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Official myLock thread - we don't like the lockscreen
- Thread starter petjakob
- Start date
long live alpha 1 then. :heart:
tonight I got progress in defining custom buttons/actions for unlock.
I can put my own lockscreen in place every time the screen sleeps (cancelling the regular lockscreen). Then I can respond to keys however I want. While I can't stop the cpu from waking up because android doesn't give apps permission to define wakeup rules, my lockscreen doesn't turn your screen on unless its a button that we actually want to wake it up. It sends the cpu back to sleep in 5 seconds. Since it isn't doing anything it doesn't impact battery at all.
This pre-alpha test build lets camera key wake it up (once awake you see a clock, and you can use the notification panel, or press back to unlock) and keeps volume and focus camera key presses from waking the screen. Power still instant unlocks just like the rest of the myLock versions.
I am skipping alpha for this as the first implementation of it is already in myLock complete (though non-functional) and my test build APK is also up for download because I forgot to deleted.
The beta of this won't be ready for a bit, quite a few to-dos detailed over on the blog.
tonight I got progress in defining custom buttons/actions for unlock.
I can put my own lockscreen in place every time the screen sleeps (cancelling the regular lockscreen). Then I can respond to keys however I want. While I can't stop the cpu from waking up because android doesn't give apps permission to define wakeup rules, my lockscreen doesn't turn your screen on unless its a button that we actually want to wake it up. It sends the cpu back to sleep in 5 seconds. Since it isn't doing anything it doesn't impact battery at all.
This pre-alpha test build lets camera key wake it up (once awake you see a clock, and you can use the notification panel, or press back to unlock) and keeps volume and focus camera key presses from waking the screen. Power still instant unlocks just like the rest of the myLock versions.
I am skipping alpha for this as the first implementation of it is already in myLock complete (though non-functional) and my test build APK is also up for download because I forgot to deleted.
The beta of this won't be ready for a bit, quite a few to-dos detailed over on the blog.
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Martin030908
Super Moderator
Hooray for myLock!
cupfulloflol
Senior Member
This is easily one of my favorite apps for the phone. Being that I unlock my phone a lot in the course of a work day, being able to simply tap a button to get into it is wonderful.
I currently am also using Alpha 1, as I am lame and haven't been following this thread to see there are other releases. I have had pretty much no problems with it as is, and I do use Handcent.
Thank you very much for this app, I am looking forward to future releases.
I currently am also using Alpha 1, as I am lame and haven't been following this thread to see there are other releases. I have had pretty much no problems with it as is, and I do use Handcent.
Thank you very much for this app, I am looking forward to future releases.
Thought I'd drop in and update the thread with goings-on for those of you not subscribed to our twitter---
Today I was able to successfully get a widget running on the custom lockscreen. all that's left to do is set up a system so you can add widgets at the position you would like them on the lockscreen, as the test only placed it in the very center to learn how to get it done, & then fix up the customization for defining which buttons would wake and which would unlock. prior to those advancements (which should bring us to the beta release) there will be an alpha 3 which will include all the features of the lite, regular, and custom lockscreen modes so we can tighten everything up and get rid of the remaining bugs with phone calls in custom lockscreen mode.
Today I was able to successfully get a widget running on the custom lockscreen. all that's left to do is set up a system so you can add widgets at the position you would like them on the lockscreen, as the test only placed it in the very center to learn how to get it done, & then fix up the customization for defining which buttons would wake and which would unlock. prior to those advancements (which should bring us to the beta release) there will be an alpha 3 which will include all the features of the lite, regular, and custom lockscreen modes so we can tighten everything up and get rid of the remaining bugs with phone calls in custom lockscreen mode.
Martin030908
Super Moderator
Good to hear! And I'm Anit-Twitter so I appreciate the post in the thread.
Martin030908
Super Moderator
Same here. Even though the developer of myLock said this shouldn't work! :icon_ banana:
He's so good he doesn't even know he programmed it that well
Martin030908
Super Moderator
Alpha 1 and the Lite version are basically the same thing.... Alpha 2, 3 etc are different versions. You can scan thru this thread and the developer has explained the differences as each was released....
Personally. I'd go with Alpha 1..... I've had zero issues with it, works flawlessly with Handcent Pop-Up, and runs entirely in the background
The reason there are separate versions at the moment is that we're still deciding how to best handle a few differences. There are quirks to getting past the lockscreen that the versions deal with slightly differently. Check out the features overview wiki page FeaturesOverview - mylockforandroid - Quick breakdown of features in the current release builds - Project Hosting on Google Code
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stnkycheezman
New Member
Not a bad app. but I'd really like a lock app that doesn't allow the screen to power on when the droid slides open...and makes the power on button the only button that turns the screen on.
I think this would cut down on a lot of the pocket dialing problems that people have on the droid (or that i have anyways)
Either way, the more OPTIONS we have to unlock the droid...the more applications there are for your...umm, application.
I think this would cut down on a lot of the pocket dialing problems that people have on the droid (or that i have anyways)
Either way, the more OPTIONS we have to unlock the droid...the more applications there are for your...umm, application.
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I just found another application had this problem:
LoveCalculator | SlideME
Submitted by YourAndroid on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 19:10.
I thought I'd give your application a try, however when trying to install the application I get the following error: "Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package."
edit:
Hi again, I tried downloading your application from my computer and install it by doing "adb install lovecalculator.apk" (I renamed it), when installing, this appears:
"file 'lovecalculator.apk' does not contain AndroidManifest.xml", there's your problem
Would love to try out this app, but still can't get it to work because of this 'parse' error...
