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[Android Apps and Games] dirk_da_daring:
WL with tasker workaround for Pocketshield-like functionality

I must admit, my use of widgetlocker started as an attempt to rid myself of the slide to unlock feature on my epic 4g...a wasted motion.

I had been using pocketshield on my tp2, and loved the addition of the prox sensor to facilitate unlock, specifically when powering on the phone.

Ive seen a couple of android apps that lock and unlock based on the prox sensor, but my desire is simply to unlock when powered on, but only if the prox sensor is not engaged. I have no problem putting my phone to sleep using the power button, and would prefer a customizable lock screento the stock unlock with useless slider.

WHen I found the tasker integration built into wl, I was in heaven.I keep wl disabled and enable it with tasker upon sleep. I have created tasker profiles to lock when the device is powered off, and upon wake, the prox sensor is queried. wl is only unlocked if prox sensor is not engaged. Also, I can disable wl from engaging when specific apps are in focus, such as netflix, nook, or sling.

I am eagerly awaiting proximity sensor integration into your app, as that was my main agenda in searching for a lockscreen app, but with this workaround, it is not a dealbreaker.

If only I could find a decent sleep facilitator, as screebl hasn't been worthy, and the app I have been using, bettersleep, recently introduced features that force the stock lockscreen to override no lock and its equivalent wl feature. I am currently using an old version of bettersleep, prior to the added "security" feature introduced by bettersleep. Any suggestions for a replacement app that plays nice with wl?

WOuld love to see this functionality added, but won't hold my breath.
[Android Apps and Games] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Gonna post here and see if there is any fix.

I am running WL on Vaelpak GB running Tiamat 3.3.7.

When I get my WL setup the way I want it, if I reboot, it doesn't save and instead the Sense slider shows up. I tried to have 2 different sliders on the lockscreen and see what happens after a reboot and both areas I have the sliders, they both revert back to the sense slider.

If I change kernel's, this doesn't happen.

I love this kernel and was wondering if there were any ideas or suggestions that might be able to help me correct this while not loosing my kernel?

I am on an EVO.

Thank you,

Whiteice

*EDIT* Took a screenshot to show what I am talking about.

1st pic has 3 different lock screen sliders on it. After I reboot, notice how the first 2 sliders on top are not reverted back to the sense slider that I never even picked?

*EDIT AGAIN* It just dawned on me that those 1st two sliders are a sense style, so somehow it is thinking the default sense slider image is the slider I choose originally on reboot?
[Android Apps and Games] TheInVisibleGoD:
Having weird issue...

I'm not enterely sure if it started after I updated to Android 2.3.5 or not, but now everytime I want to unlock, I have to slide it twice.

All the other sliders work at first time though... :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
I recommend this widget: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.eldos.ownerinfo

Primary focus for new features of WidgetLocker is things specific to the lockscreen, as the widget aspect of WL allow other areas to be better filled by other developers.

No. Why not use the home button?

I do plan on adding proximity sensor in the future.

I'm not familiar with anything but screebl.

Can you send a bug report via Settings > Report Bug so I have some more information? (And please briefly restate the problem to remind me what the report is in regard to).

Yes. In the mean time you can either disable Settings > Behavior > Appear on boot, or instead of editing/saving the widget disabling/reenabling WL should work.
[Android Apps and Games] brrt4pres:
original sense lockscreen after incoming call/text

Love WL, just one annoying issue for me to which I couldn't find a solution in this thread:

Normally after WL unlocks, I see the homescreen or the app that was running prior to going into lock. But when I have a missed call or when I receive a text message and I unlock with WL, I also get the HTC Sense lockscreen.

This only happens after missed call/text.

Is this known behavior and is there anything I can do about it?

btw, I have HTC sense 2.1 on Android 2.3.3 (desireHD).

thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dspcap:
Has widget locker added any type of the sense 3.0?
[Android Apps and Games] DjDarkDragon:
Thanx for the tip but the problem with this widget is that it covers some of the screen..That was why I was hoping you would add this as just a tiny sign in one of the corners.

I want my lockscreen to be ass clean ass posible so adding this widget is not really a sollution.
[Android Apps and Games] jmgg2k:
@Kevin

there is no animation when you unlock the screen on WL v 2.1.0.

It´s happening with a motorola atrix gingerbread 2.3.4.

do you know what can it be?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] EH15:
Just habit I guess. I usually press back for every app.
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Back takes you "back." It makes sense that you would end up "back" on the lockscreen... Home takes you to homescreen...

Most people wouldn't want it to go back to the homescreen then having to relock (at least I wouldn't). It makes sense the way it is now..
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Can you send a bug report via Settings > Report Bug so I have some more information? (And please briefly restate the problem to remind me what the report is in regard to).

Planned/in progress

I'm not a big fan of activity transitions in general (Atrix/Droid X gingerbread gives me a headache, and the option to disable all or none is frustrating as I'd like some of them, but have to disable them all). But I do intend to allow users to set transitions for WL in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] darkamikaze:
Hey Kevin.. don't know if you've seen it or if it would even help at all but apparently the fingerprint sensor code for ATRIX released

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202577
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Cool, I hadn't seen that. I imagine it will be of limited use to WidgetLocker as I want to work with the system security and I don't imagine both the system security and WL could share access to it. But worth checking out.
[Android Apps and Games] thinkhope:
Just started noticing something. Maybe its always been this way but I'm pretty sure it hasn't otherwise I would have caught it before. On any sense style slider, I slide my lock down to unlock my screen and notice that the lock image quickly goes back to the locked position before my homescreen appears. This is only happening with sense style sliders. This is only happening when my phone is actually locked. When I'm editing my lockscreen and trying different sense sliders, I slide down to exit the editor and the image remains below the screen as it should. Then once I actually lock my screen and unlock it, I experience the above.

Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Android Apps and Games] gsu_golfer:
If i cant use homehelper due to redraws, what do i do to prevent the home button from unlocking?
[Android Apps and Games] Sandso9:
any chance we can see the samsung puzzle piece lock screen in this app? :)
[Android Apps and Games] Tyrant2k:
I have a weird bug that i have been seeing. I just swapped back to CM7 7.1 RC1 Rom and whenever i reboot my phone, for whatever reason (Just a reboot, or battery dead) all of my widgets disappear from my lock screen. Is this a known bug?
[Android Apps and Games] mmegalodon:
You change your theme within the Theme Chooser or whatever? Sounds like the previous issue that was fixed with one of the recent nightly's. I haven't noticed it in a while and am on a late July nightly.
[Android Apps and Games] byrong:
Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=955219
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
That was fixed a while back. 7.1 RC1 is pretty old at this point compared to the nightlies.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
At soon as the slider touches the bottom WidgetLocker will ask Android to put itself in the background and bring the next activity to the front. WidgetLocker also starts animating things back into place for the next time you use it or if the slider was doing an action aside from unlocking. If Android is slow to resume the next activity then you might see the slider return to the top. There's a few things I can do in WL to help the situation, which I plan on doing, but some of it is just that if the activity behind is slow to resume then you're going to be stuck on the WL screen.

I notice this often with Appmonger (which is a completely awesome app and handles lots of data which is likely why it's a bit slow to resume), both when unlocking to it from WidgetLocker, or even getting back to it from recent apps or from the launcher.

Generally you don't need the homehelper. As long as Settings > Buttons & Inputs > Allow Home Button is disabled you should be fine. However Galaxy S2 and Dell Streak don't let WL block the home button in this manner and currently need the homehelper. I'm working on a root method but it's still not as clean as I'd like.

I imagine the issues are due to you being on an mdpi device. WidgetLocker does cater to hdpi devices.

The notification bubble's drawing code is completely separate from everything else, I agree it looks bad int he screenshot and I'll take a look and do more testing on mdpi devices. I don't believe the alpha values of anything are darkened (though there is Settings > Look & Feel > Background tint).

I'll take a look at dithering on mdpi devices too, the themes are only provided as hdpi and WL scales them for other sizes.

There's a chance. Issues are:

1) Puzzle piece should be movable over the whole screen, normally sliders are self-contained within their view. I've actually had to handle this for the Sense3 slider (not released yet, for the next update) anyway so this is no longer as big of an issue, but had been in the past.

2) The notification part of the puzzle lockscreen doesn't fit well with WL. Partially for technical reasons that notifications for apps are hard, but also placement of the puzzles as WL favors small sliders so you can multiple ones. Some setup with a piece being different than the base might work, but it'd be a bit hard to configure.

Yeah, IIRC my patch was accepted just after RC1. So you'll need a nightly.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Kevin, can't you ask for a transfer to the paid app forum or open a site where you give support. Please respect that other developers don't use this forum to promote a paid app.
[Android Apps and Games] gsu_golfer:
It's disabled and still allowing pressing the home button and returning home.

Tried both a reboot and force stop with no luck.

I'm on a Droid Pro if that matters.
[Android Apps and Games] gsu_golfer:
Also, how do I add the ADW Notifier bubbles?
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Ouch. I see you're the dev of ThumbKeyboard (Great app BTW, use it on my Xoom) and you have a thread in the paid app forum. I'm not trying to subvert the system or anything and I don't want you to think I'm a prick and I don't want special treatment from XDA (and I doubt they'd give me any if I wanted it anyway). I post here to keep the existing users happy (and if I don't the users revolt...).

I do find the XDA's policy of don't-promote-paid-apps-but-you-can-talk-about-them-and-you-can-promote-trial-versions-or-apps-with-ads-or-apps-that-make-you-install-300-points-worth-of-shady-apks-oh-and-we-have-a-paid-app-forum confusing, but it's their policy and I'll accept it. I believe this thread is within the spirit (and letter) of the rules. The thread did have market links in the past and a mod edited my post and PM'ed me (And I apologized). He said a support thread was fine. IIRC There wasn't a paid forum at that time so maybe things have changed.

I may do my own hosted forum at some point but I believe the users here don't want to register elsewhere as they frequent XDA anyway. I imagine many of the users don't browse the paid forum and would end up starting new threads asking WL questions, possibly in this section.

So to be perfectly clear, I have no problem with the thread being moved to the paid app section. Whatever mods/users/other-developers thinks is best. I do think the rules should be enforced consistently and some clarification of them wouldn't hurt.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Can you send a bug report via Settings > Report Bug so I have some more information? (And please briefly restate the problem to remind me what the report is in regard to).

Install ADWNotifier and run it once, no configuration of it is necessary (Except maybe Chuck Norris mode if you want, but don't point ADWNotifier notifications at WidgetLocker at all). Note that Gmail no longer supports third party notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Looks like a support/Q&A thread to me...

I didn't even realize there was a paid apps thread. Browsed looking for it.. didn't even see it.
[Android Apps and Games] gsu_golfer:
Is there a way for me to add some sort of shortcut to allow me to show the notif bar if I keep it hidden? In the LP dock, im able to set a swipe on the dock icons to show it.

If I could achieve that with WL it'd be awesome.
[Android Apps and Games] rocksolidsr:
Google Search Widget

I just purchased widgetlocker and tried to put the google search widget on the lockscreen so I could access voice actions with one click however when I click on the microphone nothing happens. And when in Tool Mode and I click on it, it locks the device?? Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
Menu/Buttons & Inputs/Allow Interactions needs to be checked.
[Android Apps and Games] kennyfool:
Unread SMS count gives you Unread SMS, Missed Calls, and Unread GMAIL and it's free on the market
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
I find it better to set only those I want to interact with to interact. Long press on the widget like you were going to resize it.. then hit the little icon that appears at the top of it.

I seem to remember it being a PITA because first you have to set allow for everything in the menu, then set each one to not allow individually. Once set though, it's great. For example the only widget I have set to allow interactions is my Phantom Music Control (which goes away after 1 minute of no music, so it's not "in the way" and my weather widget, which sits up in the corner (when i tap it forces refresh).
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Keep in mind this may not work for GMAIL anymore because of google. Don't associate the e-mail counter not working with a WL problem, so to test it use sms or calls.
[Android Apps and Games] ITemplate:
Hi,

I'm using WidgetLocker on a SGS2. When I press the Home button the screen turns on. If I press the Home button once more, the screen unlocks. Alright, but I want it to turn the screen off when pressing a second time. Like my old IPhone does (if anyone knows that UI).

Is that possible?

--

Werner
[Android Apps and Games] jlg19753:
Payed for the app and loved it just one problem after i set it up then i set my phone down for 5or10 mints and it just goes away and them i have to restart it to work again ....any ideas???? What am i doing wrong??
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Planned

The Samsung Galaxy S2 behaves different than other devices. I'm looking into a better fix for the Home button on this device, but in the mean time as a work around you can:

Enable Settings > Advanced > HomeHelper:

HomeHelper Component

HomeHelper Block Home

Then hit Select System Home > WL HomeHelper

It's unlikely that I will offer screen off via home button. Theoretically it is possible with the HomeHelper, but that's disabled by default and in general I'm moving away from it. Other methods of blocking the home button don't actually intercept it (WL doesn't know it was pressed), it's just ignored. I do plan on adding a button/slider action that could turn the screen off though.

Are you using a task killer? Apps cannot work properly if they are dead. Either uninstall the task killer or at least add apps you wish to work properly to the ignore list.
[Android Apps and Games] ITemplate:
I combined it with this button widget. It works alright. My goal here is to minimize hand-movement. I often walk past my phone and just want to check if there are any messages - I don't want to use 2 hands or anything. I don't even want to pick it up! So disabling the Home button as you instructed - combined with a button widget close to the Home button is almost perfect - but controlling the Home button as the IPhone would be better - I'd even pay for the app twice! No? :)

Anyways, thanks for the swift reply.

--

Werner
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
C'mon just open your own site and forum. You can setup a perfect support there, with FAQs, help files etc etc. You can even create subforums. A lot easier for good support.
[Android Apps and Games] rocksolidsr:
Both of those items are checked, all other widgets work and the google search widget works except when I click on the microphone nothing happens
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
You've said what you want to say, I've said what I want to say. Now we're repeating ourselves... I'm going to continue supporting my users. Feel free to contact a mod or report this thread to them and have them determine if it should be moved to the paid app section. However, I think you know as well as I that this thread is > 150 pages because users want to discuss the app, not because I'm spamming. The "Android Apps and Games" subforum is designed for discussing apps and developers are encouraged to do so with their users.

Are you on a Droid X/similar? I imagine WL is intentionally blocking the voice search. Motorola made a big mess with the long-press of the search button, where it was hard coded to launch Voice Search (Even bypassing security! http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/15/droid.2.x.allow.voice.actions.without.password ) and could only be detected as the app being started, rather than the standard long-search action. So on NinjaBlur devices, WL detects Voice Search activating on top of WL and pushes itself back to the top, unless you have [Buttons & Inputs > Allow Long Search] enabled.

Motorola has cleaned up it's act for 2.3 so I'll go ahead and detect that and not have WL push itself to the top, but in the mean time you can enable long search and it should work.
[Android Apps and Games] phoenixs4r:
And we thank you for this.
[Android Apps and Games] tobiasth:
aloha!

i just wonder, flashed Surface Rom 3.1 wipe and new kernel yesterday, all went ok. only widgetlocker is not saving the widget settings anymore! everytime i reboot the phone, all the widgets are gone. i cleared data but this not solves the problem. this not happend with darkys rom where i come from. is this a known problem?

many thanks for your help!
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
All of that! (We need a thumbs up emoticon...)
[Android Apps and Games] tugberk27:
Hey pls help me, i try to add theme but i cant.

i load some files to /data/tesla.../theme but when i try to theme i press (+) then i choose the theme & press to save but there is a blank page there is nothing. where did i miss ?
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
Don't unzip the files, put the whole zip file in that directory.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Android Apps and Games] Nichie:
hi,

got a question to ask here.

already did a search and went thru the first few and last few pages on the search results but couldnt find anything.

im using the htc desire hd and htc sense and on the widgetlocker lockscreen, im trying to add the htc sense flip clock but i just cant see to find it in the widgetlocker widget list..

anyone know how to get it on the lock screen?

Sent from my Desire HD
[Android Apps and Games] GTIVRon:
Sense widgets can ONLY be used on the sense launcher. So no, you won't be able to use it on widget locker. I forgot what widget it is.. maybe Beautiful Widgets.. but one of those other clock/weather widgets has a theme/skin that looks for similar to the sense one.
[Android Apps and Games] Nichie:
Ah ok thanks!

What a waste.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
There is a bug in Android 2.3+ that sometimes denies non-default-launcher apps from binding to widgets. This is not something that can be fixed from WidgetLocker. No kind of backup/restore would work as the system itself is denying access to the widgets. The Android bug is a race condition, meaning it might happen sometimes and not other times and there's many little things that could contribute to if it happens or not. It mainly seems to occur on custom roms/custom kernels, likely due to the order and speed of things running being different. You can point the rom dev here for the patch to fix the issue: https://review.source.android.com/#/c/24163/
[Android Apps and Games] tobiasth:
many thanks kevin, its working with the new 3.2 Surface Rom now!!!

i have written the cygenmod link http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6381 to the rom developer, before.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Blame Sense for being proprietary stuff. There's a dozen Widgets in the market that look the same if you really want that.
[Android Apps and Games] donhu:
So who knows what the optimal size for the slider_sense so that widget locker doesnt try to resize and stretch or shrink the image?

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] lousou76:
Although i like this app,i find the way it works very annoying.

There really is no need to have a notification icon on the taskbar or to have root 5 second options for the locker to work right.

you only have to run a service to monitor and disable the system keyguard.

at the market there is a free app named "No lock". Install it, run it to disable the safeguard and check how your program works now,even after reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] tobiasth:
Just disable the icon in the toolbar, check your settings.
[Android Apps and Games] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Depends on your screen size, layout and what size you give to the slider. For the sense slider, scaling is determined by how tall it is, and it will crop the left/right to fit. So if you give the slider 2 anchor rows on an hdpi phone, you're giving it 300px and it will have a scale factor of 1.0. The default sense slider is 249 pixels high, but you can also provide an image that's 300px and it won't be scaled unless you resize the slider to have less rows or you've changed your grid to have less pixels per row.

Settings > Buttons & Inputs > Easy Wake Mode does exactly the same thing as No Lock (unless you have security). Likewise Settings > Advanced > Disable stock lockscreen provides a message explaining this.

And this has absolutely nothing to do with the five second rule or android only allowing services to be foreground services if they have a notification icon.

I do actually know a thing or two about how Android works.
[Android Apps and Games] lousou76:
I did check my settings.

If i disable the notification icon and enable easy wake mode when the screen turns on it shows yhe sysguard first and then it shows locker ontop.

If instead you have nolock,you never see the sysguard,not even a glimpse.

look i just wrote that to help you, i did not immply that you are incompetent.

If yoi dont want feedback especially from coders then figure the bugs yourself.

I wonder why I bothered to help a man who knows everything.
[Android Apps and Games] katsumeiyo:
I'm reading around, but the issue described previously isn't quite mine.. I have a password lock through CM. I disabled the CM screen and Have the WL. I set it to block popups from GoSMS, but unfortunately, I always still get GoSMS to popup. in front of both WL screen and the password. I don't know if it was discussed previously.. i'm looking for answers.. I used even the package name. com.jb.gosms, but it's still not working, any advice??

I just tried the different package name as well.. but it didn't work. com.jb.gosms.smspopup