Quick query, i noticed that there are several PNG files that come with the plugin, for internet browser, comm manager, tasks etc that fit in with the built in default icons of the launcher.
Has anyone managed to use these? I know in the registry under the different apps in the lancher there is a value for "iconpath" however this only seems to work when the the item is on of the built in types (like change brightness, or rotate screen) rather than something added from the start menu.
Many Thanks
Hello
I have an HTC Touch, and I'm not crazy about the famous cube, as it does not allow you to create enough shortcuts to launch all my apps. So I am not using the cube, but rather a launcher (iLauncher from SBSH as it happens) to give a nice look and feel to my phone. For this I have created a set of 50 icons, size 64*64 in TGA format (as it allows for transparency), feel free to use them and complete the collection if you want (a blank icon called "backbroud.tga" has been included for this).
It should work with any launcher that supports TGA icons in 64*64. the reason I'm using iLauncher is because it has a nice jump to tab option that allows to go from one tab to the other by simply clicking on an icon, thus allowing for an infinite number of pages.
vLauncher is a free home screen app that lets you flick through pages of apps on home screen , manage apps more easily,iPhone style.
VLauncher - (for devices running 2.0 or above) Very nice launcher app developed over at voyagers. Much like Home Launcer but very fast ,snappy and stable.
VLauncher - (for devices running 2.0 or above) Very nice launcher app developed over at voyagers. Much like Home Launcer but very fast ,snappy and stable. Features include:
-3 to 5 screens (swipe scrolling between pages)
-launcher dock at bottom for 4 ,user defined apps links (just drag and drop for exchange the icons)
-Click an app icon and hold to drag it to anywhere you want.
-Click and hold on blank space to create folder, you can drag apps into folders.
-We group most used apps to first page, you can rearrange them too.
-Go to setting to enable widget screens.
-Opening previews by Clicking HOME, The new sense-like implementation.
Any feedback and suggestions from you is welcomed,
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Can you post screenshots of the launcher? I think we'd all like to have an idea of how it looks before we download it.
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attach the screenshots.
So what, exactly, is special about this launcher?
I like the concept. Great for users migrating from the iPhone, or those that want a simple interface. I downloaded it from the market last week, and have been playing around with it.
It places all your applications on a series of home (application) screens when first installed. You are then able to add up to 3 widget screens, which are placed to the left of the application screens. You can re-arrange your applications by grouping them into folders. These folders as well as your applications can be placed anywhere other than the widget screens, in any order. It doesn't have an apps drawer and so your wallpaper is visible at all times.
heyy dude!! I think itz too simple... i think an app drawer wid 3D wd b gud... N sum custom icons wid gud transition effects wd b gr8!!
Very nice.
Having an iPhone, this looks and feel just like it. Keep up the good work.
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THank you.
Thanks for the clues.
Can someone change the layout to fit the Wildfire's screen?
Meh. The ui is boring and ugly lol.
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I tried vlauncher the other day, from the Market. What it does, it does well. I would like to see it do more. Here are my two suggestions:
1. Allow shortcuts and bookmarks on the Widget pages. In the standard Android launcher, is very convenient to get to battery use or a weather bookmark with one press of an icon on the screen.
2. In your settings, have an entry for the column and row sizes. On the 7 inch screen of my Nook Color I would like more than 4 columns and 4 rows of icons on each screen.
If you add these two features I think I could use vlauncher every day.
Has anyone tried this yet? Just wondering how compatible it is with the x10
It works without any problems but still it is much worse than adw
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Has anyone tried this yet? Just wondering how compatible it is with the x10
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I've tried it, it is compatible and working really good on the X10.
However, after trying a few home replacement, I would advise to use ADW Launcher
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It works without any problems but still it is much worse than adw
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agree.
ADW Launcher is much better than any other launcher.
ADW is good, can't argue with that. But I really love Helix. Battery life is good with Helix
I like GDE
My favorite is GDE
Next to GDE I recommend ADW. GDE is better in may aspects like, icons replacer, Icon renamer, uninstaller, custom doc, loop screen and smoother drawer handling. and no problem for battery.
quickz
Here goes the quick review, ..by a smartfone noob with the same issue..
trying to find the best home replacement / launcher.
(reporting from android 1.6)
# Launchpad Lite:
is just a little app(window) to launch the apps which were used most recently.
+ length of the history is adjustable.
+ shows running apps highlited.
# Tag Home(Launcher):
is a full home replacement (can be linked to HOME button).
+ TAGS! to categorize your apps! (!=something that each of these lame launchers should have - even the standard com.android.launcher!)
+ 4 static links in the bottom bar.
- just 4x4 icons.
- not too many options.
# ADW Launcher:
is a full home-replacement.
installed as service(?) (not shown in app-drawer of standard-home).
+ up to 7 screens.
+ set icon density for 1 screen! (5x7, instead of 4x4 icons)
+ screens-preview.
+ set desktop finger-gesture actions (up & down)!
+ options!!!
- just 2 static links in bottom bar.
# Zeam Launcher:
is a full home replacement.
+ Bottom bar with many(!) static links (scroll left/right).
+ upto 9 screens.
+ set doubletap & home-btn action.
- just 4x4 icons.
# KS Lanucher:
is a home replacement + app (can also be started as app on top)
different concept ... no icons.
right = categories list, left = apps- & services-list
+ show running apps & services.
+ lists app history & apps by date of installation
- just 1 category for yourself (in free version)
# Helix: (mentioned above)
... not found on market.
# GDE: (mentioned above)
Costs $$, so it hasn't been tested.
+++
Hints for a noob #13:
To get android asking you which home-program you want to use (with option "dont ask again in the future") when clicking the HOME button, follow ...
1.) Open SETTINGS (standard android settings)
2.) Select APPLICATIONS
3.) Select MANAGE APPLICATIONS
4.) Scroll thru list to find the app which is currently configured to be your home-screen.
5.) Open home-screen app.
6.) Click the CLEAR DEFAULTS button, in the section LAUNCH BY DEFAULT.
done.
prost
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# ADW Launcher:
is a full home-replacement.
installed as service(?) (not shown in app-drawer of standard-home).
+ up to 7 screens.
+ set icon density for 1 screen! (5x7, instead of 4x4 icons)
+ screens-preview.
+ set desktop finger-gesture actions (up & down)!
+ options!!!
- just 2 static links in bottom bar.
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You CAN have more than two icons on the bottom with ADW. Disable desktop dots and enabled Secondary Action Buttons. This gets rid of the only "-" for ADW making it nothing but pure awesome!
Lovejoys hubs kindlefire.
what is hubs.
hubs is a setup that allows you to navigate from screen to screen with the touch of your finger (without scrolling)
it works by having icons on every screen for every screen. ie press icon 1 on any screen and it takes you to screen 1.
with this you dedicate each screen (hub) into a subject. ie games, media, home etc because of this things ar very organised and easy to navigate to.
only 2-3 touches to get to any app (and no more searching).
Hi here is my setup on my kindle fire and a detailed guide how to get this look, this is my 1st guide so please go easy.
With this guide you will have 5 home screens and a 5x5 row/colum setup (because it keeps everything the same from landscape to portrait mode).
my screen shots
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what you will need
Adwpro launcher (worth every penny)
adw minimalistic theme
multipicture live wallpapers app (free)
simple text app (free)
minimalistic text app (free)
my wallpapers here. http://db.tt/diulORYj
8/12 wallpaper or so, I picked relevant wallpapers per home screen ie, media themed pictures for media
home screen and games pictures for games home page etc.
start by installing adw pro launcher and setting as default launcher and applying minimalistic theme (I will let you work that one out)
install multipicture live wallpapers, minimalistic text and simple text app's.
Now create 6 folders on your desktop rename them
games wpaper
media wpaper
home wpaper
tool's wpaper
work wpaper
lockscreen wpaper
now place pictures you have chosen in each folder ie. Games home screen pic's in games wpaper folder.
When all pictures are in the right folders, mount sdcard to pc and drag and drop each folder into /sdcard/pictures on your kindle. (when you now reboot and open up your album you should see 6 new folders with your screen pic's in them.
In adw make these settings.
Ui settings...........................................................................................................................
icons........................
tick density hack
tick new icons
select new icons settings
icon size 140
icon text size 12
press back
select highlights press colour =ff24718d
press back
main dock.......
tick enable dock, dock as overlay & auto close
dock size portrait/landscape =5
advanced settings
tick auto size
press back-back
screen preferences.........................
desktop columns=5
desktop rows =5
tick show desktop indicator, auto hide desktop indicator & overlap widgets
indicator type=sliding pagination top
advanced settings tick all three.
Press back-back
draw settings...........................
app draw style=vertical 4D
all draw row & columns, portrait&landscape=7
background colour=80000000 (on the slider)
snap scroll ticked
press back
folders...................................
folder style= horizontal fling
back-back-back
general behaviour................................................................................................
animation and effects..........................
tick infinite scroll, wallpaper scrolling, animated drawer, animate icons & desktop zoom
screen transition effect=fly in
desktop scrolling speed=0
desktop bounce=0
zoom effect speed=300
press back
gestures.........................
home button binding=move to default desktop/show previews
swipe down actions=open close dockbar
swipe up action=none
press back
system preferences...................
show notification ticked
bubble font size=22
scrolling cache=auto
opening transition=zoom
press back-back
theme preferences.............................................................................................................
choose minimalistic and press apply
then choose icons=adw.default theme
press back
backup and restore.........................................................................................................
press backup adw settings & backup desktop configuration.
That's adw set up now for wallpapers.
Hold down on home screen and get menu, select wallpapers/live wallpaper/multipicture live wallpapers
press settings
press green + add individual settings, until you have 5 screen settings
press screen1 settings
picture source=album/wgames press ok
crop/resize ratio=fit to full screen
back out and do all 5 screen with you 5 folders you made earlier then do lock screen settings the same.
Back out and press set wallpaper
done
now setting up screen short cuts (the tedious but nice bit)
on each home page long press and select launcher action then screen 1 (whilst on homepage 1)
do this 4 times then move to home page 2 and do same process but selecting screen 2.
do this trough all 5 home screens so you should have 5 icons that will send you back to the screen you are on (keep it like this for now as it keeps things in order).
Now to change all those icons into what they are ie.
On home screen 1 change all 4 icons to a simple text image.
Long press an icon on screen 1, press edit, tap on the icon image,tap adwtheme iconpacks, tap simple text, then on icon style simple. You should be in settings of simple text app.
At the top tap the word simple and change it to games. untick gradient & shadow, text size=48.
Press the big a at the top and select default 07, tick anti alias and linear text.
Then press menu and select save style, then press menu again and select save icon change text to games and press ok.
Do this to all 4 icons on home screen 1 (now you have a template though so when you get to icon style select your previous made template instead of simple icon again).
Then do this to all other home screens but edit the name to media for the icons on screen 2, home for the icons on screen 3 tool's for the icons on screen 4 and work for screen 5.
then make 1 new launcher action per page and make this one open/close app draw alter the icon like above but on each home screen name it by its home screen ie on screen1 (games) name it games with the text in blue (this is so on each home page it all looks the same except the blue name will act as an app draw launcher).
Now move one of each icon to each screen so it looks like mine.
You can now go and play with it and alter things to your liking
I hope I have covered everything.
Cheers steve
edit: you will need to tick force 5 homescreens in "workarounds for some applications" in wallpaper settings (this will align all wallpapers to the home screens.
please tick the thank you box if you like this.
Thanks for taking the time to make this!
Absolutely amazing Steve bravo! You helped me out so much and I'm glad you decided to make the thread after we talked. Thanks!
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no probs its a nice way to use the kindle.
you can tweak it anyway you want, I just thought if I made the tutorial to mimic mine then it was easier for me to explain etc.
glad you like it, it works great on any rom and i allways do full backup in twrp 2.1.1 then wipe everything flash new rom/gapps etc boot once then return to twrp and restore previous roms data (only) and all my settings and wallpaper etc is still there
only need to do all this once (thank god) lol.
What is the best resolution for the wallpapers? Mine all look pretty fuzzy
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What is the best resolution for the wallpapers? Mine all look pretty fuzzy
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1024x600
also when dl wallpapers always click on image 1st (don't just dl the thumbnail).
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1024x600
also when dl wallpapers always click on image 1st (don't just dl the thumbnail).
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Yup i know, used your wallpapers instead of the ones i had chosen and they work great in landscape but when i go to portrait they are not lined up. you experiencing this as well? im gonna look for more images to use since now i know what resolution to look for
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Yup i know, used your wallpapers instead of the ones i had chosen and they work great in landscape but when i go to portrait they are not lined up. you experiencing this as well? im gonna look for more images to use since now i know what resolution to look for
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when you say not lined up , i take it you mean the images in the pictures move from land to port mode?
i just keep my shortcuts at the bottom and most of my icons at the top are folders, so with 1x row at the top and 1x row at the bottom there's alot of space left in the middle for Widgets, (or leave it blank like i do so that you can see all of the wallpapers.
some pic's work better than others, one of my media images is perfect as it has black top and bottom and works good both in land & port.
it took me as long finding images to use on the different screens as it did to setup hubs. lol.
the thing is after 4 months of having hubs on my kindle i've only just got it how i want it.
also i think you need wallpaper scrolling set in rom settings for the multipicture to work.
also it all works best with all screen settings both rom & adw set so the screen transaction is at it fastest. then when you press one of you home screen shortcuts it zooms out & back in again as fast as poss.
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Well I guess what I'm trying to say is that when I go portrait the left most screen is white, then when I got to screen 2 it has my left most wallpaper there. Here's some pics. The last screen shot should hopefully explain what I mean. The abstract wallpaper is supposed to be screen 2 and its in-between screen 2 and 3.
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there is a setting somewhere in wallpaper app "force 5 screens"
i will check it out and come back to you
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in multipicture settings scroll down near the bottom it says something about workarounds its in there. force 5 screens. that should do it
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in multipicture settings scroll down near the bottom it says something about workarounds its in there. force 5 screens. that should do it
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Yup that did it, I went and checked it and I accidentally had it set for none. thanks again
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I have ADW but I'm using Apex at the moment.
I have 5 screens set up but when I'm scrolling in portrait it doesn't show the wallpapers that have a landscape design (like the geek wallpaper). When I'm in landscape it does.
Any idea how to keep that from happening in portrait?
it should work.
although never tried with apex as it doesn't have home screen shortcuts.
have you got the following.
forced 5 screen, multipicture settings.
scrolling wallpaper in rom and adw.
edit: don't forget when you select picture folder path for wallpapers yo need to select, fit to screen.
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lovejoy777 said:
it should work.
although never tried with apex as it doesn't have home screen shortcuts.
have you got the following.
forced 5 screen, multipicture settings.
scrolling wallpaper in rom and adw.
edit: don't forget when you select picture folder path for wallpapers yo need to select, fit to screen.
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I need to check and see if it has something to do with the rows/columns. I think I have 8 and 8 set up so maybe changing to 5 and 5 will fix it.
Think I have the settings you list above set up although I'm just using one wallpaper for each screen, not a folder.
glad your nearly there
do yo realize that the nice bit of all this is the adw screen shortcuts, as it allows you to change screens by pressing an icon. ie on my setup i press games icon on any screen and it goes straight to the 1st home screen (where all my games are) or media icon on any screen takes me straight to my media home page (no 2) and so on.
it means any apps are only two taps away (unless you have folders in which case its three taps). in other words you can but don't have to scroll through your screens, just tap an icon.
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glad your nearly there
do yo realize that the nice bit of all this is the adw screen shortcuts, as it allows you to change screens by pressing an icon. ie on my setup i press games icon on any screen and it goes straight to the 1st home screen (where all my games are) or media icon on any screen takes me straight to my media home page (no 2) and so on.
it means any apps are only two taps away (unless you have folders in which case its three taps). in other words you can but don't have to scroll through your screens, just tap an icon.
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Yeah, I played around w/ hubs before flashing an ICS ROM using ADW Pro. Just playing with Apex right now to see if I want to go with hubs again.
Thanks for the advice.
Any other cool wallpapers you care to share?
no mate it took me ages to find those lol.
a good wallpaper is hard to come by
happy searching.
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Lovejoys hubs kindlefire.
Now create 6 folders on your desktop rename them
games wpaper
media wpaper
home wpaper
tool's wpaper
work wpaper
lockscreen wpaper
now place pictures you have chosen in each folder ie. Games home screen pic's in games wpaper folder.
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How to place pictures in folders, I can plase shortcuts only?
make the folders on pc then drag and drop images into these folders. but make sure you download the full image in the first place and not just the thumbnail. these folders need to be put in pictures on sdcard (do not put all folders in one main folder or it doesn't find the path properly