KUAL: Kindle Unified Application Launcher (v2.7)

[geekmaster]

I posted a frontlight control KUAL extension over here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...13#post3323913

It lets you turn the paperwhite frontlight completely off (plus other settings). Resuming from screensaver restores the brightness value set with the control panel brightness slider.

There have been reports that you can turn the backlight off by sliding to minimum brightness and then tapping "minus" (or "dim" or whatever that icon means). However, this never worked on my PW1 or PW2 or PW3. This extension DOES work (just tested on my PW2 and PW3).

And I will add the extension download here too...

But for details, read the linked post.

[encol]

I asked for it in another post, but i write here 'cause i think it will be an useful feature for the future:

It's possible to give some sort of parameters to the scripts KUAL launches?
It would be great if, clicking on a KUAL button, a window with textboxes, checkboxes, radiobutton, etc can be shown

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by encol

I asked for it in another post, but i write here 'cause i think it will be an useful feature for the future:

It's possible to give some sort of parameters to the scripts KUAL launches?
It would be great if, clicking on a KUAL button, a window with textboxes, checkboxes, radiobutton, etc can be shown

It is possible. KUAL can launch any script or binary application, and those apps can do whatever you want. If you want to write your own program, there are a number of languages available -- java, lua, python, C, even plain old shell script programming.

[encol]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

It is possible. KUAL can launch any script or binary application, and those apps can do whatever you want.

Yes, it's true.
However it would be nice if we can directly pass some parameters to the script/application.
For example a script i made recently needed a password and a command as parameter.
If i can pass them directly by Kual (only a textbox would be sufficient) there is no need to write UI code every time

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by encol

Yes, it's true.
However it would be nice if we can directly pass some parameters to the script/application.
For example a script i made recently needed a password and a command as parameter.
If i can pass them directly by Kual (only a textbox would be sufficient) there is no need to write UI code every time

A KUAL button can pass parameters to a script or application already. Look at some exsiting KUAL extensions to see how that works (something other than my "Frontlight Control" extension -- not all extensions use such parameter passing). However, those parameters are either hard-coded or defined as environment variables. If you want a popup to request user input, that would be part of the application script that KUAL calls, and such a script may call other apps passing such user input as a username.

Now, if you really WANT a feature added to KUAL for (built-in) user-input textboxes or other input controls, the KUAL source code IS available (Via the magic of "open source", and you are certainly free to add such features. But in my case, rquesting user input in an intermediate script would be easier to implement.

[encol]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

A KUAL button can pass parameters to a script or application already.

I mean parameters that user can input every time the script is launched.

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Look at some exsiting KUAL extensions to see how that works

I searched for it but with no luck do you suggest me some example?

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by encol

I mean parameters that user can input every time the script is launched.

I searched for it but with no luck do you suggest me some example

I bumped the submit button before I completed my post. Read it again -- I added info about user-input methods.

[encol]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Now, if you really WANT a feature added to KUAL for (built-in) user-input textboxes or other input controls, the KUAL source code IS available (Via the magic of "open source", and you are certainly free to add such features. But in my case, rquesting user input in an intermediate script would be easier to implement.

Ok, i'll take a look

[knc1]

Originally Posted by encol

I mean parameters that user can input every time the script is launched.


I searched for it but with no luck do you suggest me some example?

Investigate how this command does its tricks:

lipc-set-prop com.lab126.pillow customDialog '{"name":"sensitivity_control" ,"clientParams":{"show":true}}'

You would be looking for two things -

grep the world, including *.jar contents if required, to find where and how "sensitivity_control" is defined.
(My guess, that is the panel layout).

how to return the values input.

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That is a working command, although the script that contains it is disable outside of the factory.

[encol]

I made an extension to control manual connections to networks without re-enter credentials/configuration:

If anyone has this need, he can find it here

[encol]

This extension shows the current time also while reading a book.

I needed it because my pw3 doesn't show time if i don't tap on the top bar and if the book i'm reading is very absorbing i often don't realize that is time to sleep

[NiLuJe]

@encol: I'd sleep a bit more and keep the last shown time around to avoid launching eips if time hasn't moved .

[sk8terek]

I jailbroke my PW3 with 5.6.5 firmware (with 1.14.N JB) and installed KUAL, then updated it to FW 5.7.5.1. Unfortunately I've accidentaly performed a factory reset and when I try to open KUAL it says that my device is not authorised as a test Kindle. I can't install MKK ("update your kindle" is grayed out")

Have I just made myself to perform serial JB? :/

[knc1]

Originally Posted by sk8terek

I jailbroke my PW3 with 5.6.5 firmware (with 1.14.N JB) and installed KUAL, then updated it to FW 5.7.5.1. Unfortunately I've accidentaly performed a factory reset and when I try to open KUAL it says that my device is not authorised as a test Kindle. I can't install MKK ("update your kindle" is grayed out")

Have I just made myself to perform serial JB? :/

Try the "hotfix" package, the same (there is only one, I mean the one you already have a copy of) "hotfix" package you used when you jailbroke the device.

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You **MUST** use MrPI to install packages (UYK does not work for our packages, with the exception of the hotfix package).

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Reread the first post of the software jailbreak thread -
It has recently been edited to make this information more clear.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265675

[sk8terek]

Originally Posted by knc1

Try the "hotfix" package, the same (there is only one, I mean the one you already have a copy of) "hotfix" package you used when you jailbroke the device.

When I copy Update_jailbreak_bridge_1.14.N_install.bin, which I used on 5.6.5, and eject the device, an "Update Error" pops out saying "An invalid update file has been loaded on your device..." The UYT option is grayed out as well...