Saturday, March 14, 2015

New Carplay skin update, Favorite Stations buttons, Personal language strings, Font type Changer etc..

Here are  some good news today!!
I uploaded a new skinpack in the Carplay folder only for now but soon it will be available for other skins too and for all the firmwares.
Let's see in detail  what's new in this package:
SKINMANAGER NEW SECTION AND FUNCTIONS


As you can see now skinmanager can handle five skins switching, it has a new section called "CUSTOMIZATIONS" where you have some standard skintool functions and some new ones, let's see them:

- Install Personal Language.
Will let you browse throught your sdcard for a string_yourlanguage.xml
and with it replace the english one.
After selecting the string file if exist also a font file associated to the new string, e.g.:

string_swedish.xml
font_swedish_5.xml

it will be replaced the string in all skins and the font file in the skin number specified, in this case skin5 only.
If you have not a font file, you can easily change font with another skinmanager function:

- Change Font Type
 It will let you choose between the fonts available in wince and change the type in the skin in use or in all installed skins

- Patch/Unpatch software.
All the custom languages can be installed only if you patch the system, so even if you try to change the Language before patching you'll be prompted to do it.
The patch will also provide you a fix for audio player tags and the biggest new feature of the moment:

STATIONS BUTTONS IN RADIO SCREEN

For this great  feature and the patches we all have to thanks a russian friend ALEX O. With his great skill and knowledge he is giving us everyday something new to play with.
After patching the system you'll find 6 new buttons on bottom of the radio screen, labeled ST1, ST2, ...ST6. Running the Radio Editor you can edit the stations list, rename the stations and reassign the buttons:


Soon there will be the same for skin2, skin3 and skin4:



In carplay skin I started modifying the Ipod Section but as i don't have an ipod  I cannot test it, I need you reports guys.
I changed the audio player tags for a better showing of artist and song title and I modified a bit the BT music section to better show music info tags too.

That's it for now, I got go back finish my other skinpacks! WORK! WORK! WORK!  :D
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To get the skinpack 
PLEASE GO TO THIS POST:
 
After payment you'll be redirected to the download link (clicking on "return to reseller site") and you'll receive an email with a memo of the link.



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18 comments:

  1. Hi KoTiX, first of all congratulation for your skins, they are awesome !!
    Will all these features be available for firmware 1.7.9 ? Radio stations on main screen is working, but there is a bug with audio player when you switch to next song by hand, tags are not recognized.

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    1. I'm not sure if we will have radio stations mod for fw 1.7.9 but all the rest will be done next week.

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  2. Clicked carplay paypal button, but it turned out to be regular skinpack which i have already bought.

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  3. great job m8 , i will test it very soon
    thanks

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  4. Hello Kotix,
    is there any discount for the user like me who already bought the first Carplay release ?
    Let me know

    sicboy

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    1. Man, no discount!
      I mean that you don't need it.
      Just go in the carplay folder and you'll find the update there. ;)

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    2. I forgot how to get Carplay folder. If you can send me the link I would apreciate it
      thanks

      sicboy

      coda_marcello@libero.it

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  5. I forgot how to get Carplay folder...

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  6. just test it and its fine , is there a how to you can edit the stations list , i tryid it but the system stops working and have to restart it

    Thanks in advance

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  7. For information KoTiX, the radio stations mod is working on firmware 1.7.9, only the audio player is buggy (tag showing "unknown")

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    1. I have tried the radio station mod on 1.7.9 but in my case it does not work

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  8. Seems great KoTiX...
    I am waiting for the 1.7.9 firmware version!

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  9. A new Update with some bug fixed and standard skinpack with skin3 and 4 are available in my dropbox folders.
    The 1.7.9 version will be ready during next week.

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  10. Hi,
    I just bought the Carplay skin. It's very nice.
    But i have a problem. I don't know how the assign numbers for radio stations(the third column from Radio Editor program).
    Can you help me with this?

    Thanks

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    1. Select the station to edit, press the pencil icon, move down the keyboard sliding it,
      Insert button number, save.
      It's easy, just move away the keyboard.

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  11. Dear Kotix, where i can find instructions about 'Change Buttons Functions' i can't understand the buttons positions. For telephone function there no way to see SMS message or use the voice to control phone functions?

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    1. "Change button function" will enable the choosen button to start the audio player only.
      No way to make telephone functions you have described.

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