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[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
May be it will be better to select app not by finger but by some kind of cursor, placed out of finger. As the selector's cross is...
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
news:

fooView is on xda labs now.

It can be downloaded from xda labs app.

Thanks xda!
[Android Apps and Games] piersplowman:
Very nice beginning and good pace of development. I can definitely see this replacing three or four apps I currently use that all overlap functions among themselves but where each has some hitherto "unreplacable" feature.

One such feature you might consider adding (or maybe its on your list already) is to have a text expansion function. A commonly used phrase could be captured via the box draw and you click on a snippet icon and you can finetune the expanded text as you like and provide a shorthand expression to use as the trigger.

I think, though, that as was commented earlier in the thread the interface may end up being cluttered with (to some) unused features. At some point you should integrate some toggling of optional functions so users have easiet access to their most used functions.

Thanks for posting on XDA Labs, i only noticed it through that.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this develops
[Android Apps and Games] raphTec:
Great update, I love it!

When using the screen shot function, the position of the Fooview ring always trembles a bit, even if I hold my finger still. This makes it hard to start the screen shot rectangle because Fooview thinks I still move the ring.

Could you please decrease the sensitivity so that little movements of some millimeters are interpreted as a still position?

This issue occurred to me also in the previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
This is an awesome app :) Great work :good:
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Good advice! I will look into it.
[Android Apps and Games] AbDo NeOs:
ty for this
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Tips:

8) What's Lucky for? There is a lucky module on the fooView homepage. It means "I'm feeling lucky", Google has used this words to show a random result. You can click the number/image & video/music/web category icon to get a random result here. Click the dice in the middle and it will select category randomly. For example, if you click image and video icon, it will play a random selected local image/video or YouTube popular video for you. Use drag down gesture to refresh to get another result. With more usages and improved machine intelligence, it will give better results to your interest than just random in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] obsidianwings:
Great app. In future versions will it be possible to screenshot in kitkat, or is that completely impossible?

What's interesting is that it does actually work in the xda labs app, but I've tried it on a few other things and get the system limitations message each time
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
It's possible for rooted device, and I'm working on it.

It can only screenshot inside fooview now
[Android Apps and Games] obsidianwings:
I am rooted, so that's great, thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] tberman333:
Love tho is app. I am running it in my tablet (Pixel C), and for some reason the app Mighty Text does not show up in the list of apps to share with after I capture soothing and select share. It does show in other apps such as photos.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Could you please tell me the Mighty Text app download link or full name?
[Android Apps and Games] tberman333:
I don't know how to link directly to an app, but here is a screen shot of the full name and icon so hopefully you can find it easily.
[Android Apps and Games] halibil:
I'm missing S-Pen when using my Nexus , but this app help me a lot .

Huge thanks for your great work :)
[Android Apps and Games] lion7718:
Has the option to hide in individual applications been removed? I can't seem to find it anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
In app manager
[Android Apps and Games] lion7718:
Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough...

How to hide fooView in certain apps...??

I used to have it hidden in Chomp & Camera, now I can't find a way to do this.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks, I will look into the issue
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Yes, it's removed because many feedbacks want hiding in all instead of setting one by one. You can long press to hide and show it.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
And more custom options could be added in future versions after some basic features are completed
[Android Apps and Games] dim059:
When capturing any text not always there is a possibility to translate it
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
You mean some texts are not recognized? try change your target language from the menu.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
V0.7 will be released in a day.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
With new surprises???
[Android Apps and Games] dim059:
I mean sometimes icon of translator appears and sometimes do not
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks!

It will be on Google Play first time, and it's a stable version without new major features, instead there're many minor improvements. I will summarize the changelog later.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
The A icon just means Text. The image icon means screenshot, and robot icon means machine recognition. The A icon won't appear in browser outside fooView due to system limitation, the robot will replace it in this case, doing the same job.
[Android Apps and Games] david72262:
Very cool app this is like 100 apps combined can't wait to see how this develops. Maybe Themable dark ui?
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
V0.7.0 version released!

Changelog:

1)	Group in App module (It’s preview of group feature)

2)	Can draw simple lines on screenshot now

3)	Swipe down shortly to recent lists

4)	Add languages: Ukraine, Japanese

5)	Fix bugs “wrong weather/news websites list in some languages”

6)	Fix bugs “wrong icon position after playing video in full screen”

7)	Other minor improvements

8)	It’s the first stable fooView alpha version and will be on Google Play first time.

If you would support me, rate 5 star on Google Play after download. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Thank you for new version but smth goes wrong on Google Play. Your app can't be find no throw mobile GooglePlay, nether from it's home on PC. If I go to direct link you wrote on my phone, I also can't install it. Direct link on PC helped me only.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
You can search "fooView" in Google Play to install.

You mean which link is wrong?

this link? Download from Google Play

Update:

Google Play might delay several hours in some countries, you might also try it later.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Link is good. I mean wrong search at GooglePlay.

That may be...
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
After latest update fooview icon is not responding inside the fooview app :(
[Android Apps and Games] speechless:
lagy a lil bt after update
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Cannot swipe back or cannot drag and circle?
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
When lag happens? when swipe back?
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
Yes, only when fooview app is open. Works perfectly in any other app.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Cannot recur this. I guess it was stucked on some special cases. Try to kill it(or uninstall) and restart to see if it works?
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
Just noticed that it is not working when other floating app (flynx browser) is open. I resized the fooview floating browser from the edge of the screen and only then it works.
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
Works after a reboot. Thanks:good:
[Android Apps and Games] TheMorpheus:
Founded a little grafic bug
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Bug Confirmed. The lines are too long and truncated. I will fix it in next release.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
sometimes pressing power button to lock screen and then unlock it, is also a possible solution in special case when it is stucked.
[Android Apps and Games] samcarl:
Will keep that in mind. But have not seen the issue again :)
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks!Theme support will be in future versions.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Please update from Google Play, because it is the first day on Google Play.

If you would support me, rate a 5 star on Google Play. Thank you!

For those who cannot use Google Play, I will also update on XDA labs later.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
The 5 Stars you got, but I guess, it will still need a while, till people understand the potential of your application.
[Android Apps and Games] david72262:
Done and done you deserve it app is amazing.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Today I find fooView on GooglePlay with no problems. I give it 5 stars but who translates description in Russian? It's terrible!:laugh:

Could I change it any way?
[Android Apps and Games] aksdroid:
After installing v0.7.0 and rebooting, I noticed that encryption password is not requested anymore and device boots straight to the lockscreen.

Did fooview disabled the encryption on my device ? (I remember one of the setup screen asking for my encryption password, but I didn't expect encryption to be disabled altogether).

Thanks for this nifty and nicely designed app :).
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
No, fooView is not related to any system settings. It won't change anything.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] aksdroid:
Just rebooted my device in to Recovery and I noticed that TWRP did not prompt for my encryption password and was able to access system partition straight away.

And I confirm encryption password was not prompted for booting into the homescreen this time again.

Something is amiss obviously, and according to app info fooview has persmission to modify system settings.

If disabling encryption was not intended then this looks like a serious bug.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Just a question. Is there a chance, in the near future, that your file manager getting root permission???
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
No, fooView won't change any settings.

An app can change system settings only after root, fooView doesn't require root now, so it cannot change in logic.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Yes, this feature is in development.

Not root itself, but support root features.

For root, you can use supersu etc.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Sorry, yes I meant root features. Sorry to bother once more. Can I get rid of the white background soon too????
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Themes would be also in future versions, time plan not sure.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Thanks a lot for your answer. Keep up your excellent work and turn this application in a real masterpiece.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
It use English now. I will update it on Crowdin later

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] aksdroid:
I digged into the issue and it seems the root-cause was not fooView indeed.

What happened is that fooView needs the accessibility feature "fooView Circle Feature" to work.

When this accessibility feature is enabled, the OS automatically disables the prompting of the encryption password (phone is still encrypted, but it is automatically decrypted at boot without user intervention).

I was able to re-enable the prompting of the encryption password by going into "Lock screen > Screen lock" and following the steps from there.

Now I have my fooView still working AND I have to enter my password in order to boot into my homescreen :).

Thanks for your support, and keep up the great work you're doing with fooView.
[Android Apps and Games] all43:
Fab app, just starting to find my way around!
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Please check the demo video before using the app. Hope it's useful.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thank you for all feedback! A patch version will be released today.
[Android Apps and Games] blackscorpio06:
23 out of 26, still trying to figure out the rest 3.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
:good::good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
2016/03/03 Updated:

Quick patch

1) Fix "cannot set tag and 'set as default' for websites" issues.

2) Fix 'splash quit' issue occasionally when running first time.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks, welcome any advice!
[Android Apps and Games] En Enu Elan Elua:
Hi, when I try to select something to translate or search app sends me pop up "failed due to wystem limitations" it means that MIUI isn't supported? I'm using xiaomi mi3 with miui v7 latest on kitkat.

I saw that in tapatalk I can use only translate with default. On ant other app I see messege with fail. Swipe to back or back to home and switching apps works great.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
MIUI is supported.
[Android Apps and Games] leonoscar:
Perfect on Nexus 6. Great work!
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
I checked it again and found the reason. You're using Kitkat, on this system, the screen capture feature is not available due to system limitation. You can update MIUI to Android 5.0 and above if possible.
[Android Apps and Games] En Enu Elan Elua:
Screen limitations? No. On newer versions than kitkat you must change selinux. Here I can record easly ;)

I've changed selinux to permissive but it don't helped me. I'm using SCR and it works.

I have only 6.0.1 android on alpha stage. :(

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Current it's no root version. In future versions it will support rooted devices and remove any limitations.
[Android Apps and Games] En Enu Elan Elua:
Ohhhh. You are right. I forgot that I need root to record.

Nvm, all features are working ( On my device almost all), it's amaizing app. I will wait ^^
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks!

However, you can capture screen in fooView window itself when you explore websites in fooView on Kitkat. It doesn't require root.
[Android Apps and Games] En Enu Elan Elua:
Great, it works :D. I'm using dolphin and there I can't use translate. Nvm, alpha stage need a lot of work. Good luck
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks for the feedback!
[Android Apps and Games] B. East:
It's working fine on my M9 stock marshmallow. I find it a bit sensitive especially where the launch button sits on the screen, will it be possible to move the launch button to anywhere on the screen, in future version?
[Android Apps and Games] joshua764:
excellent and very helpful. I love and that is beta. hopefully prompt improvements. thank you

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
I'm not sure if I went over it, without remembering, so here my question.

In the application folder are absolutely every single app, included even system application . Is there a chance to hide them from view somehow. I'm using theming, means, all 63 theme modifications are shown as application. Even application, hidden by default, are shown. So, if there is a chance to get rid of them, from view, would be great.
[Android Apps and Games] aksdroid:
Battery drain while using fooview is currently noticeable.

Looking into it by curiosity, I noticed that the alarm "com.fooview.android.intent.REGULAR_CHECK" triggers quite often.

What is it used for ? Would it be possible to reduce battery usage in future versions ?

(I'm not talking about optimizing the code this early in your development, just taking care of this at some point when you think it's the right time)
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Cool. Thank you for the sharing!
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
It should cost very little battery by design, if no major activity happens, such as web view, video playing etc. The regular_check intent will check if thumbnails need be refreshed(only updated in WiFi), if the search engine db and doodle should be updated. It takes little battery too.

Because it's also a browser, if you visit websites many times, it will consume much battery. It's system webview costs, just happen in any browser.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
In app manager module, apps are categorized user apps and system apps. If the themes are system inbuilt, but shown in user apps, please give some details, I will check if it's a bug.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
And yes, battery and memory is always the point we focus on.
[Android Apps and Games] Jsilver73:
Seems very useful app at first look - looking forwards to following your development.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Follow up:

in v0.7, long press translate button to "translate to", choose target language here
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Follow up:

In v0.7, swipe down to open recents list, swipe down long to open notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
I found some users are not familiar with many features of the app, so I will collect some tips to help.

Tips 9:

When I use crop gesture to capture texts to translate or copy, sometimes I don't get the ideal result, why?

In the result window, each text is labelled with an icon.

The icon "Image" means it's a screenshot, you can edit it and share directly.

The icon "A" means we have got the whole possible text (such as a sentence), you will get this result on most screens except for on web page(such as Chrome or Facebook).

The icon "Robot" means we are trying to use machine recognition from screen, it requires Android 5.0 and above. For Android 4.4 and above, we're working on root version. To improve the accuracy, you might download language pack from settings, such as German language library, currently it supports 13 languages, and more will be added.
[Android Apps and Games] AL_IRAQI:
Hi [MENTION=7171610]fvalpha[/MENTION]

Congratulations on the playstore release, i already given it 5 stars from two accounts :)

I have some questions about crop feature, is it possible to save pictures in higher quality ? or maybe choose between .jpg & .png

and i what do you think about changing the folder to /fooView instead of /download ?

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thank you for the support! It will be better.

There will be more crop options.

Because we have used a .fooView folder on SD card, we will not use another /fooView, but there will be more customize options in future versions.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
It is strange for me that icon "Robot" appears when I crop in my favorite book reader - AlReader. :confused: So sometimes fooView recognize the cropped text wrong. It make me sad...

Is it possible to do fooView to take the crop in such apps as text?
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
If an app acts as a browser(such as Facebook, Chrome, etc.), it cannot return whole text due to system limitation. Currently it can only recognize it by machine. For improve accuracy, you can download language library. We're still working on improving the recognition engine especially on browsers.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
And another possible solution is FV Clip will work on Android 6.0+.

If your app supports system copy menu, long press the text, and choose FV Clip, you will get the same fooView menu as using the crop.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Thank you. It works well also I have Android 5.1...
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
For those who cannot use Google Play, you can update or download it from XDA Labs app.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Follow up:

Due to feedback, the hidelist setting will come back in next release.
[Android Apps and Games] uchytilvernon:
I've just recently acquired full root on Samsung GCP-sg360t1 and the Firefox browser I use I like, my question is if this Foo view is a browser as well will it become default and I no longer have the use of my Firefox
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Yes, fooView is a browser, I use it as my default browser. But since it's still in early development, it's far from mature as Firefox and Chrome, they have more plugins and features. You can try it for a while to see if it could fulfill your requirements.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
I found some users are not familiar with many features of the app, so I will collect some tips to help.

Tips 10:

FV Clip? What's that?

Sometimes when we want to select some texts in browsers (such as Chrome) to e.g., translate. Normally I need 1) crop it 2) machine recognize it automatically 3) click translate button.

Is there other way?

On Android 6.0+ or some Android 5.1+ devices, it supports context menu. Long press and select the texts, choose FV Clip(if there's one), a menu with search/share/translate options appears.

Here you are.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Just found out that there must be something wrong, when you cut a link from somewhere to paste it in the browser. Its not the same link then the one you cut. Might be something wrong with transmitting. Or is it just for translating?

See screenshots:
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Sometimes machine recognition is not 100% accurate in browsers, we are improving the algorithms. Long press amd copy in browsers is a better way for long texts.
[Android Apps and Games] quincho54:
Yes, I know, I tried to copy a link from xda to a browser, and I actually did first long press for copy. But it didn't work. So I tried your circle. It doesn't matter any more, I got it done. Just wanted to mansion it. Could have been something. Your app is really impressive and still full of surprises. Can't wait till the moment I can use it 100% Still using file manager.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks!

Will keep improving it.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Follow up:

Main icon could be changed in next version.
[Android Apps and Games] anarckia:
Great app for an alpha version, work without any problems on Xperia Z5 (MM) not rooted.

But is it possible to disable the floating circle icon on the lockscreen ?

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Edit: Sorry it s ok i found the parameter !

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It will be really nice to disable the circle icon in somes apps (like games...)
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks for the feedback!

You can long press and choose hide icon. Hide list setting will be back in next version.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Follow up:

Fixed in V0.7.1
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
And V0.7.1 will be released in 24 hours.
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
V0.7.1 version released!

Changelog:

1)	Floating Icon: Customize style, Doodle, Hide list

2)	File module: Support external SD card, Enable FV floating Player

3)	Crop module: Can screenshot on notifications now, improve performance

4)	OCR module: Add Vietnamese library

5)	App module: Property Preview feature

6)	Laboratory: A new hided feature for alpha testing

7)	Many minor improvements

If you would support us, rate 5 star on Google Play. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Laboratory feature password: fvconfig.root=1

Input it in your address to try the alpha feature in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Smth wrong in root features:

1. not correct settings screen in Russian (I think i some other lang aso). See screenshot.

2. I tried to rename /system/build.prop to /system/build.prop.bak by fv file explorer in root mod. It reports operation success and shows me no /system/build.prop.bak but /system/build.prop with size=0 bytes. RootExplorer shows no /system/build.prop neither /system/build.prop.bak...
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Thanks!

1. Will fix the issue. The length of translation is over one line.

2. Try refresh it to see if it's the UI refresh bug.

I haven't done many root feature testing on different devices, it might be buggy, so I hide the feature in this version.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
I tried that. And I used RootExplorer for check.

I see. No problem. It was a test only...
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
I re-test the rename issue on several devices, only find the refresh issue.

Can you please confirm it again? If file is lost, it's a serious bug, I must fix it asap.
[Android Apps and Games] NGP:
Sorry. I was wrong... It was really refresh issue only.

Are you planing text editor in fv file explorer?
[Android Apps and Games] fvalpha:
Yes, in plan