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Hikari

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Would there be a possibility to edit the layout.xml files in a visual editor like the one in eclipse in the future releases?

just asking, would be an awesome feature though ;)


Other than great app, thanks. I guess everyone was waiting for something like this :D
 

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We can certainly think about that, however it's a pretty huge feature, so we need to be sure this is really worth it.

What would you want the most about that feature? The actual possiblity to EDIT it visually or just to have a PREVIEW of the layout?
Previews are MUCH easier than making it editable.

Would there be a possibility to edit the layout.xml files in a visual editor like the one in eclipse in the future releases?

just asking, would be an awesome feature though ;)


Other than great app, thanks. I guess everyone was waiting for something like this :D
 

Diamondback

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Fabulous tool is at last released :D

Facing 1 issue
The studio is very slow :(
How to deal with this?
My PC is enough fast but VTS is slow, any solution for this?
Anyone facing this problem or only me?
Like when I click on file menu then it responds after 1-2 seconds :(

Can you please post a few details of your system? What you describe definitely is NOT something I've ever seen.

So:
  • OS version
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • 32/64 bit
  • All updates installed for .net?
  • Did you ever try .net 4.5 beta or Visual Studio 11 beta?
 

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now is there an eta for when m10's can be edited with this? what else will be included in that update?

just kidding great app

Nope no ETA :p But the editing m10 files is a lot easier now :)

Just to clarify this:
  • VTS is ready to handle decompiled m10 files
  • I just made everything related to m10 invisible
  • The external decoder which is needed to decode the binary m10 file to a xml file is not ready <-- That's the point where the problem is

So once the decoder/encoder works, VTS will support m10 files within minutes ;)
 

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Can you please post a few details of your system? What you describe definitely is NOT something I've ever seen.

So:
  • OS version
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • 32/64 bit
  • All updates installed for .net?
  • Did you ever try .net 4.5 beta or Visual Studio 11 beta?
Here are the details
1. OS version- Windows 7 Ultimate
2. CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad core processor @ 4.2 Ghz
3. RAM- 4GB DDR3
4. 64 bit
5. Yes all updates installed
6. Will try and report soon


Thanks
 
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Hikari

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We can certainly think about that, however it's a pretty huge feature, so we need to be sure this is really worth it.

What would you want the most about that feature? The actual possiblity to EDIT it visually or just to have a PREVIEW of the layout?
Previews are MUCH easier than making it editable.

PREVIEW would be enough...
 
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Update does not seem to be working for me. When I start it says my current version is 1.4.25.4.333 and says there is an update avaialable to 1.4.26.4.342 I click update application and it downlaods and closes but then says update is available with the same version 1.4.25 and update to 1.4.26.
 

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Here are the details
1. OS version- Windows 7 Ultimate
2. CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad core processor @ 4.2 Ghz
3. RAM- 4GB DDR3
4. 64 bit
5. Yes all updates installed
6. Will try and report soon


Thanks

Noooooo, don't test 4.5 :D The reason I asked is because 4.5 screws everything :D

Is VTS all the time slow? Or only when doing special things? Are the any tasks which are handled with normal speed?
 
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Diamondback

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Update does not seem to be working for me. When I start it says my current version is 1.4.25.4.333 and says there is an update avaialable to 1.4.26.4.342 I click update application and it downlaods and closes but then says update is available with the same version 1.4.25 and update to 1.4.26.

Read the changelog in the update and you know why! :p
It tells you that you don't need to apply the OTA and instead download the new installer from the site. Everything in the little changelog for the update.
 
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Noooooo, don't test 4.5 :D The reason I asked is because 4.5 screws everything :D

Is VTS all the time slow? Or only when doing special things? Are the any tasks which are handled with normal speed?

Oh ok I didn't tried yet :D
Well not always but UI is very slow
It does decompilation and compilations with normal speed.
Only UI is slow
e.g: When I move my mouse from one option to other then the highlight comes after 1-2 seconds
Also scrolling and opening of solution explorer is slow
In short everything except decomp/comp is slow :(
 

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Oh ok I didn't tried yet :D
Well not always but UI is very slow
It does decompilation and compilations with normal speed.
Only UI is slow
e.g: When I move my mouse from one option to other then the highlight comes after 1-2 seconds
Also scrolling and opening of solution explorer is slow
In short everything except decomp/comp is slow :(

Hm weird, this sounds like a .net or graphics card issue to me.... Do you have the latest driver for your graphics card installed?you can also try reinstalling .net

Sent from my HTC One X
 
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i having problem when editing apk file it request framework tag what its mean i have install net framework 4!!!! please help me!!!
 

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    • It seems nobody saw the potential of the old "Backup" feature, so in this version I added an additional window to easily compare different projects, folders and files. This comes in super handy when porting all kinds of stuff to new apk/jar versions for example.

    Okay, so, this is only a super short list of new features, the full list of changes (almost 2 pages long) can be found (as always) here:
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