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Below is a summary of each home replacement. I am adding this here to save space in the Tips & Tricks Thread.
TouchWiz brought a lot to the table. Frankly, it exceeded my expectations. That said, I prefer a more stock look. I also like options that developers have added into home replacement apps like Launcher Pro, ADW and Zume.
There are a number of threads debating which is better. I am NOT going to get into that. But, I thought a thread that pointed out the options/differences would help users select the home replacement that is best for them.
Below are my thoughts on the apps. I am NOT an expert on any of them. Please feel free to add stuff that I may have missed. Let’s refrain from debating or why you feel one is the best. To be frank, nobody cares.
LauncherPro:
LauncherPro is maintained by one developer and it’s not open. You can visit his site and pay for Launcher Pro Plus that will give additional features (please see hit site located here for more details on Plus, I am going to focus on the free version that you can get in the market). Full disclosure, I have Launcher Pro Plus. I really don’t need the extra bells and whistles it brings, but I wanted to support him and I would encourage you to do the same.
The developer has pointed out that he built this around a 2.1 base, and that is starting to limit what he can/wants to do (also making it a large app). That said, he will be starting from scratch in an attempt to make it lighter and faster with more options. Ironically, this app is plenty fast and there are options to adjust the speed of items.
I personally think that one of the main advantages is the scrollable dock. You can have up to 5 app icon shortcuts at the bottom. For every screen you have (I only use 3), you get another dock… so I have 15 spots at the bottom to add apps. It’s not limited to just app’s also. I have a shortcut to reboot my phone (Quick Boot app Activity) and a one touch button to call my wife… you get the idea.
Other Notable Features:
- Hide apps from your app drawer
- Choose the number of rows/columns on the home screen (not limited to 4x4) and your app drawer.
- Ability to resize widgets (perhaps only for Plus?)
- Count notifications for gmail/sms/missed calls on the dock icons
- Change the background of the docks and the icons
- Hide the notification bar (no finger swiping to open/close it though from the home screen - but you can set swipe gesture from the dock)
- Ability to switch to the 3d app drawer
- Make backups so you can easily restore your settings (widgets need to manually re-added)
Zeam:
I am new to Zeam so I do not know much about the developer or its progress. What I do know is that it’s a very light (approx 860kb vs LP which is just under 4MB), clean and a fast launcher. Some of the things I have noticed:
- Like LP there is the ability to run in full screen (no notification bar), but you can also set gesture swipes to hide/show the notification bar (unlike LP). There are many more options for the gesture swipes including (Open applications, go to default screen, previews, pull down the notification bar, and opening the dialer).
- You can choose the number of screens and set the default and hide icon labels (like LP and ADW)
- I mentioned swiping up/down could set default actions. You can also double tap the screen to perform an action. I use this to open my dialer for example.
- You can turn off the animation when opening the app drawer. This makes it show instantly, but you cannot adjust the animation speed.
- Like LP you can change the dock background, but you cannot make it a custom background like LP.
- The dock also allows you to scroll and setup as many icons as you want (no limit that I can tell), but adding them and moving them around is not very easy. It’s still very nice to have quick access to many apps and have them not taking up valuable home screen space. LP scrolls in blocks of 5… this dock you can just scroll left to right.
- There does not appear to be a way to save your settings like with LP for easy restoring.
ADW:
ADW unlike LP is open source. For that reason alone many people prefer it. Of all the launchers, this appears to have the most options. If you want to tweak colors, resize widgets, change the # of columns/rows and use gesture swipes - this is very inclusive. One thing ADW does not have is a scrollable dock station like LP/Zeam.
I feel like I am being slack for ADW, but to be fair it has so many options I really do not feel like typing them all up right now. It’s easily the most customizable, and thank God it has a feature where you can backup and restore like LP.
Another feature it has that others are missing is the ability to download themes from the market. With LP you can download docks and icons, or use apps like metamorph… but with ADW you have the ability to easily apply full themes. ADW has a large following so there is no shortage.
In closing, I strongly urge you to try them all. Perhaps you will fall in love with one… perhaps you will find features you cannot live without (that TW did not offer), and maybe you decide to support these developers! Please be respectful of others. I know there will be an idiot below posting why so and so is soooo much better, please just ignore them and don’t let my efforts of trying to help those not familiar get spoiled.
If you would like to try these, I would suggest an app called Home Switcher. This is the easiest way to switch launchers and set the default.
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Good job on the writeup s15274n. Hopefully someone else will post in here some of the features you might have accidentally missed. Pretty thorough though.
I have tried them all, with Zeam I would always have problems, so I decided to give up on it and I really haven't tried it any longer. ADW is a great launcher, enough said. And my favorite would be LP I love the 3D drawer, it makes my friends jealous and it always get attention, and one thing you missed about LP is that the full version also comes with Widgets that look like the ones from Sense UI, and also the developer is always improving this launcher, making it my favorite.
^ I didn't miss it, I specifically stated I was going to focus on the free version. I gave a link to his site for people wanting to learn more about LP Plus.
I just realized you can swipe LP docks to do actions... just not swipes on the home screen. I just learned something trying to write for the masses, nice.
used ADW for awhile, but eventually switching to LP full-time because i love the swiping dock and i keep the desktop super cleeeaaaannn with only a few widgets (smooth calendar, switchpro, tajm, weather forecast yr.no, and battstatt)
Nice thread, I use Launcher Pro.. I tried Zeam, but the dock seemed pretty small (Maybe it was just me)
i like ADW the most but it kept FC on me and it would be a struggle to get it back to touchwiz just to reset. Launcher Pro has been very stable for me tho.
I am sticking with the stock launcher for now, my phone seems super snappy compare to launcherpro. Btw, I tried out zeam, but when you delete icons on the launcher, I want it to stay centered ... can you do that?
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^ I didn't miss it, I specifically stated I was going to focus on the free version. I gave a link to his site for people wanting to learn more about LP Plus.
I just realized you can swipe LP docks to do actions... just not swipes on the home screen. I just learned something trying to write for the masses, nice.
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Yep, this is why I use LP. The gesture support means there aren't 15 items in the dock, but 30. It lets you get rid of a ton of apps on your homescreen and have them handy at all times.
One little app you might want to check out is QuickDesk. It lets you have an entire alternate homescreen when you long press the search button (I think you can also set it up to launch on a doubletap of the homescreen). I put all my music apps and controls there, so I can access it from any screen.
I am using Zeam and really enjoy it..I have 7 icons in the bar, thus everything is nicely centered. I also noticed when I flashed Bionix 1.8 and used Titanium Backup to restore Zeam, it backed up everything! Home screens, icons, EVERYTHING was restored..that was really nice
Finding out that I can swype 5 apps docked, making it like 10 in one place is amazing!
I was using launcherpro plus, but JI6 made it run slow. TW launcher runs much faster after JI6 OTA update.
However, I plan on reinstalling launcherpro plus to see if that makes any difference because TW is actually really fast and smooth now on JI6.
Oh, and the new market app is awesome. The downloads section loads almost immediately now.
I've been using Go Launcher lately and been enjoying it, have you tried it out? I've only tried LP+ myself. Find Go to be a bit more responsive.
Time for a redo of the OP. ADW EX changes the game.
Yea cause i just got adw ex and its way better then plain one adw
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I <3 Launcher Pro. It's very smooth and quick on Axura 2.2VE with Voodoo.
So smooth
Here's the MyTouch 4G specific discussion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14613522#post14613522 <- (This should be deleted)
Alright, so I did this mock-up to explain:
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This is my idea of a pretty neat launcher. Let me explain.
It's a giant launcher where everything is made up of "panels" which is essentially what a widget would be normally, except instead of small icons and widgets making up a grid, you would rather make up this entire tower of "panels" you can scroll through like so:
Once you reach the bottom (like so), you have the option of adding or entering edit mode in which you can change the placement of panels, configure panels, or add more. Also notice the stationary panels at the top and bottom. I figure the top would could be configurable to look however you like or replaced with another replacement panel made for staying at the top at all times. (i.e. you can't replace it with a Last.FM panel, you would have to go about finding a panel that is absolutely meant to be at the top.)
I figure this could also be a pretty accessible thing for everyone in terms of making new panels. Someone would release the base panel code, and then people can configure it to do some pretty neat things, I figure.
I dunno, this just seemed kind of cool in my opinion. I can think of all sorts of panels and stuff like that too - a Favorites/Folder panel, gallery panel, music panel... etc.
Also, I threw this mock-up together pretty fast. I figure the Facebook and Twitter panels would have more to it, heh.
So whatcha think?
EDIT: On a side note, what I was imagining isn't really widget status where you can interact with it so much - you click on it or the link or whatever corresponds with whatever (i.e. you click on a tweet) and it brings you to where you need in order to comment on it or like it through FB and what not.
EDIT2: I can't develop for Android. I dunno how. I just threw this idea out in the open for everyone.
Your launcher would require lots of scrolling, and apps that only need a single icon would always occupy an entire row.
If you can fit four or five panels in a thin row (such small pannels would resemble app icons) you may be on to something, but else you'll just repeat the flaws of WP7 with its oversized tiles. Bigger is not always better.
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Your launcher would require lots of scrolling, and apps that only need a single icon would always occupy an entire row.
If you can fit four or five panels in a thin row (such small pannels would resemble app icons) you may be on to something, but else you'll just repeat the flaws of WP7 with its oversized tiles. Bigger is not always better.
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Not necessarily. With what I was thinking you could make folder panels which contain a bunch of apps. You click the folder, then you select the app.
Here's some ideas for panels I pulled out of my brain:
Hmm. Where would the app drawer go? It's a nice idea for a launcher though, I like it
In the first post, there's a panel that says, "Running Apps," and if you slide to the left it would open the app drawer.
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Not necessarily. With what I was thinking you could make folder panels which contain a bunch of apps. You click the folder, then you select the app.
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Why click twice if one click could do the job?
There's also a "Favorites" panel where you slide left or right and pick the icon. *shrugs* If you don't like it, you don't like it though.
Well, this surely is the most original and most interesting idea for a Android launcher But I must admit it really is clumsy...but...if you figure out a good and easy way to put those panels together and to navigate through them...What if you can move through more screens and on every one of these screens you would be able to built a different tower ? Ex. screen 1 - social tower (twitter, Facebook, ICQ,...) , screen 2 - media tower (camera, music player,..) etc. , also it would be very impractical to make calls if you put dialer in one of the towers so what about a roll UP menu...when you slide down you could see phone stats, maybe some controls, when you slide up (or put a little button like on stock android to bring up apps) a dialer, contacts, sms, etc. will come up ?
Really great idea, i loved it & i really hope someone will make this launcher for Android NihilisticWonder has good points & i am agree..
Yeah, that's what the bottom bar on the first one was for, lol.
But yeah, multiple towers would be pretty damn sexy.
Hmmm this could make the best minimalistic UI
Kinda reminds me of slidescreen (which is a nice launcher replacement, look it up in the market)
but in slide screen there is no app drawer and to go to your apps you push your phones "menu" button
swee08315 said:
Kinda reminds me of slidescreen (which is a nice launcher replacement, look it up in the market)
but in slide screen there is no app drawer and to go to your apps you push your phones "menu" button
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Yep same thoughts
I've been looking for a launcher like this since the day I used Launcher 7 which is a clone of Windows Phone 7 launcher. What I understood when I used it was, vertical swiping is much much more natural than horizontal swiping and homescreens should slide vertically, not horizontally. WP 7 launcher is too basic. What we need is something like you describe.
If SlideScreen had the option to add widgets and icons, we'd get something very close to what we want, but the developers don't seem interested in that. I'm thinking of learning how to code for Android just to make a launcher like this.
Sounds and looks like a good idea, but I wouldn't use it unless it looked very clean. I hate stuff with clutter. This has some real potential though, like a love child of android and wp7.
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I definitely agree with Adyc and the OP. The stock Android launcher and most UIs are boring. I know the developers put a lot of work into them and I'm grateful for that. Even with the plethora of launchers out there, there aren't many that have a lot of good eye candy. I'm tempted to go home abroad really learn how to code for Android after looking at this. This is a great idea. Sounds like it would blend elements of launcher 7 and the honeycomb launcher. If it were to contain some 3d elements (like the selected panels rotating like a carousel or popping out) that would be SO damn sick.
wauterboi said:
Here's the MyTouch 4G specific discussion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14613522#post14613522 <- (This should be deleted)
Alright, so I did this mock-up to explain:
This is my idea of a pretty neat launcher. Let me explain.
It's a giant launcher where everything is made up of "panels" which is essentially what a widget would be normally, except instead of small icons and widgets making up a grid, you would rather make up this entire tower of "panels" you can scroll through like so:
Once you reach the bottom (like so), you have the option of adding or entering edit mode in which you can change the placement of panels, configure panels, or add more. Also notice the stationary panels at the top and bottom. I figure the top would could be configurable to look however you like or replaced with another replacement panel made for staying at the top at all times. (i.e. you can't replace it with a Last.FM panel, you would have to go about finding a panel that is absolutely meant to be at the top.)
I figure this could also be a pretty accessible thing for everyone in terms of making new panels. Someone would release the base panel code, and then people can configure it to do some pretty neat things, I figure.
I dunno, this just seemed kind of cool in my opinion. I can think of all sorts of panels and stuff like that too - a Favorites/Folder panel, gallery panel, music panel... etc.
Also, I threw this mock-up together pretty fast. I figure the Facebook and Twitter panels would have more to it, heh.
So whatcha think?
EDIT: On a side note, what I was imagining isn't really widget status where you can interact with it so much - you click on it or the link or whatever corresponds with whatever (i.e. you click on a tweet) and it brings you to where you need in order to comment on it or like it through FB and what not.
EDIT2: I can't develop for Android. I dunno how. I just threw this idea out in the open for everyone.
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Call me crazy, but what you just mocked up is an Android version of Titanium, the standard launcher for WM6.1 and above.
Hmm, intresting idea.
I might combine this whit some old sketches I made some time ago to look if it can be made into a clean and minimal layout.
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maybe also look at how some things in kite ui have been done.
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Here's my first take on this launcher.
dragonithe said:
Hmm, intresting idea.
I might combine this whit some old sketches I made some time ago to look if it can be made into a clean and minimal layout.
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maybe also look at how some things in kite ui have been done.
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Here's my first take on this launcher.
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That does clean it up some and make it feel more functional
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Smooth, multidirectional, widget-compatible tile-based launcher for Android 4.0+.
Scroll Direction - Select horizontal (left to right) or vertical (top to bottom)
Tile Customization - Select your own title, icon, background colors or images
Scroll Settings - Configure your scrolling speed, direction, and overscroll effect
Sliding Drawer - Swipe horizontally or vertically from the home screen
Snap Effect - Perform an action, switch screens or open the drawer when overscrolling
Homescreen Dimensions - Select # of rows, columns, and margins, or increase your screen size
Toolbar - Choose font, colors, icon, even show a Jellybean-styled date widget - or hide it if you don't want it
Lock/Unlock Desktop - Lock your desktop to prevent accidental changes
Icon Packs - Icon pack support for most launchers (Work in progress)
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Downloading now , will let you know :thumbup:
Edit; nice launcher, has potential. An option to hide the launcher icon in top right and long press on screen to bring up list of apps to choose from. Hide status bar would be great to. Just some suggestions. Thanks for the launcher
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I really like to include this in my ROM. Is it, or is it ever going to be, open source?
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I'd suggest option for different layouts for portrait and landscape
fc when replacing app icon from gallery.
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Beautiful!
You should add some custom fonts.. or use the new Roboto slim.
Good job!
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add some bounce-back scroll effect option to homescreen..
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How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
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merhans said:
How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
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Also add stacking / folder feature in a tile shape. Overall looks amazing.. I'll be taking screenshots & maybe make a video when you release new updates. I'm here if you need help! Tester/Graphic Design, ect.
Oh god you are the same dev that used to make those really nice notification drawer additions plus AOKP toggles to cm.*instant downloads the app*
Hey guys, here's a much improved alpha 2: Play Store Link
I am currently on a trip so will reply to comments and update main post when I get a chance
Small easter egg in this version: long click drawer to change to a 2nd home screen for your enjoyment. More coming soon!
EDIT: updated first post and switched to Play store link
It looks like the play store link hasn't updated yet..if its not active by tonight I'll upload a version elsewhere.
edit: Link has been updated
henslo said:
Downloading now , will let you know :thumbup:
Edit; nice launcher, has potential. An option to hide the launcher icon in top right and long press on screen to bring up list of apps to choose from. Hide status bar would be great to. Just some suggestions. Thanks for the launcher
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Hiding the drawer icon is definitely something I'm considering However I have a few ideas to improve it as well, perhaps a sort of "quick launch bar" in a row where the icon is currently located.
SMillerNL said:
I really like to include this in my ROM. Is it, or is it ever going to be, open source?
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Feel free to include this in any ROM At this point it will not be open source.
imjustafq said:
fc when replacing app icon from gallery.
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Let me know if this is still happening with Alpha 2. Thanks!
Iloveyouandroid said:
Beautiful!
You should add some custom fonts.. or use the new Roboto slim.
Good job!
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Thanks for the suggestion!
imjustafq said:
add some bounce-back scroll effect option to homescreen..
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Scroll effects are definitely coming, however I'm focused on squishing some bugs at the moment Thanks for the suggestion!
merhans said:
How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
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Folders are coming back, I already have some stuff planned but it's not yet ready. Stay tuned!
SystemErrorOne said:
Also add stacking / folder feature in a tile shape. Overall looks amazing.. I'll be taking screenshots & maybe make a video when you release new updates. I'm here if you need help! Tester/Graphic Design, ect.
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Thanks man! Saw your review on Play Store as well, appreciate it
rob43 said:
Thanks man! Saw your review on Play Store as well, appreciate it
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No problem buddy! Im trying to find more bugs and ways to make it better...Last night when I downloaded the APK and tried to install it my phone wouldn't let me cuz it said "App not installed. An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed." The way I tried to install it was using Root Explorer and just over writing the app by installing the new APK but i guess something is going wrong with the signature cuz ive never seen this happen...so I just went to the playstore and uninstalled it from there and re-installed the new copy from there....But i still have one more issue. Whenever you install a new launcher from the play store and immediately after you click the home button the OS prompts you which launcher do you want to use..i have 3 launchers installed (Nova, Chameleon, & Tile) But the OS never prompts me which launcher do I wanna use...
UPDATE: Alright so I got it working now. Android now prompts for the launcher >>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvZDNKY21yV282TGM
But one more bug I found is that whenver you go to the widgets in the app drawer and you drag for example Airdroid 4x1 Widget Tile Launcher crashes.
This is extremely promising... Keep this up, if you play you're cards right, you may just have the most "innovative" launcher out there
SystemErrorOne said:
No problem buddy! Im trying to find more bugs and ways to make it better...Last night when I downloaded the APK and tried to install it my phone wouldn't let me cuz it said "App not installed. An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed." The way I tried to install it was using Root Explorer and just over writing the app by installing the new APK but i guess something is going wrong with the signature cuz ive never seen this happen...so I just went to the playstore and uninstalled it from there and re-installed the new copy from there....But i still have one more issue. Whenever you install a new launcher from the play store and immediately after you click the home button the OS prompts you which launcher do you want to use..i have 3 launchers installed (Nova, Chameleon, & Tile) But the OS never prompts me which launcher do I wanna use...
UPDATE: Alright so I got it working now. Android now prompts for the launcher >>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvZDNKY21yV282TGM
But one more bug I found is that whenver you go to the widgets in the app drawer and you drag for example Airdroid 4x1 Widget Tile Launcher crashes.
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Hmm ok. Are you on ICS? Dropping widgets is still being worked on, added it to the known issues list now.
As for prompting for the launcher, it should prompt you every time you install a new launcher, strange if it didn't. It's possible to go to Apps -> Your current home launcher -> Clear defaults to make it prompt if that happens again.
I'll be returning home this weekend, hope to get a new build out soon Cheers
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Hmm ok. Are you on ICS? Dropping widgets is still being worked on, added it to the known issues list now.
As for prompting for the launcher, it should prompt you every time you install a new launcher, strange if it didn't. It's possible to go to Apps -> Your current home launcher -> Clear defaults to make it prompt if that happens again.
I'll be returning home this weekend, hope to get a new build out soon Cheers
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Well im on PA 4.1.2 Based Rom.. (2.54) & Thanks thats good too know ill do that next time it doesnt prompt me.
& Be safe on your trip..I know how it feels too be away from home and not have all of your equipment on hand. Good luck and well Ill be here to help ya! Looking forward to this launcher
New Icon Concept
I got bored so I was playing around and came up with this. Didn't take me much time but if you like it let me know and ill put more details into it
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOveEFNdElEWjEwdWM
i love this launcher!!
here some ideas:
- make it more flexible (the user no more needs to sets numbers of colums and rows)
then:
- option to choose min tile size (width and height)
- option to choose from horizontal scrolling or vertical scrolling in home
- option to choose paginated scrolling (regardless scrolling orientation) in home
- drawer categories
- option to enable google search bar near the app drawer button
- option to replace the launcher menu in app drawer with google play shortcut (or another app)
- fix custom color (can't set a custom hex color on nexus s cm10)
add these features even in a paid version and i'll buy it
keep it on!!
Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
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I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.
Crap Username said:
Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
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So there's a couple things about this question:
First, any widgets that you have in your first lockscreen by default are minimized to make room for your lock circle. If you just drag down on the widget, it will maximize your widget at the expense of your lock circle, which then has to be tapped to be brought up again. This is the behavior that you are seeing when you swipe away and then swipe back.
Second, if you want, some custom ROMs (namely cm and PA, but possibly others) have recently implemented an option to have your widget be expanded by default. So if that's what you're looking for, I would start there. Unfortunately, this feature is not available on stock so you will have to root your phone.
Hope that helps.
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remczar69 said:
I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.
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yoft1 said:
So there's a couple things about this question:
First, any widgets that you have in your first lockscreen by default are minimized to make room for your lock circle. If you just drag down on the widget, it will maximize your widget at the expense of your lock circle, which then has to be tapped to be brought up again. This is the behavior that you are seeing when you swipe away and then swipe back.
Second, if you want, some custom ROMs (namely cm and PA, but possibly others) have recently implemented an option to have your widget be expanded by default. So if that's what you're looking for, I would start there. Unfortunately, this feature is not available on stock so you will have to root your phone.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for the replies. It's a shame I have to root and rom to add that setting. I guess I'll have to do without.
Crap Username said:
Thanks for the replies. It's a shame I have to root and rom to add that setting. I guess I'll have to do without.
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An alternative if you don't want to flash a custom ROM is to use WidgetLocker.
ohyeahar said:
An alternative if you don't want to flash a custom ROM is to use WidgetLocker.
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Will WidgetLocker allow me to use DashClock full size? Sorry for the nOObness
Crap Username said:
Will WidgetLocker allow me to use DashClock full size? Sorry for the nOObness
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Actually, my bad. I assumed that DashClock's lockscreen widget is the same as it's homescreen widget. Apparently they're different. If you use WidgetLocker, you'll only be able to see the full homescreen widget.
To see what I mean, add the DashClock widget to one of your homescreens and compare that to what you see on the lockscreen...
ohyeahar said:
Actually, my bad. I assumed that DashClock's lockscreen widget is the same as it's homescreen widget. Apparently they're different. If you use WidgetLocker, you'll only be able to see the full homescreen widget.
To see what I mean, add the DashClock widget to one of your homescreens and compare that to what you see on the lockscreen...
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I'll do without.
I’m going to contradict myself here. I just realized that if the homescreen version of the DashClock widget is resized to be larger, it becomes identical to the lockscreen version of the widget.
Unfortunately, for some weird reason, if you try the same with WidgetLocker, the widget still looks like the compact version.
So, WidgetLocker is not the way to go for this. Sorry!
just for the record it is aokp's feature. very nice idea indeed.
remczar69 said:
I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.
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Thank for this info I was also having that same problem. running Paranoid's 3.0 latest build and sure enough this fix the dash clock widget not showing up in full lock screen size.. Thank you .
Before you go rooting and installing all sorts of weird stuff, try swiping Down on the Dashclock widget on the lockscreen, that might give you the results you want
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i LOVE DashClock but i have some problems with whatsapp extensions ...
chrisrozon said:
Before you go rooting and installing all sorts of weird stuff, try swiping Down on the Dashclock widget on the lockscreen, that might give you the results you want
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Nope, doesn't work for me.
Its a shame that stock Android doesn't have the option to maximize the lock screen widgets. I won't root and add a custom rom so it's a no go area for me unfortunately. Google if you're reading this please add that option!
Crap Username said:
Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
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This is how dashclock was designed and unfortunately you have to pull down the screen to get full access. Not sure the developer will change this or at least make an option to change this in future versions. You could always try and contact the developer and ask him to include this as an option, his Google+ account would be a good place to start.
kzoodroid said:
This is how dashclock was designed and unfortunately you have to pull down the screen to get full access. Not sure the developer will change this or at least make an option to change this in future versions. You could always try and contact the developer and ask him to include this as an option, his Google+ account would be a good place to start.
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I don't have G+ or twitter account and don't want to create one. I'll just wait and see if this is implemented in future.
If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.
muks11 said:
If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.
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I was able to get the widget to display full mode with two rows of info perfectly using the following settings on PA:
250 DPI lockscreen (turn on expert mode)
260 DPI dashclock widget
Keeps the overall size reasonable for both pattern unlock and widget size.
muks11 said:
If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.
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halluci293 said:
I was able to get the widget to display full mode with two rows of info perfectly using the following settings on PA:
250 DPI lockscreen (turn on expert mode)
260 DPI dashclock widget
Keeps the overall size reasonable for both pattern unlock and widget size.
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Thanks guys, no need to rub it in.
Hey guys,
I love the DashClock widget and use it on my lockscreen as well as my homescreen. However, I feel that having the big clock on the homescreen is redundant and unnecessary. At the current moment DashClock does not have an option to disable the actual clock (that I am aware of). So I am looking for something that is essentially the same as DashClock but with just the notifications and no clock.
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sn0warmy said:
Hey guys,
I love the DashClock widget and use it on my lockscreen as well as my homescreen. However, I feel that having the big clock on the homescreen is redundant and unnecessary. At the current moment DashClock does not have an option to disable the actual clock (that I am aware of). So I am looking for something that is essentially the same as DashClock but with just the notifications and no clock.
Any help/input would be greatly appreciated.
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Is this you requesting it?
http://code.google.com/p/dashclock/... Component Summary Stars Status TargetRelease
Dash Widget
I actually made a relatively trivial hack to DashClock Widget to do just this for my own use:
Lockscreen:
Homescreen:
When I get home, if interested, I can upload the tweaked apk.
JsChiSurf said:
I actually made a relatively trivial hack to DashClock Widget to do just this for my own use:
Lockscreen:
Homescreen:
When I get home, if interested, I can upload the tweaked apk.
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Perfection! This is exactly what I'm looking for. Will it still have the transparent background on the homescreen though?
Thank you!
kpjimmy said:
Is this you requesting it?
http://code.google.com/p/dashclock/... Component Summary Stars Status TargetRelease
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Thanks. Looks like it might become an added feature in time. I just added a star as well.
sn0warmy said:
Perfection! This is exactly what I'm looking for. Will it still have the transparent background on the homescreen though?
Thank you!
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No problem. Transparency for the homescreen widget (I don't actually use there, just put it there for the screen cap), I believe is controlled / set via the 'Advanced' option in the widget setup.
JsChiSurf said:
No problem. Transparency for the homescreen widget (I don't actually use there, just put it there for the screen cap), I believe is controlled / set via the 'Advanced' option in the widget setup.
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Will this still allow me to keep the clock on the lockscreen version of the widget while removing the clock from the homescreen widget?
JsChiSurf said:
No problem. Transparency for the homescreen widget (I don't actually use there, just put it there for the screen cap), I believe is controlled / set via the 'Advanced' option in the widget setup.
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loved your mods on the evo !!!
sn0warmy said:
Will this still allow me to keep the clock on the lockscreen version of the widget while removing the clock from the homescreen widget?
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Right now it's removed wholesale, as it was a quick and dirty hack. Let me take a look and see if there is a way to discern where the widget is being displayed and programatically hide the clock instead.
CheesyNutz said:
loved your mods on the evo !!!
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Cheesy! Good to see a familiar face. This is my first non-HTC phone. Loving it so far.
How do you guys make the weather work? Mine doesn't do anything
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Settings>Location access>Access my location [ON], check one of the location sources - I use the Wi-Fi & mobile netowrk location
Neefy said:
How do you guys make the weather work? Mine doesn't do anything
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knapz said:
Settings>Location access>Access my location [ON], check one of the location sources - I use the Wi-Fi & mobile netowrk location
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My god, thank you!
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Neefy said:
How do you guys make the weather work? Mine doesn't do anything
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Do you have location services disabled?
The widget queries for your location, in order to translate that location (latitude / longitude), into a woeid, that it then passes to yahoo weather to retrieve the weather data.
You can view your logcat to see the widget working to obtain your location etc, to know if it is working. For example, here is essentially the URL call being made on my phone:
http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?w=24700990
Are you able to access this URL from your phone? If so, there shouldn't be any reason weather can't be retrieved based on your location / woeid, unless yahoo simply can't find a valid location based on the data passed in.
EDIT: Well hell, I starting replying to this, got sidetracked, came back to finish, hit submit, and see it was essentially already answered
sn0warmy said:
Will this still allow me to keep the clock on the lockscreen version of the widget while removing the clock from the homescreen widget?
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Okay, played around with the decompiled .smali code some more (rather than working from source), and I was able to "conditionally" control / set whether the clock & date appears based on whether the widget is displayed on the lockscreen versus home screen.
Lockscreen (with clock / date):
Home Screen (w/o clock / date):
This should pretty much be what you are looking for. As mentioned, I don't use this on the home screen, but for those that do, until / if this is supported in the actual app, it should hold those over looking for the widgets w/o the clock, etc, when displaying on the homescreen.
It's certainly possible I broke something in the process, hacking this in, so let me know if you see any issues.
Be sure to first uninstall your official version, and after installing the modded apk below (click to download / install from phone, or use adb to sideload), don't forget to hide the 'settings' icon in the Advanced drop down of dash clock widget as well.
JsChiSurf said:
Okay, played around with the decompiled .smali code some more (rather than working from source), and I was able to "conditionally" control / set whether the clock & date appears based on whether the widget is displayed on the lockscreen versus home screen.
This should pretty much be what you are looking for. As mentioned, I don't use this on the home screen, but for those that do, until / if this is supported in the actual app, it should hold those over looking for the widgets w/o the clock, etc, when displaying on the homescreen.
It's certainly possible I broke something in the process, hacking this in, so let me know if you see any issues.
Be sure to first uninstall your official version, and after installing the modded apk below (click to download / install from phone, or use adb to sideload), don't forget to hide the 'settings' icon in the Advanced drop down of dash clock widget as well.
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Thank you so much. I am uninstalling the official one and giving this one a try right now. I will report back after doing some testing.
EDIT: I just went through the process of uninstalling the official widget, clearing cache/dalvik and then rebooting and installing your tweaked version. It looks to be working perfectly as advertised. I have the clock on the lock screen but not on the homescreen. I have tested notifications for email, missed call, and text messages. All are working just as they should.
Thanks a lot!
sn0warmy said:
Thank you so much. I am uninstalling the official one and giving this one a try right now. I will report back after doing some testing.
EDIT: I just went through the process of uninstalling the official widget, clearing cache/dalvik and then rebooting and installing your tweaked version. It looks to be working perfectly as advertised. I have the clock on the lock screen but not on the homescreen. I have tested notifications for email, missed call, and text messages. All are working just as they should.
Thanks a lot!
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Great. Thanks for the confirmation. Glad it did the trick. And thanks to whomever else got me over the "666" thanks mark
:laugh: It may have been me.
sn0warmy said:
:laugh: It may have been me.
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Just thanked you then
If you want, go ahead an link to my post from the OP, so that anyone else who may be interested can easily find it. I'm too lazy to create a separate thread and hate maintaining them!
Give notification widget a try
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