KoboLauncher for standalone Qt apps - Page 16

lohtse · 10-22-2013, 09:37 AM

have just flashed this to my Touch(2.61 firmware)... did as per the wiki instructions but nothing seems to be there... No Icon as indicated.... tried again but still nothing...folders there just no way to run it form shelves etc..

any ideas why?

paola · 10-22-2013, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lohtse

have just flashed this to my Touch(2.61 firmware)... did as per the wiki instructions but nothing seems to be there... No Icon as indicated.... tried again but still nothing...folders there just no way to run it form shelves etc..

any ideas why?

have you checked the library? the icon is treated as a book. You may also try to search for it. I no longer have it in the home screen, just put in a shelf "Help" containing all the icons needed to launch applications.

lohtse · 10-22-2013, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by paola

have you checked the library? the icon is treated as a book. You may also try to search for it. I no longer have it in the home screen, just put in a shelf "Help" containing all the icons needed to launch applications.

yes checked n triple checked and nothing!!! even copied icon over too and tried earlier versions..

"just put in a shelf "Help" containing all the icons needed to launch applications" don't understand sorry!

Ken Maltby · 10-22-2013, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by lohtse

have just flashed this to my Touch(2.61 firmware)... did as per the wiki instructions but nothing seems to be there... No Icon as indicated.... tried again but still nothing...folders there just no way to run it form shelves etc..

any ideas why?

The step to have the launching .png image files processed by the Kobo software and appear in the Library and on the home page, has somehow thrown a lot of people.

First the launcher.png file, from the downloaded zip file, is placed in the folder that you are in when you first open the KoboReader Drive on your PC.

Then you need to eject that drive and safely disconnect the USB cable. You should see a message on your Kobo device saying that the processing is underway, just like when you add a book (sideload). If you don't see the "processing" message, power off your kobo device and then restart it, you should then see the processing message, if you hadn't before.

The space shuttle icon/launching image should then be on your home page (just like a newly added book would be). At this point the image is just an image, when you select it you will see a full page display of the image. Poking it should bring up a home icon at the top left, to get back to the home page.

Once you have the image processed and the image file on your device, THEN you connect to your PC again and place the KoboRoot.tgz in the .kobo folder. Eject the drive and remove the USB cable. Your Kobo device should now display an "Updating" message for awhile and then restart.

Sergey mentioned that he planed on separating his "fmon" utility from the pchess download. When that happens the fmon program will need to be installed, as well. (For an initial install that is.) But getting the launching image recognized by kobo is a separate thing that needs to happen before the rest works.

Luck;
Ken

lohtse · 10-22-2013, 12:36 PM

@Ken Maltby

that worked a treat...thank you for those instructions...may be should be added to first post...as somewhat different to wiki...

lohtse · 10-23-2013, 04:30 AM

what other apps are available that we can add?

sergeyvl12 · 10-23-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lohtse

what other apps are available that we can add?

For now only this:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224906

lohtse · 10-23-2013, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sergeyvl12

For now only this:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224906

Cool added and works fine..

serdar0020 · 11-16-2013, 01:06 AM

thank you very much for your launcher pbchess 1.2.6, Sergey. I wonder if you could add the Repligo pdf reader one of these days, as I'm not happy with the built-in pdf reader (cuts off text margins from some books, no re-flowed OCR'd text possible)

sergeyvl12 · 11-16-2013, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by serdar0020

thank you very much for your launcher pbchess 1.2.6, Sergey. I wonder if you could add the Repligo pdf reader one of these days, as I'm not happy with the built-in pdf reader (cuts off text margins from some books, no re-flowed OCR'd text possible)

I can't add it because it's Android commercial app. Probably I will find another PDF/DJVU reader.

paola · 11-16-2013, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by serdar0020

thank you very much for your launcher pbchess 1.2.6, Sergey. I wonder if you could add the Repligo pdf reader one of these days, as I'm not happy with the built-in pdf reader (cuts off text margins from some books, no re-flowed OCR'd text possible)

have a look at koreader (in this forum): you can launch it with Sergey's launcher, and it reads both pdf and djvu.

Ken Maltby · 11-16-2013, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by paola

have a look at koreader (in this forum): you can launch it with Sergey's launcher, and it reads both pdf and djvu.

You may be able to launch it from the KoboLauncher menu, but I can't get it to work with my AuraHD. It works fine when launched in the same manner as KoboLauncher, using its own launching image/tile. Both KoboLauncher and Koreader can use Sergey's fmon program to start. Not all Kobo devices work exactly the same, even the ones running firmware with the same version number.

Luck;
Ken

paola · 11-16-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

You may be able to launch it from the KoboLauncher menu, but I can't get it to work with my AuraHD. It works fine when launched in the same manner as KoboLauncher, using its own launching image/tile. Both KoboLauncher and Koreader can use Sergey's fmon program to start. Not all Kobo devices work exactly the same, even the ones running firmware with the same version number.

Luck;
Ken

of course you are exactly right Ken, what I meant to say is "you can launch it as Sergey's launcher", not with, thanks for the correction, which might have caused serdar0020 quite a bit of frustration (I've not managed to launch koreader on my Mini with the launcher either).

sergeyvl12 · 11-16-2013, 05:41 PM

Actually I've managed to run koreader from KoboLauncher. But device need to be rebooted (automatically) after koreader exit because koreader do something wrong with framebuffer and KoboLauncher can't continue. Probably further investigation will give some results...

madlac · 11-18-2013, 07:18 PM

Hi all,

Would anyone know how to add a shortcut to KoboLauncher to start the built in Sudoku and browser?

Thx

11-18-2013, 07:18 PM	#240
madlac Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Mini, Glo, Nook ST	Launch Sudoku Hi all, Would anyone know how to add a shortcut to KoboLauncher to start the built in Sudoku and browser? Thx

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10-22-2013, 09:37 AM	#226
lohtse Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 38050 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Anywhere I am sent!!! Device: Kobo Touch	have just flashed this to my Touch(2.61 firmware)... did as per the wiki instructions but nothing seems to be there... No Icon as indicated.... tried again but still nothing...folders there just no way to run it form shelves etc.. any ideas why?

10-22-2013, 12:36 PM	#230
lohtse Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 38050 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Anywhere I am sent!!! Device: Kobo Touch	@Ken Maltby that worked a treat...thank you for those instructions...may be should be added to first post...as somewhat different to wiki...

10-23-2013, 04:30 AM	#231
lohtse Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 38050 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Anywhere I am sent!!! Device: Kobo Touch	what other apps are available that we can add?

11-16-2013, 01:06 AM	#234
serdar0020 Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 1110 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura One limited ed. 2017-32 GB + Kobo Clara 2E 2022	thank you very much for your launcher pbchess 1.2.6, Sergey. I wonder if you could add the Repligo pdf reader one of these days, as I'm not happy with the built-in pdf reader (cuts off text margins from some books, no re-flowed OCR'd text possible)

11-16-2013, 05:41 PM	#239
sergeyvl12 ebook fan Posts: 735 Karma: 2528718 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: PocketBook 301+, Kindle 3 Wi-Fi, Onyx Boox A62, Kindle Touch	Actually I've managed to run koreader from KoboLauncher. But device need to be rebooted (automatically) after koreader exit because koreader do something wrong with framebuffer and KoboLauncher can't continue. Probably further investigation will give some results...

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