Feature crave: Option to run WiFi AP from home screen button press

[mk-fg]

Hi,

More than traditional books, I've been using xteink in the pocket for (A) internet longreads (B) todo-list/reminders as cover.bmp

Both of these kinda come-and-go on a daily basis, and while uploading file(s) via webui is trivial to automate via basic curl (or whatever script), that needs some wifi mode running first, which takes a few button presses and time to setup, which is mildly inconvenient (esp. for hurried "put shopping-list/recipe/todo/etc onto main screen and run" use-case).

For joining wifi network in particular, you also have to wait for ap list, pick same one AP from the list, wait to connect, press done - where ideally it'd be a single "connect to same last/only AP and run httpd" shortcut press via side button on the main screen.
Or same for running AP from there, which tbf is less tedious (less button presses and without selections) to do currently, but still not quite one "go into upload mode" button.
In this UX scenario, ideally exiting WiFi screen would also go back to main screen (where shortcut was used), not to Apps menu.

Options menu currently allows to choose some keybindings, so maybe "Side buttons on home screen" selection might also make sense there.
Can be just "run wifi AP" at first, and maybe expanded later if something else useful comes up for shortcutting-to.

Might be just my weird use-case though, so feel free to close if too odd to bother with.
I'll probably get around to setup local fw build and implement/patch it locally at least, but not sure if will be able to make it general enough and to fit nicely with other stuff to make into a usable PR.

Thanks for all your work on this.

[bigbag]

@mk-fg I think it is possible, how about this way
Apps > WiFi AP
?

[mk-fg]

Two taps is certainly easier than "Apps > Open > Down > Select", if it ends up being the first option on the list.

[mk-fg]

Moving stuff around in Apps menu might disrupt existing users' muscle memory, but dunno if that's a significant enough concern.

[sorenpeter]

How about an option to longpress the apps button?

[bigbag]

Guys, long/short press isn't very intuitive; you always have to remember what combination of presses and duration you need.

[mk-fg]

Don't think non-default shortcuts that you assigned yourself via Options need to be particularly intuitive.

But for default functionality - yeah, it's really irritating when you press something random accidentally and odd thing you never intended for happens, and often you have to struggle to find your way out of it and revert stuff back.
(complicated editor apps are usually horrible that way, esp. when action is cosmetic and not something you can undo, e.g. press something by accident to have half of UI scrambled and stuff displayed all wrong, with no idea what you pressed or how to fix it)

[mk-fg]

Did enable shortcut via hack in a custom build for now, which was very easy, thanks to great build files, docs and clean code.

As already mentioned, don't know if maybe it's just my unique use-case where something like this would be "nice to have", but of course still would be cool to not need a custom build/patch, if this is easy enough to have without too much work/cruft or inconvenience to other folks, even if it's just me :)

--- a/src/states/HomeState.cpp
+++ b/src/states/HomeState.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ StateTransition HomeState::update(Core& core) {
             // btn4: Settings
             return StateTransition::to(StateId::Settings);
 
-          case Button::Up:
           case Button::Down:
+            return StateTransition::to(StateId::Network); // XXX: Down -> Network shortcut
+
+          case Button::Up:
           case Button::Power:
             // Side buttons unused on home screen
             break;
--- a/src/states/NetworkState.cpp
+++ b/src/states/NetworkState.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void NetworkState::enter(Core& core) {
   if (core.pendingSync == SyncMode::NtpSync) {
     startWifiScan(core);
     currentScreen_ = NetworkScreen::WifiList;
-  }
+  } else startHotspot(core); // XXX: Network -> startHotspot without mode selection
 }
 
 void NetworkState::exit(Core& core) {