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Place apps and bookmarks in Apple Watch style "circle clouds" on your phone's or tablet's homescreen OR even your android wear watch
But wait: there's a twist!
This is a 2 in 1 app:
you can use it on your regular Android Device (phone or tablet) as home screen widgets
and you can install it on your Android Wear smartwatch, as an app-drawer (similar to Wear Mini Launcher) or even as a watchface launcher (start apps right from your watch face)
for more info, please watch the video below, it will be clear!
►Get it for free in the Google Play Store - go premium with a $2 in-app-purchase
The current version of this app includes the following Bubble Clouds:
►App Bubble Cloud Widget for the homescreen (launcher icons)
►Bookmark Bubble Cloud Widget for the homescreen (weblinks)
►Contact Bubble Cloud Widget for the homescreen (people) [Premium]
►Wear Bubble Cloud Launcher (app drawer) [Premium]
"THEY ARE ALIVE"
►bubbles in the clouds change size dynamically: they grow with use
►app bubble clouds <b>auto populate by Play Store categories</b> and <b>Contact groups</b> [see below]
►new bubbles appear in the center of the cloud
►unused bubbles shrink to become dwarfs and can eventually disappear
►you may add and remove bubbles manually
►when a widget is removed, its contents can be retained and used in another widget
APP BUBBLES
►clouds of colorful clickable circles which launch applications
►the bubbles show each app's launcher icon in a matching color circle (or hand-pick color)
►add apps one by one or in bulk by Play Store categories
►place any number of clouds on your homescreens [Free version limit: 1 cloud]
►newly installed apps appear in auto-populated App Bubble Clouds based on their Play Store categories [Premium feature]
BOOKMARK BUBBLES
►a cloud of colorful clickable circles which open your favorite webpages
►add links using the <b>share functionality</b> of any web browser app
►smaller bubbles show the favicon of the site in a matching color circle
►larger bubbles may display the thumbnail image of the website - you take the snapshot
CONTACT BUBBLES
►clouds of colorful clickable circles provide quick access to your contacts
►the bubbles show the photo in matching color circle or hand-pick the color for textual bubbles
►add people one by one or in bulk by <b>contact groups</b>
►place any number of clouds on your homescreens
►newly added contacts appear in auto-populated Contact Bubble Clouds
First and only Watch Face launcher for Android Wear
Detailed change log
Update!!!
The complete change log found a new home on my website: https://bubble.dataglobe.eu/2019/01/03/changelog/
I will post updates
on my new reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/r/BubbleCloud/
on my twitter: https://twitter.com/BubbleCloudLaun
on my facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dynalogix/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dynalogix/
FUTURE FEATURE LIST (=future plans...)
{A}=very easy → {Z}=VERY HARD
PHONE:
+clock/battery/weather/date/wifi bubbles in the home screen widgets too {M}
+favorite cloud with most used bubbles from other clouds {E}
+unread count badges using MissedIt! {O}
WATCH:
*direct link to system setting groups on the watch (connectivity, apps etc - I will have to see what's possible)
+use secondary watch buttons to advance pages of paginated archive
+pan around (up + down too) in the bubble clouds on the watch (ZOOM in?) → gesture suggestion by Oliver Löscher {Q}
+phone bubble should change when watch gets disconnected from phone. (+ Optional vibrating "Phone away" alert?) {H}
+dual battery display option in phone battery bubble {B}
+color options / circle type progress bubbles (alternatives to the red-to-green) {K}
+save layouts (and bubbles) in the app → recall them by rules (charging / wifi / time of day → Tasker plugin?) {H}
+ability to have custom vibration set when clicking an app icon {B}
+Ability to drag and drop app icons on the watch to move them around instead of understanding the number math on the cloud design page. {J}
+Ability to customize app name (around ring, inside ring, top bottom) of apps. Current default is below app. {G}
BOTH:
+create text (character) based bubble images similar to contact bubbles when no contact images are found {E}
+control Bubble Clouds using Tasker: show/hide bubbles, change bubble sizes, replace layouts - what other parameters would you want to control? I am open to your input! {N}
Change log:
Legend: + new feature * bug fix ~ change - removed function = affects widget-only app too
Most recent production version:
(* starred version numbers = production versions, "a" = public alpha, rest are public beta)
Update: The complete change log found a new home on my website: https://bubble.dataglobe.eu/2019/01/03/changelog/
(the 32000 character post limit drove me crazy here...)
9.46*
+new expert option (on watch) hide status icons from ambient/inactive watch face (the active wf never has it)
1:
*crash with second long press when Method "H" was enabled for Long press button
*crash when timer/app drawer is assigned to first press of the secondary button and no long press is enabled (I know...)
2:
*sharedpref corruption related crash in shortcut settings in phone
*bubbleimageprovider made more robust (missing_image.png)
*clock tap/double tap shortcut could not be assigned if long press was not set
+new shortcut action for hardware buttons: "do nothing" (to disable them if they tend to get pressed accidentally)
3:
~option name updated to "status indicators on watch face" (was "status icons on watch face" can be mistaken for unrelated Notification icons plugin)
+updated christmas theme pack teaser added
9.45*
*empty folders opened vie button crashed when long press selected. No more crash.
*hungarian price reference update
*double long press invokes double secondary press function
*hide (disable?) minutes color box when outline is enabled on the phone
*rare crash when pressing the secondary button on watch
*Wear Cloud Editor will switch to "filled bubbles" only in the cloud where the app bubble with the custom image is
~change every Google+ link to the new Bubble Clouds website (https://bubble.dataglobe.eu)
+new website teaser in what's new dialog for widgets
1:
*remove center/corner item when clear clock defaults on phone
2:
*=rare bubble animation crash on phone
*crash when clicking on notification icons video link
*crash when assigning certain complications to the peek card
*crash during startup on watch
9.44
*crash in WearOS page in phone app
+use equal sign to specify petal toggle display labels [0=off|1=on] you can even use emoji [1=|2=|3=] tip: [+Rod Cowan]
1:
*during auto-installation of notification icons plugin, the app should not show the notice "Move x bubbles away from the watch face" (it only has 4 by default)
~updated the years in the sentence "I have worked 4 years on the app" (was still saying 3)
*if phone is Lollipop or older treat notification icons as color icons (do not apply uniform color filter) - you can still override the color filter
*in Notification Bubble Color settings you have to override the "uniform color" for "override theme bubble" to take effect (app will no prevent to check them independently)
*Bubble Edit screen had wrong controls for toggle, lock, and clock bubbles
+unified "Assign shortcut" option in Bubble Edit screen to assign long press button, quick swipe panel (and 6 new custom shortcuts)
*show long button press assignment of Theater, Sunlight, Timer, Assistant correctly in the Bubble Edit screen too
-removed long press and 2nd long press control from settings on the watch
-removed quick swipe panel config from the settings screen on the watch
-removed tap, long tap, and 2xtap clock bubble options from expert settings on watch
-removed "assign to button" option from the expert settings on watch
+added "Shortcuts" button and new screen with all the shortcut customization
+added warning "OK Google" will not work when gesture detection is enabled on watch face
~clarified menu command "show hidden bubbles" (instead of show hidden apps)
~clarified message "triple tap screen to exit theater mode" (it used to say "Hold screen") It's actually triple tap, then a message instructs to hold.
+added long press clock bubble in app drawer mode. It will start voice search by default
+both long press and double/single tap clock bubble now configurable
+assign single and double press actions to extra hardware buttons
+designed new bubbles for button actions (button 2 and 3)
+new Shortcuts section on the phone
-"long press" options removed from Wear OS settings group on phone
-"quick swipe panel" and "double tap for voice search" options removed from Watchface settings group on phone
-"tap/longtap" option removed from App launcher settings group on phone
+new shortcut settings and 2nd long press configuration backed up and restored
*the first option used to say "default (voice search)" even for the 2nd long press of the hardware key in the settings on the phone
*trying to assign a 2nd button press on the phone gave the wrong Premium upgrade insentive
2:
*trigger reload button assignments on watch
*prevent changing the 2nd button press unless the first press is set
*button settings were not correctly stored on the phone (only sent to watch)
3:
+new switch (in Shortcuts section on watch): alternative long press remap for Wear OS "H" (API 28)
*layout corrections in Shortcut settings screens (both watch and phone) for Android Wear 1.x watches
4:
*renamed new option <Remap Voice Search> to <Method "H">
*"Assign to shortcut" command was not visible on Android Wear 1.x watches
5:
+added translations for new options
*circumvented a crash in the timer
+added call to star SMS policy issue tracker
6:
+clickable settings icon to open secondary button assignment on watch
*show button press toasts shorter
7: (was beta → join)
+select folder items using the secondary buttons, long press to activate (only if folder was opened via secondary button)
+select petals in smart home petal view using the secondary buttons, long press to activate
+settings, switch analog/digital, and flash light are added to the quick options for button press/clock bubble click (you don't need to long press corresponding bubbles to assign)
+custom action icons refer to the custom icon (tasker/complication/folder/smart home/phone app/regular app)
*smart home control bubbles assigned to button did not work
8:
+Added video https://youtu.be/ydzG1zPXLts to the secondary button settings section in the phone app
*fixed a crash in permission request screen on watch
*wrong flashlight icon in the Shortcut section in the phone
9.43*
~date day also gets seconds color if defined in theme
+analog theme packs can set "nonclockmargin" for their digital variants
*improved phone / watch connection
+Wear Cloud Editor now indicates ongoing communication with the watch (sync icon shrinks and stays in the action bar for the duration of the data transfer)
+ready for Phone Notification Bubble plugin
*much improved app drawer refresh speed (less layout inflation)
*eliminated the flashing when bubbles are tapped on the inactive watch face with the gesture detection enabled
*fixed long press inactive watch face to switch watch faces
*sometimes failed to bring up watch face picker when turning off Bubble Cloud
*sometimes the inactive watch face would be blank (did not draw when !visible)
*improved layout for Bubble Edit screen on watch
+notification bubble configuration dialog
*sometimes refreshed before sync completed
+extended notification-bubble edit screen on the watch
+teaser icons for the new theme (watch + phone)
+new warning icons for colors defined by uniform color settings elsewhere in the app (text warning is also shown including a "Fix" action)
+new options "override uniform colors" and "override theme bubbles" in the Status Bubble color config screen
+get description when the active/ambient symbols tapped
~number of recommended bubbles for analog themes 4→6
1:
+"Notification bubbles" section in the Wear Settings app on the phone
+auto-configure notification watch face if "Notification Bubbles" theme/plugin/app is installed before Bubble Cloud on the watch
*status icons did not show in app-drawer mode, if count badges were enabled
2:
~when applying themes, use seconds color as optional icon/overflow text color in notification bubbles (when overridden)
*ambient bubbles were also drawn after switching from watch-face mode to app-drawer mode (caused notification bubbles to fail)
*ongoing notification is removed when app is killed and restarted in the background
3:
*notification bubbles caused bubble colors to get mixed up
*notification bubbles did not work well with custom layouts (make sure to have as many notification bubbles displayed as you want before starting to work on custom layout)
*notification icons did not update if their number did not change
+warning in Bubble Cloud phone app (and "fix" button) for missing notification access
+warning in Bubble Cloud phone app (and "unhide" button) if notification bubble is hidden
~updated video: https://youtu.be/S-A976Dcjpc
~added video to phone / wear What's New sections
4:
*What's new video thumbnail error
5:
+translations
6:
*layout glitches
-removed the "Apply" button from the Notification Bubble dialog, sending settings in real time instead
7:
*improved notification bubble color dialog layout
*crash in some languages
8:
*clicking on the "Notification Bubbles" teaser images will also start the video
*ask users with OOM to email me (app keeps crashing for 2 people - multiple times a day! - I don't know why, and they don't contact me)
*crash in main app showing/hiding youtube button in notification card
9:
*OOM crash update
9.42*
*fix a rare crash when exiting the WearOS screen before the first 1-click themes are loaded
*fix a rare corrupted bubble image resource related crash in popup folders on the phone
*removed a few startforegroundservice commands, where caller is in the foreground already
*prompt to update main app if Premium Key is too new (both on the phone and on the watch)
*do not mix execute and executeOnExecutor(THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)
*clock bubble dial is not shown behind digital clock bubbles, unless it is set to a custom icon or image on the phone
-removed the reminder to clear theme when switching between analog and digital
~outline ambient font for "shlop","pumpkin12","skinny12" and "lycanthrope" too
+moved helper routines into Premium Key 9.41 (beta) and Summary 1.10 to detect charger, wifi and ringmode changes (no longer possible in Oreo)
+at boot and when entering the main app: activate wifi/ringmode/power detection preOreo helper
+if no Helper and no Premium Key show hint at the bottom of the watch face settings card in expert mode
~dim screen behind dialog boxes (edit bubble, warnings, upgrade reminders etc)
1:
+show warning in Wear Cloud Editor when toggling selective ambient visibility while ambient mode is not set to selective ambient
*crash in 1-click theme selector / selective apply on the phone (if no background has been set before)
+more specific labels for "extra" pieces in theme apply screens ("center", "corners")
*rare crash in Wear Cloud Editor while editing Tasker bubbles
+"retry" button in phone app's watch connection dialog
+it will also retry as soon as you open the dialog and auto-dismiss the dialog when connected
2:
*app drawer opening complication did not always work on Android Oreo
+new analog/digital clock switcher bubble (Analog → Off-center digital → Full screen digital)
3:
+keep track of separate margin settings for full screen analog clock layout and other layouts
4:
*fixed a bug when restoring default font using the phone app
~select the last item (="default font on black") in "1-click theme" section on phone
→ clears theme (if Apply All set)
→ restores default font (if Apply All is not set)
*crash when selecting backgrounds which have their extra parameter renamed (in v9.42.1)
~clicking "Default" in the color picker for transparent background themes will set the theme's default background color (had to press cancel for it earlier)
*adding more theme components after recoloring them on the watch did not include them unless you adjusted the colors again before pressing "OK"
*NoSuchMethodError in Intro on Android 1.x watches
5:
*distorted contact bubbles on watches with chin (flat tire)
*shorten the "this theme works best with x bubbles or less" if user ever long pressed a bubble to edit
~you can now always sticky open apps without double-tap to sticky open being enabled
*new analogdigital toggle bubble icon was broken on older phones (bad vector drawable)
6:
+Clock Toggle Bubble now changes settings externally, when you return to a settings screen on the watch it will now reflect the updated values
+Also detect when settings are changed remotely from the phone
7:
+instruct user how to enable "Phone" permission if "deny, don't ask" was selected earlier
*=crash in contact selector screen while attempting to fetch contact icons
*ANR related to deadlock while Weather updating
*bug preventing background color pick in phone app
8:
*keep hidden peek card hidden even if WearOS insists on refreshing it (new in Wear OS 2.17)
*=Widget bubble animation fixed [thank you +Joseph Rubin for reporting this!]
API 26 Compliance (except Android Wear 1.x component)
9.41*
+Wear app phone component API26 update
*Improved phone/watch battery bubble update frequency/reliability
*fixed sending email from watch (it used to always lose authentication)
~email authentication request notification on phone
+new notification channel: "Troubleshoot problems" (errors: email authentication, weather/sunset location)
+new notification channel: "Wear contacts call" (hangup call from watch)
*fixed serious issue introduced in v9.38 relink mixing up contacts during resync
*improved weather bubble update reliability
*improved watch-phone connection reliability when opening settings app on the phone
*phone app was still updating weather/battery and other info when live info was disabled for app drawer mode
*reduced sunset/sunrise time update to 6 times a day (instead of every time the battery info was updated)
*=SmartHome HTTP command editor crashed if selection was made backwards (using a keyboard)
1:
+visual feedback when email/text is submitted for sending
+icons in response toasts checkmark / X when sending messages, making calls
*Oreo JobIntentService was way too slow for contact and smart home bubble actions (it could take 5 minutes for the phone to react, ridiculus):
*Restored regular background services even though short notification icons need to show if processing takes longer than 5 seconds, Android Oreo is just ****
*fixed an issue with gesture detection on the watch
2:
*=force users to upgrade Premium key to v9.41
*bug: rotary crown brought up the dummy peek card in app drawer mode
~even if "Low brightness also dims ambient face" is enabled it no longer dims ambient brightness in the morning when brightness is set to auto
*enable Do-not-disturb permission watcher service on Oreo+
~improved bubble cloud background service notification icon
*enable package install detection on Oreo+ after user is referred to install / update Premium Key / Plugin / Theme pack from Google Play
*updated Play Store links: list DYNA Logix apps instead of searching for hashtag, specify package "com.android.vending" to avoid chooser
+themepack teasers always link to their Play Store pages (previously they linked to Play Store search)
3:
*battery updater crashed on older phones
+unlock Premium via Key app on watch
~the version number at the bottom of the settings screen on the watch will have "+PRO" for unlocked premium features (was just "+")
+plea for 5-star reviews in more languages (German, French, Dutch, Chinese)
*=wear/widget add contact screen showed "Scanning installed apps" over progress bar
*wear contacts cloud auto population scan only started after phone rebooted if you did not have any contact home screen widgets on the phone
*switched to "Carte coup d'œil" instead of "Carte Peek" in French [merci Axel Moulin!]
*tapping dummy peek card took user into settings not into the add/remove peek card dialog in Wear 1.x version
*Android Wear 1.x watches don't get dummy peek card
4:
*still wear contacts cloud auto population scan only started after phone rebooted if you did not have any contact home screen widgets on the phone
*removed debug logging entries [preparation for production release]
5:
*=contact list sometimes took a long time to load even though filtering was off
~=random automatic contact bubble colors for contacts with numbers in name which have no image
*new expert option: Clocks not synced (enable if you like your watch and phone be set to different times. Delayed commands will not timeout after 3 min)
*calls to appsender and stand-up refresh → foregroundservice
+do not show peek card for my own background task notification
~1-click themes are shown much quicker after opening the application
+smoothscroll to selected 1-click theme
6:
+auto-apply 1-click theme if a single pack is installed when Bubble Cloud first started
*message to install companion app on phone did not show
+show theme notes the first time the favorites cloud is shown with the new theme
+new expert option "Unread dot on watch face" (off by default) [tip: Martin]
~Play Store link to Dyna Logix app-list, not "Page"
7:
+added missing translations
*changed back the play store links (the Google recommended ones caused intent disambiguation picker to show up)
8:
*fixed multiple Oreo related background crashes on watch and phone
*updated theme pack 0 icon could not be hidden on the phone
9:
*fixed a relatively rare crash in WearDialService (while updating Wear Contact Cloud in the background on Oreo devices)
Earlier versions:
►v9.00-9.39
►v8.65-8.99
►v8.00-8.64
►v7.00-7.74
►v6.16-6.96
►v5.00-6.15
►v4.00-4.98
►v3.00-3.18
►v2.00-2.83
►v1.00-1.51
version 1.20 More info bubbles on watch
If you enable the "clock" option in your watch settings, 3 bubbles will display real-time information:
"Set Alarm" bubble = clock
Battery app bubble = battery level If battery related applications are installed (such as Wear Battery Stats, Wear Battery Monitor) their icons will be replaced by the battery percentage, and the bubble's color will change from green to red as the battery depletes. If no battery related apps are installed, the "Set Timer" bubble will show the battery level.
"View alarms" bubble = date and day of the week
Tapping on these bubbles will still open their corresponding applications.
These info bubbles are useful, if you leave the Bubble Panel on the screen of your watch. Looks great, and you get the necessary information at a glance. I am waiting for the official watch face documentation to possibly implement this as a watch face. If no screen touches are going to be allowed on the watch face I will go improve this solution to show-through underlying cards.
version 1.30: Contact bubble cloud on Android Wear!
Android wear makes it easy to respond to calls, text messages and email right from the watch. To initiate such forms of communication, the only built in option is by voice command. This is often not convenient:
if many of your contacts have similar names
if contacts have several phone numbers
if contacts have unusually pronounced names
if you try to call somebody in a noisy environment
For these situations I implemented the contact bubble cloud that appears on the Android Wear watch:
tap the yellow contact bubble in the app bubble cloud to open the contact cloud (yellow icon is hidden if wear contact cloud is empty)
use the "Select contacts" button in the handheld app's Wear Component card to add maximum 15 contacts to the wear contact cloud
tap a contact bubble on the watch to open it's contact page
it is intended to be used with a headset: the call is made as soon as you tap one of the blue dialing buttons (home, mobile work or other). Hang up using the notification on the watch.
press the yellow envelope to create a text message by dictation. You will be able to review the message before sending
if you authenticated the app (using the button in the Wear Component card) you will be also able to send email messages from the watch by tapping the gray envelope, without taking your phone out of your pocket
press the yellow trash can icon to remove the contact from the watch (you will be prompted to long tap to confirm)
remove all contacts by pressing the yellow contact bubble in the handheld app's Wear Component card
settings such as bubble border width, or cloud background color, freeze bubbles, delete dwarfs all affect the Wear Contact Bubble Cloud too
New in v1.33: Sticky open apps on Android Wear
How many times has this happened to you? You open an app (google-keep, calculator etc.) → it stays on screen for a while, but then the screen dims and the regular watch face appears. You un-dim the screen, and now you have to switch back to the app by reopening it. Some apps keep the screen on, but that can be dangerous too, because of battery drain, if you forget to exit the app.
The revolutionary *"Sticky Open" mode* in Bubble Cloud Launcher offers a very intuitive solution: double tap an app bubble to open it, and also keep it on screen until it's not needed any more. The screen is allowed to dim, and when dimmed, the regular watch face will be displayed, but as soon as the screen is turned on again (by touch or by gesture) you will automatically be taken back to the stickied app.
While an app is stickied, a tiny lock symbol and the current time will be displayed on the top of the screen. Long press this area to turn off sticky mode. Opening the Bubble Cloud will also disable sticky mode. You can also swipe away the stickied app to access your watch face or notifications, but the app will return the next time the screen dims and un-dims.
Sticky mode is optional, you can disable it from the Wear Component card in the handheld app settings. When enabled, the Bubble cloud will not immediately slide off the screen when you tap a bubble, instead it will wait a moment to allow a second tap. This does not cause any delay in opening apps: Bubble Cloud already starts to load the selected app after the first tap.
In the non-premium version of the Bubble Cloud Launcher, an upgrade reminder is displayed sometimes before opening apps. Sticky mode is activated only when this reminder screen does not appear.
Increased resolution of App bubbles in v1.35
Do this to redraw bubbles using the higher resolution made available in version 1.35:
1. Press the pencil symbol
2. Then the plus (+) symbol
3. In the dialog, tap on the blue "Refresh images" (see screenshot)
Do this for every app cloud
version 1.38: Call log based dynamic contact bubble clouds
Starting with version 1.38 you can create extremely powerful contact cloud widgets both in your phone launcher and on the Android Wear watch:
Contact clouds which change their content dynamically based on your call log
Choose incoming, outgoing or missed calls
Create cloud based on the last 30 days
Have new bubbles appear automatically as you make and receive calls
People you haven't contacted disappear after 30 days (may become configurable in a later version)
Combine call log groups with regular groups, to keep constant members in the bubble cloud (even if not called recently)
Combined with the dynamic bubbles sizes this can replace your dialer most of the time (depending on your usage pattern).
The same behaviour can place 15 actively contacted people on your watch automatically
or
dictate response text or email to people whom you have missed calls from.
Default contact actions in Wear Contact Bubble Cloud
Starting v1.39, you can long press one of the call or messaging buttons on the Dial screen to set it as the default contact action
You will not be prompted for an action when you tap on contacts with default action set.
Long tapping on contacts will always take you to the Dial screen, even if a default action was set earlier. Modify the default action by long pressing another action. Clear the default by long pressing on the same action again.
Note: bubbles in the contact cloud are saved and restored after you reset (and re-pair) your Android Wear device. The current version however doesn't restore the default actions, they will need to be re-assigned in the event of a reset.
Beta program started
I understand, that too frequent updates can get on the nerve of users, so...
...starting with version 1.40 I am going to split the release cycle into a fast and a slower lane:
Sign up for the beta channel over at http://goo.gl/MI786H to always get the latest and greatest features and fixes as soon as they pass my internal tests.
Regular updates will happen less frequently (a week or two apart, unless an urgent bugfix needs to be made public).
READ THIS FIRST
To become a beta tester: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/dyna.logix.bookmarkbubbles
►request to join the tester community above
►you will get more frequent updates and early releases
►pls let me know if anything is not quite OK
►testers cannot rate apps: if you like BCW pls rate it before becoming a tester
Thank you!
Mixed content Bubble Cloud Widgets
On popular demand, starting with beta version 1.49 → you can have different kinds of bubbles in one cloud:
Here is how to achieve this:
I created an App Bubble Cloud with the 4 apps
I created a Contact Bubble Cloud with the 4 people
I deleted the Contact widget (long press + drag to top in most launchers)
BCW prompted me if I want to:
Delete the bubbles too (NO!)
Keep the bubbles as orphans to be added to a cloud later (still works)
Merge them into one of the listed widgets ◄◄◄ This is what I chose
Widget vs Wear user UI
Order of setting cards for Android Wear Bubble Cloud users: (portrait pro, portrait free, landscape pro, landscape free)
Order of setting cards for Bubble Cloud Widgets users:
Watch face launcher
Bubble Cloud Watch Face Launcher for Android Wear
Bubble Cloud Launcher for Android Wear now includes Watch Face Launcher
You can select "Bubble Cloud" as you would set any other watch face.
In watch face mode, the so called "Favorites cloud" will be displayed as the watchface. This includes the clock bubble, and optionally the date, the battery live-info bubbles, or the wifi, ringmode toggles, and the find-my-phone bubble. All app launcher bubbles work too as expected:
tap once to open the corresponding app
or double tap to "sticky" open the app pinned, which means it's going to be kept on screen
You can access your archive cloud by swiping either to the left or right, depending on how you configured it in settings. The contact cloud is also operational.
As long as you have the Bubble Cloud watchface, you the swipe-in gesture from the edge of the screen will not take you to the app tray. This saves you from all the interference with other apps. Now we have a much more convenient way to get to our apps: just go back to the home screen in any of the usual ways: by pressing the hardware button or by putting your palm on the screen.
This is still a watchface, and all the regular functions of watch faces are still accessible:
you can say "OK google" to invoke the voice search
incoming notifications show up at the bottom of the screen (covering some of the bubbles, until you swipe it down).
you can interact with the notifications in the usual manner: just make sure to swipe at them at the bottom of the screen
You can also access your older notifications and the swipe down menu. For this, you need to firsttap on the clock bubble:
the cloud changes color to let you know you cannot launch apps
swipe down for the settings
swipe up for the notificaton cards
you can effectively start the voice search by double tapping on the clock bubble
In the on-the-watch settings of Bubble Cloud Launcher, you can choose whether the ambient screen should display the special power-efficient hollow bubbles. Or, if you are using a watch with LCD screen (such as the Moto 360), I actually recommend to use the regular, filled bubbles even on the ambient screen, because here the number of active pixels has no effect on the power use of the display. We actually save power by not needing to draw two sets of bubble clouds, one regular and one hollow.
This is a crude first version. Power consumption is not fully optimized yet, although I designed it with battery efficiency in mind. In the few days I have tested it myself, I haven't had any accidental app launches, but still I am open to suggestions for an intuitive touch protection mechanism.
Finally, don't be alarmed, this is just an option, when you choose to keep using other watch-faces, Bubble Cloud Launcher will become accessible in the traditional manner: swiping in or double tapping on selected edge of the screen.
New version 2 released including new intro/orientation video
Bubble Cloud Watch Face Launcher for Android Wear is out of beta.
A new product / intro / orientation / tutorial video has been created (over 11 min!)
I replaced the video in the OP , but here is the old video for reference:
App Drawer mode animation with compatible watch faces
Here is how app-opening animation works in Bubble Cloud Launcher:
when you tap an icon, the associated activity is called, and at the same time the zoom-in animation is started
when the app gets fully loaded, a quick cross-fade transition reveals the app
When Bubble Cloud Launcher is used in watch-face mode, my app gets notified as soon as the running app appears on the screen (the watch face receives a visible=false call back). When used in app-drawer mode, my app no longer has access to this information, so the zoom-in animation needs to happen for the longest time to make sure the app in the background is fully loaded: http://youtu.be/Daa2hsanBhY?t=7m12s
Starting with version 2.10 app opening animation will work with compatible watch faces (if a watch face is not compatible, the starting animation will always last 4 seconds, no matter how quickly the app opens in the background) and Bubble Cloud Launcher will give you a reminder following the first animation.
So what are compatible watch faces?
I am currently in the talks with Facer dev Fodawim, so hopefully all your Facer creations will become compatible, but you can ask your favorite watch face dev to include the following two lines in their watchface:
in the public class Engine extends CanvasWatchFaceService.Engine definition:
PHP:
final private Intent bcIntent=new Intent("dynalogix.bubblecloud.WATCHFACE_HIDDEN");
in the onVisibilityChanged(boolean visible) callback:
PHP:
if(!visible) sendBroadcast(bcIntent);
If you do, please let me know when it was updated, I would gladly list their apps in my Google+ pages.
Direct link to this post: http://goo.gl/niucmu
Bubble Cloud Launcher Feature summary diagram
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dyna.logix.bookmarkbubbles
New:
Non-dimming full screen clock with seconds hand!
Cloud forming algorithm
I keep tweaking the core algorithm in the app, which is responsible for the layout of the bubble clouds.
Objectives:
include all bubbles
least amount of unused space
no bubbles cropped on the edges
bubbles should surround each other evenly
countinuous clouds
optimal execution speed
least number of backtracks
least number of floating point calculations
Keep distance of bubbles from the center between cloud re-generations
Keep bubbles in the same general area of the cloud after re-generation
I love the idea and I have purchased the app, it just feels like something is missing. I wish the icons could be just floating without the bubble around them.
Bubbles without bubbles
PhoenixMert said:
I love the idea and I have purchased the app, it just feels like something is missing. I wish the icons could be just floating without the bubble around them.
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That's a new idea! Nobody thought of this before. So you would like different size icons floating around in space?
So here is a rough estimate of how it would look:
(I guess then the icons could be closer to each other.
Or did you mean on the Android Wear watch?)
On Android wear, looks a little insane on a phone lol. Just like the idea of having all my apps just a click away but still looks stock ish
PhoenixMert said:
On Android wear, looks a little insane on a phone lol. Just like the idea of having all my apps just a click away but still looks stock ish
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I guess it simply would mean to set all bubble colors to match the background color. I am adding the option!
Hi.
I have Huawei P9 and am struggling to add my contacts on WhatsApp.
I saw go WhatsAppp-> Contacts-> I get a notification ' To help you message friends allow Whatsapp access to your contacts. Tap Settings-permission, and turn Contact On; so I press SETTINGS-> Permissions, it states 'no permission granted', press on Permissions -> give me options of Camera, Contact, Image, Microphone,Sms etc-> whichever I select let;s say Contacts, it gives me a notification ' Screen overlay detected, to change this permission setting you need to turn off the screen overlay settings.Apps-. It gives me the option to Open Settings, where I turn the Draw over the other apps OFF ( it does not show WhatsApp here any way) and then there is nth else to do.
I have turned the Draw over other settings On and OFF, restarted it but I just go in circles.
Anyone can help?
liismissdee said:
Hi.
I have Huawei P9 and am struggling to add my contacts on WhatsApp.
I saw go WhatsAppp-> Contacts-> I get a notification ' To help you message friends allow Whatsapp access to your contacts. Tap Settings-permission, and turn Contact On; so I press SETTINGS-> Permissions, it states 'no permission granted', press on Permissions -> give me options of Camera, Contact, Image, Microphone,Sms etc-> whichever I select let;s say Contacts, it gives me a notification ' Screen overlay detected, to change this permission setting you need to turn off the screen overlay settings.Apps-. It gives me the option to Open Settings, where I turn the Draw over the other apps OFF ( it does not show WhatsApp here any way) and then there is nth else to do.
I have turned the Draw over other settings On and OFF, restarted it but I just go in circles.
Anyone can help?
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This is a known issue with marshmallow roms.
It occurs due to some filter apps such as cf lumen, twilight, and lately this has been happening for me with floatify.
So I would suggest to disable any such apps and try again.
Hi all,
I bought a Xiaomi 9 SE a while back, coming from iPhone. I was under the impression that everything was tweakable with android, but i can't figure out how to adjust the pop-up notifications from whatsapp in any way. Currently whenever i receive a whatsapp message my screen turns on and shows a huge rectangle in the middle of the screen showing the message with two buttons beneath it reading "reply" and "close". Then i can scroll to the right and left, showing the next message and previous messages in case i received more than one. This sucks for a number of reasons.
The rectangle looks like it was invented in 1999. It is so obnoxious; huge, ugly with no way around it. It stays on your lock screen blocking everything else until you've closed it manually. When i (feel forced to) close the preview screen (because i want to use my phone for another purpose) there is no way of retrieving the previews of the messages, i have to open the app instead.
The time stamps are missing. I have to figure out the chronology of messages myself by looking at the number in the upper right corner (1 of 13, 2 of 13 etc.) but even then i don't know if the message was sent an hour ago or a minute ago (and even then, i don't know if message 13 was the last one or message 1). Besides, this 'scrolling' to the left and right is so time consuming and unclear compared to being able to look at all messages beneath one another with the first one at the top and the last one at the bottom in one quick view (as with my old iphone).
Phone companies are always nagging about protecting privacy and therefor not showing the content of preview messages of whatsapp, i never understood this when i was on iphone and the previewed messages were subtle, vague and small - with the longer messages needing to be expanded by a swipe down with the finger to fully view (in case of texts longer than a couple of words). But now i get it, these android preview messages light up the screen in a way you can not NOT look at it and the content of the messages is right there in the middle to read for everyone. Also with iPhone i remember the screen would only light up with the first message you received from someone and have some sort of cooldown timer on it before the screen turned on again, with my xiaomi every message someone sends makes the screen light up. In case of people who send a lot of messages in a row (instead of making 1 long message) that means the phone screen in turned on for minutes on end, super annoying and distracting.
Am i totally missing something or is this just the way whatsapp preview messages work with android? Is there any option somewhere hidden to change the form of the whatsapp preview messages to something less obnoxious? Or any third party app for that matter, as this is driving me crazy.
I have MIUI 11 since a day or two now, and was hoping this would change things, but so far i haven't figured it out.
Thanks in advance all!
Yes there is. Just disable the so called toast messages. And you can also disable lock screen messages. And of course disable whatsapp message notification at all!
For the first thing. Whatsapp>settings>notifications>use high priority notifications
For the second check your android AND launcher specific lockscreen settings.
For the third option check the App permissions. or just modify the appearance of the message the time it is there. Grab it left or right and then hit the settings gear for notification display permission (I hope it is called like this).
Yes there is. Just disable the so called toast messages. And you can also disable lock screen messages. And of course disable whatsapp message notification at all!
For the first thing. Whatsapp>settings>notifications>use high priority notifications
For the second check your android AND launcher specific lockscreen settings.
For the third option check the App permissions. or just modify the appearance of the message the time it is there. Grab it left or right and then hit the settings gear for notification display permission (I hope it is called like this).
partial_engineer said:
Yes there is. Just disable the so called toast messages. And you can also disable lock screen messages. And of course disable whatsapp message notification at all!
For the first thing. Whatsapp>settings>notifications>use high priority notifications
For the second check your android AND launcher specific lockscreen settings.
For the third option check the App permissions. or just modify the appearance of the message the time it is there. Grab it left or right and then hit the settings gear for notification display permission (I hope it is called like this).
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hi, thanks for the answer. I think this does not solve my issue if i understand everything correctly. To be clear: i WANT notifications on my lock screen, just not in the form of the idiotic big rectangle. I want the more subtle, smaller, elongated 'balloons'. Strangly enough when i press "close" on the previewed messages on my Lock screen they disappear and for a second turn into such a small 'balloon', only to disappear straight away then.
The "use high priority notifications" gives a little pop-up at the top of the screen that disappears after like 2 seconds. This is no problem for me.
Under "ambient display and lock screen" settings you can choose for the screen whether to light up or not when a message is received. Although i'd like there to be some sort of cooldown to prevent my phone from lighting up for longer periods on end or all the time, this is not the biggest issue either. (Apparently this overruled by something else as setting it to "do nothing - when notifications come and the screen is off" does not work, it still lit up when receiving a whatsapp message)
Under "notifications" settings you can select "lock screen notifications", "floating notifications" and "notifications badges" - so i go to 'lock screen notifications' where i can select 'format' (sounds promising!), but this only gives me the options to:
- show notification content
- show notifications but hide content
- don't show lock screen notifications
No option to change the style of the Lock screen notifications frustratingly.
EDIT: i may have just found the answer myself ... turn off "pop-up notifications" in the whatsapp settings. This way you still get notifications, but no longer the horrible big ones in the middle of the screen
LangePier said:
hi, thanks for the answer. I think this does not solve my issue if i understand everything correctly. To be clear: i WANT notifications on my lock screen, just not in the form of the idiotic big rectangle. I want the more subtle, smaller, elongated 'balloons'. Strangly enough when i press "close" on the previewed messages on my Lock screen they disappear and for a second turn into such a small 'balloon', only to disappear straight away then.
The "use high priority notifications" gives a little pop-up at the top of the screen that disappears after like 2 seconds. This is no problem for me.
Under "ambient display and lock screen" settings you can choose for the screen whether to light up or not when a message is received. Although i'd like there to be some sort of cooldown to prevent my phone from lighting up for longer periods on end or all the time, this is not the biggest issue either. (Apparently this overruled by something else as setting it to "do nothing - when notifications come and the screen is off" does not work, it still lit up when receiving a whatsapp message)
Under "notifications" settings you can select "lock screen notifications", "floating notifications" and "notifications badges" - so i go to 'lock screen notifications' where i can select 'format' (sounds promising!), but this only gives me the options to:
- show notification content
- show notifications but hide content
- don't show lock screen notifications
No option to change the style of the Lock screen notifications frustratingly.
EDIT: i may have just found the answer myself ... turn off "pop-up notifications" in the whatsapp settings. This way you still get notifications, but no longer the horrible big ones in the middle of the screen
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i dont know where you do this.......
i am running xiaomi.eu 9.11.22 but when i try to disbale pop-up notifications... but i get the message, not possible in your android version anymore