Launcher Modular

3T_Ed

@3T_Ed said in Launcher Modular:

Agreed. I find the "you have taken three pictures today" type messages rather pointless, and they sometimes take priority over ones own message. I would like to get rid of them.

Yep, how much it is an intelligent lock screen that has been worked on with passion, I'd rather have a circle with assigned widgets which are save to show on the lock screen just to have instant access to very practical and non-privacy invasive features like:

ICE basic information
Weather(forecast)/temperature
RSS/News feed
Audio player
Instant camera
Voice recorder
uPower
Torch
pitch/dB meter
game (for kids)

It would be a time saving circle without having to unlock the phone. It would be a great addition even for others to use your device without having to fear they'll open your device.

AppLee

@3T_Ed @cliffcoggin
Just to give an opposite point of view.
What you like (or me) is not necessarily what the majority likes.

I like the circle like this and find the data quite interesting to remember when some meeting took place or else...
Of course something more customizable is always welcome : set priorities, toggle some info on/off, ...

But as always with customization it takes time and it's not the priority of UBports over functionalities and stability.
So this has to be a community effort.
And as a project manager I can tell that the best course of action is to work one small step at a the time.

cliffcoggin

@AppLee said in Launcher Modular:

@3T_Ed @cliffcoggin
Just to give an opposite point of view.
What you like (or me) is not necessarily what the majority likes.

But of course. I was only commenting, not complaining. There are far more important matters to resolve before worrying about this sort of trivia.

3T_Ed

For about four weeks or so, every time my Oneplus 3T has updated to the next release, after the automatic reboot Launcher Modular is trying to open automatically (as it's supposed to do and was normal process) yet keeps hanging - while the UT interface is just fully functional -. After rebooting manually again LM is working fine.

Is this a known issue and a consequence of the latest update? Anyone else have the same experience?

edit 29-07-'20:
Happy to report that the issue seems to have been solved.

AppLee

@3T_Ed
Launcher modular hacks its way into the system, so it probably need to redo the work after each update and a reboot is required in order to apply the m"hack".

Not sure if you're talking about the same thing I have in mind. But it certainly looks like it

3T_Ed

@AppLee

Thanks, that must be it. I'm not really bothered by it, just wanted to make sure it's not my phone or way of installing. Sounds like it's a generic issue every user experiences. The convenience of LM outweighs this minor issue

Keneda

Launcher Modular is designed for last stable releases i guess, so if you're on RC or DEV, then it could hang because of that, yes.
And even on stable, it has some bugs, i cannot use galery page on MX4, LM crashs when i try to set it.

3T_Ed

Happy to report that the issue seems to have been solved. Launcher Modular does not hang anymore after UT updates. Since there has not been a LM update I guess it was (unintentionally?) fixed through the latest UT update.

3T_Ed

On the Launcher Modular ‘Home page’ I did observe the following:

• Last call: does not update
• Last message: does not update
• Favorite apps: Dekko 2 and camera app do not open when tapped, other apps like ‘indicator-upower’ and Morph browser can be opened.
• Favorite contacts: When tapping a contact the avatar turns, SMS functioning, telephone doesn't

3T_Ed

@cliffcoggin said in Launcher Modular:

@3T_Ed said in Launcher Modular:

Installed Circle Message app and that works as well. Now all I need is the Circle to display the message(s) by default, the ones I entered in the Circle Message app and that would make the ICE workaround acceptable.

Agreed. I find the "you have taken three pictures today" type messages rather pointless, and they sometimes take priority over ones own message. I would like to get rid of them.

This is still bothering me. Is the Circle Message app developer (Michal Predotka) an active member of the community? (3 @Michal's listed). Would love to read his input and hopefully he can think along to improve the app.

kugiigi

@3T_Ed The app simply adds a custom entry in the lock screen, The behavior of the lock screen is managed by Lomiri. I do agree though that this feature is kinda useless. Hopefully, someone can come up with a more useful use of that circle.

3T_Ed

@kugiigi
Yep. I guessed as much. Before opening a can of worms here I thought I'd better check with the Circle Message dev to see if there's an alternative way.

3T_Ed

Is the Launcher Modular maintained? I'm not seeing any updates and I do consider to uninstall it. Any news at all?

magnargj

On my xiaomi mi a2 the welcome screen shows nothing. The circle is there, but no statistics text appear. Is it a bug? It doesn't help to toggle the show statistics button off and on again.
Oh well, it doesn't affect the overall user experience much!
Edit: this is not the right thread. Looking for that, and reposting...

Lakotaubp

@magnargj This is the wrong thread for that I think. This thread us for the Launchet Modular app not the standard UT 'home' screen with the circle. The stats are not currently showing on a few new devices.

magnargj

@lakotaubp oh, you are right. Sorry about that!

saveurlinux

Hello everyone!
I've always loved this launcher too, so I've decided to roll up my sleeves and get back to maintenance.
So I'm pleased to announce the following changes:

v2.3.4

Addition of a new page for RSS feeds
Improved 'Picture' page display performance
Update translations
v2.3.3
Set how many calls to display!
Set how many messages to display!
Set how many events to display!
Call redirection to phone app works!
Message redirection to messaging app works!
Force the event list to refresh by double-clicking on the event widget!
The event list shows event from current day!
Clicking on the 'Alarm' widget opens the clock!
Open the photo by clicking on it!

v2.3.2

Enable Autostart
Fix up background display
Fix up apps for terminal commands not working
And many more: https://github.com/lutin11/launcher-modular/compare/2.3.1...2.3.2

v2.3.1
This is the first release since the one published by Ruditimmermans
There are no new features, but the business code has been updated.

I hope you enjoy installing and using it again.
Please report any problems or requests for improvements here: https://github.com/lutin11/launcher-modular/issues
And if you like what's new, a little love on the store always makes me happy!

domubpkm

@saveurlinux Congratulations !

Moem

@saveurlinux I think it's great that you brought this app back to life! Well done!

Lakotaubp

@saveurlinux Up to you but if you want to start a new Forum thread for your Launcher Modular and just use this one as a reference point we can lock this one and you will have a nice clear new thread for people to use.