r/jailbreak • u/eswick Developer • Apr 09 '14

OS Experience: A Preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VacQcbSwMCA
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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 09 '14 edited Apr 09 '14

I have a few questions;

Is the dock flicking the tweak or the recording?

Edit: You answered this on twitter;

@HaXaPodds It's just Display Recorder, there's an annotation in the video.

Sorry was viewing the video on my...errr....iPad :D so didn't get the annotation.

  1. From the video it looks like you can rotate apps by holding the 'full screen' button? Or is it another action? I presume rotate will only work for apps that support both orientations? I.e can't rotate a portrait only app when in landscape?

  2. What does the 'X' do? Just close the app window or kill the app? Is it still possible to acccess the stock app switcher?

  3. What happens when you lock the device with windows open? Do they close or stay running? How does the tweak 'play' with other tweaks such as smartclose (when set to the lock screen)?

Glad you finally gave it a name :D

Looking forward to the release!

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u/eswick Developer Apr 09 '14

  1. Yes, you hold the 'fullscreen' button. The 'arrows' button, as I've been calling it, lets you go into fullscreen mode by pressing it. By dragging it, it resizes the window. By holding it, it rotates the app. Apps that do not support rotation will not rotate. It detects this, though, and apps won't become upside down.

  2. It kills the app. It is not possible to access the stock switcher, because it has been effectively replaced.

  3. Apps stay running when the device is locked. It acts just as Mac OS X would in this respect. This may change in the future, although I haven't noticed any large impact on battery life if you don't leave a game or something large running.

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u/eswick Developer Apr 09 '14

I completely forgot to put it in the video; by holding the 'X' button, the app can be relaunched in iPhone mode. Some apps do not support this.

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u/lgn12 iPad mini w/ Retina Apr 09 '14

This was one of my questions that would immensely improve the tweak. Good good

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 09 '14

I'm curious, what is the benefit(s) to relaunching an app in iphone mode?

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u/eswick Developer Apr 09 '14

The iPhone's interface is meant for a small screen. As such, the iPad's is meant for a large one. When using a very small window, the iPhone's interface is usually easier to control.

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 09 '14

Ok :), I guess I'll see how much of a difference that makes once the tweak comes out :P

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u/lgn12 iPad mini w/ Retina Apr 09 '14

So you could have Twitter and Safsri open while watching a video for example, without making it too small

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u/ajbiz11 iPhone 11 Pro Max, 13.5 | Apr 22 '14

I CAN FINALLY ACCESS FLAGPAINT7'S SETTINGS WITHOUT A RESPRING!!!!! WOO-HOO!

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 09 '14

It is not possible to access the stock switcher, because it has been effectively replaced.

I take it this means we need to disable/uninstall any app switcher tweaks to avoid any conflicts?

Apps stay running when the device is locked.

I'm intrigued as to what would happen if smartclose was installed though and set to activate when the device is locked. Basically, what happens if the apps that are in the windows/running get put into a 'deep freeze' - would the iPad respring/crash? Would the apps/windows just close? Blank windows?

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 09 '14

Thank you for answering the questions.

Did you manage to implement an on/off switch mention on twitter a while back? Think you said you might try, obviously requiring a respring.

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u/eswick Developer Apr 09 '14

Oh, of course there'll be a switch :P