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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] dusanzk:
Hey,

I'm using MX Player Pro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro

It works well for what i need. From what i can tell the keyboard shortcuts aren't customisable, the ones i've tried and are working are space bar (pause/play), up/down arrows (volume up/down) and left/right arrows (seek forward/backward). ESC simulates a back press, i don't think that has anything to do with MX Player specifically.

It supports many codecs and has support for downloading subtitles from Opensubtitles. There's also an option for adjusting playback speed but i couldn't find a keyboard shortcut for it.

There does seem to be a silly bug, while a video is playing if you click the three dots in the top right of the screen and move your mouse down to try and click/select any of the options available that whole menu screen will dissapear, as if you clicked on the video window. It's a bit difficult to explain and a way around it is to click the three dots in the top right and then use the keyboard to go through the options there.

MX Player Pro is a paid app but there's a free version you can try if you want - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Gautch:
I was able to use Sentio desktop (app) and login to figma and draw like I do on a desktop. It works great!

Ordered my Dex doc yesterday.

It looks as though the Samsung browser is the issue. Chrome works well, but it's the mobile UI so it looks bloated.

Attachment shows Chrome Cast to my TV + keyboard + mouse.

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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I hope that you enjoy the DeXperience! :)

If there is anything that bugs you about it, do share those thoughts, as I or any other DeX app developer may find a way to remove those issues and enhance DeX for you if possible! :)

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*NEWS UPDATE*

Google has released new developer tools for Android O preparation.

If you are interested in where DeX may go in the future you may want to have a look at these new API features:

https://developer.android.com/preview/api-overview.html#mds

Multi-display & mouse pointer capture are the two that I am most excited about, as I think that these will enhance the desktop experience even more on Android Desktop/DeX.

But there are some other interesting additions to come too!

p.s. they haven't restored that default window size function in this update yet though... :(
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] L0SW0LF0S:
Thanks for the tip. Tried it - not quite what I looked for though. Whenever DeX can mimick finger gestures this will become more interesting as with a double finger gesture there is speed control. In the meantime I will have to live with it as it seems. Thanks anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Interesting! May be we don't need Dex after all, just a MHL cable would do, no?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] Gautch:
Yeah, or a chrome cast.

I also have a USB-C to HDMI converter I've been wanting to try.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Some of you were asking for screen brightness support, so I have added the option within DeX Hub v1.23 to contol the external displays brightness with 'Ctrl+Shift+Numpad +/-'.

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*UPDATE*

Some were complaining about the price of the Dock.

Now you can get one for USD-$108.00*&*FREE Shipping:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Stat...rd_wg=Zb8Sv&psc=1&refRID=YA5ZSVWPPMVZSX129M8F
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I would usually reach out to the monitor controls to get the best results but your option would give us added convenience. Just a question of how it works. Would such adjustments resulted in lowering the dynamic range of the result? For example, if we increase the brightness by 25%, would the dynamic range reduced from 0-256 to 65-256? In other words, I suppose the white area would not be brighter but the darker areas are brightened up propotionally?

Edit:

Whilst we are on the subject, can you revisit the possibility of putting the monitor into Standby mode. Samsung simply show a back page to block the burning backlight when the phone is locked? When we undock the phone the monitor actually goes into Standby. Just wonder why Sansung didn't do the same when phone is locked and has nothing to display.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
This is nothing too complex/technical enough to interact with the display itself, it just applies a dark black layer over the top of everything with the ability to set its transparency level - though due to the security limitations, it doesn't cover the taskbar... I don't think that it would affect HDR, but I'm not sure...

It was simply added as a quick access convenience to reduce the time it takes to turn the brightness down by just using simple keyboard shortcuts.

I'm not sure that I can send a standby command to the external display though unfortunately...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
OK, got it, thanks! My assumption was wrong. So technically speaking the shortcut only reduce the overall brightness from 0% to may be 75%. Increasing brightness with Ctrl+Num+ is basically by reducing less. It won't go brighter than what we set originally.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Correct!

The point is that it enables the users to reduce the brightness quickly when it begins to get dark in the room to avoid eye-strain when looking at a bright monitor.

*UPDATE - v1.24*

Added brightness slider in the sidebar options.

And now it shows the DeX verion name instead of the DeX status. After all, you're more than likely to know the DeX status lol...

*UPDATE - v1.25*

Added red tint option to brightness settings (or quick switch with 'ctrl+shift+Numpad *').
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION], Re Dex Hud v1.25 update:

Just in case people are wondering. The red tint effect is visible only when the screen is dimmed down with Crt+Num-. It would have no effect when the screen is at its full brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Yeah, sorry if I confused anyone, it is simply a colour filter to add to the screen dimmer.

*Update - v1.26*

Added custom startup and shutdown sounds support.

*NOTE*

You can put any MP3 file inside of the folder 'notifications' in the devices internal storage and it should show up in the notifications list.

[MENTION=4278401]KenHua[/MENTION]: I've updated the app to v1.27 with a couple of words changed to hopefully make it more clear.

*Update - v1.30*

Added simple instructions to enable the access service as someone was struggling to get 'Enhanced Input' to work.

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A 3 star review for a free app??? If it was malware ridden or filled with ads, then I would understand, but this is a simple app providing an enhanced experience for free... seriously, if I charged for the app then I would understand, but come on... it is bloody free...

Ungreatful... Many download, barely any of them review it or donate to the project, but I still work to improve their DeX experience, using up my own time.

It is fine as it is, I just wont waste my spare time trying to satisfy these users anymore if that is going to be the response that I am going to get for it...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wrexed03:
Looking forward to using your app. Just purchased one myself.

I have a question. In relation to my setup. I have a monitor which i would like to utilize. Just has a VGA input.

Will a HDMI to VGA converter with audio work on the Dex? Monitor i have also has audio input.

Thanks Again
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pRo_lama:
Really interesting info about Dex.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72642004&postcount=58
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] pixellegolas:
I am thinking of maybe selling my laptop and raspberry pi and go for this one. Have it at tv and use as media center also :)

Would it be possible to run KODI on it you think?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
I guess it whould work as long as your monitor and cable converter support full HD resolution. Good excuse to get a new monitor if they don't work out. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I run KODI on my DeX, but in order to use it in full screen you will need to press the windows/cmd (Meta) key + up to full screen the app, because the KODI developers created a bug which makes their app draw over the apps frame, making it difficult to resize the window manually, but you can simply force your apps into full screen using that keyboard shortcuts, and if any apps dont go into full screen mode, just enable the DeX developer mode and everything should just work fine! :)

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[MENTION=4717456]wrexed03[/MENTION]:

I have a HDMI to VGA+3.5mm adapter, it worked on some VGA monitors, but not all, I recall reading that DeX will only work with HDCP compatible VGA monitors. (My adapter doesn't enable HDCP support :( )

Hope this helps! :)

*UPDATE* [MENTION=4717456]wrexed03[/MENTION]:

Check out this adapter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/HDMI-VGA-Audio-Converter-Compliant/dp/B00AJ2QZCG
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
Just received mine in the mail. So far I really like the experience compared to the HP X3 I was using at work.

I am having a couple of issues, namely around keyboard input. I've noticed that sometimes while typing the device will miss one of my keystrokes. When that happens, I get a small pop-up on the that shows I'm using "English US" based input.

In some other applications, I will type out an entire sentence and as soon as I hit the period at the end and hit the space key, auto correct seems to take over and it backs out my entire sentence and then fills it back in exactly as I typed it but without spaces between words. It's really weird.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Shift & Space triggers the language switch by default, I found that to be so annoying that I created a way to disable it in DeX Hub, although, I can't inject a space to replace this input, as any "fake" input has security issues that stop me from being able to do this in any apps outside of my own...

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*MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH!*

I have found a way around these security issues and fixed the 'shift & space' issue in most places, but for some reason Samsung has made this workaround not work within the Samsung browser... though it does work in chrome!

So just note that it doesn't work everywhere, but it will work in some places i.e. XDA Forums in Google Chrome! ;)

DeX Hub update v1.31 will be rolled out soon! :)

*UPDATE*

But it does work in SBrowsers address bar... strange...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
Thanks for the reply. I just downloaded and will give it a shot. There looks to be a lot of really nice features here.

This may have been answered earlier as I haven't browsed every page in the thread, but any chance of getting Dex to work over USB-C rather than HDMI? I would love to be able to use it on the lapdock I have at work for the X3.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I don't think that there is any solution for that currently, but surely by the time that the Note 8 is released Samsung must have recognised that there is a demand for this kind of thing and create a solution for what you want.

*UPDATE - DeX Hub v1.33*

Improved the detection a little, it should now work more effectivly in apps like the play stores search bar, although, I still can't fix the SBrowser problem...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] peschon:
Screen size is to large

Is there a way to adjust the desktop size? Its cutting off the bottom taskbar, the icons on the left and right side.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Have you adjusted your displays overscan settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] marxxxx26:
I am able to now launch fullscreen parallels client but in the legacy version (which is faster in watching videos from virtual machines.) it wont go in immersive mode which still makes me have borders on the top and bottom. Kodi wont go fullscreen unfortunately and nor will Netflix.

If there is a solution for Kodi i would like to know. Thanks for the time you have invested in the hub!

Tip:

When u clicked 5 times on the dex icon in settings u can restart your apps and some can go fullscreen!

Best i have found yet for virtual machines is Paralells Client.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wrexed03:
I bought a hdmi adapter hdmi to vga. The two monitors i have both come up with out of range :(

It does work fine on my series 9 65cm TV. I guess i will have to buy another monitor unless there is a way to change the screen settings to make it work...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] GaresTaylan:
Looks like Dex hub helped fix some of my issues. The primary application I use on Dex is VMWare Horizon Client for my work. This is where I am still experiencing the issue mentioned before where I'll type out a sentence and as soon as I use punctuation it backs out the entire sentence and then types it back out (almost like an auto-correct) without spaces between words. It's a really odd symptom and I havent ran into it anywhere else.

Beyond that, I havent had the issue with the "English US" pop-up while typing since applying the Dex hub settings. Will definitely be sending a donation over to the developer.

So for me the big things left I would love to have:

-The ability to use Dex on a third party device like the X3 lap dock

-Whatever is going on with the typing in Horizon client (maybe just a VMWare compatibility issue) fixed.

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Glad to know that DeX Hub has been helpful! :)

Regarding VMWare though, I recall Samsung mentioning something about the Horizon app being improved for DeX sometime around July.

I suspect that there may be an update coming from Samsung about then for DeX, for them to make VMWare Horizon work perfectly, otherwise I would have thought that VMWare would have been the guys to have mentioned this surely?

But anyway, either way, I suspect that your experiences in VMWare are due to improve on DeX within the next month! :)

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*EDIT*

Regarding the space+shift fix to stop the language switch and input spaces. At the moment, I use a simple workaround through the clipboard to insert a space, but I am trying to implement a solution to more effectively enable you to enter text without those issues that still exist in some apps that don't work with the clipboard workaround (i.e. entering the letter 'I' quickly followed by a space and another word leading to words like 'I am' showing up as 'Iam'.)

I suspect that VMWare and many other apps need you to directly press the key and the clipboard fix may not work. But as I say, this is just a temporary workaround until I can find a better way to fix this, it may take me a little while, but I think that I may be getting somewhere with this enabling us to always use the space bar in the way that we expect it to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
I have to say that, any mention of 'Samsung DeX' to Google over the web seems to quickly stop them from making any responses... Anyone would think that they are scared that DeX would kill off their Chromebooks market...

But surely, the purpose of Google investing in Android & Chrome OS was to incease the number of people with access to the internet at any time or place to get them viewing Google ads more often. But avoiding any talk of DeX seems to be counter-productive.

Unified computing is inevitable, if Google thinks otherwise, then they are stupid for doing so.

I've been talking about unified computing since 2010, I even created topics on XDA to get more people talking about it a couple of years ago (i.e. https://xdaforums.com/android/general/android-phone-powered-desktop-t3009924).

But, Google seem to be avoiding any discussions of this technology right now...

I can almost guarantee that when Samsung begins to invest in the marketing for DeX (I suspect at the release of the Note 8) the industry will see a good example of unified computing and OEM's such as LG, HTC, Sony, etc... will be presurred by customers to create their own alternative solutions to bring unified computing to their devices.

If Google continue to ignore this technology, then they will be just as bad as Microsoft was when saying that the iPhone/app store enabled smartphone, was just a silly fad...

And as we can see from Window Phone, MS failed to compete when they finally accepted that it was not just a fad...

In Googles case, I can only imagine that customers will move to alternate products and solutions due to theirs lacking any desktop optimisations, I mean just look at Chrome vs SBrowser on DeX, Chrome is way too desktop limited imo, not even supporting 'ctrl+mouse wheel' zooming or right clicks.

</rant>
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] ShrekOpher:
To be honest I think Samsung is getting in bed with Microsoft. Their phones will continue to run Android, but don't be surprised if the Note comes pre loaded with Skype, word, excel, & PowerPoint. It also would not surprise me to see DexOS get a windows 10S skin...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Oh no... please do not say that... Since the beginning of 2017 I have been having such a bad experience with Microsoft products and services, hence DeX is now my default go to daily driver desktop experience. Windows 10 has become so unstable for me, and earlier in the year MS office had so many bugs on my Windows laptop that I often had to double check everything on my phone to be sure that my documents looked the way I intended. In Word no images would show up, and in Excel, I had to click a document to launch Excel, but it wouldn't load the document, so I had to double click the document again to make Excel show it within the open window...

10 years ago, I used to be an MS fanboy, I even got excited by the news that they were bringing a mobile version of their OS to market (WP7), but since about the launch of Windows 8, I have just slowly stopped liking MS products and services, but the lack of stability since the beginning of 2017 has completely turned me off, and I'd rather move away from any non-essential MS solutions, and now that Android is becoming so much more advanced and modular enough that you can change near any part of the mobile experience (hopefully DeX/other Android desktop versions too), I just hope to see more desktop optimisations in apps and a few of the tools that I still use in Windows having effective alternatives on Android (basically just a more professional/mouse optimised graphics design tool, and official Android development tools), aside from that, Android is now my go to choice for (personal) computing.

I still use MS Office for Android from time to time, but even that feels limiting (i.e. lack of multi window support). The only thing that I currently miss when using DeX is the ability to use the window snap feature by dragging the window to an edge of the screen instead of the current (Meta+d pad) in DeX.

So far Samsung has done okay, considering that DeX is in its infancy and has not seen the level of investment that MS windows (desktop) has had, I think that with a few refinements, DeX could be more effective everywhere. My biggest problem with DeX is that, at the moment, Samsung hasn't been advertising it on TV (at least not here in the UK), so most people are unaware of it (including many developers), and that is stopping us from getting the real desktop refinements that we need in Android apps to make it capable of replacing Windows in more environments.

For now, I'd just say that DeX (version 2.2.0.8) is simply a preview of what is to come, but if my suspicions are correct, I think that Samsung will refine DeX about the time of the Note 8 release and maybe remove the need for third-party apps like DeX Hub to optimise the experience.

If DeX Hub continues to recieve donations I will continue to iron out any remaining limitations in DeX, but hopefully by the time the S9 is released there won't be a need for it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
[MENTION=4060819]SmilerOnline[/MENTION], I wish Samsung would solicit your input on the onging development of Dex, or better yet hire you as part of the team where you can have all the controls at your fingertips instead of having to circumvant the limitations of an user app. I'm sure much more would be achieved in a much shorter time.

By the way, is there a way to capture the screen of an active app instead of capturing the whole Desktop? Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Thanks!, I would be quite happy to discuss further developments with Samsung if they were interested, as a software developer, my first priority is always the UX (User eXperience).

Regarding the capture comment are you talking about screenshots?

You can press 'Alt+Printscreen' To capture a screenshot of just the app in focus! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
*NOTE*

I have recieved some emails in my development email account that imply that some people suspect that I have some connection with Samsung, I should note that I developed DeX Hub single handedly with no sponsorship and no connection to Samsung. I have added notes to the apps description confirming this just now because of these emails.

I simply developed DeX Hub as there was some issues that were bugging me about the experience in DeX and so I created this addon to clean up some of these problems, and I try to keep DeX Hub out of sight when it is not needed avoiding any notifications or anything else to reduce any impact on the user experience as just like many of you guys/girls, I want a good experience too, and I just try to keep the mentality that, if I would hate a particular thing within an app, then I shouldn't put that into mine, hence I implemented a simple small donate button that doesn't take up too much space instead of the large annoying ads that many other developers use to support their efforts.

Sorry for being a little formal on here, but I just thought that I should mention this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] KenHua:
Thanks for your quick response. You are a genius who knows all the tips and tricks! Thank you very much!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] wrexed03:
Question when using Dex. Is there a way when using eg samsung browser or chrome or any other where it will allow you to use the web based pages 100% of the time instead of the mobile versions.

EG Paypal, Ebay and facebook are some examples. When logging into paypal it tries to launch the app facebook has issues when clicking home. Ebay looks strange as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Accessories] SmilerOnline:
Samsung's Browser is always Desktop mode (when in DeX), but with the option to go into mobile mode, should you wish to... Chrome usually runs in desktop mode, but any website that detects that it is Chrome for Android may assume that it is a mobile phone and show you the mobile version, Samsung gets around this by making the website think that the Samsung browser is running on a Linux desktop client (when in DeX).

Though eBay & Facebook have recently edited their websites to detect the Samsung DeX browser and update it to show a mobile mode... Don't ask me why... I think that we may need to get in touch with them and request that they remove that update, so that they put it back to the desktop mode it showed when running on the DeX browser back in April.

eBay just requires you to select classic mode from the bottom of the page!

Paypal works fine in desktop mode for me though!, although I don't have the app, so I don't get the pop-up, I've just added a shortcut to the page on my home screen within a folder.

*I've contacted Facebook about the problem, though it might be a good idea for a few other people to notify them of the DeX bug too, to encourage them to fix it sooner.

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*DEX HUB UPDATE*

I've finally found a way around the security limitations to simulate some input gestures.

Added a beta implementation of pinch to zoom gesture simulation.

Currently, I'm just getting used to this gesture simulation system, but will look to improve it soon.

Any feedback will be welcomed! :)