Hand written notes on home screen

[TheSanitarium]

Is there any widget that allows you to take hand written notes directly on home screen? I mean without opening the main app by pressing the widget.

 

[Axel_]

Sv: Hand written notes on home screen

When I got my device I had an idea to use a picture of an old blackboard as a wallpaper and somehow be able to draw on the blackboard itself preferably with pressure sensitive and chalk (I think is the correct word for blackboard "pens") like pens. Combined with custom, old school icons and widgets I think it would be awesome.

However, without a root it's not possible and I'm note sure if it is even with root. And more importantly, I haven't found anything close to similar so I assume that I have to learn java or whatever one are using for such features again to implement this if I'm rooting my device in the future.

The closest thing I got though, even though I didn't try it is this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mattm.whiteboard that seems to do basically what you're looking for.

Edit: Actually, the pro version seems to be more what you're searching for now. It's been a while since I actually checked myself.

Hope that helped

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[TheSanitarium]

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried that one and didn't like it. Any other suggestions?

When I got my device I had an idea to use a picture of an old blackboard as a wallpaper and somehow be able to draw on the blackboard itself preferably with pressure sensitive and chalk (I think is the correct word for blackboard "pens") like pens. Combined with custom, old school icons and widgets I think it would be awesome.

However, without a root it's not possible and I'm note sure if it is even with root. And more importantly, I haven't found anything close to similar so I assume that I have to learn java or whatever one are using for such features again to implement this if I'm rooting my device in the future.

The closest thing I got though, even though I didn't try it is this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mattm.whiteboard that seems to do basically what you're looking for.

Edit: Actually, the pro version seems to be more what you're searching for now. It's been a while since I actually checked myself.

Hope that helped

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[Axel_]

Sv: Hand written notes on home screen

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried that one and didn't like it. Any other suggestions?

Yes, actually!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aksoft.sticky



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[prenedo]

Hold spen button and double tap screen, that will bring up pop up note.

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[Axel_]

Sv: Hand written notes on home screen

Hold spen button and double tap screen, that will bring up pop up note.

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It won't display the note at the screen though, which can be quite useful sometimes. But sure, that combined with an SNote widget kinda works.

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[sphere314]

Is there any widget that allows you to take hand written notes directly on home screen? I mean without opening the main app by pressing the widget.

I quote myself from another thread

I'd suggest using (or trying) Snap Pad (free or ad-free).

It's not a floating note but rather a pad that comes out when you drag the snap region (that normally stays invisible).
So it can be opened and resized anytime (without having to launch it) and also while using other apps. It's also possible to adjust the pad's opacity and make it semi-transparent.

Pros

• It's designed for the S-Pen (so supports pressure sensitivity and changing from pen to eraser with the button)
• It's very simple

Cons

• No Undo-Redo function
• You have a single page to use

 

[ddavtian]

See if there is anything interesting for you here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995238

 

[reconchrist]

+1 for snap pad Cannot live without it, even on my note phone Perfect for people like me who suffer short term memory loss

 

[bjbinc]

Tried snap pad... It used 59mb of ram... I'll stick with whiteboard...with a transparent BG...its perfect for me.

 

[sphere314]

Tried snap pad... It used 59mb of ram... I'll stick with whiteboard...with a transparent BG...its perfect for me.

That's quite strange. I've checked my application manager and my Snap Pad (v. 1.1) takes 6.48MB of which 4.65MB are for the app and 1.83MB for data (a simple written note).

(But surely, if you have painted the whole Sistine Chapel on the pad, your data memory would be greater than mine... )

 

[Big-A-Rob]

That's quite strange. I've checked my application manager and my Snap Pad (v. 1.1) takes 6.48MB of which 4.65MB are for the app and 1.83MB for data (a simple written note).

(But surely, if you have painted the whole Sistine Chapel on the pad, your data memory would be greater than mine... )

Think he meant ram not rom memory. Seems like there would be lots of options for this type of widget.

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[sphere314]

Ink Over Apps

I've just found out Ink Over Apps, that can be potentially interesting for the GNote 10.1.
There's no free version but the price (€0.76 or about $1) is affordable.

It supports the S-Pen and can be used to make quick annotations in the home screen or to make annotations inside some other app (browser, documents).

I hope the developer will improve this app because, after a quick testing, I think there's still something to do.
Anyway, it's a very interesting idea.

 

[edirector]

A fre app that does it

I posted it on write anywhere at anytime. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144366