Focal testing for ut-tweak-tool:

I have done a quick/dirty port of ut-tweak-tool to focal:

https://gitlab.com/mateosalta/ut-tweak-tool/-/pipelines

The first pipeline has artifacts for download, within those are the clicks.

Work included:

• rename gsettings items, most now use "lomiri"

Needs testing or rewriting

• scaling is commented out, as i think it needs to be rewritten to systemd?
• other items might need work
• restarting lomiri?

does not work:

• removing packages (is using qprocess and pkcon) rewrite to use click to remove packages? or is qprocess problem?

Focal version of uvolman has been released in the store, hopefully working similar to the xenial version. https://open-store.io/app/uvolman.mateosalta

• gsettings values renamed
• dbus for main sliders renamed

If you are getting a pluseaudio error for the individual sliders and have no sound on focal in general, try:

sudo ubports-qa install focal_-_PR_pulseaudio-module-droid-discover_4

then reboot, I guess this is a current bug sometimes, soon to have a fix.

I rather like the filemanager, but would like to see it move away from the old humanity icon set, and even the orange folder theme. I like the more modern style that sam hewitt https://snwh.org/suru has made, although for the purposes of ubuntu touch we could modify the color away from orange.

@ubportsnews (decided to try and write a small app news brief) App News roundup:

• The Godot games engine has seen a lot of exciting progress https://gitlab.com/abmyii/ubports-godot Thank you to abmyii and check out the Godot 3d test from pavelprosto94 https://github.com/pavelprosto94/godot_3d_test/ This test shows how well our devices preform with various 3d graphics, and allows a quick way to test out godot games: just hack your .pck file into this app and see if your godot game will run on UT, games on ut using the engine include: Bug Bounty! from Marquis Kurt, Liner, and Circle Jump. Check out this exciting way to bring games to UT!

• Corona app: scan and display EU COVID related certificates.

• And (if i can put in something I ported over) Check out the point and click adventure game Dead Ascend, Made opensource from Larpon with his qak (qml aid kit, components useful for 2d game making)

Cool, I played with the intensity so it didn't wash out the icon

@capsia well, the code is there for multi user, just not enabled yet, so we do want to be careful to theme/move existing things. eventually we will need some way of making a fake extra account to test.

@007fred50 you are not doing anything to hide source of the apps - so your claim that it does not give the source is not true.
any click installed from there with qml will be visible on the system.

For what it is worth - you can already use compiled qt and the 'proprietary' licence on the openstore - therefore you do not have to reveal code for any confined app.

to really hide source you would have to use compiled qt.

as for a alternate store, I think the idea is a good one - putting a restriction on not allowing other stores would have been an eairly end for the openstore back in Canonical days. But perhaps we should update the warning on installing from third party.

I have built for arm64 (not pinephone) https://t.me/UbuntuAppDevEN/56777

and the pixel 3a:

App roundup:

Some cool new apps to check out! Here are some open source apps that landed in the store recently - help test, translate, and improve.

• Radio by Patrick Fial, working with media hub search and play internet radio streams.

• MiTubo by Alberto Mardegan, native playback of internet video streams, this app uses youtube-dl and will play video with gstreamer.

• Scooter by Patrick Fial, Show scooter locations from Bird and unlock with QR code.

so, interesting, if we get rid of the box background completely, error text is not really visible. It is looking good replacing the text with white to match. here are screens, one no background, one with .3 opacity

@opaijavai yes technically possible - but would need some code changes for it to be a feature to be incorporated.

• the immediate user convenience is nice and a feature we want, open drawer - tap camera - take picture

1. for a app to be launched without password, we would want the option for it to be enabled/disabled by the user
2. The camera app also allows access to viewing pictures and deleting pictures - for this app to be launched without password it would have to be a some kind of 'take pictures only' mode

All this code would need to be created, although not impossible - and not without an example - just look at the 'Emergency calls' feature - it opens the dialer - but in a mode that only has basic call functionality.

Nice! @Capsia did you see the new qa - that is looking awesome! Are you merging the narrow view greeter and wide view? ultimately we are wanting the greeter to rotate Very awesome to see your work on this with @UniSuperBox

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@lakotaubp needs testing, but i'm afraid some of the more advanced features might need rewrite. but suspending apps and many of the settings options for the launcher or indicators as well as theme selection should work

@kugiigi I'm looking foward to trying this example, ( https://github.com/qt/qtconnectivity/blob/8618e25e01ca9c6c6b2221041f625ac69f6757b8/examples/nfc/corkboard/corkboards.qml) and sticking some of the stickers on my refrigerator as notes

first you would need to consider location - if you are in americas the volla phones only have certain cell bands (for me that makes att unusable, and tmobile 2g only)

right now i think pro1x is currently a less complete port, certain things need work, keyboard slide detection, and right now you need to install manually without installer.

pro1x
+keyboard
+no notch
+/- side fingerprint (user prefrence if good or not, i tend to hit it accidently, is placed more for lefft handed use)
-still in progress, manual install

volla 22
+preinstalled
+volla seems very intent on making the ut experience a great one, includes custom info in the user manual
+seems like a solid port from my testing
-notch

It is an interesting thought - suppose a large games company made a 'games store' - using all the features you would want for that type of thing - remembering what you bought, transferring to new phones your games and saves, purchasing games, ect.

It would be great to see, and the matter of trust would be down to who made that games store and how they screen apps, but I think in general we should be open to allowing different stores.

Also perhaps once we install the right media pieces for video playback (wideviene, possible on armhf phones currently) who is to say we can't have google play movies?

I think an alternate store could be a good thing, just that the developer claims that his app somehow was hiding source is not true.

I have found somthing that will unistall apps in terminal

click list
to see what clicks are installed

then
sudo click unregister notes.ubports

I think we can improve just by removing the background behind the keyboard and allowing the password box to theme, maybe transparancy on that a bit.
I disagree with going back to the fullscreen dialer:

• harder to type with one hand
• too much like 'other os', we want to be diffrent, but also consistant and more usable, making things look like another os just for familiarity is not good
• showing password length isnt good for security (true we only have 4pin right now, but hopefully will change)

Current notes:

• matches system keyboard
• nice to type with one hand
• needs transparancy( i have wip pull request)
• needs theme and removal of hardcoded background color
• do we need 'cancel', user can back out other ways
• theme 'emergancy' in a better way, bottom bar buttons are an artifact from old designs, word buttkns could be better as icons

@keneda no the volla devices have the bootloader locked even with ubuntu touch