Hi guys,
I'm a webprogrammer/designer and I'm looking for an app that can do the following things:
Making images from scrap
Basic editing image editing
Resizing/Cropping without limits
Works with full RGB colors
I need this kind of program to be able to do some basic designing tasks (creating buttons and banners etc.) with my phone (galaxy S4) or tablet (galaxy tab S 8.4). It kinda frustrates me that I always have to use my laptop while I know that these devices especially the tablets should be able to do the same thing.
Note: I'm NOT looking for any image editors or whatever kind of apps that my sister would use to enchance her selfies. Those apps all need a base image to get started and can not make something from scrap.
Emieltes said:
Hi guys,
I'm a webprogrammer/designer and I'm looking for an app that can do the following things:
Making images from scrap
Basic editing image editing
Resizing/Cropping without limits
Works with full RGB colors
I need this kind of program to be able to do some basic designing tasks (creating buttons and banners etc.) with my phone (galaxy S4) or tablet (galaxy tab S 8.4). It kinda frustrates me that I always have to use my laptop while I know that these devices especially the tablets should be able to do the same thing.
Note: I'm NOT looking for any image editors or whatever kind of apps that my sister would use to enchance her selfies. Those apps all need a base image to get started and can not make something from scrap.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Photoshop: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.pstouchphone
SketchBook Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbookhd
Sent from my GT-I8190 using Tapatalk
Related
Yay my first post, lol.
So anyway, I've decided to move over from the iOS platform because the hardware simply does not stay up to date with Android anymore. I'm quite tired of worrying about jailbreaking; that aside I want to know how I would go about doing the simple things that I got out of iOS, even though I had to be a hacker to get my way.
Restoration (If I screw something up)
How do I restore my phone with a complete firmware file that will recover me from my own stupidity/adventures? With iOS I simply just entered recovery mode and pressed restore in iTunes. How does one download a stock i9100 restore firmware file for future use?
Themes
In iOS, I made my own themes and applied them into the rooted filesystem with no problems. I simply just replaced the files and rebooted, no problems. I've been lurking for a while now seeïng that people need to deoxdex files in order to view them or flash them or whatever. My question is this: can I simply replace system files and expect them to work? As for the many xml files in the apk's that I've been examining, I cannot seem to get a standard format of them. When I view them in various code applications, I get a load of garbage with a faint outline of what could included in the xml file. How can I convert pulled xml files to "normal" readable ones? (or do I need to use a special application that reads binary/encrypted xml's for me?) What is the proper way to replace system files for a theme (what is deodexing?), and is it possible to package my theme and put it on the android market to share with others?
Music
Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
Tapping the status bar to reach the top of a long page/form
Does this exist in android either through a tweak or android market app?
Deleting System apps that I no longer need
Is it okay to just delete apk's on my phone's system that I do not need? (Reader's hub, blockbuster, exe) I would assume that would work, but eh, I'm not making any assumptions on a completely different platform.
Launch Dæmons
On iOS, there was a folder in the system that housed all the plists of startup dæmons at booup. By deleting one, the service would completely stop and would free up RAM after the phone got rebooted. Does android have a similar place to house a bunch of services that are optionally deleted/stopped entirely to improve system performance? Things that come immediately to mind are things like debugging, syslogs, android developer tools, and other garbage that is unnecessary to certain users. (A famous example is the "CommCenter.plist"(baseband startup)/"DataMigrator.plist" (move contacts using SIM card) that always run in the background on iTouches despite not having a baseband and SIM card.)
System Button Mapping
Is there any tweak or android app that lets me set certain actions to different button presses or behaviors? For example in iOS I can use "activator" to let me swipe my statusbar horizontally to enter the camera app. I can also long press volume keys to skip/restart music being played in the music app.
-----
I know that's a lot of questions, but atleast try to help a newbie out =] When fist started out in iOS 4 years ago, I was the same way in nagging looking for ways to make things fit my workflow. Honestly, it doesn't take long before I start to help people out and grasp all the skills needed for a particular platform.
Hello, and welcome to XDA
I'll try to answer all questions.
First of all. The galaxy s ii is almost impossible to break. If you need to re wipe your phone. Get the firmware from samfirmware.com and also get odin v1.85 from there. That is all you need to fix a broken phone. It will just need putting into download mode. (Power + home + vol down)
As for theming. All apk files contain files with the images that it uses, so in theory all can be customised. The main files to theme are SystemUI (notifications bar) found in /system/app. And framework-res (anything else theme related, battery text colours e.t.c
As for editing the xml files. Most have to be edited in a hex editor (e.g. HXD). But there are guides to show you what numbers to edit. And its not that complicated once you try it.
With regard to the music. I recommend mp3tag. Its what I use and simply copying the tracks works well for me.
For removing system apps, look on the market for system app remover, or if you are willing to pay, get root tools. Great combination of tools and uninstalling is as easy as ticking a box.
And yes, there are some apps that when you remove them your phone will bootloop. Look in this forum. I'm sure I've seen a safe system apps to remove in the sgs ii section (will look for link in a mo)
Last bit, system button mapping. I believe it can be done. But it hasn't been done yet on this phone. Different launchers give you the option for swipe gesgures (did I spell that right, doesnt look it). So you can have swiping down on the screen opens notifications and swiping up opens app drawer. If you want that. I recommned searching for ADW launcher on the marketplace (others offer the same feature, but adw is the best)
Think I'm finished now?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
xxhorseriderxxx said:
that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
pulser_g2 said:
Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's really cool, is there a github/thread where I can track the progress of this? In all honesty making my own custom gestures like longholding a volume button or the options button would be helpful (both volume buttons at once pause/play =D)
xxhorseriderxxx said:
Yay my first post, lol.
duleMusic
Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use iTunes & smart playlists. iSyncr (free) & will let you sync based on playlists, genres, and chose where each playlist gets stored (default, internal or external SD). iSyncrWifi (cheap) then adds scheduled & wifi syncing. Then pick your music player of choice. Look to see if it updates play counts (if that is important to you) I think the pay for version of Rocket (also by JRT Studios) updates play counts.
Ed
Mother of god you had to wake up the dead??? its more then a year old!
First post, but I did my research and couldn't find anything similar.
I'm wondering what the feasible limits are of editing Android. Here's the situation:
I'm thinking of buying the Sony Walkman Z, but would want to create a new interface to make it more music-centric. Would it be possible to create a rom/skin/theme which would act almost nothing like android, but still run android apps?
something like this:
homescreen is fairly normal, clock+link to internet.
swipe left launches music/video app(which I'd like to make custom too, just a pipe dream)
swipe right is list of selected apps (not anticipating having more than the 16 one page could display)
swipe up displays full list of apps (like normal)
shortcut keys work as normal.
don't really need notifications(no texts/calls, don't tweet) so top bar can go away. really that's it. minimalist so as to keep the music the main focus.
A: is it possible?
B: is the skill level required ridiculous high?
C: are there any developers out there willing to take on a challenge?
Thanks so much,
GrIdiot
Has anyone designed any screens/components to work on e-ink screens?
I'm writing some apps to run on e-readers (Sony PRS-T1 & B&N Nook) and wondered if anyone else had already thought about e-ink specific designs.
I want to write widgets that scroll using buttons to move between groups of items instead of scrolling.
If no one has already done this, I'm going to subclass AdapterView (as I have cursor's which contain the data already), to create e-ink version of GridView, ListView & a HorizontalListView.
Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
Please Post in the Correct Forums & Read the Forum Rules
Moving to Q&A
aspellclark said:
Has anyone designed any screens/components to work on e-ink screens?
I'm writing some apps to run on e-readers (Sony PRS-T1 & B&N Nook) and wondered if anyone else had already thought about e-ink specific designs.
I want to write widgets that scroll using buttons to move between groups of items instead of scrolling.
If no one has already done this, I'm going to subclass AdapterView (as I have cursor's which contain the data already), to create e-ink version of GridView, ListView & a HorizontalListView.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting. I am not aware of such implementations, but I am curious about what you are trying to accomplish in terms of design.
There is a usability issue when creating custom components that do not follow the "look and feel" of the OS's native widgets. However, if your widget consists of an aggregation of native components (or subclassing without redrawing yourself) with added functionality you should be fine, since you can assume the original vendor had the e-ink display in mind when they designed the widgets, and your widget's design will match that of the device on which your app is running.
The rule of thumb for e-ink is to keep contrasts high. Unless you are targeting a very specific device, you won't be certain that the e-ink display will support grey scale or just B&W (or maybe color on some fancy e-ink displays).
Just my 2 cents.
really, the big difference I can see so far is that you don't want animated scrolling, so I want to make controls that use buttons to jump a page of items at a time.
It will be difficult for me to retain the original look and feel for both nook and sony ereaders, bu I am going to try to keep as close as I can.
Hi all,
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with a 1280x800 display and recently enabled floating multi-window capabilities using this mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449094
Now that I can have floating windows, I wanted to try and edit some games I play to not take up the whole screen and make them think I'm running on a phone with a small screen size (which I know they can, since I've played the same exact APK on a smaller screen size).
So what do I do? I download apktool, decompile the APK, and check the res/layout XML files. In this particular app's case, there are 3 XML files, and all the views are defined at layout_width and layout_height of fill_parent. I change them to something silly like 400px and 640px (to, say, run 4 of these in landscape mode on my screen).
Of course this doesn't work. Some parts are actually 400/640, but some draw at full screen size. My guess is that there are some parts that are drawn pragmatically that bypass the layout settings set in the XMLs and use calls like GetDeviceScreenSize() for dimensions or whatever. I can't find any other layout rules in the XML so I assume this is embedded in the smali files somewhere (pardon my android development nubbery here).
Now that you know the background, my question is: is there a way I can fool a particular app into thinking that my screen is smaller? I know I can change the entire devices DPI but that won't help me. I want to do this on an app-specific basis, sandbox style. Have I missed something simple other than red/layout that I can change to get this app to behave like I want it to?
If the answer to these questions is no, will I be able to achieve my goal by digging into the smali files? If so, would anyone care to share some advice?
Thanks in advance!
Hey guys
I'm looking for a basic image editor that can do at the very least the same things like mspaint can for images (crop/fill/insert text) etc. A huge plus would be being able to use the pen, more functionality is also a plus. Just wanted to use it for basic work stuff like editing/annotating screenshots etc.
Any ideas?
C2Q said:
Hey guys
I'm looking for a basic image editor that can do at the very least the same things like mspaint can for images (crop/fill/insert text) etc. A huge plus would be being able to use the pen, more functionality is also a plus. Just wanted to use it for basic work stuff like editing/annotating screenshots etc.
Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Doesn't it already have a utility in the air-command menu to allow you to take a screenshot and draw all over it?
Yep, mine sure does. Maybe it's not a powerhouse app, but it seems to have a lot of the same tools in MSpaint (far as I can tell anyway, after they changed to the ribbon interface, which I am no fan of)
cspradlin said:
Doesn't it already have a utility in the air-command menu to allow you to take a screenshot and draw all over it?
Yep, mine sure does. Maybe it's not a powerhouse app, but it seems to have a lot of the same tools in MSpaint (far as I can tell anyway, after they changed to the ribbon interface, which I am no fan of)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't sketchbook pro do all of that and more? and it comes on the Note 2014
Try Picsay Pro. I use that more than p.s. touch and scetchbook.
Sent from my freekin huge Note 10.1 ?
I think that Pixlre is a good choice.
'ArtRage' from Galaxy Note 4
Have you tried the "ArtRage for Android" app ??
This is still NOT available in the Google Play Store, but can be obtained from the Samsung GALAXY Apps Store.
It is pretty much similar to the "Autodesk SketchBook" & "Clover Paint" (this needs the additonal in-app purchase of Extension for Tablet (EfT) for full use with the S-Pen.
ADMIN NOTE: APK has been deleted. Do not re-upload.