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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

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

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I wrote Python examples. Maybe someone will help

pavelprosto

https://open-store.io/app/uhome.pavelprosto
uHome is published in the open-store
It was a very long and difficult journey. Thank you all for your tremendous support!
I leave this topic for testing new beta versions and finding bugs

pavelprosto

I wrote a Transmission client interface for Ubuntu Touch. I would be very happy to test it and get feedback.
You can download it here
transmission.pavelprosto_1.0.0_all.click
Please inform:

Does the program work?
The name of your device
The architecture of your processor ( in the terminal, command arch )

pavelprosto

Problem solved
I finish the final touches and publish in OpenStore !
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!

pavelprosto

I am very glad that everyone really liked my examples.:heart_suit:
I see this as a great need for the development of the community and will continue learning modules in Python Ubuntu Toch :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

pavelprosto

@dobey THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
It is fantastic! Everything works with safe permission
I finish the final touches and publish in OpenStore

pavelprosto

Thank you all for the kind words of support You inspire me and give me strength:flexed_biceps: I keep developing, see you soon in the open-store

pavelprosto

New version to upload in Open Store and GitHub:

The api of the application was updated on GitHub for everyone
The position of the widget settings button has been changed so as not to overlap with other elements.
New template browser for links. Added many new
Added Analog Watch Dial
Added Dutch translation
Added time update slider for weather widget

What hasn't been fixed/added yet

Landscape mode does not work fully
Widgets still do not support localization(only the program itself can be translated)
Later I will add a browser for icons for the link widget
There was a wish that the stickers could be of any color.

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@stanwood It's nice to go to the forum and read that my app is already recommended. Thank you so much :grinning_face:
I have now paused the development of this project (I am working on another project).
In the future, I plan to:

Add IPTV support.
Desktop-mode support (waiting MHL adapter)
And support for video subtitles

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New pre-final version of Transmission.

Testing has shown that the library works on all types of processor.
(The inscription "This library is compiled for the armv7l architecture, so errors may occur" has been removed from the installer)
Fixed a bug with a white screen after installing the library (Previous you need restart the application)
The interface has been updated to the classic Ubuntu Touch presentation. It now looks more compact.
Updated localization of the Russian language.

Known bugs that I will fix in future releases.

Due to sleep mode, torrent downloads can pause on their own (you have to manually pause and restart).
This bug will be fixed after: I teach the app to detect the approximate download time. Then, the program will be able to restart the download on its own.
If your device does not have enough space, then the torrent is added, but it gives an error [Errno 28] No space left on device
In the future, I will teach the program to determine the size of the loaded content and not add it if there is not enough space.
(I also plan to add a selective file download mode if a torrent with many files is being downloaded.)

The new version can be downloaded here:
transmission.pavelprosto_1.0.0_all.click
I would be very happy to test it and get feedback.

pavelprosto

@cibersheep I find your comments very helpful. I love Ubuntu Touch and want to create beautiful apps that don't look like Android.

I have ideas on how to redesign the pause and delete torrent buttons. But I will already implement this in the next versions

pavelprosto

If someone needs to create a front-end wrapper for a binary console program, here's how it can be implemented

create global environment
glob.py

import os

APP_PKG_NAME = os.path.abspath(__file__)
APP_PKG_NAME = APP_PKG_NAME[APP_PKG_NAME.find(".com/")+5:]
APP_PKG_NAME = APP_PKG_NAME[:APP_PKG_NAME.find("/")]
SCRIPTPATH = os.path.abspath(__file__)
SCRIPTPATH = SCRIPTPATH[:SCRIPTPATH.rfind('/')]

CACHEPATH = "/home/phablet/.cache/"+APP_PKG_NAME
DATAPATH = "/home/phablet/.local/share/"+APP_PKG_NAME
CONFIGPATH = "/home/phablet/.config/"+APP_PKG_NAME

DOWNLOADPATH = CACHEPATH+"/Download"
TMPPATH = CACHEPATH+"/tmp"
RESUMEPATH   = CACHEPATH+"/resume/"
TORRENTSPATH = CACHEPATH+"/torrents/"

MY_ENV = {"HOME" : CACHEPATH }
MY_ENV["PWD"] = CACHEPATH
MY_ENV["TMPDIR"] = CACHEPATH+"/tmp"
MY_ENV["PATH"] = DATAPATH+"/transmission/bin"
MY_ENV["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = DATAPATH+"/transmission/lib/"
MY_ENV["PKG_CONFIG_PATH"] = DATAPATH+"/transmission/lib/pkgconfig"

if not os.path.exists(DATAPATH):
    try:
        os.makedirs(DATAPATH)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Can't create DATAPATH dir:\n"+DATAPATH)
        print(e)

if not os.path.exists(CONFIGPATH):
    try:
        os.makedirs(CONFIGPATH)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Can't create CONFIGPATH dir:\n"+CONFIGPATH)
        print(e)

if not os.path.exists(CACHEPATH):
    try:
        os.makedirs(CACHEPATH)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Can't create CACHEPATH dir:\n"+CACHEPATH)
        print(e)

if not os.path.exists(DOWNLOADPATH):
    try:
        os.makedirs(DOWNLOADPATH)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Can't create DOWNLOAD dir:\n"+DOWNLOADPATH)
        print(e)

if not os.path.exists(TMPPATH):
    try:
        os.makedirs(TMPPATH)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Can't create TMP dir:\n"+TMPPATH)
        print(e)

Correct location of all files is very important!!!
DATAPATH: contains all executables and libraries
CONFIGPATH: contains the settings for your application. But not settings for a binary console program, its settings must be stored in CACHEPATH
CACHEPATH: contains all files resulting from program execution.
Now you will be able to launch and communicate with the console program through your environment:

...
import subprocess
import re
import shlex
import glob
...
CMD="transmission-show"
def strip_color(s):
   return re.sub('\x1b\\[(K|.*?m)', '', s)

def _process(command_string, path=""):
       cmd_args = shlex.split(command_string)
       try:
           PROCESS = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args,
                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                               universal_newlines=True,
                               shell=False,
                               executable=None,
                               env=glob.MY_ENV,
                               cwd=path)
       except Exception as e:
           yield strip_color(str(e))
       else:
           for stdout_line in iter(PROCESS.stdout.readline, ''):
               yield strip_color(stdout_line)
           PROCESS.stdout.close()
           return_code = PROCESS.wait()
           if return_code:
               raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(return_code, command_string)
...
for stdout_line in _process(CMD+" \""+FILENAME+"\"", glob.CACHEPATH):
   print(stdout_line)
...

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Because the new version of uHome will hit the open-store this weekend

pavelprosto

@domubpkm
I forgot to add a button to remove custom wallpaper! I will definitely do this in the next update.
I have not forgotten about live wallpapers and I am thinking about it. I have a couple of ideas and ways to implement this.
About Dekko, I really love this email client too. Unfortunately I cannot implement a widget for it, uHome's permission are very very limited.
But it can be implemented by the Dekko programmer. His application can interact with my desktop and I will be happy to help him with this.

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@keneda Yes! Thank you so much for this idea
And about express contacts. For the link to work correctly, it must be in the form of:
tel://<country code>.<subscriber's number>
For example in Russia the country code is 8
So the link of the express contact:
tel://8.1234567890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_prefix

pavelprosto

I think it's possible. In Ubports Developer Docs has a Sample Apps section:
https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/appdev/
Over the weekend I will figure out how it can be edited to add Python Examples :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

pavelprosto

@matteo @Keneda Thank you so much.
As I can see, the library works correctly on different phones. So I will delete the scary inscription:

"This library is compiled for the armv7l architecture, so errors may occur.Install at your own risk."

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@cibersheep Yes,I want to write a guide. But first I need to make sure it works for all console programs.
I tried, add the previous guides in github
https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/appdev/guides/index.html

But something didn't work out for me. I try will do this in spare time

pavelprosto

@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.

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