Monday, May 27, 2013

Animated Widget BETA 1.7 is available

The beta version of Animated Widget 1.7 is available on market.

Main changes:
  • API 17 is used, menu button is replaced by action bar;
  • possibility to customize shortcut title, text color and skin color;
  • auto colors for single contacts;
  • subcontacts inherites properties of parent group contact;
  • support of native videocalls;
  • support of Viber 3, doesn't support Viber 2 anymore;
  • two text styles: shadow (old) and outlined (new);
  • filters in ther list of applications and bookmarks;
  • holo theme is used under Android 4.
We are going to test / fix bugs during 1-2 weeks, then Pro and Free version will be updated too. Your feedback / suggestions / comments and bug repors are welcomed.

Monday, February 25, 2013

3D Weather for Android: Free Weather Forecast App with Realistic 3D Effects

MobilityFlow and Kbitubit today announce the release of 3D Weather, their jointly developed app for Android. 3D Weather is a free weather forecast application with animated 3D effects, multiple locations and Share Weather feature.

3D Weather for Android offers the users a visual weather forecast with stunningly realistic effects. The current version of the app displays three flags of the user´s country of location, which are exposed to precipitation, wind, sunshine and other vividly depicted weather phenomena.

The basic features of 3D Weather:
  • Animated 3D flags;
  • Animated 3D weather effects;
  • Share Weather feature;
  • Multiple locations.




In the nearest future the app will support the following new features:
  • Weather notifications;
  • Live Wallpapers and Widgets;
  • More 3D objects (the Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Kremlin and other remarkable sights);
  • Hourly weather forecast;
  • Detailed weather data;
  • Lunar phases, Sun activity and more.


3D Weather is a free application. Android 2.2 or higher is required.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i56jv-vBsG8
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilityflow.weather3d
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/3dWeather

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Group actions in Animated Widget

Animated Widget Group Contact supports possibility to send email/SMS to several contacts. You can't arbitrary set of contacts - you are able to select from contacts, registered in Group Contact only. For example:

Monday, December 3, 2012

Animated Widget 1.6.5 is released

New version 1.6.5 of Animated Widget is available on Google Play. What's new:

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Custom skins and custom iconsets in Animated Widgets

Animated Widget 1.6 includes 7 skins and 3 iconsets. But it allows to use custom skins and iconsets.

Skins

To add custom skin it's necessary to place skin files to directory: //mnt/sdcard/Android/com.mobilityflow.awidget/icons/NEW_SKIN_NAME where NEW_SKIN_NAME is a name of new skin. Skin should include all or some of files:
  • button.png
  • button_contact_mask.png
  • button_pressed.png
  • link.png
  • link_contact_mask.png
  • link_pressed.png
  • link_overlay.png


There are two kind of images - "Button" and "Link". "Button" is used for drawing background of shortcuts. "Link" is used for drawing background of widget.

"xxx.png" contains image for unpressed button/link, "xxx_pressed" - for pressed button/link. Images "xxx_contact_mask" are used for cropping external images, that are drawn over buttons/links. Image "link_overlay" is drawn over ready link-picture (=background + external image) at final step.

Iconsets

To add custom iconset it's necessary to place iconset files to directory //mnt/sdcard/Android/com.mobilityflow.awidget/icons/NEW_ICONSET_NAME where ICON_SET_NAME is name of new iconset. Iconset should include all or some of files:
  • call.png
  • call_2.png
  • call_assistant.png
  • call_assistant_2.png
  • call_fax.png
  • call_gtalk.png
  • call_home.png
  • call_home_2.png
  • call_home_fax.png
  • call_mobile.png
  • call_mobile_2.png
  • call_pager.png
  • call_pager_2.png
  • call_viber.png
  • call_video.png
  • call_video_2.png
  • call_work.png
  • call_work_2.png
  • call_work_fax.png
  • contact.png
  • email.png
  • gtalk.png
  • internet.png
  • more.png
  • skype.png
  • skype_call.png
  • sms.png

Sample files

Download sample skin and iconset.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

How to reorder items in Animated Widget

There are two ways to reorder items in Animated Widget 1.6:
  • Automatic sort by alphabet
  • Manual sort
To make automatic sort use button "Sort" at the bottom of the items list. Use drag and drop to sort list of items manually. You should tap on item icon to start drag and drop.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Animated Widget 1.6.4 is released

Animated Widget 1.6.4 released. What's new:
  • "None skin" mode support is improved: icons are drawn with transparancy
  • New flag "Transparent shortcuts". It allows to hide background of shortcut buttons.
  • Single tap stopped to work sometime if flag "Toggled tap and double tap action" was enabled. Fixed. Please re-save widget properties to avoid this problem.
  • Bookmarks are stored case-sensitive.
  • Several serious bugs were fixed.