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[APP] XBMC remote modified for Gtab

EDIT: Official version on the market has been updated to support tablets.
I modified the official XBMC remote app so it scales properly on the Gtab. You now get a huge ass 10" remote control
beta 1.1:
- Fixed force close when Official XBMC Remote app not installed. You need to uninstall the old version sorry.
beta 1:
- Remote control scales to full screen in portait and landscape.
- Status bar displayed when using remote control (so you can use soft back, menu, home buttons).
- Playback controls on "Now Playing" view scales to screen width.
Todo:
- Gesture remote full screen
- Layout fixes for Library view
- Landscape view for library, now playing, etc
Credits to Team XBMC for the original app.
Disclaimer: This app will probably cause your device to explode so don't use it.

I installed this but when I try running the app I get a forced close.

I installed it, replacing the official xbmc App. It fired up and connected to our xbmc hosts. Wife walked by, saw the scaled out remote control buttons and laughed.
Cool beans and thanks.

Follow up:
I started with a clean VEGAn ROM.
Installed your XBMC remote and was getting the forced close after trying to run the app. I then installed the official app from the market and the forced close for your app went away. I then uninstalled the official app and the forced close for your app returned.
shredness: Do you have both apps installed (official plus this one)?

Yes, I installed this over the official.

I did change the app at the last minute so it wouldn't replace the official app. Must have missed something. I'll fix when I get a chance.
EDIT:
This is fixed. You need to uninstall the old version of my app first sorry.
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b3 using Tapatalk

shredness said:
I installed it, replacing the official xbmc App. It fired up and connected to our xbmc hosts. Wife walked by, saw the scaled out remote control buttons and laughed.
Cool beans and thanks.
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Haha the remote could do with a redesign for our screens. Suggestions welcome
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b3 using Tapatalk

WickedStyx said:
Haha the remote could do with a redesign for our screens. Suggestions welcome
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I'd love volume up/down/mute buttons

Awesome! Thanks for all your hard work!

bittrix said:
I'd love volume up/down/mute buttons
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You can use the physical volume up/down buttons to change XBMC's volume but I'll add on screen buttons when I'm back home after Christmas. I'm thinking about adding a gmote style touchpad since there's so much space to work with.

Used Your mod on Dell Streak
Happened to be playing around with the official XBMC Remote app and it worked, except it wasn't scaling properly. I came across your mod decided to give a go and it works at least as well as the official app. Everything is scaled a lot better. About the only issues I observed on the Streak is the movie posters does not fix that very large dvd frame and the slider to filter movies...actors...files...whatever, looks a little cramped.
Thanks guys...will be following this closely.

WickedStyx said:
I modified the official XBMC remote app so it scales properly on the Gtab. You now get a huge ass 10" remote control
beta 1.1:
- Fixed force close when Official XBMC Remote app not installed. You need to uninstall the old version sorry.
beta 1:
- Remote control scales to full screen in portait and landscape.
- Status bar displayed when using remote control (so you can use soft back, menu, home buttons).
- Playback controls on "Now Playing" view scales to screen width.
Todo:
- Gesture remote full screen
- Layout fixes for Library view
- Landscape view for library, now playing, etc
Credits to Team XBMC for the original app.
Disclaimer: This app will probably cause your device to explode so don't use it.
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Would you please look into doing this for Nook Color?

WickedStyx said:
I modified the official XBMC remote app so it scales properly on the Gtab. You now get a huge ass 10" remote control
beta 1.1:
- Fixed force close when Official XBMC Remote app not installed. You need to uninstall the old version sorry.
beta 1:
- Remote control scales to full screen in portait and landscape.
- Status bar displayed when using remote control (so you can use soft back, menu, home buttons).
- Playback controls on "Now Playing" view scales to screen width.
Todo:
- Gesture remote full screen
- Layout fixes for Library view
- Landscape view for library, now playing, etc
Credits to Team XBMC for the original app.
Disclaimer: This app will probably cause your device to explode so don't use it.
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Looks good!
Any way you could share the code so I can make it go upstream? A diff would be most appreciated. And BTW at forum.xbmc.org there is a board for the remote, so you'll probably reach more people looking for issues concerning the remote there.
Cheers,
-freezy.

freezy3k said:
Looks good!
Any way you could share the code so I can make it go upstream? A diff would be most appreciated. And BTW at forum.xbmc.org there is a board for the remote, so you'll probably reach more people looking for issues concerning the remote there.
Cheers,
-freezy.
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PM'd you the changes.

xboxexpert said:
Would you please look into doing this for Nook Color?
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Does it not install/run or is it not scaling properly on your screen?

WickedStyx said:
PM'd you the changes.
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Cheers! Will push out a new market build as soon as I got those tablet issues straightened out.

Committed in r717*. At least the remote screen. Now playing and others will be done soon.
code.google.com/p/android-xbmcremote/source/detail?r=717

WickedStyx said:
Does it not install/run or is it not scaling properly on your screen?
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Once I hit the remote screen it just closes out completely.

I still can't post any links because of the superb spam filter in here.

However once I can I'll post the link to a build. Would be great if you guys could test it and if it crashes, post a log.
Cheers!

WP7/Zune music player running on Nook Color

Followed the instructions from this link and I was able to download and install a Zune/WP7 style music player on my nook color. It's awesome!
Made my day!
http://www.stuff-review.com/2011-05/zune-and-windows-phone-7-styled-music-player-for-android/
[30 May 2011] Alpha 4 now out with widget and custom add to playlist!

Awesome thanks!

Will check this out.
Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.

NICE! Thank you much.

It'd be nice if it had an actual name and icon.

Like the article says...
I Am Marino said:
It'd be nice if it had an actual name and icon.
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"We did run into an occasional bug and forced closures but otherwise it’s quite functional, despite its alpha status".
A name and icon are in the works. Give it some time.
The app worked great...just looking forward to it's further development.
Ron

Yes I saw that, I was just stating.

sibyy said:
Followed the instructions from this link and I was able to download and install a Zune/WP7 style music player on my nook color. It's awesome!
Made my day!
http://www.stuff-review.com/2011-05/zune-and-windows-phone-7-styled-music-player-for-android/
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Here's the file I downloaded after following all the links. I guess its ok to post it.

If you're on Twitter, it's probably worth following the guy for updates. I did.

Same here, following dev on twitter.
As indicated above next alpha should include an icon.

probably not the right place, but I'll post my short blurb anyway.
like:
- clean uncluttered, only necessary information and buttons.
- fast, flipping between pages are nice.
- the typography
- how artist, album, etc is organized using alphabetical/large font is refreshing.
dislike (mostly related to smartphone to tablet screen scaling)
- I know this is for smartphone player, but when in "play mode" screen, the progress bar is only the size of small album cover. It's too small for practical use. Everything clumped together at bottom screen leaving huge empty space up top. (looks like something is wrong when there is no background image.) Maybe load a "default blank" image when there is no album image?
- bigger play/pause/next screen buttons? button size is too small for comfortable clicking for tablet. I think it's also mis-aligned. or at least the placement of buttons is spread out of context, not below the album cover in tablet screen. (maybe slice the screen into 4 quadrants, and fit all album/players controllers on bottom left corners)
- (setting is still blank. yeah I know work in progress)
- when inside "play screen", once getting out to browsing screen while playing, it's not possible to quickly get back to play screen without retracing path from song title. Also How about if I double/triple tap on the big image in play screen, It will bring me back to main browsing screen. How about scroll side to side? (play screen -- side swipe - browsing screen.)
- back button only bring me to previous screen. (so if I jump out of player, and back into play screen, if I hit back button, it will throw me out to external screen. and I have no way to get back to main browsing screen without relaunching the player.)
wish list ( I post one anyway.):
- button and font color option?
- in tablet, the super low rest/huge background image looks really blotchy for a lot of images. (for human face, it looks like somebody has bad skin disease or something. just ugly.) Can we have option, not downloading external images? force use internal default images.
- less aggressive use of wireless.
- equalizer
- widget
- playlist creation (I think it's still being build)
- a way to alter mp3 file label. (hey, not my music comes from stores. and a lot of my record label promo material has wrong labels. )
- I really liking this as a universal media file manager. How about video, ebook, "social" (as in libre.fm, last.fm, or whatever other social music), simple mp3 blog RSS.

Agreed with you bigbird.
Functionally my biggest issue is going back, especially when you are on a playlist you have to exit to get back.
An on screen back button + a way to get back to main screen quickly I think would be best.
Playlist creator
Scaling stuff could take longer to materialize but yes:
+ Bigger progress bar for Jumping/skipping song on + Bigger buttons
Why don't you send your recommendation to the developer via twitter?

I wish it did what Doubletwist does. If it's at the lockscreen, it shows the primary buttons and makes it click to unlock.

Alpha 3 just out and some of the issues above have already been dealt with. Back button from now playing screen, icon for the app, etc.
Download and what's new here: http://bit.ly/k0ZuU9
Instructions to install and screenshots here: http://www.stuff-review.com/2011-05/zune-and-windows-phone-7-styled-music-player-for-android/
Enjoy!!!

Good to see this is being worked on constantly.

how about the sound quality? Is it better than original music player?

Alexsandra said:
how about the sound quality? Is it better than original music player?
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I could be wrong but:
1. On the software side audio quality would depend primarily on the encoding quality, i.e. compression type, bps or lossless.
2. Then it would depend on your hardware, mainly the DAC chip inside your device.
3. Your earphones
I would guess on hardware (2) that the Zune since it's a dedicated MP would have a better DAC and audio line path. On the other two it should be the same.

Is anyone else getting audio dropouts on CM7 (beta nightly)
Love everything about this app, but seem to have some audio dropouts and pauses during playback.. Using the beta CM7 build with Dalingrinators OC.
PS. im using DSP to boost volume via eq settings.

norkoastal said:
Love everything about this app, but seem to have some audio dropouts and pauses during playback.. Using the beta CM7 build with Dalingrinators OC.
PS. im using DSP to boost volume via eq settings.
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I've noticed a couple of tiny pauses at the start of tracks but nothing too distracting. I'm loving the app though (the Zune interface is simply one of the best I've come across) and it complements Launcher 7 perfectly.
Sent from my NookColor using XDA Premium App

I know many of you out there have been waiting for a widget for this, myself included.
The developer has just posted this as a preview for the upcoming next release.

[ROM][22/07]- Wild Ginger – Gingerbread 2.3.4 AOSP – [DISCONTINUED]

This ROM is DISCONTINUED
I am sorry to say I don't find the time to further develop this ROM, if anyone wants to continue this ROM please do so. Just pm me and it's fine. Thanks for using this ROM and for your feedback. Maybe in the future I will begin a new ROM project. For now I am only developping a ROM Download Manager for the desktop, keep an eye on the portal .
Go check it out for screenshots and download :
http://h4oxer.wordpress.com/category/wild-ginger/

i`ll give a chance this evening ... looks nice

I have been using this ROM for the last hour or so. I did a backup, clean wipe and fresh flash. I have let the new ROM settle and have done a manual reeboot also.
I am a humble end-user and not a dev but thought that I would give a breakdown of some of my first impressions and observations.
I like the boot annimation alot, I also like the lock screen. Both look clean.
I like the orange font used in the status bar and the pull down menu although the "Wild Ginger" wording in the drop down menu is very blury and looks ugly.
The window transistions are smooth as you like but don't feel snappy quick.
I think the new honeycomb launcher is a nice touch but doesn't seem as intuative as the regular launchers such as ADW; maybe it's because I'm not used to honeycomb yet.
My main gripe about the Honeycomb launcher is that it force closes ALL the time. I have been trying to remove the Google search bar widget that is pre-loaded on screen after first boot and it is impossible (and the widgets aren't even locked to desktop). Also I can't ADD any additional widgets - you can select a widget to add but nothing happens!
From the main screen, waiting for the menu to appear takes about 5seconds which is an age. The "Personalise Honeycomb" menu doesn't fit the whole screen and you can see thick band of the desktop down the right of the screen which is ugly.Once in the preferences menu it isn't at all clear what you are meant to do... You can see the "Apply Settings" button but it took me tapping about the rest of the screen to finally make the actual preferance choices appear.
I have tested inbound and outbound calls and wifi both work as standard. The music player has nice interface, camera works and stock browser is fine. I don't like the dark blue highlight that appears when you press on an app icon it looks clumsy.
The numbers 1,2 and 3 are almost cut in half in the dialer and the green phone "call" icon doesn't seem to fit in it's area neatly.
I like H4oxer's work on this ROM and I hope it continues to get better but with these quite apparent bugs I will respectfully wait for an update before I continue to use this ROM.
Good Work tho!

so ...
good review above .... absolutelly uselless to say more ... 100% same opinions as you EDD ! keep going h4oxer !!!

Thanks guys I really appreciate your feedback ! Will work on it!

h4oxer said:
My Gingerbread AOSP ROM is finally ready , had a lot of exams and vacation and stuff.
Go check it out for screenshots and download :
http://h4oxer.wordpress.com/category/wild-ginger/
Enjoy and let me now what you guys think.
Cheers,
H4oxer
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Very cool. Did you manage to get video recording working?

xdbg said:
Very cool. Did you manage to get video recording working?
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from his blog - "Used the froyo libcamera.so library to use the camera app, capturing video still gives force closes."
I guess not

No it doesn't work..still looking into that...has something to do with gpu that we don't have!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App Premium

tried to flash but no luck stuck at splash screen,did wipe,factory reset,dalvik...how long was first boot for you guys?

You'll have to wait 5-10 minutes... leave it for 10 minutes on first boot..

why I cant see any progres in progres bar in recovery,says instaling update ...
(now no progres of writing files) and afther just 10-15 sec instal complete,is this normal? usualy can see progres and takes a bit longer

Yes it's normal, I didn't payed attention at the progressbar while writing the updater file , but it works don't worry. It installs fast because it had not much apps on board. Just the essential.

10min past stil on my splash screen.no boot animatio yet

luxandroid said:
10min past stil on my splash screen.no boot animatio yet
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Wierd. This ROM is working fine for me. Did you wipe /data and /cache?

yes did everything...dont know simple not booting,stucked on splash screen not even bootanimation

OK....first impressions are good. Startup in less than 4 minutes. Looking good. Everything is working out of the box, no force closing or similar problems. Nice themes, Market app is interesting
LCD density set to 115 and dialpad and everything else looks good
need to be done
- icons in status bar - phone signal at least
- trackpad wakeup
- sound on lock/unlock
- 6x5 icons is too much... 4x5 would be better in my opinion
- Home screen - same as above
- when LCD density changed no way to add widgets or apps to home screen
all in all very good rom, but need a little bit of fixing
cheeers

rikee said:
OK....first impressions are good. Startup in less than 4 minutes. Looking good. Everything is working out of the box, no force closing or similar problems. Nice themes, Market app is interesting
LCD density set to 115 and dialpad and everything else looks good
need to be done
- icons in status bar - phone signal at least
- trackpad wakeup
- sound on lock/unlock
- 6x5 icons is too much... 4x5 would be better in my opinion
- Home screen - same as above
- when LCD density changed no way to add widgets or apps to home screen
all in all very good rom, but need a little bit of fixing
cheeers
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Totally agree with u.
I hope that in next version it will have trackpad & volumes wakeup to ... protect our Wildfires' poor Power Buttons

Nobody is interested in this rom?

thuanngotau said:
Nobody is interested in this rom?
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Yes... I am very interested. I tryed it and found a few big bugs. I'm waiting for an updated version and I will use it again!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA Premium App

Me too ! I'm looking forward for more changes
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

[2.1+] Screenshot ER works where nothing else does ★ $1 SALE THIS WEEKEND ★

[2.1+] Screenshot ER works where nothing else does ★ $1 SALE THIS WEEKEND ★
MOD EDIT: links removed
SCREENSHOT ER
Screenshot ER is a free screen capture app for all rooted devices, proven to work where nothing else does. Easy to use and with lots of settings for capture maniacs too!
This app is a pure screen capture utility and nothing more. You get all the possible capture methods:
★ Long press on search button
★ Shortcut
★ Delay
★ Device shake
★ Visible or invisible notification icons
The root daemon is complemented by a powerful suite of options designed to increase ease of use and compatibility across a wide range of devices:
★ Interactive thumbnail preview
★ Rotate and flip images
★ Manage service with widget
★ Customize file names
★ Dynamic image override
★ Disable service when screen is off
And of course, all the usual options are there - image type, countdown timers, share menu integration, and an editable storage folder.
DEMO VERSION is watermarked.
ROOT ACCESS is mandatory. Look at the following if you don't know what that means: http://goo.gl/bs8Zx
LOG PERMISSIONS are for feedback - you don't have to send logs if you don't want to, and if you do no private information is sent.
Market link:
Screens: http://imgbox.com/g/Kt1z8KspTM

Just wanted to say I love this prog its one of the best screenshot programs i've used thus far
Sent from my HTC HD2 jedi mind tricks

Well, the Lite version is FREE, and i just cant get over how few people rate it! Ticks me off no end.

Thanks a million for this, Market comment left!

Enjoy! And leave comments if you do!

I get this warning from the screen shots:
imageban.net contains content from chelreklama.com, a site known to distribute malware.

Imageban is fine... its just your security being annoying. Use the market if you want to see screenshots:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.screen.demo&feature=search_result
Or better yet just try the app. Its free.

very good app! I was looking for something like that! THX !!

Thanks, and enjoy!

Nice app.
Feature request: a widget to toggle shoot mode on/off with a single tap. That would save us all those trips to the overcrowded settings menu.
With a widget for quick toggling of the shoot mode this app could replace ShootMe on my phone.

Ok - the widget is coming by tonight!

Edit: moved my post to the thread about the free version.

Right, got it! See i added a toggle widget like a day after you suggested it

Cool!
Let me guess... you already planned to add the widget before I asked for it

Not at all - it was a 0 day thing, which is why its so ugly right now

Too bad we can't hide widgets in folders. Then it doesn't matter how they look.
Any idea why shooting by shaking only works in my homescreens but not in my app windows?
Motorola Defy/Froyo/original Motoblur ROM/GO Launcher EX. Doesn't it work because of my phone or is there something strange going on in the app itself?

None at all - but if you send logs using the appropriate functions i might start on the path to enlightenment!

This is the best of the lot, no doubt!

Esnyper said:
Great app. I want it free!
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Its already free.

A nice app for tablets!

[Q] SCHIZOID 2.00 All-in-One tablet UI ?

Hi,
I installed the latest build SCHIZOID 2.00 All-in-One.
Cant find the force tablet UI in settings under general UI.
Does this build come with tablet UI by default ?
I was using AOKP builds earlier jus installed this build.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
Sunny

sunny5055 said:
Hi,
I installed the latest build SCHIZOID 2.00 All-in-One.
Cant find the force tablet UI in settings under general UI.
Does this build come with tablet UI by default ?
I was using AOKP builds earlier jus installed this build.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
Sunny
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Set tabletui in Settings->Hybrid Properties, Launcher or Interface. Apply, no reboot necessary.

Thanks
shumash said:
Set tabletui in Settings->Hybrid Properties, Launcher or Interface. Apply, no reboot necessary.
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Thanks. Did apply from there.
However i see hybrid mode is on in phone ui, phablet ui as well by default. Will affect anything ?
I have applied tablet UI but nothing has changed. I have only 4x7 icon layout. I think tablet should have more rows or is it how it works in this build ?

sunny5055 said:
Thanks. Did apply from there.
However i see hybrid mode is on in phone ui, phablet ui as well by default. Will affect anything ?
I have applied tablet UI but nothing has changed. I have only 4x7 icon layout. I think tablet should have more rows or is it how it works in this build ?
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You set the number of columns with launcher settings. Mess around with the PA interface setting. You can get some interesting effects with that.

Audio
Do you have any problems with audio with the screen off ? I get a honk sound and music stops.... I juss wanted to kno if other people have tha same problem...

Thanks
shumash said:
You set the number of columns with launcher settings. Mess around with the PA interface setting. You can get some interesting effects with that.
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Will try it out from the settings and see. Thanks

icy_gt said:
Do you have any problems with audio with the screen off ? I get a honk sound and music stops.... I juss wanted to kno if other people have tha same problem...
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Its ok wen i tried to play a song. I havent played it around much as of now.
You mean after locking the screen ? I am familiar with this kind of problem with other builds. Once the display goes off while playing or when you lock it the sound is weird. Havent tested this one in particular. We can test it and report it shumash. He has done a great job with this build.
Will test a bit and update you tonight.
But I have seen the battery drain during sleep is very impressive. Its very very less compared to other roms.

sunny5055 said:
Its ok wen i tried to play a song. I havent played it around much as of now.
You mean after locking the screen ? I am familiar with this kind of problem with other builds. Once the display goes off while playing or when you lock it the sound is weird. Havent tested this one in particular. We can test it and report it shumash. He has done a great job with this build.
Will test a bit and update you tonight.
But I have seen the battery drain during sleep is very impressive. Its very very less compared to other roms.
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Its not a distorted sound like in the old builds.. But yes its when you lock the screen while playing music , it makes a beeping sound then tha music stops...

songs dont play when locked
icy_gt said:
Its not a distorted sound like in the old builds.. But yes its when you lock the screen while playing music , it makes a beeping sound then tha music stops...
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I tried playing songs and it was OK.
However when I lock the screen while playing it stops playing within 30secs after a beep that's it.
Not sure how we can fix it.

sunny5055 said:
I tried playing songs and it was OK.
However when I lock the screen while playing it stops playing within 30secs after a beep that's it.
Not sure how we can fix it.
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Yea we might have to wait on shumash... Its probably because of his kernel but i wouldnt know.

shumash said:
You set the number of columns with launcher settings. Mess around with the PA interface setting. You can get some interesting effects with that.
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Shumash,
I have enabled tablet ui... The UI is now great ..
but still some apps show mobile interface
For ex even the latest play store app shows mobile ui.
Any way i could tweak it to show tablet ui ?

sunny5055 said:
Shumash,
I have enabled tablet ui... The UI is now great ..
but still some apps show mobile interface
For ex even the latest play store app shows mobile ui.
Any way i could tweak it to show tablet ui ?
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Set app ui's individually in Hybrid Properties.

shumash said:
Set app ui's individually in Hybrid Properties.
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Awesome Thanks