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Looking for C/C++ Compiler for WM6

I recently got myself an ATT Tilt (Kaiser), which I plan on taking with me to a conference in Europe next month, and I'm not planning on taking a laptop so I can travel lightly afterwards. The phone currently has WM6 on there (I'm not going to play with flashing the ROM until after my trip).
To the point: I want a C/C++ compiler on my phone that I can use for potentially testing a few things over there (assuming the application I have in mind will work, but that's another story). I'm assuming that if I get the compiler working, it will have access to the standard C libs, including network stack.
I've tried PocketGCC, but I can't get it to work. The cabs from pocketgcc.sourceforge.net install fine, but the CMD Prompt won't open (I click on the icon and nothing happens).
Searching these boards, the only reference I've found was to http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/business-development/135816-pocket-c.html#post1187340, but the links it points to for getting the various files no longer work.
Any suggestions or alternate links on how to get a working compiler on my smartphone?
As a backup, is CeGCC the best option for pre-compiling for the phone? Anyone know if it runs under 64-bit linux? Or if not, under win32 cygwin? Ideally, I'd love to have a cygwin-equivalent on the phone...but I guess that'll be deprecated with Android later on.
Thanks,
- David

Hi David,
I'm also looking for this and the best aproach was a DOS emulator (I think it is called Pocket DOS and there is another one that is free but don't remember the name) and Turbo C. I used it just to test very basic software that was just displayed in the DOS windows. But it was a really really little software (a couple of FORs and couple of variable incrementing), it was not fast to copile/run.
Hope this helps a little.

there is a cool project here, it's C#, not C++ but it might be of interest.
This one is supposed to be C++, but it is old and you may have problems with it. From what I recall, the command shell isn't compatible with wm6, but if you look around you may be able to find one to replace it that works.
Here is a command shell that's supposed to work with WM5/6
Good luck and let us know if you find anything else.
Also, the link to Mamaich's Version on that page you referenced works

Digicrat said:
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is CeGCC the best option for pre-compiling for the phone? Anyone know if it runs under 64-bit linux?
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mingw32ce (cegcc) is used to compile haret and roadmap (afaik vlc too).
It runs on amd64 very well. Have not tried it on my old DEC alpha.

Thanks for the quick responses.
edgar: PocketDOS looks interesting, but where can I find versions of Turbo C/C++ compatible with the pocketPC?
The program I'll be testing is actually a simple command-line C application, but it does use networking, UDP to be precise.
The link to Mamiach's link works on that page, but not the links on there for PocketConsole, PocketCMD, or the .bat files, though the bat files can be taken from the rar file itself.
I tried the PocketConsole and PocketCMD versions from the pocketgcc.sourceforge.net site again, and managed to get them (mostly) working after changing the reg key value.
I tried the PocketGCC cab file from gforge. It kind of works, but the test program won't compile. I still had to manually set the path for this, and for some reason it doesn't include gcc but calls the various other parts of it.
I'll try uninstalling the PocketGCC Cab and extracting Mamiach's version again and see if I have better luck with that later in the week and see how that goes.

Looks like I got it working for the most part.
Compilation is slow, but I don't want to waste space on the internal memory extracting all those .rar libs, unless I can get it installed/moved to the SD card later and adjust the paths accordingly (using spaces in file paths is always annoying).
I'm using Mamiach's version of GCC from the link above (extracted to /pgcc), plus PocketConsole and PocketCMD cabs from the pocketgcc.sourceforge.net distribution.
The only lingering (and annoying) issue is that it does not save the PATH setting after closing the cmd prompt.
Correction, I just noticed another more important issue. After switching programs, the CMD prompt seems to disappear. If I open another application, and then close that program, it will take me back to the CMD prompt. However, if I return to the "Today" screen, that prompt is still open but I can't get it back. It does not appear in that little task-switcher icon, nor in the detailed 'Task Manager'.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Update:
I just installed Dotfred's Task Manager. It looks like the problem is that the CMD prompt is being seen as a Process and not as an application. Now the question is can I change that...

Whiskers

[Map Overview]
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
​
Green dots represent Access Points
Blue dots represent Bluetooth Devices
Map updates on page refresh and is based on user uploads.​
[About]
Whiskers is an educational PocketPC application under the GNU/GPL license which tries to exploit all the hardware available on most common PDAs providing a link between different features such as GPS-Bluetooth-Wireless. Generally whiskers was built with radio reconnaissance in mind as help for geocachers or wardrivers but also as penetration and audit tool. There is support for in depth device scanning, triggering actions based on filters when certain devices are in range, centralized GPS logging with search functions for private or public databases and much more.
[Requirements]
WM5 onward
Compact Framework 3.5
Microsoft Bluetooth Stack (?unconfirmed?)
[Features]
Continuous scanning for Wireless and Bluetooth
Device logging (open, save etc..)
Bluejacking (two supported methods, more to come soon).
Autojacking
Device scripting, triggering specific actions when a device is in range based on filters such as device name, address, device class (laptop, phone, smartphone whatever...).
GPS logging based on GPX file with centralized database
Ability to contribute to the database: scan and upload to the central database.
Searching for devices in the database by name, address and Wireless or Bluetooth radio.
More to come
[Screenshots]
​ [Download]
Stable releases are those who were thoroughly tested by several people. They don't contain the latest features, modifications or bugfixes but they are bound to work and be compatible. Snapshot releases are development releases with new features and enhancements and are thus prone to not work correctly. In either case, if you've found a bug, please report it and I'll fix it asap! The stable releases also contain the source code. You can find the most recent cab file after you extract the archive at WhiskersCAB/Release/WhiskersCAB.CAB
[Stable]
HERE or HERE
[Snapshots]
Top most is the most recent version! If you post bug reports please post them for the top most version in the list below. The others below the top most are there just for history purpose. Please download the top most as it contains the recent changes and bugfixes.
http://rapidshare.com/files/203178761/Whiskers-200902272712.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/195599015/Whiskers-200908024416.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/194612862/Whiskers-200902060010.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/193026445/Whiskers-200902024318.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/192192948/Whiskers-200901310821.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/191631039/Whiskers-200901301416.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/190308621/Whiskers-200901273619.CAB
http://rapidshare.com/files/188808467/Whiskers-200901243517.CAB
[ SVN ]
You can always grab the latest SVN version from HERE. Please note that this will change in time and is considered the most unstable version of Whiskers. If you just want to browse the repository, you can do so HERE.​
[TODO]
- Add documentation
- Test on different platforms (other than mine)
[Changes]
current:
0.1:
Initial release
[More]
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/whiskers
[Install]
If you downloaded the CAB file, just copy to your device and install as normal. In case you've downloaded the stable version, you'll find the CAB file in WhiskersCAB/Release and you can copy it to your device and install.
[Uninstall]
Just uninstall from add/remove programs.
[Credits]
My first thanks go to the xda-developers forum for providing continuous support and testing for Sunscape. I am pretty sure no project would have gotten very far without this invaluable input. Secondly, I want to thank the creator of btCrawler for being an inspiration and going down as a true martyr when the eh... "German Law of Cybercrime" got him. I feel you c0rnholio!
-*-​

[Documentation]
In this documentation I will refer to the screenshots in the initial post. If you look at the tabs at the bottom you'll see four of them: "Scan", "Jack", "Script" and "Track". I'll try to walk you through all of those step-by-step since currently there is no documentation.
Scan
This is the main tab of Whiskers. It will not only scan for devices whether Bluetooth or Wireless but you will also be able to do various things with the found devices.
For a quick start, your bluetooth and/or wireless adapter has to be switched on. Whiskers doesn't do this for you and should fail silently if it doesn't find the adapter turned on.
Then you can just hit the Scan button and Whiskers will start to scan for devices or access points around you.
You can press "Clear" to flush current found devices or press "Delete" to remove individual devices from the list. Naturally, if Whiskers is scanning it will probably find the device again.
The input box right next to the Start button is the scanning time interval measured in milliseconds. That is, the time for which Whiskers will pause between scanning. You can set it at your convenience but 1000ms (1s) is quite a good value.
The Open / Save buttons you can use to open a saved list or store a saved list.
Let's move on to the Comm tab.
Comm
This tab is meant for communicating with other users using Whiskers. Although it's only based on bluetooth and hence the short range, it may come in handy when other Whiskers features will be implemented.
To communicate with a device, first make sure you've scanned it using the Scan tab, enter your message in the box below and click Send. If the other device is using Whiskers and is in listening mode, after a couple of tries your message should appear on your screen and on the other device's screen.
To receive messages, you must have clicked the Start Listening button which will make Whiskers listen to all incoming messages.
And now the Jack tab.
Jack
This tab is meant for jacking / autojacking. I have some development ideas which I won't divulge just yet but for the time being only this form of eh... annoyance is possible. The whole concept started from quite an old java applet I used to have on my mobile phone... You could set it to jack a message continuously and you'd just stroll around and it would jack any device which came in range.
To jack a device (only bluetooth devices, of course) you select a device in the Scan tab, then select the Jack method, either pairing or file, enter your message (the shorter the message the better!) and press the Jack button.
To autojack, you enter your message and and select a jacking logic (rotation - Whiskers will rotate in a round-robin fashion going through all devices, first in - Whiskers will jack any "new" device it finds, random - Whiskers will randomly select devices from the Scan tab) and press the Start AutoJack button. If you switch to the Scan tab you will see which device Whiskers is currently jacking. The time to live (TTL) is how much Whiskers will wait for a timeout while jacking a device (10 000ms, 10 seconds should give enough time to properly jack a device).
Please use this feature responsibly Let's move on to the Script tab.
Script
The purpose of this feature is to execute certain commands when a specific device is detected. You can search for a specific address, device name, type of device (the drop down boxes will help you choose), and whether it should be a BT (Bluetooth) device or an AP (access point).
To add a script, you may choose to fill any or none of the filters. You can search for a device name... Or maybe just a device class... Then you write or browse for an executable and fill in any optional parameters and click Add. You can later add the script by just clicking the script in the big box.
The next step is to enable scripts by clicking the Enable Scripts button. The time frequency (in milliseconds) is how often the scripts will trigger on the devices it finds.
That's it for the Script tab.
Track
Uh. This is a difficult one. The Track tab, given you have a GPS device, will log at what latitude and longitude it found a device. It will store this in a GPX file along with the device name and device address. Optionally, of course, once you've gathered some data, you may choose to press the Upload button which will upload the GPX file to a central server [I'll explain this more in the next post]. Given that some user spotted a specific device and has uploaded it to the server, you can search for devices using the search feature. This will place dots on the map [They may be hard to see on the default map, and I'm sorry for this, I'm still searching for solutions] at the respective locations. You can then choose to save the map with the dots using the Save button or you can clear all the dots by pressing the Reset button.
[Considerations]
You can use the program to scan for devices continuously. I used it to track around and discover what devices people are using. Needless to say that some had quite funny names or just adverts. I also picked up a TomTom device from a car. It's quite interesting and does fulfill some voyeuristic pleasure I guess. It's impressive though how many devices I've found... Tons of them, pages and pages of scrolling.
You can use the program to jack devices eh... In an educational manner, of course. Or to autojack while Whiskers discovers new devices. Please don't over-abuse it since it can be pretty annoying. In comparison to btCrawler or Bloover or whatever, Whiskers is meant to be the first tool before you use any of those. Bluesnarfing on newer devices is quite possible IF and only IF the user has accepted to pair with you. From then on, you could use one of those nifty tools which grant you access to all the cool and nasty features. I've seen a lot of discussion about being able to snarf without the user having to accept the pairing and, from what I've seen, sadly there is no such tool. Whiskers will try to get you paired but development in this department is halted for the time being.
The tracking feature currently uses my personal server. In time, when things get more stable I'll also publish the server-side part of Whiskers so you can make your own server (I have to, this is OpenSource). Of course, the search feature is only useful if you have a big enough database. It will also be possible to add your own maps rather than the default map.

[Pinboard]
The requirements state you need Microsoft Bluetooth Stack however, Whiskers relies on a third party library for Bluetooth management so it's not yet certain if it supports other stacks too.
Bluetooth and/or Wireless must be turned on or Whiskers won't report any device.
Currently I don't have many devices in the database for the Track tab. You are free to upload anything and if you want that file for yourself I'll send it happily. For the time being you can try searching for "khan" and type BT or "Wireless" and type AP. It will place some points in the UK and Romania. Once again, sorry, the dots are really small and hard to spot. What you could do is press the Save button, save the file and then view it on your computer screen. The dots should be light greenish and light blueish...
After using this program, please check in Settings -> System -> Device ID that your device name is still there. On a crash it may just leave the jack message there. Simply rename it back to what it was before.
[ Program may crash if you press the Upload or Search button and don't have an active internet connection. This will be fixed soon, I just wanted it to crash to spot some bugs but I forgot it on. The next unstable CAB will just fail gracefully ] - fixed.
Of course, with scanning on, the Scan tab will clutter up with devices that aren't in range anymore. Just save the log if you like and hit the clear button and it will update with devices currently in range.
There is currently no report whether the upload was successful or not and the same for the search. If you do choose to upload, make sure you search for a device you just uploaded using the search feature. If the upload was successful, it should show up.
The current Track logic is: if we found a new device and if we have a fix, log to GPX file. Best practice is to start tracking and then scanning. Once Whiskers has a satellite fix, it will log new devices to the GPX file. Once you hit the Track button, Whiskers will try to get a lock as fast as it can. Of course, as for any GPS device, it's good to try it while outside.

Looks interesting!
I feel like some "auditing".
Might it be an idea to have a direct link to the cab, so one doesn't have to download the whole VS solution?
Thanks!
EDIT:
First find:
Needs .Net CF 3.5 I think, not 2.0. Or at least it gave an error that required NETCFv35.Messages.EN.wm.cab to be installed to show the error.

l3v5y said:
Looks interesting!
I feel like some "auditing".
Might it be an idea to have a direct link to the cab, so one doesn't have to download the whole VS solution?
Thanks!
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Hey l3v5y, nice to see you on a new quest! Yes, everything is a bit shaky at the moment but I'm updating the posts as fast as I can. Also, you may want to wait for some documentation because there is currently NONE. A lot of stuff needs explaining. For a quick start though: you need to turn on your bluetooth and/or your wireless (the program doesn't do this automatically for you). I hope you have a MS stack. I rely on some external libraries and I'm not sure what they have under the hood. Thanks!
EDIT: Bingo, I'll update to 3.5 thanks!

I'm getting this:
Code:
Whiskers.exe
DirectoryNotFoundException
An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor()
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor()
at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor()
at Whiskers.Whiskers..ctor()
at Whiskers.Program.Main()
...and I have NETCFv35 and NETCFv35.Messages both installed. How do I tell what bluetooth stack I have? I have a Sprint Touch Pro. Thanks!

cspannos said:
I'm getting this:
Code:
Whiskers.exe
DirectoryNotFoundException
An error message cannot be displayed because an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor()
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor()
at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor()
at Whiskers.Whiskers..ctor()
at Whiskers.Program.Main()
...and I have NETCFv35 and NETCFv35.Messages both installed. How do I tell what bluetooth stack I have? I have a Sprint Touch Pro. Thanks!
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You're doing fine, sorry the CAB file is broken: Give me 5 minutes, I'll upload the fix.
EDIT: Ok, fixed and uploaded. Please try again...

SevenRains said:
[More]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/whiskers/
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That link takes me to http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunscape/

http://sourceforge.net/project/down...&filename=Whiskers-0.1.zip&use_mirror=surfnet
..bbut archive is broken, idd..or i am broken, lol..

circuit breaker said:
That link takes me to http://sourceforge.net/projects/sunscape/
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Fixed now. That was pretty strange...

SevenRains said:
Fixed now. That was pretty strange...
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hheh, still sunscape site..

nothin said:
http://sourceforge.net/project/down...&filename=Whiskers-0.1.zip&use_mirror=surfnet
..bbut archive is broken, idd..or i am broken, lol..
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Yes, it seems that mirror screwed up the archive. You can try the:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/whiskers
and follow the download links. Sourceforge takes a while to replicate the file to all mirrors. It seems that the surfnet mirror broke the file.
EDIT: I'll see if I can re-add the zip file to sourceforge. Don't know what they did with it...
EDIT: Ok, I re-added the file to sourceforge, it should be ok after it replicates. I'll add the source to opening post for convenience.
EDIT: Mirror for source/stable added to opening post.

nothin said:
hheh, still sunscape site..
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You're kidding Should be fixed now...
EDIT: sourceforge really screwed up my files...

Sorry peeps, I think I'm done with messing around with the release files. It's always like this at the beginning. Sourceforge took an older version (which would crash like the cab file did) and replicated that instead of the proper release.
Please use the CAB file. At the moment the CAB and the stable release are identical. I replaced the CAB with the proper version.
Initial post updated!

Last minute fix for Script handling.
Initial post updated!

And another fix for an occasional NullReferenceException.
Initial post updated!

This seems like an excellent sort of application, thank you for all your hard work.
I am just wandering if the latest version works on the Trinity?
I have installed the .CAB from the release folder but when I try the jack or auto jack feature the program crashes. I have turned bluetooth on and also left it off before trying but the same problem, also do i need beam on or off? or am I just not doing something simple.
Thank you for your help in advance

jab1a said:
This seems like an excellent sort of application, thank you for all your hard work.
I am just wandering if the latest version works on the Trinity?
I have installed the .CAB from the release folder but when I try the jack or auto jack feature the program crashes. I have turned bluetooth on and also left it off before trying but the same problem, also do i need beam on or off? or am I just not doing something simple.
Thank you for your help in advance
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Hello, thanks for taking interest in Whiskers!
If you didn't get a crash when pressing the scan button, then the libraries are working correctly and Whiskers should definitely work on your device.
The release version had some bugs which have been fixed in the new Snapshot releases. Could you please try the latest snapshot release? (Whiskers-200901273619.CAB at the top will do fine!)
If you are still gettting a crash with the latest snapshot, could you please provide a few lines from the crash? (You can access those by pressing Details when the crash screen comes up)
Please tell me if this works for you!

Ok I have just installed Whiskers-200901273619.CAB and im getting the same problem. On the first tab (scan) I can hit scan but nothing happens, a few titles at the bottom are greyed out but thats it until I hit hit stop. If I go to the jack tab and hit jack or start autojack then it frezzes for a second and then crashes, here are a few lines from the details section:
Whiskers.exe
ArgumentOutOfRangeException
ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Parameter name: index
at
System.Collections.Array.get_Item(Int32 Index)
at
Does this help or do you need more?
Thank you again for your help

I posted too soon, the scan function is working and is picking up access points, but the jack feature is still the same

[APP] Native Android web server 1.1 - updated! (folder browsing, basic AUTH)

Hello,
I've managed to compile a small native web server for Android (but for now only tested on Sony X10 with 2.3.3 version). You will need root.
The main advantage is that you can quickly share photos / documents from your phone as long as there's WiFi available. The other phone needs just to have WiFi and a browser.
It is an Android port of the webserver source code found here: http://www.jbox.dk/sanos/webserver.htm which comes under BSD License.
Download
webserver-1.1.zip
Archive contents
webserver – Android binary
LICENSE – initial BSD License
android_port.patch – BSD licensed patch for webserver.c
README.txt – description on how to install / compile.
Installing
Since most mobile carriers block incoming traffic, you won’t probably be able to access your phone via GSM/3G data connection, only over WiFi.
You need to unpack the archive, and extract the webserver binary to a directory of your choice. Then:
Code:
adb push webserver /sdcard/
adb shell
su
cd /system/bin
cp /sdcard/webserver .
chmod 755 webserver
./webserver -u <username> -p <password> -s <port>
To stop just kill its pid ...
If you run in Terminal Emulator, just send it a Ctrl-C and it will exit.
Screenshots
Starting up the webserver (runs by default on port 80) and navigating to /sdcard/DCIM folder in the browser:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
For more information about the porting process please check my website.
Change log
v1.0 - 21 Aug 2011
Initial port to Android
v1.1 23 - Aug 2011
Added command line options
Added listing of all local IPs (please check screenshot, it reports IPs and interfaces when starting up. Helps a lot to find out the WiFi IP, tun.ko is detected and works too)
Added Basic HTTP authentication for security
PS: if you have other rooted Android phones, I'm very interested in feedback if this works or not. I did not use anything specific to X10.
Thank you,

viulian said:
Hello,
I've managed to compile a small native web server for Android (but for now only tested on Sony X10 with 2.3.3 version). You will need root.
PS: if you have other rooted Android phones, I'm very interested in feedback if this works or not. I did not use anything specific to X10.
Thank you,
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good to see someone working on not so generic stuff.... would like to help you with stuff althogh i am not that good at java.
Will be checking the webserver out....
i don't have any other phone however i am in a process of purchasing some tabs so might help you then....

Thank you for feedback
Don't know if it will work in tablets (I did not test it on 3.0, only 2.3.3) .. but yes, if you will root them, please give it a shot!

Did you install this on your own X10? I need some pics.

silveraero said:
Did you install this on your own X10? I need some pics.
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Yes and I've also tested it on X10. I've attached two screenshots to the first post of the thread. Please check them:
a) I have started webserver within Terminal Emulator
b) Then I navigated to the photos folder, in the browser (192.168.1.6 is phone's IP over WiFi).

viulian said:
Yes and I've also tested it on X10. I've attached two screenshots to the first post of the thread. Please check them:
a) I have started webserver within Terminal Emulator
b) Then I navigated to the photos folder, in the browser (192.168.1.6 is phone's IP over WiFi).
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just a quick comment
when you copy it to system/bin
you don't need to cd or ./
you cna directly run webserver
EDIT : i would suggest you do one more change.
right now if i understand correctly this can pose a security risk....
as it can give you all folders any file effectively all data any location...
Make changes such that which ever folder you navigate and start webserver from only that folder and its subfolders are accessiblle on webserver.
webserver is already in bin so we can run from anywhere
so if i want to share /sdcard/share
cd /sdcard/share
webserver
hope that will help.

anantshri said:
just a quick comment
when you copy it to system/bin
you don't need to cd or ./
you cna directly run webserver
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My bad! Yes, I was testing in /system/test when porting, and by reflex I typed it. I will leave it like that in descriptions, but you are right of course
anantshri said:
right now if i understand correctly this can pose a security risk....
as it can give you all folders any file effectively all data any location...
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It's a difficult decision to start adding security to folders ...
Because next question will be: but I want to access more folders! Or, yes, I want everything but I also want to exclude these and these ... And just like any software product, more time will be spent fool-proofing it. Because if you add configuration files, then you need a ton of error messages (and support for noobs) to explain what is wrong and how to fix it.
This is just a working proof of concept. It works, and it uses so little memory as compared to other Java apps that might do the same thing ...
I also thought of security (since I wouldn't want to start it on a public WiFi) but to add support for username and password - as even allowing some folders is still risky 'cos anybody than then browse all the photos.
On my todo list:
a) add file upload feature (fork()-ing is unstable on Android, so CGI support can't be done reliably - it will have to be built in)
b) add support for username and password.
c) sorting (alphabetically and folders first).

viulian said:
My bad! Yes, I was testing in /system/test when porting, and by reflex I typed it. I will leave it like that in descriptions, but you are right of course
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I was adding more while you replied
EDIT : i would suggest you do one more change.
right now if i understand correctly this can pose a security risk....
as it can give you all folders any file effectively all data any location...
Make changes such that which ever folder you navigate and start webserver from only that folder and its subfolders are accessiblle on webserver.
webserver is already in bin so we can run from anywhere
so if i want to share /sdcard/share
cd /sdcard/share
webserver
hope that will help.

why not just swiftp ?

phillu97 said:
why not just swiftp ?
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alternatives the more the merrier.

anantshri said:
alternatives the more the merrier.
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haha, finee okays. but i enjoy the GUI and all .

phillu97 said:
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Well, this is a completely different approach. Native (.c) compile, very fast and extremely low memory footprint.
It is not ment for the masses. Google wants people to use Java / DalvikVM. What I (as a developer) want is to get closer to hardware instead of being abstracted away. While it is true that interface with good implementation wins (Apple proves it), it is very good that we can still go low level.
Second, FTP is limited. You can only connect to download.
In future, if people like webserver and keep providing feedback, HTTP is more powerful:
a) interact with phone - contacts, call logs, send sms from browser, etc
b) have cached previews when browsing the photos - this you cannot over FTP.
c) compression
d) no data/command channels to slow down interaction.
As said, this is a proof of concept, and not offered as an alternative to "SwiFTP" and the rest.

hmmm i see your point
but swiftp has proxy servers and you can upload :S
will test out tho. and will hit thanks when near comp
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viulian said:
It's a difficult decision to start adding security to folders ...
Because next question will be: but I want to access more folders! Or, yes, I want everything but I also want to exclude these and these ... And just like any software product, more time will be spent fool-proofing it. Because if you add configuration files, then you need a ton of error messages (and support for noobs) to explain what is wrong and how to fix it.
This is just a working proof of concept. It works, and it uses so little memory as compared to other Java apps that might do the same thing ...
I also thought of security (since I wouldn't want to start it on a public WiFi) but to add support for username and password - as even allowing some folders is still risky 'cos anybody than then browse all the photos.
On my todo list:
a) add file upload feature (fork()-ing is unstable on Android, so CGI support can't be done reliably - it will have to be built in)
b) add support for username and password.
c) sorting (alphabetically and folders first).
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Why not just virtually create a .htaccess inside of each folder?
Do that, and you can get user accounts, directory blocking, etc.

Mayazcherquoi said:
Why not just virtually create a .htaccess inside of each folder?
Do that, and you can get user accounts, directory blocking, etc.
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this is not a direct fork of apache so .htaccess support will not be an easy stufff to make... so we can let the dev think about how to implement a check....

SwiFTP works with FTP right? Some1 know Wifi FileExplorer?
What i miss with those 2 apps is Add Hoc support! I want to Acces one phone with another over Wifi! Would be perfect over http because it also works to an Iphone. Sadly most apps like that wont work while Barnacle theters WiFi.
P.S. Dont have a PC here, you can compile a APK? Or that wont Work because its not java?

It will work, and APK can launch a native file but I wanted as close to bare minimum as possible.
However, I will only have time to investigate tonight when I get back home ..

New version released !
v1.1
Added command line options
Added listing of all local IPs (please check screenshot, it reports IPs and interfaces when starting up. Helps a lot to find out the WiFi IP, tun.ko is detected and works too)
Added Basic HTTP authentication for security
Download
webserver-1.1.zip
I've also updated the first post of the thread with new screenshots (Hit Ctrl-R to reload the screenshots in case you have the old ones in the cache).

Whilst some will disagree with me this would be awesome to bundle with MySQL and PHP servers...
Apache, MySQL, and PHP running on mobile...not so much for hosting a website but for developement...our devices are getting more and more powerful and would be cool to develop websites on the phone using a mobile version of lamp and an HTML/PHP ide like a mobile dreamweaver/expressions web...that and we already have photoediting software...
Not saying it'd be practical but would be nice...and I think it would come in handy from time to time...
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ebbinger_413 said:
Whilst some will disagree with me this would be awesome to bundle with MySQL and PHP servers...
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Actually
I downloaded the php-for-android bundle and which comes with php 5.3.3 compiled native.
The native php executable lies hidden, since it is intended for SL4A to detect and invoke it; I want to do the same thing, but only from this web server. Initially GET only - and later POST too.
The following issues are make it difficult to have full featured Linux alongside Android:
a) Google's poor implementation of fork / pthread. It is so poor, they insist people should not use it.
Here are some insights: http://groups.google.com/group/android-ndk/browse_thread/thread/1dfa066e20175c5a/e4c79372d365f5e3.
Dianne Hackborn, Android framework engineer, was hinting to actually limit even the basic one that exists, if people "abuse" it. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.android.ndk/2132
b) Google implementation of bionic (many things lack) makes it difficult to port from Linux. Standard libraries are missing (libcrypt / base64 / ... ) and so on.
We'll see but with the avoidance attitude towards low level access (Google need people to use all the location services and ads based apps) I am a bit skeptical that they will ease transition to glibc.
At least to leave it as is ...

[XAP][SOURCE] Native Toast Notification Launcher

This is a very simple application that enables you to specify any kind of Uri to launch. This is done through creating a Toast notification that, when clicked on, will execute the specified Uri. This uses a native method outside of the regular SDK; the standard methods available in the SDK that you'd normally use to create a Toast notification are restrictive in what kind of Uri you can specify. By using the native method not part of the SDK, these limitations can be by-passed.
I've attached both the XAP and the source code. The source project contains three projects:
CShellChromeAPI: The C++/CLI project which calls the native un-documented method
NativeToastLauncher: The .NET wrapper which simplifies the interaction with the C++/CLI project
NativeToastLauncherApp: The test application used to quickly launch any Uri
You'll notice I've hard-coded a default Uri when you launch the application: this will open the Windows Phone 8 "About" page.
To run this, you'll need to side load the XAP which requires a dev unlocked device...

Can I use any system GUID to launch?

djtonka said:
Can I use any sytem GUID to launch?
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Any registered app GUID yes. You'd do app://GUID/_default (or replace the _default with the particular task to run - in most cases, that's _default).

@cpuguy this is awesome, thanks!

If you guys are looking for GUIDS and default tasks, they are all in the app's WMAppMAnifest.xml. the "ProductID" is the GUID and the "DefaultTask Name" property contains the name of the default task.

Hopefully we can use this to find a program to exploit.
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Does anyone happen to have a list of the ID's for the system and settings apps? Obviously, I can't go into the code and get these without messing with the file system. If no one has them, then I can just trial/error until I get some...

If you download the registry hives located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393883 , you can load the Software hvie and search for "app://" That will give you a few system files you can launch.
EDIT:
I posted a zip file of the default ones in a new thread.
IF anyone has tethering blocked, see if you can get it to work by launching this URI app://5B04B775-356B-4AA0-AAF8-6491FFEA5629/Default

compu829 said:
If you download the registry hives located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393883 , you can load the Software hvie and search for "app://" THat will give you a few system files you can launch.
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Im only seeing the app:// function used on the system settings options after going through the regsistries so far.

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Im only seeing the app:// function used on the system settings options after going through the regsistries so far.
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that's what I saw too. I am having way more luck finding cool stuff in the extracted ffu. Take a look at the zip file in the new thread I started.

compu829 said:
that's what I saw too. I am having way more luck finding cool stuff in the extracted ffu. Take a look at the zip file in the new thread I started.
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yea, I saw the new thread. Hopefully somebody can find a exploit in all that. It executes some cool files. Too bad there wasn't a cmd.exe file on our phones that we can execute.

aclegg2011 said:
yea, I saw the new thread. Hopefully somebody can find a exploit in all that. It executes some cool files. Too bad there wasn't a cmd.exe file on our phones that we can execute.
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actually..there is! but it's stuck in a WIM. It inflates it on an "as-needed" basis.
I am hoping that we can use the backgroundworker to run some stuff elevated

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I am hoping that we can use the backgroundworker to run some stuff elevated
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But they all are pretty much isolated. It is unlikely that you will be able to run anything elevated

aclegg2011 said:
yea, I saw the new thread. Hopefully somebody can find a exploit in all that. It executes some cool files. Too bad there wasn't a cmd.exe file on our phones that we can execute.
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Not only is there a CMD.exe, but there are other interesting things like a BSOD screen, Control Panel, registry keys referencing desktop (A future exploit I might attempt), and even native EXEs (We knew about native EXEs since WPs release).

Why does this launcher not work with "normal" toasts: {YOUR-APP-GUID} and "/Page1.xaml"? Only with empty GUID and full path.

Similarly, any chance this could be used to open arbitrary XAML pages, rather than just the ones defined in the app manifest? For example, something like what was posted in another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45265419&postcount=56) using the following URI: app://5edbdbbc-2ab2-df11-8a2f-00237de2db9e/_default#/View/APNSettingPage.xaml to launch a hidden page in the Connection Setup app. I don't know if that's a weird behavior of CS or if its universally possible (and while it feels lazy to ask, I'm at work right now). There are a bunch of "hidden" pages in the ATIV S Diagnosis app, some of which would be very useful, but the navigation code for them is blocked or outright missing. If we could invoke those directly... There are probably a bunch of other such hidden gems in other OEM apps too.

Yes you can. The way I found the one in the HTC app was by loading the dlls in JetBrain's dotPeek. Then I looked for the xaml files. It is all a relative URI based on what dotPeek/the app "sees". The only thing the manifest states is where the default entry point is for the page. Basically I looked in the manifest file for how it calls the "default" page. and then replace it with the relative URI for the other page you want.
If you guys want, I can write up a simple tutorial. I just have an HTC 8x, so my hands are tied. If someone can figure out how to deflate an nbh file so I can browse it, that'd be fantastic! I found a "dead" 521 on eBay that I am thinking of picking up for research since there are way more tools for Nokia.

compu829 said:
Yes you can. The way I found the one in the HTC app was by loading the dlls in JetBrain's dotPeek. Then I looked for the xaml files. It is all a relative URI based on what dotPeek/the app "sees". The only thing the manifest states is where the default entry point is for the page. Basically I looked in the manifest file for how it calls the "default" page. and then replace it with the relative URI for the other page you want.
If you guys want, I can write up a simple tutorial. I just have an HTC 8x, so my hands are tied. If someone can figure out how to deflate an nbh file so I can browse it, that'd be fantastic! I found a "dead" 521 on eBay that I am thinking of picking up for research since there are way more tools for Nokia.
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That's correct. I have been navigating to various - normally unreachable - XAML pages in quite a few of the Nokia apps. I gave an example of that in a different thread:
Code:
app://[COLOR="Navy"][B]2377fe1b-c10f-47da-92f3-fc517345a3c0[/B][/COLOR]/[COLOR="Orange"][B]_default[/B][/COLOR]#/[COLOR="Green"][B]Launcher[/B][/COLOR];component/[COLOR="DarkRed"][B]MainPage.xaml[/B][/COLOR]
In this example, I launch the Nokia extras+info app (2377fe1b-c10f-47da-92f3-fc517345a3c0) with the default entry point (_default) which, as @compu829 stated, can found in the app's manifest. Following that, you can add "#/" (not sure if either the hash-tag or slash can be taken out or both are required to work but I know with both, it does work) to the URI to specify a particular XAML file you'd like to open. Following the "#/", you get to specify the assembly (i.e. the .DLL in the XAP file) in which the XAML file is located (Launcher). And finally, you add ";component/" followed by the full path to the XAML as defined in the embedded resource file (MainPage.xaml).

-W_O_L_F- said:
Why does this launcher not work with "normal" toasts: {YOUR-APP-GUID} and "/Page1.xaml"? Only with empty GUID and full path.
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I presume your reference to the "empty GUID" is for the first parameter of my static Launcher.LaunchToast method? That first parameter is, as far as I can see, ignored for the actual toast launch. If I'd have the signature of the "Shell_PostMessageToast" method, I could perhaps understand what it does but, without it, I just knew it wanted a GUID (passed to it as a string) and that that GUID could be an empty one. I reversed engineered the signature from that native method (found in ShellChromeAPI.dll) by taking a look at another native assembly calling it. Naturally, this only tells shows me how that method is being called but doesn't return the name of the parameters. If I remember correctly, the assembly calling that method was passing its own application GUID... I could have done the same but, I didn't see what use it had so I decided to keep passing it an empty GUID.
The format of the toast is different most likely because that's the raw toast launching method. The other format you're used to is the more developer friendly one that's sanitized prior to launching it (so you can't launch another app directly).

Success!
@GoodDayToDie , this is exactly what I'm trying to do! And here is result:

[WIP] Tilandis: It's like TileCreator Proxy, but better.

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://github.com/lavacano201014/tilandis/releases
Tilandis
A drop in replacement for TileCreator Proxy​
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Overview
TileCreator is one of several UWP apps designed to allow you to pin custom tiles to your start menu. The way these apps work is they launch a companion app (in TileCreator's case, TileCreator Proxy) that's associated with a specific protocol, and that companion app is what actually launches programs.
The problem is, while TileCreator itself works well, TileCreator Proxy is terrible. This isn't intended to be a jab at the developer, but let's be real - having to use .lnk or .bat files for half your programs isn't exactly the best experience.
The base problem here is working directories: Many programs assume their working directory will always be the directory they've been installed to. In most cases, they're right, since Windows shortcuts (.lnk) use the directory of the executable as the default working directory. TileCreator Proxy, however, launches processes within its own working directory, which is some space directory in the middle of absolutely nowhere sensible. I've mentioned this to the developer, and it hasn't been fixed, and now that developer hasn't logged in since November. It's incredibly likely that the developer has real life problems that he's prioritized over his development work. And I can't blame him. But this problem needed fixing, so Tilandis is here to fix it.
Project Status
What Works:
Link management
Creating links
Deleting links
Replacing existing links (with -f)
Launching links
Protocol registration (so you can use it with TileCreator)
Arguments and working directories (including automatically defaulting to executable's directory)
Command line interface
Automatically closing TileCreator behind you (at the moment, ONLY TileCreator - planning to make this configurable)
Running links as administrator
The GUI
What's Planned (but doesn't work yet)
Link validation (at the moment, Tilandis just accepts stuff willy nilly, which includes a few characters that aren't legal for filenames or link names. For now, it's up to you not to include the : or / characters in your link names.)
Live tile companionry (waiting for a UWP implementation first)
Installation
Go to the link at the top of the post, and download the latest version's installer.
Run said installer.
That's it. Next section.
Usage
The basic procedure:
Open a command prompt (this one doesn't need to be administrator) and navigate to where you put Tilandis. If you put it in C:\Users\Your_Name_Here, this may done for you if you use PowerShell.
If you need to specify arguments, you can specify them with -a (e.g. `-a "-sw -noborder"`). If you need to specify a working directory that differs from the default (if you're not sure, then no you don't), you can specify that too, with -w (e.g. `-w "C:\Program Files"`). These options go alongside the basic command line.
FAQ&FSS (Frequently Asked Questions and Frequently Said Statements)
Why should I use this over TileCreator?
You misunderstood the post. Read it again.
Can I use this with some other UWP app, like Better StartMenu?
Yes! Simply install the app, launch a tile with it, and see what Windows spits out. It should come up with "You'll need a new app to open this <something>." That "something" is the protocol you tell Tilandis to register with:
Code:
tilandis -r <something>
Why should I use this (alongside something like TileCreator) over some program that uses visualmanifests.xml?
VisualManifests.xml doesn't support wide or large tiles. Also, although no working implementation currently exists, the UWP app method is capable of displaying "live" tiles (meaning they update every so often, like official Windows store apps).
Are you going to make a UWP (Metro) app to go with Tilandis?
Doubtful. In my opinion, the UWP side of things is already well covered as it is, for being this early on in Windows 10's life. However, I might later just for the laughs, or if nobody ever gets around to implementing live tiles. If I do implement one, I'll look into throwing in jump lists too while I'm at it (because hey, jump lists).
Is it buggy?
I've been using release builds alongside TileCreator as my daily driver for start tiles since I first got link launching to work. I've had no problems. That said, I have no extra-paranoid security software, and do not currently test the automatic replacement of existing TileCreator Proxy installations.
I'm getting an error (or maybe more than one) about some MS or VC DLL missing.
You're missing the 2015 VC++ redist. Make sure you install the 64 bit one, this is a 64 bit application.
Wait what? Why is it a 64 bit app?
It's 2016. If you're on a 64 bit processor, you should be running a 64 bit OS by now. 32 bit emulation is 1:1 perfect, and Windows hasn't had 16 bit applications since it ran on top of DOS, so there's no reason you should need a 32 bit OS on a 64 bit processor. If your processor is only 32 bit, you're officially retrocomputing.
I've actually got some reason to be running a 32 bit OS.
The source is on GitHub, under the MIT license unless I find one I like better. It's the whole solution, just clone the repo, open it in Visual Studio 2015, set it to x86 and press F7. I don't do anything bizarre with my solution or toolchain, should just spit out a 32 bit Tilandis.exe. You can even build it on a 64 bit computer for a 32 bit system.
Please note that bugs that only occur when running a 32 bit build of Tilandis will not be fixed. They are, however, extremely unlikely.
Does it support URLs? Non-executable files?
Yes. Internally, it just feeds the path, args, and working directory to ShellExecute(), so it should be able to launch nearly anything you can double click on in File Explorer with its appropriate program, or open any URL you feed it.
As an example, to launch TF2 through Steam:
I looked at your source code, it's terrible.
I never claimed it was good code, I just claimed I had better functionality. But C++ is definitely not my forte, since my native programming language is Python. And I was stoned for a lot of this project. But it works, and I'm honest about it (even though it's only my word for it), so in the end I still get at LEAST a C+ for this.

I can't seem to get past the fourth step of installation. I've moved the file into multiple locations, used both powershell and command prompt, but I never get a response after typing the command. Running it as an administrator has no noticeable effect on either command prompt or powershell.
Any idea what could be wrong?

Not working for me

After quite a bit of testing, I think I've figured it out. I'll detail my steps and see if anyone can figure anything out from there.
Go to the link at the top of the post to download the latest executable.
Place the executable anywhere. I personally placed it in the TileCreator Proxy installation folder, which for me is found at "C:\Program Files (x86)\TileCreator".
Open an administrator PowerShell and change the directory to wherever you put Tilandis. For me, the command to do this was cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\TileCreator" .
At this point, run the command in the original post. I don't know what the command does entirely, it seems like it would change something, but it doesn't as far as I can tell. I had to run it using .\Tilandis -r TileCreator as the original command left out the location of Tilandris which seems to be needed in PowerShell.
After this, you can close PowerShell.
Open PowerShell (administrator never hurts) and navigate to where your placed Tilandris.
Create a new link using the command .\Tilandis -n MyLinkName -p "C:\Link\To\The\Desired\Executable.exe"
Tilandris will then create a file called links.json that seems to be unusable by TileCreator. Changing links.json to links.config seems to allow it to be accepted and used normally.
Import the new config.config into TileCreator and you will be able to make tiles. This still points to TileCreator Proxy, which I imagine would not be the case if step four of the original process worked, but I can't figure it out.
Setup a tile how you normally would.
I hope we get a reply from the creator, as I'm positive this isn't how this is supposed to work.

What the command "tilandis -r tilecreator" is supposed to do is modify the Windows registry (that's why it needs administrator, it's supposed to spit an error message if it fails to edit the registry but due to a bug it's silent either way) to register Tilandis with the same protocol TileCreator uses to talk to TileCreator Proxy. I didn't test whether or not it would work if you already had TileCreator Proxy installed because I kind of figured Windows would just overwrite it for me. I don't know why I could have expected that... :V
Please open regedit and delete the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\tilecreator (neither TileCreator nor its proxy keeps any configuration in this key, your tiles are safe), then try "tilandis -r tilecreator" as administrator again. This time, it should go straight to Tilandis without bothering with TileCreator Proxy as a middleman. (I'm surprised TCP accepted my JSON in the first place, I wasn't trying for compatibility). And sorry I'm late, I couldn't remember what password I used for this account and XDA's forgot password page has a broken captcha.

I can confirm that I have this working successfully now. I didn't find the registry entry you mentioned, but that is probably because I decided to delete TileCreator until you had replied to me.
Once you get the TileCreator window closing behind you, I think you've got a very solid replacement for the proxy. Well done, your work is much appreciated. Just don't forget your password this time!

New release! Changelog provided at the link.
The tl;dr is the "run as admin" switch (-A) is now implemented, and Tilandis will now close TileCreator (and at the moment only TileCreator) as it goes.
I'm also considering drafting a separate protocol, "tilectl", allowing UWP apps to create links in Tilandis (and any other proxy app that chooses to implement it) for you. Imagine a program like TileCreator being able to not only pin tiles with whatever image you want, but being able to configure what that tile actually launches without having to launch the other app and set it up yourself!

#NotDead
I knew eventually you would all get frustrated with having to use the CLI all the damn time, so I'm writing a control application for everyone. I'll probably also try and fix protocol registration while I'm at it, because man, that really oughta just work

Any updated info any time soon ?

DroidShift79 said:
Any updated info any time soon ?
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Good news: There are boxes! And buttons!
Bad news: They don't do anything yet (or I'dve released it already). I'm sorry I'm not faster, I've got a bunch of real life issues that I'm battling at the moment. But, I'm here! And I haven't forgotten!

That's very much a placeholder GUI at the moment, eventually I'm going to come up with something that actually manages tiles properly. Might even build that UWP app after all.
(that's weird, I was sure XDA had an automatic merge for double posts. oh well)

Nice to hear from you.
Don't stress yourself. RealLife always go first!
Take all the Time you need @lavacano201014
Anyway, don't tease us

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I'm sorry I'm not faster, I've got a bunch of real life issues that I'm battling at the moment. But, I'm here! And I haven't forgotten!
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Hey man, loving the progress. Eager to try out the GUI, but don't let this effect your life (which you seem to not let it be doing, I just wanted to give you a reminder that it's okay.)
Good work!

It's finished!