Elixir for Android by Tamás Barta

Elixir 2.17 is available

What is new

• New widget: bookmarks, history
• Flash toggle: can display a white screen with max brightness
• Bluetooth toggles: open state-chooser dialog
• Widget customization: change label color; custom colors for on/off/unread/missed states (donators only)
• Better widget performance
• System add-on: mobile data toggle
• Other small changes, bugfixes (screen toggle fix for ics)

Bookmarks, history

A new Bookmarks, history icon can be used in widgets to display browser bookmarks and history in a dialog:

In the dialog you can see the bookmarks in white and history items in blue. By default these items are sorted by number of visits but you can sort by name and last visited time too. If you click on an item then browser opens to display the selected url. If you have more then one browser installed you can long click to select the browser you would like to use to open the link:

Flash toggle

From this version of Elixir if you don't have TeslaLED installed then flash toggle opens an empty, white screen with maximum brightness that can be used as a flashlight even on devices without a flash. If you have TeslaLED installed you can use this new screen too, you can set on the widget editor screen if you would like to use the flash and/or the white screen. Just click long on the flash toggle icon and you can select one of the use flash and use screen options to change these values. You can close the white screen by clicking anywhere on the screen.

Change bluetooth state dialog

If you click long on the bluetooth toggle icon on the widget editor screen you can select the Set open dialog option to set the toggle to open the new dialog instead of changing the bluetooth state:

Widget label colors (donators only)

It is possible to set label color for every icon of the widget. You should open the widget editor, click long on an icon and select the Set label color to modify the color of the label. After you set the color you can use the default color again by selecting the Clear label color option. For an on/off toggle you can set different colors for the on/off states by selecting the Set label color - on/off options. The similar methods can be used to set notification color for unread email count, unread messages count and missed calls widgets:

On the following screenshot you can see how you can use this new feature:

• the first widget uses different label colors for on and off states of toggles
• the second widget uses different label colors to look well on this colorful background
• the third widget uses different colors for every icons and uses red color for email notification

If you open the color dialog then the previously used color will be set as default color. So you can easily set the same color for multiple icons. For example if you would like to set gray color for off states and green color for on states then set gray for one toggle and after it set grey for other toggles before you set the green colors. If you do so then you can click on Ok right after the color dialog appears because it will display the same color used before.

Elixir 2.11 is available

What is new

• Better widget performance: do almost nothing when screen is off
• Widget editor: icon transparency, new UI, sort applications by label option, new swap mode
• Mute toggle: can be set to enter silent or vibrate mode when activated
• Uptime widget: can display real uptime value, awake time without sleep and awake ratio
• Uptime, external storage and volume widget: custom image can be set
• Device information screen / input row: displays current input method, select input method option
• Device information screen / display row: density displays the real density
• Applications screen: add label to multiple applications in batch mode
• Other small changes, bugfixes: 1x1 widget fix, next alarm widget fix, shortcut widget fix, ...

Widget editor

The UI of the widget editor changed because it was a bit messy. Now the background, label, icon and other parameters are grouped. One of the new features is icon transparency:

Some improvements were made to make it easier to reorganize slots in a widget. If you click on the right arrow icon in the header there is a new Sort applications by label option. If you have multiple application icons in the widget and you would like keep them sorted by name then this feature is for you. If you would like to add a new application icon to the widget then you can add it to a free place and by clicking on the new option the application icons will be sorted in place.

If you would like to reorganize slots then there is a new Swap mode. Using this mode makes it 50% faster to swap icons. If you click on the eye icon in the header you can select between three modes:

• Edit mode: this is the default mode. You can change a slot by clicking on it and you can swap slots by long clicking on one and selecting the Swap slots option and then selecting the other slot.
• View mode: this mode can be selected only if you have empty or hide slots in your widget. This is the YGWYS mode.
• Swap mode: you can change a slot by long clicking on it and selecting the Change slot option. Swapping slots are faster. Just click on a slot and then an other one to swap them.

Select input method

On the Device information screen the input row displays the name of the current input method. There is a new Select input method option too where you can change the current input method:

Add label to multiple applications in batch mode

On the Applications screen you can add labels faster to applications using batch mode. If you click on the list icon in the header select the Turn batch mode on option. Select the applications and then click on the Batch: add label option. A dialog window appears where you can select the label you would like to add to the checked applications:

Elixir 2.10 is available

What is new

• Ringtones: new ringtone toggle for widgets; can be used in profiles; can be opened from device information screen
• Running applications widget: can display applications or processes; new dialog with user and system filters, customizable label and image
• Screen timeout toggle: level 0 can keep screen on
• Popup window for list icons displays selected filters, sorting types in different color
• Bluetooth 3 state toggle: selecting No on permission request dialog turn bluetooth off
• Better handling large screens
• Other small changes, bugfixes

Ringtones

Changing ringtones is a new feature in Elixir 2. On the Device information screen if you click on the audio row there is a new Change ringtone option which opens the Ringtone selector screen where you can change your ringtone.

There is a new Ringtone toggle and you can use it in widgets. The widget displays the name of current ringtone as label and opens the Ringtone selector dialog if you click on it.

Maybe the most useful usage of ringtone toggle is that you can use it in profiles. So if you use profiles then now you can change ringtone if you arrive at home or at work with one click.

Running applications / processes

The Running applications widget opens a redesigned dialog where you can set filters for user and system applications / processes. If you click on the Details button you can open the Running tasks / processes screens if you have Elixir 2 installed.

If you click long on the widget icon on the widget editor screen there are three new options:

• You can change type to show processes instead of applications
• You can change the widget icon
• You can set label to display to the information you want in format you want

If you would like to change the default label you can use the $u, $s, $t variables to display the number of user, system and total applications / processes. If you see the first screenshot you can see that:

• The first icon displays the number of user applications by setting label to $u
• The second icon displays the number of user and system applications separately by setting label to $u+$s
• The third icon displays the number of user applications and total by setting label to $u/$t

Keep screen on

Now you can keep screen on by using the Screen timeout toggle. You can change timeout levels for a widget on the widget editor screen if you click long on the timeout toggle and select the Set levels option. You can use the 0 to keep the screen on. If you would like to change screen timeout from the Device information screen or using a profile you can select now a new never option.

Popup windows

On some screens (applications, running screens) there is a list icon in the header where you can set filters, change sorting mode, etc. Now this popup window displays selected options in a different color:

Elixir 2.9 is available

What is new

• Profiles: turn multiple switches, change settings, launch applications by one click
• Statusbar widgets: icon packs can be used in the notification area on every device
• Bigger percent icons in statusbar for battery, cpu and memory usage
• Device information screen: you can hide rows you don't want to see
• Device information / memory: the more information dialog displays values from the /proc/meminfo file
• Contact widge typet: diplays type of the phone number in menus (work, home, ...)
• Wifi toggle: can display IP address instead of wifi state or network name as label
• Small changes, bugfixes

Profiles

The most important new feature in Elixir 2 is handling profiles. You can create multiple profiles and you can set what actions should be executed when you activate a profile. You can turn a toggle on/off, change a setting or launch applications. You can create a Home, a Work and a Car profiles for example and you can set different configurations for them. You can set in the Car profile to turn off Wi-Fi, turn on Bluetooth, set volume to maximum, turn speakerphone on and launch the Car Home application for example. After you have done it you can activate this profile with one (or a few) click.

You can activate a profile in several ways:

• Press long on the profiles icon in the main screen and select the profile to active
• Open the profiles screen and click on the Activate button to activate the current profile
• Add an Elixir / Profile selector shortcut to your home screen which opens the profile selector dialog
• Add an Elixir / Profile shortcut to your home screen which activates the selected profile
• Add a Profile toggle to a widget which displays the last activated profile and opens the profile selector

On the profiles screen if you click on the right arrow icon in the header you can rename or delete a profile. You can select an other profile by using the selector component or swiping left or right. A new profile can be created by clicking on the New profile button.

After you have created a profile you can add a new action to the selected profile by pressing the New action button. A dialog opens where you can select a toggle or an application to launch. If you select a toggle then you can set the expected state or value. An action can be changed or removed from the profile by clicking on it. If you have configured a profile you can active it by pressing the Activate button.

There is a new Profiles toggle which displays the last activated profile name and opens the profile selector dialog if you click on it. The Profile selector dialog displays the available profiles and you can activate a profile by selecting one. You can press the Edit button to open the Profiles screen.

This profiles feature will be improved later with trigger functions.

Hiding rows on Device information screen

This feature can be useful if you would like to hide a row because it is not interesting for you, an error occurs in a row or you want to improve performance by hiding an unnecessary row.

To hide rows open the settings screen by pressing the Menu button on the main screen and selecting the Settings option or on the Device information screen click on the configure icon in the header. You can disable a row by unchecking the proper checkbox:

If you hide a row then information related to that row won't be included in the report either.