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[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
Hi lowveld!

I was yesterday looking for an app that could change mi Nexus One's Screen Call, and I was playing with Full Screen Caller ID a bit... but today I was checking a spanish android blog and they put this new application which I tried and it's completely awesome compared with FSCI! :D

On the one hand, I can say that this app is capable to show the original screen call in case we need it, something that is impossible with FSCI. It's relevant in case we need the screen keyboards just to use it in some phone calls, giving some extra points to UCS. :p

Moreover, turn gestures to mute/reject the mobile phone (Nexus One can't do this as Sense can) and today's update about swype gestures make the app so customizable in hardware terms. (At least in the Free Edition, the one I could try).

In addition, you can make themes for it (although I'm such a noob and I don't know how LOL, but it could be nice to make one).

However, on the other hand, I consider that there are some minor things that should be improved a bit. For example, if you choose a SD image (for example, from your Google Contacts), the app will expand it to the whole screen, making it blurry and so pixelated. It could be a good idea if there is an option which keeps its original size and make a black blur around the picture just to fuse with a black background, in the middle of the screen; or something like the picture below (remove spaces from the code, is just to avoid the anti-spam filter). This effect will make the application more elegant and being optional won't break the normal use of the app. Of course, it should be added in the Licensed version. :)

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I read about the FB Sync, so I won't say anything about that. ;)

Finally, as LKnight said, it could be great if you can change button's texts or maybe disable them instead of making a new theme for it (although Tectas made that effort).

And, of course, I'll be following this topic to improve this application, which I think it's the most relevant and up-to-date nowadays. In only 15 days of life, it is better than other ones and I can predict it will be a great app in the future. :D When FB Sync or changes in SD pictures to avoid the blurriness are added, I'll buy the Licensed version, because these are the main point(s) that stop me to do that; I don't want to lose my Google Contact pictures... yet. :)

Good job!
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
(the following are my own thoughts and words not that of the developer)

Don't promise, to do it, do it, every sale is further product features and additional support for all of us, promises are ultimately worthless unless they come to fruition, you don't need any further reasons to update to the paid version, which is ultimately no more then the price of a cup of coffee.....

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[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
Yep, I know; but if the application doesn't have the specific feature I need/want to use it 100%, why should I buy it? I mean, I'm interested on it and I just registered myself just to give some feedback because I consider that it worths it, but one doesn't usually spend money in something that don't really use (yet). Because of that I'm following the progress of the application that I will probably buy it for sure when the feature I consider is important for me it's implemented, only that.

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
The more I give, the lower the rating

Let me begin for apologizing for this post, but I need to get it out of me. UCS keeps getting negative ratings. Today was mostly 1-2 start ratings.

It's human nature to prefer negative to positive feedback, If something is right, you don't need to say anything. But if it's wrong... Bash the guy's head in.

For someone like me, this is extremely disappointing. Most of the people using UCS has no idea about the time and effort I put into this. Seeing UCS getting better and better, more compatible and with more features, and at the same time see it's rating drop below 3.8 (just hit 3.7), makes me wonder what's the point of giving it away for free.

Yes, because this is a problem related to it being free, ridiculous as it may seem. The same happened to FTL. With the free version, everyone can say pretty much what they want. With the paid version people have to buy it and keep it to comment on it. This filters out most of the idiotic reviews.

So, please, if you use UCS and like it, go to market and rate it accordingly. Because if I keep getting abuse, I loose nothing in just pulling out the free version, and transform the License apk, which for now does nothing, in the "real" UCS.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
Sad to hear about, i know how hard it is to get bad feedback just because they don't know how much heart and time you put in it and don't even know how to really use it, i feel with you.

But I personally wouldn't care if you put the free version of from market (I know it's selfish, sry), but maybe an idea, even if I haven't read the comments and don't know how hard it would be to integrate (with this you could also handle the request from dark).

What about including a restricted set (maybe 2 different with and without text) of themes and lock the ability to add additional themes to pro users, the common user is always happy when he can change the look a little, no matter how great or crappy the base itself is (I know it's a shame, but based on my experience I think it's true).

Could let you get at least one more star from those who give you bad ratings.

P.S.: both of your apps are great, don't let yourself get down, because of people with air instead of brain between their ears ;)

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[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
I hear you, isn't it possible or worth the risk to introduce a minimal charge on the initial (old free) version, just to stop the uninterested wasters that probably weren't going to bother buying the application anyway and are the ones that enjoy writing bad reviews rather than writing feedback that can be actioned here in the thread.

@tectas (+1)

Glad that someone else is on my wave length

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[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Next version will allow all users to take out any elements of the UI (which by the way makes your theme variations a bit obsolete, sorry about that...). The idea to include a couple of built-in themes is nice though, and it shouldn't be too hard at all to implement, all the infrastructure is there anyway...

But this won't stop the main problem though. The bad reviews come mainly from people who don't even go through the preferences and actually read what they do, or guys that don't think a bit.

I lost count of the number of guys complaining they couldn't, use the dialpad or some other feature, when they only have to press "back". Or the guys complaining that the paid version does not use their contact pics, when all they have to do is uncheck the option to default to HD, or the guys that complain that the scaled up pictures they got from google sync look bad (like if I'm resposible for that).

Bottom line: as of yesterday, there were 17521 UCS Free downloads, with 6984 active users. Of these, 144 left reviews/ratings, and lots of it bad. For certain, the other 6840 active users are pleased (or they wouldn't be active), but just keep quiet about it.

By the way, in 15 days the active UCS user base is double of the FTL Lite user base....

I don't think I could do that, once you set an app as "free" Google doesn't let you change that. Anyway, now it's too late for adjustements, it's all or nothing. Looking back I probably should have gone with a low-price base apk, and sell advanced features as plugins. Live and learn...

Thanks for you support guys!
[Android Apps and Games] LKnight:
If you need help to translate the app, just ask, I can do the french. Keep up the good work :-D
[Android Apps and Games] jsmccabe78:
hey mate. love the new release!

sorry to hear about the negative reviews with the complaining. reading some of the reviews just amazes me. dealing with the market crowd is just so different than xda/ etc. amazes me the demands people make on market. (on a theme of mine - that was free! - my favorite was a guy emailing me having issues getting it to take. i was helping. then i read his review; he used offensive language that seemed as though i deeply offended him. when i called him on it, he only offered to tone it down. it's like it never registered to him that i was a person simply sharing.)

anyways....i have some specific theming things if i can bend your ear. unsure where you will go with theming but if i may.

1- have the ability to change the size of the incoming number, not just name

2- have the ability to move name and phone number independently of the background image - i would prefer to have a larger name on the left, smaller numbers on the right. no reason to be on top of each other as that eats up space.

3- have themes for those in contacts and unknown

4- ? have ability to add in your own personal background

so this is what i have going on...

with the above i can envision (excuse my awesome crudeness):

cheers
[Android Apps and Games] philosophics:
I meant having the dialpad in the pull menu, not on the actual call screen. Basically to have no reason to use the stock call screen. This is what I didn't explain in an understandable way, apparently...
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Well, it's not an a pull down, but with "swipe up" enabled you can bring it up, and them press back to go back to UCS. I think using the phones builtin dialpad is the best option, agreed?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] philosophics:
No, can't say I do. If there's a need to use the stock call screen then might as well just use it. This is why I haven't bought the app to begin with.

You do make a valiant effort though...
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
You missed the point, or you haven't tried it yet. It's not the call screen, it's the phone dialpad, which is different. You know, where you punch the number in to actually make a call?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
Must not respond, do not interfere.... :)

Yet another request ;)

how about equivalent of tool tips, on long press of ucs screen when it's in use which then reminds the user of which gestures have been set to do which actions, certainly useful when and if using a button less gesture only ucs after several beers ;)

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[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
Rated and reviewed. I think you can guess which one is. :)

BTW, as LKnight said, I can also help you traslating the app into Spanish, no problem for that.

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] willou60:
good apps, i will test it =)
[Android Apps and Games] spiderwig:
Facebook?

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned but was just wondering if its possible to sync your facebook contacts with this app rather than just add pics from the gallery or camera?

Do't worry found this:-

With the Pro License you are also able to:

- Use the Theme Manager in UCS, apply UCS themes to further personalize your call screen! Search for "UCS Theme" in google play for free themes.

- Setup UCS to use your current android contact picture as fullscreen caller ID. This not only allows you to not having to define a picture for every contact (or stick to a default HD picture common to all non-personalized contacts), but also allows you to change UCS contact pictures with 3rd party software (like syncing with facebook).
[Android Apps and Games] darklord20k:
+1

and

+1, can you give your theme, it's really nice :D
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
Noticed today that when I call someone, ucs unfortunately still not starts until the default call screen is closed (noticed that it haven't been at background while the call was, because the timer started from zero when I closed the default screen and ucs popped up [or maybe the timer works in foreground only?]).

Sry that I didn't notice it till now, I barely call someone, most of the time I get called and there I faced no problems :)

Running CM9 alpha, latest build from nexx atm.

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[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Version V1.4.0 - Download and test

Ok guys, this has major updates to the UI, so I'll post it here so hopefully people can try it out before I release it to the "general population".

View attachment UltimateCallScreen.apk

I won't say what's different. Part of what I'd like to achieve is someone new to UCS being able to actually understand how it works and how to configure it.

Let me know what you think!

I will continue testing it and eventually release it to the market even If I get no feedback from you guys, but it would be nice to have some.

@Tectas: I'll install CM9 and see what's happening, although I think I knw, just not why. Not cryptic, just sleepy mate.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] jsmccabe78:
just wanted to say nicely done. cheers! how much this project has grown - fun to watch.

the organization is good. much easier to go through. really working well.

the ability to hide things is great. really nicely done.

my theming wish list:

a- allow more than one layout and be able to apply them (so layout a can be for known contacts, layout b for unknown

b- skin the speaker icon

c- move components left/right/etc in my theme

d- be able to uninstall themes from theme manager

i'll stop pestering you about this. ha... :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
Looks great, a much better overview and the ability to assign dedicated themes to single contacts is also great :)

Take your time, it's no big issue for me, like I said, I barely need to call someone and maybe it isn't ucs, but a cm9 related problem :)

a. Already there, not for known and unknown, but at the contact list

b. Also there afaik, just a theme with it to reverse engineer or guide is missing atm

c. not sure, but maybe also already possible by changing the 2 button frame xml file

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[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
Mmm, I think I found a bug in this version: When you assign an HD picture to a contact, you can see it in the UCS Contact List, but if you enter in that contact, you will see the default picture again, not the picture you chose for this contact (however, if you click on preview button, you see the picture chosen).

For the rest, I think that the new menu is better than the prevous one, with the options grouped in different parts. I liked the UCS Theme Manager. :D

And one more thing I'm not sure if I didn't understand it or it's wrong. Yesterday when someone called me, I pressed "Accept" button looking at the screen, but I didn't see any change on it, so I though I didn't pressed the button and I presses it once or twice more, until I put on my ear and I was having the conversation lol. Not sure if the buttons should dissapear like when you are calling in order to show the Hang Up or something went wrong.

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] hipher:
Force Close on ICS

Hi

First, congratulations for this great app. I've been a long time looking for sothing like this. Good for you that Google has been so stupid not to allow this by default ;)

However, I'm having problems and getting FC when assigning pictures to contacts. I'm using a Galaxy S with ICS (Onecosmic ROM), and the paid version.

The problems is as follows: when I choose a pic from the gallery, the screen is black, showing only the Save button. If I hit it, the pic is saved and assigned. I can zoom and move the picture, but blindly, so I don't know what the result will be untill I hit save. If i rotate de phone, I get a FC.

As the beginning it worked fine 1 or 2 times, allowing me to zoom and crop the picture, but now every time I have this behaviour.

I'm running the last version from a few posts above, but the problem was the same with version 1.3 from the Market.

And I confirm the bug reported by DarK_AvATaR on v1.4: in the contact list it shows the picture selected, but if you go into the details of that contact, the image shown is the default one.

Can you give me the name of the app to get a log of the force close? In this computer I have no acces to Play Store (work) and on the phone the link just took me to the main screen of Google Play, not any app in particular.

Thanks for your helpp
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Hey,

First, thanks for the feedback! The iddue Dark_AvATaR mentioned I already fixed (should have known not to do "last minute optimizations).

The name of the app you can use is "aLogcat", and it's free. Just play around with UCS, experience the bugs, open the app and send the log to me. With what you said, I know where the problem is, but I need more details.

Currently I'm trying to fix a issue that cropped up in ICS 4.0.4, as Tectas mentioned, although it's not specific to ICS, just happens consistently there.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] hipher:
Ok. I'll try this app you mention an send the log.

Just in case it helps, I'm on ICS 4.0.3
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Thanks mate, it confirms that it was what I thought. Now I have to find a way around it. For some reasons, some devices/roms give "out of memory" errors when loading bitmaps. And it's not necessarily due to size, I thin the entire garbage collector when applied to Bitmap objects is broken in android...

On another (happier) note, just fixed the issue that Tectas mentioned. Guess what? Another android bug...

Update coming in not-to-long-a-time.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] jsmccabe78:
a- kinda there. not the way i described. ;) but would like it as i stated known/unknown, etc. more than person by person. a way to save lumped attributes independent of a theme. would be fun to say "apply attritubtes a (with name showing, phone # showing) and theme a for a person and apply "attributes b (without name and without phone number) and theme b" to another. and be able to do it for lumps of people. maybe too much...but like i wrote. a wish list.

b- i haven't seen a theme with this and previously in my theming questions lowveld mentioned it wasn't skinnable - so i assumed it continued not to be.

c- i did play with 2 buttom frame xml; i wasn't successful. but having it be easy like with the integers.xml would be ideal. basically i would like to rearrange the layout for my own tastes.

again...not really important things. tis why i put the lettering quite small. and said it was a wish list.

cheers.

again, very nice work lowveld! it surprises me every time i get a call.
[Android Apps and Games] gacha2:
First of all, congratulations on Your great App!

1 (or 2) features, that I would find helpful (I don't know, whether its possible): it would be nice to have the opportunity to assign the same picture to multiple contacts (as batch) or at least to a contact group.

Thanks: Andy
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
This is the changelog from the penultimate version ;)
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
V 1.4.0 is out

Without further ado:

V1.4.0

- You can hide parts of the callscreen, like buttons and backgrounds. In the limit, you can even leave only the picture, no name, number or buttons.

- You can set and preview different default HD default pictures for Unknown contacts, for easier identification.

- (Licensed) You can apply different themes per-contact, individually. Together with a fully transparent theme, you can achieve true fullscreen for selected contacts: only the picture showing, and answer with swipe gestures. I'll be publishing a Transparency theme for this purpose at the same time as this update.

- Fixed issue where UCS would not show on outgoing calls (most seen on ICS 4.0.4)

- Rearranged UCS preferences into sub-menus, it was getting too long.

- Added one-time changelog poput to first boot

- Added a "Tips and Tricks" section to preferences, answering common complaints in market reviews.​

Also added a transparent theme of my own to market, don't know how long it will take to show up though...

Thank you all for your support, and I hope you enjoy!

Cheers

P.S. Tectas, your issue should be solved, but please confirm it when you can.
[Android Apps and Games] Tectas:
Tried a call recently and it works now, thx :)

Everything else from this update also sounds great, i'll check it out later, still at work atm^^
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
And one more small change...

Lots of people were confusing the "accept" button staying on screen after picking up a call with not picking up the call.

And I admit it's my fault, pretty bad user feedback. Anyway, just uploaded V1.4.1, only difference is that when you answer the call, the "Answer" button goes away and the reject button gets centered (pretty much the out-call layout).

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] jsmccabe78:
Nice!
[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
Thank you for this! \o/ That was really needed. :D
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
Yeah, I feel like an idiot. :o

Now I understand the complaints "cannot pick up call, nothing happens".
[Android Apps and Games] DarK_AvATaR:
And one last question. Shouldn't the timer be activated once the phone call has been picked up? I made a fake call to a friend next to me to show him the application and the counter started in the second zero I called him, although he rejected it 10 seconds later.
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
That's open to interpretation. You can think of the timer as measuring the time you are actively occupying the phone line. On incoming, you only take action when you answer, on outgoing, you start the moment you dial the number and try the call.

On incoming calls the timer only starts when you answer. I can change the behavior on outgoing calls to start only when the other party picks up (and then the timer would be the time you are actually paying for the call).

As I said, it's a question of interpretation...

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ben_pyett:
In which case I'd suggest that you have another option which permits the user to change when the call timer actually starts (which ever way they interpret it)

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[Android Apps and Games] ingenious247:
Just bought the paid version to support.

It states that you can sync with FB pictures, but I do not see an option to do this.

Forgive me if this has already been covered. The paid key clearly states this is supposed to be a function of the paid version
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
I'm sorry, but in no place do I say that. What is stated (copy pasted):

Setup UCS to use your current android contact picture as fullscreen caller ID. This not only allows you to not having to define a picture for every contact (or stick to a default HD picture common to all non-personalized contacts), but also allows you to change UCS contact pictures with 3rd party software (like syncing with facebook).

That is, UCS will use what you have on the phone, but facebook syncing is (for the moment) only possible with 3rd party apps.

I don't think the sentence is misleading, but if you want a refund, just let me know.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Shakes The AssClown:
What are the best dimensions to use to get fullscreen contact pics... Some of mine are getting cropped.
[Android Apps and Games] lowveld:
The best and recommended way is for you not to worry about that and have this in mind:

- When you press "save" on the builtin image cropper of UCS, whatever is shown is what will be used. Including black margins at the top and bottom if they are visible.

So when you choose the picture fro your contact, just use the multi-touch zooming to make sure the picture takes up the all screen before you press save!

Cheers