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[E 2015 General] androtecho:
Hello, i just wanted bring all of you together to read this thread. Ok so i know since you've been a Moto owner, you've heard or seen at least once insulting comment about your device or the Motorola company. For example, "Anything that Motorola makes sucks" "People only get them because they're cheap" "That phone is crappy". I know that those people are ignorant to other people's liking. I'm tired of hearing the same thing. A lot of people that own super expensive high end- flashy smartphones say things like that about devices like the Moto series. Well that really offends me, just because they might not be the most high-end smartphones or the most expensive smartphones doesn't mean they are worthless. We Moto owners take great pride in our device, we appreciate what we have and we value our smartphones.

If someone offered me a brand new Galaxy S6 and a brand new Moto X and said i could only pick one. I would pick the Moto X hands down without a doubt in my mind. Because I know, We know what matters in a smartphone. What is that? User experience and performance for the price. That's what a review comes down to at the end of the day. A company could make a super spec'd out smartphone but get the same review score as a phone a fraction of its cost. I know if i were to buy a $1000 smartphone it better be great in every aspect and i know if i bought a smartphone for half that price, i'm not expecting it to be perfect but i want to have a good performance. That's exactly what motorola does, it gives you a great performing phone for the price.

For example, the Moto G. It has a low price point but does everything you need it to do. If I want a super powerful gaming machine of a smartphone, I'm not going to buy the Moto G. Then give a bad review for not being able to do what i wanted it to. I'm gonna buy a smartphone with a powerful chipset. At the end of the day we Moto owners stand out. Other people don't seem to understand our taste in smartphones value. Im not saying if you own a super expensive phone you're a bad person or anything. I'm just saying you get what you pay for. All of you Moto owners, good job in picking a smartphone. It doesn't matter if you have a Moto E, a Moto G or a Moto X. We all are equal and unified. #Teammoto

Proof that price doesn't matter
[E 2015 General] iks8:
What this thread has to do? I thought like you before I bought Moto E 2015. This phone works like crap on 5.0.2. Really, I'm very disappointed. I know this is not high end phone but it works worse than my old xperia or my old galaxy tab 2. It's not 100% Motorola fault but they shouldn't provide so buggy software and there is no 5.1.1 update that can fix that (there is only 5.1 in USA which doesn't fix memory leaks). Well I'm probably going to send this phone back to the shop.
[E 2015 General] puertagustavo99:
I'm also disappointed by the 5.0.2 firmware. It's not as fast as I'd expect it to be, and some bugs that are annoying that are not in the Moto G Lollipop firmware (such as the recent apps bug). Nonetheless, I still like it and the 5.1 update is pretty good I've heard. Bugs fixed and a faster phone overall. You can flash it if you can't stand the phone's performance.

I like Motorola, I find it to be one of the best brands, along with HTC, Samsung, LG and Sony. The stock firmwares are great, and they're simply the best for the price, except for the Moto X, of course, if you care about PERFORMANCE and not a great camera or great resolution (such as this phone).
[Android Apps and Games] jhmgbl:
Available on github and sourceforge.

Running also on nook simple touch

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.de.jmg.learn
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
[YOUTUBE]Q_9Pt0ibx0g[/YOUTUBE]

A simple widget that displays your most recently used applications in a grid. Blacklist apps you don't want showing up and style the widget to match your home screen theme (IAP).

Instead of cluttering up your home screen with tons of app shortcuts just add a single MRU widget.

All your most recently used apps show up automatically, ordered by most recently used or most used.

FEATURES

Blacklist allows you to exclude any applications you don't want showing up in the widget.

Whitelist allows you to include only applications you select in the widget.

Customizable grid dimensions

Force right to left layout, for users with larger devices

'Most recently used' and 'Most used' modes

Icon pack support

Per application icon selection

Lots more styling options that allow you to create a widget which perfectly fits your home screen's theme

IMPORTANT

Requires Lollipop device with usage stats access, you will be prompted to allow access if it is not already granted

Some Samsung and LG devices are missing the Usage Stats APIs and are therefore incompatible. Check in device security settings for 'Apps with usage access' (near the bottom) to see if your device is compatible.

To hide Google App from widget blacklist 'Voice Search'

Marshmallow users may want to disable battery optimization in Battery settings

REVIEWS

A must have little app

Out performs all others

This app makes use of the Usage Stats API introduced in Android 5.0 Lollipop. You will be asked to enable access to Usage Stats upon first run.

Please let us know if you find any bugs. Thanks!

Google Play Link
[Android Apps and Games] pippen3333:
I want to try this app but it is incompatible with my Note4 (Android 5.0.1) used in Macao. :(
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Sorry to hear that. :crying:

Does your Note 4 have an 'Apps with usage access' option in device security settings? Near the bottom? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] knudsen83:
Love the idea but haven't actually tried it yet. One question/request...would it be possible to have these in a regular homepage folder?
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
That's something to ponder. I'll put some thought into it, thanks for the idea.
[Android Apps and Games] knudsen83:
Thank you. My reasoning is that I like to keep my homepage fairly clean/simple/minimal. The widget is a little much, but if I could have all those apps behind just a single icon it would be fantastic.

Either way, good work. Android FTW :)
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
I just pushed an update to Google Play (v0.4) that allows for a 1xN grid. So you could have a tall column then shink it down to one home screen space, making it vertically scrollable.
[Android Apps and Games] kenshinta:
Functionally similar concept to Hangar's widget, would be interesting to see where this goes
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
I def like the idea. Would it be possible to get like a contextual widget that shows apps by location for example home, work, out and about gym.. Car etc something like how the HTC sense home widget work's?
[Android Apps and Games] jmcostales:
Please include an option to change the icon label to white please.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Icon label color is based on background color. Dark backgrounds have white text and light background have dark text. If the background is transparent then text color is based on the launcher wallpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] jmcostales:
Can an option be included? I am on Note4 stock TW launcher and the icon labels are white. I cannot see the labels since my wallpaper is black but I want my background transparent.
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
It works perfectly on my note 4.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Ok, I'll look into it.

Glad to hear, some other Note 4 users were having issues. I'm pretty sure it's Samsung removed some of the Usage Stats APIs.

News:

I've got icon pack support coming in the next version. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
Ye I like it.. Also not sure if this is possible but.... Would it be possible to get it like a contextual widget that shows apps by location for example home, work, out and about gym.. Car etc something like how the HTC sense home widget work's?
[Android Apps and Games] dktblade:
Respone speed when click icon to open is quite slow
[Android Apps and Games] jmcostales:
This works for me. Thank you OP!

Just one request: I noticed that when you switch to 3 rows, the labels are not shown immediately. You still have to scroll down to see the labels on the bottom icons. It would look a lot better if you wouldn't have to scroll down. (2nd screenshot)
[Android Apps and Games] DespairFactor:
Should look into allowing icon packs to be applied to the widget.
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
Looking good
[Android Apps and Games] gooberdude:
I just don't get it with Samsung peeps... We have a list just pull out your spen and wow look at that, a list of apps that I currently with my spen. Oh about the list of recent apps... Hold down the home key... I can pick from 20 apps that I had launched. Didn't use an app to do it.
[Android Apps and Games] _ktomoya:
This widget very goods and I using always.

Please re-upload to Google Play.

I`d like to continue using this witget.
[Android Apps and Games] suku_patel_22:
I have customized a few of my icons in Nova launcher. Would be good if those are shown.
[Android Apps and Games] rgs2:
Very nice app. One small thing: Sense doesn't appear in the list of apps to blacklist although it's first on the widget. HTC One M7 Lollipop.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Icon pack support is ready and will be in v0.5. I'll be releasing the new version later today and you should be receiving it tonight sometime.

I will look into this, thanks for the heads up.
[Android Apps and Games] suku_patel_22:
Thanks, looks pretty useful.. Got the premium version :)
[Android Apps and Games] jmcostales:
This is a thread about a developer creating an app for other users. We are here to support him and express our opinions about how to make the development better.

This is not a thread for you to post your personal reaction to Samsung users. Your opinions do not help the developer and the members of this thread.

Nobody's shoving this app down your throat for you to try. Have some respect man.
[Android Apps and Games] Pjstaab:
Seconding manual text color option. Still gives me black text on a dark wallpaper at 100% transparent.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Both icon pack support and label text color are coming in the next release. Icon pack support will be premium though,...
[Android Apps and Games] Pjstaab:
Good thing I got premium then :D
[Android Apps and Games] wreza97:
Please provide a apk link. I can't download it from playstore :(
[Android Apps and Games] friedgizmo:
Great app.

For $1 I'm definitely getting my money's worth.

Glad to see icon pack support coming soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Jervisd:
What does the premium version have that the free version does not have?
[Android Apps and Games] Nelsocracy:
Cool! Would it be possible to make a mode that shows most often used apps rather than most recent?
[Android Apps and Games] blk_jack:
This app is possible a literal rip off of my app, Hangar. (Hangar is also open source, hence why it could be re-using the code).

Hangar supports all the features this app has (with its widget) and is completely free on the play store. It supports icon packs, custom sizes, custom backgrounds, sorting types, etc. By default Hangar shows a notification drawer of shortcuts, but this can be disabled and when just using the widget has the same functionality (and more) as this app.

Some of the features OP is talking about (as paid features nonetheless) are free in Hangar.

You can check out the Hangar XDA thread.

Hangar has been mentioned on XDA's front page twice

Here and here.

Of course everyone is free to use whatever app's they wish, I just thought I should mention this seeing as there are more than a few similarities and this guy is apparently charging money for premium features that are free in an open source app that has been greatly contributed to by XDA users and this community.
[Android Apps and Games] jerdog:
[MENTION=6221732]registered-user[/MENTION] , care to respond to this? I doubt it would take very long to tear apart your app and identify how much you kanged from [MENTION=2637227]blk_jack[/MENTION]. Of course his app is open source, but we have certain rules here on XDA related to taking and using what others have produced - especially since Hangar is licensed under GPLv3 (https://github.com/corcoran/Hangar/blob/master/LICENSE) you don't have a lot to stand on here.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
I wasn't aware hanger even existed until somebody mentioned it here. The only other app I've ever seen do anything like this was made a long time ago and used an out dated, deprecated, method of getting tasks. I can guarantee no code is shared between MRU and hanger. Feel free to decompile it to see. :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Just pushed an update with icon pack support, label color option, icon size option, and lots of bug fixes. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Jervisd:
I've tried both apps and while there are quite a few similarities MRU is doing a much better job for me in terms of the speed in which it reacts to and reorders my recently opened apps (LG G2 with CloudyG2 3.1)

Hangar is much more robust and feature rich, but unless I'm doing something wrong in my setup of the app/widget, MRU gets my nod.

If codes were stolen, well that's a whole other issue.

You'll notice in the screenshot that Hangar hasn't even reacted to Facebook being the last app accessed.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Hanger sure is good at letting you know you were using Hanger, that's a pretty simple single line to exclude your own app, which I did by default, because I figured you wouldn't ever want the widget config in the widget.

It's pretty messed up to come pointing fingers like that. I built this in about 5 days, from scratch, after reading about the Usage Stats APIs. I even searched "Most Recently Used" in Google Play, nothing came up. I don't care if people would rather use hanger, but I put a good amount of work into this so I made it a buck.
[Android Apps and Games] friedgizmo:
The new update helped fix some apps running (Play Services in my case) from showing in the most recent widget.

Updates are coming quick too. Glad to help support.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
v0.7

Just pushed a big update to Google Play.

Let me know what you think. :highfive:

v0.7

Bug fixes & optimizations

Added 'Most Used' option

Added label weight option

Added widget update speed option

Added clear blacklist action

Increased max rows for premium users

Added icon pack preview by clicking icon in list

Better touch feedback when clicking widget items

Better styling and an overall smoother experience
[Android Apps and Games] friedgizmo:
What does the force right to left option do?
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
Hey we definitely appreciate your work its looking real good and also I did ask u something earlier and u didn't respond

About Would it be possible to get like a contextual widget that shows apps by location for example home, work, out and about gym.. Car etc something like how the HTC sense home widget work's?

Not saying you should just asking if maybe one day it would be possible thanks
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
It loads widget rows from right to left, so if you wanted most used on right you'd enable it. It was request by a user on a large device so they could more easily reach the widget items one handed.

This wouldn't use the APIs I'm using to determine what apps to show. It's definitely possible but would be better off being a separate project. I think there's a launcher that does this but I forget what it's called. Try searching 'contextually aware launcher'?
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
Ye I know about launchers like aviate and everything me.. I just want a nice widget like yours which reminds me of the HTC m9 home widget.. But thanks maybe one day you will do a project like that ?
[Android Apps and Games] suku_patel_22:
MRU has been at the top of my battery drainer list of late.
[Android Apps and Games] el_bazzo:
Maybe a noob question - but why is my widget nearly empty after some time not using the phone (over night)? My Tasklist is not empty. Are the usage stats cleared after some time?

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[Android Apps and Games] nightfishing:
seems to be pulling the wrong icons for some apps when using a third party icon pack, getting slides icon for drive and lookout for nova for example(s)
[Android Apps and Games] jmcostales:
Would be great if apps with badge count icons will be shown in the widget. Just my 2 cents.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
I haven't noticed any battery drain on my Nexus 6 but I'll keep an eye out.

Samsung and LG both like to mess with the Usage Stats APIs so it's possible Samsung has modified how long stats are kept on your device. I'll see if I can find a workaround but I don't have a Samsung to test on.

To which icon pack are you referring?

I'll look into this.
[Android Apps and Games] Cloud Thomas:
When in using 3rd party icons cobalt icon pack it doesn't change, but when I use moonshine it works. Any idea why it works for one icon pack and not with the other?
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Probably a different icon pack implementation then the one I'm using. I'll add support for both in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] sanjed:
Samsung and LG both like to mess with the Usage Stats APIs so it's possible Samsung has modified how long stats are kept on your device. I'll see if I can find a workaround but I don't have a Samsung to test on.

I've noticed the list clearing overnight on my Galaxy Nexus. I'm running Ziyan's Zmod, which is not far from AOSP.

Another bug I am experiencing is that the widget disappears completely when the screen rotates on my Galaxy Tab 3 8". I have to add the widget again.

Loving this app though, it was worth getting the premium version. Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
I think I've experienced the widget clearing for the first time. I have an idea on how to fix it and I'll get on it as soon as I get the chance. As for the widget disappearing, is it just MRU that disappears? It seems like a launcher issue but I could be wrong. Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
I've fixed the issue with some icon packs not working and I've added support for notification badges, for apps that broadcast them, like Facebook.

All this and more coming up in v0.8! :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] Longshark:
Would love to try this app but also getting not compatible for note 4 (4.4.4). Didn't see the setting you asked about. Any chance download link for the free version? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Only available for lollipop and up.
[Android Apps and Games] SyCoREAPER:
I second that
[Android Apps and Games] wase4711:
did you say you were going to add a 1X1 size widget?

I just d/l it , and it only has a 4X2

thanks!

EDI: NM, I see thats a premium feature!
[Android Apps and Games] friedgizmo:
I had the widget clear randomly today as well. I believe it's the third time it has happened to me. Only happened after the 0.7 update, never happened before that update.
[Android Apps and Games] sanjed:
The widget clearing all recents overnight has not happened for 2 days now, all good there.

The issue with the widget disappearing on rotation seems to happen when I've resized the widget making it short and wide, if I don't resize it widthways it doesn't disappear. Hope that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] walpurgisnacht30:
Is it possible to make MRU respects the current icon pack that is already applied? For example I'm using an icon pack on Titanium Backup called KMZ but then I'm using Polycon for Google App icon. For now MRU won't recognize the current icon pack I'm using for certain apps, anyway really good app indeed just purchased the pro version after playing with it for a few minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Does your launcher do the per app theming? Which launcher? If there's a way for me to access their config I could probably add this.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
v1.0 should be going out to all users now, I did a staged roll out because it's a pretty big update and I didn't want all users to crash if something was foobar.

But no error's after half a day at 50% rollout so I think it's all good.

I'm thinking about starting a beta community on G+, is that something you guys would be interested in? No free features or anything, just early, possibly buggy, releases.

Anywho, I'm working on aggregating more unread counts from more sources. Next release will probably focus on that, badges. We don't need no stinking badges. *UHF

Here's the CL for v1.0,

Bug fixes & optimizations
Added support for more icon packs
Added notification badge option to show unread count for certain apps, e.g., Default SMS, Gmail, Facebook
Fixed issue where wrong icon from icon pack was displayed for certain apps
Fixed icon pack preview when clicking list item icon
Alphabetized icon pack selection dialog
Removed fast scroll from blacklist, interfered with check boxes
Harder, better, faster, stronger
[Android Apps and Games] professorjaki:
I have the same problem with the Google app (i'm using Google Now Launcher)
[Android Apps and Games] walpurgisnacht30:
Not per app theming actually just changing the icon on per app basis, I'm using Nova.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Try blacklisting Voice Search, that should get rid of the Google App. I'm still working on the HTC Launcher. Can someone please share the package name for the HTC Launcher?

OK, I haven't seen the one-by-one option in Nova for theming icons, is it Prime only? I sent Mr TeslaCoil a message asking if his ContentProviders are public, I don't think they are. If they are I'll put them use.
[Android Apps and Games] walpurgisnacht30:
Awesome thanks, looks like it's Prime only. See my screen record here https://goo.gl/photos/VfGow2ffcL8LH4rD6
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
Cool, thanks for the video, it helps a lot for me to understand what we're talking about. As soon as it's processed I'll have a look and I'll post my thoughts/findings here, probably tomorrow sometime, after calculus homework is done, :crying:.
[Android Apps and Games] walpurgisnacht30:
Lol no problem thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] onmyouji:
I'm not sure about how the widget works, so please CMIIW.

Is it possible to add option to refresh/update the recently used apps manually? I'm just worried that the current automatic update rate will affect my battery life.

I was thinking that if I can refresh it manually, the widget doesn't need to constantly wakeup and waste resource. I'm not a developer so I might be wrong about this, so please CMIIW
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
The widget doesn't affect battery life. It doesn't hold any wake locks and does not do any work while the phone is asleep. Manual update defeats the purpose.
[Android Apps and Games] onmyouji:
Ok, thanks for the reply.

I just had the widget randomly clear by itself. Not sure what causes it, I don't use any icon pack (only the standard Lollipop one from Nova Launcher).
[Android Apps and Games] Longshark:
Tried it on my nexus4 (which is not my primary device) and its super and would like to get the paid version. I'm probably in the minority but I decided to not update my note4 to lollipop because of several concerns. Any chance this can be made compatible with KK?
[Android Apps and Games] eecummings:
Google Play says "Incompatible with all your devices" (Nexus 7, 9 & 10, all with Lollipop and rooted). :sob:
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
The APIs used do not exist in KK, so its not possible.

New version bring tablet and phone versions together again. Should be compatible now.
[Android Apps and Games] eecummings:
New version bring tablet and phone versions together again. Should be compatible now.[/QUOTE]

Got it installed, thanks, but app will not display on either N7 (5.1.1) or N9 (5.0.1). Tried with Nova Launcher and Google Now launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] registered-user:
What do you mean will not display? Force close? Enabled usage access and added the widget to your home screen right?