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[Android Apps and Games] pibach:
I've been using gmd gesture control since years. Currently on a Galaxy Tab s 8.4. After latest update of the app, gestures stopped working. Telling me to manually configure touch event parser. Tried all the options without success.

Any hint?

Edit:

Eventually, it worked using touch event parser "modern". Seems to take a while? Strange.

Fantastiic app!

I only miss close tab/new tab gestures for chrome browser (sending charactets ist

isn't possible?).
[Android Apps and Games] jinnk:
Please add support of backing up all the gestures;)
[Android Apps and Games] Spl4tt:
Just use titanium backup, easy.
[Android Apps and Games] fenchai:
Can somebody really help me out here? I am not sure if I am missing something. and I see no FAQ, searched for Lollipop issues, nd found it to be supported?

I cant seem to make any gestures work on my Z3 compact 5.0.2 stock.

If I change any setting on device setup, It says that it has lost device connecttion? I am scratching my head here and I have tried everything. It worked fine on my S5 last time and I bought paid version too. :(

SuperSU set o grant permission automatically.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
Same problem on my Z2 Tablet after upgrading to 5.0.2!

With Kitkat, GMD worked without problems.

Sony added a new service "com.sonymobile.touchscreen.touchfilter.tfpss" (is listed under "running apps" ). So it seems that the whole way touches are processed has been altered...

Any hope for GMD love, or is it too special a problem?
[Android Apps and Games] nimrodity:
Works fine on my Z3, with device setup like following, touch device is clear pad and touch event parser is legacy HC. Otherwise it didn't work before , now all is fine
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
If I choose the same settings on my Z2 Tablet with LP, GMD will say: "Failed to connect to touch device", and the touch event parser will revert to "modern".

As I said: Sony obviously has messed with the whole way of touch processing. (Which makes the touch screen of the Z2 tablet indeed reacting better, which is a good thing, for the price of no more GMD...)
[Android Apps and Games] fenchai:
Well this is strange, did an uninstall, installed paid gmd then set same device setup as you and it now works.. for now. Let me try again
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
For now, I have installed the Xposed module "Gesture Navigation". Less flexible than GMD, but at least works.
[Android Apps and Games] athibanvasanth:
Best way to backup gestures ?

[MENTION=4147454]StupidIdea[/MENTION] I know its not possible to backup using Titanium and so I tried the following two ways mentioned in this forum.

1. Backup the gestures.xml from the data folder and restore after a new flash.

2. Install the app and then restore only data from Titanium.

The second method works sometime and the first one doesnt work at all !!

I am a flashaholic and creating gestures every new flash is frustrating :(

Any way to restore gesture which works 100% as of now ?
[Android Apps and Games] Jimmy34742:
Does restoring using 3C Toolbox work? I think I must have done this in the past, but I don't remember specifically.
[Android Apps and Games] aalupatti:
I have always used titanium to backup and it has worked flawlessly...I too flash different roms quite often and never seen an issue with titanium restoring this app.

What kind of issue are u facing ?

U can also try zipme
[Android Apps and Games] athibanvasanth:
My backed up custom-gestures dont work after restoring from Titanium !

---------- Post added at 08:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:04 PM ----------

Huge thanks !!

Restoring from 3C Toolbox works flawlessly :)
[Android Apps and Games] dan04103:
It's not the easiest but the way I backup my command list is by backing up the shared pref folder. Then when you format the phone, load gmd for the first time then close. Use your file Explorer and replace the folder with the backed up one and reset device. When you load up gmd again your all set.
[Android Apps and Games] Fede Luzzi:
Hey any news on this? It's driving me crazy, thanks for your work!
[Android Apps and Games] athibanvasanth:
Have tried that but doesn't seem to work on my Nexus 4.
[Android Apps and Games] Spl4tt:
What? It was always working.
[Android Apps and Games] athibanvasanth:
I think you misunderstood that line !

Yes its possible to backup using Titanium. But your gestures which are restored from it does not work in all devices.
[Android Apps and Games] Rashad83:
Hi tyvm for this great app. I noticed that GMD is forced to close every time I uninstalled an app from setting/apps window. I have managed to reproduce this many times and using different roms.
[Android Apps and Games] Angeal Hewley:
Same for me it does not work on Tablet Z2 5.0.2 :(
[Android Apps and Games] kuzcoTheGreat:
yeah, I also got problems on my z3c. I tried to update the device settings (Touch Event Parser) manually to "Legacy (HC)" which worked for me with KitKat. The settings are always restored to Modern, though.
[Android Apps and Games] Joker87:
Maybe cause devices have different screen resolution
[Android Apps and Games] joeyjoey022:
good work keep it up!

really liked it!
[Android Apps and Games] sebarkh:
On Galaxy s5 gt900f I'm having an issue. When a launchpad is on screen, Home button doesn't work.. I can't go back to home screen when I click it.

To go back to homescreen you need to dismiss the (visible) launchpad first with Back button (or click an icon on the launchpad).

Minor issue, but frustrating. Especially when you open a launchpad and change your mind,, and want to go back to homescreen.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
I'm working on new update. Added full screen for Lollipop already. I will release bugfix version in a couple of days but backup/restore won't be finished yet and will be released later.

This is tricky to "fix". Home is not key event and is handled by Android.

I will test override settings to see why it can happen. For now try 1) turn off service 2) enable override and select Legacy parser 3) enable service.

Could you send me logcat after that happens?

I'll fix it next update. Does it count?

I'm working to add backup to next update.

Yes, thats the setting I missed to remove :o.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
If, on my Z2 Tablet, I try to change the touch events parser to Legacy with GMD service disabled, the same thing happens as with service enabled: The setting immediately reverts to "Modern".
[Android Apps and Games] ngoonee:
Haven't been using GMD for a while (since the early betas of this new version) and now I find it no longer works with my device (ASUS Padfone S in both phone and tablet mode).

This previously used to work, my Touch Device would be Himax-touchscreen for the phone mode and asus_dds_sis_touch for tablet mode.

Now I can't seem to get it to detect anything in phone mode, and in tablet mode by manually selecting the device it works for a short while and then gives me the error message "Failed connection to touch device". Once in a while it will 'stick' and work, but often it just resets to the Himax-touchscreen device.
[Android Apps and Games] kuzcoTheGreat:
Ok, at first I had the same issue as hasenbein. But, miraculously, it works now. Since I retried so many times I can't even tell what I did differently. Things I certainly did: Force stop application and restart. Turn service of and on multiple times. Change device settings multiple times.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
I also tried these things again and again in different orders etc. No success. Legacy HC touch events parser won't stick, wsill always revert to modern.

GMD, is it perhaps possible to write the setting manually via an editor into some settings file of the app and make this file read-only (so that the app can't revert the setting)???
[Android Apps and Games] Fede Luzzi:
Yes it does [emoji3] thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
GMD Gesture Control 8.1.0-beta1

- Full Screen (Immersive mode) action on Lollipop

- Icon packs support (gestures and launchpad)

- New actions for Chrome browser: Forward, New Tab, New Incognito Tab, Close Tab, Next Tab, Previous Tab, Bookmarks, Add Bookmark, Find in Page, History

- Added Launchpad labels text color option

- Bugfixes
[Android Apps and Games] Viper_21:
[MENTION=4147454]StupidIdea[/MENTION]: Many moons and versions ago, I made a request to add an option to disable all gestures when one is on a phone call because movement of the screen on one's ear sometimes activates some gestures.

Assigning the phone app as a blacklisted app doesn't work (only blocks GMD when one is using THE phone app for contacts, call log, dial pad) but not when one is actually on a call.

Could you please consider this for v8?

Thanks. ☺
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
With new beta, same problem on Z2 Tablet as before, no difference.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Uploaded one more update. Now device setup setting should work properly. You still need to override it manually for now if detection is not working correctly but setting should be applied correctly now. Please report your results with new beta.

8.1.0-beta2

- Fixing issued with Device Setup and connection to multitouch device
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
Beta2 not yet in the play store... I suppose I have to wait a bit until it appears?

Anyway thank you very much for your work!
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenSolstace:
This update causes "multi-touch device not supported" on my device upon updating. Previous version worked fine on my device.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
Yay! Finally it works on the Z2 Tablet with Lollipop! You rock, StupidIdea!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Does it list devices in Device Setup menu?It should be working fine on Note 3. Try rebooting the device.
[Android Apps and Games] maltinbay:
[MENTION=4147454]StupidIdea[/MENTION]

Thanks for update bro.

But when i create a gesture for browser actions like bookmarks, it will open my Swype keyboard options?
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
These actions will work properly only in Chrome.
[Android Apps and Games] maltinbay:
I know, already gestures related to browsers does nothing except chrome.

But in chrome, it is opening my keyboard settings (Swype interface) instead of "bookmarks" or "new integnico mode"
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Has anyone else tried bookmarks action? It works for me :o

Is keyboard visible or hidden when you execute the gesture? What device and Android version?
[Android Apps and Games] maltinbay:
Sorry for late answer, i didn't see your reply because you don't quota or notify me.

No, keyboard is not active, just normal chrome page. It is also open for "new integnico page" action to, not just for "bookmarks"

I am using Samsung s4 gt-i9500 with android 5.1.1, cyanogen mod based europhoria Rom.
[Android Apps and Games] Rashad83:
Sorry for the late reply. Attached is the logcat. Tyvm for your great work.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
By the way: Under Kitkat, GMD worked on the Z2 Tablet, but there always was a slight lag between gesture and execution (which, for instance, is not on my Nexus devices). Now, with Lollipop, this lag is gone, everything working perfectly and fast! No clue what's the reason, but I'm happy with it :)
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Could you try selecting different keyboard? I'm still trying to reproduce it :rolleyes:.

Could you post your multitouch device name? I want to check if its mapped to Modern parser or just incorrect automatic detection.
[Android Apps and Games] hasenbein1966:
Multitouch device name is "clearpad".
[Android Apps and Games] maltinbay:
You are right. If I use Google keyboard, it works.

But what should I do? I really like Swype.

Any work around?
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Don't use these actions :o.

I installed swype and for me it hits or miss. Sometimes it opens swype settings but sometimes it executes the action properly. It looks like it fails more often when in full screen mode but it may be just bad luck. For now I have no ideas how to overcome it.
[Android Apps and Games] maltinbay:
Thank you, when i saw the update, i was very happy, because i cannot use chrome xposed module on android 5.1.1 :)

I hope you find a way fix it soon :)

It's good improvement, and i can't use it :(

Have a good day.
[Android Apps and Games] nizarmah99:
Well well well. This is mind blowing; not many are the android apps with gesture controls that are successful but i can assure this one is! Neat! Great work!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Released 8.1 to production.
[Android Apps and Games] Antitype:
GMD Bug Reports & Requests

Any way to seclude a certain area on the display to recognize gestures only? I am using GMD for Chrome to switch tabs by swiping inwards from the screen borders. Will GMD provide a way to block or prevent shifting of the webpage when gesturing? Just annoying when I go back to a tab to see it had been shifted or zoomed in from where I was viewing originally because the gesture disrupts the pages. Chrome had this built in natively and they decided to shift it up onto the Omnibar. So I had hope I could bring it back to as close as possible by using GMD.

I like to request to add Border & Gesture per app handling functions. Border colors will be a nice plus with features to make it transparent to know exactly where you should be swiping and possibility to lower the Gesture Size Adjustments to zero so the function as almost touch inputs but not necessarily.

A few bugs when using the next/previous tab is it does not work well in Chrome's default New Tab page. It will not show the next/previous tab but just keep highlighting the refresh button. Browser Back works but its practically a "back" function and when going to far into previous tabs with no more history beyond that the tab will close automatically and eventually Chrome entirely. Could please you fix these issues so it won't happen?

Thank you so much for creating GMD.
[Android Apps and Games] kuzcoTheGreat:
and works like a charm on my z3compact. Thank you! :)
[Android Apps and Games] ForgottenSolstace:
Sorry for the delay, but restarting my note 3 worked.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Problem is that when app is updating it may leave hanging root process that locks some resources. Of course app is trying to kill it but in some cases it may fail and then reboot is needed :rolleyes:.
[Android Apps and Games] Hydr0Henry:
S6 Edge

Is anyone having trouble getting this app to work on the galaxy s6 edge? Every time I manually setup the device it cannot locate my touch device....
[Android Apps and Games] clel:
Android 2.2 Support

Hi,

first I want to say thank you for this great app. I was wondering, if you could make it available for devices with android 2.2 and so, too.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisrotolo:
Thanks, just purchased full version for Tab 7.0+ (GT-P6200).

Very nice app.

I expect Google to Kang this from you in a future release. (:
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version: 1.8.0

1.8.0:

- Added LaunchPad settings tab (edit items, reorder, resize LaunchPad, resize icons and labels).

- Launchpad now can launch custom actions and shortcuts.

- Lite version now can create 1 fully working custom gesture.

- Added Kill Application action for custom gestures and LaunchPad.

- Added action icon in custom gestures list.

- Some small fixes.

- Added "rate me" reminder, sorry :)

- Tasker actions will be lost, please reasign using shortcuts.

Anything is still missing in new LaunchPad?

Would tasker plugin for hide/show bar cover this? You would be able to create Tasker profiles that hide/show bar.

I worked all week on new LaunchPad, hope you like it :o

I have started it on GB phone earlier, but I just removed all Holo GUI for this, so in general only user interface requires HC. But I don't think there are many tablets with 2.2, so currently no plans for downgrading SDK requirement.
[Android Apps and Games] flydev:
good work, great update!!

* why disabling a singletouch default gesture disables the multitouch equivalent too?

* when you select an application for launchpad the list is sorted by installed date ... strange ...

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
W hat does the tasker integration do?
[Android Apps and Games] jcastillo1830:
I was hesitant to try this because I'm using the cornerstone build for Xoom that EOS has kindly included in their roms. In general cornerstone is very unstable.

I am very pleased to say that after trying the lite version I have purchased the full version and have enjoyed the functionality that this has brought to my tablet. Even though this is alpha stage, its perfect as far as I can see.

My two cents:

Might be helpful if lite settings transferred to full.

Full app did not replace lite app.

I realize this might be my ROM, but I thought I should mention them all the same.

Lastly, alphabetized applications when setting application shortcuts to the "launch pad"

Thanks for the great app!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Only selected "touch-type" gestures work. If you pick multitouch - all single touch are disabled and vice verse. I don't think anyone switches this setting often, so `i don't see problem that disabling particular gesture carries over from multitouch to single touch. Did I misunderstand something?

I will check list ordering. If it is not ordering alphabetically, it will be in next version.

In previous version you could select Tasker task for custom gesture. From 1.8.0 you just assign shortcut and select TaskCut.

This is my first Android app, so I messed up this part. Lite and Full have different packages. If I want to change this now, I have to publish new application in market and all users would have to uninstall and install again from market. So yes, Lite and Full are separate apps with separate settings. On the other hand it is convenient for testing :o
[Android Apps and Games] pdppdp:
Doesn't work with Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy Tab (P1000) with CM9.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
P1000 was working before. Does it detect multitouch device in Help section? What multitouch device and what parser (in parentheses) are shown?
[Android Apps and Games] pdppdp:
Wow. Fast answer. Thank you.

I says supported device not found.

Device: GT-I9000

ROM: CM9 GalaxyS Nightly 08042012

Android 4.0.4

Display: 480x800

Cypress_touchkey

Aries_keypad

Orientation_sensor

Lightsensor_level

Proximity

Raw_magnetic_sensor

magnetic_sensor

Accelerometer_sensor

mxt224_ts _input

EDIT: Works perfectly on galaxy tab! Seemed to be a problem with root access.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version: 1.8.1

1.8.1:

- Added Pause Gestures till screen off action.

- Added Exit GestureControl action.

- Added options to hide bar on screen turned on.

- Added options to hide bar on unlock.

- App list will be sorted alphabetically when adding action.

- Fixed FC when adding some shortcuts that do not provide icon.
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
after pausing gesture, there is no way to unpause gesture without locking and unlocking. Maybe an option could be added. I may want to disable gesture when playing game and after playing game I may wanna continue using my tablet without locking and unlocking.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Currently this is only option, but maybe unpause if settings screen is started would help?

And I forgot to auto show bar before exit, so be careful, don't exit GestureControl with bar hidden :)
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
Yes that may be a good idea. Because right now IMO pausing is equivalent to disabling gesture, just that I cannot unpause it through the app itself.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Ok fixed these two things and updated market and XDA.
[Android Apps and Games] flydev:
i have an idea and i will try to explain (it's not easy)

it's possible to select some apps, and when they are the active program gestures are not monitored?

yesterday i was playing "draw something" and it's almost impossible because all my custom gestures was activated.

it was too confusing?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
So I am still not clear on tasker integration. Sorry.

Say if i want start maps...can i assign a gesture to start maps? Say letter C with l-d-r as a custom gesture?
[Android Apps and Games] jcastillo1830:
Thank you for organizing the apps under custom gestures.

Other feature request:

I had trouble using the letter scheming for making custom gestures at first but it became easier to figure out once I had messed up a few times.

I thought that a few predefined gestures to choose from and a caption explaining the letter scheme that goes along with it might help users dive into making their own custom gestures.
[Android Apps and Games] andyln3:
Anybody else having problems setting borders for custom gestures? My custom gestures launch everywhere on the screen.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
No, request is clear. I added Pause action yesterday (v1.8.1), so you can "disable" all gestures till you lock screen or open GestureControl Settings screen. Just add it to LaunchPad.

Let me know if this helps.

When saying Tasker integration I mean "Tasker" application from market.

If you want to start maps then you just select Maps application or Maps shortcut. You can start any application or create any shortcut (like call contact, browser bookmark, etc). You also can start some GestureControl Actions like "Show Recent Apps", Home, etc. This is all straightforward.

Again "Tasker integration" was referring only to particular Tasker application and ability to execute internal tasks that where created in that application.

I'm thinking how to improve this area. Some changes will come when I decide how to solve this. One idea is to add option "On Touch Up". When selected it would search for gestures only when touch is finished and would match full path. This would allow making more complex gestures that don't interfere with simple ones. Other idea is of course recording of gesture. Another thing would be to lock screen when drawing gesture.

I just tried it and it looks ok for me. Please check if calibration is turned off in Advanced tab and if values there correspond to your screen resolution.

Also edit gesture and check if borders really selected.
[Android Apps and Games] igloohed73:
Might seem like a silly question; are you rooted with a working & updated SU? If so is the app set to "allow" root privileges?

Edit- Lol, never mind, I believe your the same user I was helping on G+.

For anyone interested the problem was SU. He updated SU & it fixed the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
I just updated from the PlayStore from GMD 7.5.3 to ver 8.1.0.

I have the following problems:

1. Evaluate on release is inactive for all gestures while in the old version it was set to on. This setting wasn't transferred.

2. Big problem and quite annoying: Very long delay after the gesture is made until the action is implemented. Feels like more than a second definitely. I am with HTC one m8 which is quite powerful. Never had this issue with any other version. Not even with 8.0.1. The toast together with the action implementation are both very much delayed. Once I see the toast, the action is also implemented.

3. Active on keyboard setting is set to off for all of the gestures, while for many of them this setting wasn't set so in the old version.

4. Making the Alt +Tab gesture on the home screen when there is only one app in recent apps list isn't doing anything. With the old version this gesture was taking me straight back from the home screen to the app which was opened. Same as with my desktop PC.

Basically updating properly from ver 7.5.3 to ver 8.1.0 isn't possible. Some of the settings are lost. I have many gestures and I can't even imagine setting up all of them again. Please, make this work.

I've reverted back to version 7 and still refrain from going to lollipop because of GMD ver 8xx not working OK for me.

Thank you for your work and hope to finally have this amazing app work the way it can with me!