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[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
Why can't I update the keyboard? The version is always displayed in red! Great app, it's really fun
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Keyboard app can't update · Issue #83 · SamSprung/SamSprung-TooUI

I click on the notification to update, the app is closed but when is opened another time the update isn't applied.

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[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
How can I update manually?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
Can i download the newest apk from the keyboard???
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
Good job! It works thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Finally pushed the latest version to Google Play. It should be up in about a week. I'm not entirely sure how they are passing COVID off as an excuse for delays. Real people don't actually review the apps.

The bundle gets uploaded and a set of enhanced emulators run the app. They simulate clicks and navigation.

The app is processed and the code is verified for anything that is a security vulnerability or malicious.

The listing and media are scanned with something like the YouTube automated verification algorithm.

Any special submissions, such as permission requests, are checked to see that all the checkboxes are checked and all the requirements are filled. Much of it isn't read or watched until much later.

Any automated rejection offers up a boilerplate appeal letter, which is also autonomously denied in 99% of cases.

I would assume the final step is the only one with a human involved, which is clicking the approve button. That is what takes a week.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
You never really think about how old things are until you see the date on them, but the scale code that was first made public in this app and TagMo was actually written nearly 8 years ago.

I would modify the DPI of my device and write a layout that to everyone using the stock settings looked crowded. The code allowed the view to look the same across every device.

The closest thing that existed was the various iterations of "Per-App DPI Changer" that called the WindowManager command, which became the popular non-root method to modify the DPI through ADB.

Current devices now have a setting in the Developer options for minimum width, which creates a virtual density for the device. This is also a blanket setting, but works much like the theme option to change the size of buttons and other "generic" components by setting a different baseline for how they are measured.

I still don't know of any other app that uses a technique to generate the scale of a single entire layout (or does so without my code anyway). With all of the support options apps have now, it's rarely necessary. Now, it's more of a shortcut to save space on layout variants, but it's crazy to think it's survived that long.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Enough reminiscing. A lot of code is getting cleaned up and optimized. Everything seems to running smoothly. The pages came out pretty well for not really remembering yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Anyone up to test out a new feature?

Long click a notification.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] crawls69:
Pretty snazzy. Works great. Long pressing the notification reads it out loud.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Really great, well done

As always 👍
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Finally tracked down that stupid issue where the bar goes missing when the screen is clicked. I'm still not entirely sure why it happens, but everything I've read points to one of the long-standing bugs in the Android platform. Fortunately, there is also a workaround that improved things beyond just fixing that.

The issue, for anyone that never experienced it, was that touching a certain spot just above the bar (where it was invisible, but still technically present) would make the bar disappear. The invisible area was not focusable or touchable itself, but acted as a "track" to register the swipe as having distance.

This has been the most elusive and frustrating bug. It's nice to finally call it resolved.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Gunde:
Great news. That has been bugging me too.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Still needs a little more cleanup and testing to make sure it hasn't been "over handled" but that's the easy part.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
How i can delete the widges?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
I have 2 widgets on a screen, they overlap and it freezes
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
nothing happens when I long press, I can't add any more widgets either
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
If an update doesn't fix it, a reinstall may be needed. It shouldn't be possible to have more than one widget per page. Making the widget makes the page.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
Ok i wait for a update!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
We are fast approaching stable...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] luigi90210:
So there is just no way to delete widgets?

There is no add widget button in the drawer nor is there any menu button

Also the keyboard app keeps changing my default keyboard
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
If the two posts explaining it aren't enough, I guess not.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] luigi90210:
Your own instructions on your GitHub are not accurate anymore, you removed the widget buttons on the pages, there is no obvious "menu" button in the app drawer, widget page, or in your notification page

I can't enable or disable widgets from inside the main app, and the main app doesn't even have a menu button

The instructions you gave are useless and the fact that you're treating me like I'm the stupid one is just the icing on the cake, maybe design a better UI if you don't want to answer stupid questions like this
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Feel better? The wiki was updated just after I made that post.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It's all cleanup now. No new features until everything is 100%. Working on needing that protector replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Landrea:
Morning all!

Firstly, I'd like to thank you for the excellent service you're doing for us!

I'm trying your app but I'm struggling with keyboard, is it normal I can't see what I'm writing?

To check the text I'm writing I must quit the keyboard and then reactivate it.. Can you help me? Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
The color bar expands and there is a transparency option. It's not the best option, but it's the one that's finished right now.

Probably didn't need to make a separate thread for the keyboard.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
The cover screen is cramped...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
actually runs quite well, but sometimes the white bar is gone and my keyboard keeps changing. But it will definitely be perfect at some point. Thanks for the nice app
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Reneval:
Too bad, delete widgets is not working for me. There apears only a small Textbox which says: Toggle Widgets.

And i got still the "Change Keyboard"- Bug (Iam using Swiftkey instead of the Samsung Keyboard).

Take your time and thanks for this awesome app!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Are you on a widget when you press it?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Reneval:
Yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I'll have to look into why that's being selective
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] kamekaz3:
Minor bug to report: white bar and logo stays on the cover always on display if you used it for any reason(tapping it to check notifications, power button)

I still like this solution with using the logo button to open app drawer more instead of missing the swipe up half the time.

Flipping open and close the phone removes it.

Thanks! Appreciate the work you've done.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Looks like fixing the obscure touch bug came at a cost.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Added a long click to the floating button to open the drawer. Now holding it down allows you to say an app name to launch it.

(Not a new feature, just a different placement for an old one)

Hopefully the most recent changes will prevent AOD from registering as a faulty bar removal.

Also added a resume so you return to the last page you were on.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
@Reneval Which widget were you using that wouldn't delete? I cannot seem to get it to break.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] kamekaz3:
Issue fixed with the new update, thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I probably shouldn't touch it ever again now that both sides work.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
All the stuff awaiting review on Google Play has finally been approved. That's ahead of schedule.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
There is a reason people don't compare a restaurant with a meal kit. One is a curated meal that you want someone to prepare and present. The other gives you the ingredients and a recipe to make your own meal. If you're looking for the meal, go to a restaurant. If you want to get your hands dirty, hang out in the kitchen.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
There's currently an issue where apps launched with the long press voice thing break the navigation menu. It should be fixed shortly, but turning off the screen still cancels them. Just so there are no surprises.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Reneval:
After a clean install of the latest build i can confirm, that apply and delete of widgets now works.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] pitflyer:
Nice updates. I really like the little logo in the corner as the swiping was very difficult for me. Since I still use Samsung Pay and now the swipes are still competing it would be nice to be able to disable swipe altogether and just use the logo. But either way is fine. I also enjoy long clicking and voice launching an app.

I do also sometimes get the sticky logo and long white line on my screen after I am done. But still impressed at how far this has come in just the few weeks I am using it.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Threw the option in the preview build for testing
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] chopped0815:
The keyboard is frozen on the cover screen, it won't go away
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] pitflyer:
Worked great for me, no more swipe confusion. Maybe a future option would be if you want the little icon on the 'Left, Right, Center' if that is something that can be easily coded, and then including that with 'Swipe On/Off' would let you configure how to enter SamSprung. Or maybe even 'Off' for the icon in case people prefer the swipe (animals) over the icon. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Tuning the icon off would kill the quick launch and there was a LOT of testing before that went live to make sure it wasn't hugely intrusive. The swipe is a novelty, but not the easiest in traffic (where I do a lot of testing, but let's just not think too much about that). The big concern right now is finding room for all the settings. I may need to move the hide list to another page.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] pitflyer:
That makes sense that you click a button to customize the hide app list.

An option there to not auto add apps (if that is easy to do) would be nice because most apps I install I don't want on my cover screen. So I find myself going in and almost always turning it off after installing new apps
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It would probably be a lot easier and go a lot faster to list all these ideas at once.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
The version on Google Play and the version on Github are the same version. Rolled the dice and got lucky. Same day release.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
I've got two pages on top off eachother
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It expands. Keep scrolling toward the top of the list and it retracts. The background was last minute, so it's a little more transparent than it should be.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Nope, does not disapear no matter how much I scroll, both up and down
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Not sure why it gets stuck for you, but I added a handle to grab onto.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Strange, no handle, still stuck
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
You'd have to install the update. It's only in the preview track now.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
I've got 59483c0
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It should say "App Visibility" across the top. That's the bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Yeah it does, but don't work, just got a new update, the same issue
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Looks like there are a few problems. The biggest being that scaling isn't being enabled on yours, which is probably why the stuff is off.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Anything I can do ?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I don't think it's on your end. I think I may have missed a call for the main layout when I ported it. Until now, it wasn't needed.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Alright, I reset my device to stock and double checked. It should be working. I think the reason it wouldn't allow moving the drawer is that it was pushed off the screen. If everything lines up as intended, it should have about 1/6 of the bottom where it sits.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Automatic reporting has been restored for everyone, but those who didn't unlock it can only use it if a crash is detected. This should allow crashes to be reported easily without the spam.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I forgot to mention that there are some new settings (but still not adding any new features).

Dark theme can be specifically enabled, along with light. It can also be left as auto.

I mentioned previously that the cover preferred a dark theme, but after a LOT of testing, it seems to be strictly in the icons retrieved for notifications. Fortunately, expanding the color selection made that irrelevant.

Most, if not all, of the app itself has been updated to support a light theme in addition to the dark already supported.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Snurrea:
Just installed new update, it works now

Thx 👍
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] pitflyer:
Same here. Thanks for implementing the suggestions I made. I don't have anymore as I am happily using the icon only on the left side now.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Doing some testing with lock screens. If you launch an app and it goes to a black screen, your lock screen is not allowing it.

Fingerprint always on has some weird interactions where it will cause the stock cover launcher to pop up over what you're doing and kill the app. I would assume it is because the phone still thinks it's locked.

Working on where things can be improved or at least better instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Dr.Lost:
I usually just unlock again with holding the power and engaging Bixby, when it comes to the black screen issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Landrea:
Morning all!

I keep struggling with the keyboard, most of the times it doesn't show when it comes to type text...

is it just me? any tips on that? thx
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Issues · SamSprung/SamSprung-TooIME

The one and only Z Flip cover screen keyboard. Contribute to SamSprung/SamSprung-TooIME development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
If anyone ends up with the build where the app disappears after two seconds, my apologies. It got pushed through as a false positive for some tests. Cleaning up a few things and pushing the fix.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] internetdude01:
Thanks for all the updates on this app!

Have you seen that the new Multistar Good Lock module will enable a cover screen launcher?

Maybe that means a new entry point to hook SamSprung into?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I don't see anything about that. I mean in the app. I saw the notice that they were launching it, but it is their own launcher.

I'm not entirely shocked. After all, Samsung has been following this project since it started. Way back then, I did say they should make one of their own.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] internetdude01:
Well I meant more specifically they will allow a lot more apps to be shown on the cover screen - it hasn't come out but it sounds like they're going to let more apps at least, not sure if it will be all apps.

"The Multistar module is getting one of the most impressive additions — a cover screen launcher for the Galaxy Z Flip 3. The new cover screen launcher will let you use various apps on the cover screen. The Good Lock team says that while they’ve optimized a few apps (media/navigation) for the cover screen, non-optimized apps should also work."

From the translated Korean forum from the devs:

"The zFlip3 device is equipped with a cover screen launcher for operating various apps. Recommended apps are mainly composed of highly usable apps ( media / navigation ), and we leave it open so that users can use even non-optimized apps if they want."
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
... wait, so Good Lock is from Korea? LMAO, that explains SO much.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] internetdude01:
Well they're hired devs from Samsung which is based in South Korea...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Samsung is partnered with Good Lock, but that doesn't mean they are based in Korea. I've heard rumors that this project was all over Korean forums. Given, what they're releasing sounds like a glorified version of the original design. It's still a big step in the right direction.

PSA: I'm not taking credit for anything more than dangling a feature in front of them until the only rational option was to add it.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
... before anyone asks, I had no idea when branching off the keyboard.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Has anyone gotten their hands on this new launcher yet?

I'm actually pretty excited to see a semi-official version.

I started work on adding options to use notifications and widgets without the app drawer to work alongside it.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] crawls69:
Not yet. The Good Lock app just got updated the day before yesterday and it's reported that the module that allows for launching apps from the cover screen (Multistar) will get updated within the next week or so (I wouldn't be surprised if they got the idea from this project).

Anyway, I had Good Lock on my phone from the start. It has some useful features. They apparently did a huge overhaul for 2022 adding lots of new functionality. We'll see...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Gunde:
The module just updated and the launcher is here. It works fine, but there's no navigation, so usability is very limited. Would be cool of SamSprung could add this :)
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Having seen it for myself, I think I can safely take credit for being their inspiration. A widget that lists apps, then launches them with an overlay that has a home and back button...

Adding apps one at a time is painful, though. That definitely needs a select multiple option.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Gunde:
You have a back button when using this Multistar addition? I don't.

Edit: Ah, only works with buttons visible. That's a bummer for us gesture users.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It also limits you to a single row of 5 apps. That's disappointing.

Anyway, I'm currently working on a redesign. The notification pull up is becoming a page and the quick toggle bar is becoming the main bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Should the bar at the bottom of the app page be the bar on the stock launcher or is it better left as a floating button?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Dr.Lost:
Works well though
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
... An app that was built in collaboration with the manufacturer of the phone, which is not limited by the restrictions of being a third-party app that does the simple task of launching an app AFTER a third-party app managed to do it...

The widget can only handle five apps. It doesn't check if apps were already added to the list. It has no means of adding apps from the widget, but put a button there to prompt opening the phone. It takes up 1/8 of the UI to add a static navigation bar. It takes two apps to add it to the widget page in settings. The navigation bar is buggy and doesn't disappear when you back out of an app (which is ironically an issue we had back when first adding the app overlay). They also exploit that no apps other than the launcher should be running and flush the entire window (as in no keyboard and it kills any other apps displaying over the launcher) both when starting and exiting.

It "gets by" at best. I get that it is just a first run, but it's not like they had to "invent" the concept. They have months of research and code.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
To clarify, it is not that I don't want them to succeed. Quite the opposite.

If they opened up an endpoint and made it one of those "only works with Galaxy Store" things like themes, they could even get a chunk of the profit from anyone making paid versions. As it stands now, locking it out just makes an extremely simple workaround look valuable and that is how you end up with a $2 launcher selling for $200.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Dr.Lost:
I was curious to see if I could get your keyboard to work with Samsungs widget, my efforts have worked by disabling the launcher I can use the keyboard with the widget only if the keyboard is already selected as my current input. Also the keyboard was stuck floating on top of the clock when turned on the cover screen, I closed it by swiping at the top
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Dr.Lost:
Here's some ss
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I'm not sure I understand the process. Wouldn't disabling the launcher defeat the purpose of getting it to work with the launcher?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
It would seem that Google has "outlawed" requesting that apps are not subjected to their doze garbage, even when prompting the user.

That said...

Settings -> Battery and device care -> Battery ->

Background usage limits -> Never sleeping apps -> +

Select SamSprung TooUI / Keyboard -> Add
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Just noticed that if I change my navigation bar with NavStar(?) it changes the icons used in the MultiStar launcher. If that means what I think it means, they are somehow enabling the legitimate navigation panel.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] luigi90210:
From what I have noticed it appears goodlocks implementation appears to enable a tablet view for apps and attempts to resize it appropriately.

When I opened chrome on goodlocks widget it forced chrome into the tablet view

Edit gesture nav also works on the new goodlock widget
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Launching an app as a main screen app to the cover screen will put it in tablet mode. The cover is about 1/4 the resolution.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Looks like they have a bunch of platform permissions and their own keyguard bypass. Definitely not something that can be duplicated as a third-party app.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] luigi90210:
You mean to get the fingerprint sensor to work on the cover screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
<activity android:excludeFromRecents="true" android:exported="false" android:name="com.samsung.android.coverstar.view.FingerPrintAuthActivity" android:theme="@style/Transparent.DisablePreview"/>
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
Anyone want to have a little fun?

adb shell settings put secure show_navigation_for_subscreen 1

So... fun fact... The S View cover (not the newer plastic ones, but the old Note 4 window) is the basis for the API they are using for the cover screen. It's literally wired up as an S-View window... Now it all makes sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] twistedumbrella:
I MAY be able to replicate their lockscreen bypass...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3] Gunde:
Only with "Swipe from bottom" unfortunately if you also use One Handed Operation+