Yes you read right! The clock now has "Flippin" animation!
Hey everyone, I'm really enjoying the new PointUI Home 2 so I thought I would make an attempt at an applet. I haven't coded in about 7 years and I never worked with C# the PointUI C is all new to me so bear with me if there are bugs.
This first release is just a static flip clock. I would like to add flip animations in the future but that will come later on down the line after functionality is complete, or at least close.
Getting Started :)
- First, If you are new to PointUI, Welcome!
This is a great community with an abundance of collective knowledge, great applet and theme developers, and lots of friendly people that are more than willing to help. So get ready to start enjoying your new UI!
Second, all I ask before posting is that you read. I have tried to compile the most pertinent info into the first post.
Read this entire first post before continuing!
Read through the FAQ and Suggestion/Request sections.
Do a search to see if your question has already been asked, your problem has already been solved or your request has already been made. This is not to be rude just to keep the thread clean and easier for others to find the info they need.
If you have a new bug to report or would like to acknowledge/confirm the existence of someone else's' bug, please include some details about your phone, version of Home, version of FlipClock, and anything else you can think of that might be helpful.
Last, Don't be afraid to contribute!
Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy!!!
Install
- Unzip FlipClockv0.* to your computer
open either VGA or QVGA folder
Copy the FlipClock folder to \Program Files\Home2\AppletRibbon
Add the applet by selecting it in the Applet Configuration Screen
Enjoy!
Version History:
FlipClock v0.40 - 3-16-09
- "Flippin" Animation!
-first release has a few graphical glitches, I am working to solve them
Battery display options
-choose between Meter Bar, Text display, Both or Off
Added transparent background to date (easier to click)
Fixed bugs with alarm not showing the correct time.
Other minor bug fixes.
FlipClock v0.32 - 2-25-09
- Alarm now displays
-shows active or inactive
-reflects 12 or 24 hour mode
Appointment mode now has two options:
-view as a scrollable list
-view page by page
*go to options menu to set
Added battery meter bar
*the battery meter is a black bar that extends across the top of the screen, as your battery starts to go down you will see it.
Important: There was a bug in v0.31 that prevented the time from updating regularly. If you have downloaded v0.31 please also download the hotfix! Unzip and place FlipClock.cs in the appropriate folder.
FlipClock v0.31 - 2-18-09
- Click on date now takes you to appointment page
-Click on appointment takes you to that appointment in calendar
Click and hold date to go directly to calendar
FlipClock v0.3 - 2-17-09
- Click on clock takes you to system time
Click and hold on clock to go to configuration menu
- Choose between 12 and 24 hour format
Click on date to go to calendar
FlipClock v0.2 - 2-16-09
- QVGA Support, Now VGA and QVGA!
FlipClock v0.1 - 2-15-09
- Displays full Day, Date, Time
VGA only
12 Hour view only
Future Features:
Click on alarm takes you to alarm - planned for next release
-more detailed appointments
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Configuration menu
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-Set how date is displayed - planned for next release
-Set what alarm program - planned for next release
-Set what calendar program - planned for next release
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Remove Date at top.
Create appointments link below clock, with first appointment preview.
Create Tasks link below clock, with ith first task preview
Notes:
- *I plan to add a graphic around the text battery display, that is why the alignment is off.
*When flippin from a single digit hour to double digit hour or vice versa, the numbers shift to the side.
*AM/PM does not show on animation, yet.
Known Bugs:
- *The back button does not refresh the screen when in page by page appointment mode. If you click the back button once more and then click the next button it refreshes. - I'm working on this!
*Sometimes the am or pm does not show in 12 hour mode after copying a new .cs file over. Go into the options menu and choose 12h mode again to reset it, should work fine after that.
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*The battery bar sometimes will reset itself to full after reactivating the applet.
*When using an autolock or similar way of locking the device, the clock doesn't update. - This is not really a bug, its by design to save battery, in future versions I may add an option to turn this off
*There is a small bug - If you load your applet say at 5 PM, all appointments for subsequent days before 5PM will not show if have selected
*it appears that it checks for the first on alarm and goes with it, if i set an alarm for say 5:00am on Monday (today) only it will report that as the next alarm (restart point ui) even though it won't happen for a full week.
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Please post any bugs or suggestions you have and I will try my best to incorporate into the next release.
FAQ's
- Q: Would you mind releasing your source PNG files? I would love to skin this to match my theme and background.
A: I do plan on releasing the png files in the future. As of right now I am adding more images for buttons etc. and if I do attempt animations it will require lots of images since there is no support for stretching yet. Once there is a more finalized feature set I will release the png files for skinning. I would hate for you guys to work really hard to create a skin only to have it no longer valid for the next release. :)
Q: Is it possible to make the clock much bigger?
A: It might be possible, but you would have to resize all the images and change some of the scripting. I tried to make most of the scripting dynamic to the screen and the images, but it would still need tweaking. At this point in time I only plan to support the one size.
Q: I like the clock, also the transparent one, but can anyone make a black version??
A: As soon as the PNG files are released I'm sure there will lots of people skinning and a black one may surface, or I might create one myself at some point.
Q: Its not working completely..it has no flipping action. - So this flip clock doesn't flip :P ?
A: As was stated in the first post, this is a static (as in no motion) clock. I plan to add flipping animation in the future if possible, but there are many other more important features I would like to add first!
Q: How do I configure the lock for 12 or 24 hour?
A: Tap and hold the clock digits, the config menu will pop up.
Q: How do you install this?
A: Read the install section in the firs post!
Q: Is it possible to put the date below the clock? Or can you tell me how to change it myself in the .cs file?
A: Look for this line here, this controls the location: lblDate.SetBounds(x, (bgTop / 2) - (20 / isVGA), w, 40 / isVGA); Just fyi, I plan to put indicators below the clock so moving the date may not work in future versions.
Q: With all the extra suggestions, think you'll ever get it all in? :)
A: The list grows every day, there will always be stuff to add, I just hope I can keep the applet from getting to bloated.
Q: Can you make the clock a little smaller and make the date a little bigger so its a little easier to click on ?
A: Right now, I only plan to support the one size. I am working on something to make the date easier to click.
Q: How do you get this to work if you don't have the folder....\Program Files\Home2\AppletRibbon to paste it in?
A: if you dont have that you must not have home 2 installed :P Install PointUI Home 2 and verify it is the latest release.
Q: I am totally lost... I follow the instruction to copy the Applet into the specific folder.... it applet shown in the applet screen but I can't see it at Today screen....
A: Select the right version in the ZIP file (VGA/QVGA) Only install the version you need, not the complete ZIP file,select the flip clock in the applet bar on the home screen.
Q: Pressing on the date doesnt take me to the appointment screen, am I doing something wrong?
A: No, go into the config menu and choose the way you would like to view your appointments (List/Page) then try again.
Q: Does anyone else not have the am/pm tag?
A: Please check the known bugs section. Thanks
Q: Could you please add an option to disable your black battery meter?
A: Delete the files that start with bat ex: bat100.jif, the battery will no longer show. Future version will have the option to disable.
Q: My device is not displaying the clock correctly, things are out of place/not working, etc. How do I fix it?
A: First always try a soft reset. Verify you have the latest version of PointUI home 2. Then try to remove/replace the Flipclock in the applet ribbon. Then try to disable home in the today settings and then re enable it. If none of these or a combination of these work, try redownloading the latest version of FlipClock and try again.
Q: Can you make it to where there is a button and the applet will get me a Starbucks coffee!?
A: In the works! ;)
Suggestions and Requests:
- I have a suggestion for the next release : why don't you add a lock/unlock device (as a slide control below to the clock) ?
In this way we can lock device and keep the big clock visible.
if possible, add a volume switcher, an alarm icon and a button lock for s2u2.
Is it possible to have the next appointment(or 2) show under the clock ? Kinda like in TF2D ?
somebody has done the analog clock, and I wonder if you can merge with his, so that as end user, we can select whether to have analog or digital clock displayed.
Could you also add
- the option for a stopwatch somewhere, perhaps in the config menu or upon double clicking ?
- Add the option (in the config menu) to see seconds as well ?
maybe put a backgroundbox (transparent) behind the date so that it looks more
like a button?
I assume you are going to allow personal preference setting to dictate the number of days of appointments to be shown?
Really looking forward to the ability (thru the plugin) to set a custom calendar and Alarm app.
how about adding appointments directly under the clock
The other recommendation would be to increase the area of the date, so that big thumbs get to work better.
Is it possible to show the network-carrier name next to the date just like in TF3D ?
Will it be possible to show the "where" field on the 2nd line of the appointments (1st line to have the time and subject)..That will eliminate the need for going to the inbuilt WM calendar altogether...
I already use something to show the battery at the top of the screen...any chance of you having a battery icon underneath the clock showing exact percentages?
Could you make that battery bar color user customizable"? Like I can make it red because my task bar and the background both are black?
in the future there will be a volume switcher?
A suggestion can you alter the appointments text (colour size or weight) so that we can better differentiate between Day Date Time and appointment content
Leave your feedback, Enjoy!
Attachments
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FlipClockv0.40.zip (1203.4 KB, 16,325 downloads) 12 months old - FlipClockv0.32c.zip (135.1 KB, 3,184 downloads) 1 year old
- TimeUpdate_Hotfix_for_v0.31.zip (8.8 KB, 1,203 downloads) 1 year old
- FlipClockv0.31.zip (127.4 KB, 2,114 downloads) 1 year old
- FlipClockv0.3.zip (122.5 KB, 915 downloads) 1 year old
- FlipClockv0.2.zip (59.5 KB, 687 downloads) 1 year old
