Hi, Where can I find the Rainmeter for Android?
I hope I can use some rainmeter skins on my Android phone,
Who can give me some advice? thanks
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Rainmeter for Android
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Rainmeter for Android
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Re: About Rainmeter for Android
There is no Android version of Rainmeter.
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Re: About Rainmeter for Android
If I develop an Android version of Rainmeter, Would anyone need it?jsmorley wrote:There is no Android version of Rainmeter.
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So you are going to have folks write .ini code for skins with their thumbs on a teeny-tiny keyboard?
Really, Rainmeter doesn't make sense on Android. Most of what Rainmeter "measures" would require rooting your phone or tablet, not one single line of existing Rainmeter code would work in an Android environment, and there are already about a billion "widgets" for Android that can do anything you want.
You could create some suite of widgets, maybe with a way for folks to customize them, although I'm not sure how, and you could call it "Rainmeter", but it wouldn't be Rainmeter.
http://www.greenbot.com/article/2849358/three-apps-that-let-you-create-and-customize-your-own-widgets.html
Really, Rainmeter doesn't make sense on Android. Most of what Rainmeter "measures" would require rooting your phone or tablet, not one single line of existing Rainmeter code would work in an Android environment, and there are already about a billion "widgets" for Android that can do anything you want.
You could create some suite of widgets, maybe with a way for folks to customize them, although I'm not sure how, and you could call it "Rainmeter", but it wouldn't be Rainmeter.
http://www.greenbot.com/article/2849358/three-apps-that-let-you-create-and-customize-your-own-widgets.html
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Re: About Rainmeter for Android
jsmorley wrote:So you are going to have folks write .ini code for skins with their thumbs on a teeny-tiny keyboard?
Really, Rainmeter doesn't make sense on Android. Most of what Rainmeter "measures" would require rooting your phone or tablet, not one single line of existing Rainmeter code would work in an Android environment, and there are already about a billion "widgets" for Android that can do anything you want.
You could create some suite of widgets, maybe with a way for folks to customize them, although I'm not sure how, and you could call it "Rainmeter", but it wouldn't be Rainmeter.
http://www.greenbot.com/article/2849358/three-apps-that-let-you-create-and-customize-your-own-widgets.html
Rainmeter has his own feature ,powerful and simple ,A lot of skin that have been created
If we create the Android version of Rainmeter, a lot of skin can used on our Android phone immediatly.
Write .ini code just on PC ,uses them on Phone and Pad
of course, we can add a simple editor to change .ini code on Phone/Pad for occasionally modify.
Nobody support this idea?
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Re: About Rainmeter for Android
I think you totally miss something here.DaisyQ wrote:Rainmeter has his own feature ,powerful and simple ,A lot of skin that have been created
If we create the Android version of Rainmeter, a lot of skin can used on our Android phone immediatly.
Write .ini code just on PC ,uses them on Phone and Pad
of course, we can add a simple editor to change .ini code on Phone/Pad for occasionally modify.
Nobody support this idea?
I'm not a developer, but what I see is - Rainmeter uses Windows' features on a fundamental level. All the meters, measures and plugins work using Windows features. Rainmeter is just almost completely dependent on Windows core. You just can't take source and compile it for android with couple of changes. It won't work. Completely different OS.
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Re: Rainmeter for Android
I'm sorry I did not express clearly what I mean.Active Colors wrote:I think you totally miss something here.
I'm not a developer, but what I see is - Rainmeter uses Windows' features on a fundamental level. All the meters, measures and plugins work using Windows features. Rainmeter is just almost completely dependent on Windows core. You just can't take source and compile it for android with couple of changes. It won't work. Completely different OS.
I not want compile the current source code of rainmeter for Android,That is impossible.
I mean, I hope my some Rainmeter skins can run on my Android phone/pad,
Then, if I uses Java Rewrite the Android version of Rainmeter,Would others people need it too?
If someone needs,I and my friends will glade to develop it together
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Re: Rainmeter for Android
At first i thought it is a good idea, but now i don't think so. I think it a bit to late for such thing, many widgets and apps are available at the moment...may be if it would be easy to create and edit, otherwise i think it would be a waste of time writing such app.
Anyway it is not a bad idea
Anyway it is not a bad idea
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Re: Rainmeter for Android
Many widgets are available on Windows too,but we love Rainmeter still.~Faradey~ wrote:At first i thought it is a good idea, but now i don't think so. I think it a bit to late for such thing, many widgets and apps are available at the moment...may be if it would be easy to create and edit, otherwise i think it would be a waste of time writing such app.
Anyway it is not a bad idea
Why no people need Rainmeter on Android ?
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Re: Rainmeter for Android
You can achieve similar things using apps like Tasker or Automagic. They allow you to interact with the system in a similar way as Rainmeter and to create your own apps or widgets.