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[G1 Apps and Games] Janiko:
fine :) im very curious
[G1 Apps and Games] rutger1413:
Looking forward to seeing this on the Droid come friday. If this looks good on the G1, i am pumped about how good this will work on the speedy Droid.

BTW i was looking forward to sweeter home, but how good this looks and how much more development communication is going on has me convinced to switch.

Too bad i am bad at photoshop or else i would start developing my own themes.
[G1 Apps and Games] NisseGurra:
I am trying to hide the text i the toolbar without luck. Any tip in how to do that?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
You cant hide the text in the toolbar handle.

The new version hides the toolbar handle when it is down, so for theming it should be ok to leave it with what you have now ( I assume you are trying to theme ).

A new theme template will come as soon as 0.1.7 is released.
[G1 Apps and Games] randomperson2:
I have been having some really messed up problems on my phone lately, so I don't know if anyone else has this issue... but I think I found a bug that you may or may not have already addressed that I have yet to hear about.

My icons are starting to switch around on each other. The icon to my Bank of America app has disappeared, and moved ON TOP OF my Xtremelabs Speedtest app. It doesn't occur on the stock launcher. I'd take screenshots to show you what I mean, but I think the method I used to use is broken in this latest rom.

Edit: I guess the icon switching problem isn't permanent. The icons were messed up for about 30 minutes, and just fixed itself after I unlocked the screen.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
This issue should be fixed now ;)

Overground had the same problem... think it was related to a softreferenced icon cache, which got screwed up by the garbage collector...

A reboot fixes it ( or anything else that will clear the cache like a force restart ).
[G1 Apps and Games] randomperson2:
Awesome. Keep up the good work.
[G1 Apps and Games] ganny:
Mate I'm really loving your work right now - best app I've paid for so far.

One feature request though: is it possible to add the ability to remove shortcuts from the menu by dropping them in the trash can like you have in the normal Advanced Launcher? I really loved that function, it helped keep my menu clean and uncluttered.
[G1 Apps and Games] ready4thebreak:
It already does that. You may be mistake if you added the Application Dock and can't remove it. You just have to grab the dock at either the rightmost or leftmost side of the application dock and it can be deleted. Otherwise, everything else works just like the stock launcher.
[G1 Apps and Games] ganny:
Thanks for the tip about the application dock, but what I meant was removing apps from the actual application menu. If you've used rogro's Advanced Launcher before you'd get what I mean - like say from the Applications menu, I could remove shortcuts which are of no use to me and are just clutter, like Better Keyboard.
[G1 Apps and Games] skarboy:
Hi, maybe i noticed a similar bug

After i installed an app with astro, the app wasnt in the application menu. just after some time (or when i reopened the menu) it appeared as expected.

Hope this helps
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I just saw an update notification on my phone, and I immediately thought GDE. But I was wrong. :( Just curious if you have an ETA for 0.1.7 yet?

Thanks

Edit: I was also wondering if Overground has gone Underground? Kinda miss seeing activity here.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
That has been on the todo list for awhile now. I think there's a link for the list in the OP. Shouldn't be a problem to add, we're just really busy stabilizing and optimizing right now. Once this difficult part is done, features should come flying.

This should be fixed when the next update is released...working hard, everyone. Thanks for being patient. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
That means time is being well spent ;)

I have been working everyday till about 4am to try to get it done, but like i said before I dont want to rush it.

All I can say for now we are on the right track... all big issues are sorted out. I am cleaning up etc and if testing wont show any major issues I will release it as fast as I can.

Again thank you all for your patience :)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Sample Theme and the theme uncompiled ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Hmmm only one file changed for landscape? That makes it easy. Are we able to theme it ourselves without compiling? Thanks and get some sleep!
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Version 0.1.7 is available on the market.

In the post above there is one compiled theme added ( Thanks to djosiah. I used your drawables for both the compiled sample and the uncompiled theme template. If you mind let me know and i will change them. )
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo:

2 files to be exact. vertical toolbar/menu. Buttons are automatically rotated 90degrees.

Its so easy to just compile it in Eclipse. I will make a zip-theme possibility later on, but using an APK makes it also easier to test. you can just install it using eclipse.

If anyone want me to i will write an how-to later on.

And yes Im going to get some sleep now thanks :) 4:50am over here.... Zzzzz
[G1 Apps and Games] jay652:
You sure it's been updated? My market doesn't seem to show an update.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
It hasn't been updated yet it seems. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. I guess I can download eclipse now so I can compile my theme.
[G1 Apps and Games] ShelW:
Not finding v. 0.1.7 in the Market, still seeing v. 0.1.6???

Wazzup???
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
eclipse instructions would be great when u get a chance mate.....
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Can't find the latest version in the market.
[G1 Apps and Games] Janiko:
the same in the german market.....:(
[G1 Apps and Games] vixsandlee:
Its in the uk market.
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
no i dont mind. glad i could contribute in some way :)
[G1 Apps and Games] paolo1976:
Just updated to 1.7...

It keeps rebooting itself.... :-(

Lost all my settings.. back to 1.6..
[G1 Apps and Games] Hotas:
Just downloading from Germany. Thanks, folks!

....

Yes, "unresponsiveness" when switching through screens is gone, no more FCs when returning from some applications. Great job, thanks!

... not sure if this has been so before and if it is a bug or intended: The hardware menu button settings overwrite the toolbar menu button action when the hardware buttons is pressed once. Means: hw button is set to show all applications, toolbar button (middle) shows GDE control panel. After pressing hw menu button once to show all applications the toolbar will show all applications too.
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
just downloaded and installed an working fine so far. rotation is a bit laggy but i dont know if thats just my phone. theme changing on this thing is so quick its instant. loving the update. now just need a tutorial on how to compile my theme and upload it to market.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Rotation can slow down if you have many widgets that update frequently using a service ( a custom clock for instance ).

I have had 3x weather/clock widgets on my desktop and rotation was still smooth... you could try to watch logcat and see if you see any updates going on.

Nice to hear the theme switcher is smooth. How is it on other homereplacements? Never tried it actually.
[G1 Apps and Games] paolo1976:
Rogro i can't make it work on my hero sigh..
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Have you tried an uninstall / reinstall?

It should work without a problem. Tested it yesterday on my G2(Hero) and it was working without any problems.

If you know how can you email me a logcat?
[G1 Apps and Games] paolo1976:
i tried to uninstall and reinstall without success.. 1.6 work well, i don't understand..

how can i email u a logcat?
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
ahh ok...im not really sure on the speed of theme on other replacements as i have never tried them lol.

any idea when you will upload tutorial on how to compile themes and upload them to the market?
[G1 Apps and Games] Mau003:
I still have issues on finding the GDE application on Italian Market.

I've bought it after finding it using the search command, but now I don't find anymore the application.

I've tried using the search the word GDE and Rogro82.. Any way to fix this?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@paolo1976

Do you have adb installed on your computer?

@djosiah

Probably tonight. ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@Mau003

I dont have any influence on the market... sadly...

Been noticing a lot of issues lately. People who arent able to buy because of invalid creditcard bounces etc.
[G1 Apps and Games] paolo1976:
@rogro82

sure, tell me and i will do
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Connect your phone and run "adb logcat" while booting your phone.

Stop it when you get to the actual error and send the output to my email address.
[G1 Apps and Games] 2girls1cup:
bug report:

after switching theme to "sample" and then back to "GDE" theme, there were some bugs:

-after switching back to GDE theme the "add widgets" screen still had "sample" theming.

-pressing home button brings me to number 2 screen on 5 screen setup when supposed to be 3 as in setting.

-when I go to "add widgets" on a screen, it takes me to another screen as if it were adding the widget onto that particular screen, however it adds the widget onto the screen in which I commanded it to.

*other than that the theming works good.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Thanks for letting me know.

I will look in to them.
[G1 Apps and Games] 2girls1cup:
weird I just installed version 1.6 and it did the same things. It never did that before. It must be a problem with my phone. I am going to reboot and see if it still produces the same problem.
[G1 Apps and Games] tehseano:
Hey mate, I just purchased your app, however after being open for 5-10 seconds, it force closes. I am running CM 4.2.3.1, and have cleared my dalvik cache, fixed permissions and apk uid mismatches. Still, I get force closes. In midsts of thinking the install was corrupted, I uninstalled and refunded, then reinstalled. I'm still getting force closers, and also cannot refund it.

I'd like to see the app working and be able to test out these neat features, and if anything et my moolah's worth out of it. Any ideas? or any other information you need?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
tehseano can you send me a logcat? It will be highly appreciated! :)
[G1 Apps and Games] cyrilphoenix:
Hi rogro82,

I'm a new user of your fantastic home.

But since installation of last version my phone is unusable because the process com.rogro.gde is always shut down sudenly.

How I can do now ?

And to help us can you send me or place here the previous version .apk

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] paolo1976:
just updated 1.7.2!!!

Thanks rogro, it works all well now!!

Fantastic app!!ù

can't wait for themes!!!:D
[G1 Apps and Games] white arachnid:
think i found the problem

Hi Guys

Love the prog, but like a few others I've been getting the FC's too.

As I'm at work I can't do you a logcat. And as gde was default home I wiped and reinstalled to get the phone up and running asap.

Works fine until Locale is installed, then the FC comes back, uninstall and works fine again.

HTH you find a fix.

edit :Lol guess you sussed it already
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
1.7.2 is working ok, but rotation takes about 5 seconds, and it totally messes the wallpaper up. I also have only one option for a theme, and can't see where to get other options. Thanks

Edit:I selected the NORMAL transition in order to see how it affected the wallpaper in landscape. It was normal in portrait, but went back to cube after I returned from landscape. A desktop screen without widgets or icons still takes at leat 4-5 seconds to rotate.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
still trying to figure out how to use eclipse properly so unfortunately the theme i have made (google chrome) is still named sample theme or whatever it was..... stil works in progress at this stage....

There are still a couple of things i think this app needs to become my home app mainstay:

1. folders in app dock widget

2. little if any pause before autoscroll occurs.

3. maybe for the button selection we can open any program? i mean if you can open browser or new sms etc maybe you could point it to open any app?

4. doesn't scroll correctly when you start the scroll from on top of an icon ****edit*** fixed in current release.....

5. view more apps in folders when open on the desktop

(as well as all the other stuff i emailed you about)....

these are only small issues that i am sure will be addressed in the future- such a young app i am sure it will improve out of sight! just needs a few ideas merged into it from advanced launcher..... :D

top app though.....
[G1 Apps and Games] htcmagic:
ver 0.7.1 never rotates.

ab logcat says

I/WindowManager( 74): onOrientationChanged, rotation changed to 1

I/WindowManager( 74): onOrientationChanged, rotation changed to 0

I/WindowManager( 74): onOrientationChanged, rotation changed to 1

but phone screen is the same portrait mode.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
I am working on optimizing rotation, but on a rotation the complete activity is destroyed and rebuild. In this version I had to choose stability over speed, because of the added theming ( which uses more memory ). I can now try to see what I can do to get the speed back up.

As for the wallpaper on the cube... It renders repeatedly over the homescreens. so if the size is 400px for a wallpaper and you have 5 screens it will devide the width with the screens and just repeats the wallpaper.

I am looking in to other ways ( allowing other sizes, stretch or whatever ), but it will take sometime to make it a good alternative.

@htcmagic:

Still have to add the option to rotate on sensor. I will add the menu option this evening.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@MontAlbert.

Thanks for posting your things. I will take all of them in consideration and add them to the list.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Switching to landscape changes the transition from "normal" back to "cube" for me. Also the theme change does not seem to change the menu_group.png
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
I will look into it.

Im an ass if i forgot menu_group :) will add it tonight including changable colors for toolbar text etc.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Rogro82: the fcs i had seems to be gone! Good job! A few issues regarding usability for me.

1. When one of the buttons is set to Call, pressing it brings up the Android dialer. I have easy dial pro and would like to set it as the default. I remember being able to do that in .1.5 or earlier. Not sure if this happens for the other options.

2. As mentioned before, the Browse button still brings up a new window, instead of just opening the browser. Can you make it such that it works just like launching from the icon?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@Wysie glad to hear! you were the main reason it took a bit longer to release 0.1.7 :) ( Well the widget/memory related problem was, but thanks to you it got noticed... Because of the added theming in 0.1.7 it became clearly visible )

As to your question about the buttons:

1:

The problem with this is that the generic android dialer intent shows the callog instead of the dialer. So ive set it to the dialer, but now its longer a generic intent... Will add a "custom dialer" action.

2:

I will look into the browser issue, but i also want to keep it a general intent if its doable ( so that people can choose there own browser ).

Thanks for letting me know!

Regards,

Rob
[G1 Apps and Games] jay652:
I can't seem to find the other theme either; it sounds like some people can. Any suggestions?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Its on page 51 if im not mistaking... I will add it to the first post tonight :)

Both the theme apk as the theme template are added on a post.

Regards,

Rob
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
rogro82: I've tested Browse and SMS as well, and I'm able to choose a custom one for both of them. Call/Dial seems to be the only issue. On another note, shouldn't it be Browser instead of Browse? :P

Thanks for the fix! It really seems to be gone for good this time, the FCs :D. Also, any chance of implementing the endless scrolling for Normal transition? I've no idea how to make it look good though.

With regards to theme, can someone make a theme that looks like the default launcher? I love the default drawer handle! Also, one that looks like Android 2.0? :P I'd do it but I really suck at graphics :(. MontAlbert? :X

Update: Is there an option to enable/disable auto-rotate? It's not working for me at all! It's a small issue for me since I don't like auto-rotate on Home, but might be a big issue for others. Thanks rogro/overground!
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Here is a theme that is dark with blue. It is an apk that you can just install.
[G1 Apps and Games] kingchris:
you havn't changed the contend of

..\res\values\strings.xml

so your theme is calles "SampleTheme" too.

(i cant install it because it has the same name as the other sample...)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Its not only the string that needs changes before you can install this side by side with the sample theme.

The package namespace also needs to be changed, because Android wont let you install 2 packages with the same package name.

You can either install this without the sample theme or wait for me to put up the theming manual so that everyone can easily compile new apk's ( for people who dont already now how to create packages using eclipse ). That way themers will be able to distribute there themes on the market.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I just modded the sample with different drawables because i dont havee clipse setup yet.

You will have to uninstall the other sample to try mine.....sorry.
[G1 Apps and Games] pezhore:
I *may* have found a bug. It seems that the display doesn't switch to landscape on my Dev G1 (CM 4.2.3.1) unless I slide the keyboard out. Unfortunately I don't have adb here at home (stupid windows 7), so I can't post adb logcat.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
That is how it is designed so far. Rogro said this morning that he is going to make it autorotate via the sensor.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Not a bug. Autorotate hasn't been implemented yet, so the only people who can get landscape at all right now are G1 users who slide their kb out. It's really laggy (for me anyway), as it stands. We knew this when we released it, but we decided it best to put out what we had done so far, because we'd kept everyone waiting long enough. It still needs work, but the latest release is a vast improvement stability wise. We're not close to done, but we wanted to give you guys something.

@ bkmo: cool theme, thanks. Is Bettercut working ok for you? It broadcasts to GDE and the stock launcher, so if you go back to stock, you'll have duplicate shortcuts. If you want, go to stock and remove them.

I use the Home Switcher app available free in the market.
[G1 Apps and Games] zimphishmonger:
Also have the 'issue' .1.7 which makes the wallpaper look very messed up when the phone is in landscape mode (auto-rotate and keyboard open). ALso, some minor lag in the application list as compared to the stock launcher and AdvancedLauncher. Very cool otherwise. Juts updated to 1.7.2, will report back :)

How can we start theming? I would like to develop a theme that makes it have a pull-tab that looks similar to the current one in Cyanogen. I am not very fond of a full bar at the bottom, would prefer transparent customizable icons.

Thanks!!
[G1 Apps and Games] Hotas:
Bettercut is working ok on my 1.6 VF HTC Magic.

Great, thanks again.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
That is the theme I am using to go with the Enoch theme I have modded a bit. I am going to see if I can compile it with Eclipse later. Bettercut is working great.....didn't have anything on the stock launcher....guess I have a couple of shortcuts now then. :) Thanks guys for the good work. A

ll I really need now is a hardware menu button that works the same as the stock launcher. My screens are full and I have to go back to a spot that is free to long press to get to the wallpaper screen.
[G1 Apps and Games] zimphishmonger:
Same here....
[G1 Apps and Games] the_fish:
i just bought it :) i really like it, worth the money... however i got ONE single, simple suggestion: add an option to turn the refresh rate of the transparent background to 0 and make the background complete black instead, because this is slowing the whole thing down like !$@#! ;) please do that... i want it to be faster :)

P.S.: it reminds me of compiz fusion, mixed with my modified dialogue, toast and window animations :P
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Still need to make some minor changes to the drawing with the transparent menu. I want themers to be able to make everything transparent and if I redo my old drawing functions it wont matter if its transparent or not ;)

Will try to look into it asap.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I understand what you are saying, but you could always configure one of your 2 buttons to "Add".
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Writing a tutorial about how-to theme using eclipse as we speak. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Cool, because I am importing it in to Eclipse and getting lost as we speak. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
If you have used Eclipse before:

The easiest way to import is to create a new android project and select create from source. Then select the theme folder after replacing Rogro's sample images with your own. Then you can compile at will! Hope this helps at all.

If not:

Wait for Rogro's much better instructions :)
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
Rogro - Will we be able to replace the wallpaper in our themes? I couldn't find any in the sample.

Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
I am working out a new Wallpaper Chooser which will load all the wallpapers from the installed themes. This will be an unlimited array so you will be able to add as many wallpapers as you like ( or as you want users to suffer while scrolling the list :) ).

So at the moment it isnt, but im working hard to get it in there... hopefully this weekend it will be finished.

As soon as its capable i will let you all know in this thread.

About the more detailed instructions... I tend to skip steps which are to logical for me ( thats why im so loved at work by my colleagues when i try to explain them something :D 1..2..3... ok move over ill do it :) )

If anyone wants to / can create a "create a theme for starters" I would appreciate it very much!
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
If anyone puts up a new theme in the market let me know please. I also want to see my phone change into something new ;)

I spend way too much time on the original graphics and thats just because i'm not real good graphically... I know themes will eventually make or break a Home Replacement so if anyone of you themers need support don't hesitate to pm/email me or just post it in here ( there are a lot of talented people that can answer your questions ) !

I'll be glad to help you out on issues / questions.
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
If no one has already got to it by the time I get home from work tonight (around 7:30 CST or GMT -6) I will expand on my condensed instructions and write a proper one.
[G1 Apps and Games] tchort:
Hero Widgets

I searched, didn't find anything so sorry if dumb question in advance, but how to you put hero widgets, I only see android widgets on Hero build.
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
What? This is the thread for a home replacement app, it has nothing to do with Hero widgets... Also, when you reask your question in the appropriate place, please include which ROM version you are using and any other pertinent info as it is impossible to answer your question with the information given.