v0.2.0
The dashboard is now yours to lay out: both cards are configurable, they can host
real Android widgets, and upright screens get a layout of their own.
Lay out your own dashboard
- Settings → Customize home screen is a live editor. It renders the actual
dashboard, so what you drag is what you get. - Drag the bar between the two cards to resize them, or swap their order.
- Either card can be the media player, the phone shortcut, a row of your own
app shortcuts, or app widgets.
Real Android widgets
- Host up to three home-screen widgets side by side on either card — the same
widgets you'd put on a phone's home screen. - Add, change and remove them from the Customize screen, or by long-pressing the
card itself. - Widgets with a setup step get one, and are told their real size so they choose
the right layout.
Android asks you to approve each widget the first time it's added; that prompt
comes from the system, not from Dashline.
Portrait units
- A stacked layout for upright screens, instead of the landscape one squeezed.
- The app drawer sits on the home screen, filling the space under the cards.
It doesn't scroll — it fits as many rows as the screen allows and pages the
rest. Swipe across the icons or tap a dot to change page.
Clock and tabs
- Three clock faces: digital, analog or minimal.
- An optional stopwatch under the clock.
- Reorder the bottom tabs, and hide any your unit doesn't need. Apps and
Settings always stay — they're the only way back into the launcher's screens. - Android Auto and CarPlay shortcuts under the weather, for the link apps
these units ship with (ZLink, EasyConnected, AutoKit and friends).
Media card
- Volume slider alongside the transport controls.
- As the card gets smaller, controls are dropped one at a time rather than
squashed: seek bar first, then volume, then the transport row.
Fixes
- Settings changes now take effect as soon as you return to the dashboard.
- The stopwatch's hundredths actually move while it's running.
- Colour themes now recolour icons too, instead of leaving them the stock blue.
- Dark mode repaints the dashboard rather than only the other screens.
- The date follows the language you picked, not the system one.
- Resizing the cards is smooth; it no longer stutters or sticks mid-drag.
- Widgets no longer crash the launcher, and can actually be added — the previous
build always fell back to the phone card.
Upgrading
Your existing settings carry over — the second card's mode, its widget and its
shortcuts are migrated, not reset.
Install
adb install -r dashline-v0.2.0.apk
Or copy the APK to a USB stick and open it with the unit's file manager. Then
press Home and choose Dashline.
Runs on Android 4.4 and up. The media panel needs Android 5.0+; on KitKat it acts
as a launch button instead.
Full changelog: v0.1.4...v0.2.0