Activator 1.8 update brings a lot of news for iDevices

By
Adrian Gabor
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  During yesterday, version 1.8 of the Activator program was launched in Cydia by developer Ryan Petrich, implementing an extremely long series of new features for iDevice owners. Among the most important novelties is the possibility to program the execution of various actions in iOS, the possibility to use a button for sharing information directly from the Settings application, the possibility to take pictures using gestures, rearranging the settings menu and many, many others.

  Activator is available for free in the repo BigBoss al Cydia.

1.8.0-1: July 1, 2013

  • Fix regression whereby the sleep button required a second press to show the lock screen;
  • Suppress locked/unlocked events on older iOS versions where they don't work properly;
  • Better show current state of Flipswitch switches in action banners;
  • Fix "Restore Assignments" feature on some devices.

1.8: July 1, 2013

  • Add ability to create scheduled events that can be assigned;
  • Add support for ringtone actions;
  • Fix bug whereby swipe/slide gestures would cause the notification center to become inaccessible;
  • Add Share button to settings app;
  • Add Device Unlocked and Device Locked events;
  • Add long hold sleep button event;
  • Add edge slide gestures;
  • Hide ads immediately when the donate button is pressed;
  • Allow selecting which actions show banners;
  • Support Bluetooth settings pane on iOS5 again;
  • Allow menus to contain links to themselves;
  • Fix notification center action not working from inside a menu;
  • Add a dictation action;
  • Introduce new public APIs;
  • Show listener icons in banners;
  • Rearrange settings pane;
  • Require latest version of PreferenceLoader;
  • Conflict with the latest version of QuickDo;
  • Add additional lock screen clock gestures;
  • Allow renaming menus;
  • Show preview image for collapsed groups;
  • Performance improvements;
  • Added an Easter egg;
  • Allow assigning multiple actions to an event, as long as they are compatible;
  • Updated app icon;
  • Make certain groups collapsible by default, instead of overflowing after a certain number of actions;
  • Add "Sleep Button Press with Menu Button" event;
  • Add "Invoke Shutter" action;
  • Support custom events triggered by incoming mail;
  • Send event mode changed notification properly on iOS6;
  • Support per-app launched and icon flick gestures;
  • Allow volume controls on the lock screen while media controls are present;
  • Stash the /Library/Activator folder to lessen disk usage on root partition;
  • Improve scroll performance of blacklist page;
  • Add Flipswitch integration;
  • Allow adjusting sensitivity of slide in gestures;
  • Allow events to be incompatible with automatic unlocking and make single press home incompatible;
  • Fix animation regressions in activating apps from the lock screen;
  • Fix sound action icons on iPad;
  • Includes an activator command that can be run from a shell;
  • Reduce memory use;
  • Add localization debugging features (enable with "activator set LALocalizationDebug 1" in a shell);
  • Make slide in from the bottom gestures less sensitive;
  • Add ability to activate a mail composer to a specific contact's email address;
  • Add ability to activate a message composer to a specific contact's phone number/email address;
  • Add ability to directly call a specific contact's phone number;
  • Improve settings pane's performance;
  • Allow events that aren't supported on the lock screen to prompt for the passcode or automatically unlock and activate if no passcode is present;
  • When a large number of actions are present in a single group, collapse the group by default so that the settings pane does not become unwieldy;
  • Fix "New Message" option's keyboard not showing on iPad;
  • Add "Smart Cover" events for iPad;
  • Show alert message when an incompatible assignment is made, to prevent confusion;
  • Change toggle alert style on lock screen to be less obtrusive;
  • Fix swipe event causing the notification center not to work;
  • Fix Virtual Assistant action not working while touches are onscreen;
  • Add workaround for the kern.maxvnodes bug;
  • Add new "Cellular" settings listener for iOS6.0 and up;
  • Add "Slide Off Screen" events;
  • Add "Icon Flick" events;
  • Better error handling when package contents are missing;
  • Allow linking directly to an event's assignment from a settings page;
  • Allow events to require assignment;
  • Updated developer API;
  • Add Dutch localization;
  • Updated locations.

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