Desktop Customizer (Animation Manager)

[meager urchin]

Hi!
Currently working on a Flipper Desktop Customizer application that can decode animations from dolphin folder and generate a custom manifest.txt :)
It's still in development so tell me if you have any idea/feature to add!

[near haven]

Cool stuff, is it on GitHub?

[rare osprey]

Great project ! Being able to select mutiples folders as favourite would be great (I believe there is between 200 and 300 custom anims by now at least... ) as I would not personaly have all existing ones on my SD... but rather on PC. Possibility to create anim lists...
Very interested to see this developped ! 🤘

[meager urchin]

I plan on publishing it on Github but I first need to make some code cleaning

[meager urchin]

Thank you! I'm not directly retrieving files from the flipper, it get them from a folder on your PC. The idea to be able to have different lists that point out to different folders is great! I will keep you informed when I start working on it, I'm going to be a little busy for the end of the year haha

[rare osprey]

I hear ya, we all have many things to do apart ! 😉 Take your time and keep us updated on how it goes ! Merry X-mas !

[meager urchin]

yup Merry xmas have a great time!

[near haven]

ok, Thanks for letting me know :)

[autumn ivy]

I'm soooooo on board with this project!

[meager urchin]

Some news from the project, here is a new demo of the latest build:

You can find the github here: https://github.com/Ooggle/FlipperAnimationManager
Pre-release builds are available! If you like it please star the project it will really help me out thank you :)

And don't hesitate to report if there is bugs/features you would like to see implemented

[rare osprey]

Linked on my GH. 🤘

[peak perch]

So I built this from src on macOS but I'm not sure where the ./dolphin folder should be @meager urchin

[meager urchin]

Hey, did you use the Makefile?

ok my bad

by default it will try to load the ./dolphin folder alongside with the binary, but you can change it to point wherever you want

You need to point to the folder that contains the manifest.txt and the animations folders @peak perch

Glad it build on MacOS I wasn't able to test myself \o/

[peak perch]

Yeah worked perfectly per your instructions after installing xcode

On an m1 mac

[meager urchin]

nice!

[peak perch]

Ah ok so the ./dolphin folder should be next to the bin in the build folder

[meager urchin]

I wasn't sure at all about my instructions, never used a Mac...

[peak perch]

I'll try when I'm back at my desk

[meager urchin]

yup if you don't want to change the path

[peak perch]

All good, at first I was wondering if there would be a pre-release for Mac but building from source was easy enough

Can send you the bin if you want to add to the repo

[meager urchin]

Oh if you can it would be wonderful

I just released v1.0 though

I don't know if you built v0.9 or v1.0

[peak perch]

When you say just, what do you mean lol

I only built it about 30min ago?

Yeah created it about an hour ago actually

How would I tell the version difference?

Nvm I see the update on GitHub building again now

[meager urchin]

Okay thank you!

[peak perch]

And done, what do you need me to send? Just the bin yeah?

Or rather the executable created by the make

[meager urchin]

Yup

[peak perch]

@meager urchin here you go!

[meager urchin]

Thank you, I'll add it this evening, mind if I mention you in the release?

[peak perch]

Not not at all, my GitHub is https://github.com/grinchdubs if you need it

[mortal summit]

How do i use it

It seems cool btw

I installed it now and looks really good ngl

[peak perch]

Did you figure it out?

[mortal summit]

No i tried

[meager urchin]

You need to point the dolphin folder to your dolphin folder where there is all the animations

Then you click load and the magic happen

[mortal summit]

I'll try

[meager urchin]

Just added it to the release, thank you!

[peak perch]

No prob, my pleasure

Thank you for the app! It's super useful

[meager urchin]

yup no worries

[lilac warren]

i have a mac how do i use the mac file

[peak perch]

Just double click on it @lilac warren

[lilac warren]

it didnt do anything

[lilac warren]

the mac file is different

[peak perch]

Haha I know, I made it

But all I do is double click it and it opens

Do you have xcode installed?

[lilac warren]

no do i have to do that

[peak perch]

Yeah you still need to install the dependencies correct @meager urchin ?

[meager urchin]

Just the binary is sufficient

@lilac warren do you have an M1 Mac or an AMD one ?

Both releases are available on GitHub

https://github.com/Ooggle/FlipperAnimationManager/releases

[lilac warren]

M1

Oh thanks which one is for m1

[hidden beacon]

Add a Rick roll file and don’t tell anyone name it read me or read me 2

[meager urchin]

It's the MacOS-arm_64bit one

[meager urchin]

I will maybe hahahaha

[brave badge]

when i will get flipper zero this is the first thing im downloading

[meager urchin]

Quick update: I'm in vacation so I will not be able to work on it for a few days

[lilac warren]

Thanks

[pearl osprey]

Hey what app do I need to open on MAC

[near haven]

?

[pearl osprey]

I tried to open “FlipperAM-MacOS-x86_64-1.0”

And “FlipperAM-MacOS-arm_64bit-1.0”

But I get a message saying there’s no application set to open the document

So I went through all the apps on my computer but none of them seem correct

[hollow ice]

I’m not sure if these work like gifs but is it possible to attach sound files with a background? Like digital rain sounds like soft keyboard strokes or when mew pops up it’s a wavy distorted sound like when it appears in the games? These are just suggestions I’m not the developer/ designer I’m not sure what’s possible

[meager urchin]

you need to make it executable and run it. see https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/make-a-file-executable-apdd100908f-06b3-4e63-8a87-32e71241bab4/mac

[meager urchin]

hey, sadly it's not possible/supported by the flipper zero and I don't think they will add something like this in the future :\

it's more like gifs as you said

[hollow ice]

Dang; I’ve also been trying to talk and implement a few designs features I feel would be very beneficial if they made a v2

Like I’m not sure if this is a common issue with anyone else but not every usb-c works for file transfers with your flipper, and what happens if you lose yours? Well what if it was a cheap built in usb with the flat cord styles for a built in housing? There’s a few other ideas but im not sure if we’ll see a v2 it’s just a personal pipe dream; I’d hope to see this be another brand we see stick around similar to hak5

[lilac warren]

didnth work

[meager urchin]

What Mac are you using? The M1 one?

Another Mac user had no trouble running it, I'm not a Mac user myself so I don't really know how to help here..

[meager urchin]

Well any usb-c with data link should be able to work with the flipper

[lilac warren]

m1

when i run the executable it says Referenced from: '/Users/liammedlyn/Downloads/flipperam'
Reason: tried: '/opt/homebrew/opt/sdl2/lib/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib' (no such file)
zsh: abort /Users/liammedlyn/Downloads/flipperam

Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

[meager urchin]

Oh ok I didn't knew the SDL2 dep was mandatory

You need to run the following command:

brew install sdl2

Then it should be good @lilac warren

[peak perch]

yeah I figured it would be

[lilac warren]

Ok thanks

[livid marsh]

i have the flipperam

how do i get the animations

[peak perch]

there are various github repos with animations

[livid marsh]

can you please link some or how can i find them?

[peak perch]

https://github.com/stars/grinchdubs/lists/f0-animations

[rare osprey]

https://github.com/Kuronons/FZ_graphics/

[livid marsh]

thank you

[peak perch]

your laughing man one is prob my fav

[rare osprey]

Thanks ! 😊 Well I should remake it someday as I forgot a lil detail XD and I believe I could make better circle now... but well time ya know... XD

[peak perch]

o rly?

[rare osprey]

missing the cap top pin XD

totally forgot to draw it XD

[peak perch]

hahaha

such a small detail but i welcome it lol

[livid marsh]

how do i change the passport?

[rare osprey]

You must edit and compile firmware for that. My passport backgrounds are not for official firmware as it, passport.c file must be edited for that... and I never took the time to write an how to guide XD

[pearl osprey]

I am having trouble downloading onto my mac. Would I be able to Cashapp anyone for help with installing?

[peak perch]

what cpu you have?

[near scarab]

That’s dope af

[meager urchin]

Thanks man!

Latest preview here if you didn't see it:
#1056227661791371274 message

There have been some new things since then, PNG support and custom weight per animation among others

[peak perch]

is this from the version I built?

[lilac warren]

How fo u add the animations

[rare osprey]

Check #creative 📌

[meager urchin]

Which one?

Oh, my bad yes it is

[livid marsh]

@meager urchin could I try to make this app browser compatible? I have an idea of how to do it.

[meager urchin]

of course! Looks super cool if you can do it

[livid marsh]

Alright, thank you! I just wanted to ask before I started

[meager urchin]

haha no worries

I'll gladly help if you have any question about my code

[livid marsh]

Sure thing

[meager urchin]

Desktop Customizer (Animation Manager)

[lost apex]

yeah is it once i get a flipper zero i wanna try this

[near haven]

why did you mention me?

[lost apex]

... sorry meant to ask the @meager urchin

[meager urchin]

New path selector feature comming :)

[peak perch]

Ooo nice!

I think I found a bug yesterday on windows btw

[meager urchin]

Oh yeah? Is it the crash when you click select all by any chance?

If it's that it has already been patched and will be shipped in next release :)

[meager urchin]

Pulled a new release!
https://github.com/Ooggle/FlipperAnimationManager/releases/tag/v1.1

It includes:

• Loads animations settings from manifest.txt
• Add support for png files
• Add a integrated file browser
• Add messages and tooltip on animations loaded
• Shows if loaded animation if bm or png
• Resizable window

[peak perch]

yeah it was this

[meager urchin]

okay then it's fixed in v1.1 :)

[meager urchin]

Release 1.2 is out!
https://github.com/Ooggle/FlipperAnimationManager/releases/tag/v1.2

What's New:

• Support complete parsing from manifest.txt
• Add subfolder animation compatibility
• Ability to cancel folder selection popup
• Add ability to save/update manifest.txt
• Add minimal UI mode to showcase animations
• Fix backslashes in animations name (Windows)

[meager urchin]

v1.3.0 of the Animation Manager released with LOAD of new things!
https://github.com/Ooggle/FlipperAnimationManager/releases

What's New

• Ability to compile uncompiled animations from .png to .bm (beta)
• Add options to change and replace weight globally
• Add options to change level and butthurt globally and per animation
• Show message when loading animations (don't freeze anymore)
• Show animations with errors and could not be loaded
• Add tips to about page
• Add notification system and new fonts
• General visual and user experience improvement
• And much more to come!

Fixes:

• No more freeze while loading animations
• Respect meta.txt frame order when displaying animations
• Fix manifest.txt not saving if file not present
• Fix App incorrect behaviour when resizing on MacOS