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[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
Claystone 1.13 RC1 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26364141/Claystone.apk

Please help us test it. Post comments/bugs here!.

Changes:

* 10 FC Fixes reported in market

* Labels added to Stack View

* Scrollable Widgets support

* Home button follows standard android behavior (set your default panel in preferences->general settings)

* Fixed Inconsistent behavior re: new shortcut placement in launch bar

* Fixed RSS parsing for numerous sites

* New languages: Chinese, Swedish, Greek

* Battery Drain issue resolved.

* Various other minor fixes & layout improvements (example: stack view button turns red when opening items while in stack mode)
[Android Apps and Games] Braneless:
Latest update is not available through the market, correct? Only from this thread?
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
Thank you for the scrollable Widgets!!!

What's a little funny, I set the home button to go home, which it does, but the home screen has lost the framing and glassy screen. It still says home, but it's nice and clean, while the other screens still show the glossy frame and window.

edit, it just corrected, and the framing and glassy look are back.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
We still haven't found a mini here in Toronto. Sorry! We've been looking, but they aren't exactly easy to find!
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
Just got another little problem. I had Executive Assistant in an added panel. It went away and left a blank panel that won't allow me to delete or rename? I re-added another panel for Executive Assistant, but now have one blank that I can't do anything with, no x at the top either.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hmm. Gotcha, looking into it. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Also, wanted to take a quick moment to reference a blog post for those curious re: feature requests (such as increased device compatibility, gesture support, etc) and the timeline for their inclusion.

A quick excerpt:

Q: Did you get my feature request? -- A: Most certainly! via the Claystone website.

Thanks! :)
[Android Apps and Games] JustSomeDude:
Well, I was loving this launcher (the market version, haven't tried the RC posted a few posts back), but then it kind of went crazy — claystone just repeatedly crashed on me (numerous "force closes"). I tried to use the “restore” option to get back my setup, and I lost all my settings (it went back to your default)! (I got an "unable to restore homescreen_name").

This is extremely frustrating, as setting everything up again will be a big pain -- so before I even try that I'll ask, is this something others have had happen to them, and something expected to be fixed with the next market release?

Thanks in advance for any input, I do appreciate the work put into a unique product.
[Android Apps and Games] Gnaver:
I have great news... Tried the last version just in curiosity and it works on my galaxy mini... But need a little performance update and less RAM usage... It eating up to 30 mb. And is there any tutorial? I really don't know what works and how it works :-D
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Really? That's terrible. I'd be frustrated if that happened to me, too.

It's hard to say whether or not the new release will alleviate the issue without knowing further details behind the FC, but we did address several that were delivered via Android Market (and some internally-tracked ones, as well) so I'm hoping the answer comes out in the positive.

I'm really sorry to hear you came across this error and I'm hopeful that if the next release doesn't alleviate it we'll be able to reproduce it locally and nix it that way.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Absolutely, if you tap 'Menu -> Preferences -> About Claystone -> User Guide' you'll find a document that covers the basics of Claystone and includes an overview of key features.

Hope that helps!
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I just tried the rc version, and still no greek translation is available.

-Also the 2x widgets still open in new screen even if there is available space, and when trying to resize I see that the space that occur is in vertical actually 3, not 2.

-When a widget is resized to occur all home panel's space there is no way to exit from resize(at least I cannot find a way) and the widget became unusable.

Other than these seems to be ok. Maybe more stable(I hope) and finally I can quick change to a main homescreen via home button.

Thanks for the update
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
Have you tried Settings->Language&Local and changing it?

We just fixed the widget sizing issue, should be in next RC

You should be able to tap inside the widget when resizing to get out of resize mode.

Glad to hear you like home button quick change !
[Android Apps and Games] JustSomeDude:
Thanks for the reply. If it helps for trying to recreate the issue, I'm on an Evo 4G.

I really do like your product, so I don't want to give up on it just yet. I'll go ahead and try the new version when you release it via the market tomorrow, and maybe not customize my screens as much as I usually would for several days (thus saving me the frustration of losing that setup if something similar happens again :) ). Hopefully I'll have better luck then.
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
About translation, my device is already correctly configured, but you did a mistake. I decompiled the apk and I found that you've named the greek recourses folder as values-gr. The correct way to display the translation is to name the folder values-el. I'm pretty sure that this is the reason for not working tranlsation.

About resizing, no I cannot exit from resize mode if I tap inside the widget. I can do it if I have two widgets(or mayby more). Then if I'm in resize mode on both widgets, I can exit by tapping in one of them, but when there is one widget, doesn' t work.
[Android Apps and Games] Braneless:
30mb of memory is not really heavy for a launcher, much less one with 3d graphics.
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
Well just as strangely as that extra, non removable screen showed up, the program did a redraw and it's now gone. Odd.
[Android Apps and Games] jimweda:
I notice on the thread it says that the launcher is at v1.11. Is that the version linked on a few pages back?

Well, one thing I noticed switching back to v1.0 is that the updated version didn't crash while loading items to the bar at the bottom but the Market version does. I just came out of a crash. This wasn't the typical "Force Close" with a button to click. It just kicked me out of the launcher and put me back to Go Launcher EX. It's very time consuming trying to keep setting up how I want the launcher to look in regards to what I want on which pages, loading up the bar at the bottom etc. Any idea on how long before some of the FC issues will be fixed? I already know I've had issue's with v1.0 and the updated version so I'll start playing with it again when the next update comes out since it doesn't seem to keep my backups after a force close.

I'm still hoping you will add the revolving panels I asked about previously where instead of going from panel 1 to panel 5 and having to scroll back to panel 1 if you continue to scroll towards the back it brings you back to panel 1. Same with the upper, lower panels and hopefully the bar on the bottom. The reason I bring this up is because Go Launcher EX has this feature as an option and I keep it that way because it's just more convenient and a time saver.

Maybe with the next update it will be more stable and I'll start working on a "wish list" of features and functions. Looks great but needs to be more stable before dedicating too much time into setting things up. Thanks.

Jim
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
We'll make this change for RC2! Let us know if it works when its out!

We'lll look into resize issue as well.
[Android Apps and Games] vedder57:
Great launcher!
[Android Apps and Games] xansavier:
Updated to the latest build.

Last time i used to have this problem where the launcher kinda restarts itself randomly, but only once a while, so it didn't bother me much. (am not sure if this is related to the force close. I didn't get any force close msg)

But after updating to the new build, its much more frequent now. Now it happens when i unlock the phone or when i am browsing thru my apps.

Edit : just noticed that it happens when i press the back button a few times
[Android Apps and Games] djegoistic:
Ok...then still waiting ...
[Android Apps and Games] xansavier:
Did an uninstall and reinstalled back the previous version of the launcher.

I used the backup and restored the settings but it didnt work well. All my widgets on the panels is showing the exclamation mark with a triangle and the error message stating error loading widget.

Another item i noticed, the launcher will restart itself (can see the panels flipping one at a time) if the following happens

- i lock the phone with an app opened

- when i unlock the phone (after while, like a minute or longer), i would see the app i had opened earlier and press the back button

- the launcher will restart itself.
[Android Apps and Games] crnkoj:
Hey, I have your launcher installed for quite some time but mostly don't use it due to two things that really bother me:

1. On the "app drawer" page when I scroll the apps its somewhat laggy/doesn't scroll for a moment if I scroll it to the end (top or bottom) and than try to scroll back the opposite way again and aswell generally the scrolling is somewhat laggy/jerky on the "app drawer"

2. Is there a way to change the panels transparent background to have less white/mat look, so that it would be totally transparent (like 100 alpha)?

If there is a way to fix these ideas gladly use it constantly.

As a note, the first problem seems to be less pronounced in the 1.13 version as compared to the older versions.

I'm running it on an atrix 4g with modified 2.3.4 blur rom.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
I just uploaded an RC2 with the changes you suggested around greek translation. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26364141/Claystone.apk can you please give it a try? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
Yes, translation is fine now thanks.

There are some new strings though, I'll translate them and I'll post here the updated file(s) when are ready.

EDIT:

here is the updated translation:

P.S

can you please, in the future, put the new strings at the end of xml file, because it takes a lot of time to find them?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] revo_65:
When I pull up the menu and click on notifications, they won't open until I click on preferences or another menu item.

Swyped from my revolting revolution with a taste of ice cream powered by mtmichaelson and S.Meezy
[Android Apps and Games] ntnlzr:
sry guys nobody answered me :(

there is a version for qvga phone? I want to try it on my u8150

tnx u
[Android Apps and Games] Gnaver:
I tried it on galaxy mini which is low res device and it worked. But its sometimes slow. Download the version which is one or two pages before. Dropbox download
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hi, Jim - I can assure you we're hard at work in resolving some of the stability issues that have plagued the previous builds and hope we're on the cusp of releasing one that should address your reports.

Again, I apologize for the frustration involved in seeing the app suddenly express that behavior, particularly in consideration of the time you had put in to customizing it. It sucks, it's unacceptable, and we're busting our butts to make it better.

In terms of the revolving panels suggestion, it's been circulated amongst the team and we're currently in the stage of evaluating potential dev time and affect on usability to determine timeline re: integration.

Thanks again for the feedback - positive and negative - we really appreciate it! :)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
xansavier - On the one hand, I'm sorry to hear you ran into that issue. On the other, I'm ridiculously grateful to you submitting it to us.

We're looking at it now in order to determine what can be done and how long it would take to resolve.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Glad to hear the App Panel lagging is something that's improved in this latest version.

In terms of an ability to set custom panel transparency, there's a few issues in developing the solution that, unfortunately, prevent it from being a quick and dirty resolution on our behalf. We've been looking at that feature on and off since the v1.11 build and I'm hoping we'll have something for you in a not-too-distant release that addresses the request.

Thanks for taking the time out to leave the feedback. It becomes repetitive saying it, but you have no idea how much it helps!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hey, revo_65 - Haven't been able to reproduce that bug on our test devices, but will continue to look into it. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Officially, we currently limit Claystone to the device's listed on our Market page.

While we do want to make a strong effort to make Claystone available on as many Android devices as possible, we also work to balance that desire with consideration of the load and requirements of a 3D launcher in such environments.

We've tweaked the app for improved performance across a good range of devices, but unfortunately we're still not confident with the results we've seen on certain LDPI models to officially support them.

That said, you're more than welcome to try the RC APK's available, and I'm hoping we can find the time to ensure greater LDPI compatibility in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
dancer_69 - That's amazing, thank you. I've passed on the strings.xml file and also put in a request for future string entries to be appended to the bottom of the document.

Thanks, again!
[Android Apps and Games] MoWeb:
Where to get version 1.13?

My version is 1.0 update 12 but the market is not showing me to update.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hey, MoWeb - We haven't posted to Market yet, but have released a RC APK to our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - for early testing.
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
You' welcome.

Can you please add an option to have fullscreen mode(hide android statusbar on top), or at least unbind the push&hold action for menu hardware button until then. Right now when push and hold the menu button opens the claystone' s menu, but cm7 roms have an option to hide the statusbar when push&hold the menu button which works on other launchers but not on claystone.
[Android Apps and Games] revo_65:
I uninstalled, then reinstalled and it is working fine now! Thanks for the support tho! Loving this launcher! Definitely eye candy when using it.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
We can certainly take a look at it, but at the moment there's a few other features we have queued for inclusion that need to be addressed before spending any substantial time with it.

Thanks for the suggestion!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Phew, good to hear. Glad you like it!
[Android Apps and Games] revo_65:
Bad news...it worked for a little while then started again. If I restart the launcher it will work for a bit then quit

Swyped from my revolting revolution with a taste of ice cream powered by mtmichaelson and S.Meezy
[Android Apps and Games] crnkoj:
Sure im happy to help.

But don't get me wrong, the scroll lag is still there in the latest, just less laggy (still ultra annoying to me, I think a dualcore phone should manage it without lag. Some other launchers with 3d seem to be lagfree).
[Android Apps and Games] JustSomeDude:
Well, I have been trying the RC found in post #280 and everything seemed fine, until I needed to restart my phone. On initial restart, instead of loading, claystone freaked out and started giving me the "unable to restore homescreen_name" error. Luckily this time I tried the "restore" function and it worked... but one entire panel (the one with 8 folder organizer mini-widget links) was wiped clean. (the panel is there, with my edited title, but it is blank).

Again, love the launcher, but if it causes this many issues on every restart, it will be tough to justify it as my main launcher. Hope you can resolve this issue!
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I had this issue too after a reboot and I think this happens because I didn't wait for android and claystone fully loaded. Anyway, I just switched to another launcher and restarted claystone and this time was loaded fine.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
JustSomeDude & dancer_69:

Gotcha, really appreciate you both taking the time to report it.

Just to confirm: you created a new Home Panel (with edited title), placed a few widgets on it, restarted your phone, and received an 'unable to restore homescreen_name' error?

Just for reference, can I ask what phone you're using? Tried to reproduce this on a few devices without success thus far.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Yeah... I'd be pretty ultra annoyed, too. ;)

I'm going to keep pushing to recreate the App panel lag on some of our test devices (we've had a few users mention it, but a tough time actually reproducing it on a variety of phones) and hopefully can identify the issue that's causing this.

Appreciate the heads up!
[Android Apps and Games] JustSomeDude:
Sure, I'm on an Evo 4G.

So actually I had created several panels, each with several widgets... but the one that came up blank was the most recently created one. And again, this came up blank only after I restored the backup -- when first restarted, I got the "unable to restore homescreen_name" error with NO panels restored, and the "apps" panel the only thing there, basically half-sized on the screen. (I even tried to switch to another launcher and then back to claystone before getting the same thing, being forced to try the backup).

As far as when it happened, I had created all my panels when I first loaded claystone, and didn't restart my phone until much later (it was at least 12 hours or so, I think).

Hope those details help.

Oh and one more thing -- I wonder if you are looking into the possibility of being able to add "shortcuts" to panels (as you can on most android screens); that would greatly reduce the number of widgets I use. :)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Those details most definitely help. We have an Evo 4G here that we can attempt to reproduce that workflow with, so my hope (strangely enough) is that we can recreate the bug and identify the source of the error.

Thanks for all the help!

PS: We weren't looking into your suggestion prior, but have now logged an internal ticket to investigate how quickly we may be able to introduce that feature. Can't promise integration (or a date targeting it) but now that it's on our list we'll review to see what we can do. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Just an update: we've now posted v1.13 to Android Market for download.

Some release notes:

Now looking towards v1.14 and continuing to build on the tremendous feedback we've received here @ XDA. Thanks, everyone! :)
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
which version you uploaded on market? I thought that will include my updated translation, but steel has the old halftranslated file.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
We hope not! We uploaded RC4 which we posted earlier today. With revision control it's possible one of the files got reverted back by accident but I would be really surprised. It does take a while for the market version to update, if you check menu button->about what version does it report?
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I thought about this too, but the version that appears on about is 1.0 update 13.

So I think is the updated version.
[Android Apps and Games] kangi26:
One thing I would love to see if it possible on this launcher, is the option to hide the system taskbar. It's something available with LauncherPro, and with the addition of the "Home Screen" bar, I'm losing a bit more usable screen area with 2 launcher bars

Otherwise, this is progressing really well, and I like the effort going into it. Thanks to all the folks working on this project
[Android Apps and Games] xansavier:
I really love this launcher but the frequent reinitializing of the launcher is getting annoying.

I'll wait patiently till it gets more stable. Keep up the good work!!
[Android Apps and Games] crnkoj:
So more reporting from my side:

1. You guys are great to respond almost to any user comment.

2. I find it a bit annoying that there is a doubled "status bar", the original android one and the "frame" part of your launcher on the top - it just takes up space unnecessary. Maybe you can hide the original status bar and expand the functionality of your status bar, to show notifications and alert, or you could make the top frame of your launcher thinner/smaller (this would be easier but less elegant). Another thing is the top frame in the "app drawer", it's sobif and clumsy, maybe if you do the same as mentioned above, remove status bar and make a hybrid thin status/folder bar in the "app drawer" panel, that would certainly make for a better look.

3. The background: as you have it now, the launcher is on top of the background wallpaper, which at one point is really cool, but makes it look unpolished (it might just be that it's like this on pentile screens like my atrix has), since the semi white/transparent layer of the launcher makes the wallpaper look as if it's of poor quality. Maybe you could make it use the wallpaper or a transparent panel as the background.

4. I gave a bit more attention to the scrolling thing and it seems, the biggest problem is, that in some situations it doesn't register the up/down scroll + a delay with it. (especially when you scroll up and down fast)

Keep up the great work guys!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hi, kangi26 - We've had a few requests for this feature and have just recently started developing 1-2 possible solutions for hiding the title bar at the user's discretion. Hoping to have more news on that to share soon.

Thanks for the kind words!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Geez, I'm sorry to hear you're still having issues with that. We're in the midst of collecting data on performance and stability and are looking at using it towards a release strictly focused on improvement in those two areas.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hi, crnkoj - We have an approach we're currently developing re: toggling visibility of the panel title bar and my hope is it should address some of the concerns re: space taken up between that and the device's status bar.

In terms of including a setting to determine the opacity of the panel background, you can chalk that up to one of those items that is about 10x harder than it has any right to be. I won't bore you with the details, but visual consistency in the panel between static, animated, and 3D states has been an unfortunate obstacle.

That said, it's a popular request and we're working hard to see it gets done.

Thanks for the feedback and support - much appreciated! :)
[Android Apps and Games] xansavier:
I will wait for the new release.

You guys are doing great, keep the momentum going
[Android Apps and Games] btn21:
This launcher has a lot of potential. The only great issue is the frequent relaunching. Keep up the good work guys! :)
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I have this problem from the first version I used, but in the latest updates(after 1.11) there is a lot improvement.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
That's great, dancer_69. Rest assured the next version will be another step towards alleviating those types of issues!