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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
New video will be made today, probably the last one before I release Build 1 to the testers.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] propsia:
launcher is pretty nice hope we will have the test build today:p
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
dympy, no need to flash system.img, just take the system folder from out/target/product/apollo and replace it in a cm7 update.zip

Also, you can make a cwm flashable zip out of it

Add the releasetools folder from here [https://github.com/sg3/android_device_samsung_apollo/tree/ics/releasetools] to device/samsung/apollo, and these lines to BoardConfig.mk

#Releasetools
TARGET_RELEASETOOL_OTA_FROM_TARGET_SCRIPT := device/samsung/apollo/releasetools/apollo_ota_from_target_files
TARGET_RELEASETOOL_IMG_FROM_TARGET_SCRIPT := device/samsung/apollo/releasetools/apollo_img_from_target_files

Then, run the below commands

source build/envsetup.sh
lunch cyanogen_apollo-userdebug
mka bacon
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Getting excited now! :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Going to try and upload the video on school now, at home it was just way too slow..

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Everyone, I'm terribly sorry for the following announcement..

So today I tried to upload the video on school, which shouldn't be a big problem.

However, if school limits your upload speed to 50KB/s, a 700+MB file takes one hell of a time.

However, that's not the announcement.

The thing is, I kinda destroyed my windows partition..

Right now I'm on my desktop while Windows 7 is reinstalling on my laptop.

However this does mean I lost source code for the following 2 apps:

Music and Pyramid.

Both of them weren't advanced enough to be pushed to github, which I now regret.

I restarted working on the music app on my desktop now, and now I at least got the AOSP Music App (NOT the CM7 one) working on my phone with my own package names.

Tomorrow I'll re-add the greendroid library and implement it into the Music App.

As for Pyramid, I think I'll just steal my old G3RM source and alter it to work with another server, another UI and some minor tweaks here and there.

So once again, I'm terribly sorry for messing up my Windows Installation..

I want to finish at least the following 2 things (3 if you count a minor addition for the Social Hub):

- Music with the GreenDroid Library implemented

- Pyramid in a somewhat working state (able to download updates)

(- Loading popup for YouTube)

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Good Luck!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] antaine:
definitly making this ROM is very hard and have a lot of surprise ;)

however good luck
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
Good luck dympy and don't give up! If possible, could you post the launcher here? It should work on other phones too right?

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Smooth and no lag vurrutRom
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I won't give up, it's not part of my nature.

And yes, it should work on other phones, I've tested it on my Archos 43 (HDPI resolution) and there were just some minor graphic bugs.

However, I don't see the point of sharing the Launcher yet, simply because the most unique feature it will have, the favorites sub-screen, isn't done yet.

Then again, in Build 1 it's not there either.

And I've also slightly integrated RA-Social in the Launcher (through the little pop-up you can also see in the screenshots over at RA-mod.com).

In other news, there's a big flea market coming up here in Purmerend (the little hell hole I live :P) in a few (9) days, I'll be looking for second hand Android devices to expand this project.

Anyhow, I'm going to work on the Music App again.

BTW, is there someone here who knows what the purpose of an aidl file is?

I know it has to be there and the syntax somewhat looks like a java file, so why is it not a java file?

Anyhow, enough smalltalk :P

Back to work it is!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
AIDL : http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/aidl.html
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Thanks, I was just too lazy yesterday to look it up :P

Anyhow, the first few hours of today will be spent on some schoolwork, after that I'm going to debug the Music App some more, there are still some bugs that bug me (hehe, see what I did there :P).

Anyway, I hope to implement the GreenDroid Library today and make some minor changes in the location of buttons and such.

I'll also try to take my old-old-OLD-G3RM code to make it work for the newer version AND Pyramid.

I'll first work on Pyramid and after that I'll edit the code for G3RM.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And RA-Social (Renamed from Social HuB, the name was to common) is done for build 1.

I also fixed all bugs in RA Music (E.G. When clicking on a song in playlist, it would play for a second, then force close. However if you restarted the app and click the now playing thing instead of reclicking that song in the playlist, it would play that song, in the playlist you selected..).

Now just to implement the GreenDroid Library and customize the UI somewhat, RA Music would also be done.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pante5:
Great stuff dympy continue the good work. I just hope I won't get to old to see a release...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, with a bit of luck I've made the right requisites to implement the library (changed some themes, shifted some code, etc., etc.).

Going to give it a try now, if it works I'll report back with screenshots :D

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And if the screenshot function would work, I would now post a screenshot of the somewhat newer Audio Playing screen (not that much has changed, only the appearance of the Action Bar).

I'll try to make a new vid ASAP (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Use ddms, or screenshot via adb (use `screenshot`)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, I hate developing using existing source code when there's absolutely no documentation at all xD

How would you guys feel about a Build 1 release with working pyramid so you can get all new builds asap through pyramid?

This way I'll release build 1 today and build 2 when I get music working.

Please let me know, do note not everything is working in the existing apps, e.g. the favorites screen in the launcher, twitter, mail and facebook in RA-Social, and that's about it.

Let me know!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Yeah I think thats better. Cause if you release build 2 on xda or your forum then we would have to reflash that then again configure the whole thing.

(Personally I don't mind it if you do that cause I spend half the time re configuring :P)

And you would be able to test whether pyramid is working or not for the masses.

But yeah, it's your choice. See what suits you.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, I'll make some finishing touches to Pyramid then, and try to compile it and upload.

Expect it to be up tonight (that's before 24:00 GMT+1 :P).

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
The Pyramid App works.. Theoretically that is!

You see, I kinda forgot the ftp details for the RA-mod server/site..

So I have to wait until Jamie is back online to send me the details, however, I'll be leaving my PC in a few hours (2 hours to be exact), so there might be a slight delay.

Meanwhile I'll try to focus on the Music App.

Dympy.

EDIT1:

Ooh, interesting, it seems I kinda made the GreenDroid Library work in the main screen!

Just the songs tab doesn't work, it gives a nullpointer, back to debugging!

EDIT2:

I fixed it, it's temporary but it works for now :P

Screenies:

Do note, even though these screenshots are less then 5 minutes old, the UI has already changed somewhat :P
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] koko008:
Is there an equalizer in the music app?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Yes, Jamie talked with the developer Meltus, and he said we could use Volume+

I delay build 1 with a day, so I can atleast provide a semi working music player (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Making some more changes to the music app.

The somewhat final version will soon be done, at least, done enough for Build 1.

Screenshots will follow.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] propsia:
i have one question the music app seems similar to that of android 1.6 music app can you justify it?:p

waiting eagerly for the release :o:o
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
TBH, I have never used the 1.6 app, not even used it :P

But it's possible they look alike, since I took the AOSP Music app as a base, instead of the CM7 Music app.

I'm figuring out what actions to bind to the actionbar items, when that's done I'll move some stuff around, change some pngs and then I'm off to compiling (:

BTW, I'm currently multi-tasking like there's no tomorrow, simply because I want to get this done AND 2 other school projects, both due to tomorrow.(Sleepless night, here I come!)

Now, lunch (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] propsia:
then i can confirm AOSP music app is same as that of 1.6 in UI....

BTW it doesn't matter i was just curious to know :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] antaine:
Any news??
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey guys, update and apologies coming up..

So this last week was supposed to be a holiday, and I had originally planned to work a lot on RA-mod an release a version ASAP.

Then I got emailed by one of the companies I have to finish an assignment for with the request of I could deliver the product last Friday.

Now this assignment was a team effort, if only the rest of my team did not plan their vacation in this week, or at least told me a week before they left, not one hour before they left.

So there I was, at the beginning of this week with an unfinished product, no team to help me and a deadline creeping closer.

I had to make some late nights to finish that product and I had the delivery last Friday.

So now all that's behind, I'm sorry for not letting you know earlier.

I was just really busy but I can now focus on RA-mod completely for at least the next 2 and a half day.

New Screenshots coming up ASAP, can't give you an ETA until I finished what I want to finish.

I do plan to post screenshots and little status updates in this thread as soon as something is done.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And here's a minor update regarding the music app:

The "Now Playing" thing moved itself to the action bar, which means there's more space for the actual music list.

There are just some minor UI tweaks I want to make and add one nice feature and then RA Music is done for now.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I decided how I will do the last UI tweaks, tried a few out today but still a lot of recoloring to do :P

I'll release a screen as soon as I feel it's done (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] akoshun:
Very Good!:)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, screenies coming up.

There's just one little bug thingy in the overview screen (you'll see it soon enough).

I'll try to squash that bug and then it's as good as done (:

Let me try to attach my phone to my PC, somehow the USB notification doesn't pop up..

Dympy.

EDIT:

SCREENIES :D

Do note: some icons are not final yet and will probably be changed in the progress.

Dympy. (Again :D)

EDIT2:

Oh lol, it looks like the seekbar is misbehaving in the screenshots xD
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] :
If you need any help with icons or graphics or whatever, just tell me :D. I'm dying to help :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, most of the design parts are done, for now.

When something pops up, you'll be the first to know :P

Now I'm going to take a little break, going to level up my Magikarp!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Reinstalled Windows yesterday, now installing git and I'm ready to give another go at the Pyramid App.

When that one's done I'll try to compile Build 1, using the release-tools thingy cdesai suggested, and flash it.

If it boots and things have changed they way I wanted them, I'll upload it to the RA-mod Site.

Jamie, if you read this, please read your mail :P

Dympy.

EDIT1:

The Pyramid App works! ..Sorta..

It loads all needed data, and it downloads stuff, but it has almost no GUI..

It retrieves the XML, and then download every file to the SD card, so tomorrow I'll throw in a nice ListView here and there, add some other layouts and BAM! Done :P

So hopefully I'll get this working by tomorrow evening, but we'll see about that..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Ava.tar:
Looking forward to giving this a spin :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aditnryn:
this rom will just be great! keep up the great work :)

btw..sreenies look awesome.

thanks
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey guys,

So I talked with Jamie today, and he came up with the idea to revamp/relaunch RA-Mod, especially the site, so it matches the ROM even better.

Meanwhile I'm still trying to do as much work as possible on the ROM itself.

The next 2 weeks will be quite busy for me, since it will be the last 2 weeks before my college year ends..

After I've finished my school projects and finished most of my homework, I'll have about 3 or 4 extra free days in the week, which I will fully use for RA-Mod.

Just a little bit longer guys!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
I got my g3 back! Time to flash soon :D

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Stable and Smooth CyanogenMod 9!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Hello all,

As Dympy mentioned earlier on, I am currently working on a new, rather exciting, featureset for the RA-Mod site.

Things are moving much quicker than anticipated with this so I should (no promises) be ready to allow a limited set of testers onto a beta program for the site within a couple of weeks. If you would like to be part of these tests please send me a PM - it will help your cause if you have knowledge of HTML & PHP, but it isn't a requirement.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pante5:
Take your time dympy, Christmas is just in 7 months. :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Ooh, shiny! :cool:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Ava.tar:
Im starting to get excited again :) are you anyfurther along in integrating more social networks into social hub? ie. fb,twitter,linkedin?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, I'm going to make some last changes to the Pyramid app today, and then I'll give another shot at facebook (:

But first I'll try to build this current version and see of it works.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Ava.tar:
Sounds good! :D good luck with everything :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] akoshun:
Good Luck!:D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Another day, another teaser...

This one is a lot more cryptic (as if that's possible!).
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Good news everybody - I've decided to launch a private beta for the site (as it is very near completion and we need some feedback).

Please either send me a PM (preferable) or make a post in this thread if you want access.

Jamie
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Tried building it for the first time today, the custom apps aren't compiled, probably because of the external libraries it uses.

However, I'm going to try it with the normal apk files tomorrow, and probably add in my own file explorer.

Yes, I said file explorer!

More info will follow.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
You can define the external libraries in the Android.mk, take a look at packages/apps in the source for some examples :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ajay.d96:
id like to give a shot to your pyramid app (the one which persian sphinx said)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I'll give it a shot, thanks :D

I'm currently gathering all apps I want in Build 2, I passed Build 1 because it had some errors left and some outdated apps. If I've compiled and uploaded it to the internet, I'll upload the Pyramid sources to github and you can compile it yourself if you want to, or just flash the ROM of course :D

Along with the release of Build 2, we will probably also release the new site, now I'm already going to apologize, because everyone who already had made an account on the old forum, probably has to make a new one, so sorry..

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] mohnishgs:
Been waiting forever to try this ROM....hope you complete it soon :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, completing is a big word, I'm just going to add features along the road.

E.g. if I somehow get Facebook or Twitter working, I'll recompile and upload Build 3 which will then be available in the Pyramid software center and on the site.

Because we don't have a file server yet, we won't be able to have older version online.

I'll save a copy of each build on my external HDD though, so when we get a file server, I can simply mass upload EVERYTHING :P

Dympy.

EDIT:

Also, maybe it's nice to tell you guys this:

The following 2/4 weeks will be quite hectic and busy for me, since it are the last weeks of this year of college.

I have to finish 2 projects before next Friday, including all the needed documentation (yuck), still have to do quite a lot of Data Warehousing assignments before the 8th of June, which has to be done using MSSQL and SSIS in Visual Studio 2008, which is extremely annoying, study for the upcoming C++ exam and finish an iOS version of an app I made for a local music theater a few months ago(has a somewhat high priority, because it will bring in some cash :P).

So I won't be able to work on this 24/7 or something, but as I gradually finish stuff, I'll get more and more free time on my hands which I'll distribute between RA-Mod and Social stuff.

I'm not going on a holiday this summer, so I hope to at least have everything currently implemented/I'm having in my mind finished by the end of summer.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey all,

Just letting you know I'm preparing the flashable zip right now.

I haven't been able to do this any sooner, I got a new job as an App developers which is taking up quite some time and I still have to get used to getting up that early :P

Anyhow, it's a flashable zip only tested working on MarcellusBE's CM7 RC3 Build.

Not sure how it will react to other CM7 ROMs, but when it's uploaded, don't be shy to test it.

BTW, Jamie, if you see this, you have my heads up on releasing the new site to the public!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aropop:
Changelog/featureset on the first version?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Coming up, found out I still have one bug in the Pyramid Software Center App.

So far the changelog is this:

- Slightly themed the framework-res.apk and system-ui.apk

- Added first version of RA Social, containing RSS feeds, Weather and Youtube.

- Added first version of RA Music, only changes so far is customized UI.

- Added first version of RA Launcher, redid some UI stuff, did some minor social integration, deleted some not-needed stuff to speed it all up.

- Added latest version of Volume+

- Removed DSP Manager (We have Volume+)

- Removed ADW (We have RA Launcher)

- Removed original Music (We have RA Music)

- Removed Spare Parts (Was obsolete)

- Removed Dev Tools (Was obsolete)

- Removed Theme Chooser and optional themes (Will be available through Pyramid)

This list is NOT final, changes will probably made.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Long time! Welcome back.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aropop:
Looks pretty awesome!! still waiting for facebook in social app and pyramid though :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Shall I let you in with a secret?

I can already successfully post to twitter, I just can't receive other tweets yet :P

I'm going to work on it somewhere next week and I'll release an update as soon as I get it to work properly and I have the time.

My new job is awesome, but time consuming, but then again, it's also awesome and it will eventually earn me a new PC (In case you're interested, link!) so I can build from source (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
I'm on it! :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aropop:
Looks awesome, the finished project seems awesome, if you need a tester or something, i speak dutch too so might help :) I'm not noob in coding too so pm me if you could use somebody ;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Yaay for Dutch speaking people :D

Anyway, right now testing the framework again, the bootanimation works, but the framework was messed up, some .9.pngs weren't real .9.pngs anymore, hopefully I've fixed that now..

If so I'll add all my changes into a flashable zip, flash that one, test the updates section of Pyramid (I haven't had time to test that one yet) and reflash the zip again to make sure everything in the download parts works.

So yeah, lots of reflashing for me the next hour or so :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I broke something in the framework-res.apk.. Bootloops :D

Going to take a look into this and see if I can fix it, quick question though, what do you guys use for theming?

As in, what tools?

Dympy.

EDIT:

SystemUI.apk seems to work, so that's a relief :P

Going to re-paste some stuff in the framework-res.apk and see if it will work.

EDIT2:

Okay, most of the pngs are back where they used to be, except for the few I lost :P

Time to put it together into the flashable zip and do the first test round!

EDIT3:

Compiling all customized apps..

Brb, getting some tea while all the apps compile :P
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Sorry I haven't been able to upload anything yet, I made an update.zip and thought it should work, but it didn't..

I'm looking for an alternative, easy (lazy) way to do it, any help would be appreciated!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Sorry I have no experience on along update zips. :(

Glad to see you're almost don't and congrats on job and laptop!!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Not yet the laptop, but thanks anyway :D

Anyhow, I may have found a way, going to give it a try and see if it works!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I may have found a working way!

However, I now get another error, which is the following:

mount() expects 3 args, got 4

The strange thing is, other zips do work with the same mount command..

Going to try another thing, but help is appreciated!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
IT WORKED :D

The update-binary was wrong, so I just copied it from another, working, update.zip and that did the trick!

Just some minor tweaks and it's ready for release!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
YAY! Long wait is over!!!! I'm gonna download it, and use it and be happy!! :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Testing Pyramid by download GAPPS..

If that one works I'll place the update.zip link here (It's the same link Pyramid uses) and the first release is official!

Jamie is still working on the RA-Mod Site, as soon as that one is up and working too, I'll add the download there too.

Dympy.

EDIT1:

It installed, so I guess it works :D

Let me try and set up my Google account..

EDIT2:

Hmm, after going through the setup, RA Launcher keeps crashing, trying a fix permissions now..

EDIT3:

Did a clean CM7.2 A8.2 flash, wiped EVERYTHING (Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data/Factory reset) and reflashed my update.zip containing all RA-Mod files and changes.

Now redownloading GAPPS and retry flashing those..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Man this is so exciting :) :D:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I may have found the correct order of flashing stuff and executing stuff in CWM.

Going to give it a last try with a complete reflash of CM7.2 (This is about the fifth time or something this evening) and report back if it works :P

Dympy.