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    • pavelprosto
      pavelprosto last edited by pavelprosto

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      Sometimes it is necessary to minimize the active application to the tray. So that the next time you turn on the screen, it would be active, but not occupy an active place. uHome, a home screen with widgets support, will help you with this task.

      The application has its own built-in widgets. In addition, you can download other widgets to customize your home screen more.

      • An analog clock will always show you the current time, and a variety of themes allow you to customize it to your liking.
      • Stickers will help you remind you of the most important things. And their striking design attracts attention.
      • The link can create an internet link or launch an application with URLdispatcher support.

      For developers

      Widgets are able to receive information from the Internet, receive and send files from the Content Hub.

      To write temporary files, the directory is used:
      /home/phablet/.cache/uhome.pavelprosto/
      Custom widgets are located at:
      /home/phablet/.local/share/uhome.pavelprosto/

      Widgets can't!

      • Have access to user files
      • Have access to a camera or microphone
      • Have access to location
      • Launch and access application files (only URLdispatcher available)
      • Have access to sms, calendar and phone book

      You can create your own widgets using QML and PyOtherSide. See examples of standard widgets and example of weather widget.

      You can download this in openstore
      source code on github
      OpenWeatherMap widget for uHome

      screenshot.jpg

      Add this widget to your home screen and stay up to date with the current weather
      You can uninstall this application after successfully installing the widget.

      You can download widget in openstore
      source code on github

      Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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      • Keneda
        Keneda last edited by

        Great to see another home tweaking app alongside with sprint and launcher modular.

        Why don't you make it available on open store, with a big BETA (or Alpha) advice?

        2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
        Spare : Nexus 5

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        • pavelprosto
          pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

          @keneda I didn't release this app because I didn't finish the final touches. No localization, some auxiliary elements are not added. So this is a good time to test and edit the flaws.

          Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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          • Keneda
            Keneda @pavelprosto last edited by Keneda

            @pavelprosto
            I understand, if you need, i can do a first translation in french, but not wanting to replace Anne017 that do a great job for that ^^

            Anyway, one question for those concerned, is it only compatible with OTA-16 (QT 5.12) or also with older OTA and GSI devices (see there for better understanding : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5997/the-camera-app-is-crashing/18 )?

            2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
            Spare : Nexus 5

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            • Keneda
              Keneda last edited by Keneda

              First i have to say the app looks quite usable.

              Now for what i just tested, first thing to say is widget grid doesn't fit device grid, so that makes some behaviors like if i resize widget outside the grid, it makes the widget commands (resize from down right corner for instance) not "reachable" (not the only behavior), best would be making the grid size user tweakable, so he can adjust to his device grid.
              wuL9RTn.png

              Also would be good to add some fonts to the sticky note widget as the one provided is bearely readable from my point of view.
              Also, when i open menu from the down side, i swipe to do it, like lot of uTouch menus, normal behavior, but, first time i tested to close it by swiping it down, it didn't worked, so i though it was a bug, in fact you need to only touch the arrow, you should also make it swipable to close.
              dEJssHv.png

              Now lets talk about weather widget : i can't manage to find the good place, i took Paris (i'm not living there lol) for example, it returns 5 results, but numbers after are not relevant for me, results should be like this "Paris, France, 75000" (for the french Paris).
              screenshot20210408_213639176.png

              Somee question :
              Once weather widget installed, it's said to uninstall the widget click installer, ok, but if i uninstall uHome, will all remanent weather widget files uninstalled with it?

              What is the "Smart restart" doing? It's like on UTTT "restart unity"?

              2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
              Spare : Nexus 5

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              • pavelprosto
                pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

                @keneda When you install the widget, you install the program that will send the Tar archive with the packed widget to uHome. After installing the widget, the need for it completely disappears. Therefore, in order to save space on the device, it can now be deleted.
                The widget is already installed, which means it is available by clicking the "Add widget" button
                To remove a widget, in the widget browser, press and hold on the icon. You will be prompted to remove it from uHome.
                Smart restart restarts the program without having to close it.
                If you change the wallpaper through the settings, then in the program itself they will not change. It needs to be reloaded, that's why I made this button

                Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                • pavelprosto
                  pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

                  @keneda Here is the first bug 🙂
                  Widgets snap to the units.gu (10x10) grid of squares.
                  There should obviously be more such squares on your device.
                  I will do a machine calculation of these squares in relation to the size of the device.

                  Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                  • Keneda
                    Keneda @pavelprosto last edited by Keneda

                    @pavelprosto said in Need testers Home Screen for Ubuntu Touch:

                    Here is the first bug

                    Maybe it's related to the fact i changed the grid size of my device in UT Tweak Tool because i prefer small icons and they are way too big with default value.

                    https://forums.ubports.com/assets/uploads/files/1598042788378-screenshot20200821_224115770.png

                    2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
                    Spare : Nexus 5

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                    • pavelprosto
                      pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

                      @keneda Yes you are right.
                      I changed the Scaling in UT Tweak Tool and got the same bug.
                      Now the application cannot be positioned correctly because the image on the screen does not correspond to the touch screen coordinats. Need restore Scaling to default in UT Tweak Tool
                      photo_2021-04-09_03-39-59.jpg

                      Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                      • pavelprosto
                        pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

                        @keneda about grid resizable
                        I plan to add this option in future releases.
                        It is also necessary to add a custom localizer for widgets (now it will be possible to translate only the interface)
                        I also want to understand how change the wallpaper and make live wallpaper.
                        Also need to create a search widget and a mini-browser (for example, to view mail)
                        But I will implement all this in the next releases.

                        Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                        • pavelprosto
                          pavelprosto @Keneda last edited by

                          @keneda STOP, no need to reset the Scale parameter in UT Tweak Tool . I found a way out, I will add this fix already in this release.

                          Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                          • Keneda
                            Keneda @pavelprosto last edited by

                            @pavelprosto said in Need testers Home Screen for Ubuntu Touch:

                            STOP, no need to reset the Scale parameter in UT Tweak Tool

                            I would not have done this ^^

                            2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
                            Spare : Nexus 5

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                            • pavelprosto
                              pavelprosto last edited by

                              Fixed resizing bug. The grid area now adapts to the screen size.
                              You can download NEW version here uhome.pavelprosto_0.6.0_all.click

                              Please inform - the weather widget for everyone shows the weather in Russian localizations? Data should come to localizations by ip address.

                              Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                              • pavelprosto
                                pavelprosto last edited by

                                github updated. Localization added
                                https://github.com/pavelprosto94/uHome/tree/main/po

                                Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                                • pavelprosto
                                  pavelprosto @pavelprosto last edited by

                                  @pavelprosto Last version:
                                  uHome uhome.pavelprosto_0.6.1_all.click
                                  weather widget for uHome
                                  openweatermapwidget.pavelprosto_0.5.0_all.click

                                  Your donations help me to continue programming free and openSource application development https://liberapay.com/pavelprosto/

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                                    domubpkm last edited by domubpkm

                                    Thank you very much for your great work.

                                    Sorry, I can't put a screenshot of my Home Screen, the screenshot resolution of the Volla is too high (1,7 MB), the forum doesn't support the upload.

                                    Moreover and this is a great lack for every UT user i think, the app InstantPho doesn't work anymore or not on the volla (OTA-16) to modify this screenshot (not tested before on the Volla). Please @dobey , can you see this ? Thank you. I don't know if InstantPho works on other phones with OTA-16.

                                    That said, the Home Screen works well on the Volla. The first thing that comes to my mind, is to be able to move directly the widgets of the home screen by a long press if it is possible.

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                                    • Keneda
                                      Keneda @domubpkm last edited by Keneda

                                      @domubpkm
                                      Yes InstantPho no longer works on any device that runs OTA-16 (QT 5.12), issue already submited :
                                      https://gitlab.com/dobey/instantpho/-/issues/6
                                      https://gitlab.com/dobey/instantpho/-/issues/7

                                      For a workaround, you can use imgur to host your screenshot then past link here.
                                      I sometime use imgur to upload from my device then download my PC, and use Gimp to resize it (not crop as you can do this on galery), then use it on this forum, that's what i did for two of the above screenshots i posted.

                                      2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (ubp OTA-23) for daily use
                                      Spare : Nexus 5

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                                        domubpkm @Keneda last edited by

                                        @keneda Yes, you right but more easy i think :
                                        Under ubuntu :
                                        sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter
                                        After resize with right click

                                        VOLLA HOME SCREEN 20210410.png

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                                        • C0n57an71n
                                          C0n57an71n @domubpkm last edited by

                                          @domubpkm Or you can use https://resizeimage.net/ from any platform.

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                                            domubpkm @C0n57an71n last edited by

                                            @c0n57an71n I always prefer to do things 'locally' but yes always usefull to know this link

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