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[Android Apps and Games] amateru:
Suggestion: I think it'll be superb if we can double tab the hamster (HamuWatchu) to make him look at you and decide to bump the clock instead of running (kinda like telling you "Can't you be patient?!"), and then kinda accidentally make the clock display the correct time instantly . It'll be hilarious :D
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Ok Keep in mind guys the first phase of this app is going to

be aimed at the big hdpi screens for now, will look a bit odd on

mdpi or ldpi. That means if your resolution is 480x800 you win :)

I will post a new version every time I finished a part that I know is working.

If there is a period of time that seems like I'm dead because I was away for too

long, might be because of work or maybe I'm just on holiday, etc :D

ALL Graphics are made and maintained by zamolxees, so if there is something you want to request 'looks' wise, aim it at him. :p

I'm doing the code for now, I will (maybe) add it to some open source server some time when there is a little more 'beef' to the app. (Maybe, also up to zamolxees actually)

You can run it as an app as well if you just want to see it and not implement it as your wallpaper.

If it seems a bit big file size wise is because it's on the brink of development, lots of junk files or un-properly saved pngs etc.

Will get sorted close to Beta.

Ok, to cut to the point here is the very first version in alpha minus minus minus form:

Timester v0.001 (Attachment)
[Android Apps and Games] cappysw10:
Downloaded, installed on my Captivate. Runs for awhile and then force closes. From what I saw very funny, looks good.
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Got the same thing. But hell it looks sooooo funny. .. Lovin this.

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!
[Android Apps and Games] linkazoid:
Have just installed it on my desire.... looked good... two things maybe they haven't been implemented yet though.

1. Nothing showed in the settings

2. Clock hands were in the correct place but no numbers.

I know it's a beta but just letting others know.
[Android Apps and Games] maxiv:
this looks really great considering you did it so fast!

but if i may recommend some stuff:

- i think the pointers should be...more "recognisable"..it took me some time to spot them, i think they should catch one's attention quicker

- for my personal taste there's to much movement/spinning going on in the front, i would prefer it if the wheels in the back where spinning (rather slowly). the way it's now it seems rather...not disturbing but maybe a bit hectic.

don't get me wrong, i'm still really digging this...but there needs to be space for improvement :)
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Ye the thing in the middle wont be spinning, just did it to check something, messing around ;-) . Waiting on them spinning gears in the back from the master graphic dude...

Don't think I'm playing too nice with the memory yet, so phones like the captivate might kick it quickly.

Still alpha minus minus minus, etc.

Glad you like it so far :-)
[Android Apps and Games] MercuryTangent:
Looks pretty good for a pre-alpha. I'm sure there's a lot more to go, but I'm excited to see what you two produce!
[Android Apps and Games] ghazi.urfali:
I know its in its very early stages, but just wanna point out a few things to help.

choppy on my Samsung Galaxy S I9000, when exiting it FC's and puts phone in airplane mode and gets stuck there requiring a restart.

Apart from that it looks amazing and cant wait to see the internal gears working with a glow. 2 thumbs up!!!
[Android Apps and Games] idaho999:
HD2 with android 2.2

Hey all,

very great idea. installed on my HD2 running from SD card, also can load as a live wallpaper, but force closes sometimes. I'll try to identify exactly when and why.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
I am testing on that EXACT phone and have not seen anything you are describing there.

If you use a custom rom, I cannot guarantee the app working 100%

Airplane mode, ROFL why would a canvas based app do that?!
[Android Apps and Games] putnum:
awesome work guys... This is looking great!!
[Android Apps and Games] Charles::
Loaded as Active Wallpaper on my Dell Streak.

-So far, I think I got one FC, and I think that was before I added it as AW, when I was just opening it up straight from the menu.

-On the Streak it doesn't fill the screen. Only fills it about halfway. In portrait the clock is offset to the right of the middle of the screen. In landscape the clock is in the middle, even though the background doesn't fill the right half of the screen.

-Hamster isn't in the bottom of the wheel. On the left side of the wheel.

Aside from that, it's really cool. The other issues are obvious and I'm sure will be handled down the road (menus, numerals, more moving gears, etc, etc).

Great work so far! I'm really enjoying the Steampunk-esque look.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Oh wow this is looking amazing!

It'd be great if the arms of the clock had numbers on though. (is this already planned? As it looks like it would easily intergrate to the arms as they are.)

EDIT: just read the first post and I see this is planned.

Also here's a screenshot of it on my SGS. It works well most of the time, some force closes when using the preview thing from the app drawer and the time has frozen a couple of times (not the wallpaper, just the hands not moving, fixed itself though weirdly.)
[Android Apps and Games] sid.marawar:
I installed it on my stock N1 2.2.1 but it's not showing the time. Also, Can you make the clock a widget instead of a live wallpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] Feodora:
Nice work, guys !

Looks great on my hamster-powered Milestone ! Unfortunately I am not allowed to post links to screenshots here, because my account is too new. If you still want to see it, open my flickr page (user: Feodora Umarov) and look for "hamster".

My launcher is ADW, the theme I used is called BuuF (free), the widget is from Beautiful Widgets, it is called paulmz_wood_carved.

Screenshot taken with ShootMe (free).
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
What do you mean when saying not showing the time? The hands of the clock are not in the right position? or you just don't see the numbers on the hands? The numbers in the circles of the hands are yet to be implemented. But will be. If the hands don't show the time right, tell us, it will help with the code. Since as I understand from Blou_Aap, this being a live wallpaper and not a widget needs a clock code written from scratch.

About the widget, if you have the patience to read the thread you will see that initially I saw it as a widget, but because of technical difficulties, the live wallpaper is much more down do earth. I'm not saying it will not be done, I'm saying that right now we are focusing on the live wall. Thanks.

Indeed it looks great, a great match for your theme! The screenshot is a bit corrupted, maybe because of all the movemet. Nice setup, anyway.

Some other users also reported problems on Samsung handsets, we are looking into it. Indeed numbers are planned for the arms.

The current version of the clock is not yet optimized for many screen sizes. In fact, only for one :) Thank you for your feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
I must congratulate you on this, I love the fact that it's a live wallpaper because it now means I can put app shortcuts around the clock. :D

Well done on getting to this stage so quickly, I look forward to this becoming even more popular :D
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
testing testing
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
You can help by getting the word out about it. :D

Have the following image uploaded to your signature:

I wish there was a way to make a link to this thread :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
why oh why does the forum make my sig pic so small and compressed :(

edit: that's better :)
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
I'll put it in my sig once I'm home and my girlfriend loves it... I'll see if her mum likes it too :p

Why don't we all vote it to the front page? :D (top of the page on the right)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Whooooa, you can do that? how cool :D
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Yeah, on the top bit, just above the posts, there's a brown bar with the threads name and options to rate the thread, and at the end is an option to vote the thread to the front page. (:

(I voted ;))
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
I have a request/suggestion to make;

Would it be possible to swap the hour and minute hands around, as I keep confusing the two, I'm used to the smaller arm being for hours rather than minutes D:
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
Just downloaded the app and tested it...

Had the same problems as some have mentioned before. Hammie's on the left side of the clock and FC.

I'm running an unrooted Liberty-Aria with Eclair and I don't see any option to add in a live wallpaper. I don't think live wallpapers are possible with an unrooted Eclair so I'll just have to wait for the widget version to come out.

Great job though so far. I think the idea is really awesome. I've just "vote to front page" and rated this thread 5 stars. Keep it up guys and a big THANK YOU for putting in your time to developing this. Your efforts are very much appreciated. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
I've noticed some phones on 2.1 don't have LiveWallpaper support even though they should. Another phone that doesn't have is the Samsung Intercept on Sprint (also running 2.1 Eclair).
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
Sense UI kills LWP?

miztaken, is it possible that HTC blocked it out... I am however using the Sense UI.
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
I don't believe its something they would block out. It makes no sense. Google around for how to get live wallpapers on your phone. I know its possible on the intercept. I'll be doing it for my ex girlfriend.

Sent from my Captivate
[Android Apps and Games] shadowring:
i can run it as app. but when i apply it as live wallpaper and sometimes there's no the clock, only a normal wallpaper.

and the posistion of the hamster is not right for me( i use samsung galaxy spica)

as wallpaper:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Yay, thanks!

We thought about it, and I think we'll do it like that, it makes more sense. Thank you for the suggestion.

Ah, and look at that sig of yours... is it not looking cool? great! thanks again.

Dou you have any other live wallpapers that are running? Because as far as I know, only handsets with a cpu around 1000 mhz have that option enabled. THis is because lower than that, the live wall would slow the phone too much.

Again, it's not only the android flavor. It's also about cpu power, read above.

Galaxy spica has a scrren size of 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches if I got this right. We don't have yet the app optimized for other than 480x800. As I said in the OP, it might work, but not tested, or looked into properly. THank you for the feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] Phandroid:
Great stuff! Watching this...
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
You're very welcome! =D

Ah that's good to hear. :) and it does look pretty damn awesome :p

If there's anything else I can do to help I'll happily help :D
[Android Apps and Games] JGeZau:
Great stuff. Works good on my rooted Epic 4g
[Android Apps and Games] ebpomtl:
Really cool and funny!

I just have one thing: isn't the short hand usually for the hours? :D It bothers me when I take a look quickly, but it might get better when we'll have numbers on it

Anyway, great job :)
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Reffer to this post.

I mentioned this yesterday and it is most probably going to be swapped round as far as I can tell. :)
[Android Apps and Games] excedio:
I have an HTC DROID Incredible running Skyraider 3.3.1. As a live wallpaper it runs great and the size is perfect with no Force Closes to speak of.

Running it as a program works until I press "Back." This will cause a Force Close. However, running it as an App and pressing "Home" does not cause a Force Close.

Let me know if there is any other information you might need. I have Log Collector installed also, let me know if you would like the log of the force close. :)

EDIT: Log added. :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Glad to see samsung playing nice :D

Thank you for that, I'll leave that to the code master to enjoy. If I open it, I'd probably scratch my head and look helplessly at the screen for a bit then decide to alt+f4 it and never look again :)
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
Maybe you're right. My Aria is only 600Mhz. Perhaps that's the reason. If that is truly the case then I'm saddened. Will just have to wait for the widget then. I hope that'll be in the pipeline next.

Also I just noticed. Maybe It's also because of sense ui. Reason being unlike the stock interface, I have 7 home screens as opposed to the 5 on an AOSP interface.....
[Android Apps and Games] jjwa:
V 0.001 is cool already :).

On my SGS it seemed like it had to load, it ran real slowly at first, but now it runs pretty smoothly. I do however had Watchdog going off, telling me Timester is using 65,9% CPU (not so strange for such an early version, but it does proof optimizing it later is not optional ^^).
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Oh btw, just so you know, I just upgraded to Froyo and it still works like a dream ;)
[Android Apps and Games] bigtexas13:
Installed and running fine on Droid 2. Can't wait to see the more polished versions if this is only the initial release!

It was to be expected but it does use a bit of the CPU and lags when flipping through homescreens. (Not a criticism, just to let the devs know)
[Android Apps and Games] JGeZau:
Same thing here.
[Android Apps and Games] AverageJane:
Great job!

I just wanted to add my thanks for this awesome app/wallpaper. Looks great so far on my Captivate!

Can't wait for the final :) It's amazing what you guys can do!

-Tara
[Android Apps and Games] Remcodb:
Hey, first off, best live wallpaper idea ever.

Second, its not doing anything on my htc hero.

I get the green background (which looks amazing btw)

but not the running hamster :<
[Android Apps and Games] excedio:
The Hero is not 480x800 screen resolution. So it may not work correctly for you.
[Android Apps and Games] jhollender:
Doesn't work for me on a Droid 2 (w/ latest update). No numbers are showing on the clock hands and when I open in app mode it force closes sometimes. Would be great if this was a widget also instead of LWP.
[Android Apps and Games] excedio:
You don't see numbers because they don't exist yet. :)

What is causing the force close? Are you pressing anything? Just open and set the phone down it will force close?

As discussed previously, it will begin life as a LWP since if can then utilize the entire environment of the phones screen. Widgets are limited in how it interacts with the screen and some phones do not play nice with animated widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Right now the app is in early development. There is still a lot of work to be done, some of it related to optimizing for different screen sizes.

In my head it started out as a widget. But if I understand correctly what smarter people tell me, a widget with all this animation is very difficult to do, if at all possible. Right now we are focusing on building the LWP, still in early development.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
I get this too... If you open the "app" that's installed that gives a preview of the LWP and try closing it or exiting it you get an FC.

Also this lags quite a lot of Froyo, though I don't have Voodoo installed like I did on Eclair.

EDIT: Noticed it's most things lagging, though the refinements will be very welcome ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Any progress....???

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!
[Android Apps and Games] solidkundi:
amazing wallpaper ...I love the concept of having a clock integrated into the wallpaper...but heres a suggestion ... diff wallpaper for diff screen?? just sayinn...

oh and maybe notification for sms mail?? this way i can get rid of the notification bar and just watch Timester hehe :D

thnx
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Now you mention it, I think it would be pretty cool if you could make it so we can choose our own background... Is that possible? :D
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Way ahead of you, That was one of my main intentions for the settings.

Ok guys I have been a little swamped at work so didn't get a chance to work a bit more on the project, there is a newer version I made though, but crashes a lot on some phones.

Have the gears going and it looks great, while it works though :( .

Don't worry I'm gonna put some time aside and work on it asap and bring you guys a more stable version, but still only running hamster with the clock arms and gears, for now.

We are setting up a little site for this LW and I will be adding the next version to the Android Market, free of course (don't stress ;)), that way if you have auto update from Froyo you can get it updated whenever I add new version.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Maybe we will implement it, maybe not. A little mystery never hurt.. :D

the Master Coding Wizard says it should be done by the time it's finished. Don't tell anyone else. shhhhh

Edit: Oh, he hit "post" before I did. there goes the mystery :))
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
A little preview

of the website.

This is what it will generally look like:
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
HAHA. I love the messed up English. Hamsters for the win!
[Android Apps and Games] Bec07:
A good idea would be "to not have it running" in the background so that the time doesn't change from when you last locked the phone.

Then when you unlock the screen the hamster could start running to adjust the time :p
[Android Apps and Games] Bec07:
And another one :p

What if the "clock" wouldn't move instantly when you swipe the desktop?

Instead Timester could start spinning like crazy and roll the entire wheel on the next desktop :D

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9KZQX-Jtw&feature=related
[Android Apps and Games] JGeZau:
A little observation. Maybe for the final website release, the time on the phone could actually match the time of the Timester clock :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
As stated before the clock should do it's primary function. To show the time.

We shall take that into consideration, thank you dear sir (madam?)

Funny that hamster in the video :) Timester will do something like that too :)

Great suggestion! Great success! Thank yous!
[Android Apps and Games] Bec07:
Sir :D, I meant the above with a nice animation since on my galaxy it seems that time is not updated when the screen is locked... If I lock the screen at 11 and check the device at 12 11:00 is going to be shown for a short period.

So on unlocking we could have Timester quickly animate the movement ow the watch's hands from the time the device was locked to the actual time.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Ah yay, customisation along with this clock will be an amazing thing! :D

Good luck with the others things you're working on.

Hahaha, I liked the mystery... While it lasted ;)

The site looks amazing, good luck with it. :D I love the way the hamster talks :p
[Android Apps and Games] pinksupervisor:
it's good to see this coming along. great job guys!
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Thank you for your support. Greatly appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] nolageek:
I agree, but I think anyone who is running this acknowledges the cuteness factor of it so wouldn't mind a brief animation to kickstart the clock (I wouldn't have it longer than 2-3 seconds though.)

Plus, I would say a large portion of the people running this aren't going to be rooted so therefore will still have the clock on their lockscreen AND in the top right of the home screen if they wanted to see the time instantaneously.

I have a feeling 90% of the people will be unlocking their phone just to see the animation anyway. :) lol
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
You might be right, right there. Let's see how the app is progressing.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] exadeci:
Nice that you've found someone to work on it.

It only FC on my Galaxy S the first launch and when I press back "key" (maybe the first time I pressed it too, I'm not sure)
[Android Apps and Games] Paul22000:
Hehe, 1337 downloads so far!

Haha. Anywho, is the version with the numbers in the clock hands already out? As far as I can tell, no new versions have been released yet?
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Hey hey peoples.

Soz for the delay, working on a very stable version atm.

Don't think I have forgotten, I just had some really damned set backs

recently.

First my Internet went down for almost a month, then when it got fixed my

laptop (my only computer I had) kicked the bucket.

I got a brand new shiny PC and is again working on Timester.

Hopefully will have a nice new version which will crash less (hopefully) ready on the Market and hopefully our site will be done by the same time.

Just gimme a few more days :p
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
Awesome Graphic design and app.

Waiting for the update, hopefully clock numbers too :)
[Android Apps and Games] chucklz:
Can you make it into a 2x2 widget?

I'd love it if you could :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
I'd like that too, but for now we are focusing on the Live Wallpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Released !

Hey guys I'm happy to inform you guys that

I released the Live Wallpaper on the market.

Just search for "Timester" and install.

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] usernam3:
i just installed it from the market, the settings page is blank.
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
Installed fine after i uninstalled the forum version.

adb uninstall za.co.bash.lwp

I too observed that

-settings is blank and

-the hour/minute numbers are not there yet.

-more moving parts/gears :)

Have set the app to auto update/
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
So I just updated to the latest market version after uninstalling the version from the OP. I've so far only noticed one peculiar thing. Occasionally it seems that the wallpaper will crash, not force close, but crash. When it does this it goes to a black screen, and then it starts up again. There are no warning signs that its going to crash, no messages, and it doesn't lag at all during the animation. Keep up the good work Blou!

Sent from my Captivate
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
v0.004 is up.

Ok I Fixed a few things and have added the numbers.

The Settings page is empty because there is no settings to change yet.

It's just a place holder for future use.
[Android Apps and Games] ruthlesset:
Installed the app from the android marketplace on my Nexus One. First of all let me say this is an amazing app.

One issue I have noticed is that the clock is around 23 seconds behind the time displayed on the phone. I have not rooted my phone and has stock android 2.2.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
+1 me got this too and i have a suggestion . Look when its 23 minutes past 12 . The clock says 0 on the hours and 23 on the minutes . Can you make the 0 into a twelve ?

And one of the digits is not good lined out of is that just me ???

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!
[Android Apps and Games] housert:
This thing is SO funny :D
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Thanks for reporting.
[Android Apps and Games] darkamikaze:
So, is the rest of the wallpaper going to stay blue like that :o .. ? It's a little too bright for me lol X_x.. Hopefully more of the hamster's actions like sleeping and being lazy get's put in soon :D

And I can't wait till someone makes this a widget.