Glass Launcher - An app launcher with a native feel

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dimex

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Just confirming that the XE16 apk linked earlier in the thread works on XE22, along with other sideloaded apps.

Hey man, I just picked up Glass. I'm on XE22 and installed Launchy, but I do not have the option to run an app with voice when I say "Ok Glass," and when I start Launchy manually I cannot scroll to any apps.

How'd you get this to work on XE22?
 

breakingspell

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Hey man, I just picked up Glass. I'm on XE22 and installed Launchy, but I do not have the option to run an app with voice when I say "Ok Glass," and when I start Launchy manually I cannot scroll to any apps.

How'd you get this to work on XE22?

Aside from having to start the launcher manually with ADB for the first run, I don't recall running into any issues scrolling or accessing apps. However, I didn't utilize the voice commands very much, and ended up selling my Glass after a few weeks of playing around with it. Good luck though!
 
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droidzer1

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Aside from having to start the launcher manually with ADB for the first run, I don't recall running into any issues scrolling or accessing apps. However, I didn't utilize the voice commands very much, and ended up selling my Glass after a few weeks of playing around with it. Good luck though!

Can you give the exact adb command to start the launcher. I've been trying for over an hour following advice on stackoverflow ( https://stackoverflow.com/questions...install-an-android-application-using-apk-file ) but nothing seems to work.
 

breakingspell

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Can you give the exact adb command to start the launcher. I've been trying for over an hour following advice on stackoverflow ( https://stackoverflow.com/questions...install-an-android-application-using-apk-file ) but nothing seems to work.
Hello! This was so long ago, but the method should be the same. Launching an app manually using ADB requires addressing it's Launch/Start activity. This user also noted what looks like the right command:

if anyone else is having issues starting this app with adb this is the command i used " am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN com.jtxdriggers.android.glass.glasslauncher/com.jtxdriggers.android.glass.glasslauncher.MainActivity "
 
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droidzer1

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Thanks for the reply. I ended up trying a lot of variations similar to that but maybe not that exact one. I finally gave up and installed AOSP 6.0.1 which I would not advise anyone to use. See more my experience with that here: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-aosp-5-1-1-aosp-for-google-glass.3356234/post-87299655

I ended up putting AOSP 5.1.1 on it which actually worked quite well other than the seeming lack of any way to exit the camera app unless you are running Vysor on your computer to control it remotely.
 

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    Hey guys, here's the source for my new application launcher. This launcher looks and feels like it belongs in Glass. The feedback I've received so far has been awesome, and I'd love to hear what you guys think.

    http://github.com/justindriggers/Glass-Launcher

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    Props to Michael DiGiovanni and launchy for figuring things out long before the GDK release.
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    can either of you pls post or send a pm to the .apk for a non-programmer explorer?

    Loved this launcher amazing work. No longer works on EX12 for me.

    <link pulled, see next post> (i forgot to sign it :p)

    Works with XE12 via djwhitlow's patch
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    Can someone compile the apk and pm it to me too please?

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

    This thread is two pages long. You couldn't even read two pages to find it? WTF.
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    I believe that it's something like
    Code:
    adb shell am start -a <intent>
    where the "intent" is the package name and activity, like "com.google.launcher\com.google.launcher.MainActivity". I had to play around with it a bit. You can get the package name and main activity name by unzipping the APK.
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    If you have trouble with running this app for the first time from adb to get it started you can also install Lanchy and run it for the first time from there.
    I use both this and Launchy. Glass Launcher is slick and well worth all of the trouble if you are having any. Launchy has some bugs but it is strong and good to have around.
    https://github.com/kaze0/launchy


    if anyone else is having issues starting this app with adb this is the command i used " am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN com.jtxdriggers.android.glass.glasslauncher/com.jtxdriggers.android.glass.glasslauncher.MainActivity "