Okay, the stock task switcher is effective, but in no way flashy. And of course the market has nothing good. I was wondering if anyone knew of any apps or mods that replace the stock switcher with a more stylish one. Preferably somewhat similar to the iphone 4 (what can I say, it's worse than the n1, but they make it look so nice ) or even cards like on the palm pre.
The only thing I found that was even close was Movial Task Switcher, but I can't find any release for it. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfsQm8m7G8s
Thanks in advance
I am sorry I have no contribution ATM... but that app is sweet!
Isn't it. And since the N1 has twice the processing power, it would be completely fluid.
did anyone get a hold of this app yet?
Yup I'm interested too
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Wow I didn't even know that that was possible to do unless you have a specialised ROM with the added code & root access... Is that actually real? Looks awesome!
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Yup I'm interested too
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Took some time to do some googling and I came up empty trying to find where I can get this... This looks amazing, if anyone knows where a release of this can be found, please do share
wow this is amazing. they seriously need to release this ASAP.
I have sent them an Email and will still email them till they answer... if more people email them they might maybe release it!
Is that video actually from May? that is ages ago. Why have I never seen this!
yup these guys must have died or something...
For iphone-esque task switching, download"Task tray " from the market.
Obviously Froyo has removed the ability to kill tasks, but switching works well nonetheless.
Yupe, the Movial Task Switcher is pretty nice! Wow! Hope the owner release it soon. I don't even might if it a paid apps. (off course with reasonable price).
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For iphone-esque task switching, download"Task tray " from the market.
Obviously Froyo has removed the ability to kill tasks, but switching works well nonetheless.
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I can kill tasks and I have froyo
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i sent them an email also still waiting to hear back from them
You can try Visual Task Switcher, from market, it isn't prefect, but it's pretty nice. It use app thumbnails to show apps.
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I can kill tasks and I have froyo
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The only way to kill an app in Froyo is Settings > Applications > Manage Applications, select the app, and choose "Force stop." No app can kill another app in froyo (so, Taskiller, etc. don't work). This was because task killers are pointless and detrimental to your Android system. They, and the bugs they cause, have become so common that Google had to fix the problem by disabling them all. However, I do think that those of us with su should re-implement this, in hopes that hackers/modders are smart enough to know not to use Taskiller. I just want a cool switcher app, with an ability to kill a renegade apps quickly and easily, with less than a dozen screen taps. Something like AppSwipe.
Wow, liking Visual Task Switcher. Could do with some polish but it does thumbnails like it says..
http://i.imgur.com/IZOuz.png
just got the email back from Movial
Hi,
Thanks for your interest in Movial. Unfortunately you can't get a hold of the Movial Task Switcher as it was made for demonstration purposes only, and we currently have no plans to release it as a commercial application.
Best regards,
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Wow, liking Visual Task Switcher. Could do with some polish but it does thumbnails like it says..
http://i.imgur.com/IZOuz.png
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Yep, just downloaded it as a result of your recommendation. It almost emulates the video in the OP. It only seems to show "open apps" (i.e. foreground tasks) not "recent apps" though... so if you exit an app it does not display... in some ways this is actually quite nice.
Even better with CM6 because you do NOT need to bind it to short press of Home key... in CM settings you can bind it to long press of Home key and completely replace the built in functionality!
Previews need a little polish and I'll reserve judgement for a few days but this may be quite good!
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It feels like a WebOS multi-tasking.solution for android. What do you guys think if it (in the market)?
Im using it with CM6, it launches from longpress of the homekey for me and I really like it a lot
Update: helpful for non CM6 users, longpress for search can now launch VTS.
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It feels like a WebOS multi-tasking.solution for android. What do you guys think if it (in the market)?
Im using it with CM6, it launches from longpress of the homekey for me and I really like it a lot
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Regardless of the feeling that this is an astroturfed post, I'll try it since there are three things about WebOS that I wanted to make love to after leaving my Palm device. This covers one such concern.
After approximately fourteen seconds with this app, I can say that if it holds up on resource usage, it will never, ever leave my phone.
Single click brings up my "open" apps.
Double click takes me back to home.
Triple click replicates a unicorn out of my camera lens that burps rainbows and farts lasers.
Its as close to app cards as we will get on Android. Kudos to whoever is behind this.
Checked it out, all is good... only if we can map this to home button LONG press action, to replace the current task switcher.
Good look with finding this app and telling us!!! I think its pretty sweet and works well, the only gripe I have with it, is that on my EVO is kills leap when I hit the home button
Desperately needs the option to set launch button.
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If you use cm6 you can change visual task switcher to replace the default home long press in the settings
Settings > cyanogen mod settings > input settings
Amazing now...
I'm using this with power stripper..amazing
I'm using cm6.
Liking this. Thanks for the tip. Id like a free memory read out on the screen since that is about the only reason I use a task killer. But is pretty sweet for switching between tasks.
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Liking this. Thanks for the tip. Id like a free memory read out on the screen since that is about the only reason I use a task killer. But is pretty sweet for switching between tasks.
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Task Killers bad.
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Desperately needs the option to set launch button.
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If you use cm6 you can change visual task switcher to replace the default home long press in the settings
Settings > cyanogen mod settings > input settings
Amazing now...
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hmm, this app isn't showing up in the list of applications available to set for custom long-press-home..
looks pretty sweet so far though
How do you switch the home screen it forwards to? It seems to default to sense and I can't get it to go to ADW.
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How do you switch the home screen it forwards to? It seems to default to sense and I can't get it to go to ADW.
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You can't use it with a custom launcher, try deleting any other launcher then it might forward correctly. Or if your on a sense rom just ban/remove sense
~edit~ I just did that and it works fine. You have to have only VTS and the launcher you want to use active.
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You can't use it with a custom launcher, try deleting any other launcher then it might forward correctly. Or if your on a sense rom just ban/remove sense
~edit~ I just did that and it works fine. You have to have only VTS and the launcher you want to use active.
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Woah ... not cool. I'll be watching for a future update that let's me set a preference for a home, but can't say I'll be using it as is.
Such a good find! Loving it
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This app really has potential to become great.
Please don't give out incorrect information...
You can change custom launchers. Once in the app press menu, settings, default home screen.
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Please don't give out incorrect information...
You can change custom launchers. Once in the app press menu, settings, default home screen.
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Hitting the home button twice reverts home to ADW, I use LP.. I think the information is correct.
I really like the app but needs to mature a little more before I could use it to replace long-press-home, which I use all the time
Did you even try what I suggested?
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Did you even try what I suggested?
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I tried that before you suggested it. VTS needs more development, it just doesn't integrate with a custom setup very well yet.
I love this app so far. I even tried to swipe it off the screen (Used to have a pre)
Hey all,
Does anyone know of an app that achieves the display of recently used apps in the notification dropdown area?
Essentially, performing the same function that a long press on the home button does, but obviously eliminating the need to press a button.
I've been looking for something like this for a good while, and was pleasantly surprised to see HTC had included this very function in their latest version of Sense.... when I went to the HTC London meet last week .
Unfortunately, the HTC guys demoing informed me there is currently no way to obtain this feature for current handsets.
To see what I am referring to, see the video below...
46sec <---> 51 sec
Is there an app that exists for this?
Thanks in advance,
c_man
I'm more impressed with the extremely quick startup.
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I'm more impressed with the extremely quick startup.
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I think that's discussed in another thread - I remember reading its not a 'proper' power down, that allows for such a quick start up.
Anyway, back on topic...
Actually I have been looking for something similar... My wife has a mytouch slide... And when you pull down notification tray it has recent 4 now I haven't tried scrolling sideways like that guy did... But that shows that it is possible cause the slide shows 4 recent...
Just have to find someone to port that I guess
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Rather than a port, which sounds like more effort, I thought an app to enable this functionality may exist.
It seems not?
its going to need a port i think, i would hope for a slightly modified version that would allow us to pin apps to it or even widgets a la galaxy s.
If you hold down the home button for a couple seconds you'll get a list of the eight last used apps.
smart bar does this an more. recent apps in drop down and/or favs and/or you can choose a certain app and/or many many more options, i cant remember. you have option to enable all or only recent apps via settings and checking off the check boxs.
i use on my a81e tablet and it works well. my long press of home button is buggy due to fw so this come in handy very much
here
Does smartbar have a big footprint?
Would really love an app that does 'just' this.
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Does smartbar have a big footprint?
Would really love an app that does 'just' this.
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I don't really know, I still just starting out on android so I'm in learning process
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I don't really know, I still just starting out on android so I'm in learning process
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No worries
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It's awesome! Kind of like the mini apps tray! Wizz Bar in the market!
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Yea, I agree. I just installed it yesterday. It's really usefull with the overlay menu. Honeycomb should have had something like this out of the box as far as I'm concerned.
great app! after using it it's like thinking this was missing standard functionnality of honeucomb !
just one things, it'd be cool to be able to change the order of icons...
why couldn't this have been posted yesterday...
Looked all over the market- I wish they had better search function..
Wasted $2 on wave launcher.
But this app is what I was looking for. And free
is anyone having an issue of this app not loading up after coming out of sleep. Loads after reboot but not sleep
I have to physically go into app and hit apply for it to turn on after sleep.
Anyone know a fix for this
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is anyone having an issue of this app not loading up after coming out of sleep. Loads after reboot but not sleep
I have to physically go into app and hit apply for it to turn on after sleep.
Anyone know a fix for this
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I have the same issue but randomly
juliensch said:
great app! after using it it's like thinking this was missing standard functionnality of honeucomb !
just one things, it'd be cool to be able to change the order of icons...
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yeah, changing the order of icons would be great, also if the icons were all at the same size....
Thanks for the suggestion, I'm loving it
Really cool little app which helps give more functionality to honeycomb on the Transformer, thaks for the tip.
Excellent app but it completely slowed down my transformer and it began to stutter. killing the app solved the issue until it was started again. removed it for now. I will write an email to the developer because I see a lot of potential in this app.
needs more work but a really nice start
cool app....I put camera on there haha
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nifty app.... but just not as useful as i thought it'd be. all the aps i usually run are in my "recents".... so no added functionality except for when i first start my tab.
juliensch said:
great app! after using it it's like thinking this was missing standard functionnality of honeucomb !
just one things, it'd be cool to be able to change the order of icons...
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You can! Just add them in the order you want.
I noticed Maxthon has a freaking huge icon for some reason
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Wow it really does bog the home screen down
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"Launch from Notification" does not slow down home screen but it only allows 5 application to launch.
https://market.android.com/details?...launchfromstatusbarfree&feature=search_result
Fantastic App! This is exactly what I've been searching for since I saw the Touchwiz UI.
I also, tried out "Launch from Notifications" and while it gets the job done, it doesn't look as snazzy or have as many slots. (5 vs 8) I'll try both and see which one I like better and how much battery they suck down.
For me the Netflix and Polaris Office apps are larger than the rest of the icons, not sure why. Also, I'd love a GUI was to switch the apps around once added to the list. I understand this is a very early version as it references a paid version that doesn't exist as of this post, so I'm looking forward to seeing what the dev has to offer and would be willing to pay $1.00 for the improvements requested in this thread.
As other said, "A nice start" but...
what would be nice is to be able to run small app that can be on top of other apps. (a notepad, a calculator, etc,)
Very nice app, but slowing down homescreen is a huge letdown... Launch from notification works fine, think I'll stick to it for now.
Yeah, same here. Noticed a big drop in home screen smoothness. I like the concept though. Hopefully the dev can make some performance enhancements.
Until ICS comes out, and we get a better app switcher( which I believe it has ), I'm looking for something out there that has a better UI / more functionality than the current gingerbread "hold home button" task switcher.
I'm a big fan of the palm pre "cards" switcher, where you can see all your app previews, then just flick one away to close. I think I found one on the store, but it seemed buggy and not supported by the dev at all anymore( which is a shame ) because it looked to be almost exactly what I was looking for.
Big thanks to anyone that can find something like this
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I am also very interested in this.
Suprised there hasn't been a response ... seems with Android being so customizable we would have some choice in app switchers( other than the crap I've seen on the Market )
Multi task works gud enof for me! Or u can also try smart taskbar! It has the features u've been looking for. :>
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Multi task works gud enof for me! Or u can also try smart taskbar! It has the features u've been looking for. :>
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Hmmm... Looks interesting but not exactly what I was looking for. I guess I'm picky, or just really like the UI of it, but I like the "Cards" app switching where you can throw one off the screen to kill it.
From what I can tell, doesn't look like there is anything like that out there so far, I bet others would like this also ... then again, I could be the only one ... who knows
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.rabold.android.taskswitcher
Just what you wanted. Worked wonders before I got ics. I loved it. Its basically the same thing and you can set it to pop up on long press of different keys. And you can swipe away apps to kill them.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=org.rabold.android.taskswitcher
Just what you wanted. Worked wonders before I got ics. I loved it. Its basically the same thing and you can set it to pop up on long press of different keys. And you can swipe away apps to kill them.
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So this looks pretty cool ... graphics are poor( as noted in the Market description, and says Rooted phones improved graphics on the way ) ... But its def. the closest thing to what I was looking for so far.
Good reccomendation, gonna try it for a day or two and see if I like it ... not to sure at this point, but its worth a try ... thanks!
Unfortunately no previews are shown on my rooted stock LB1. Only app icons and empty preview.
I'm presently using TaskSwitcher which, albeit with no previews, does a good work and sports also selectable widgets.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.shisho.taskswitcher
Ernesto de Bernardis
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debernardis said:
Unfortunately no previews are shown on my rooted stock LB1. Only app icons and empty preview.
I'm presently using TaskSwitcher which, albeit with no previews, does a good work and sports also selectable widgets.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.shisho.taskswitcher
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I haven't tried out this app yet, but it doesn't look too different from the stock switcher for Android( The middle box popup with app icons on long home press ) What do you like that's different, other than the widget which I don't really need I wouldn't think?
Another thing with these apps, and I know its a "limitation" of the Android OS ... Is I do like the "Long hold home to bring up switcher" function, too bad these can't override this ... seems like with a rooted phone they would be able to override this setting. Then again, I'm a software engineer, but not an Android software engineer, so what do I know
If you have a tablet you might try my new app - "Tablet popup manager"
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I haven't tried out this app yet, but it doesn't look too different from the stock switcher for Android( The middle box popup with app icons on long home press ) What do you like that's different, other than the widget which I don't really need I wouldn't think?
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You get more than 6 slots for open apps, differentiation between open and closed recent apps, single short home button click for invoking switcher. I also like having some widgets conveniently available above. See pic.
Ernesto de Bernardis
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I made a small home button launcher replacement, mainly for myself to overcome my new note 2 'bulkiness' when it comes to switch tasks quickly. Give it a try and let me know if you found it useful.
Google play download: HomeFlip
very useful app. thanks for sharing.
an idea from me: add a swipe option for opening the app. for ex. horizontal swipe open up the HomeFlip.
Noted.
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very useful app. thanks for sharing.
an idea from me: add a swipe option for opening the app. for ex. horizontal swipe open up the HomeFlip.
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Noted, but this will require a background service so it will have to be optional, I like to keep thing lightweight (my daughter use my old Nexus S...)
Thanks!.
Thanks for sharing, I love it! Its fast and super lite!
Noellenchris
I do like the app.. I'm not sure if i'm missing something but I have an alternate launcher for my home screen, it seems that it defaults to that. Can i change the default home screen homeflip takes me to after its activated?
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I do like the app.. I'm not sure if i'm missing something but I have an alternate launcher for my home screen, it seems that it defaults to that. Can i change the default home screen homeflip takes me to after its activated?
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Your not missing anything, this is a oversight from my part, I should have known that the xda crowd was likely to have at least one custom launcher in addition of the stock one installed!.
Thanks for the feedback, will fix this soon.
noellenchris said:
Thanks for sharing, I love it! Its fast and super lite!
Noellenchris
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Thanks..
Google Play Store Link for HomeFlip
Here ya go this looks pretty nifty btw.
Verry handy, great app
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Here ya go this looks pretty nifty btw.
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This is really nice of you.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for making this app. It's nice and light. I tried it, but I will have to wait till the option to choose "default" launcher available to install it again :highfive:.
And is there anyway that I could replace the default recent apps with your app ? I have a button for recent apps, but it takes age to load
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Thank you very much for making this app. It's nice and light. I tried it, but I will have to wait till the option to choose "default" launcher available to install it again :highfive:
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The support for fallback launcher selection should be available latter this week, I'll post the update info's on this thread, so keep watching.
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And is there anyway that I could replace the default recent apps with your app ? I have a button for recent apps, but it takes age to load
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It depend on the ROM you are running, most stock Android will popup the task manager when pressing Home for few seconds, HomeFlip should preserve this behavior by default.
I'll check CM9 (this is what you are running right ?) internals to see if there is a way to hijack this, but keep in mind that I try to keep HomeFlip as non-invasive as possible, so any features that require additional permissions or dirty tricks is a no go for me, Respect peoples phone is my policy
Thanks.
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The support for fallback launcher selection should be available latter this week, I'll post the update info's on this thread, so keep watching.
It depend on the ROM you are running, most stock Android will popup the task manager when pressing Home for few seconds, HomeFlip should preserve this behavior by default.
I'll check CM9 (this is what you are running right ?) internals to see if there is a way to hijack this, but keep in mind that I try to keep HomeFlip as non-invasive as possible, so any features that require additional permissions or dirty tricks is a no go for me, Respect peoples phone is my policy
Thanks.
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I know the long-press home action, and of course, I don't like it . I have a cheap and weak phone (HTC explorer), so your animation seem a bit laggy . I have a dedicated button for recent apps, but it take about 1-1.5 second to load . So go to home and tap app icon is even faster than using the recent apps menu .
Looking for the update . By the way, the apk size is tiny, but cached process need 10MB, is that normal ?
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I know the long-press home action, and of course, I don't like it . I have a cheap and weak phone (HTC explorer), so your animation seem a bit laggy . I have a dedicated button for recent apps, but it take about 1-1.5 second to load . So go to home and tap app icon is even faster than using the recent apps menu .
Looking for the update . By the way, the apk size is tiny, but cached process need 10MB, is that normal ?
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You can disable the animation from settings (context menu).
HomeFlip to not not cache anything by itself, but it is possible that the OS itself cache information (i.e. icons), I'll have a look.
Anyway, Android is getting good at managing memory itself, the times where you had to manually kill tasks are hopefully over.
Thanks.
HomeFlip 1.01 available now.
HomeFlip Version 1.01 available now:
changes:
- Settings / Added support for multiple launchers.
- Settings / Added background dimming customization.
Full theme customization coming up next, stay tuned.
Enjoy.
I'm probably missing the obvious here, but I absolutely can not find the settings. Awesome app though, if I could only find the settings to change the default launcher!
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I'm probably missing the obvious here, but I absolutely can not find the settings. Awesome app though, if I could only find the settings to change the default launcher!
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Hit Home to launch HomeFlip, then the Menu button.
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Hit Home to launch HomeFlip, then the Menu button.
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I have a Nexus 4, and when using homeflip, there is no menu button.
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I like this a lot. Running it on my Nexus along with ADW launcher. Very fast and smooth. Subscribing to this thread to keep an eye on things
@above How did you get to the settings on your nexus?
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