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[Android Apps and Games] megasoft78:
I'm using it and I'm really enjoining HD pictures on my contacts when I receive calls or short messages.

I did a post on my blog about it here:

http://techcookies.net/ultimate-call-screen-hd-your-calls-and-short-messages-with-style/

I hope you like it! :)
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
I'm glad you're enjoying it. And thanks for the post man! I don't do any organised advertising at all, UCS depends on "word of mouth" to spread around, it's that kind of publicity that keeps the interest in!

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] gregy1403:
Sorry, i didn't read all 120 pages :)

Enjoying your PRO app on my Galaxy S4 !

Is it possible to show callers FB status on screen while ringing?

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Hello,

Not currently, but I did think of that a while ago. I put it on hold because there are some difficulties involved:

- have to implement some kind of efficient method to get the status (as opposed to get it periodically and take a hit on battery life, or getting it on demand and killing UCS response time)

- for existing users would mean re-authentication of UCS in Facebook due to extra permissions required

This doesn't mean it won't happen on the feature, I just have some other stuff on the works right now.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
Waiting for some new & aesthetically creative stuff Lowveld , can you give us a glimpse of the upcoming update ?? When are you planning an update (roughly @ which date) ??
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Hi,

I'll post a beta version here before updating in Google Play. I would say beta it should be up by this weekend, but could take a while until official update. Too much has changed, and will change.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] weirdsciencex:
Could you not use the beta release system on the play store? That way we will be notified about new versions.

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[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
I'm a bit wary of play store "innovations", half the time they don't work as expected, the other half they don't work at all... Also by posting it here I'm more likely to get feedback from you, and react faster. But anyone wanting to be on the "beta list" just drop me a PM with your email, and I'll notify you. Sometimes when on a early stage of some of a major change I send out preliminary versions directly to some users instead of putting them up here.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] weirdsciencex:
Yeah I can understand that. My email is my username at Gmail dot com (let's see a bot try and decipher that for spam purposes lol)

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[Android Apps and Games] biggness:
How do I get the keypad to appear during a call?
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Activate a gesture (e.x. swipe down to open default phone app) for that...
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
V10.0.0 - beta-0

Ok guys,

As I promised before, here is the current beta build of UCS. Note that I bumped the major revision number to 10.x.x, and if you've been around here for long, you should know I don't do that lightly.

So what's new here that I consider such a big deal? In terms of new functionality, nothing not under the hood. :) Confused? What's new is the user interface. Changing UCS settings looks is something that I periodically consider, and always end up postponing. But it has always been in the back of my head.

Sometime ago [MENTION=4189659]Tectas[/MENTION] suggested I should change the tabbed interface to the "new" swiping options that poped around lately. At the time I had some concerns with compatibility of the needed code with old android versions. This time I went for it, and I think UCS is still compatible back to android 2.1 (I tested back to 2.2).

So, please have a go at it, and give me some feedback. This is basically a new interface, with all the function of the stable version. I still have some new features to add, but it would be nice to hear what you think of the current state.

Download: removed, newer version a few posts ahead

Changelog:

- Redesigned User Interface

- Fixed issue with Video ID keeping playing audio after answering call with Headsets

- Fixed issue where \"callback\" function on new SMS notification screen was not working properly

- Hiding button block on SMS theme no longer also hides contact name and number

- Improved theming engine to support upcoming theme features

- Minor optimizations​

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Varelka:
Can we look at some screen-shots???
[Android Apps and Games] buggs2k:
luv it :)
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Mid-swipe:
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
Can i instal it directly on the present (9.7.2) version ? Do i need to uninstall the pro key to use this new beta ??
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
No special care needed, just install over what you have. The beta versions are compatible with the license, just like the "stable" versions.
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
I've not even delved in any functionality, but instantly the look and feel has been dragged forward into NOW

Had previously considered asking that you change to a swipe tab ui but didn't want to ask for what I thought would be so much work for so little functional change, wish I had now as it's made it so much a nicer application to look at and use

Loving the tabbed animations

Great work, well done
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Thanks man. It was really a ridiculous effort, due to the view pager implementation provided by google not supporting Preference activities (which were pretty much all of UCS option screens). But I'm really glad I did it! It's like a brand new app, not something coded in Froyo days.

By the way, that "card stack" animation when swiping through tabs is only visible on ICS and above. Below that I took out the bells and whistles and left it with the standard "slide" effect. Apparently that "2D hardware acceleration" introduced in ICS really makes a difference. When I loaded an initial alpha version into my trusty DS running Endy, it painfully crawled through the tabs. At first I was afraid I had just wasted a LOT of time in an interface that would not be usable on low-mid end phones, but then realized it was the ICS thing.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
V10.0.0 - beta-3

Ok Guys,

New beta out. This one irons out some appearance and usability issues:

- Changed the section separators in 2nd-level settings menus (were a dull gray, now are yellowish). It's hard to explain, you'll notice when you open any other screen from one of the main tabs.

- On the picture cropper (where you adjust the pictures before assigning), there was a long standing issue where in some languages the "save" and "rotate" buttons would overlap each other. I changed the interface (again, hard to explain, but you'll know what I mean)

- Changed the default contacts pictures to something "less dark" (this is of course subjective)

- Fixed an issue where when linking a contact to facebook in the Contact Manager (as in not in the Facebook tab), the preview image would not update correctly

- Moved the "Default Pictures and Videos" and "Main Call Interface" from "Call Settings" to the "Appearance" tab. It gives them more visibility, and I believe it makes more sense to have them there.​

Download: removed, newer version a few posts ahead]

I still have many more things I want to improve, but I may leave those to future versions. This version is already a major change from the 9.7.2, and the more I change, the harder it will be to identify the root cause of any issues that may appear "on the wild".

Cheers!

P.S. The numbering of the beta changed from 0 to 3 because I use them to differentiate my own internal builds, there was no beta-1 or 2 released anywhere.
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
The new UI looks great , your creativity has no limits & that's why you come in the category of "Great Developer" ...!!!
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
Personal experience feedback.

These all mostly cosmetic, but since it's the look and feel that's been worked on I figure relevant feedback, but all from my personal opinion only:

Sometimes the gestures needed to flick the panels didn't seem constant, sometimes I felt needed too long a swipe especially between appearance and settings, could have been user issue. Could be an non issue

The consistent coloured header bars are missing within some items contact manager, backup& restore and setup wizard, figure it's a work in progress, but consistency is king

The coloured yellow banner bar visible at the top of settings is missing from the other three menu tabs.

The title font is too large on the plug in menu tab and looks odd.

Not a personal fan of red and yellow colour themes for bars and banners, the addition of in application theme options would be great, again I personally like consistent halo dark black and light blue...each to their own..

All trivial.
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Thanks for the feedback, that's exactly what I wanted to hear (apart from heads up on anything not working)! I'll try to answer by point:

1. The gesture thing: Honestly, I can't reproduce it. Sometimes it feels different, but that's because I swipe more "diagonally", which means the horizontal swipe is shorter for the same finger movement length. But there's one thing I did notice: sometimes you may feel some jerkyness when swiping, due to the way I'm handling the tabs. To save memory, I only keep the actual tab, plus the other 2 one in each side in memory. This means for example that when swiping from "Facebook" to "Appearance", you are destroying the Plugins tab, and creating the Settings tab in advance. I noticed that these operations sometimes impact the fluidity of the movement, but I believe it's worth the memory saving.

Also, the tab swiping reacts to fling motions. So if you swipe slow and lift the finger, it could stay on the same tab, you you swipe the same lenght fast and lift the finger, it should go to the other tab.

2. Color Consistency: Yes, it definitely could be better. Some things you noticed I left on purpose: The contact manager and setup wizard for now are exactly what they were on 9.7.2, I literally haven't touched them (one page on the wizard got a small change by accident). This was my strategy to manage a "secure" transition from 9.7.2 to 10.0.0: I tried not to change any core function of UCS, only the visual part. Both the Setup Wizard, and especially the Contact Manager, are tied to some critical parts on UCS core. I plan to completely revise the Contact Manager due to performance issues and wanting to add more features, but that's one of the things I'll probably leave to further versions to reduce the entropy.

Coloured Yellow Banner on Settings tab: That was not supposed to be a banner, it serves two purposes: It says if you are running on lite or pro mode and tells you UCS version, and it serves as separator for a couple of dynamic options that you as a License and old time user probably never saw: the "upgrade" and "rate ucs" options, that appear over it. Bottom line, I just wanted to get attention to this information, and also to the contact manager directly below it in case the Settings tab gets any options above it.

Regarding an option to theme UCS settings, I did look into it and ended up giving up on it. I wanted to give at least a "light" theme for users who don't like the black look, but I never thought such a conceptually simple idea would prove so difficult to implement. I have a new found respect for developers who provide this option in their apps.

But I'll try the Holo blue look instead of the red/yellow thing. I'm kind of biased toward orange colors... :)

Cheers!

P.S. Just ran beta-3 on a Eclair 2.1 virtual machine and it's working flawlessly. Feeling pretty happy with myself right now. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jiri.sykora83:
Much better than some paid applications :)
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
V10.0.0 - beta-5

Ok guys,

Latest build, and approaching feature lock. I took some suggestions from [MENTION=354700]ben_pyett[/MENTION], fine-tuned some stuff, and I'm very happy with the result:

Changelog from beta-3:

- Changed the tab indicator color to holo dark blue (Ben)

- Added the yellowish header to backup/restore (Ben)

- Decreased the Plugins tab header size (Ben)

- Changed the default tab animation to the typical "slide"

- Added a plugin to change the animation to whatever you want (12 animation types)

- Under-the-hood stuff you should not notice​

I changed the default animation type because I tried UCS on SGS2 and it wasn't smooth enough for me (I'm spoiled with the N4). This is safer for everyone, and Licensed users can play around with all animation types. My preferred are the Stack and Cube ones.

Download: removed, final version released

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] Gordon S Valentine:
what is compatible in axioo picopad gea?
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Sorry, are you asking if its compatible or complaining it isn't?

It should be compatible with anything with a sim card in it and android above 2.1. Just try it out!

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] dreamland2000:
Is there any way to delete sms messages from the app?
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
Love it :D
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
Looking better , cheers ...!!
[Android Apps and Games] per4rator:
About new beta5.

Looking nice, working good.

Perhapps, may be a good thing to insert simple (sempl) video into installer (like default picture for incomming calls)?

Yellow smile, ringing phone - any.
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
+1 for the sample video..!!
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Thanks for the suggestions! I considered it back when I first introduced VideoID, and the option isn't there for two main reasons:

- any hd video at all is big, as in really big. It would have to be bundled into the apk, turning UCS from ~2Mb to 30 or 40Mb

- Defaulting to Video ID for all known/unknown contacts is a Licensed feature, it would be confusing to add a default and then 99% of users wouldn't be able to use it

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
V10.0.0 Final released

Ok guys,

Just published V10.0.0 on Google Play. I want to thank everyone who gave the beta versions a shot, and took the time to give me feedback and suggestions.

Comparing to beta-5, the final version is almost identical. I only added some missing translations (thanks [MENTION=1873899]User_99[/MENTION], [MENTION=4604975]Fatal1ty_18_RUS[/MENTION] and Loic!), and fixed a minor issue where pre-ICS phones were not able to use the animations plugin.

The final changelog:

- Redesigned User Interface

- New plugin to control UCS new UI animations

- Fixed issue with Video ID keeping playing audio after answering call with Headsets

- Fixed issue where "callback" function on new SMS notification screen was not working properly

- Hiding button block on SMS theme no longer also hides contact name and number

- Improved theming engine to support upcoming theme features

- Minor fixes and optimizations​

Summing up all the changes that went into the UCS UI into "Redesigned User Interface" was a bit underwhelming give the work, but oh well... :)

Update should be available on Google Play in a couple of hours.

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] PVL_93_RU:
Lol I like doing useful stuff :D
[Android Apps and Games] ketani73:
Lowveld , you rock !! my dear friend...!!!
[Android Apps and Games] batmobile_bang:
hope UCS gets some serious theme devs

For me the lack of professionally designed themes are the only downside for an otherwise feature rich and lightning fast UCS.

I'm still ok to use the UCS for SMS but I feel that the call-screen needs more work, especially when compared with the call screen functionality of a HTC phone running Sense UI.

[MENTION=1344833]lowveld[/MENTION], you should really consider contacting some theme devs at XDA (if you haven't already), who I would think will be more than willing to develop premium themes. I would buy one!

I keep hoping more on the theme front looking at the theme community of WidgeLocker.

On another note, is it possible to add a delete SMS on the SMS received screen.
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Hey man,

Well, I can't very well force anyone into building themes. Apart from 2 from McCabe, I built the rest, but admittedly it's not my strong point. I did plan to take "vacations" from actual development to build some more themes, but I always get sidetracked into building more features.

That being said, do not confuse themes with functionality. I can't get the functions you see on HTC sense (or plain stock) call screen into UCS, because some (a lot) is not available for external apps.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Blaknoir:
Contacts List not fully syncing...

Hello :)

So, just purchased the Pro version and the Contact Mgr pro version (upgraded from Lite) and I've having difficulty syncing my phone contact database. (Motorola Razr M)

It seems simple enough - go to the settings tab, and hit "Internal Phone Syncing". However, a number of the contacts are not being synced (for example, my niece and nephew). I've also tried going to the Plugins tab -> Standalone Syncing, and hit "Sync your phone". Same issue.

Is there any way to clear all the contacts in the contact manager, and do a "fresh" sync with the phone contact list?

Thanks!

-Bn
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Hi there,

Maybe I, or you, misunderstood something. :)

The purpose of the "internal stansalone syning" and the standalone plugin is to sync your contact database to the pictures being used in UCS at the moment. That is, after it, when you open the phone contacts, they should show the pictures you have set in UCS.

What you apparently want to do, is use the pictures in the phone contact list also in UCS (at least your last sentence seemed to indicate that). To do so, go to the Plugins tab, and tap the "Phonebook Pictures Plugin", and deselect the option that appears. But be advised that low res pictures will appear heavilly pixelated when zoomed in to full screen.

Wha this what you needed?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Blaknoir:
No sir.

My phone contact list is not syncing. Nothing to do with pictures.

So, my niece and nephew (among others) are listed in my phone contact list.

However, they are *not* in my UCS Contact List, and I can't figure out how to get them there.

:)

-Bn
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Oh, ok.

Unless something is really wrong with UCS, you don't need to take any aditional step to sync the contact manager. Each time you open it it reads the contacts from your phone contact list.

With one exception: if the contact has no phone number associated, UCS won't show it (for obvious reasons).

But the standalone syncer should show all your contacts, regardless of if they have phone numbers. Can you check there?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Blaknoir:
The contacts (niece and nephew, synced from facebook) do have phone numbers. However, they do not show up in either UCS or the Standalone syncer, and do not appear when I hit "Sync friends list now".

Would it be worthwhile to uninstall UCS and Contact Mgr, and reinstall?

Thanks for trying to work this with me, Lowveld.

-Bn
[Android Apps and Games] ch0mch0m:
Hi,

Is it possible to have this integrated with groove ip? I use groove ip for the most of my call, and it'd be nice to be able to use both.
[Android Apps and Games] Wywern.pl:
Feature ...

Is it possible to build in UCS action like in Galaxy S4 - to answer the call just by taking phone to ear?

It should identify taking to vertical (accelerometer) and putting to ear (proximity sensor).

There are such apps on Google Play, but would be great to have just one carrying calls
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
You're the second person asking me that in 2 days. The main issue I see is if the phone is upright on your pocket when it starts to ring. But let me think a bit more about it...

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Wywern.pl:
Of course, you're right, it could be a problem.

I think that phone should answer when phone detects change in both sensors - move to vertical (or near to vertical) position, and touch to ear on proximity sensor. If any of that would not change, then even if conditions are right the call should not be accepted.

So if the phone is in pocket (position vertical and proximity detected) it should be taken out (change in at least one sensor) and then move to wright contitions again.

Could it be a solution?
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Could be. I faced simmilar difficulties with the "turn to..." functions in UCS. It's all about finding the right algorithm that works in all possible situations, just have to give it some thought. :)
[Android Apps and Games] warwagon19792:
When ever I get a text from an client, like when my voice mail server sends me a text message with caller ID info at 5555555555@vtext.com ... the return address always shows up on UCS right above the time in the bottom left as 6245 instead of the email address that sent it.

So when I hit reply to go to that text message so I can tap on the number to call it back it always opens up a text message for 6245 that is empty.

..

As for a feature request, it would be really neat if there was an option (for anyone who wanted to use it) to play a sound when an out going call is made. This way if someone has a tendency to butt dial someone, as they are walking their phone might say (as example) "Calling".
[Android Apps and Games] gerald_s:
HTC One

As already mentioned in this UCS is not fully working on unrooted HTC One devices, it's not possible to answer a phone call. I was rooting my device some days ago, now it's working perfectly and I already bought it.

Just one request in case it's possible: something like "turn on full backlight as soon as a call comes in" would be great. I am mostly on 40 percent backlight but of course this is too less outside in the sun light. Would be very nice to have a feature that turns auto or 100 percent on to see who is calling (and then back to 40 or whatsoever again). If it's not possible or very tricky it's not a big deal, UCS is a great app anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] Wywern.pl:
I tried to use app "Easy Answer", but unfortunately it doesn't work with UCS installed. Even if I disable gestures options in UCS

Probably 2 apps reading gestures are conflicting :(
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
There should be no conflicts, as the proximity sensor handling by UCS is non-intrusive, meaning I don't "keep" events for me, they are still available for other apps. (If everyone did this, the all ecosystem would me way more friendly)

I'm on vacation until end of week, and I don't know how much time I have available then due to professional duties on my day job, but I will look into the feature, I can promise you that.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Wywern.pl:
Great !:

Looking forward

Take your time, vacation is more important
[Android Apps and Games] nickvalenz:
Very nice app. Makes the photo take the whole screen instead of 2/3 like the honami dialer.
[Android Apps and Games] Wywern.pl:
Don't know is it in UCS or SMS Unread Count

I've a small problem, I don't know is it in UCS or SMS Unread Count:

When new SMS comes UCS screen shows and I can read or answer.

But if I don't SMS Unread Counter widget doesn't show that I have unreaded SMS.

[EDIT] Still don't know if it ICS, but after last version of UCS problem disappeared ;)

I've upgraded also Xposed and GravityBox, so could be that was there
[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
Love the app. The best of its kind without question. Just one feature request: can you make it possible to hide the key and SMS icon from the launcher? That would quell the OCD part of me. Thanks a ton.
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
J

you should be able to do this already from your launcher setup?, ie nova or apex you can hide any icons from application draw