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Activator for iOS Gets a Major Update

Posted April 2, 2012 at 2:27pm by iClarified · 14364 views
Ryan Petrich has released a major update to Activator, a centralized gesture, button and shortcut management system for iOS, that brings support for iOS 5.1.

Activator lets you assign actions to various events, allowing for the complete customization of your iOS experience.

What's New In This Version:
● Support iOS 5.1
● Add Pause and Play actions
● Add Headset Connected/Disconnected Events
● Use much simpler native gestures on iOS5 (should fix numerous gesture-related bugs)
● Fix delayed headset action crash on iOS5
● Dismiss notification center when activating first page
● Make Activate Assistant action dismiss if assistant is already visible
● Suppress single press home button if assistant or voice controls are visible
● Add icons to menus
● Updated localizations
● Describe menus with the list of their contents
● Indicate events that don't have anything assigned by a lighter subtitle text color
● Show placeholder icon while real icons are loading
● Fix down/up and up/down volume events actions not resetting the volume
● Fix crash when assigned menu item is uninstalled (1.6.2 beta 1 regression)
● Improve settings pane load time
● Properly reset slide gestures count when event mode changes
● Abort slide gestures when device is locked/unlocked
● Make settings commit immediately
● Support Show Volume Bar on iPad/iOS5
● Fix unable to add items to menus with a blank name
● Fix LaunchServices warnings in settings panes
● Categorize web clips into their own section
● Update icons
● Properly handle touches cancelled on statusbar
● Fix crash on iOS3 when action icon is missing
● Add requires-no-touch-events info key so that actions can defer receiving events until after touches finish

You can download Activator 1.6.2 from the Big Boss Cydia Repository.