls -- which this app only asks for GPS & Internet access.

grandmasterb66 said:
How do you check if there is no virus or malware (calling international numbers i.e.) in any of these files? Is there any other way to check this, besides blind trust?
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Try Virustotal.
^^ Best site for scanning files for viruses, I use it all the time. Your welcome..

Can anybody confirm that this works on G1?

frankencat said:
Can anybody confirm that this works on G1?
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It's posted in the G1 forum. What makes you think it wouldn't? I personally had an issue with the time freezing constantly, but others haven't reported the same thing.

for me its working absoutely file no problem at all

Been digging online and through the forums with no luck...can somone post up the old version of Fancy Widget??
Nevermind...guess they don't allow it on here. If anyone can PM me it, that'd be awesome...

Droid Reader Tablet Edition

Hey I just released a branched version of Droid Reader specifically for Honeycomb tablets. It's still in the development phase, but I thought I'd go ahead and throw what I have out on the market so people can get to it. Let me know if you have any problems or suggestions.
You will need to relaunch the application after you authenticate the first time (or hit back on the authentication browser window).
I'm hoping to eventually merge this back in with the actual Droid Reader project, but I have to get ahold of the project owners first. If they end up releasing a tablet edition I'll probably just pull this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.doubtech.droidreader

yolan said:
Hey I just released a branched version of Droid Reader specifically for Honeycomb tablets. It's still in the development phase, but I thought I'd go ahead and throw what I have out on the market so people can get to it. Let me know if you have any problems or suggestions.
You will need to relaunch the application after you authenticate the first time.
I'm hoping to eventually merge this back in with the actual Droid Reader project, but I have to get ahold of the project owners first. If they end up releasing a tablet edition I'll probably just pull this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.doubtech.droidreader
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I really like this reader alot. Might be my new favorite.
Only thing is it gets really laggy.
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Trying it out right now, so far it looks good, does it have G Reader support or is it like Pulse where you add the RSS feeds to your local storage? I will find out for myself.
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Hate to double post, but I have some things to say about it:
When you read an article it doesn't mark it as read
Going back to list of feeds is little misleading, I would assume pressing back would go back, but you have to press that button? Weird
Widget, I know this is in beta, just a suggestion
So far it's surprisingly smooth and stable, had one crash but that's cause I had Tapatalk and Sumarai 2 open in the background. At least I think that's why. Keep up the great work, and I love this so much it got rid of Google Reader( Google didn't even make a Google Reader app for Honeycomb? What the hell?)
Thanks!
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Embed video crashes the app, just wanted to add that
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Great app, thanks !

yolan said:
Hey I just released a branched version of Droid Reader specifically for Honeycomb tablets. It's still in the development phase, but I thought I'd go ahead and throw what I have out on the market so people can get to it. Let me know if you have any problems or suggestions.
You will need to relaunch the application after you authenticate the first time.
I'm hoping to eventually merge this back in with the actual Droid Reader project, but I have to get ahold of the project owners first. If they end up releasing a tablet edition I'll probably just pull this app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.doubtech.droidreader
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Crashes intermittently... one question, if I report FC's do they go to you?

Smokexz said:
Trying it out right now, so far it looks good, does it have G Reader support or is it like Pulse where you add the RSS feeds to your local storage? I will find out for myself.
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It uses google reader.

Smokexz said:
When you read an article it doesn't mark it as read
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Yeah, that's a known bug. It works intermittently. I'm still working on that.
Smokexz said:
Going back to list of feeds is little misleading, I would assume pressing back would go back, but you have to press that button?
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Not sure I'm clear on which behavior you'd expect. So you'd rather have it go back to the channel list instead of backwards in articles?
Smokexz said:
Widget, I know this is in beta, just a suggestion
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It's on my todo list, but I'm pretty limited in my free time so we'll see if I can get to it.
Smokexz said:
Embed video crashes the app, just wanted to add that
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I actually haven't tried embedded video yet, I'll have to look into it.

cwizardtx said:
Crashes intermittently... one question, if I report FC's do they go to you?
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Yep I get the crash reports so if you get FC's please report .

When you are on the list of RSS feeds you select one and then it takes you to that feed, I would assume to go back to the list all you would have to do is tap the back button, but that does nothing just flip through the articles you have seen, I thought that the back button would take you back to the RS feed list view.
Edit: would like to see a change log on app store please?
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Smokexz said:
When you are on the list of RSS feeds you select one and then it takes you to that feed, I would assume to go back to the list all you would have to do is tap the back button, but that does nothing just flip through the articles you have seen, I thought that the back button would take you back to the RS feed list view.
Edit: would like to see a change log on app store please?
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I've fixed the problems with clicking on links in articles and I added the option to select weather or not articles go into your back history. I'll post the new release sometime tonight after I've had time to finish testing the new changes.

yolan said:
I've fixed the problems with clicking on links in articles and I added the option to select weather or not articles go into your back history. I'll post the new release sometime tonight after I've had time to finish testing the new changes.
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Yeah I have notice when I tapped on a link it wouldn't go to the browser, it would force close.
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Great app love it get the same fc when opening link into broowser ....thanks for your hard work

Just released the new version. I haven't seen it in the market yet, but it should refresh sometime soon.
Changes:
Added tabs for Latest, Tags, and Starred items.
Fixed external link bug.
Fixed some of the force close issues on account activation.
Fixed tab list background transparency bug.
Moved common action bar icons to main activity.
Added property to allow user to determine if articles are included in back history.

yolan said:
Just released the new version. I haven't seen it in the market yet, but it should refresh sometime soon.
Changes:
Added tabs for Latest, Tags, and Starred items.
Fixed external link bug.
Fixed some of the force close issues on account activation.
Fixed tab list background transparency bug.
Moved common action bar icons to main activity.
Added property to allow user to determine if articles are included in back history.
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Sweet! Thanks for the update
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yolan said:
Just released the new version. I haven't seen it in the market yet, but it should refresh sometime soon.
Changes:
Added tabs for Latest, Tags, and Starred items.
Fixed external link bug.
Fixed some of the force close issues on account activation.
Fixed tab list background transparency bug.
Moved common action bar icons to main activity.
Added property to allow user to determine if articles are included in back history.
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Thanks for fixing the links issue, will be posting any issues I have, I shall use this as my main way to get my RSS feeds so I can find some more issues.
Keep up the great work :-D
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offlline support
Hi, it works good now, but greatest addition will be to support offline cache. And not only RSS cache, but cache external link content. I want read news even when Im not connected and in RSS there are only few sentences, and I must open browser to read all and it is discomfort and with lack of internet connection (eg in train) impossible.
Thanks

[APP] Retab - Reader for tablets

I released my first app designed for honeycomb. It is a google reader client. I have just started on this one and is my first Android / Java project. Lots of new features are pending to come, together with complete google reader integration. It is mature enough for everyday use and supports all necessary basic features.
Would like to let you all know about it and get some feedback on the APP.
You can download Retab from the android market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deep.tidbit&feature=search_result
Thanks !
Deepak
PS : It is free
PS : Please rate & review on Android market when you get time.. and www.retabapp.com should be up and running soon with more themes & updates.

Heres the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deep.tidbit&feature=search_result
I will try it out later tonight,
Thanks

Thank you very much !

thanks .. downloading and trying

Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!... anyway to share articles? Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed... but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
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>>Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!...
Thank you ! Glad you like it.
>> anyway to share articles?
Yes coming soon... this is the next feature that I am working on. Any suggestions and pointers on this ? Im planning to support the usual email, twitter, facebook + google starring & sharing.
>> Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed...
Hmm sorry.. Guess I should make the external browser the default instead of the experimental in built one.
can you please post the feed address that you were trying out. Does every page give a problem ?
>> but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
Thanks.. I do plan to support it once the codebase is stable.

retabber said:
>>Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!...
Thank you ! Glad you like it.
>> anyway to share articles?
Yes coming soon... this is the next feature that I am working on. Any suggestions and pointers on this ? Im planning to support the usual email, twitter, facebook + google starring & sharing.----> please include readitlater
>> Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed...
Hmm sorry.. Guess I should make the external browser the default instead of the experimental in built one.-------> hmm works fine on most links ive tried now.maybe its just that one link so all is good
can you please post the feed address that you were trying out. Does every page give a problem ?
>> but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
Thanks.. I do plan to support it once the codebase is stable.-----> thanlyou very much
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also will a widget be added in the future?

Yes a widget is definitely in my long list of things to do

Nice start!
I've been used to Feedly for the longest time, and I hope I'm not the only person who misses the left/right swipe to go to the next article

Hmm, I can't get it to work. Just force closes on mine
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oh ! Retab requires a google account to be configured on your xoom. Support does not exist to key in username & password yet. Do you have one.. ?

Thanks, I really like this app. Do you plan to support folders inside other folders? Right now all items within all subfolders of a given folder display when that folder is opened. I'd prefer if, instead, they were grouped by and shown within their individual subfolders.
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short/y said:
Thanks, I really like this app. Do you plan to support folders inside other folders? Right now all items within all subfolders of a given folder display when that folder is opened. I'd prefer if, instead, they were grouped by and shown within their individual subfolders.
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Glad you like it.. Sorry I am not clear what you are asking for... When you click home all the top level subscription folders are shown. You can instead click on the top level tabs to choose any 1 particular folder and go to a particular feed if necessary. Also google reader only supports 1 level of grouping currently.

Love the concept and really am looking forward to seeing the full potential of this app.
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hey, just found your app.
big plus is greader sync and the 300kb it only needs...keep on rocking!

Awesome app,syncs very quickly with nice UI. My only suggestion would be to add a sync button while browsing a topic.
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Thanks for the great comments... If you like it, please review the same on Android market.. !

I like the app and it works well except some of my feeds arent in a specific folder. On other google reader apps for honeycomb these feeds do show up but they do not on yours. Anyway you can get this fixed?

Wow love the UI. Working great so far!
Only thing would be to open in external browser as built in one seems a little glitch.
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johnjohn25 said:
I like the app and it works well except some of my feeds arent in a specific folder. On other google reader apps for honeycomb these feeds do show up but they do not on yours. Anyway you can get this fixed?
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Yeah missed that.. will fix it soon

[Q] How do you EDIT an EXISTING S-Memo?

When I create a new memo and saved it, it seems that I cannot EDIT it anymore.
Is this by design or a bug? If its by design, then I think this severely limit the use of S-Memo, since that means ONLY ONE CHANGE is allowed with it.
In that case, any other Memo app that anyone can recommend that allows me to:
- Write text
- Draw diagram
- Add screenshot (mostly for maps)

Of course you can edit it. It would be a useless app otherwise. Just click the memo again after the initial opening.
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lanwarrior said:
When I create a new memo and saved it, it seems that I cannot EDIT it anymore.
Is this by design or a bug? If its by design, then I think this severely limit the use of S-Memo, since that means ONLY ONE CHANGE is allowed with it.
In that case, any other Memo app that anyone can recommend that allows me to:
- Write text
- Draw diagram
- Add screenshot (mostly for maps)
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Hey, this actually bugged me to no end as well. I only found it an issue when clicking from the widget. Simply click the memo widget, when it loads, long tap once anywhere on the memo, lift, then you'll see the draw icon/menu appear and you're good to go...
Tested on Midnote 3.2 in both tw launcher and Apex launcher. But I am a noob and hate myself, so take it with a grain of salt

Hi
During ROM update, I lost all orig pics & S-Memos which come bundled with Note,.
Is there a way to restore the orig pics etc?
If you can post a link for me to download them & instructions how to install them, it will make my SGN feeling good all over again
Pl help me
Thanks in adv

No, I already tried that... it doesn't work.