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Docks on ADW EX?

Is there a way to get the docks we used on LP? I tried a few themes from the market but they just don't look right.... Wish he'd just do docks similar to LP.
Thanks for any info
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Thanks but that's not what I meant.
I was wondering if there is a way to change the docks around like in LP, but I guess not. I see some themes that change the dock form the market, but they never look right. ADW EX is nice, but without the ability to change docks and have any decent swype gestures.. LP is still the better Launcher!
Thanks for the pic tho, sucks about the friggin 15 minute window for returns, you need more than 15 to decide on this launcher.

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Thanks but that's not what I meant.
I was wondering if there is a way to change the docks around like in LP, but I guess not. I see some themes that change the dock form the market, but they never look right. ADW EX is nice, but without the ability to change docks and have any decent swype gestures.. LP is still the better Launcher!
Thanks for the pic tho, sucks about the friggin 15 minute window for returns, you need more than 15 to decide on this launcher.
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Yeah the 15 minute limit to decide on whether you want a new launcher completely sucks. Who can fully test a new launcher in 15 minutes. The limit should be an hour. I expect google to get some serious blowback on that.
Anyway, no, you can't change docks in adw like in lp. have no idea why adw has not added that feature. love adw for many reasons but its the niggling little stuff like that (leaving out obvious features everyone wants) that just annoys me.

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Yeah the 15 minute limit to decide on whether you want a new launcher completely sucks. Who can fully test a new launcher in 15 minutes. The limit should be an hour. I expect google to get some serious blowback on that.
Anyway, no, you can't change docks in adw like in lp. have no idea why adw has not added that feature. love adw for many reasons but its the niggling little stuff like that (leaving out obvious features everyone wants) that just annoys me.
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I guess maybe he doesn't wanna be like LP, but the themes in the market are so generic and the docks that come with them look like crap. I love the transitions and a lot of the new features, but not changing my dock and not being able to swipe icons on my dock are major reasons why I use LP.
Oh well, I own it now in case things like that ever do get implemented. Thanks you for your feedback.

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I guess maybe he doesn't wanna be like LP, but the themes in the market are so generic and the docks that come with them look like crap. I love the transitions and a lot of the new features, but not changing my dock and not being able to swipe icons on my dock are major reasons why I use LP.
Oh well, I own it now in case things like that ever do get implemented. Thanks you for your feedback.
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same here... ADW EX is wonderful, but i appreciate being able to have a cutom dock... thats pretty much the only reason im using LP over EX...

Rippley05 said:
I guess maybe he doesn't wanna be like LP, but the themes in the market are so generic and the docks that come with them look like crap. I love the transitions and a lot of the new features, but not changing my dock and not being able to swipe icons on my dock are major reasons why I use LP.
Oh well, I own it now in case things like that ever do get implemented. Thanks you for your feedback.
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You actually can swipe icons on ADW Ex. If you swipe up on the dock it brings up a hidden dock that you can place icons on. I have about 12 icons on mine. You can swipe left to right on the hidden dock. I hope that helps.

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You actually can swipe icons on ADW Ex. If you swipe up on the dock it brings up a hidden dock that you can place icons on. I have about 12 icons on mine. You can swipe left to right on the hidden dock. I hope that helps.
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It does, I'll have to look into it and see what exactly you're talking about.
LP tho, for example, I have the icon for my app drawer, if I swpie up on that it opens the Torch which is really handy for the late nights I leave my buddies place... long, dark, downhill driveway lol.
If it starts to become to complicated then it's easier to just use a widget, which is pretty ugly and matches nothing.
I appreciate the tip tho, I'll definitely check it out. The custom dock is a deal breaker for me right now tho.

If only ADW and LP could have a baby, that would be the perfect launcher

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If only ADW and LP could have a baby, that would be the perfect launcher
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Haha what a great idea "LaunchADWpro"
WTF is the android cupid when you need him

Try go launcher I don't like it personally but seems like a lil off both
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Haha what a great idea "LaunchADWpro"
WTF is the android cupid when you need him
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LOL. Too busy working on GB.

I'm not sure if he added it or I overlooked it.. but you can indeed change docks in ADW ex now!
It's under dock settings, there is an option to choose from adw docks (which aren't many) or from your gallery.. this is a hugely welcomed addition.
If your dock doesn't show right after you change it, just restart ADW.
**edit** I see now that he did in fact add support for custom docks.

yea i saw this in the update yesterday... glad he did get it added tho

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Best launcher for galaxy tab running gingerbread

I am looking for best launcher for tab. I installed 3 of them launcher pro, launcher 7 and golauncher.
Launcher pro is good, but need to pay for its widgets. No crashes till now.
Launcher 7 is good but very less home screen options. No crashing but sometime slow to start home screen.
I am highly upset with golauncher, i make my home screen staying whole night, adding widgets shortcuts but when i woke up in morning one of three home screen was lost with all content! !!
I made it again and later find out two two home screen collaspe and became ONE! overlapping apps.
Golauncher has more option than launcher pro, widgets are free to but it crashes everytime, is there any way to fix it ?
Or any other best launcher?
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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i can only agree with ganj...
i use it for quite a time now and no probs with ...fast and smooth

I use launcher pro, only because of the sexy theme-able widgets

I've run LauncherPro since it was in Alpha, and I can testify to it's performance, both on my Tab and my OG Droid. I love the ability to skin the widgets, and even though it's been a looooong time coming, Fede is rewriting the entire launcher code in order to enhance performance. ADW EX does have benefits though, especially with things like being able to move the app drawer out of the dock, and onto the homescreen. Being able to remove the dock is cool as well. The major issue I had with EX, was with widget resizing and overlapping... I could just never get it to work as well as LP. Either way though, you can't go wrong. They're both great launchers.

ADW Launcher for free is smooth and quite customizable. The EX version is hands down the best, and it's cheap.
And there's VTL.Launcher too

I use Go Launcher Ex and no problem with, for me it's the best, free, many theme for free and you know that widget free also....
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Another vote for ADW Ex. VTL is nice also, based on ADW. ADW Ex and Live Wallpaper Switcher so you have different backgrounds on each page is golden. Resizable widgets is good too.
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Awd ex.. Thumbs up..
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ADW EX. Perfect launcher. Customizable, fast and very stable.
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Yup. Adw ex is my fall back launcher. Its the one I end up running on most kernel and rom combos. Open home, based on Adw too I believe, is fantastic too. Great customization and a solid feel bit its a limitless over priced, its confusing about the whole 5/6 thing and it seems wrong to have a commercial launcher called "open" is a bit cynical. It might be just my setup but I also had battery issues from it.
My latest favourite is actually GO launcher with weather and task manager widget and am running go SMS too. Just realised I never even installed Adw when I last flashed.. hmm well there you go. Been a good solid few days with no issues at all and thinking about it I've had no lag, good battery and yeah forgot I was even running it if that makes sense. Free is free too afterall and the only real complaint is the limited premium themes but there are loads of free ones, some quite nice too.
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I like go launcher but my tab was unlucky for it, there were too much bugs on it. I bought laucher pro and awd ex from market and playing with them .
Launcher pro is simple and i already set it up but awd is eating my brain, a lot. I played whole day but still cant figure out how to add its widgets and other things. Lets see
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right now, im using go launcher ex.. might try adw some time later.

Go Launcher EX. So far it shows the best perf and usability combination for me on both froyo and gb.
BTW, I am willing to switch to TW4 if I can see a good perf (not yet, at least with Overcome GB Gold).

@gandroid and all who thinks ADWlauncher is good, i am preety pissed of with it. I bought without trying its free version now they will not make refunds.
I even cant figure out how to add awd widgets , it just takes me to market where there is option to buy only. Is there any free widgets and themes that comes with it or we have to buy everything. I dont want to pay more for launcher only.
I bought launcher pro also, which has itself free widgets. Its worth of 3 somthing dollar.
Somebody please tell me either i dont know how to use adw or it doesnt have any widgets.
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I use VTL.Launcher, its a fork of ADW designed for Tablets. Brilliant launcher imo, a LOT of customisability and options, and not exactly expensive either.

I prefer the Go Launcher, too. It can has an unlimited number of screens and is VERY customizable, even the shortcuts/icons on the desktop. Before, i used launcherpro. But Go Launcher is free and even more customizable.

Go and ADW
Originally I was a fan of LP but since my discovery of ADW Ex I have been using the latter. Excellent launcher in every respect. Go Ex is also extremely good. My comments would be : Go Ex seems to me the best as far as the usability and inteface is concerned (if it works properly), it probably has the best themes as well. Another great point is the ease with which we can put multiple icons on the screen. BUT, I am having a few problems with it. Everytime I reboot the widgets disappear and I have to put them back again which is a pain. That is happeneing with ADW as well, perhaps its my ROM or kernel. It also seemed to be obviously slower than the ADW. So now I am using Go Ex with my tab and ADW on the Galaxy s phone. So ADW is definitely faster.

I used Go Launcher EX. Because its free.
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Or if you are looking for a very fast yet super simple launcher, you can go for Zeam.
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vote to go launcher ex, much custimizable, umlimited screens, lots of themes, smooth and statable..

What's the best Launcher?

So I've never used a launcher before this day. I always knew they had cool features but just didn't feel like learning a whole new launcher. In your opinion which one is the best? I will try any launcher paid or free. If it's free great but if it's worth the money I'll surely support the developer.
I tried GO Launcher EX and it looked alright... I guess, I put the Sense theme on(latest one) and it was bugged like ****, the menu buttons were covering the Sense buttons so I couldn't use them and it didn't even have the carousel effect, it just moved between pages normally. I don't know if I did something wrong(I even tried rebooting, still nothing), I just ran the Launcher and applied the Sense theme from within it. So from my experience this Launcher already sucks which brings us back to the main point of this topic; what is the best launcher(your personal favorite)?

I prefer ADW launcher. Small memory footprint, fast, does everything I need it to.

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I prefer ADW launcher. Small memory footprint, fast, does everything I need it to.
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Does it have a good Sense theme? I'd really like to run Sense3.0 on the Charge

I really liked whatever launcher was included in GC 1.9.1.
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I have been using Zeam launcher for about a month now because it is fast and no frills with an extremely small memory footprint at 8.3MB on the settings I am using (most likely not what you are looking for). I have also used GO launcher, Launcher Pro, and ADW. All of them seem to work well and are less laggy than the stock Touch Wiz launcher.

blarrick said:
Does it have a good Sense theme? I'd really like to run Sense3.0 on the Charge
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Not sure about Sense 3.0 (as I am not familiar with Sense), but I am pretty sure HeLauncher is supposed to be a Sense clone in appearance.

Go Launcher

I prefeer launcher 2... Aosp all the way
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I like the stock AOSP launcher but hate that you can't tweak it or remove screens.. so ADW is a suitable replacement and they have AOSP themes in every color you could want
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blarrick said:
So I've never used a launcher before this day. I always knew they had cool features but just didn't feel like learning a whole new launcher. In your opinion which one is the best? I will try any launcher paid or free. If it's free great but if it's worth the money I'll surely support the developer.
I tried GO Launcher EX and it looked alright... I guess, I put the Sense theme on(latest one) and it was bugged like ****, the menu buttons were covering the Sense buttons so I couldn't use them and it didn't even have the carousel effect, it just moved between pages normally. I don't know if I did something wrong(I even tried rebooting, still nothing), I just ran the Launcher and applied the Sense theme from within it. So from my experience this Launcher already sucks which brings us back to the main point of this topic; what is the best launcher(your personal favorite)?
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I used launcher pro for a while. Its free and there's an option for a full version . Now I just use the stock launcher though
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The one you don't use.
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Having used stock, Launcher 2, and now Go Launcher, I can say without a doubt that Go Launcher is the best of those three.
A lot of people really like ADW. Is it free?
Go Launcher is and is extremely configurable. Check out all the preferences you can customize, then check out the themes. (Some paid themes and a bunch of free ones...just have to search for them.)
I LOVE the transparent theme combined with the transparent dock theme. You can apply themes to the GO Widgets also, which makes them look pretty nice.
I've been using Go Launcher for about 2 weeks now and have really enjoyed it.

I've tried them all on multiple ROMs & IMHO LPP+ is the clear cut winner, it's all I use now.
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I've tried them all on multiple ROMs & IMHO LPP+ is the clear cut winner, it's all I use now.
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IMHO LPP+ ummm whats that?

I've been happily using Launcher Pro since I retired the stock launcher. Tried using Go Launcher EX (again) the last couple days, still don't find it better than LP, YMMV.

ace5198 said:
IMHO LPP+ ummm whats that?
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Launcher Pro Plus.
~John

I've used AOSP, LauncherPro, ADW, 7Launcher, Windows 7 Launcher thingy, Go Launcher, Zeam, and more.
Go Launcher is by far my favorite. It has all of the bells and whistles I need. Well, mostly all of them. I never have home screen redraws with Go Launcher, either.

anoninja118 said:
I like the stock AOSP launcher but hate that you can't tweak it or remove screens.. so ADW is a suitable replacement and they have AOSP themes in every color you could want
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Not true, I didnt see clear in there.

I've used all the popular launchers. My favorite is MIUI, but that requires MIUI Rom, which we don't have. My current launcher of choice is GO Launcher. It used to kind of suck, but they make improvements all the time and there are many really nice free themes for it. Right now I'm using Windows 7 theme.

Go Launcher fan here.

[Q] Is ADW Launcher EX working properly on the Note?

Hi, anyone here able to confirm if it's working properly on the Note? I am kinda concerned if the resolution will affect ADW EX...

Works fine except coming from sgs2 the adw on note is a tad laggier when swiping screen i think cuz it aint optmised yet. Especially whem u start putting a hell of a lot of widgets on it. It was irritating enuf for me i reverted back to the stock t wiz. That said apparently other home screen replscements GO included seem to be having the same problem
. Gotta wait for some custom roms cuz it coukd be stock rom issue

I try to use adw in my note
Oops...
Very lag
Not smooth

Aww shucks, I depend on ADW EX for my heavy usage of scrolling widgets, I guess I gotta wait for jb to fix it.

Oh god ADW EX is totally broken on the Note.

Vulpix said:
Oh god ADW EX is totally broken on the Note.
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I seem to be following a path similar to many on this forum: Dell Streak, SGS2, Galaxy Note.
I've also noticed that ADW EX is laggy compared to SGS2.
Its interesting that SPB Shell 3D runs virtually the same on the Note and the SGS2. I think its probably because Shell 3D has a better graphics engine than ADW EX and can handle the higher resolution better. Now that I'm used to it I actually like SPB Shell 3D a little better. The folders are much better and allow you to see what's in them. The widgets are also much slicker and nice. Plus, I don't have to go to 3rd party widgets for contacts, bookmarks and calendar and I can use all the Samsung widgets too.

dr.W said:
I seem to be following a path similar to many on this forum: Dell Streak, SGS2, Galaxy Note.
I've also noticed that ADW EX is laggy compared to SGS2.
Its interesting that SPB Shell 3D runs virtually the same on the Note and the SGS2. I think its probably because Shell 3D has a better graphics engine than ADW EX and can handle the higher resolution better. Now that I'm used to it I actually like SPB Shell 3D a little better. The folders are much better and allow you to see what's in them. The widgets are also much slicker and nice. Plus, I don't have to go to 3rd party widgets for contacts, bookmarks and calendar and I can use all the Samsung widgets too.
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SPB shell can't use scrolling widgets. I love my scrolling widgets too much to give up that functionality. Anyone else got a better option with support for scrolling widgets?

Vulpix said:
SPB shell can't use scrolling widgets. I love my scrolling widgets too much to give up that functionality. Anyone else got a better option with support for scrolling widgets?
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Go Launcher EX.

I havent seen any lag With ADW, youre not running system power saver are you?

fards said:
I havent seen any lag With ADW, youre not running system power saver are you?
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You using ADW EX too? Everything looks wrong on mine, it's running in tablet mode and despite uninstalling it and wiping it, I still can't get it to look right. Trying out Go Launcher EX now. It's a little laggy, but I guess I can live with it for now.

using a launcher pro solve my prob.

ADW Ex has an issue with cutoff bottom with mine

Go Launcher is probably the best you can get with nearly 10+ widgets or so.
A must free have!

On line the last version (16 november), (good for Note) of GoLauncher ex, on market!

antoniomistretta said:
On line the last version (16 november), (good for Note) of GoLauncher ex, on market!
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Sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying.

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Sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying.
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That the update for Go Launcher EX on the 16th, fixed the scaling issues for the Note. Looks very good, but still the lag remains.

I just install the latest version and it seems that some strange bugs remain, like option menu wrongly resized... but my main problem is that i'm not able to resize menu icons... it is possible for desktop but not for menu icons... and they are very very small... can we do anything about that? did I miss some trick?

I'd really love to switch to Go Launcher, but even under the new version the lagging is still too noticeable. Plus I'm actually getting quite attached to Samsung's calendar widget, which only seems to work under TouchWiz.
Apparently there's another update to Go Launcher coming out next week - hopefully they'll get the lag sorted out as I can't see any reason why the performance on the Note shouldn't be absolutely stunning......

cheesekeeper said:
I'd really love to switch to Go Launcher, but even under the new version the lagging is still too noticeable. Plus I'm actually getting quite attached to Samsung's calendar widget, which only seems to work under TouchWiz.
Apparently there's another update to Go Launcher coming out next week - hopefully they'll get the lag sorted out as I can't see any reason why the performance on the Note shouldn't be absolutely stunning......
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there is something quite odd about go launcher
When i installed it on my S2 the first time, it lagged like hell during transition. After switching over to the LP and finding out that it didn't support gmail unread email count, i switched back to go launcher. Same setup as previous installation but 0 lag

Nova Launcher

Heya, I did search and haven't found a topic discussing Nova Launcher.
I was wondering what everyones opinion was on it now that we have ICS.
So far I have been enjoying it, I like the customization it offers.
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Cloudsnightmare said:
Heya, I did search and haven't found a topic discussing Nova Launcher.
I was wondering what everyones opinion was on it now that we have ICS.
So far I have been enjoying it, I like the customization it offers.
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I logged in just to come here and post about NOVA Launcher and you beat me to it.
A little background on it is the stock ICS launcher with some add ons, Its running great for me. .
paid:
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&feature=related_apps

Im using trebuchet launcher right now and it is pretty good. Anyone compared the two? features seem very similar.

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Im using trebuchet launcher right now and it is pretty good. Anyone compared the two? features seem very similar.
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I have nova, the screen size is all f'd up on trebuchet it's much better but still not great pretty stock
Im now going to try Apex and 360 see how they go
Does anyone know of any others????
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I'm going to stick to stock launcher until they release Nova for tablets cuz at the moment some features don't look and work quite well on tablets plus I find stock launcher faster

Nova works fine for tablets. I have been using it on my nexus since 2 months and on my transformer since today. Works perfectly. Smooth amd fast.
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I just installed Nova, and it seems pretty nice... a few nice options stock doesn't have.
I can't figure out how to add a folder though... can anyone help me out with that? I see the options for folder backgrounds, etc... I just can't figure out how to make one on the desktop.
*edit* Never mind... I figured it out. For anyone else wondering, drag one icon on top of another, iPhone style.

I installed Nova Launcher today and like it a lot so far. Very smooth

Trying apex launcher right now it has almost every option that nova has its free no upgrade to premium crap like nova more features are coming soon and its under 1mb in size
Think i have found my fav ics launcher for now
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Danzano said:
I have nova, the screen size is all f'd up on trebuchet it's much better but still not great pretty stock
Im now going to try Apex and 360 see how they go
Does anyone know of any others????
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You can change the grid size and the margins.
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You can change the grid size and the margins.
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Have not tried 360 yet but so far apex is good you can change grid size but i don't think margins although the dev says he will be adding more and more features
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I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex.
The thing about Nova is that it is not fully optimized yet for tablets. From the app drawer you can see that it only fills the middle part of the screen. Features are limited for the free version whereas for Apex, it is completely free with all features that Nova Prime has. I'll stick to Apex for now.. but I'll still keep a lookout for Nova.

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I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex.
The thing about Nova is that it is not fully optimized yet for tablets. From the app drawer you can see that it only fills the middle part of the screen. Features are limited for the free version whereas for Apex, it is completely free with all features that Nova Prime has. I'll stick to Apex for now.. but I'll still keep a lookout for Nova.
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My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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Weird. After a reboot, mine's still not fullscreen. Did you integrate the Nova Launcher as a system app?

For me the nova docked increased in size when i increased the desktop width x height grid to 10x 10, then after applying the settings i changed it back to the original 8x9 i wanted.

ldc2335 said:
My Nova fills the whole(app drawer) screen. At first it didnt, but i think after a reboot of something it fixed itself and now works great.
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Weird. After a reboot, mine's still not fullscreen. Did you integrate the Nova Launcher as a system app?
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Just go into Nova Settings -> Desktop
Increase the value for Columns. It will make app drawer fill the screen more.
You can increase the Rows too but 8 or higher will make icon labels invisible. 7 is the max without making the labels disappear.

kay_kiat88 said:
I've tried both free versions of Nova and Apex and I must say I prefer Apex
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I searched for Apex in the market, but I don't see the launcher.

Drybonz said:
I searched for Apex in the market, but I don't see the launcher.
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Google it.

Nova launcher for sure.... by far the smoothest launcher ive used on any device. no stutters. and the card stack transition is a personal fave.

Well I use Nova on my phone and it is just perfect for it, but when it came to my TF, I found it was a bit awkward... No matter what, I would find the margins a bit too large, and my Asus Weather widget would look cropped at the bottom (I had to resize it real big to have something convenient).
I tried Apex, and it's much more to my liking. A tad faster for me, and it even got the screen transitions i craved so much on stock. Apex it is, then !