[APP] Zlaunchy for Android 1.3

wojciechka · Feb 27, 2011

Hi,

Version 1.3 was released and also published on Android Market on 2011-07-03 - you can grab it here or from links below. The main change is fixing UpdateEntriesService which stayed running in certain cases and used up memory.

ZLaunchy was written mainly for those who like the way HTC and other third party dialers allows searching for contacts in a T9-like way - so that finding Adam means choosing 2326 in the phone application. ZLaunchy uses the same idea to run programs on your device. What it does is gives you a dialer keypad and when you type in a series of digits, it searches for all programs that match - for example to start Internet, start typing 4683 - Internet should show up in the result list.

In order to search for a particular text as beginning of words, type the specified digits - for example 4683 to find Internet. In order to search for specified letter(s) not only at beginning of words, add "1" at the end - for example 7371 will find Opera.

This application is free.

Changes in 1.3 release:

Fixed bug that caused UpdateEntriesService service not to stop after a successful update
This bug caused service to remain in memory and consume memory. Happened when "refresh items when inactive" was disabled/enabled.
Reworked logging mechanism
Reworked logging and cleaned up some of internals related to troubleshooting; should speed up the application a bit

Changes in 1.2 release:

Changes in contact handling to improve handling for certain devices
We have changed how ZLaunchy retrieves contacts, which should help support for some devices - users who had issues with contacts should try out the new version
Added option to always show menu when selecting a contact from list
It is now possible to choose whether ZLaunchy will open contact details or show a menu to select commonly used actions

As usual, you can download ZLaunchy from Android Market and our website.

Changes in 1.1 release:

Search in contacts' email address and telephone numbers and application's package name
QWERTY search for devices with physical keyboard
Ability to dial number
"0" button added on the on-screen keypad
Application details can now be shown on all Android versions
Preferences for global settings and profiles - you can now configure searching only for contacts, applications or both
Better APK install/uninstall integration

Download link: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.endorser.zlaunchy and http://www.endorser.org/en/downloads/android/zlaunchy

PsHegger · Feb 27, 2011

The idea is great, the app works well and faster then I expected 10/10

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wojciechka · May 9, 2011

Just an update - the main feature of 1.0 is ability to search contacts and bind to long press search button.

bounikariel · May 9, 2011

wow i used to have this feature in some old keyocera phone i had and i missed that feature since..

thanks alotttt

TheGratefulDead · May 9, 2011

I like it better then go contacts nice work bro

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hamsterkiller · May 12, 2011

Simple and Good

Great application, and really fast.

If they can find also phone numbers will be great

6277 Will show you Maps and also all contacts with a 6277XXXXX phone number.

Good work, 5 stars for you!

stylez · May 12, 2011

Recognized the name straight away good to see is now available for android, cooked into WM ROM

i'll have to test later, thx again

morgej · May 12, 2011

hamsterkiller said:
Great application, and really fast.

If they can find also phone numbers will be great

6277 Will show you Maps and also all contacts with a 6277XXXXX phone number.

Good work, 5 stars for you!

Ditto...would be great to include contacts in the search.

wojciechka · May 12, 2011

morgej said:
Ditto...would be great to include contacts in the search.

It does - searches both phone numbers and names. If you want to search for part of phone number (i.e. 6277 in +486277XXXXX) - just add 1 at the end.

szallah · May 14, 2011

great app! works fast, looks simplistic and clean, and definitely useful...

although i wonder where to find the 0... searching for numbers could get tricky without being able to type the zero.

and i couldn't figure out what the prev and next buttons do. since i have a desire s without any trackball i can just assume that's sort of a trackball-action, but in my case not functioning. any hint on that?

wojciechka · May 14, 2011

szallah said:
great app! works fast, looks simplistic and clean, and definitely useful...

although i wonder where to find the 0... searching for numbers could get tricky without being able to type the zero.

and i couldn't figure out what the prev and next buttons do. since i have a desire s without any trackball i can just assume that's sort of a trackball-action, but in my case not functioning. any hint on that?

Initially it was only meant for searching apps - so I didn't think of 0. I also want it to allow dialing a number in 1.1 so 0 will be added for sure.

As for next/prev, it was meant to choose profiles (i.e. apps, contacts, specific folders, combination of these), but it's not done yet. So maybe it'll be changed to 0 and profiles button.

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Sichroteph · May 14, 2011

I have some force close like 20 seconds after searching for an app.

Otherwise I am very happy to find this program, I loved it in Wm!

KeauHou · May 14, 2011

Nice! Just what I've been looking for. I use Launchy on windows and linux and this is just perfect.

Oh and I have an idea for improvement:
Apps/Contacts launched more often should get an increased weight so they show up on top. Like when you type at least X % of the App name, but there are like 10 others that match the searchstring, the results should be sorted based on their weight.

wojciechka · May 14, 2011

Sichroteph said:
I have some force close like 20 seconds after searching for an app.

Otherwise I am very happy to find this program, I loved it in Wm!

Can you send a report about it? Then I'll see the stack trace and hopefully know more about it.

Thanks.

Sichroteph · May 14, 2011

wojciechka said:
Can you send a report about it? Then I'll see the stack trace and hopefully know more about it.

Thanks.

I apologize. It was related to my android rom, not your software.

Pickx · May 14, 2011

Very snappy program, I am highly impressed!

As a long time user of Find and Run Robot, I would be using ZLauncher all the time if you were to implement filtering by typing with the physical keyboard. That would make this an absoultely killer app for me. I totally understand if you prefer to keep this T9 only though

Oh and it doesn't seem to respect the fact that I disabled auto-rotate (Desire Z running CM7)

twerg · May 16, 2011

This is an awesome program, love it. Finding myself using this more that the App Draw. Great stuff!

wojciechka · May 19, 2011

Hi,

First of all - good news - 1.1 should be out next week. There are still some bugs to clean up, but it is progressing really good.

Here's some text about it:
http://www.endorser.org/blog/mobile/android/50-zlaunchy-1-1

Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter - @EndorserOrg.
And Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/endorserorg/243303242940

KeauHou said:
Oh and I have an idea for improvement:
Apps/Contacts launched more often should get an increased weight so they show up on top. Like when you type at least X % of the App name, but there are like 10 others that match the searchstring, the results should be sorted based on their weight.

That would be cool, definitely want to do this, but not in 1.1. Who knows - maybe 1.2...

Pickx said:
Very snappy program, I am highly impressed!

As a long time user of Find and Run Robot, I would be using ZLauncher all the time if you were to implement filtering by typing with the physical keyboard. That would make this an absoultely killer app for me. I totally understand if you prefer to keep this T9 only though

Yes, it's also on my radar. Will be done for 1.1.

Pickx said:
Oh and it doesn't seem to respect the fact that I disabled auto-rotate (Desire Z running CM7)

Yes, a bug in layout - also will be fixed in 1.1.

Pickx · May 20, 2011

I am very stoked for this new release, it sounds like it'll be really great. Thank you for making this.

As for the feature KeauHou suggested, the previously-mentioned FARR implements this very well so you could take a look at the kind of algorithms it uses if you feel like it.

R3ason · May 21, 2011

Great app, have had launchy on all my computers for a while now, it'snreally changing the way I use my phone!

Thanks a lot, that's fast, efficient, great app!

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