Is there a way to put the apps in individual folders INSIDE of the app menu? Can I change the way it scrolls? I've seen some galaxy s phones scroll top to bottom, not on individual pages. Within touchwiz too. Just trying to see whats out there.
GO Launcher has folders in the app menu.
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to the question about changing the way the app drawer scrolls... yes you can , just open up the app drawer and press the menu button. there you should see two options edit and list view ,just clock list view and itll change your items listed vertically scrolling up and down as opposed to the left and right horizontally defaulted to...if you wanna go back just do same thing but instead of list view itll say grid view just click that and youre golden. hope that helps
I don't think TouchWiz' List View is what you actually want. To get stock Android-style app drawer scrolling, you need to download another launcher entirely. ADW Launcher and LauncherPro are by far the best ones available.
With ADW you can choose between the TouchWiz/iPhone-style scrolling and Android-style; LauncherPro only does Android-style. Other than that they each are fantastic in their own right, with tons of customization options. And if you choose to pay for a premium version of either one, LauncherPro gives you some awesome widgets while ADW EX gives some awesome new 3D homescreen scrolling and customization options.
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I'm using adw launcher on my Tab and since the last update, the 'drawer' icon in the middle of the dock has gone. It was initially replaced with the generic android app icon which prompted a 'not installed' message when tapped. I can drag and drop any other icon to that spot, and it works, but what I want is the original drawer icon back.
I've set the 'up swipe' gesture to open the drawer for now, but that just a workaround.
Any ideas?
Got me too, on my phone.
Longpress on a home screen like you were going to add a widget or change wallpaper, you should see "Custom Shortcut". Select it, pick the app drawer, it'll now be a shortcut icon on your home screen. Drag it down to where it belongs, and you're done. Until the next time it happens.
Hopefully, it'll get better soon.
For my Tab, I decided to go with LauncherPro, it's just a lot faster and smoother. Miss the ADW themes though.
Thanks. That worked.
I tried Launcher Pro, but the free version couldn't resize widgets, which makes it pretty unusable for me.
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Thanks. That worked.
I tried Launcher Pro, but the free version couldn't resize widgets, which makes it pretty unusable for me.
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But the paid version lets you do it visually, on the fly. And comes with a few nice widgets of its own. Pro-tip, if you enable the "Motorola Droid Hack" in General Settings, it's even smoother, because it's using some basic GPU hardware acceleration features, and the Tab has the same family of GPU (PowerVR) so it's compatible.
Android i good. The scrolling homescreen with widgets is good. Only one thing is terrible: The app launcher. No categories/catalogs i launcher?!
So you have to scroll along xx times until you finally spot the application you're looking for.
Here are suggestions on different solutions:
When you open the app launcher you see custom folders ex. "Office, Games, Multimedia, Utils, Settings". When you install a app, you get a question in what folder to put the app link". Besides the folders in the launcher you can have a option to also see latest run apps.
This solution would show the usual vertical scroll down app list. But with a important twist. A line, or the backgroundcolor is different, when you are scrolling on a different category, + a OSD text stays front telling on what category you are, ex "Work, Entertainment, Hobbies, Health, Internet".
One launcher actually has almost made it, don't know if it's Launcher Pro or ADW launcher. You can have apps in different groups and click between them. Only thing missing is name of the categories so you see where you're at. And option to disable the group "All"
I'm pretty certain that Slick UI will have this when it launches.
MIUI already does this
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MIUI already does this
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To be fair, MIUI doesn't even have an app drawer, it just puts all of your apps on the launcher and you're forced to put every app into a folder.
Hell, vanilla Android has folders, which is exactly what MIUI is using.
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To be fair, MIUI doesn't even have an app drawer, it just puts all of your apps on the launcher and you're forced to put every app into a folder.
Hell, vanilla Android has folders, which is exactly what MIUI is using.
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oooooooooo flamed.
yeah to start with i thought Miui was amazing, but now I realise other than looking completely different its pretty sh!t
If you want categories in your home-replacement. I suggest you head over to my website http://futurinnovations.blogspot.com/ to see what I am working on. If you are a dev yourself, you can help all that you can. It's still a work in progress and I haven't come up with any fancy renderings of it, yet. I do, however, have some sketches of what it is supposed to look like and how it functions. Tell what you think of it. It will be the second post from the top (under my live wallpaper screen shots).
DxTop has an amazing implementation of categorized app drawer - with corresponding live folders.
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go launcher has app drawer sorted I believe
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Go launcher has app sorting, not sure about categories though.
I think LG Optimus One has that kind of launcher
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZLaId_ep68&feature=player_embedded#!
And here is thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812302
And u can send the money to me. j/k
I wish this feature would be implemented into LauncherPro. I love all the other features of LauncherPro, so it would be nice to be able to keep those and still have this category feature.
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create shortcut in homescreen or dock and voila you got what you want in all the launchers ...
LG Home does what you're asking its in the market but only really works for the galaxy s line up.
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androidcentral: Android Quick App: Regina homescreen and launcher replacement http://bit.ly/hJj8BK
I found some other thing cool about it that they don't show. You can slide the dock left or right to scroll through homescreens, each page can have a different wallpaper, the grid is a little different as you can set icons offset of each other, its hard to explain. The secret workspace feature is cool cause it gives you three more screens to use. Look for it on the market, for a great price of: Free.
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Hi, i was wondering how I go about fixing the ADW launcher, bottom middle of the screen with the 3 icons (star for trash, app launcher , and browser). I managed to get Glownooter 1.5.26 installed and the part 2 zip file. All is well, but somehow managed to drop some icons here. Now I have 3 stars across the bottom and they all do the same function.I didn't want to reprogram it just to fix this one issue. I can get to the apps and the browser ok, just not from the launcher now.
Thanks in advance..
Personally, I just turn off those bottom icons things. I don't get the point.
Under ADW Settings >> UI Settings >> Main Dock Style, set it to "None".
Long press on a blank place >> Launcher Actions >> Open/Close App Drawer will create an icon.
Drag things from the app drawer onto your desktop and you are done.
Drag things onto the silly bottom icons (if you still want them) and they will be changed.
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Hi, i was wondering how I go about fixing the ADW launcher, bottom middle of the screen with the 3 icons (star for trash, app launcher , and browser).
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Have you tried dragging other apps from the app drawer on top of them? I think you can also long-press those icons to drag whatever's there to the trashcan that pops up if you just want to be rid of them.
What launcher do you use and why?
How about performance, animation, customize, unread count and other?
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I actually use the default TW launcher. Customize the grid size, slap a theme on - it seems pretty damn smooth this time around.
Action Launcher 3 is my go-to besides that. To me it's the Google Experience Launcher + the tweaks it needed.
Nova Launcher has custom resizable grids, custom scrollable dock, and a host of animations and is very fast.
But the reason I can't live without it is gesture support. I can double up every icon with two functions depending on tap or swipe up. I can do this on any icon, any folder (tap opens the folder, swipe up opens the most used app in the folder), and even the icons within the folders. I can pull down the shade from a swipe down motion from anywhere on the screen instead of reaching for it. Through the use of swipes, folders, and a resized grid, I have every shortcut I need on a single screen. I only scroll to the other screens for widgets.
Flow Home Beta. Because it's everything I need right there on my home screen without having to open multiple apps to get the same info.
We're already discussing that here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/whats-favorit-luancher-t3098775
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Nova Launcher has custom resizable grids, custom scrollable dock, and a host of animations and is very fast.
But the reason I can't live without it is gesture support. I can double up every icon with two functions depending on tap or swipe up. I can do this on any icon, any folder (tap opens the folder, swipe up opens the most used app in the folder), and even the icons within the folders. I can pull down the shade from a swipe down motion from anywhere on the screen instead of reaching for it. Through the use of swipes, folders, and a resized grid, I have every shortcut I need on a single screen. I only scroll to the other screens for widgets.
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This, plus LMT, is my approach as well.
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As already mentioned, there is considerable overlap here with the discussion in this thread - let's try to keep the conversations unified and what not - thanks!