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OpenSense SDK

wow! htc is releasing a full SDK devoted to sense. check it out here http://www.htcdev.com/dev-center/ this will help devs here on xda TONS so i thought id share.

Cool beans!

Boss
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That's awesome! Maybe we can port some HTC apps to AOSP, like their camera

Good to know that they're removing their heads from their asses.

This is actually huge. The ability to pull from sense will open so many doors.
I can see a beautiful cyanasense coming and that really tickles my pickles

From what I read on the Engadget article about this, it sounds like it's geared towards app development to compliment/integrate with the Sense environment. The developers will get access to the APIs and whatnot, but I don't think they're open sourcing Sense as a whole, but I may have missed something in my skimming.
Edit: Yup, I was right. Here's the article if anybody wants more details. http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/03/htc-announces-opensense-sdk-and-htcdev-offers-paradise-inside-i/
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I saw this yesterday and was really excited, then I realized the same thing that you do. Either way its still good that theyre opening it to the community.

That's a bummer

It seems like they just want developers making apps that tie exclusively into the Sense environment. Not a great idea in my opinion. If only Sense didn't drag the phone to a crawl, I'd like it a lot more!

Why on earth would a developer want to limit their creations to those on sense based phones?
Am I missing something here?
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Div033 said:
Why on earth would a developer want to limit their creations to those on sense based phones?
Am I missing something here?
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I think it's to integrate apps directly into the Sense environment. For people who like Sense a lot (3.0 is real awesome, just saying), its a good move.
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RegnierD said:
I think it's to integrate apps directly into the Sense environment. For people who like Sense a lot (3.0 is real awesome, just saying), its a good move.
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And there's most definitely going to be new apis for enhancing/optimizing apps for senseui.

Bummer. I should have known when they said SDK it was only for app development.

It stinks they're keeping Sense locked down, but I still think this is cool. If the corresponding just onto e bandwagon they could just have it somehow check for Sense, and if so adjust itself to enable extra functionality. Sounds cool to me... might even pull me back towards sense.
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Blackberry overhaul

Hi all. I would like to know if it is possible to have a blackberry style on my OB. Like launchers, etc... I search in internet but the only thing I manage to find is ADW launcher + its Blackberry theme.
Thanks. ^^
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Sobralobo said:
Hi all. I would like to know if it is possible to have a blackberry style on my OB. Like launchers, etc... I search in internet but the only thing I manage to find is ADW launcher + its Blackberry theme.
Thanks. ^^
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LOL buy an Android to have Blackberry UI. Craziest thing I heard this month
Blackberry system isn't a loved system/UI, so I don't really think there is much more than the ADW theme. A BB launcher, sure nobody made it. But you can start getting the icons (if you can find them in good resolution :S ) and start with an icon pack.
Also you can mod the status bar to look like BB.
LOL sobralobo! I just realized this is you when I looked up to read again the post! What are you doing?! Hahaha
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Ahah antonio, it's just because I love changing the style of my phone. Sometimes I want android UI, then Iphone UI, WP7 UI and know I would like the blackberry one. I like it too. Too bad that there is nothing more than ADW.
Well now I had to stop trying some development and modding because I'll have exams next week and you ?
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+1 why would you want your android to look like a blackberry? Into the same vein Antonio, didn't you make the wp7 theme? Why would anyone want their black to look like a windoze phone?
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dharmabm said:
+1 why would you want your android to look like a blackberry? Into the same vein Antonio, didn't you make the wp7 theme? Why would anyone want their black to look like a windoze phone?
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Hahaha you didn't get me! I wasn't saying "why would you want Android look like *** not Android?", but specifically Blackberry, which isn't precisally famous for its beauty nor its performance (okay, Blackberries have a keyboard and are useful for businessman blabla).
WP7 and its Metro style have been recognized as pretty, and I'm not the only crazy who said "oh, it's nice", so I'm not alone
I'm not of those who are Android 100% defenders and it must look like Android. You all know that. I was just messing with Blackberry (which I hate), making my point and also messing with Sobralobo a little bit

Fair enough, and I'm always looking for themes, but ones that DON'T look like anything else. And as much as you may hate blackberry, I DESPISE everything Microsoft, so from the moment I saw your theme I couldn't understand why anyone would want to make an android look like Microsoft (though I must admit it looks pretty cool) I feel the same about iPhones, if you want your LG or Samsung to look like an iPhone, just spend the extra $200 and buy one!
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Ahah it's just that I love change themes. X) And that its like I have many phones ahahah.
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What, bb theme???
I once searched for my friend's phone theme and same, adw & go launcher theme i got.
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Fair enough, and I'm always looking for themes, but ones that DON'T look like anything else. And as much as you may hate blackberry, I DESPISE everything Microsoft, so from the moment I saw your theme I couldn't understand why anyone would want to make an android look like Microsoft (though I must admit it looks pretty cool) I feel the same about iPhones, if you want your LG or Samsung to look like an iPhone, just spend the extra $200 and buy one!
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and then at the times you DO want it to look like android you cant do **** cause neither iphone nor wp7 are customizable...

Just found this ; https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.BBERRY

I mentioned it before... just a go launcher theme. Not a complete theme.
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timvdhoorn said:
Just found this ; https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.BBERRY
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Look very good.

Galaxy S III touchwiz on Galaxy note?

I wonder if it's possible to rip the software from the S III and port it to the galaxy note. Do you guys think it's possible to see roms running this? On HTC phones it happens but I haven't seen that ever happen with a samsung phone. Any thoughts?

I doubt it would be a direct port, however I'm sure some functionality can be ported via apks
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and touchwiz is utter crap - no matter what version ...

damador said:
and touchwiz is utter crap - no matter what version ...
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It's not crap... I actually happen to like touchwiz better than stock ICS launcher. It's just cleaner and I can put more content on my screen.

Joe momma said:
It's not crap... I actually happen to like touchwiz better than stock ICS launcher. It's just cleaner and I can put more content on my screen.
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+1

I wouldn't really care about about anything on TW5 except improved voice recognition. The current software is horrible.

guitarplayerone said:
I wouldn't really care about about anything on TW5 except improved voice recognition. The current software is horrible.
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I couldn't disagree with your more

I like the water ripple effect when unlocking the phone
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Nayfuslis said:
I like the water ripple effect when unlocking the phone
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I would like to see the whole launcher and apps ported not just the ripple effect lol. Man I really hope someone knows how to go about this.

I like tw4 more than tw5......
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I think the tw launcher is balls but all the other touchwiz stuff is class, I'm just gutted we lost the screen brightness in statusbar! We need that back!

I don't know why people hate the new touchwiz so much. It looks great, and it is the SMOOTHEST launcher I have ever seen. Just look at a video of the S III. There isn't a single stutter. And I love the 3D animations it does when you switch between pages. I also like the shadows that icons have now with the new touchwiz.

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Just look at a video of the S III. There isn't a single stutter.
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And is this down to the launcher......?
No its the quad core processor!
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GR36 said:
And is this down to the launcher......?
No its the quad core processor!
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It also has to do with the launcher. It's optimized to use all of the hardware it can

bump

No offense guys, if you want to have yet ANOTHER war on favorite launchers, which btw is extremely pointless as every person has their preferences on launchers (apex this, nova that, go launcher ftw, apex rules, etc. etc....), then take it to another thread. The OP here is reaching out to Devs and other members of the XDA community about the possibility of adding some touchwiz 5 features to our beloved Note, or even porting it over completely ( which doesn't sound plausible ). I for one would love the new voice recognition and the lock screen effect is pretty slick, so +1 to those features .

[HOW-TO][GUIDE]Make Android a Gesture controlled OS.

Gesture Controlled operations for Android​
I've been tired of everyone saying that Android is stale and it needs something like Ubuntu or BB10 Gesture control in next version, I do agree upto some extent but then, we already have an app that can do anything and everything for us. So I thought of making a tutorial, let's get started.
You'll need this app GMD GestureControl ★ root, best ~$6 I ever spent ($5.56 to be precise )
So all you need is that app, I've thought of making a long post describing how to use it but then I thought of sticking to a video. Here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPlJuOyZoQg
THIS VIDEO IS NOT MADE ON N4 THAT'S WHY IT LAGS! xD
The Other two apps are : -
Swipe pad
Glovebox
Glovebox looks a bit ugly and big because I recorded this video on a WVGA device, It should look alright on Nexus 4's 720p. I'm yet to receieve mine so had to make this video on my S2.
As you can see I did many mistakes, but there's huge potential in that app, checkout the video the developer posted. So this makes Android gestures waaayyy more customizable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U1jtGbe9jA
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Very cool! I had no idea that these apps existed. Thank you.

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Very cool! I had no idea that these apps existed. Thank you.
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It's super responsive, no lag in gestures, feels like gestures are part of the OS I can't even live without it. So thought of sharing.

Using this since it's thread on xda.
It's amazing when you also hide the navbar, it's like a no-button device..
I love it.
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Good stuff here! This video from Pocketbook's Taylor Martin hits the mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvraNCHUpuE
Also check out this article on Lifehacker about Nova Launcher:
http://lifehacker.com/5983786/double-the-number-of-shortcuts-on-your-home-screen-with-swipe-actions
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thanks for the guide, iam a gesture lover i will try that.

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Good stuff here! This video from Pocketbook's Taylor Martin hits the mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvraNCHUpuE
Also check out this article on Lifehacker about Nova Launcher:
http://lifehacker.com/5983786/double-the-number-of-shortcuts-on-your-home-screen-with-swipe-actions
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Ah I've seen those. And I use a bunch of swipe actions on apex already. It makes usage so much faster and easier. There are many alternatives. LMT launcher is good for quick multi tasking too.
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Thanks for Guide
thanks

[Q] Anyone using Themer?

I just saw this newly developed app, Themer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer&hl=en
Is anyone using it? How does it work? I guess the easiest solution is just to install it. But the waiting list is so long. I want to know if this app can install a homescreen theme without purchasing the apps that the original designers used. Thanks.

Looks like you can do the same stuff with exposed framework
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yeah. I am using it. waiting for more themes. I check it every couple of days to see if I like any of them.

I'm not 100% sure what will happen if you get a theme that used widgets you don't have. The themes that come preinstalled use Themer widgets that come with the launcher so they work out of the box on any phone. One of the widgets is very powerful like uccw.
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Well, the waiting period was shortened. With this code "MSTRCD" I was able to use Themer...after five minutes, I decided to uninstall it for such reasons as: 1, not really customizable after I applied a theme. For instance, I cannot resize a widget. 2, There is no simple way to switch a default app if I change my mind later.
Themer indeed can do multiple homescreens. But again, it is hard to Create anything new.
So far, the major downside of Buzz is it consumes more rams than Themer.
If you are interested in using it now, I got the code from here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/10/grab-this-themer-beta-invite-code-good-for-40000-uses-and-help-mycolorscreen-test-its-beefed-up-servers/

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I guess I am just trying to see the main difference between Themer and Buzz launcher. With Buzz, for the widgets to work, which I do not already have, I need to download them. Some recent screens on mycolorscreen require Zooper Widget that costs $2...and Buzz cannot yet do the overlapping widgets. I wonder Themer can actually solve all of them together and remain to be free.
Oh, forgot to ask one more question: the biggest thing with Buzz, for me at least, is to be able to have multiple wallpapers. Can Themer do various homescreens in case I like three or four screens?
Thanks guys for the input.
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I bet most people that build themes will use the included widgets and other built-in features. You can have as many pages you want and can have different wallpapers for each of them. Have a look at this video about how to theme with Themer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kJUZM0Vl3Ys

Its cool. Just needs more themes!!
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I just got it set up yesterday. It's a really cool concept and it works as advertised but there just aren't any themes that I like at the moment. I'm sure once it's out of beta a ton of themes will pop up.
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I've had it for about a week and I like it. Like said above , it needs more themes but that will most likely not be a problem when it is out of beta. And to the post above it is actually still very customizable. More that the stock launcher but not as much as something like nova. I am impressed by it and can't wait to see what they bring in the future.
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KNiGHTx4 said:
I've had it for about a week and I like it. Like said above , it needs more themes but that will most likely not be a problem when it is out of beta. And to the post above it is actually still very customizable. More that the stock launcher but not as much as something like nova. I am impressed by it and can't wait to see what they bring in the future.
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I agree. I prefer nova for now. Maybe once some more themes are out I'll switch over.
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Got a free code for Themer: TJMUH7. Enjoy

I tried it, but concluded that Themer is basically for the less experienced and the lazy users. The biggest problem with it is that it requires you to set it as your default launcher, which means that you lose all the useful features of nova launcher or whatever custom launcher you had before. No matter how simple it is to switch themes, the launcher is too important to the overall android experience to replace it.
With that said, if you take the time, you can port whatever full theme you like from mycolorscreen.com using the appropriate apps and get proper theming without replacing your launcher. Personally, themes are not a big deal because I feel like I will get bored of it very quickly. So I just stick with changing the wallpaper once a week and call it day.

Its a pretty cool app that makes theming your phone really easy by just selecting the theme, downloading it, then apply. It's kind of like the MIUI theme app but I think that was for just lock screens. There was a couple really neat themes I liked, I just couldnt sacrifice all of my nova launcher settings for this launcher. Plus having quick access to my most frequently used apps on the desktop was a must.

Was but the themes sometimes are more restrictive than I would like

AndreaCristiano said:
Was but the themes sometimes are more restrictive than I would like
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This^
I've only been using it for a few hours and as much as I love the look, I don't know if I can sacrifice the function of Apex/Nova.

AndreaCristiano said:
Was but the themes sometimes are more restrictive than I would like
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cc16177 said:
This^
I've only been using it for a few hours and as much as I love the look, I don't know if I can sacrifice the function of Apex/Nova.
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I know I would like to see gestures and more transition animations added to Themer. What functions are you guys missing?

mentose457 said:
I know I would like to see gestures and more transition animations added to Themer. What functions are you guys missing?
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Basically the themes sometimes are too all encompassing

AndreaCristiano said:
Basically the themes sometimes are too all encompassing
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I agree. Why not make your own? There are some really nice features. The themer everything widget just like uccw but imo better implemented. You can easily, without another app, set different wallpapers for each page. I'm pretty optimistic that it will turn into a great launcher, possibly better than the competition.

mentose457 said:
I agree. Why not make your own? There are some really nice features. The themer everything widget just like uccw but imo better implemented. You can easily, without another app, set different wallpapers for each page. I'm pretty optimistic that it will turn into a great launcher, possibly better than the competition.
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Possible we will see

gunnyman said:
yeah. I am using it. waiting for more themes. I check it every couple of days to see if I like any of them.
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If you find something you like, you CAN spend a few minutes to tweak it to your liking. I found one and changed the background to black - bam! Done.
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I'm not 100% sure what will happen if you get a theme that used widgets you don't have. The themes that come preinstalled use Themer widgets that come with the launcher so they work out of the box on any phone. One of the widgets is very powerful like uccw.
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No problem. IIRC simiclock/simitext are two examples. They are automagically there.
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Its cool. Just needs more themes!!
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Again, it was about a five minute learning curve, without looking at the tutorial to start making my own, BASED off of what I downloaded.
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I just got it set up yesterday. It's a really cool concept and it works as advertised but there just aren't any themes that I like at the moment. I'm sure once it's out of beta a ton of themes will pop up.
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I specifically like the theme "Now" and turned the background black. Download something close to what you like and then head to the latrine for a deuce. You will leave with something you can work with.
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I know I would like to see gestures and more transition animations added to Themer. What functions are you guys missing?
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They just removed this from the voting yesterday, maybe they are adding this in soon?
I ultimately stopped using themer for the time being due to lack of functionality with G+ and Hangouts. I really like the unread SMS and Email counter that you can add (like I did with my modified "Now" theme), but something similar should/could be added for G+, Hangouts and surely other things that people use (voice, skype, IRC...)
BTW, I have nothing to do with this app. I'm fighting my hardest to stay stock/unrooted with my Moto X and themer is pretty nice helper when I start to get bored.