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[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Now with multi-touch support!

Big performance improvement!

You can now drag the android much faster without a skipping effect.

Screen size: All

Android: 2.1+

Permissions: None

Price: Free

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suffick.node

This started off as a bit of a physics experiment, but I found it quite fun to play with and decided to turn it in to a

live wallpaper. The pictures don't really show what it's like, it's quite hard to explain, the android acts like gel and

reforms itself after you break it with your finger. The time it takes to do this, dot size, color, background color and

android size can all be change to your liking. I encourage you to try it as words and pictures don't really explain

it well, please let me know what you think! It's not my best wallpaper, but it's certainly quite unique.

Let me know if you have a new shape suggestion. :)

Premium version:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suffick.nodepremium

Currently has a few extra features, help me make it better with your suggestions. :)
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
If anyone tests this on a tablet, please let me know if the android needs to be bigger, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] hubert123454:
please link to apk for download this walpaper if can.
[Android Apps and Games] .xxx.:
@suffick : first of all a big 'hahahahhahahahahah' because i just loved the idea.. i downloaded and installed the app. The only thing is that i would love to get more live wallpaper like these.

I never used live wallpaper because of battery drain but this app would really force me to use it :P

Sent from Hell!!
[Android Apps and Games] tjeannin:
Very nice looking wallpaper ! Bug it lags a little bit ? Is it possible to make it smoother ?
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
I'll try, does changing the dot size affect lag at all?
[Android Apps and Games] .xxx.:
It is not really laggy but at times feel distorted. Meaning the dots scatter here and there. rather it should be a bit smooth while scatter or what you call leaving its original position.

Sent from Hell!!
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Ok, I'll see if I can fix it, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] frenzyboi:
Wow not bad! (: Love the features of it.

Problem :

Lags a little

When I move my finger quickly along the Android body, it created puddle/big dots on the body rather than trails

Features :

Ability to enlarge the whole Android body
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Yea, I may be able to improve it a little but not by much, but to be able to process that many touch points in such a short amount of time the device needs to be lightning fast. I'll see if I can improve it. Glad you like it. :)
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Sorry, I don't want to have it anywhere but Google play.
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
thanks man, i haven't come across any bugs as of now:good:

some suggestions:

more supported images. if you can.

option to add user photos by somehow playing with saturation and threshold perhaps(i'm not sure how exactly this may be done)

anyway nothing less than 5 stars
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Thank you very much.

That's a good idea, although it may be laggy depending on the image, I'll play around with it and see.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
v1.2

- Huge performance improvement, you should be able to drag your finger across the screen much faster without the skipping effect.

- Added the option to alter touch size (the area of effect when you touch the screen).

- Added the option to toggle random dot placement on start.

- Increased the dot size and spacing range for larger screens.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Try it now, should have improved quite a lot, I can move my finger a lot faster on my SGS2.
[Android Apps and Games] renatoboucas:
works perfectly on my s3..no laggy..XD thanks
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Great, thanks for the feedback. S3 should be able to handle anything. :p
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Slight performance improvement
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Anyone with a tablet that tries this out, please tell me if the size settings are ok.
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
installing this on my tablet, now. I'll PM you with my review.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Thanks. :)
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
nyydynasty has kindly let me know about a crash on tablets when random dot placement is on, so I am aware of it if you come across it. Trying to pinpoint the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
v1.4

- Fixed a crash bug with large screens (?)
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Devices with larger screens shouldn't crash with random dot placement on now.
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
i upgraded the app and it crashes as soon as i open the app (cant even get to the settings screen). I uninstalled it and reinstalled it from the market and it does the same thing.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Whoops, sorry. Should work now...
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
So much fun!!

Is it possible to make the android overlay on an wallpaper on our choice? :p

How about customizing the dot pattern? :P :p

These are just suggestions. It is cute as its way. Just a bit worried abt battery consumption! Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
It's good. Small size, does what it says. Device in sig, but if I change the OS (which I do often), I mean it works great on stock Gingerbread (2.3.5).
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Glad you like it. :)

Wallpaper customization is definitely something I'll look at adding, custom pattern is a lot trickier, I'm not quite sure how it'll be done yet but I do want to do it. I'll definitely be adding more shape options.

Battery consumption should be pretty low.

The next update is multi-touch support, should be available soon.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
v1.6

- Multi touch support!
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Will probably be working on more shape options next, suggestions as to what they could be are much appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
latest update works great on a tablet. I increased the dot size and spacing and it looks better on larger screens (not too small).

I'm drawing a blank for more shapes but I'll add my input as soon as i can think of some.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Great, thanks for letting me know, :p

So far I've added the Earth, not sure what else though...
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
speaking of earth, what about multiple shapes, like the solar system (sun would default to yellow dots, earth - blue, mars - red....)

not sure how complicated that would be.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Not too complicated, the problem is the resolution needed for the image to be recognisable, and how it's set out. It's a good idea but I'm not sure if it'll look like the solar system when it's in dot form. It might work though, hard to tell until I try it.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
v1.7

- Added a new shape (Earth), more to come.
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
my phone is no longer compatible, i have it installed but i can't update.

i use a sony wt19i

weird
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
Will the added pattern increase the memory/ battery loading? I am quite satisfied with the android pattern at the moment.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
No, it won't affect you at all if you have the android selected. The only change is a very slightly increased apk size.
[Android Apps and Games] rkmiks:
I loved it right away.Seeing forward to more shapes. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
That is weird...

The Developer console tells me that the Sony wt19i should be supported.

What version of Node have you currently got? If it's before 1.6 then I'm assuming it's to do with multi-touch, since all the last update did was add a new image and basic code, nothing new except for the list selection in the settings. I'm pretty sure that device supports multi-touch though, and the android version shouldn't be a problem (it came with 2.3 but has been upgraded to 4.0 right?). I can't think of anything else but that though... I wish it gave a reason why.

I'll try to figure it out, if anyone else has this problem or knows why this might be happening, please let me know. That's really strange.

I would suggest uninstalling and trying again but that might cause you to lose it completely.
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
did you use ics as the max sdk?

i have jelly bean based paranoid android installed, maybe thats the problem

btw i have version 1.2, so it may have been any version that broke it for me, play store just says and i quote

any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Nope, no max sdk is set, and there's quite a few active installations running jelly bean. The target sdk is ICS, but I don't see why that cause a problem, and it hasn't changed since 1.2. I changed the preference file name since then, maybe that could be it? But again, I don't see why it would. If it is the file name then uninstalling should fix it, but then if that's not the problem you'll lose it completely. :s Nothing else has really changed except from basic, standard code.
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
except orbit and pretty circles all other apps are incompatible.

i am concluding it is a problem with my phone, i switched to paranoid android just a few days ago

i'll switch back to cm10, it was working fine with it.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Yeah I think it must be, strange how my apps don't work though... I'd be very grateful if you could let me know if it works after you switch back. :)

I'll try to figure out what the problem is in the morning, but right now it's 3am and I need some sleep.
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
don't do that, firstly nobody else has had the same problem and the PA version i have was a self built one so there is really nobody out there with exactly the same thing, it was pretty much a development build.

i'll let you know though if it works out
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
latest update still works on my galaxy tab. Earth shape looks really nice. great job!
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Great, thanks. :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Ok then, hopefully it works.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
1.8

-Fixed touch lag

-Improved battery consumption (was low anyway)
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
I actually quite like the delay, can it be customized? :P
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Which delay are you referring to?
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
Well I m referring to the change u hv made in this new version. Without the the touch delay I can't cut the android into half. And I enjoy watching the android being "shoot" after I drew a few circle on screen. Now the delay is gone I can't enjoy the "after effect" :p
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
So you mean the touch effect following after your finger? If you mean what I think you mean, then you can decrease the heal time setting so it heals more slowly, I'm trying to improve it to be more like it was though.
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
Um... Not really , I played with the heal time but couldn't get the same effect from last version (1.7). Moreover, if I slow down the heal time the healing doesn't look smooth...

In short, I prefer the way it was in version 1.7. But if this is the change u prefer then I will live with it :)

E.g.

1.7

I draw 10 circles quickly on screen, after I leave my finger off screen the unfinished animation (probably 6-7 circles) will continue

1.8

I draw 10 circles quickly on screen , after I leave my finger off screen the animation just stop and start healing.
[Android Apps and Games] I r o n M a n:
I was using this earlier, but now Android market shows that my device isn't compatible. :confused:

Can OP or someone else post the apk in attachments?

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Oh i see, I quite liked it that way too, but people were complaining that it lags on their device, even though that isn't lag. I might change it back, depends on what people think.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Please let me know if it was better before the update, or now the delay has gone. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] gandhar:
@OP

switching to cm10 did not work for me,

maybe its a problem with the play store in india, this app which i have been using for a long long time has now become incompatible

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kllrnohj.day_of_ubuntu&hl=en

are you in india?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kllrnohj.day_of_ubuntu&hl=en

can you tell me is this compatible with your phone?
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
I vote for 1.7 :D
[Android Apps and Games] nyydynasty:
any chance you can add in a button to 'revert to default settings'? I know I can clear data on this app but a button in the settings menu is just faster.

..no big deal if not.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Possibly soon, I've never actually done that before so I need to find out how.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Damn :( Hopefully it's just a temporary problem, that's odd.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Maybe I'll add an option to switch modes at some point.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
By the way, the last update saves a lot more battery power when you aren't touching it, so it should be a very energy efficient wallpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] little-vince:
Really really cool and unique.

Seems to drain a lot of battery however and there is sometimes lag.

Still really impressive but. :)

Also could you get it working on the lock screen too?

That'd make it even more awesome. Don't know how battery friendly it would be but.
[Android Apps and Games] Ghuntar WALDMEISTER:
Cool LWP ! Even if a bit laggy (but that may be my phone).
[Android Apps and Games] Logic_:
Hey, you know those img2ascii converters...? See where I'm going here?

Import custom images would be awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] pulques:
realy great

is realy great !
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
I actually had the same thought :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] floks:
Love this wallpaper. Shape suggestion: Space Invaders...what else. :D

+1 for custom images.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
The only problem is you may not be able to make out the image, if you have many more pixels than Node already has, it will start to lag. I'll play around with custom images and see if I can get it to work with a reasonably nice result though.
[Android Apps and Games] lackii:
Impressive LWP

Best lwp ever on my nexus7 - fits perfectly if you increase the space between dots and the size of them! maybe it would be cool if you can change the amount of dots (2 options- few and much or something like that) - but i don't know whats about the performance then. Doesn't lag at all and the colour feature is amazing, i changed the background to dark-grey, looks much better ;)
[Android Apps and Games] knarfikki:
It works perfect on my samsung galaxy s 1 with cm10.

I love to get the cm10 logo called CID (happy face)

I want to add a image but i can't :(

So here is a obscure url to the image. "." is replaced with "_"

img4_imageshack_us/img4/7378/debut22_png
[Android Apps and Games] einstein.frat:
Good thing it reassembles, First I thought it would scatter, this is nice if your bored. :D
[Android Apps and Games] lfwake08:
shapes

shape ideas:

skull & crossbones

anchor

ship's wheel
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
after reading it in xda portal.. installed it.. and loving it.. thanks..

i read first two pages which said lagging.. i saw only a lag when i selected set wallpaper.. i mean it took forever to reform as an android image.. but if i touch it.. it will form almost in an instant..

but all other features are working and great.. thanks for this.. i am not a live wallpaper fan as it drains battery.. but i love this.. so will be using it :)

i got 2 suggestions: can you add an option to add a custom text input? i mean it can take the shape as dot on screen.. may be like a name?

or can users have their own custom image? may be a small one which has less pixels.. i dont know.. it might be not possible.. but thought i might mention it.. for future updates.. thanks again !

lag i meant this..
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
They're very good ideas, I especially like the skull and crossbones. I'll look at adding them soon, thanks. :laugh:

Custom text is an interesting idea... Do you mean if you entered "test" as the input, instead of ". . . . . ." you would have "t e s t t e" and so on? Possibly with each word being a different color. Custom image is a feature I do want to look at, but lag is a big issue with that, we'll see. Glad you like it.

Are those images with random dot placement on? Or is that from you touching it?
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
yup.. exactly.. like some text instead of image.. with dots concept of yours.. you can make digital numbers.. also time can also be implemented i think .. right? with the same concept? and a counter..
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
1.9

- Added Maximum smoothness mode. This may cause the touch area to trail behind your finger if your device supports multiple home screens. However, some people liked this effect (I fixed it in 1.8).

It should be the same with Maximum smoothness on now, let me know if it isn't.
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
updated the new one.. 1.9 from store..

bug: its not detecting continous swipes properly.. without maximum smoothness settings..

its detecting continous swipe but a bit slowly.. even after i remove my finger it goes on swiping my last swipes.. with maximum smoothness settings..

also one more suggestion.. after update i lost my settings.. can you make it possible to keep the settings?

for ex. if i did 4 swipes: from left to right and top to bottom and vice versa.. it doesnt recognise 2nd and 4th swipes without max smoothness settings..

also with same ex in mind.. if i select max smootness.. it will do the last bottom to top swipe after i remove my finger from screen..
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Yeah I know it follows after with maxim smoothness on, that's what I meant by trails, that effect was wanted by some people so I added it back.

What's the problem with maximum smoothness off? Is it skipping? Shouldn't have affected it. :s

And sorry about the settings, had to change the settings file to avoid a bug. Shouldn't happen in future updates... Sorry.

Edit: Ok I understand the problem now, did it happen before the last update at all?
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
oh ok.. trail i thought the dots will trail.. sorry :p

ya.. with setting it off.. it skips as if it didnt recognise the touch on the screen itself..

see my last post i added a ex
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
I should probably reword the trailing thing, I'll look at bugs in the morning, I need some sleep. Thanks for your feedback. :)

I reworded it, after this the settings file won't change, It only changed to avoid clashing with a previous bug involving the settings.
[Android Apps and Games] bufa:
it suggested to search for "nude live wallpapers" LOL
[Android Apps and Games] Qbsti:
Please make it compatible with Samsung galaxy ace! It looks awesome!

sent from my galaxy ace running apocalypse ROM
[Android Apps and Games] mrsatan:
Good work man, your apps are ****ing sweet and run decent. Please add options for custom images.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Thanks

Thanks works great on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM)
[Android Apps and Games] Da_Tarantul:
Casio Commando works fine, looks Cool!!! Thx
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Next update might fix or at least improve the problem, It didn't happen for me so It's hard to tell. There's a noticeable improvement on my SGS2.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
2.0

- 2 new shapes (Anchor + Skull and Crossbones)

- Improved swipe smoothness a bit

Sorry for the setting reset last update, won't happen this time.
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
ok.. cool.. settings reset is a bad one.. thanks for the fix.. will save time :) hope to see custom text or time in future updates.. great work bro!
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Got text and time working, just need to improve it and add some settings. Will hopefully be out later or tomorrow.
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
great news.. waiting for the update :) sure.. take your time.. thanks limit reached.. will hit it when using on app
[Android Apps and Games] Publiuss:
Hi!

Thanks for this sweet LWP!

I thing it's really good, especially because when not touched it's like a static wallpaper and not use CPU.

Regarding new shapes, skull is cool, but i'd prefer a more pirate-crossboned like skull!
[Android Apps and Games] Bock Abrams:
Just tried this out today on my Motorola Photon, pretty slick.

My two cents though,

I'm wondering how hard it would be to be able to change the horizontal and vertical home location of the dots.

And be able to use a static image as the background along with the ability to set the transparency on the dots.

This would be really neat to have it sit wherever I want, especially since more often than not it gets buried by a widget.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
I'll add XY offset settings, probably in the next update. Maybe custom background images in the future, not sure how well it will work yet.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
It's a skull and crossbones but the crossbones are behind the skull, hard to get the detail when you're drawing in dots.

I quite like the finished skull but I might improve it.
[Android Apps and Games] lou2s:
I quite like this skull, plz keep it as an option in future updates :D
[Android Apps and Games] martintspedersen:
thanks for this awesome lwp its very good.. nice ideer with the dots i like that

i running it on a sgs2 gt-9100 and its almost perfect fast, smooth

for new logo how about some car logos..
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Ok then. :)
[Android Apps and Games] shvelo:
Cool! I like it
[Android Apps and Games] XblackdemonX:
Hi,

I love the wallpaper it looks pretty nice!

I would like to suggest that it would be cool if we could choose the size of the logo/character.

The android is a good size on my SGS3 but on my Nexus 7 it only takes like 1/6th of the screen size

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] foggyflute:
I want a solid square block like 64x64 or 48x48 dots :)

Very nice app.
[Android Apps and Games] Deadly:
Its already possible to do that... in settings.. dot size and dot spacing does exactly that..
[Android Apps and Games] martintspedersen:
put this wallpaper on and play you cant touch this by MC Hammer and see how hard it is not to lauph(maybe a good name for your app...)

i love this wallpaper is the best since they begind to make these waves LWP one..

keep up the good work...i mean it:)
[Android Apps and Games] letsgophillyingeneral:
This is probably my favorite live wallpaper. It's simple, yet flashy. It doesn't slow down my desktop transitions either, although the live wallpaper itself does lag from time to time. I've been promoting the crap out of this amongst friends and coworkers.

I would love you forever if you made the Volkswagen logo available as an image!

EDIT: This is a lot smoother on my Transformer tablet compared to my RAZR Maxx. Both are running custom Jellybean ROMs.
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Great, thank you. :laugh:

Smaller logos will be smoother than larger ones too, so the skull should be the smoothest.
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
+1 on the time idea, that would be neat. How about Mario, or other 8-bit characters (somebody already said Space Invaders). But for Mario you should do it with multiple colors. To that end you should have an option for "default colors" for the object (still let the user choose the background). Android would be green (or cyan, for CyanogenMod), Earth would be blue and green. Not sure about the others, did not see you added them. I just like the Android, so far. Thanks for a great LWP!
[Android Apps and Games] suffick:
Multiple colors is a good idea, however, before I do that I need to reformat the way I generate the dots (I plan to anyway), so it might be a little while yet.

Time will be available in an hour or two. I can't find any bugs, hopefully there aren't any.