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[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
While the Dev is off busy getting some FCC feature issues resolved, I have a question that users of FCC may be able to help me with. I don't seem to be able to get my Head Unit to do what I would like.

Basically, very simple :

(a) Play either Radio, Poweramp , Amazon Music or Pandora with selection from Icons on Main menu.

(b) Center circle displays Album cover of current song, or generic player Icon if no Album cover available. ( all my Offline Mp3 files, played by Poweramp have their own embedded Album Art)

(c) A COMMON Previous. Pause/start/ Next display below the circular Album Art image, that will control whichever player is currently displaying/running ( just as the steering wheel controls do)

ie Not a widget for just one particular player... more of a generic basic control.

Tapping the Center Image seems to happily bring up the player in full screen for more complex settings of the current player. Home returns to Main FCC menu.

My problems.

(a) Not being able to set up a common Control (c) that works on current active player.

(b) When I select a different player, some replaced players keep playing in background. (and sometimes, Album Art does not update to current song in the newly selected player, until the NEXT song is selected or starts playing) Ideally, when a different player is selected, the old player should close/terminate. I end up with so may Apps running in the background after selecting a few. Its a real pain (danger) to try to close them in the conventional way, while driving, and until they are close, things are typically messed up / slow/ playing in background.

Would love to see a APP/WIdget that just does a CLOSE ALL (or better still, a list of sepecified apps if they are open) (except FCC or course !!)

I have given up with Android Auto on my China Eonon GA2170B and Head Unit Reloaded... cannot get it to work with the Eonon, - much as I would like it to.

So any suggestion, tips , advice would be most welcome, especially if the solution can be realized with FCC Launcher.
[Android Head-Units] banksc:
It appears that the music and clock widget freezing has been resolved...haven't seen it in the last few days. However, finding a new problem that popped up a couple of days ago (not sure when, exactly). It was still happening this morning after installing the lastest version.

The issue is with the OBD widget. ~50% of the time, it loads the temp at car startup but then does not update again. If I restart FCC, it works fine. The other ~half the time it appears to work correctly. Likely a coincidence, but all this week it has failed me in the morning on the way to work, but worked fine on the trip home. Could this be a side effect of the changes for the freezing widgets?
[Android Head-Units] Ben.suffolk:
With a slight tweak this is a feature I'm looking for and was going to suggest. My scenario is that I have an apple CarPlay dongle (zbox) and it seems to work pretty well but sometimes dab and zbox don't play together. I think because of the amount of USB data. So I have to kill dab when I go into car play.

If I could set a kill list attached to an icon that starts a program that would be great. E.g tap zbox icon and it kills dab and opens zbox.

I think you should be able to select to kill all, or upto say 5 named applications. They should be killed before the other app runs on that icon.

Maybe to make it more generic we need a macro system, so an icon tap runs a macro. The macro can have start app, kill app, kill all apps for the moment, then you easily write a small script to do all the above and more if needed. It could be extended in the future to fire off intents etc to other apps to get them to do things as well.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
That would be ideal . I believe there are Tasker Apps that may do a similar thing, and it could be that the could be used with FCC.

Writing small scripts is very powerful, but it takes away from the simpler selection and option design of FCC.

Maybe a compromise would be that Icons could be given additional properties of either Kill a selected list (of maybe 5 apps, or all), or Kill All except a list of 5 apps. That together with a Dummy KILL APP, that did nothing, but could have the above Kill properties applied to it...

No doubt there are all sorts of Options.. its probably just a case of Feature Priority, and what the Dev feels he wants to add to his app, that is within his design criteria.

On that note, I would hope that FCC does not try to include features that are in other launchers, just because they have those deign features. I see FCC as having it's own design and features.... and should not try to be all things to all people. Let it do what it does best, work in the way it was designed to work, and not try to force it to emulate other Launchers. Just my 2 cents :rolleyes:
[Android Head-Units] Sebnutz:
OBDII Issues

Really like what you've done with the App so far. I've purchased the app to help support you and its development.

I'm having trouble with the OBDII widgets. I go through the settings and select my OBDII adapter. I set Engine RPMs as the data to display, but no real time data ever shows up. Once in a while when I switch pages and come back it will have some frozen value, but again - never any real time data. When I launch the Torque Pro app, it has no problems connecting and showing the real time data.

Except for the OBDII issues, the only real thing I'm missing that would make the app perfect for me is RDS data on the songs.

Thank you again for your efforts.
[Android Head-Units] Ben.suffolk:
I stopped trying to use odb as I had similar issues to above, but it also used to put my engine management light on with a communications error code. All worked fine in torque, but I didn't want to risk any potential issues with the car doing odd things.
[Android Head-Units] Nico8583:
Any information ? :)
[Android Head-Units] Xorit:
The launcher is english only, but that shouldn't be a problem, right.
[Android Head-Units] Nico8583:
Me too, I can try to translate to French ;)
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
If realy nothing helps with the obd widgets and you still whants wiget . Purcase torqeu wigets from Playstore
[Android Head-Units] Julian75ts:
Ho speedfire.. i updated the firmware of my Joying Intel Sofia radio and now minimap works!

The only issue is that It doesn't update when i drive?

I can see the correct location where i Parker the card but It stays fixed there
[Android Head-Units] michalpro:
Hi

Bought premium and currently testing on nexus tablet fixed install.

A few things

1. Could we have custom PIDs in obd widgets, like torque. That would allow me to give up wonky torque widgets.

2. With latest beta power amp the album art is blurry. I think it's related to power amp though as other widgets using same method have blurry pic.

3. Street name freezes a lot, same with speed limits.

4. Widget resizing works very temperamental.

Good job so far.
[Android Head-Units] segu45:
I can try to translate to Spanish.

Enviado desde mi ONEPLUS A5010 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Head-Units] skiib:
Help needed

Is it possible to change the round center of fly cokpit to car logo or navi.
[Android Head-Units] Ben.suffolk:
I don't know but my guess would be to remove the centre widget that does the media stuff, and upload a wallpaper with your car logo in the centre and I expect it would be all good.
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
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[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION]

What do Think of this? Half circel

Top circel albumart and song informatie

Down circel custom image like logo. Or custom Color. With time and date display ?

There is a need to have something like a custom round. And this likes more unic than all other launchers.

Give please a :svetius: if you like this Idea then i have not the feeling that i.m the only one
[Android Head-Units] skiib:
idea

Any idea round citroen logo maybe

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Hi guys i have installed fcc on my china head unit and it works fine. Now i am on my pc looking for link to download and pay for premium version. But i can only find free version on play. can you help me with link to premium.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I think there is a Yellow UP arrow in the bottom right part of the screen, that you can click on and get the Pro Version ...

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I have never understood why "Other Launchers" put so emphasis on filling up a big area of valuable screen area, with the cars "Logo". Are they concerned that the driver will forget what make of car they are driving, and need to keep referring to their HU to remind them ? :p

Maybe set the HU to display the Car Make Logo, when it is booting, to look like the HU is "matched" to the car, but thereafter, surely one wants to see new and changing information, and not some large Car logo, stuck in the center of the screen.

If you really MUST have a Car Logo, why not just download an image, edit it, and then set it as your background, along with whatever other "Static" information you might want to be reminded of (like your sig-other's Name) -- assuming that does not change too often :fingers-crossed:

(sarcasm mode now turned off)
[Android Head-Units] 6699k:
I keep getting ANR message every time FCC starts up. The launcher eventually loads up after waiting a while and operates without other issues. I don't encounter ANR issue with other apps running on my device.

What is causing the ANR and how do I prevent it from showing? My device is PX3 2GB on Android v7.1.2 and running FCC v3.069.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Up to 3.068 , and with recent previous beta releases. I was also seeing the unit remain unresponsive for a good 30-45 seconds, after the main FCC Menu loads, before any functions work, including the manual Volume control knob.

Must be very busy doing something, and often during this time I get ANR messages.

Once it has settled down, it seems to run fine... except for a few quirks - like sometimes pressing the APPS icon, results in the "main menu" reloading without any Icons-- which cannot be got working again without a RE-BOOT.

Just updated to 3.069 -- and now not seeing the ANR messages, and it seems noticeably quicker to become active.

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Ref: 3.069

Just updated to 3.069 and notice that the 3 icons I had on the Far Right side edge, that could be defined to be 3 apps, with selected Icons (selection did not always work) -- has VANISHED.

I cannot find any way to add it back in.. Has this feature been removed from the APP ?

If not, how do I get them back again in 3.069 ?
[Android Head-Units] jun81:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

3.069

Issues i encountering:

1. Seems like mini map theme does not change between day and night theme when set to auto.

2. Still see distance or time notification when both are turned off.

3. Volume widget- volume does not match system after auto speed adjustment.

Eg. After stopping, vol widget display 8. Press decrease vol, volume goes 6. Meaning volume previously is 7.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Hi guys,

Thank you for all your suggestions and reports!

Just to let you know where we are.

As you know I was mostly focused recently on performance improvements. This sometimes required a significant rewriting of different parts of code to exclude memory leaks and make everything work as efficient as I can do. This aim was mostly achieved.

However some features became broken (as always) and I need to identify and fix them. These are usual consequences of an optimization process. Sorry for these bugs - some of them require more time than I wish to fix them.

Current plan is to fix all (most) bugs resulted from app optimization process and only after that to include new features. Please report about any bugs you see. This will help a lot! Thanks again.
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION]

Auto start of xialive dont work . Please add to list.

Px5 device
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION]

Ref: 3.069

Just updated to 3.069 and notice that the 3 icons I had on the Far Right side edge, that could be defined to be 3 apps, with selected Icons (selection did not always work) -- has VANISHED.

I cannot find any way to add it back in.. Has this feature been removed from the APP ? (temporarily or permanently)

If not, how do I get them back again in 3.069 ?
[Android Head-Units] banksc:
Not a solution... I have Torque, and the single biggest issue is having to connect to the OBDII Reader manually (and that it is relatively slow doesn't help). The widget in the launcher doesn't require any manual intervention.

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Another bug I thought may have been addressed, but it happened again last night.

I have a 'Apps' shortcut and it is behaving erratically... Some times when I select it I get a dimmed screen with just the background image and a search bar. I have to type in an app name and then the search results show up. Once it happens, the only way to get the app drawer back is to restart FCC. I also noticed another issue when this behavior is occurring; I try to edit the music player widget and when I long press the screen goes dark (like the previous issue) and there are no other apps/widgets showing. The 'X' (remove) and '*' (edit) icons are spread further apart to the top and bottom of the screen. They are typically close together near the top. The first time I encountered this, I tried to drag to where the '*' and it didn't appear to do anything...until it returned to the normal screen...all of my shortcuts were moved and bunched up. It did work the last time I tried to drag to the '*'.

The two issues definitely appear connected somehow...

Thanks.
[Android Head-Units] JSZESZE:
I have 2 requests. Not sure how difficult they would be to implement.

1) would it be possible to have widgets layered on top of each other. Nova does this well as do other launchers.

2) make the mini map a wallpaper or static widget that would allow widgets overlayed on top.

Performance has increased a lot. I used to have a lot of Tasker workarounds, but your recent updates have allowed me to turn them all off.

Great job.
[Android Head-Units] IronEagle410:
First off....thank you for this app! Best launcher by far for my needs and I pretty much have the pro version to all the other ones in the play store. Had FCC installed for about 3 minutes before I pushed that premium button! Anyway installed FCC early this morning played with all the features and settings. Everything was working as intended. However I just updated the firmware to my HA-px5-8.0 octa to version 20180806 that I received a short while ago from the seller. Now when I boot it asks if I want FCC as default launcher even after I had already elected to do so. I press always and it crashes. I press retry and again it just crashes. Nothing attempts to load or anything before the crashes. The common denominator has to be the update im basically just looking for confirmation and a possible ETA on a hot-fix. If your able to fix this in a few Hr's/day then I would just wait. But now that I got a taste of your creation I want MORE!! lol and will revert to the previous update if its going to be awhile. So again thanks for this gem, those of us who use it are grateful.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Can you record a LogCat log of this error? See the first post in this thread.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
I have spent several hours yesterday trying to identify the cause of this particular issue with Apps (not appearing except for search bar). The bug reprodused on my PX5 test unit after switching off and then opening Apps after wake up. The first opening was with this issue. All the next openings of Apps worked fine (no restart of the launcher was required).

This was the most odd issue. I wasn't able to figure out what happens after sleep. Then I tried to identify if this bug appears on the earlier versions of the Launcher (it seems to appear). This required uninstallation of the FCC Launcher.

In the end - after full uninstallation it works now properly on the latest version (3.071).

This is a mystery and not the best solution for all, but I can't find another way to solve this bug at the moment.

Update: this didn't help. This bug appeared again. So no need to reset the app.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I would like to try the total Uninstall, then re-install of latest version, so see f that fixes any of my issues.

However, I really do not want to loose all my setups.

Can I backup them to Google Drive, uninstall, and then install latest, and then restore the settings from the google drive backup.

I recall in an earlier post that you indicated that the Backup-Restore feature had "issues" and may not work. Is that still the case, or have those concerns been resolved ,
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Had no chance to check it. May have issues still.
[Android Head-Units] Xorit:
Just for info: How have you implemented the backup&restore?

I mean, you can control where settings are written to when the app is installed, right.

Could you try to get the b&r working, so we have a safe heaven for testing? :D

Ever tried TT Backup and see what it restores?
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
This is a internal problemen realy. Not FCC related. You must go to factory settings and change the launcher. There also hardcode that in android 8 after you change It . Go back and restart you device. And done.

When this is a beta version and have different version i delete fcc and and install it after a update or 6.

I have no problems with the widgets. Only small things. Clearing the app catche Will olso work somtimes

(Device px5)
[Android Head-Units] jepe63:
Where can i find how to make a skin from scratch (or modding existing ) ?
[Android Head-Units] sbruda:
GPS jerky updates?

Tried the new version for several days with good results, meaning that most of the functionality I need is there and works well.

I do however have an issue and that issue is jerky GPS updates. This is seen in the mini-map and also in the speedometer and current street name widgets. The mini-map and street name widget update themselves in jerks (some two times per second rather than continuously) while the speedometer widget shows the speed intermittently (again around two times every second, the other times showing a blinking dash). This has been going on for at least the last two updates (maybe more, I am not sure).

Any idea what causes this issue? I was at first tempted to blame the GPS receiver, but Torque shows the GPS speed normally (that is, continuously) and the two off-line navigation apps I have tried (Sygic and Osmand+) perform continuous position updates, so the GPS receiver does not appear to be the culprit.

A fix and/or advice on how to mitigate the problem would be much appreciated.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Hm. Please try the latest 3.071 release. If it still exists please send me at least video (or better video + LogCat). I had no such issues during today trip (street names and speedlimits do have issues though with no updates sometimes).
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Update: this didn't help. This bug appeared again. So no need to reset the app.

I will continue investigation..
[Android Head-Units] Julian75ts:
Ho Speedfire!

Now the minimap is ok!It works???

The only issue is that everytime i turn the carKey on i have to restart my Joying radio from the beginning so i can't leave it in fast boot mode

Do yuo have any idea?

If i don't restart the radio the minimap doesn't update/fix my position
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
So I tried a backup, and then after that a restore, and the resulting system was not the same. Quite a few differences, and things no longer working.

One thing that came back that I thought was fixed, was that after selecting an Icon to execute from the main menu, instead of running the Icon's App, it would refresh the main menu, but only show the empty skin, and the only was to get things back again was a system re-boot.

So probably I need to uninstall, and re-install again from scratch, and avoid backup/restore, till you have time to work on it.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Try this alpha for Apps and map issue: 3.072-alpha

In this version Launcher restarts on wake up (I don't know if you'll like this behaviour or not - please report).
[Android Head-Units] Julian75ts:
At the moment the only bug for me is that i can't leave my Joying radio in fast boot mode because minimap doesn't fix my location so every time i have to wait and restart the unit
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Even on 3.072?
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
@speedfire

SOLVED

--- If the Box for the widget is too small, it has issues with the Scrolling, as noted below.

If the box is made big enough, it does BOTH of what I suggested. :)

(a) It pauses for about 2 seconds before it scrolls.

(b) It is a continuous scroll.. the text repeats on the scroll after a gap.

Note: To make this work correctly, the Box had to be sized much bigger than it actually displayed, but when it had its dimension dots pulled to about twice the width of what it would actually end up displaying , the scrolling work FANSASTIC !!!

This app sure has a interesting Character .. one really has to get to know it's "wants" to get the best out of it. (It's almost a Computer Game in itself -- The Quest to find all little secrets to get it to work as one wants -- it's almost HUMAN !!)

Ref: Text Scrolling:

Please would you consider looking at Text Scrolling, and hopefully slightly change the way it works.

eg. In the Player Widget

If the Text (artist, title etc) is too long to fit in the assigned box, it scrolls, and repeats the scroll. That's great ...

However, on each repeat, when it refreshes to display the 1st part of the text, it starts to scroll immediately. (Making it difficult to read the 1st part, and this becomes frankly annoying after a time)

It might be better to put in a delay, (maybe like 2 seconds) after the refresh back to the start, before it starts to scroll. When you look at it, you will see what I mean.

I noticed this initially in the Player Widget, but if there are Scrolling Text elsewhere in the Launcher, what acts like the current Player Widget, it would probably make sense to correct their Scrolling behaviors to also have that delay after the Refresh back to the start of the text.

The other option might be to NOT refresh back to the start of the Text, but to, after a gap, continue scrolling the START of the text, after the END of the text.

In an ideal world, being able to select the Scroll Option would be great.

Maybe even an APP Wide "Scroll Option" that would apply to any scrolling text in the app. Default say "Continuous with Gap", or select "Refresh with delay before scrolling".

(I think that the Continuous scrolling is the Scroll mode that is most common in most other applications -- hopefully the "Scrolling Text" is a shared/library routine, that may make it easier to change the action of text Scrolling across the whole app. )

Its not a BIG DEAL, but once you see it as it is currently, you will see that it is not ideal.

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[Android Head-Units] Julian75ts:
Ok

I try and i report

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Sorry but It Doesn't work!

Reboot is required?

QUOTE=Julian75ts;77380647]Ok

Iq try and i report[/QUOTE]