i want to create apps to display beside home screen, if position home screen and then swipe right display own apps, anybody give me solution to create that.
Below example apps what i want
there 3 screen, when left screen swipe display own apps screen
or like flipboard on Samsung Galaxy S6
I doubt you can achieve that without writing your own launcher aka homescreen. The reason google now is integrated is because that is the homescreen launcher that Google developed (and similarly on HTC they have developed their own homescreen and added some sort of extra screen similar to Google Now)
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I am trying to design an app to navigate to home screen on click of a button and then scroll left or right switching between all layers programatically.I am able to go to home screen using intent but am not able to scroll through the screens.
First, not all home screen implementations have "layers" or "screens". There are thousands of home screen implementations available for Android, both pre-installed on devices and available through places like the Play Store.
Second, your app cannot inject user input events into other apps, except perhaps on rooted devices.
I'm developing an application on Android, 4.2 (Jellybean) for a tablet.
When the application runs on emulator, it normally contains the top and bottom ribbon/bar where it shows the battery and signal (in top ribbon) and 'back' icon and etc. (in bottom ribbon).
Question is, how am I going to make the application run in full screen where users are not allowed to navigate out of the application? In other words, I want to make the application full screen and also lock it on my application only.
FYI, I'm using Master detail flow for representing my items to users.
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I would like to make an icon counter for andoid just like the Email and the Samsung Apps applications i have seen such requests from other developers, but you all say it can't be done.
if so how come those 2 apps and other apps can do it?
do i have to make like more than one icon image and swap them or something?
is it really cant be done and why?
thanks.
you all say it can't be done.
That is because it cannot be done, except by the maker of the home screen, or via an app widget (instead of a launcher icon).
if so how come those 2 apps and other apps can do it?
Because Samsung wrote the home screen and can do what it wants with its home screen.
do i have to make like more than one icon image and swap them or something?
That will not work, as you cannot change the launcher icon at runtime.
is it really cant be done and why?
It really can be done by making an app widget, or by making your own home screen.
I need a screen control (possibly but not mandatory an app widget) that will seat
on Android's homescreen and will always be visible to the user - even when he scrolls the homescreen to the next page.
Please help me if any body have done this before.
I think the only way you will be able to do this is if you implement your own Launcher.
The functionality that you're looking for, being able to place a static widget on every screen of the launcher regardless of how many screens they have, isn't currently available in Android, nor any of the launcher apps out there (Go launcher, ADW, Launcher pro etc) nor any of the versions of Android which have been rewritten by the phone manufacturers (HTC's Sense, Samsungs Touch Wiz etc)
It's a big job to write a Launcher yourself, but the stock Android Launcher code is available to play about with from https://android.googlesource.com.
I am looking for a way for when someone installs my application it goes in their "all applications menu". Then, after they run the app and go into the setup, when they click save on their options, it will create a shortcut on the home screen (not the all applications menu). Also, is it possible to have this shortcut not do the same thing as the other app? meaning that if I wanted to change the settings I could click on the app in the all applications menu and if I click on the app in the home screen it does something else.
First off, there's lots of different home screen implementations on Android. The stock Android one, Samsung, HTC and Motorola all have their own variants, then third party ones like Launcher Pro. All use different stores as to what to keep on the home screen, may provide different profiles for the home screen (home, work, etc).
Second, the home screen is prime real estate. And it is also the user's real estate. If there was programmatic access to the home screen, what happened to the Windows quick launch, desktop, favorites menu (in older versions of IE), and older pin area of the start menu (the very top of it in Win 95/98).
To quote Raymond Chen "I bet somebody got a really nice bonus for that feature". So, in short, even if it was possible, please don't. As awesome as you think your program is, the user might not think the same.