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[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Agreed, there are certainly some things that could use a quick mention.

Yes, the gestures you set up can launch the various "position" launchpads, I thought that was clear personally. :)

At first I was a little annoyed with that too but I immediately realized the reason; how are you going to be able to validate your device can do the more complex gestures otherwise? So yes, I can't do some thing that I can set up, tells me to get the Pro. I get Pro, or I remove that gesture. But I like that I didn't buy the Pro version only to realize I can't do a 4-position gesture or something.. :)

All of this said, I agree. Documentation is always good, provided it's done decently. :) You could possibly put it on a public wiki somewhere, like maybe Wikia? Make sure you're clear if the author can simply take your information off elsewhere like a potential future website of his own etc..

If you do it, I have some suggestions.. Screen-by-screen discuss each function and how to set it up, and a separate section on use cases/user stories/howto's, potentially with cross-links. That way if someone just wants to know "how to set it up xyz" they can read that section with the high level info and perhaps click through to the functional settings, and if they don't understand what something means they can read more.
[Android Apps and Games] louiscar:
Your points are all noted with thanks. Regarding the documentation, firstly thanks for the tips. I offered to do the write-up as perhaps the dev is better utilized on other things especially when he is (I''m assuming) the only one working on it. I'd be quite happy to supply him with the documentation for him to distribute in the manner he best sees fit (no credit needed or requested), ie. either his website or this thread, he would then have complete control, I'd just be lessening the burden, but then I also wouldn't promise to keep it up to date. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Nazeroth:
Bro thanks, I got the paid version after testing

I was very disappointed of the Asus TF700 because of this annoying ICS/Jelly bean status bar and looked with envy at my wife's iPad and her ability to use a book reader on full screen.

Now i have the iPad gestures and a powerful little pc and no money went to apple!

Being a mac hater I had got the Transformer and was looking to sell it but went to the trouble of downgrading to ICS, rooting and installing your app! it was worth the 3 hors i spent on it.

Only thing so far: the Wallpaper goes and comes on hidding the bar (sometimes it is gone with the bar on and sometimes it comes back... i set a black WP to avoid this nagging at the back of my head)

BTW the reason i abandoned Ubuntu is that upper Unity bar that cant be removed... dont you happen to have the secret for that?
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
Its a known issue because when killing the status bar process it also kills the wallpaper which is somehow related - the Dev will explain it better. To solve the issue you'll have to use a live wallpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] Kuchar09:
Is it possible to have separate gestures for volume up and volume down? I bought the app and don't see it anywhere. Sure would be great for my car install!!
[Android Apps and Games] grivy:
Hi, I bought the app for my transformer prime (stolen several months ago..), but now I'm running it on the nexus 7 and the the app is more awesome then ever.

On the tf prime the status bar would pop back up when it was off, I don't know whether that is fixed now, anyway. On the Nexus 7 when the status bar is off, it seems that it causes games optimized for the tegra 3 chip to stutter. I believe the app now completely closes the statusbar service, so fixing it would be hard while keeping that approach, but the point is that there are some issues.

I noticed that some video apps (plex app, mx player) are able to hide the statusbar(soft buttons) instead of killing it. Since they didn't do that on my tf prime I would think it is an android 4.1/4.2 feature. Did you look into this?

(edit: You can see that the video apps are not killing it by the way the status bar hides and appears)

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] psygn:
I have an HTC Evo V 4G and sent you a followup email. I've followed the instruction for different overrides and restarting service but it works once in a blue moon and when it does the whole screen freezes until I put the phone the sleep and back.

I hope it's a simple fix, I've probably spent an hour trying to get it to work with different settings. It works beautifully on Nexus 7, though!
[Android Apps and Games] Satch09:
Tested combinations of ccw, cw, p, & e together and everything work peachy on my gt9300! Don't remove any actions (the more the merrier) like the "active while paused" feature, that will come in handy, Thanx for the vibration strength, appreciate it. I need a make coffee gesture please :p
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
Same here. Expert the coffee part. I want a beer gesture... :laugh:

CW, CCW it will work great (if could be assigned) with volume up, volume down...
[Android Apps and Games] Satch09:
Do you use tasker because it's totally possible just making the volume increase proportionately to the twist of the gesture might be a challenge. It's also one of my next tasker projects ;)

Edit: I've noticed that with a 2 finger gesture for cw, it triggers cw and ccw if I slide my fingers on y axis but only works cw on X axis, for all fingers.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version 6.0.0

Updated version in Google Play and XDA

6.0.0:

- New custom gesture: clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) rotation.

- New default gesture: Screen Off - rotate 5 fingers counterclockwise.

- Organized actions into groups.

- New "toggle" actions: Screen Rotation, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sound.

- New "browser" actions: Page Top, Page End, Page Up, Page Down.

- Exported all actions and LaunchPads as launcher shortcuts.

- Improved gestures conflict resolution.

- New setting: Vibration strength.

- Advanced setting: added rotation offset setting for device that register wrong gestures direction.

- New devices: Droid Razr HD, ALCATEL one touch 995, SH-09D, HTC T528t, LG-SU660

Adding action to +/- sound by predefined steps is easy. Making gesture that would adjust sound by slide amount is more difficult and such action is still in my future plans.

I mostly concentrated on gestures and actions lately as I was expecting that better solutions to hide status bar will be found by community (like mods or custom Roms). I did look into 4.2 changes regarding status bar a bit and it alows applications to hide navigation bar and/or status bar but this is available only in Phone mode. There are rumors that Google is dropping Tablet mode support in 4.2, so we will see how it goes. I tried a few fast tests and while I could hide it, it reappears on next touch. So more investigation is needed.

I sent you a reply. In short - send me protocol sample :o

I think I adjusted it if I reproduced it correctly. Let me know if you still have this problem with latest version.

How are you going to make proportional adjustment with Tasker :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
In can't see an update in Google Play. Is there something wrong with my play store app?

I just flashed a new ROM and I don't know if everything works OK with all the apps on it...
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
No, you're fine. I can't see the update either...hope it'll come there soon. I've tried it when it was a "beta" and the new stuff are awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
I post here right after uploading update. It takes some time for Google Play server cache to update. Can be several minutes or several hours depending on your luck.
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
It appeared, everything works ok. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] sdfghi:
Well I finally managed to snag a nexus 4 and let me tell you that it is awesome!!

That being said it would be great if we could just hide the status bar and leave the notification bar there since that actually serves some purpose as opposed to the big black Mar at the bottom!
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
Is it possible to enable game detection?
[Android Apps and Games] Satch09:
I'm still having that issue of a cw gesture triggering on cw and ccw.

As for the volume increase, I have a tasker scene with a slider that adjusts the volume with a slider whereby tasker adjusts the volume by using the "new_val" variable. So it might be possible *in theory* but I'll post if I get it right, I'm guessing that I would have to disable the "evaluate gesture on release" but let's see :)
[Android Apps and Games] Kuchar09:
I was playing with it a little bit and got it to turn the volume up one notch but thats it, so I prolly screwed up my counter or loop or whatever I'm doing. I'm not the greatest with tasked but I'm trying lol. Thanks for the idea!!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
You can try that mod that people use for Nexus 7 (I posted link earlier and don't have bookmark right now). It hides navigation bar, but requires device reboot.

I don't know how.

Could you describe in more details how to reproduce rotation problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Satch09:
My device is the gt9300 and running ARHD V16

I set up a gesture for two fingers rotating cw (happens with ccw too) and if I rotate my fingers cw starting from a vertical position the action triggers and when I rotate them ccw it doesn't trigger. This is what I wanted since I only wanted the action to trigger cw. But when I try trigger the same gesture (set only for cw) by rotating starting it from a horizontal position, the action triggers cw and ccw. I can attach a drawing of what I mean when I get off work later if need be.
[Android Apps and Games] sdfghi:
Yup just tried it. It works quite well and it leaves the notification panel intact
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Thanks, I reproduced it now. I will fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] andiprbwo:
Is it possible to have gesture for rotating image in future updates? Just curious, though :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] clel:
Hi, when switching applications with the next/previous apps gestures the icons semm to circle in the wrong direction, which seems a bit weired. Would be great, if you could look into that.
[Android Apps and Games] psygn:
Thanks! I sent you a protocol sample :) I love this app!
[Android Apps and Games] blueeagle69:
Sorry for the delay.

It it appears that I was suffering from brain failure.

When it said down left, I thought it meant swipe down then left.

But of course it's diagonal:banghead:

My bad. Apologies.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
It will be separate application and I finished it already, just need to upload to Google Play. I posted full description earlier, but it will allow to rotate screen clockwise and counterclockwise among other cool things such as per app rotation settings, forced rotation for apps that don't support rotation, camera based rotation and camera based keep screen.

By default previous application icon is on the left, because default gesture for previous app is to swipe from left to right, so you are kind of dragging previous app gesture to center :o. If you don't like it this way you can invert order in default Gestures tab. There is a checkbox 'Invert previous/next application order' and it affects custom gestures too.

Got it. I will take a look.
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
Where is it? What's the apk name? Can I try it first? :) :good:
[Android Apps and Games] peacewise:
Just started using this app on my Transformer Prime and love it. With the new CW and CCW gestures, can those be combined with others? I tried to do L-CCW but it only saved as L. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
How about a Tasker plugin which can enable disable the gestures?

What I do right now is for video apps like Hulu, MX Player, BBC Player , I have created a profile in Tasker which checks if these apps are running. If they are running I enable full brightness, full volume and enable rotation. Similarly if you can enable broadcasts/intents(either of them?) then Tasker can enable/disable gestures.
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
There is an option for gesture size. This is valid for all the gestures.

Is it possible to make this option be set separate for each gesture?

What I mean is that I like the smallest gesture size and for all or most of my gestures it works fine. But some gestures have shape which is similar to something else and when they are drawn something else is triggered.

For example the new cw or ccw gestures are confused with pinch. A bigger size is needed (rotate a bit longer or more) only for these cw and ccw gestures to trigger them.

Example: I pinch with 2 fingers in internet browser and it recognizes ccw or cw rotate with 2 fingers. The pinch with 3 fingers also sometimes triggers ccw or cw gesture.

Or may be only these cw and ccw gestures have to be made to require a bit longer movement to trigger them...?
[Android Apps and Games] andiprbwo:
Whoa cool, then I can't wait for that one..

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[Android Apps and Games] Satch09:
Or better yet, when certain apps are running, the plugin let's certain gestures become enabled... Gives us more control rather than to have a global pause for all gestures. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Nazeroth:
Hi bro, would it be possible to create an action to change the JB 4.1 spell checker language ?

i'm stuck with disabled atm as i need it to quick switch between frenchy, english and spanish
[Android Apps and Games] andiprbwo:
Ah I just checked on playstore and you've uploaded new app like you said, but apparently that's not what I mean earlier, I mean that the feature will have function to rotate pictures in the gallery or something like that. :D

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[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Published new app GMD Smart Rotate:

- Use front facing camera to evaluate your face position and decide if device screens needs to be rotated.

- Automatically keep screen turned on while you are looking at it (Full version only).

- Lock rotation in landscape or portrait.

- Force rotate applications that does not allow rotation by default.

- Set per application rotation preferences (Full version only).

- Easy rotation preference access by pressing default Android lock rotation toggle.

- Rotation preferences widget and launcher shortcuts.

- Integrates with GMD GestureControl and GMD SPen Control using shortcuts.

Co-developed by me and TouchScreenTune developer Vitalij :o

We tried to keep it simple and still powerful. Let me know if you have some suggestions or areas where we should improve it.

Integration with Gesture Control at the moment is through shortcuts. Application provides clockwise and counterclockwise screen rotation shortcuts too.

Link: GMD Smart Rotate

Dedicated thread: XDA thread

Ok I got it wrong :o. Sometime in the future I will go through ost popular application and try prepare action packs for them, but first I want to add functionality to allow application scope gestures.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyloid:
I am lucky as back works on my galaxy tab with cm9 :)

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[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version 1.5.0

Change Log:

- Added Launch Pad (dialog where you can put your shortcuts) and custom gesture action

- Added option to turn off gesture notifications

- Fixed custom gesture border checkbox not unchecking

- Fixed default gesture status not retained after restart

- Fixed screen resolution detection on ICS

I think fixed most of annoyances and small bugs, let me know if you find something.

What do you think about Launch Pad? Is it usefull? Any tweaks needed?
[Android Apps and Games] Psyloid:
If it would be able to trigger back, hide/unhide statusbar and menu (settings) from launchpad (by means of a virtual button (you can add them on top of the app list so you can choose whether you want them or not) that would be awesome too ;)

And if you would find a hole in your schedule , working menu gesture for ICS :)

Sent from Cupertino HQ with my galaxy Tab 10.1v
[Android Apps and Games] ssaass:
LOVE U FOR THIS APP thanks
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
If only one gesture will be needed, just to start launchpad it will be another SwypePad :o. Joke, I guess no harm if add same "custom" actions for LaunchPad too.

Menu - I just forgot about it, got carried with LaunchPad implementation. Will fix for next update. But keep in mind - its application specific menu (like for application settings, etc). Its same like menu icon in status bar (or sometimes in action bar).

I cannot make App Drawer action. Its just internal Launcher state and is Launcher dependent. At least stock launcher does not have means for that. Anyone have seen this functionality in some app?

I will check if that can be done with some other popular launchers.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Don't forget to rate in market then :o, that would be helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyloid:
Oh but your app is so much better then swypepad :D

And about the menu, that is exactly what i want, i dont need direct access to the app drawer :l

Sent from Cupertino HQ with my galaxy Tab 10.1v
[Android Apps and Games] deevo2:
Screen resolution detection/ border bug is still present for me. It has improved a little, if border is set to right or bottom the gesture now triggers from about an inch from relevant border (previously anywhere).

The other fixes all work, thanks for being so responsive and quick to update, its appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] daveid:
This version shows the status bar immediately for me. I would purchase the full version now, but it isn't available now. Put something here when it is and I will buy right away. Great job.
[Android Apps and Games] K3lthuzad:
I'm curious, would this work on a Gingerbread tablet? Also, the link to the .apk for the Honeycomb version appears to be dead. :/
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Border detection starts from 1/10 of smaller side. So for 1280x800 it detects 80 pixels. I could make it adjustable if you feel it is too much.

I added resolution detection to List devices in help section. Please check if you resolution is detected properly.

Thanks, version is same for ICS and HC. Fixed descriptions.

It does work on GB if I downgrade API requirement, I tested on SGS2, but since I don't have tablet with GB I don't want to enable it.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Found short article about my app:

http://www.androidpolice.com/
[Android Apps and Games] deevo2:
Glad the app is starting to get some recognition... it deserves it.

You stated that it may be possible to implement user controllable border distance for gestures. I would really appreciate such functionality as it would allow me to set simple gestures starting exactly at the borders without fear of accidentally triggering them through normal use (hope that makes sense)
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version 1.5.1

New version:

1.5.1

- Added default gesture for LaunchPad - expand 4 fingers

- Fixed "Menu" custom action on ICS Samsung devices

Download link in the first post.
[Android Apps and Games] runhopskipjump:
The back, recent and menu command doesn't seem to be working on my Motorola Xoom running Team EOS 4.0.3 nightly.

The toast notification pops up but nothing happens after that. I tested this on opera, tapatalk and YouTube. Besides that the gestures and extra screen real estate is a blessing. I am assuming the launchpad will be implemented later on. I have purchased your app from the market to show my support.

Update: bug: the software buttons on the status are missing If you unhide the status bar while watching a video in MX video player.
[Android Apps and Games] primetime34:
Back is not working on my original transformer on ics. Also the task bar keeps coming back. Also, is there a multitasking gesture on the paid version? Does menu work on paid? Thanks, I love this App! Link to the paid app for ics?
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Software buttons are dimmed in MX video player (just dots instead of icons). I know that when buttons are dimmed and you unhide status bar, sometimes these buttons do npot work on ics. Ypou have to hide/unhide status bar one more time. I'm looking for solution, but as with everything on ICS, no ETA. Don't buy ICS version, I cannot promise anything.

As for buttons, with ICS they properly work only with ICS kernel. I wanted tpo add some new funcionality (for refresh), now I'm back to searching for solution. Didn't want to bother people with testing during weekend.

Paid app will be same. Don't buy if it is not working properly for you. I will prepare test version for you tomorrow and PM you when it is ready.
[Android Apps and Games] primetime34:
Perfect. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
Hi StupidIdea. Sorry for the spamming of PM messages. The message that I sent didn't appear in my "Sent" folder so I've decided to send you another PM just in case lol.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version 1.5.2

1.5.2

- Improved supported device detection. Added instructions for unsupported device.

If your device was supported, no need to update.
[Android Apps and Games] andiprbwo:
Keep up the good work, it's really a great app.. :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Apps and Games] peacewise:
Is it possible to have App Drawer as one of the actions?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Good idea.:thumbup:
[Android Apps and Games] iper:
this program is really cool, i used to use it with Swipepad and i experiences awesome multitasking! but i think the Barry consumption is high.
[Android Apps and Games] jcsy:
My 5 button pinch home suddenly became unresponsive n doesn't work in some situations

Other things work

Any idea...
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
App drawer is internal state on launcher and there is no standard way to access it. Some launchers provide shortcuts for it, then it is possible to create custom gesture.

What batter usage battery statistics show on your device?

If you have pinch and rotate gestures for same number of fingers than I need to apply additional "no rotate" rule to pinch gesture or I cannot decide is it pinch or rotate. In other words if you rotate, then it is rotate gesture. I added default 5 fingers CCW rotate gesture for Screen Off. You can turn it off to have "old" recognition of 5 fingers pinch. I'm still tuning rotate detection, so i will try to improve it. If you don't rotate fingers when pinching it should work properly.
[Android Apps and Games] jujuburi:
For last half an hour I'm trying to apply the CW (clockwise) gesture, but I'm unable! Same for CCW! But all other gestures work well. Is there any additional thing I need to do for CW or CCW gesture to apply successfully? I've tried from 12 to 12, 12 to 6, 3 to 9 etc etc...

TIA.

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[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
If you're using Nova I know it's possible. Shortcuts->Nova Launcher->App Drawer
[Android Apps and Games] ungureanuc:
I'm using apex and when I start in gmd the launch pad I've added to the launch pad the app drawer shortcut which is an apex activity...
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
You don't need to enable them or something.

1) I assume you have latest version - 6.0.0

2) Are you creating custom gesture or trying default sreen off? Note that for custom gestures it CW and CCW cannot be combined with other directions so you only need to put CW or CCW in gesture path.

3) For default screen off gesture put 5 fingers on screen. Position does not matter, but it will be easier to understand if you put it circle. Now imagine where the center of that circle is rotate all fingers counterclockwise around that center trying to keep same distance from center. There is a threshold how much distance to center can change.

In short, try rotating all fingers, not other fingers around one finger.