Fuzzy digits in notification bar

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by Protonic (March 8, 2011)
Мааасинькие замыленные цифры в трее, они 
рисованные чтоль, не системные?...ждем 
дальнейшего развития

Need to provide images for different screen resolutions.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by DNelubin on 10 Mar 2011 at 5:15

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Please add commands to the font generation scripts to generate 38x38 icons into 
drawable-hdpi for the white and black skins (these are ideal btw). Also 
consider replacing Liberation-Sans-Bold with the DroidSans-Bold.ttf font found 
on your phone in /system/fonts (this is the same font used for the clock). 
Matching the font size with the clock would make it look just perfect. Thnx! 
Great job for the rest of the app!!

Original comment by mihovi...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 12:39

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Here are the modified icon generation scripts which also generate icons for 
hdpi devices (tested, working). Only thing left is to do a higher res status 
icon. The source .svg has a little bit too narow lines so they dont look as 
good. Maybe draw up something similar to this set: 
http://www.iconsberlin.com/images/android-app-icons_weather.jpg if anyone's up 
to it :) (I'm currently too busy but will post if I make something).

black-text skin: http://pastebin.com/kq81N6JV
white-text skin: http://pastebin.com/9yzPPVzk

(before use, install the DroidSans-Bold font onto your system)

the text size should ideally be 22 points but has problems with clipping the 
degree symbol for temperatures >99

Original comment by mihovi...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 2:25

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Thanks a lot.

I'll update icons in the next release I'm currently working on. It'll add 
support of skins for the weather notifications. So, the large iconsets will be 
separated from the main app, and can be installed on SD card. And 3rd-party 
developers can write more beautiful skins :)

I can buy an icon from iconsberlin.com. I can spend 1 euro for the great icon. 
How about the second, with Sun over raining cloud? :)

Original comment by DNelubin on 26 May 2011 at 2:46

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Ops, 2,50 € per icon

Original comment by DNelubin on 26 May 2011 at 2:48

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No problem, glad to help :)

I don't think buying the icons is worth the 2,5€ :S I'd rather draw them 
myself (no disrespect for the author but I'm familiar with Inkscape and 
Photoshop vector drawing so it's not a problem :)). I like the white/gray style 
because it fits elegantly to the rest of the gingerbread system icons so I'll 
probably draw them like that. Might find the time to do it today/tomorrow.

Work on the program/skinning is great! I just recommend you don't overbloat it, 
the current features are just fine, nice and minimal but functional :) Just 
maybe, if it's possible add a "last refresh time" in the notification view 
(possibly in the same row as the "current condition" text, right justified with 
a normal (non bold) font. To fit the string you can use fuzzy relative time 
like: "now" if time delta <15min, "15 min ago", "30 min ago" etc

Original comment by mihovi...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 3:14

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This is the layout file with the update time added but I can't seem to get it 
to work, added a case statement for update_time to RemoteWeatherLayout.java, 
the skin force closes with this :(

http://pastebin.com/SjLe6dPe

Fuzzy update time would not work with the current way things are handled since 
it would require more frequent viewBinds which would just add overhead.

Original comment by mihovi...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 4:54

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Please, move the discussion about last update time in the notification to the 
Issue 21: 
http://code.google.com/p/weather-notification-android/issues/detail?id=21

Original comment by DNelubin on 26 May 2011 at 5:33

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About the icons, check out the Tango themed icons here: 
http://www.openclipart.org/search/?query=tango

They're open to use

Sorry about OT, last post about this.

Original comment by mihovi...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 5:36

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Ah! This is great!
http://www.openclipart.org/detail/30073

Thanks!

Original comment by DNelubin on 26 May 2011 at 5:46

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Updated, build 0.2-alpha3 with new icons.
But I don't like the default status icon I received by decolouration of the 
tango icon: 
http://weather-notification-android.googlecode.com/hg/res/drawable-hdpi/status_i
con.png The icon should be more contrast.

Original comment by DNelubin on 26 May 2011 at 8:01

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Original comment by DNelubin on 15 Jun 2011 at 7:07

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