Re: Aedict (reader) and ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT

[Martin Vysny]

Hi Remi,

  I've implemented the ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT intent, that's really helpful, thanks! It even works with the Aedict Reader service disabled, and hence you can save some memory.

I'm not quite sold on the tiles idea though. Tiles API require Android 24; however, since Android 23 you have ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT which allows you to launch Reader easier than copying the text and activating the tile. Yet let me hear your thoughts on this.

Best,
Martin

On 7.11.2018 15.07, Rémi NGUYEN VAN wrote:

Hi Martin,

I guess the quick settings solution would be similar to having a button in the notification, but it avoids having to have a permanent notification, which takes some space and memory for the foreground service. I'm referring to something like this:

https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/android-n-quick-settings/index.html?index=..%2F..%2Findex#0

When the tile is tapped, you would basically fire up an activity that reads the contents of the clipboard and shows the translation. So users would need to copy the text, pull down the notification shade, and tap the tile. It's more steps, but less "false positive" translations and no need for a foreground service. Quick settings tiles are hard to discover (really power user-oriented, users need to customize the notification shade), but as an optional feature it sounds useful.

Cheers,

Rémi

Le mer. 7 nov. 2018 à 19:16, Martin Vysny <mar...@vysny.me> a écrit :

Hi Remi,

   thank you, that is a great tip! That is definitely a great way to
avoid having monitoring the clipboard and having the service around.
Please let me play with this a bit.

Regarding the settings tile - I'm not sure I get the idea, could you
post a bit more on this please? I thought about adding a button into the
persistent notification, but it looks to me you're not in favor of those ;)

Best,
Martin

On 1.11.2018 5.35, Rémi NGUYEN VAN wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Have you ever considered supporting the ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT Intent
> filter on Aedict reader ? I believe this would be a good replacement
> to avoid triggering on any copy of Japanese text.
>
> Another related idea: how about a quick settings tile that you could
> tap to translate text that is in the clipboard ? This way the user can
> select text and copy, and do the translation on-demand by tapping the
> settings tile (especially on apps where the ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT menu
> would not show on selection).
>
> Both of these solutions don't require a foreground service I think,
> which would avoid the persistent notification. (Side note: at least on
> P, you can long-press it to half-hide it, so it does not show on the
> lock screen or the notification icons).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Remi