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[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
This can happen sometimes. Try to revoke root rights for GMD Gesture Control and grant them again.

Also try this when this happens: Kill GMD Gesture Control app and start it again. You need to restart the service. So go to GMD's menu/device setup and just confirm the setup on that page by taping the checkmark icon in the upper right corner.

Let me know if this makes a difference.
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Before Posting here I have tried many things. Reinstalled, removed gesture and added again, removed su rights, cleared app data . None of the things works for me atleast.
[Android Apps and Games] cultofluna:
Yep.. unfortunately it doesn't work

Im also on a13 currently
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Using since KitKat now comes to an end sadly.
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Ok so I just noticed in Android 13 other gesture options are working. Only GMD can't launch apps with gestures. So something changed with A13 that's why it can't launch apps now
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Can you try to see if an app is launched through task by Tasker for instance?
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
I don't have Tasker app
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
You can install the free version of Tasker and create action from GMD through shortcut to Tasker task. Before that create a task in Tasker to launch a certain app. Point the GMD action to this task using a shortcut. Then see if this launches the app.
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
That's working fine
[Android Apps and Games] issue5854:
I really miss this app, I used to install the pro version on every phone.

can someone confirm if it works on Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, so I can know if it's worth rooting the device

or is there a way to grant needed permissions by using ADB?
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
It doesn't work anymore on android 13, this app is the only reason why I root my devices... I hope the developer comes back soon, we miss him...
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Most probably he won't.

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-5-6-7-gmd-gesturecontrol-root.1535740/post-84405019

This was the last message from him, no sings of life since then so... sad to say but I don't expect anything right now
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Just above your post there's someone who reported it working on Android 13.

He mentioned that only opening apps wasn't ok. But gestures for navigation actions like back were still working. Then using Tasker a way to start apps still exists.
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
thank u, i was using "tasker" and it worked perfectly but after a while the actions have a lot of delay.

then switch to "QuickShortcutMaker" (it doesn't run in the background which is great) but the same thing happens, I saw in the battery settings, but I don't know what it could be, after a while it works with a lot of delay.
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
The service is getting killed or something. Check battery savings.
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
- disabled all battery savers

- made it a system app

- reinstalled it several times

- turn on the persistent notification

- rebooted the device

After 15 minutes the application starts working with a delay of 5 seconds to perform any action

I can't think of anything else to do..

do you have any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Go to GMD, Settings, device setup and confirm the settings with the check mark button in the up right corner. GMD will then do some things to start and set the service. This could make it stick. Report if it worked, please.
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
This option is always checked because otherwise the gestures won't work... when I have a bit of time I'll try to change the rom but the s21 doesn't have much choice, they are all based on stock and there are only 2
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
No, I mean tap the check mark in the top right corner under Settings/Device setup again anyway. It will re-fire the app's service and it may stick now without getting killed. I do that from time to time too. It may help.
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
That didn't work for me, I ran out of ideas, the only way to get it to work is to force close and then reopen, after that it works perfectly for 15 minutes and then starts working with a delay of approximately 3 seconds
[Android Apps and Games] migfer:
I use Power Shortcuts in the gestures to open applications (they are the ones that don't launch, the rest work fine without it) and for now it works without a problem, regards.
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
It works perfectly for me for 15 minutes then it works with delay.

what phone do you use?

android 13?

custom rom?
[Android Apps and Games] migfer:
Poco X3 Pro

androide 12

Root
[Android Apps and Games] Jonathanpeyton:
EXCELLENT idea to combine with Tasker! Works beautifully.Like others I've been using this app since... well a lot of Dessert Names ago...

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Which Android version are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Have you found any solution for apps not launching with gesture without using tasker?
[Android Apps and Games] rodrigofd:
Out of curiosity, do you have a specific problem/inconvenience with the Tasker approach?
[Android Apps and Games] WANTEDJAAT:
STILL USING ON ANDROID 12 TOO.

& WAITING FOR YOU, IN A HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME BACK SOME DAY

AND DEVELOP IT FURTHER. AT LEAST SOME BUG FIXES SO THAT WE CAN RUN THIS IN FUTURE TOO.

ITS MY CORE APP & ONE OF THE MAIN REASON TO USE ROOTED PHONE
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
you can use almost any app that makes shortcuts

It works perfect for me, but after 15 minutes the gestures start working with a delay of 5 seconds or more... android 13, galaxy S21
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
I use it on Android 13 on Samsung Galaxy s23 ultra.

Basically the app works. The most important from it works:

- it perfectly detects the screen

- it perfectly detects the borders

- it perfectly registers the gestures

- zones are also working as trey should

So the main engine is operational.

It needs so little work to become Android 13 fully compatible.

It is true that its service gets killed after some time. That is why I used Tasker to kill GMD and start it again (hidden from recent apps) and going back to the previous app (alt+tab) upon every screen unlock. This way I don't even see that GMD is restarted when I unlock my phone.

Also GMD doesn't detect keyboard up/down now too.

The rest I was able to make work with Tasker.

- Kill current app

- Alt+tab

- Open apps

- Back

etc

Again, gesture implementation and registering works fine. This is the core of the app. Therefore I am sure it needs only little work to get it back to original.

I hope @StupidIdea would bless us with his grace. It wouldn't hurt him so much. And he would make people who supported him happy...
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
It definitely depends on the ROM, because on my tablet with crDroid Android 13 nothing actually works, whatever I change in settings
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
My advice is to make s gesture that gives a toast. Then play with device setup and start changing manually the settings there until you find a working combination. The toast is going to show if/when touch events are registered.
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Belive me, I've tried every combination
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
I thought tasker was for making the shortcuts work, but it makes sense that you can revive the app every 15 minutes... do you have a screenshot of the script you use to kill and revive the service in tasker?

I'm going to try to make it work myself anyway.

The only thing that scares me a little is the impact it may have on the battery.

But I think it's worth it, this application makes my life easy.

Thank you very much for answering.
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
Didn't notice any.

Just tell Tasker event unlock to kill GMD wait 200 ms and start it again. You can also apply go home action after GMD started or even go to the previous app (alt tab).
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Can I do the same with macrodroid? Doesn't want to buy tasker just for this
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
I am not familiar with macrodroid, but I think a shortcut to any app that can provide shortcuts to actions is ok.
[Android Apps and Games] daddyc:
Ok so I tried mactodroid and it works well. Between I didn't find tasker free version all I see paid version on play store @tiho5

But I must say this approach is little slower than orginal. Sometimes instantly and sometimes 2-3 second delay.
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Im really dumb 🤦‍♂️ I finally made it work with shortcuts. By the way, to launch GMD service in background, you can use this in Run Shell action:

am startservice -n com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol/com.gmd.gc.BackgroundService
[Android Apps and Games] fedex_742:
That's huge, because restarting the app when unlocking the phone takes me out of the game that I play... thanks I'm going to try it in tasker to see if it works for me
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
I have set a profile in Tasker with kills GMD and restart it at once in background on Display On. So far so good, I'll be monitoring this
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Unfortunately, I noticed that often when killing the GMD service, the screen just freezes and only reboot helps. This makes it pretty unusable to me. Anyone else face this?
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
So weird. I went back to Andorid 11 on my tablet just for the GMD but... I face exactly the same issues with stock gestures as on A13. I would swear it was working fine before on A11... o_O
[Android Apps and Games] 47djalil:
Hello guys, since the best gesture app (GMD gesture control) is no longer on the scene, I heard about an app called Xposed Edge.

Does it have more or less the same features ??? and how to use it like GMD gesture control ??
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Xposed Edge is very powerful and useful but it can't replace GMD altogether. Gesture actions work only on the screen's edges, not on the whole screen as GMD
[Android Apps and Games] 47djalil:
Thank you this is helpful

But is there a way to make GMD run on android 13 ?

I tried the Tasker method but it didn't work for me
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Nothing that I'm aware of. With regrets, I had to give up on GMD on my tablet with A13
[Android Apps and Games] 47djalil:
I guess I just have to stick with android 11 then, thanks for your help man
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Its easy, but I don't want to do it. Android can kill background processes, and it does if you play memory heavy game. If android decides to kill Gesture Control process while status bar is hidden you will have to reboot you device to get to the home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version

1.2.0

- Added option to switch multitouch/singletouch gestures

- Fixed bug: ROOT permission sometimes was not aquired
[Android Apps and Games] ahmad.yousry:
on ICS i only get the messages but no action :)

also i am unable to buy the full version as it says "Your device isnt compatible with this item"

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
No ICS support yet, so I guess its good thing, you cannot buy it :o
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
USB Debugging must be enabled

1.2.1

- Added check for USB Debugging
[Android Apps and Games] HacDan:
This is an awesome idea!

In regards to everyone posting it doesn't work on CM9(ICS) Keep in mind the thread title specifically says "[HC Tablet]" It does not say "[ICS Tablet]" So in a thought of keeping the thread clean, maybe try to test on Honeycomb tablets instead of ICS? =/ Just a thought though, take as you will.
[Android Apps and Games] rmcsc:
This is a StupidIdea!

*waits a second... hopes somebody other than the dev gets the joke*

This... THIS is the reason why we have developer communities like XDA around. My god, it's been a while since I got so excited about something I couldn't use (My Xoom is on ICS already)! It's so great people work to make these things happen!

Hey dev, you know that if you need testers you can count on us members to test it out. You could do a private beta test or something like that.

Good luck with your project!
[Android Apps and Games] andyln3:
I thought of this idea a few weeks ago and I'm so happy to see someone is working to implement it. Can't use it though since I'm on ICS. Someone get this guy some ICS love. :-)
[Android Apps and Games] geri.st:
hm, i can't download it.

the webpage cannot be displayed :(

i'll try again later ;)

geri
[Android Apps and Games] TuikS2:
Wow great job!

unfortunately i'm running ICS as many others.

Hope you will make it ICS compatible...

How about the Battery Consumption? Wakelock?
[Android Apps and Games] randomguy101:
Turned usb debugging on and it works perfectly now, bought. Can we see a hidden icon option like swipepad?
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
If I simple remove the icon, android will bee allowed to kill service, when more resources for active apps is needed (like playing games). I have to look more deeply into it. Currently ICS is my top priority.

Should be no problems in this area. My 7.7 consumes 1% over night. Service thread waits on thread lock when you are not using your device, it only wakes when you touch the screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Keks1234:
I've always been annoyed by the lack of use when it comes to multitouch. Why have sensors for up to 10 fingers when they dont even use more than 2 on most of the devices out today. How relaxing it would be to swipe from right to left with 3 fingers on my browser to move back to the previous page, with 4 fingers to switch between tabs/windows etc etc.

btw those 2 would be my most anticipated gestures!
[Android Apps and Games] randomguy101:
You should try sleipnir browser, that has inbuilt gesture controls for tabs switching/closing and more.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Back works with 2 fingers downwards.

Tabs might be application specific thing, not sure if it would be possible to implement general solution.
[Android Apps and Games] Wetzel402:
Drop down menus to choose what each available gesture does, now that would be amazing! :) Possibly even a map a custom gesture option. Tap the button and it would ask you to do your gesture>press next>redo the gesture to confirm>press next again and then you could select its function.

Just brain storming here :D
[Android Apps and Games] tigerfire25:
The gestures for videos can be done in the MCCurdy player. I love that player for this.
[Android Apps and Games] FC1032:
I know this is designed for HC, but I just thought I'd let you know that it doesn't do anything on galaxy tab 7 on ICS.

:) I'm going to keep an eye out on this app.
[Android Apps and Games] Moscow Desire:
Works as advertised. Good job!

Would be interesting to see about double taps to close out an active app. Also remove apps from the "recent apps" menu by sliding.

But a good job!
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New version

1.2.4

- Fixed bug: after Android restarts gestures service, it would switch to singletouch (so multitouch gestures would stop working).

Updated here and in market.

If your gestures stopped working while playing memory heavy game, it was because of this bug. (they actually were switched to single touch, but who would guess that :o).

Current version have no known issues and should be completely stable. If you experience any abnormalities let me know.

ICS is my top priority now, so other features have to wait after ICS support.
[Android Apps and Games] unspecial:
Does this tool work with Asus Transformer TF101 running the following ICS roms?

Android Revolution HD 3.2.1

Revolver 4 by Gnufabio | 4.0.0 RC1

If it does work, I would be interested in purchasing a version that only hides the status bar.

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Done. Already in my development version: Pause/Play toggle, Previous, Next. Works with stock player, didn't test with others yet. If player is not started it starts automatically.

I don't want to promise anything. I want to release more features at once instead of many small updates. Maybe next week or week after that :o

It would be possible, but would it be convenient as action? I.e. you would increase/decrease in steps. Maybe I could make special action that would allow you to slide left/right to increase/decrease, but I have to think how this would fit in.

And there are a lot of applications that do this, so what should gesture do exactly? :confused:

Ok, this is in task list.

You can try yourself. Lite version is free and it is not a mod, just uninstall if you don't like it. If you just want to hide bar, Lite is enough.

But probably some mod would be better for you.
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
Volume and brightness can be adjusted just by gestures without opening settings or without using hardware buttons. Just an idea ...not sure if practical or possible.

Slide up and down on left side for volume and on right side for brightness. Something on these lines.

Also in lite version 3 finger gesture launches launchpad which should not be the case. I thinl someone mentioned few pages back.
[Android Apps and Games] unspecial:
It does work with Android Revolution HD 3.2.1. With the limitations of the lite version. That is why I would like a mini paid version.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Sorry, but I'm missing the point here. You can disable all gestures. You can event disable Bar gesture and toggle it from settings. But you probably can find other solutions that just hide bar I'd guess.

I will keep this in mind, but it won't be in next version. This does not fit overall scheme very well.

For 3 fingers, I send instruction how to get me catlog from debug version, but kpuano is busy at the moment and could not provide log yet. I you can help, I can send you instructions too. It works properly on my Samsung devices. So I need to take a look at TF101 protocol sample.
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
Sure. No problem. It was just some random thought that came into my mind based on MX video player app.

I can look into log if you want.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Sent you PM.
[Android Apps and Games] No_u:
Hey,

Thanks for the great app, I hope it doesn't have too much impact on battery life but time will tell. I have one suggestion: add a shortcut to shutdown/restart/reboot in the launchpad? Maybe have it put in the top right corner or something. It would be really useful because my power button isn't always as responsive..

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
New test version

New test version in first post or here:

Test version

(version is not in market)

Changes:

* New actions: App next, App previous

* New actions: Media play/pause, Media next, Media previous

* Added device: Tab 7 Plus (I9001)

* Fixed on TF101: 3 fingers could be used instead of 4. Thanks to kpuano

I'm looking for feedback if the way how 'App next' and 'App previous' work makes sense. Android does not provide such functionality, so I did algorithm myself how to calculate next and previous from recent tasks.

Still need to draw icons for App next and App previous (now reused from media), but this is minor.

Also feedback if media actions work as intended would be nice.

P.S: changes related to gestures still in progress on different branch.

It does not wake up device, so should not use too much battery. Let me know you impressions. I will see If I can add these actions for start, so you can just add them to launchpad. Later will be working on LaunchPad UI and might add option to displays these in some dedicated place.
[Android Apps and Games] No_u:
So far no battery drain or anything. Looks like it went to sleep like it should. Great to have the dual battery statistics view to compare these kind of things :D

I think that app next and previous should be like on the iPad, so you can just swipe to your last used app by going left and going to another by going right. I don't exactly recall how this worked but I'm sure there are dozens of videos on Youtube showcasing the iPad doing just that. I would already be satisfied with a go back to last app gesture :P
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
I just updated version a bit, if you downloaded.

I try to do just that (but without iPad animation :rolleyes:).

You can go by several apps back, and then forward. And yes, it does jump through applications, not tasks. So if you do it in browser it just jumps to previous application.

For now there are no default gestures, but you can create actions in launchapad, or create 1 custom gesture for previous app.

Repost because of new page (hoping to get some feedback):

New test version in first post or here:

Test version

(version is not in market)

Changes:

* New actions: App next, App previous

* New actions: Media play/pause, Media next, Media previous

* Added device: Tab 7 Plus (I9001)

* Fixed on TF101: 3 fingers could be used instead of 4. Thanks to kpuano
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
App fwd works in 'round robin' way non stop.. ..makes sense?

App prev works going back all the way to first app and staying there which similar to ipad is correct.
[Android Apps and Games] kay_kiat88:
hi GMD, I'll be done with my exams soon and I'll be back to intensive tests, feedbacks and suggestions. Just letting you know.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Yes, I think I will remove round robin. Basically you don't know what you will get first time you execute 'App next'.

I'm thinking to add default gestures:

4 points slide left - previous application

4 points slide right - next application

Or should it be opposite? Maybe completely other gestures?
[Android Apps and Games] StuMcBill:
I have been using this app on my Transformer Prime for a while and I think its great, however, I think I have found a wee bug.

I am using my TF Prime upside down (with my Trans-sleeve in the "typing" position) and playing ZombieSmash (it may do the same while orientated normally, I haven't tried).

I have noticed that when I hide the Navigation Bar and press the screen (to flick a zombie) the touch seems to be registered above the actual touch (the same height above as the navigation bar).

Also, whenever I try and use 2 fingers in the game, I get a toast from Gesture control telling me that I need to start gestures from the border. Is there a way I can stop this?

Anyone else noticed this?

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Android Apps and Games] dfkt_:
I noticed something like that when I removed the system bar while in-game. It seems to work better removing the bar first, while on the desktop, then starting a game.
[Android Apps and Games] StupidIdea:
Some games just takes screen size on startup and stick to it. I would say game bug, not mine :o

You can disable tutorial notifications in settings.
[Android Apps and Games] StuMcBill:
OK cool, just thought I would check!

Loving the app otherwise! :-)

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Android Apps and Games] metaldood:
Yes that would be fine. Slide left for next application. Slide right for previous. Just like our homescreens or launcher
[Android Apps and Games] StuMcBill:
Is there anyway I can force the app to resize? Tried getting rid of the bar before launching the app, and it still does the same?

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Android Apps and Games] tiho5:
I am using it on Android 13 with the Tasker method. And I also restart it with Tasker every 5 minutes. It happens silently and not noticeable at all, plus it doesn't have a battery effect. It works. I still hope @StupidIdea comes back to this project one day...
[Android Apps and Games] rodrigofd:
Just to clarify, the sole fact of restarting the GMD app periodically, makes it work good enough, for daily use? (e.g. you have little to none failed gesture attempts) ?

What period are you using to restart it? Any special approach in doing so in Tasker? (e.g. shell code) ... or simply Kill App - Launch App ?
[Android Apps and Games] Lord Sithek:
Take a look on this post of mine: https://xdaforums.com/t/app-4-5-6-7-gmd-gesturecontrol-root.1535740/post-88259405

But GMD causes screen freezes on my tablet so I have to give up on it anyway