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[Android Apps and Games] rgeerolf:
Love to hear that. when you enter a final release and you want to make a dutch translation, don't hesitate to contact me I would be honoured to help

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[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
rgeerolf, thanks for the translation offer. We will certainly reach out to those who are interested once we get the final release ready to go.
[Android Apps and Games] nygmam:
Very nice app, working ok on my TFP, but I did have to restart launcher after install to see the widgets. Also, will there be a way to enlarge the fonts on the daily forecasts using the 5x2 widget. One last thing, switching the right side icon, in the clock with day,date,time and two widget display, from settings to rotate screen (This when TFP docked) didn't change the icon, and seemed to do nothing.

Aside from that, really like the widgets
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, thanks for the feedback.

Each device is different on how it responds to adding widgets. On some of our test devices the widgets always show up just after install. On other devices we have to reboot them. This seems to be a known issue to Google but sadly there isn't a fix available that we know of. Our best advice is that if your device launcher can change orientation, make it do so and that forces the widget drawer to redraw, showing all the new Recast widgets.

Each widget is made of up some flexible layout elements, so it will be possible for us to modify them and make them larger or smaller. Given your feedback I will review the 5x2 widget again and see about making the forecast Hi/Lo data a bit larger.

We have occasionally seen the widgets not respond to settings changes like rotate and lock screen. This again seems to be device specific. Did you get a response from Recast when you tapped that utility item? It would have either made a sound or vibrated, depending on your device. That will help us determine if it is a device-specific issue or a more general bug with Recast.
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Little feedback: works without any lags or FCs on I9001 Galaxy S Plus, running CM9 Alpha3.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Grabber28, thanks for that info! It's rare that we get people to tell us when everything is working great, so we appreciate the report. I'll pass the data along to the team, so they'll know that even some of the modded devices out there run just fine with Recast.
[Android Apps and Games] nygmam:
the space vibrated, but no reaction, taping the time brought it full screen. I actually have it set now to sound so all is good. Thanks for looking into the font size. While I can read them, if they were a tad bigger it would be perfect for me!

Google's not perfect, and just doing a force close on launcher did the trick, no need to reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, thanks for the report back. I'll have the team look at your report. If this is for the 5x2 widget and I remember correctly, the Beta 3 version of it should have four spots for utilities. If you only see two or three, can we recommend you remove and re-create the widget from scratch? Just the difference between the beta 2 and beta 3 version of the 5x2 widget may have caused a problem, since its layout changed.
[Android Apps and Games] nygmam:
was on the clock/day/date widget with 2 widgets standard battery and bluetooth, this was replacing bluetooth
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, got it. We'll take a look.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, by any chance, did you try the widgets while the Transformer Prime was outside the keyboard dock? That is useful data to have for this problem. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] nygmam:
it seems to work and change when undocked. The icon changed to the rotate, and undocked it worked. Wouldn't rotate docked, but that could be due to the fact that it is locked in landscape. So as long as i change and set the widget undocked, it does what it should. Perhaps gray it out when docked if that is an option.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, what you saw mirrored what one of our developers saw on his TF101 with the keyboard dock. He also noted that ASUS's own widget behaves the same way. I'm not sure what we can do to change this behavior at this point, but at least we know that we can see what you see and understand why it is happening.

Thanks for getting back to us on this.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
For those of you out there asking "does Recast really work on Google TV?" here's your screenshot proof :)
[Android Apps and Games] TechnoLover:
The 4x2 widget clock shows 24:24 instead of 0:24 , I think that's a bug ;)

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[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
TechnoLover, yes, thanks. We have that fixed in our upcoming beta 4. Once we wrap up a few more last minute fixes and we test it all out, we should have it ready to share to a wider audience.
[Android Apps and Games] flamebeats:
This is nice!
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Working great on Galaxy Note (Intl.) running CM9 nightly 05/28.

I really dig the customization possibilities! Additionally, it doesn't seem to drain much battery.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
flamebeats and Chritcal, thanks for the feedback.

We have built Recast to be as light as possible on system resources and to not use unnecessary features when you aren't actively using it. In the Beta 4 release coming soon, there will be additional options to forgo using GPS and to have manual polling only for weather and location, reducing the battery and network usage even further.
[Android Apps and Games] juzerali:
It still doesn't show temperature in Celsius units :(
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
juzerali, that's odd that you can't see celsius temperatures. Are you sure you are running the Beta 3 version? You can find this in Recast > Menu/Overflow > About.

If you do have Beta 3, what location is this on: a manually created location or the "current location"? If it is on the "current location", what are your defaults in Recast > Settings > General > Global Temperature Units?

With this information we can help determine your issue and try to help you fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
We have just posted Recast, Beta 4. Visit the top of this thread for details and the download links.

Lots and lots of fixes in this version. Hopefully we're closing in on the final release... but let us know what you find! Thanks for your help.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
I mentioned this before but it bears repeating:

You must uninstall and re-install Recast in order to get all of the updated layouts, fonts, typefaces and visual tweaks. If you install beta 4 on top of a working beta 3 it is possible that you may not get all of the changes to the widgets.

You're welcome to do an install-over-install of Recast, but if you have issues be aware that we will likely ask you to do a clean install of Beta 4. Thanks for your understanding.
[Android Apps and Games] rgeerolf:
Thanks, will delete the old one, intall this one and try it right away. I was checked tis thread a few times a day to see if beta 4 was released :D

edit: so I did checked it, beta 4 is a nice improvement of the previous :) I really like the fact that the clock now matches the one from the lockscreen (Roboto thin in the app). The only thing I miss and prevent me from uninstalling my other weather/clock widget app is that it should be possible to use shortcuts, for example I would like a shortcut on the clock (hour/minute) to the alarm app. I hope this is also in you to-do list :)

Keep op the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] verynuclear:
The last version looks awesome with the new Roboto thin look.

Your widget is the best with no competition.

Sent from my HOX CyanogenMod 9
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
verynuclear, thanks. You can't tell over the forums but we're blushing over your comments right now :)
[Android Apps and Games] MFire:
It looks good, it feels good, all the options are there. Unfortunately it still won't update. I uninstalled Beta 3, installed Beta 4, noticed it didn't update the clock, did a restart, still won't update.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
MFire, we're puzzled why the clock still doesn't update on your system. Can you capture a section of the logcat while the clock isn't changing and PM it to me so we can see what may be happening on your device? We spent a lot of time digging into this issue so we'd like to know why it isn't working.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] MFire:
Will do. I'll just let it sleep a few, to create the log wile it won't update.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
MFire, thank you. Make sure to capture a bit of time after the display comes back on and the clock isn't updating, just so we can see the process Recast goes through on your device after you wake it up from sleep.
[Android Apps and Games] MFire:
Ok. Thanks. Also I removed all other clock widgets so there is no confusion.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Thanks, that will make the log a bit less noisy. Also, do you only have the one, "current location" or do you have multiple locations? That shouldn't matter, but it will be more stuff in the log.
[Android Apps and Games] 21productionz:
Mfire did you try another launcher? I had that problem with apex, but chalked it up to not un installing the last beta. Since then I'm using GoLauncher and haven't had that problem. So maybe it had something to do with the launcher.

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[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
21productionz, if you are having the same problem with any launcher, stock or not, let us know and PM me a log, if you would. We would like to find out how this is happening and under what conditions so we can repair the issue, if possible.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] 21productionz:
I haven't had the problem since beta2. That's why I'm curious if it's the launcher. I tried apex around that time, but it didn't play well with my setup so I went back to GoLauncher.

FJ pimped my pride
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
OK, thanks for that update. If you do run across the issue again please let us know.
[Android Apps and Games] Clancya:
I really like this widget, clean and mean. The only thing I would like is system clock/alarm from the widget
[Android Apps and Games] swiss420:
Quick Feedback for the Beta 4 Release on the Samsung Galaxy Note N7000

I uninstalled Beta 3 before I installed Beta 4. What I noticed so far:

1x1 Weather Widget always shows very light Moon. (resolved itself)

Settings View still a little squeezed

When switching to Landscape in Fullscreen View Recast flips to Portrait. (resolved itself)

5x2 under stock TouchWiz on Galaxy Note still not working.

Edit: Sorry just checked again and changing the Icon Set worked this time. Also switching from Landscape to Portrait now resized correctly. Must have had a little hick up.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
swiss420, thanks for the feedback! Your sizing issues on the Galaxy Note are where we spent some time trying to handle the odd screen behaviors. It seems we haven't quite gotten it right yet, so I will push your reports along to our developers and see if we can make some more changes in the next beta.

Clancya, we are investigating the ability to assign other apps to the clock and calendar areas. I'll put your vote in for these features.
[Android Apps and Games] aussiebum:
Oooh, manual weather / location settings. Going to try beta 4 now.

Thanks!

EDIT: some initial feedback

1) 5x2 Widget doesn't work. I tried inserting it into Nova Launcher (Portrait: 6x5 layout) but it refused saying there was no space.

2) Icons and text in the main app screen seem just a tad too big on my Galaxy Note (on default 320 dpi)

3) Hide / get rid of Current Location if Location isn't set, or offer ability to rearrange Location display order? At the moment I have to swipe left to see my manually-set weather location everytime I open the main app screen
[Android Apps and Games] rgeerolf:
second that :) that's the only thing I really miss, because I use my alarm clock every day. I pretty sure the dev has got this feature in mind for future releases :)

edit: clock is update every minute with apex. So working fine here.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Thanks folks. I will have our team look into the issues and requests mentioned here.
[Android Apps and Games] jogai:
Last night I put my hero in airplane mode and when I woke the battery was empty. Recast (beta 3) used 32%..

Going to install beta 4 now, see if its helping.
[Android Apps and Games] Marsou77:
Widget 4x1 don't update the time

Sent 2X faster with my LG
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Yes, please uninstall Beta 3 and install beta 4. Beta 4 adds a check for poor gps conditions and it throttles the use of that feature.

For those of you without working time updates, can you give us details about your device, apps you might be using to save power, and tell us if you can create and see changes to a Recast 4x1 utility only widget?

Thanks for the questions!
[Android Apps and Games] bega:
The beta 4 is great.

But when I change the settings to update the weather manually, the weather doesn't update automatically when I unlock the phone. Is it right?

I only want to update the weather when I unlock the phone or in press the reload button. I it possible to integrate an extra switch at the preferences?
[Android Apps and Games] Marsou77:
LG Optimus 2X

Civato's ROM R5 with Stock Kernel

I use AutoKiller Memory Optimizer with my custom value.

Didn't try Recast 4x1 Utility for now.

Sent 2X faster with my LG
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
bega, yes you are correct: manual only means that the only way to get updates is for you to press the refresh button. Even turning the screen on and off (during sleep) will not fetch the weather. I understand your request and I'll ask the team, but I'm not sure how we could easily be "manual only" but then auto-refresh when turning the screen back on.

Marsou77, thanks for the details. We may need to ask you to try some additional troubleshooting steps for us. I'll PM you with details shortly.
[Android Apps and Games] nygmam:
Same issue with the 4x2 clock & date that I had before on my Transformer Prime with the screen rotate widget. While no i t shows correctly in docked and undocked it seems to only work when holding the tablet in portrait mode. Docked doesn't work but I don't expect it to, and undocked landscape nothing happens.

Steps to repeat.

1 With tablet docked, change widget to screen rotate from Bluetooth. I used widget 2. Didn't test with 1

2 hit home. All Looks good.

3 press screen rotate and feel feedback, nothing happened, repeat at will nit sure how many times I tried

4 undock. Widgets redraw still in landscape.

5 same as 3

6 turn tablet portrait let screen fully redraw.

7 press screen rotate and it works, device held portrait display landscape. Perfect

8 now with screen in landscape go to 3 again...
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
nygmam, we need to do a bit more investigation on your issue. I'll report back here once we have some more news. Thanks for your additional issue reports.
[Android Apps and Games] jogai:
I cant install widgets with beta 4. The data is moved to sd card.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
jogai, you may not know this but Google has setup the Android SDK to specifically NOT ALLOW any widget application to run from SD Cards. This is due to some very specific needs widgets have in order to draw reliably to your launcher. To our knowledge, and according to all of the Google/Android documentation, there is no way to allow widget-enabled application to be installed to or run from SD Cards, sorry.

That said, we worked very hard to make sure that Recast puts the very minimum set of data into the main system directories. When we release the final version of Recast we may go even further, moving more of the fonts, icons, backgrounds and other heavier assets off to the SD Card once you choose to use them. For now, however, Recast puts as much of its drawing and cache storage onto the SD Card so that valuable system directory space is preserved.

We hope this explains the issue for you. Let us know if you need additional information.
[Android Apps and Games] swiss420:
Quick Feedback HD2 Paranoid Droid CM9 Tablet Mode

Just tried out Recast on an ParanoidDroid Rom in Tablet Mode on the HTC HD2. Works and looks great, even the 5x2 Widget. It would be great to be able to change the Programm that opens when you click on the Clock. I Definetly second that.

The Fullscreen View changed slightly when I changed the Settings and Saved them. Before it would not fit on the Screen in either Portrait and or Landscape afterwards it did. Nothing important but I thought I mention it.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
swiss420, we're working on the clock & calendar request, so hang in there :)
[Android Apps and Games] gebazzz:
This widget is great!

I don't know if it can be done, but what about a 2x1 widget, with time to the left and weather to the right? I'm searching for such solution, to take track in one minimal widget of time and weather of different cities in the world (where live some friends). What do you think?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] mquinn24:
Great job. This has officially replaced fancy widgets which I've been using for years.

Thanks you
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
gebazzz, I'll have to look and see how likely it is to add another widget layout at this point in development. Could you use two of our 1x1 widgets side by side with a different background to get the same look you want?
[Android Apps and Games] magiin:
Beautiful and simple design, love it!

Not having any problems or issues either, and I'm really glad you included a manual way of updating, since I definitely don't need my weather updated everytime I go for my phone
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
magiin, we're glad you like Recast. We hope you'll keep on using it once it is released in the Google Play Store, too! Thanks for your comments.
[Android Apps and Games] nhshah7:
hey guys,

just installed this after having it bookmarked for a few weeks. the app is great! i'm using a 4x1 widget on my home screen. LOVE the customizability and different options!

The one thing I was hoping for when I saw the clock on the weather widget was for me to be able to hit the clock and for it to take me to the alarm page. This would be awesome :)

Again, great job, and I'm looking forward to the next version(s)!
[Android Apps and Games] Marsou77:
I second that! Like on Beautiful Widget, this is a very nice feature :)

Sent 2X faster with my LG
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
For those of you asking for alarm and calendar views stay tuned, we are looking at it.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Since several people keep asking for it, we took some time this evening to put together a quick video showing the upcoming Alarms and Calendars feature in Recast, beta 5. If you wouldn't mind, jump over to Google+ and watch it, then come back here and tell us what you think.

Google+ video link: http://goo.gl/m4SXe
[Android Apps and Games] buckhunter:
Looks great! Keep up the great work guys. It is nice to see the quick responces and changes so far.
[Android Apps and Games] gebazzz:
Yes, I can... it's what I'm using now. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] rgeerolf:
Looks awesome! Maybe a small idea is to add the option to chose if you want to go straight to the alarm or first to the desk clock like on the video. I prefer straight to the alarm and some of my friend also like that. So the option to choose between those 2 would also be nice :) anyway .. looking forward to beta 5. It will replace fancy Widgets with the new features.

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[Android Apps and Games] Lord Takyon:
Can't wait for next release :-)

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[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
rgeerolf, where Recast will go when you tap on the Time seems to be device and OS dependent, as we are using a standard Android call to get that function. On the video we used a Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.4 and the default clock screen is where we ended up. The same version of Recast on the Sony Google TV goes direct to the alarms page. We'll have to see what the reports say once everyone has a chance to try it.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Just wanted to leave everyone with a friendly reminder (if you didn't already know this)...

The now current version of Recast is Beta 4.

The next (and hopefully last) beta release will be Beta 5.

Beta 5 is planned for release later this week (week of June 4-9).

If you are running an older version of Recast we cannot help you with issues you may find.

When in doubt about a problem, uninstall and re-install the latest beta. We are still making changes to the widgets, themes, fonts and more that you won't see by doing an install-over-the-top upgrade.

Otherwise, keep the feedback coming. We're in the final stretch and we think we're nearing a good place to convert Recast from beta to release status. This wouldn't be possible without your help, and we greatly appreciate it!
[Android Apps and Games] rgeerolf:
Looking forward to beta 5 :), checking this thread everyday.

When the finval version is out, will this thread still be the place to give feedback and request things?
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
rgeerolf, our plan is to split the Recast world into two parts when we make it to release...

Keep this forum thread for the next beta release program

Create a new thread for Release and move feature & bug requests to the Recast web site

That's what we're thinking right now. This will help us give the level of support that is expected for a commercial app while taking input, bugs and suggestions for future releases independently. We're flexible in this arrangement as we want to continue to offer a version of the app for folks to try and for us to experiment with that isn't in a store environment.
[Android Apps and Games] Freka:
Awesome app. With the release of beta 5 you guys could have the best weather app for Android. Great work!
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
ClaudiuJer, thanks for the kind words. We're trying to put all the the things we would like into Recast to make it the app we want to use on a daily basis. Along the way the folks here at XDA, some on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter have all given us some great feedback and it seems that we've made Recast into an app that a lot of people would use.

Our hope is that when we make the final release of Recast available in the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore many of these folks will choose to continue using Recast and support a continued development of the app. We have some very cool and completely new ideas that we would like to add, and we think that many folks will find these new features very useful.

For now, keep using the betas and tell us what you like, what we can improve, and what we need to fix and we'll do our best to keep making Recast better.
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
For anyone who may still be having trouble with their clock widgets updating (you know who you are), please PM me and I will get you a link to our latest version which should have a fix for it.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] 21productionz:
Offically the best clock / weather widget ever made.

FJ pimped my pride
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
21productionz, goodness gracious! Thanks for the high praise. We're not quite sure we can live up to your lofty statement but we will keep trying to move Recast forward to make it a great app for nearly anyone on Android.
[Android Apps and Games] 21productionz:
I speak the truth brother, everything I've ever looked for in a clock weather widget just became a reality.

FJ pimped my pride
[Android Apps and Games] mstroud:
Well thanks again for your feedback. We're honored that you feel that way.

To help keep people updated on what we're working on, here's a Gingerbread color theme planned for a future Recast release as well.
[Android Apps and Games] abbott10k:
great app.been using it for a while but this morning the weather widget disappeared but when I clicked on it it opened but was still missing. this only happened once so maybe its my phone. anyway great app!keep it up!

I'm using Samsung Galaxy Note on gingerbread.