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(STOPPED) New Omnia graphic shell

The development of this project has come to a stop.
I'll post any future update here, in case the project will resume.
Thanks for your support.
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UPDATE 03/12/08 - Images added + Lock Screen Demo
Hey all,
i've been following the board for a little. I'm an lucky Omnia owner and i really love it, particularly it's versatility.
I just regret the lack of cool interfaces (put Manilla 2d aside, it's awesome, but it's like having an htc device on our phones, not very exclusive).
Here are some quick layouts of an idea I had today, it's practically just eyecandy stuff, maybe not the top usability around but, you know, in our life we must satisfy ourselves...
So here they are, a portrait and a landscape view of what's laying in my mind:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
the home screen design:
the lock device screen:
-the audio profile control
- Programs folder
- Contacts page
the idea is to have a spinning wheel of icons, that allow to navigate between the main ambients of a mobile shell when tapped, just like SPB mobile shell or manilla, only more "graphic". The thing is conceived to be touch driven, with hrizontal sliding to spin the icons wheel and a vertical slide to access a secondary menu.
Actually the design phase is still underway, more screens will come.
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OMNIA USERS ONLY
>>>HERE<<< is the FIRST RELEASE OF THE SCREEN LOCK, coded by DeimosLP at MoDaCo.
Just unzip it everywhere you want and launch OmniLock.exe.
THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE USED EVERYDAY at the moment, probably it drains battery very fast, haven't tried yet on long usage times.
A few notes about it:
- this is somehow a mockup since not everything has been implemented properly and we are still working on performance issues
- the main goal of this release is to get feedback and new ideas so we can improve the usability
what has been done :
- clock+date
- missed calls counts/sms count/mails count
- swing to unlock
- fade out on unlocking
- cool breathing "swing" logo
- fade in/out of the clock digits
what remains to be done:
- phone status and audio profile integration (as seen in the design)
- xml configuration file
- close the application on incoming call
- a lot of code cleaning/performance fixing
- interact with Speleomaniac's launcher
Cheers.
Hellbender.

this is a neat idea, here's what i think would make it even more practical for use and won't just fall off after its been developed. Cuz the problem with good ideas is that they aren't good enough to keep and people always switch back to some other interface...
here's my thought:
Take the portrait pic you have posted for example... Maybe you should shift that Spinner of tabs closer to the top of the screen, then have a spinner on the bottom half of screenshots of running programs, something like taskfacade or visualtaskswitch in the spinner style as well!! I think that would be freakin AWESOME and would really be functional from that front screen.
Its simple, attractive and would be incredibly functional... what else would ya need?
So yeah, 2 spinners, one of tabs, one of screenshots of open tasks (maybe even a zoom animation when you tap on an open task, just like visual task switcher)
whatdya think?

Yah, the idea is to have differente spinners of icons layered vertically (the green arrow pointing up means you can go up another level).
In landscape view looks difficult to have the secondo wheel visible, but the portrait version could be more useful with more than one visible at a time.
About the open task switcher, that would be awesome! I thought about it but i didn't want to push it too far from the beginning, but i agree it would be really useful. And i agree about zoom animation.
The only problem right now is that i need a programmer to do the "dirty" job, cause i'm just a designer, i don't have the knowledge to do that.
Still waiting for a sign
Cheers.
Hellbender

maybe, when you turn landscape, the icons just twist 90degrees, and the spinner becomes up/down, rather than left/right...
I'm a designer too, so i feel your pain... I throw together some wicked ideas but can't seem to find someone who will put it together... developing is VERY time consuming Wish i knew how

it will be difficult to remove the window bars and softkeys while keeping the touchflo.
This will have to be done in C++ (basically rework the whole frontend.) -meaning we need to know alot about each API to be able to create a flawless frontend that works with WM6.0+ backend
This will be quite a project.
I like how it looks
Integration will be the most beneficial way and with the best performance

zeezee said:
...Integration will be the most beneficial way and with the best performance
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I'm prone to get to an accomodation with the Os limits, could be great just having that with bars, i tought it was cool without, but not essential. Performance are, indeed, crucial.
This is ment to be kinetic, so it must be as quick as possible mantaining a cool appearance. Initially i proposed an app made in flash lite thinking that could have some os interface tweaking overridden with a fullscreen app (and keep things easier for me to animate), but i suppose it isn't performing like a full c++ app.
Still looking for a coding partner

S2P
The album selection in the S2P software is somehow similar to what you are looking for, maybe you could ask it's developer for some help.
Please make it customizable: Let each one chose what software each icon is gonna open. It's easier if each icon opens a panel where you can configure any plugin you want. Make it a Launcher.
Great Idea!

dmro said:
The album selection in the S2P software is somehow similar to what you are looking for, maybe you could ask it's developer for some help.
Great Idea!
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Don't know, i'm sure he follows these boards, so if he haven't gave a word here it is because he doesn't like the project, or have no time to spare. I don't want to bug anyone to take a part on my project, that's not a job.
dmro said:
Please make it customizable: Let each one chose what software each icon is gonna open. It's easier if each icon opens a panel where you can configure any plugin you want. Make it a Launcher.
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It's what it mean to be right now. And i thought that customizable icons/apps was a must feature, cause everyone uses his fave apps for everything, and it's difficult to write an entire suit of applications with this visual approach, many tasks would bel impossible.

hellbender_it said:
Don't know, i'm sure he follows these boards, so if he haven't gave a word here it is because he doesn't like the project, or have no time to spare. I don't want to bug anyone to take a part on my project, that's not a job.
It's what it mean to be right now. And i thought that customizable icons/apps was a must feature, cause everyone uses his fave apps for everything, and it's difficult to write an entire suit of applications with this visual approach, many tasks would bel impossible.
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I would presume he didn't see your thread since the first time you read it, it looks to be about some special interface for the omnia, and he doesn't own one. Just PM him anyway.
I would suggest you change your thread name to one which attracts the attention of the appropriate people.
I would love to see development for this project, and I'll do my best to help, I have an omnia, so atleast I can BETA test it out and provide feedback or w/e required.
Akshay

Something like flShow Carousel...
Click on the different examples...
http://www.flshow.net/carousel_examples.php
That would be awesome
EDIT: And make it for all devices!!!!

WildSioux said:
Something like flShow Carousel...
Click on the different examples...
http://www.flshow.net/carousel_examples.php
That would be awesome
EDIT: And make it for all devices!!!!
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Exactly, same concept, but touch driven and with inertia. Very cool examples.
About the all devices subject, well if that depends on me i can make the graphic assets for every platform i think, with the given time obviously.

hellbender_it said:
Exactly, same concept, but touch driven and with inertia. Very cool examples.
About the all devices subject, well if that depends on me i can make the graphic assets for every platform i think, with the given time obviously.
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I don't know anything about coding for PPC/WM. But I have used the above examples of flShow Carousel that I posted above for a website.
Aside from the flash in that, it uses XML. Since dazzlingdaz built a GUI using only XML http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407900 I wonder if its possible to implement the flShow XML in that somehow?
BTW, the flShow Carousel uses inertia as seen in the "Mouse Interaction" example.
EDIT: I just noticed this on the flShow website...
Stand alone applications
The Carousel can be used in stand alone applications (like Delphi and C++ applications). Provided that you know how to embed flash movies in applications (and you also know how to handle fscommands issued by the movie), you simply have to associate fscommands to your photos:
<photo href="fscommand:mycmd" target="myparm">path/image.jpg</photo>
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I have seen some here developing apps under C++ Lets make this happen. With my limited knowledge, I could try helping with some XML code.

mhhh... I'm thinking about a c++ fullscreen app embedding a flash application, this could keep things easy especially when porting the app on other devices (flash lite friendly), so resizing the movie to different resolutions should be like a snap, and the c++ base would allow to access device parameters that are not accessible directly from flash.
Furthermore using flash will allow more control over animations and visual quality from the design side.
Could that be a way?

hellbender_it said:
mhhh... I'm thinking about a c++ fullscreen app embedding a flash application, this could keep things easy especially when porting the app on other devices (flash lite friendly), so resizing the movie to different resolutions should be like a snap, and the c++ base would allow to access device parameters that are not accessible directly from flash.
Furthermore using flash will allow more control over animations and visual quality from the design side.
Could that be a way?
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There is no easy way of doing. Either you do it complicated in C++ or you do it with C++ and complicated flash.

zeezee said:
There is no easy way of doing. Either you do it complicated in C++ or you do it with C++ and complicated flash.
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You are right, i'll stop talking about things i don't know.

Things are moving a bit at MODACO

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-...to-build-a-new-graphical-interface-for-omnia/
There's an interface demo done by a guy over on MoDaCo which is pretty decent for a quick mockup

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-o...ace-for-omnia/
There's an interface demo done by a guy over on MoDaCo which is pretty decent for a quick mockup
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Just posted a skinned version.

A little UP cause i'm slipped past the tenth page ...

*bump*
A li'l help from the guyz at xda would be appreciated, things are really moving at modaco and I'm sure they wouldn't mind a little hand from the xda experts.

[DEV] XDA FaceBook App for WinMo

Hello
​
We are at the very beginning stage of development of new FaceBook app for WinMo.
If any developer/graphic designer wants to join, please feel free to do so
Please reffer to this google code project site:
http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/
To join the group, PM xda member: joe_coolish
Donations:
Promised Fullfilled
sinoo - $10 + $10
thekrautdog - $5
PS: The poll is from the old post. You can still vote on whether you want a new FB app.

Follow updates on Twitter! Use the #xdafb hashtag to spread the word!
Here is an article on what kinds of feedback we're looking for when helping test the public beta: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9227274
[UPDATED 12/7/10]
BETA 4.1!
**update** If you were caught in the infinite automatic-update, things should be fixed now. Also, I forgot to disable the Compose button in the inbox. It will crash the app if clicked on. Hopefully by friday I can have another version that has this part working
Photo Albums! Pictures can now be viewed in XDAFacebook.
Big pictures will open up in the default browser for the time being. Once I make a good photo viewer, I'll replace that.
Also, the settings menu has a whole section dedicated to photos. Feel free to play with the settings, but numerical values == 0 or <0 will cause the app to crash! There is no safty net for this!
There is a number for concurrent image downloads. This number should be between 6-10. Any more can cause slow down, and less and the effect seems non-existant. I've gone as high as 25 and felt pretty good about it. But I haven't dared push it to the limit!
New albums had a few bugs so I held back on this release. It will be coming soon!
Older Posts! Feel free to browse the older posts I've successfully gone about a days worth of posts back w/o any lag.
Searchable Friends List! I added a search box at the top of the friends search list
Memory Management! Special Thanks goes out to Corwin9S. He helped me look at the memory usage. I reduced the CPU cycles by ~30%. It still takes up about 3-6 mbs of RAM. This is caused by Form Allocations, DLL imports, etc. Most of the space is just allocated space that I can't get rid of. I will try to find more ways to make the RAM usage go down, but from what I've been told by some people at MSFT, this numer isn't uncommon or bad. CPU cycles are what count and that's what I'm trying to optimize
GUI fixes! I finished the drop-downs, so they look a little more professional. I also added the numerical counters. There are still more that can be done on them, so I will continue improving their apperance and performance.
Rollup of bug fixes
And finally SPEED!! This version should be the fastest yet. Rendering times are super quick and load times seem to be back to where they belong.
Instructions for Localization:
Please create a blank language file (instructions are above) and edit ONLY the text in between the quote marks "". The quotes need to remain!
Verify that your text doesn't fly off the screen. Anywhere that the text is too long for the graphic, try shortening the word or pick a different one (if that's possible) if not, let me know (via picture) and I'll make the necessary changes.
Once you have a translated file, save it as <Language>.txt and upload it to your device. Place it in the same directory where you got the Blank.txt.
Please share your translations!
ALSO! Since the app will be transforming and new features will be being added, the translation process will be ongoing.
If you click "Create Blank Language File" and you already had an alternate translation loaded and working, the Blank.txt will only have the new strings in english, so you will only need to translate the changes.
Unfortunately, after a couple of hours searching the web and looking at platform SDKs, I have learned that poking is not supported by the Graph or REST APIs (what I use to interact with facebook). I've been looking, and I might be able to hack something that might work, or I could have the option to support Pokes via SMS. I need your feedback. Which option (or both) sounds the best? Does anyone even Poke anymore?!
Wall posting is very basic at the moment. I will be making an advanced text editor that has more options for posting links, privacy settings, etc.
I also changed the road map a little. Let me know if that works for everyone!
Hope everyone likes the new updates!
I also wanted to make a road map of releases leading up to the final release of Version 1.0:
BETA 4.X
This beta release will focus on posting data to Facebook and making sure everything works well.
This beta release will also include newer GUI pieces, such as Inbox!
BETA 5.X
This beta release will focus on Chat!
BETA 6.X
This beta release will focus on App Completeness! Or making sure all the functionality of a full Mobile Client have been implemented
RC 1
This release candidate will focus on Bullet-Proofing! All minor bugs should be worked out
RC 2
This release candidate will only happen if major bugs are discovered in RC 1
Release 1.0
Hopefully all is well!
That is the road map I have planned. I don't anticipate Beta 3 to be out very long (unless there are major bugs). I want to get to beta 4.X as soon as possible. I also might mix and match But that is the proposed roadmap to Release 1.0!
Devices that this beta has been tested on:
HD2 WVGA
BUGS!!!
Authorization should be working, but using the new URL is a lot cleaner (I think). Go here to authorize directly. Once you see the browser transfered to "Success" then try the application again
Friend names that are really long hang off the edge.
I've fixed this bug for the next release, long names will be clipped with Ellipsis
And the status of this beta is:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
ENJOY!

Skinning instructions
Design instructions:
Download screenshots.zip
modifiy images in favorite image editor (that supports .psd and layers)
post concept image in thread/send us the .psd file
(OPTIONAL) Make skin with concept
Skin the XDAFacebook app instructions:
Download zip file
extract all images and place them in the \Program Files\XDAFacebook\Resources folder
launch application
enjoy!
Ok, instructions on how to skin the app are as follows:
Find the image that you want to replace.
Create new image and give it the specific name.
Special "tags" at the end of the name give the image special features.
copy the images to the \Program Files\XDAFacebook\Resources directory
list of tags:
_alpha this will take the first pixel of the image and make it the images "Alpha Channel". Make sure that the image is solid in that color and that there are no artifacts!
_trans_### where ### is a number (ie 200, 100, 10. Not 001). This number represents the total opacity for the image. The higher the number, the more opaque. Range 255-0.
_trans_png. This only works with 24 bit PNG files!!!! This is also very resource intensive, so make this a last option. This will preserve the images alpha channel. It is the only way to make partial transparencies.
List of files: This list will increase and until final release is up for change!
header 480x50
house 50x50
XFPanelHome 480x552
alphabar 50x648
the dimensions are based on 800x480 res screen. If someone wants to experiment and give me dimensions for other resolutions, please do so!
If you have any questions about where these images are, let me know and I'll tell you
Good luck and send me the zip with your skins and I'll post the best ones here

One more expecting a decente facebook app
At this time I just use opera or skyfire cose the MS app is realy useless for me ....

Happy to see someone here. The worst in official facebook app is there is no event for video or apps.

This would be great. I'm really missing a good Facebook app on my lovely HD2.

+1 for a new Facebook app!

+1
im mortified when Blackberry users asked me about FB applications for WM

+1
Any word on developement?

+1 too

+1
new FB application for WM

New apps FB
+1
the current ms FB not worth to use

I could be a waste of time because the microsoft is developing the app too. If they manage to make the app more usable than the coding of the "new" app was useless.

Guys
Didn't you read my post?
I am not the one developing the app. I am not a developer at all.
I jsut wrote appubator an email asking them to make a new FB app for WinMo (since there was a possibility like this). They have not replied ever since though Maybe they did not like the idea.
Maybe we could something to convince them do do the app OR!
Try to make our own application. This place is crowded with talented and awesome coders and graphics so I think we can definitely put something together. What do you people think?
I am graphic myself - If there are coders who decide to do go for it, I would like to help with visage of the app and the overall design and UI.
Who's in the NewFB_Boat? Any coders?

Introduction to development
Hi,
I've start research on the net and found this.
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/mobile/
Actually there is no SDK for Windows Mobile provide by Facebook only for iphone and android.
But there is a lot of explication about how facebook work.
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/api
So the first thing is to wrote ourself a SDK we can use as a library for our program.
I'm going to search if we can exploit official Facebook library instead.

Dude, you are genius
I wonder why FB guys dont include WinMo...maybe they do not find winmo very profitable?
Maybe somone with good marketing knowledge could shed some light on FB management to make understand why WinMo FB app would be great lol

I ve download everything need to start development. Tomorow i ll take a look at this and post some comment.

i have a funny feeling the only reason they show the APIs for Iphone and Android is because the SDKs are open source.
but i would love a fully functional facebook app that would let me do everything, without the limitations of sense or the WM facebook app

Sopis said:
Guys
Didn't you read my post?
I am not the one developing the app. I am not a developer at all.
I jsut wrote appubator an email asking them to make a new FB app for WinMo (since there was a possibility like this). They have not replied ever since though Maybe they did not like the idea.
Maybe we could something to convince them do do the app OR!
Try to make our own application. This place is crowded with talented and awesome coders and graphics so I think we can definitely put something together. What do you people think?
I am graphic myself - If there are coders who decide to do go for it, I would like to help with visage of the app and the overall design and UI.
Who's in the NewFB_Boat? Any coders?
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Hi;
I'm one of the founders of appubator.
I really appreciate your interest in our company. Sorry about not responding to your e-mail. We haven't see it come through - which address did you send it to?
We've been following this thread for a while. In short, a deep, detailed app like FB isn't something that we would do. First of all, we likely couldn't charge for it. If we did, its likely that FB or Microsoft would do one better than us and then we're out the time and money to develop it.
We're more about developing many apps (perhaps 100/year), that are smaller and easier to code, and selling them on multiple smartphone platforms.
If you have any ideas for apps you'd like to see - please visit the site at www.appubator.com. Register and submit your ideas. We're reviewing them more quickly and should be able to get back to you pretty quickly with a go/no-go.

Hello igolfchip
I am glad you have responded.
I have sent my APP idea to this address: [email protected] as it was written in the article about your company.
I fully understand you. Well, at least I gave it a shot
I have only one note though - If MS (or FB) would do a better app than you would, why they still havent made it yet?
Hopefully, we will be able to do something.
@Fredz - glad to hear that This all seems it is moving somewhere

[SENSE][WM][WIN] Manila & Windows Mobile Developer Interest Poll?

I'm trying to gauge interest in developing manila/sense tabs, I'm looking for:
1. people interested in working on the facebook tab
2. people who want to make other tabs
3. people who are app developers who want to tie into tabs
4. we also need some people comfortable doing window apps
(I think we need help getting started with the Manila Kitchen GUI tools - currently command-line). There is plenty of guys who have worked on the tools and know tons about manila, just need a framework in which to tie into.
Please state if you are expert or beginner or willing to learn.
I think in most areas, support can be given to most to get them started (even if it's not your area of expertise) and will probably prove a good learning experience.
Now, just need to work out how to make this a poll...
OK, you can select more than one option at time:
- Expert can be considered Expert/Intermediate skill, i.e. you've made something and it works quite well.
- Beginner would be someone who has done small tweeks or done simple programs.
Ahh, forgot window app developers, in this case, register your interest (if you are), in the TouchFLO/Manila/SenseUI social group (a great bunch of guys who helped me from knowing nothing about sense):
Project: Manila GUI Kitchen Environment.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/group.php?do=discuss&group=&discussionid=223

Links are not working for me :/

I'd be interested in working on a Phone tab. something that included not only a call history, but some dynamic icons that showed (at the very least):
Missed calls.
Voice mail.
SMS/MMS
Email
It's amazing to me that this was on earlier versions of Manila/TF3D but isn't on the newer versions. This entire concept was supposed to be designed for a pda/PHONE converged device, but the phone side of it has been weakened on every upgrade.

AdamiX said:
Links are not working for me :/
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I'll ask the group admin about it, perhaps you have to join as a member first...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/group.php?groupid=131
Trident said:
I'd be interested in working on a Phone tab.
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I can point you in the right direction if you need it, my method for working with manila at the moment, is decompile everything and then use a good search tool to find the kind of code I need. Seems to work quite well and you can find some interesting functions/features, I've also found using the registry is quite handy for experimenting since you can test out calling different apps with different arguments and also jumps to sense pages (which are internal URLs). Also it can give you a view of values which are being used internally.
So far getting interesting results on the poll!
Looks like a good mix of people which is great!
1. Those interested in taking the facebook tab further, I'm just working on a few bits at the moment for it (trying to tie in the last bits of HTC function), but will happily pass it on when people want me to. [I released it much sooner than I planned, but felt mean waiting any longer]
2. Those interested in learning about manila then have a look through my tutorials and that will hopefully get you started (I was a total beginner too when I started them). Please let me know if there are bits missing or bits which don't make sense etc, it's aimed at people who have done a little programming or at least get the general idea. If it's not clear enough then an entry level tutorial would be welcome (I've avoided too much click here, type this type detail because there is too much to explain in one go).
(leave feedback on the tutorial thread)
3. Those interested in developing manila and wm apps for using tabs, I'm hoping to build a "Custom Manila Interface Tab" which will ultimately provide an API type interface for apps. Will probably need a lot of work, so once I've done a basic proof of the concept, which will be very simple and populated via registry keys (i.e. simple list display which can be populated via a normal app) I will then open it up for group development.
4. Those interested in WM app development, hopefully with the new tab it will be easy to get started with some basic ideas and try them out. As the new tab (or it can be used as a sub-page) develops we will need to know what kinds of things we want to display.
i.e. for the facebook tab I can see this being used as a simple way for a external app to list notifications, comments and all kinds of information.
5. Windows application development, let me know if you can get on the group, I really hope that once given a framework a GUI can be put together. The mode9Editor is an excellent example (I think the author is on the group) and the CMD line kitchen is another amazing tool which brought together all the other fantastic tools (again I think most the original authors are there). Given a good start with a solid base, the GUI could become a very powerful tool!
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Developing wm is much easier than working with the manila files, and even HTC tend to tie into dlls/exes quite often to do the leg work, but it doesn't appear to be consistent (each module does things slightly differently) so a direct API would be a massive task. So hopefully an interface tab will bridge the gap, it'll probably provide a good point of reference for useful manila functions too. With the addition of a good GUI editor, I'll look forward to having fun making some really amazing apps (no not a fart selector app...).

Great thread meltwater, you may end up being the driving force of a whole new Manila experience

smeddy said:
Great thread meltwater, you may end up being the driving force of a whole new Manila experience
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No, the guys before me have been that (would have been no hope without the tools), but hopefully we've got some interesting ideas on the table!

Excellent results on the poll.
Here is an update of what's currently happening:
1. Facebook Tab
I'm currently continuing development on the tab myself, since it is still providing me with useful knowledge on working with manila. It serves as a good driving force for me to try out more stuff.
[MOD][SENSE2.5TAB] Basic Facebook Tab - Developer Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663494
2. Custom Manila Interface Tab
I should be able to start work on this once I've learnt enough from doing the changes on the facebook tab. Currently my understanding of manila isn't quite good enough to tackle this yet, it's a big job particularly when the manila code isn't that easy to work with when there is no api.
The concept here is to make a basic tab where the content can be defined by a normal windows mobile app. This should allow many more tabs to be created, without specialist knowledge of manila code.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Something similar to this, but populated by an external app.
3. Manila/Sense Kitchen GUI
The group still needs someone to help kick off the project with some help in building the basic framework for the application. I really hope that this can be achieved, moving the whole process into a graphical app will really help with dealing with the difficult editing of the manila files particularly when defining the graphical components.
Please feel free to give feedback on what you think about my plans. Also if you want to get started on some simple(ish) stuff, there's bits in my tutorials etc.
Ok, trying to get a working development environment for windows mobile, is quite difficult if you don't have a full copy of Visual Studio. For now I will use a trial version, but after I'll post/link to tutorials on how to do it without Visual Studio and some initial steps for Windows Mobile development.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/WiMoSansVS.aspx Is a good starting point...

Hi everyone,
Thanks for filling in the poll. There are plenty on here who would like to know how to get started etc with manila, windows mobile development etc.
Short of writing a "how to" which covers everything, which I don't have time to do at the moment, what do people need/want to know to get them started???
This thread can be a simple Q&A section if people need help with the initial steps...

I would love to help but I have too much going on for now :/

This thread may not get noticed but since I started it to talk about and get developer interests I will post here anyway.
Since I've released the latest version of the facebook tab I have started work on my 2nd Tab Project. (Still developing the facebook tab v2.0 too).
The new tab will work along the same lines as Custom Manila Interface Tab concept but for now I have a specific application in mind. Hopefully we can keep this one open and the basis of the tab can be extended and reused to form other tabs working on the same principles.
So what do I need?
Well I have the very basics of the tab working, so I need some windows mobile developers to assist with creating a supporting app which will feed the data to the tab. They will need to handle xml data and potentially HTTP GET requests (I guess), we can go as fast or as slow with it depending on the developer(s) (I've got some ideas on how to start off slowly just like I did with the facebook tab, so beginners would be able to do it, they just need time and willingness to learn). I might start writing it myself but my time is limited and it would be nice to have this tab open to everyone (unfortunately I get too attached to my code/ideas when I've been working on them too long so want to avoid getting in too deep with that part - that is what happened with the FbTab).
What is it?
Not quite ready to announce what the tab will be but I've carefully chosen a good project.
What now?
PM or post here and I'll get back to you.
I'm not sure yet how this will work, but probably create a google code project so that anyone can contribute. Will create a developer thread for the project and once things are up and running a release thread to handle the releases/support etc.
Ideally, this project will be open as possible and allow new developers to have a go. There is plenty which can be done, by all ranges of skill levels. It would be excellent to have a wiki attached to the project which explains how it is put together etc, would be great to provide a stepping stone for future developers to get working with windows mobile and sense.
Also need suggestions on where to host the project, GoogleCode, CodePlex etc require change management software which I'd like to avoid. Perhaps something like 4shared maybe or dropbox?

wow
wow very good.

New to Winmo developement, but willing to seriously learn
meltwater,
I am new to the Winmo developement, but am taking it up in a serious manner. I am willing to take on new tasks with some support. I have the full version of Visual Studio 2010 and can allocate alot of time currently to any projects that you are looking for. Again, I would need to have some support, or be pointed in the right direction, but am very willing to assist. I will do what research I can and ramp up to begin as soon as possible.
One note..I am currently enrolled in school for programming, part of the cloud of programmers that work with Microsoft through VS 2010, and am working to become more proficiant with the WinMo SDK.
Can I help?

Mxdadevolper said:
meltwater,
I am new to the Winmo developement, but am taking it up in a serious manner. I am willing to take on new tasks with some support. I have the full version of Visual Studio 2010 and can allocate alot of time currently to any projects that you are looking for. Again, I would need to have some support, or be pointed in the right direction, but am very willing to assist. I will do what research I can and ramp up to begin as soon as possible.
One note..I am currently enrolled in school for programming, part of the cloud of programmers that work with Microsoft through VS 2010, and am working to become more proficiant with the WinMo SDK.
Can I help?
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That sounds perfect, just the sort of thing I'm after.
I'm no where near being expert anyway, as I've mentioned a few times, the facebook tab is my 2nd windows mobile app, the 1st being "hello worlde", however I've learned tons doing it and I think it's not too bad (a lot of it is still unreleased). I have a long background in embedded software though.
One thing, visual studio 2010 is no good for windows mobile development, it only supports windows phone 7 not windows mobile (MS killing WM dev much?). Fortunately you might be able to get a FREE student licence via MS Dreamspark, although sounds like they might be able to provide what you need. The work I am doing is in C#.
I put together a little of the support code for the tab last night and the concept appears to work fine. I'll start up a project thread soon, still trying to work out what is the best place to hold/manage the code, want to avoid change management systems:
I don't want to install extra software to handle it
It creates an extra barrier to people having a try
This means codeplex, sourceforge and gogglecode aren't suitable. At the moment 4shared seems like a good choice (simple online storage area) or DropBox which I also use (which could be easiest).
Opened up the developer thread, project details will come soon.

meltwater said:
That sounds perfect, just the sort of thing I'm after.
I'm no where near being expert anyway, as I've mentioned a few times, the facebook tab is my 2nd windows mobile app, the 1st being "hello worlde", however I've learned tons doing it and I think it's not too bad (a lot of it is still unreleased). I have a long background in embedded software though.
One thing, visual studio 2010 is no good for windows mobile development, it only supports windows phone 7 not windows mobile (MS killing WM dev much?). Fortunately you might be able to get a FREE student licence via MS Dreamspark, although sounds like they might be able to provide what you need. The work I am doing is in C#.
I put together a little of the support code for the tab last night and the concept appears to work fine. I'll start up a project thread soon, still trying to work out what is the best place to hold/manage the code, want to avoid change management systems:
I don't want to install extra software to handle it
It creates an extra barrier to people having a try
This means codeplex, sourceforge and gogglecode aren't suitable. At the moment 4shared seems like a good choice (simple online storage area) or DropBox which I also use (which could be easiest).
Opened up the developer thread, project details will come soon.
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Sounds Great!! I'll be looking for the thread and details. I also have been working in C#, so I think that we'll learn alot together.

Count me in... can supplement SenseSDK if needed!
Ed

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Count me in... can supplement SenseSDK if needed!
Ed
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Hopefully a lot of the new tab will be within sense itself with a hidden support app to drive it, although later on it will probably use the SDK for configuring and managing things. Although that is only a rough idea at the moment. (will send you some details - will update the dev thread tomorrow and announce the project).
However, the facebook tab v2.0 is attempting to make extensive use of your sense SDK and greenhacks extended controls. I've currently pushed my ability to the limit with the interface though, hopefully when greenhack releases the latest extended controls I can fill in some of the missing holes. Still experimenting with the GUI aspects and possible concepts for how it should work. Will have think about the GUI again, there are a few areas which I've not quite been able to do what I was aiming for, which the Sense SDK might be modded to achieve.
I'm kinda aware though that a lot of the effort to implement the features for the facebook tab v2.0 will already be done by the Xda Facebook app being produced (so eventually we may tie it in to the tab after v2.0). The new project will hopefully help me expand what I can do with sense and allow better integration of apps.

New RSS Tab project is GO GO GO
[MOD][SENSE2.5TAB] RSSTab - Developer Thread
Thread has all the files ready to go, just not sure what people are waiting for...is it that scary?

Really?
meltwater said:
Also need suggestions on where to host the project, GoogleCode, CodePlex etc require change management software which I'd like to avoid. Perhaps something like 4shared maybe or dropbox?
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Why on earth would you want to avoid Source-code Version Control? SVN, GIT, and even CVS are an absolute God-send to any development group. i can see one or two pro's to avoiding it if you're the only developer on the team, but any more than 1 dev contributing code to a project turns it into a nightmare without a SVC ...

phalacee said:
Why on earth would you want to avoid Source-code Version Control? SVN, GIT, and even CVS are an absolute God-send to any development group. i can see one or two pro's to avoiding it if you're the only developer on the team, but any more than 1 dev contributing code to a project turns it into a nightmare without a SVC ...
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Well can't that be handled by a decent web-based on which does it on the server side?
I know you are totally right, version control is very important (I've used many on a professional basis), but do I really need to force all the developers (and myself) to install full SVN programs?
I was hoping there would be a web based version control system which allows you to check in/out files purely using a web browser.
Any suggestions would be appreciated...I've only used closed corporate solutions before so new to open-source.

CVS idea
Guys,
Can we use CodeBeamer for something like this? From what I'm reading this might allow us the versioning control. It could be downloaded for free for up to 6 users.
Any thoughts?
Here's the link for the version that I was thinking of.
http://www.intland.com/products/cb-mr/overview.html

RAIN: .NET/WP7 Applications Hacking (+Dis/Assembler)

What the TOOL actually does is unpack a xap file, show its content and let you edit them.
As simple as that. It includes some internal editors.
GITHUB
Here are the features of .NET Rain:
- Unpack/Pack a valid WP7/Silverlight XAP file.
- Integrated binary and text editors.
- Integrated image viewer.
- Integrated .NET DLL disassembler/assembler and editor, allowing you to edit the types, methods, properties, resources and each method's set of IL instructions in an assembly.
- Ability to edit assemblies directly in C# and then compile it back directly from the program UI.
- Of course, giving you the freedom to open each XAP entry with an external editor. Editing is intuitive and simple.
- Besides working in the context of a XAP package, you can also edit single files.
- You can manually edit the contents of the XAP by adding, removing or swapping files, besides in-place editing.
I'm planning to add a few more features.
I know about Reflector but it's way too overpriced... I don't find it user-friendly as well.
I will keep Rain donateware. Once I release a stable version, its development would pretty much depend on your feedback and donations.
Here are some cool resources I've found on the net for those of you who are interested in something more than the end result:
Open-source alternatives to Reflector:
Common Compiler Infrastructure (CCI)
Mono Cecil
ILSpy (Very, very cool stuff... there's a lot of code back there!)
Dotnet IL Editor (DILE)
Monoflector (not active since April 2011)
IL.View
Other resources:
TypeView.cs
Jason Haley's notes on disassembling .NET
Adrian Bank's recent blog post summarising a number of Reflector alternatives, including several options not mentioned below.
Mark Lichtenberg's detailed blog post comparing several of the open source alternatives (DILE, ILSpy and Mono Cecil using MonoDevelop) to Reflector.
Keep an eye on the second post for updates!

UPDATES
After quite a while, I announce that
Beta 3 is out!
You'll need the .NET Framework
Download: You can either download from the Google Code project or from the project's website.
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Please use Google Code's Issue Tracker for any feedback or feature requests. Any kind of support, be it a donation, suggestion, feature request or bug report, is highly appreciated.
Thanks!

Amazing... Was hoping that someone make this... Great work buddy...
Let me get my hands dirty with the beta version

Nice work. Will this work on unsigned /sideloaded apps also?

sounds very cool. I am surprised this hasn't been out there already. cool

perfect.
i am sure that this tool will help.
actually i am trying to modify some xap's
thanks.

Looks very cool!
Basic decompilation / recompilation of the IL would be neat, but IL isn't terribly hard to read or write (especially for people who already know some assembly).
One thing that would be useful (can't tell if it's there yet or not) would be to support adding folders called .. and files under them (allows path traversal to put files almost anywhere on the system). For bonus points, show the phone's filesystem as it would be after installation (the contents of the XAP unpacked with the root at \Applications\Install\<GUID>\Install\) so people can very easily put files where they want them.
A quick manifest tweaker (things like add/remove ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES) would also be cool, though exiting XML is easy by hand anyhow.
All in all, looks very cool. A very convenient all-in-one tool, aside from perhaps a decompiler.

Thanks for the positive replies so far, guys, I appreciate it! However, I'm more into suggestions and when I release a download - some critic. I've made a simple vote for the means of counting the interest, please use that.
GoodDayToDie said:
Basic decompilation / recompilation of the IL would be neat, but IL isn't terribly hard to read or write (especially for people who already know some assembly).
One thing that would be useful (can't tell if it's there yet or not) would be to support adding folders called .. and files under them (allows path traversal to put files almost anywhere on the system). For bonus points, show the phone's filesystem as it would be after installation (the contents of the XAP unpacked with the root at \Applications\Install\<GUID>\Install\) so people can very easily put files where they want them.
A quick manifest tweaker (things like add/remove ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES) would also be cool, though exiting XML is easy by hand anyhow.
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First of all, thanks for the post - you raised a few very good points.
I've already implemented a IL instructions edit form. I'm thinking about IL to C# conversion, but so far I've only made a C# to IL form. The other way around is a bit tricky, but is in my todo list for sure. And after all, yeah - IL is pretty easy to understand, and I've even implemented a simple "instruction description" field for every instruction for the sake of refference.
That second suggestion concerning file path tweaks is a very good idea and hadn't crossed my mind so far. I'll surely put that on the todo list as well!
The "manifest tweaker" is already on that list but I need to figure out the signing algorithm first, since it seems to be related to some data from the manifest.
gentry33 said:
Nice work. Will this work on unsigned /sideloaded apps also?
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Umm... no, not really As I said, I've got some things on my todo list and on the end of that list is spending a while trying to figure out the signing algorithm. If anyone can save me some time, that'd be cool.

Indeed such a tool would be very interesting...

great idea...makes it easier than the workaround that I have been trying all along
i am interested in testing / beta ... & will be happy to help

contable said:
Indeed such a tool would be very interesting...
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Agreed. It would aid in checking to see how obfuscated my apps are

snickler said:
Agreed. It would aid in checking to see how obfuscated my apps are
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... and how to obfuscate them better ...

So I'm clearly not in the first 10 but I hope you'll consider me for a beta. I have literally been searching for a tool to do this for the past week and have ended up settling with a trial version of Reflector. Needless to say your tool sounds much more promising and I would love to test it out.
You can PM me here on the forums but it might be better if you email me. poryhack|at|gmail|dot|com
EDIT: For the record, no, Reflector will not let you edit and recompile/reassemble. It's strictly decompilation, although in theory you can take the decompiled source into Visual Studio and do what you want with it.

Poryhack said:
For the record, no, Reflector will not let you edit and recompile/reassemble. It's strictly decompilation, although in theory you can take the decompiled source into Visual Studio and do what you want with it.
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Yeah, now imagine yourself copy-pasting every single piece of code from Reflector in an empty Visual Studio project, extracting resources and manually linking refferences... sounds gret, huh?
By the way, why not count you for a beta? Ten was more... figurative. Also, some of the guys didn't mention anything about willing to beta-test and didn't sound like they would. I'm working on the resource editor for a few more hours and I'm gonna contact you all ;-)
Thanks to everyone who shows and will show any kind of support - a man might be smarter than another, but no man is smarter than everyone else
Edit: I'm very interested in building in hacking-proof tools (besides anything else that might come in handy), so I'm very open for suggestions. I might wanna consider a "thanks to" section as well :-D

ash.rain said:
- Integrated .NET DLL disassembler/assembler and editor, allowing you to edit the types, methods, properties, resources and each method's set of IL instructions in an assembly.
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This one is sounds interesting... for the hacking purposes As far as I think, the whole purpose of your tool
It's useless from the other listed reasons such as check obfuscation security or explore recompiled code for the training purposes (you can do it with Reflector - its isn't pricey, and has a trial/EA versions).
However, your description of the tool looks cool, would be nice to try. Also, would be nice to have a real Reflector alternative. I hope you'll keep it donateware
Thanks.

I'd be interested in testing this out.

sensboston said:
I hope you'll keep it donateware
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Well, so am I regarding cigarettes and food
No really, I'm thinking about having a paid version, but I've already promised a free version as well, which will be capable of almost all the stuff. I'm not much of a manager/seller myself, I'm a coder, so I haven't figured out what should I exclude from the free version but also as a coder I know it shouldn't be useless.
And I think you'll all agree when you have some **** done, you can get some financial support for that
But hey, I'm not greedy and sure as hell don't expect to make a fortune out of this. I'm talking something more symbolic. I always put work before bucks, so let's see what will come out of it first ;-)

ash.rain said:
No really, I'm thinking about having a paid version
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I may recommend you: add "Donate to me" button to your profile first, and publish alpha/beta here. You'll have a free beta-testing (probably, but you may hope) and will not violate the xda rules about commercial software advertising

sensboston said:
I may recommend you: add "Donate to me" button to your profile first, and publish alpha/beta here. You'll have a free beta-testing (probably, but you may hope) and will not violate the xda rules about commercial software advertising
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That's the best way to go. You'll get support to develop further the app and also better exposure for beta.

After thinking about that a while I think you are right. I'm currently stuck trying to convert IL to C# and as soon as I make any progress, I'm uploading a beta.

How to create a material ui app for my website??

Hello guys i want to create a material ui awesome app for my device can anyone tell me how to do it?? I had android studio sdk.. But don't know how to do please help me guys
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Hi,
do you have any development skill?
If not I suggest you start learning. Codecademy provides nice tutorials.
If you wanna stick to web technologies for your app I suggest these:
codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
codecademy.com/tracks/web
Then I recommend to build an app usign ionic framework (ionicframework.com).
Pretty easy to setup.
Once you are done setting it up you can apply materializecss.com for example. Gives you nice material design controls.

Reply: How to create a material ui app for my website??
I am a little confused. Are you wanting to make an Android app or a Web app with material design. If your thinking about design at this stage, I think you going at this backwards. The design depends on the functionality, but the functionality is what makes an app. But to answer both for Android and Web apps:
Android: Google basically gives you everything you need for a material design app. All you have to do in make the back-end and a lil front end work then you have yourself an app. I know its simpler said than done but here is my philosophy when working with something new or I am trying to learn: Don't Imitate! Understand! Programming requires a lot of mental energy and knowledge. I think tutorials today fall in the mindset of holding your hand too much and making you reach a product by the end of it with no knowledge of what you just did. And then you try stuff on your own then your like "Well where do I start?". You will save yourself a bunch of time by not just diving in and trying to make something big as your first app, but instead just take it little by little. Can you make an activity say "hello world"? Great now try to put a fragment in the activity with a list view that has many "hello worlds". Did you figure that out? Then try to make a pop up(toast) say hello world. Your going to have to start somewhere. I have no idea how skilled you are but most likely you either know how to program but are stumped or you just don't know how to program at all. Trust me buddy, I have been there. After learning Java at my University I thought well I could do it, but I was sadly mistaken. My professor taught us Swing when JavaFX came out long ago. UHG SO UGLY! So I just went back to Java and tried to understand Java as must as I could without going too deep into it. Then as I explained I made "hella" amounts of hello world programs. "Hello Worlds" that appeared in the notifications, "Hello Worlds" that were in a settings activity. I even made a lil app that popped up with "There is no spoon" then you can switch it in the settings to "Oh Theirs My Spoon!". You just gotta not do what most tutorials do and stop and think about what you wrote. You will go farther than you would ever imagine. :good:
Web App: Ok if you want to make a material design web app its pretty simple with the CSS framework called Materialize. It may take getting used to and you may have to edit your own CSS but its all there. Though I have no idea why you want to make an "Android App" for you website. Are you wanting to show a concept of the app? You seem a lil out of focus of what you want. I would watch this talk on youtube: Making Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote. Its saved me from ultimately quitting programming as a whole. But the point is to just that you need to be honest with yourself on your own skills. If you feel stumped then its time to go back to some basics or maybe take it in a smaller steps. If you do this you will definitely be able to make your app.
Sorry I wish I could post links to the things I recommend but I am still new to these forums. Anyways I hope you read this and other beginners read this. Sorry if its tldr post. I just wanted to give some good advice.

You could use React and Material UI components.

flodev said:
Hi,
do you have any development skill?
If not I suggest you start learning. Codecademy provides nice tutorials.
If you wanna stick to web technologies for your app I suggest these:
codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
codecademy.com/tracks/web
Then I recommend to build an app usign ionic framework (ionicframework.com).
Pretty easy to setup.
Once you are done setting it up you can apply materializecss.com for example. Gives you nice material design controls.
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No i don't have developing skill
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jackcarter3456 said:
If you are a beginner than the use of IDE is good like Android studio. Read some guides on Android app development, so that you can have a basic idea.
Once you clear all the basics, then start developing with simple UI. Don't go into deeply. When you successfully build the app with simple coding, then start with the next level.
For designing material UI, it is better to use Pre-made UI kits instead of designing the app from scratch. With these UI kits, you only need to customize the elements according to your need in the Photoshop or Illustrator, without giving too much efforts.
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I created a app for my site... Can anyone help me in uploading it on play store?? I'll be glad if u do soo
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Vijay chandra said:
I created a app for my site... Can anyone help me in uploading it on play store?? I'll be glad if u do soo
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Why don't just upload it here? In xda? Will get better feedback here then play store. Besides, it will give bad impression to the account owner if users give bad rating to your app. XDA already provided a thread dedicated exactly for what you're trying to do. Use it.?

ionicmaterial , google this keyword, i think you can get demo in all web and mobile with this. Because I am a newbie, can't post link .

codinginthebigcity said:
ionicmaterial , google this keyword, i think you can get demo in all web and mobile with this. Because I am a newbie, can't post link .
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Ionic Material is buggy and hasn't been updated for a while.
I would actually bite the bullet and try angular material.
Far superior support barring a quirk or two...

karandpr said:
Ionic Material is buggy and hasn't been updated for a while.
I would actually bite the bullet and try angular material.
Far superior support barring a quirk or two...
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It is updated near: June 30, 2016
http://blog.ionic.io/ionic-2-beta-10-is-live/
I don't know about bugs because ionic 2 is beta, but UI is really good with 700 free icon:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/components/

codinginthebigcity said:
It is updated near: June 30, 2016
http://blog.ionic.io/ionic-2-beta-10-is-live/
I don't know about bugs because ionic 2 is beta, but UI is really good with 700 free icon:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/components/
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http://ionicmaterial.com/
This is ionic material.
Truth to be told ,Ionic v2 is not ready for production and due to the Angular 2.x dependency it's wayyy different.
The difference between v1 and v2 is night and day.

With beta 10 of Ionic, we are closer to "ready for production".

A UI/UX guy will tell you about how to achieve that exactly but the way I look at it, you can achieve a similar thing by using a background(this has the vertical line )to the list view and the profile picture circles will be image views to which images are loaded dynamically. I am sure there is a much better way to do this but this is definitely one way you can try to do that

There are many guidelines on the web for to upload your apps on google play store. If you are going to do this with ionic you should check folder struture very carefully.

Hello friends,
I have an app of my own blog, one of my friend just made it, but this app is showing an note as shown in picture as Application Running in Demo mode,
Can someone please tell me, how can i remove this water mark, this water mark only visible on main screen....
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How to create a material ui app for my website..?
To be completely forthright, I think you got a major issue to utilize this stuff.
Firstly, it relies on upon Facebook's View system called React so you need to know well some essential things.
Secondly,React is absolutely a javascript stuff and on the off chance that you utilize it by coding plain javascript, that would be an other enormous issue which may stop you.otherwise in the event that you utilize it's sentence structure sugar called jsx, despite everything you have to pay a lot of times to learn well it with the goal that you could know how React function and afterward you could utilize it in your venture.
Thirdly, before the previously mentioned happen, there are still a few things required that you dont need to know well NodeJs or webpack or NPM yet at any rate you ought to know well how to utilize them as the straightforward apparatuses.
All in all, is it an absolute necessity that you have no other decision yet need to utilize this stuff and just act it as a basic css system?
If not! you can surrender now aside from you are prepared to learn huge amounts of conditions!!!
On the off chance that yes! I guidance you to introduce nodejs first and after that introduce npm and after that utilization npm to introduce respond perhaps despite everything you have to introduce a few devices like babel browserify or webpack(the best) and afterward plunge into React and after that you could start figuring out how to utilize MUI~ sounds...mass
There isnt a speedy pickup route for MUI simply like they said!

Material-UI is a set of React components in addition to being a CSS framework. I don't know if you can get much use out of it without understanding React.
The easiest way to get started is to install the examples and start from there.
If you don't want to deal with a front-end framework like React, and just want CSS and JS files with a setup time as quick as Bootstrap, check out the Materialize library.