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[G1 Apps and Games] SizeOfAPlanet:
morning, i'm the new guy :D

first up: i'm absolutely loving this, the first app i've ever purchased that was well worth it's money - and then some ;)

it runs completely flawless on my Sam' Galaxy (stock ROM), maybe even smoother than the original UI :rolleyes:

the only real issue i was able to make out so far is that the search widget won't let me enter any text, i.e. it doesn't bring up the on-screen keyboard. if you'd fix this/point me to what i might be doing wrong i'd be left wishless :D

keep it up!

cheers
[G1 Apps and Games] NisseGurra:
+1 Missing this on normal transition :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Bavilo:
Lovin the new app dock. Is there a way you could make this dock fixed to the screen? Meaning even if i switch to another side of the cube let's say, the dock would still be there.
[G1 Apps and Games] socperezjr:
Custom Icons, Renaming?

Great work! I love the idea and your vision for GDE is very exciting! I've been on dxTop since the first week I got my myTouch, but this just seems too cool to not try out.

Is there anything in the works for changing particular icons on the home screen? (e.g. I'd like to change the 'New Folder' icon from the stock android one to something else from an icon pack) Also, renaming shortcuts on the home screen would be a big plus!

These are a couple of things that I've really liked about dxTop (which included compatibility to OpenHome and aHome themes & icons) and would just put GDE over the top for me! Thanks for your hard work, and keep it up!
[G1 Apps and Games] Hotas:
Yeah, have been waiting for something like GDE!

Is it just me or is GDE sometimes a bit unresponsive when I try to switch between screens? Apart from this, it's really good, thanks.

Cheers,

Hotas.

PS: the phone itself is not slow at all, dialer starts pretty fast and there are only a few applications running.
[G1 Apps and Games] pezhore:
First off, Holy hell... this is amazing. I made the leap of faith and purchased it and I'm quite impressed. Well done thus far.

My only beef (and this could just be the rom I'm using: CM4.2.1 on a Dev's G1) is that sometimes when coming back from sleeping the screen will remain black for a bit longer than normal and I'll get a "GDE has stopped responding, force close or wait" message. If I choose wait, it pretty much comes right up with little delay.

I'm going to do a full wipe then reinstall of CM 4.2.1 today (I forgot to include a swap partition and I had wanted to try out a few other ROMs)... I'll let you know if that makes a difference.
[G1 Apps and Games] furax54:
First, very good !

one question : how to quickly add apps in folder, I have lot of apps and it takes times to order into folders.

Can you plan to use tags on apps and after we an create a virtual folder with this tags (like apps organiser)

And I think it will be better to have more icons visible on application dock.

tested on CM 4.2.2
[G1 Apps and Games] CoopZor:
If i look for GDE i can not find it in the market, am i looking wrong ?

Looks great on youtube, eat that iphone ! :o)
[G1 Apps and Games] furax54:
Just one bug :

- If you change wallpaper from image (not gallery) the size is limited to only one screen and wallpaper will be the same on all screens.
[G1 Apps and Games] Jeliz187:
I am running CyanogenMod v4.2.2. It kinda seems to have something to do with the cache. When I reboot my phone it pops up quickly and displays incoming calls quickly too. It seems as though the more I use my phone and apps, it starts to slow again, until I reboot. I don't really mind rebooting here and there just to keep this "home app" running on my G1.
[G1 Apps and Games] Jeliz187:
Oh forgot to tell you that I always have taskiller handy to free up the memory (GDE ignored) and it seems to help out a bit until the end of the day. I have my mSD parted with 2GB for the phone to work with and it is a class 6. Oh yeah and your new application dock is just ridiculous! You are a mad scientist! lol
[G1 Apps and Games] CoopZor:
With ClearMe you can make a lot of memory also free.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Cool idea on the "blackground" will put on the list of things to look into. May not be for awhile, because there's other things which take priority. You never know though, because this dev likes to mix business with pleasure.:)

I've been lobbying for a sphere, myself. Good ideas. Like the cylinder. Probably easier to accomplish than my sphere, too. See my reply above. Rogro says endless loop not possible for normal transition. I've already asked for it.:(

Please email the dev. Address on app page. As we do not have all devices to test on, customers with other devices may get unforeseen bugs. He's been wanting contact from Galaxy owners. Thanks.

Use a 64mb swap. Instant return even using Flyscreen. Also make sure "keep home app in memory" is checked in Spare Parts. PM me with your email, and I'll send you a userinit and .conf if you don't have one you're using already.

Sometimes after waking the phone up, I get that too with the stuck screen. On the list of things.

Putting renaming shortcuts/changing icons on the list. BetterCut integration is already there. We'll see which direction he wants to go. Thus far, he's been taking the less lazy route and writing his own stuff to accomplish what other apps do.

If you long press on an app from the tray (like you're creating a shortcut), then drag and hold the app over the arrow on the handle, you can quickly add apps to folders that way.

Added smaller (more) icons in AppDock to list.

Ok, just to confirm this bug, if not gallery, what are you using to navigate to the image? A fm such as Linda or Astro? Thanks.

@ Wysie: Please email your logcat to Rogro.
[G1 Apps and Games] polovinamozga:
How it find on market?
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Bettercut does not work for me on 0.1.6
[G1 Apps and Games] Jeliz187:
Thanks for the heads up! i purchased it as soon as you told me about it. I will let you know if it helped out sometime later tonight.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Sorry, what I meant by "there" is "on the list". Apologies
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Search for GDE, if that doesn't work try Rogro82.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Also it could be that the paid market is not available from his network. I have to run MarketEnabler here in Costa Rica in order to have access to paid apps. Witout it the market only shows me free apps.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
overground: Thanks for taking the suggestions into consideration. I still keep getting FCs with GDE though, and I've come to the following conclusion for now:

GDE without PureCalendar works rather well, I've gotten a few FCs trying to shift widgets around constantly, but it's very rare. It's usually either a NullPointerException or a OutOfMemoryError, which I've posted a few posts back.

GDE with PureCalendar just keeps FC-ing :(.

PureCalendar without GDE (that is, using default or Advanced Launcher) works well as well.

I believe it may be due to both GDE and PureCal using a little bit more memory than the usual app... Also, I'm using the 4x4 PureCalendar, but I've also gotten quite a few FCs with 4x2. Haven't tried the other sizes. GDE *seems* to FC a lot more when I've a number of other widgets, but PureCal is the main problem so far.

Thank you :).
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I'm running pure calendar in 4x3 with no problems, so it may be something else. Emailing your logcats to rogro is your best bet.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
overground: Ah ok, thanks for the info. I've emailed rogro82 quite a lot of logcats actually. Most of them are outofmemoryerrors. How many widgets do you have running?
[G1 Apps and Games] SizeOfAPlanet:
thx for the heads up overground, my mail just went out :)

cheers
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
17 + 2 newly added AppDocks. :eek:

Cool, thanks.
[G1 Apps and Games] htcmagic:
I have noticed a delay when i click the call button on the launcher bar. The dialer app is very slow.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I get an initial delay of about 6 seconds. After it's loaded into memory, maybe 1 second.
[G1 Apps and Games] NisseGurra:
Transparent appbar

I changed the launchbar and the icons.

Thanks again for this nice app :)
[G1 Apps and Games] carnegie0107:
Woah woah woah... HTC released the source to Hero??? how did I miss that announcement? Geez... I stop messing with Hero for a few days, and I miss out on everything. I'm so confused now.

No way to copy some of the code over from HTC's launcher, to make the widgets work if we already have the Hero framework? I know this will probably not happen here, rogro already has his hands more than full... but I'm just starting to wonder if this is possible from a technical standpoint. Would be way interesting... *starts rambling off-topic*

But seriously... HTC released their source?!?!
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
That looks great. Nice work!
[G1 Apps and Games] NisseGurra:
Is there any way to delete the text in the appbar: "all application" etc?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Im going to make the menubar dissapear ones it down.... so that themes can look right.. ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] NisseGurra:
Perfect, thanks :D.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Currently working on the GDE Skin Template which should make your lives a lot easier :)
[G1 Apps and Games] htcmagic:
Thanks, i know now is initial loading.
[G1 Apps and Games] mattmaso:
thank you very much!!!!
[G1 Apps and Games] carnegie0107:
Try miketaylor's nifty little script for speeding up ringtimes.

It doesn't just speed up the response when you get a call, it also makes it open faster when you go to make one.
[G1 Apps and Games] carnegie0107:
Great new idea...

Okay. I have an idea. How about, instead of just a custom app for left/right sides, you use your nifty little app dock as the app drawer slider. slide side to side to scroll the dock, and slide up to reveal the app drawer. Best of both worlds!
[G1 Apps and Games] taurean376:
hey guys hope someone could help me i added the docking widget , but now i dont want it how do i get it off. am using 0.1.6
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
Long-press at the left or right corner of the widget to move or delete
[G1 Apps and Games] taurean376:
thanks man lmao i was going at this for like 20 minutes:)
[G1 Apps and Games] maxdamage2122:
dont know if this has been mentioned but when i press an icon on the desktop a google logo appears behind it. its a dark shade of gray so its barely noticeable on a dark background
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
are you shore it is not the ghost drop shadow you can go to desktop settings and change it
[G1 Apps and Games] taurean376:
whats version are you using
[G1 Apps and Games] maxdamage2122:
I'm SURE

0.1.6 I did edit some images so I'm going to try and duplicate whats happening with the original apk. If I can't and no one else has this problem I'll assume it has something to do with the theme I made.

Heres a screenshot of what I'm talking about
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
What do your focused_application_background.9.png, and pressed_application_background.9.png look like. I would think it would be one of those images you are seeing
[G1 Apps and Games] maxdamage2122:
The normal shades of orange. I never edited those files. The only file I see with the google logo is placeholder_google.png
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I see that too and I think it is only for the search widget. Does that image show up for all icons on all desktops? I dunno, but it sure aint happening to me.
[G1 Apps and Games] maxdamage2122:
Ok it's definitely a problem with my theme but I don't understand why. The only files I edited where menubar, toolbar, and all the toolbar icons. Both pressed_application_background.9.png and focused_application_background.9.png where never touched and are the original orange shades.
[G1 Apps and Games] Bavilo:
Is there a way to use Anti-Aliasing on the transitions?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
With the google background image... did you zipalign the signed apk? Dont worrie about it for now because as it seems now the theme template will be fixed this weekend.

About antialiasing the transitions... yes, but its an impact on performance... runs well on G2/Hero, but the G1 is not up to the task.... I also shaded the sides of the cube ( darker when moving backwards ), but also took that out for now.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I like the idea. Would have to make room for the buttons too.

Well that's frustrating. I'm running it with CM4.2.2 with no issues. Been running fine for me using "stock" cm and with the bfs 10mb kernel hack. I'm going to try adding a 4x4 pure calendar (I've only used 4x3 and smaller) and see if I can recreate the issue. I'll forward your logcat to rogro again and make sure he gives it some attention.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
App Dock Widget Tip

I've asked rogro to implement a way to reorder the apps added to the app dock widget, but other things are taking priority right now, and rightfully so.

However, if you want your shortcuts in the dock to be in a certain order, I've figured out a way. Unfortunately, there's a little planning required.

1. Create an ordered list of apps you want to add to the dock

2. Add a new app dock widget to one of your homescreens

3. Start adding your apps from the list (in order) without otherwise scrolling the dock

Your apps should stay in the order you've added them.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
@ Wysie: I added a 4x4 (so now I'm running 4x3 and 4x4), grabbed a shortcut and moved it all around. I can't recreate the exception. Will have to wait for rogro to get off work.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
GDE Todo List

If you want to check it out, look HERE
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
overground: I ran the configuration above on a wiped Amon_RA 1.6.2 ROM, as well as CyanMod (with Radix's 32A port files). It happened both times :(.
[G1 Apps and Games] circa85:
Do you know if the fancy cube transition will run on 107mb ram hacked phones? I'd really like to keep the extra memory, but if it means I can't run this I'll probably give it up
[G1 Apps and Games] BSDADON:
I would gladly pay for an app like this. It looks so good.
[G1 Apps and Games] PlatinumMOTO:
yeah it reminds me of something I've seen on Linux. I forget the name...Worth the money I can already tell I'll be glad to test it.
[G1 Apps and Games] mbiza:
yesss, it looks like compiz!
[G1 Apps and Games] lbcoder:
Beryl is dead. It died a long time ago and the leftovers got absorbed into compiz-fuzion.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
And a new teaser...

Running GDE on a G2/Hero :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3k6JRvTyGM

This time I took the movie with my G1.... still not the best in the world, but a lot better then the previous one
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
And another one with a lighter background so that the transition is more clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JR-NwzKMS0
[G1 Apps and Games] beatle7777777:
absolutely amazing! i cant wait to have this as a homescreen

***edit*** just thought of this, it would be cool for an option to set different wallpapers for each screen, just a thought.
[G1 Apps and Games] :
looks real sharp, can't wait to see a release
[G1 Apps and Games] :
That is awesome. I would most definitely pay for that!
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Yes it works fine...;)
[G1 Apps and Games] randomperson2:
I would really love to know how the development process is going with GDE. This is something I would most definitely pay for on the Market.

What does GDE stand for, anyway?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Graphical/Google Desktop Environment

If it will be the actual release name I dont know yet.

At the moment it is progressing really fast... And like i said ideas keep evolving, but the biggest part has been though out for version 0.1

Ill post a new movie tonight with some extra features worked out.
[G1 Apps and Games] Icebergxx:
hello and thank you for this! It's been on my mind to email some devs I know for a home replacement similar to this but here you are on top of it, really appreciate it and I am liking it.

But a quick question would be, isn't the 3d cube like screen switching inspired by 2.0? /That France Android device I saw in a video? :p

None the less I am happy with what you have done here, I'm getting a little tired of the way the desktops are working and I like the creativity with this.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Thanks for the nice comments.

Ive actually never seen that 2.0 video... There are so many cube like interfaces out there.. I dont want it to be another cube based launcher thats why i wrote it as a transition.

It behaves like a cube, but if you want you can change to another screen transition. When I have some more stuff done i will write some more transitions.

I already have one that behaves like the stock one, a stretch/squeeze one, but im already thinking about writing one that behaves like the "ipod/iphone" transition.

So its more then just a cube...The cube is just one way of rendering.
[G1 Apps and Games] Zoide_:
Would this also include modifications to the application drawer? AdvancedLauncher is a must-have for me because it allows you to create submenus/subfolders within the drawer. However, it has a serious slowness bug with them.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Yes.... A complete change.

It has changed from just an application drawer into a complete menu. Ill create a new movie tonight so you can see what i mean.
[G1 Apps and Games] the_fish:
interesting! would buy it, if i knew how to get paid apps from market. :|

ohh you should take a look at the animations compiz does too! maybe you can add window open / close animations too? that would be the shiznit man! :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
the_fish: If your phone is rooted, get Market Enabler :D!

rogro82: This is looking great!
[G1 Apps and Games] ThrashWolf:
Good god I can't wait for this
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
@ Wysie: in Pure Calendar settings, uncheck the box @ the bottom for "keep service alive" and just refresh your calendar manually...see if that helps
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
overground: You mean you're able to reproduce it if you leave it checked? To be honest I don't think it's just Pure Calendar, but a memory issue with GDE in general. I may be completely off here but I've had it happened without Pure Calendar, just that Pure Calendar makes it happen easier.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
GDE only creates bitmaps when dragging/dropping just like the normal launcher... the bitmaps are icon size and get recycled once you drop.

If your device would crash on that it would crash on every icon you added ( same procedure ).

Only thing that can cause this is creating bitmaps for updates and not or not properly recycle the bitmaps. Eventually VM wont let you allocate any more memory and since all the widgets live in the same memory space as GDE it will also fail to create the drag/drop bitmaps for GDE.

I will change the drag/drop bitmaps to static ones, but this implementation is totally the same as Googles launcher uses. With some changes that have nothing todo with the actual bitmap creation/destroying.

I am looking at all possibilities, but please try as overground suggested.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I can reproduce it, but I think you're right. The problem lies not within the calendar widget, but the weather flip-clock widget. Using calendar in 4x4 seems to create/accelerate the memory conflict. We're working on it now.

EDIT: For now, try using the calendar @ 4x3 if you can, and leave that box unchecked
[G1 Apps and Games] blindmp2:
Im new to this app,

great app best home replacement app out there!!!

Do you guys get the same lag when returning to gde desktop when coming from another app????
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Thanks for the compliment. As far as your return to GDE lag, try downloading Spare Parts from the market. Open it up and check the box "Keep Home App in Memory". See if that helps any. My return is instant, but could be due to a variety of things. I.E. Swap partition, user.conf settings etc. Our goal is to make this usable for everyone with no tweaking required...stock G1 users included.
[G1 Apps and Games] blindmp2:
Haddent thought about that ill give it a try thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] ShelW:
I am having a strange problem.

I have five screens.

My Home (main) screen is screen 3. There are two screens to the right of my main screen. In otherwords, I have X X Main Screen X X, with X representing a home screen.

I can scroll only one screen to the right, of my main screen. I can NOT get to the third, farthest right, screen scrolling to the right.

If I scroll left, then I do end up on that farthest right screen, but that's the only way the program allows me to get to it!

Rather strange....
[G1 Apps and Games] Ssantos6981:
has landscape been corrected? Are the widgets working properly or is it still half @$$ed?
[G1 Apps and Games] benmyers2941:
1. Read the thread, lanscape is planed for the next update

2. Widgets have always worked for me and most users as well

3. You still come off as an @$$ yourself when you make posts like this
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Im not even tempted to respond.

@ShelW

Can you tell me your exact number of homescreens, default screen and what transition you are using. I will try to reproduce your problem.
[G1 Apps and Games] Jonno12345:
Widgets have worked perfectly for me since version 0.1, so I would hardly call it half assed. I don't think anyone else will stop you making your own Home Replacement if you are an expert though :)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Im certain it will be a kick @$$ app....

If you need help / have feature request etc i am the first to help anyone out, but dont come in here acting as a total jerk.... it will be appreciated.

What is XDA becoming these days.
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
I have found a little snag. But first thank your for giving us this awesome app. This and the lockscreen with themes people start asking me if I have the 2.0 software yet...lol I tell them there are great developers out there that give the G1 is firm stand against some good phones out there so thank you again for this app and your dedication the a great platform.

Ok now my snag is when I am using ak notepad I try to add a post it to the home screen but it does not add to your it adds to the stock. Was wondering if anyway to fix that? Oh and maybe an eta if possible on the landscape mode?

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
Sorry please delete this double post
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Thanks for liking it :) Just wait till you can also theme GDE ;)

I will look into AK notepad.. maybe it sends its intends only to the default homescreen... ill try this myself

ETA for landscape at latest this weekend, but it kinda depends on the theming framework, because they are closely related.
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
Thanks for the quick reply I look forward to the themeing aspects you will provide
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Ok I have setup a beta GDE Theming Template APK. For now it only includes all the drawables. Text colors etc are to be added.

Menubar hides when down so you themers can go all out on it.

If anyone wants to create a complete custom theme for me, so I can test it, it would be highly appreciated!

Ive added 2 comments in the activity source about the toolbar buttons width/height. Will put some more comments in the final template.

Missing drawables in a theme will be loaded from the GDE Theme.
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
Like an answer to my wish thank a bunch going to get on that tonight so I might not be the first to theme it but oh well time to jump on the computer
[G1 Apps and Games] sweetpunkined:
i c the updates have slowed down a little..but its all good how bout you get all the bugs out of 0.1.6 first then do a 0.1.7 update..cuz i notice that i cant use it as my defaut homescreen,cuz when i use Advance Task Manager to close all my background running apps it freezes GDE
[G1 Apps and Games] Jonno12345:
Make sure GDE is excluded, I am using ATM to kill all from widget and the app itself with GDE excluded and having no issues at all.
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
rogro looks like you changed the size of the 9.png's did you use the draw9patch tool on the 9.png's i see black lines on the sides off the png.'s in the file you added to you post.i have not tried it on the phone and will this need to be resigned