[ANNOUNCE] lens cover reminder
 

Hi,

actually I don't use the camera often, but every time I forget
to close the lens cover. Like others too:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37520

In Extras-devel
is my lens-cover-reminder statusbar plugin. It shows a little icon
while the lens is open. And alerts you by vibration, if you lock the
screen.
I hope it helps others.

regards
nicolai

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dont be shy and promote it to extras-testing, youll get my thumbs up for sure ;)

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Great idea, but I can't find it

EDIT
yes, now it is. GREAT

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Excelent!
Can you add a sound like the notifications one?

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Brilliant!

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I don't know. Sound notification would be a little more
complicated. I think the vibtation alert is enough.
Or do you know a situation where it would be necessary?

nicolai

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I don't want something to interrupt music listening just because I didn't close the lid. Vibration is enough.

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What if I take a Photo and let the phone in my desk and not in my hands?
It vibrates when the screens goes black, but how do I noticed that?

Anyways, this is a "must have" app.
I really apreciate your work in this.
Promote to extras-testing and you'll get my vote for sure.

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This is a daemon, right? Will this drain my battery, even by a little?

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It's a hildon-desktop plugin. It does not launch any additional process.

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isn't it a daemon?
it checks if it's open or not.. !? so it'll check every X seconds to show the status, or am I wrong?

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No, it is not a daemon.

It is a plugin module for the statusbar. Most of the time it does absolutly
nothing. It only registers function to be called on some events.
(open/close the lens cover and the screen lock).

nicolai

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Great! I actually made a DECW widget to do something similar, but this is way better! :D

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One possible piece of cool intelligence would be to set a timer after the vibration and recheck the status, then play a sound if it's still open after say 10 seconds.

Another cool feature would be to set a similar timeout to take a brightness reading from the camera (is it possible?) or take photo and analyse the darkness. If it is dark (like in a pocket, laying on a table etc) then it is probably covered and you really want to close the lens cover as it is at high risk of scratching/dust getting in, so then the sound should be played.

(and for those who don't want sound, they can set it to off, or a silent sound file)

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@benh_n900:
Check after a determinated time needs a timer, and it will drain the battery

@nicolai:
Try hildon_play_system_sound()

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Linux is an event driven system. You don't need to actively track time. Just tell the kernel "please wake me up in X seconds" and go to sleep. :)

You may see g_timeout_add () for more details.

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Good synthesis. I like the idea.

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Rather complicated for something that you can just check by reading the proximity sensor's state.

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This happens to me all the time, so thanks for this small but hugely useful app !

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Brilliant :) Very needed indeed... Constantly forget to close it, mostly because im used to a digi cam that covers the lens automaticly when off :)

Thx for sharing your work with us :)

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But maybe its time for the mobile developers to take a look at the digital camera designs out there... an auto open/close lens cover system has been used for years now... maybe its time to move this system to the mobile phones aswell :)

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Nice one, thanks!

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Bight idea for a helpful app.
Thanks for this nice reminder app... as I often forget to close the back cover.

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Had to have it as soon as I saw this thread as I'm ALWAYS leaving the cover open! Superb! :D

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whats these updates do?

(changelog)?

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Current version is 0.3

Sorry, no new features.
I made new versions only to change the package description (bugtracker-link),
the appmanager icon and promoted it for extras-testing.
You can vote for it now.

I want to keep it simple at the moment. So that it goes to extras, as soon as possible.
Once it is there, I may add new features.

Just to be clear. This is a really simple application.
The implementation took me less than a day.
But once I implement new features,
I have to make those configurable.
And building a new settings dialog is what
would take most of the time.

Nicolai

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Voted thumbs up. Thank for this useful application.

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good app.
i agree about the sound notification. it's better.
if i hold the phone and i don't close the lid there is no big deal.
if i put it on a desk (probably dusty or with some liquid) and leave there is no way to understand that with vibration. sound will be heard from some distance.
if you like put 2 check boxes so we will be able to chose what we like. one of them or both of them.

thanks again

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Hey I got a little problem with this package...

I was just trying to install it and it says it requires libsdl-mixer = 1:1.2.6-5+0m5, but I've manually installed a newer version with OGG and FLAC support (1:1.2.6-5+0m5b1). Is this strict dependency really necessary?

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Sure we are talking about the same application here?
I am pretty sure my application does not need libsdl-mixer.

nicolai

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Great idea and works perfectly :)
However for me the vibration 'signal' for open lens is a bit misleading as it is exactly the same as when a text message is received.

I would suggest a simple chang in vibration pattern. Something like two guick vibrations?

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Oh turns out it depends on mp-fremantle-002-pr which depends on libsdl-mixer (or that's what it says when I try to install it from Extras with apt-get.) It installs fine from the .deb installer.

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any progress nicolai??

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On what?


nicolai

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Doesn't activating the camera stop music/video playback anyway?

It does on mine.

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Hi,

two weeks since lens-cover-reminder is in extras.
Thank you for testing and voting.

Time for a new version 0.4:
cfh11 asked me to make an application for
this (closing the lens cover to lock the screen).
I put this function in my application.
Some other asked, if I can change the vibration pattern, as it may
be confusing with the incoming message notification. (In fact
I use the same pattern).
And weather I can include a recurrent reminder like a ringtone
every x minutes. (I don't like to include audio reminder).
Instead I added the notifcation light as a reminder.
And to make all this configurable, this version includes a control
panel applet.
You can:
- enable the screenlock function
- select or disable a vibrator pattern and
- select or disable the led notification pattern.

regards
nicolai

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nice one nicolai !!!!

this is what I meant by "any progress"


XD



Is there possibly any way you could make it only lock when you close lens if camera app is open ?? thanks

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Tested both .3 and .4 version and haven't seen any issues.

.4 version's features are really nice. In my opinion you're a great programmer. Thanks for sharing.

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Nicolai :D

I didn't know you made this, I was very pleased about v0.3 (first version I saw), which I have installed for a while now, this v0.4 is lots better! I like the integrations in Settings, nice that you let us choose lock/rumble/led.

Thanks for this!
And thanks again for your Calendar Home Widget :D

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Thanks so much Nicolai. Great app!

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Hi,

nice app but I noticed that it notifies if the flashlight is on also. Would it be possible to incorporate that notofications are disabled if the flashlight is on?

Thanks
Aydan