(Almost) the best of two worlds: gestures
Posted: 26 May 2016 08:39
Automagic custom widget have an undeniable advantage over other desktop objects of most launchers: the different gestures they can respond to - at least if they're displayed in an overlay. This requirement limits the usefulness of gestures considerably.
But many launchers don't allow a similarly extensive set of gestures on desktop objects.
With lightning launcher, Automagic custom widget can be configured to respond to a substantial set of gestures again, without requiring that the widget is placed in its own overlay. This actually applies not only to Automagic widgets, but to any desktop object, including Automagic shortcuts.
I wrote "Almost" in the topic, because there is a small hitch: the Automagic widget receives no information what gesture was responsible for triggering a flow, bound to a widget. Should the flow wish to know, an individual flow is needed for every gesture. I posted a feature request, hoping that enough information is provided by Android to make it possible to pass that information to the flow.
(Screenshot: list of desktop objects types, available in Lightning Launcher. I'm about to choose "Widget", evidently) (Screenshot: list of widgets, before picking Automagic custom widget) (Screenshot: gestures configuration of desktop object, after widget was placed)
But many launchers don't allow a similarly extensive set of gestures on desktop objects.
With lightning launcher, Automagic custom widget can be configured to respond to a substantial set of gestures again, without requiring that the widget is placed in its own overlay. This actually applies not only to Automagic widgets, but to any desktop object, including Automagic shortcuts.
I wrote "Almost" in the topic, because there is a small hitch: the Automagic widget receives no information what gesture was responsible for triggering a flow, bound to a widget. Should the flow wish to know, an individual flow is needed for every gesture. I posted a feature request, hoping that enough information is provided by Android to make it possible to pass that information to the flow.
(Screenshot: list of desktop objects types, available in Lightning Launcher. I'm about to choose "Widget", evidently) (Screenshot: list of widgets, before picking Automagic custom widget) (Screenshot: gestures configuration of desktop object, after widget was placed)