ADW Launcher to the side on screen? - HTC ChaCha

For some reason, when I install and run ADW Launcher on my ChaCha, it puts it on the side of the screen, as opposed to the bottom. Am I doing something wrong, or has anyone else found this issue?

try launcher pro, much better

x10addict said:
For some reason, when I install and run ADW Launcher on my ChaCha, it puts it on the side of the screen, as opposed to the bottom. Am I doing something wrong, or has anyone else found this issue?
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Because the screen in landscape mode.

I assume louncher pro will do the exact same thing as it is a landscape screen.

It does, I confirm that. LP puts the doc on the right side of the screen.
Regards,
Bert

I tried most of launchers go launcher, launcher pro, awd, spb too and nothing supports landscape. Honey comb launcher supports landscape but the screen icons are too small
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i tried VTL launcher, it looks nice and suits best for chacha in landscape mode. the dock bar can be put on left, right and/or bottom of the screen.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vtlab.launcher&feature=search_result

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adw launcher not centered

The first thing I installed when I got this phone was adw launcher (with home switcher).
One thing has been bugging me since doing so - all the home screens are shifted to the right. Some widgets are even being slightly cut off at the right like beautiful widgets home.
Anybody else with adw having this issue?
needslipo said:
The first thing I installed when I got this phone was adw launcher (with home switcher).
One thing has been bugging me since doing so - all the home screens are shifted to the right. Some widgets are even being slightly cut off at the right like beautiful widgets home.
Anybody else with adw having this issue?
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Same here, but the problem comes and goes. No idea how or why. Using adw and beautiful widget.
me too, that is my only real gripe- takes a swipe or rotation to correct. If i can fix this i won't root- bloatware or not this phone is awesome.
Only other thing I want to do is switch to a Gill Sans Light font, then this phone will be perfect.

[Q] Launcher Pro Glitches

Is it just me or does launcher pro, version 0.8.2, have a huge bug? whenever im in the app drawer, if i rotate my screen so it goes into landscape mode, all my icons get shoved into the top left corner. Same thing happens when im going from landscape to portrait. Also i've tried the 3d drawer and it scrolls down fine but when you scroll up, it goes straight to the top of the list. Its really bugging me i dont know if its just me or not but i've had to go back to the stock launcher bcuz of these bugs and i <3 launcher pro. damn it xD
651stp said:
Is it just me or does launcher pro, version 0.8.2, have a huge bug? whenever im in the app drawer, if i rotate my screen so it goes into landscape mode, all my icons get shoved into the top left corner. Same thing happens when im going from landscape to portrait. Also i've tried the 3d drawer and it scrolls down fine but when you scroll up, it goes straight to the top of the list. Its really bugging me i dont know if its just me or not but i've had to go back to the stock launcher bcuz of these bugs and i <3 launcher pro. damn it xD
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Yeah, I see the icon thing but it only does it for a split second for me then it fills back out.
I haven't tried the 3D Drawer because the developer explicitly says it's unstable/buggy/whatevs.
Its a shame because I absolutely love LPP. The Widgets and customization options are so awesome.
But it ran smoother on my CM6 Evo. The screen transitions are quite choppy on the NS. I wonder if it has to be optimized for GB? I tried adw ex today and it was SO fast and smooth. I also get FCs on startup and the bug you speak of. Not to mention I can't get the 3d drawer to work...
But I can't be without my Widgets!
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fchipm said:
Its a shame because I absolutely love LPP. The Widgets and customization options are so awesome.
But it ran smoother on my CM6 Evo. The screen transitions are quite choppy on the NS. I wonder if it has to be optimized for GB? I tried adw ex today and it was SO fast and smooth. I also get FCs on startup and the bug you speak of. Not to mention I can't get the 3d drawer to work...
But I can't be without my Widgets!
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sigh.. yeah, LP is my fav. i dont like adw for the fact that you cant customize your own dock. you gotta dl themes and stuff. and i started out on LP to so im accustomed to it. i hope it gets fixed soon.

A Launcher Comparison

Have tried a few launchers over the past few weeks, and made a comparison spreadsheet, take a look-
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...4NmJ4X29sRk43dGc&authkey=CMfSjJgH&hl=en#gid=0
My thoughts
For a fast lightweight launcher, zeam (perfect apart from no notifications in the dock).EDIT - i have since found the appdrawer to be laggier in scrolling than go launcher / launcher pro, so cannot stand by my original near perfect opinion)
For a launcher with themes and lots of visual customisation - ADW EX
For an all round launcher - Go Launcher EX
For an all round launcher with its own widgets - Launcher Pro Plus
I use actualy crazy home pro and is very useful you have 3 desktop whit 5 pages each. Try and add to spreadsheet.
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I use Arc Launcher. It isn't the most customised one but is indeed one of the most stable and refined. I just love the effects of one removing a widget on Arc Launcher!
thanks~~~~~~~~``
Nice, only thing I noticed was that ADW does have notifications with ADW Notifier, but very well done
You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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dre89 said:
Nice, only thing I noticed was that ADW does have notifications with ADW Notifier, but very well done
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spreadsheet amended. thanks for the update
fowenati said:
You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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yeah, i have to agree with you that speed is important. i have only ever had lags with adw, but until i have the launchers set up with identical widgets i felt it was unfair to rank them on their perceived speed.
What you put in the "home screen notes" row is the reason I didn't use LP or Zeam.
I suggest you separate the "gestures" row into two, one for home screen, and one for dock bar.
Question for those with GO Launcher and Launcher Pro installed -
For the scrollable widgets, how do you find widget scrolling using Go Launcher compared to launcher pro? i find Go launcher very sensitive to left / right movement while trying to scroll the widget making it more difficult to vertically scroll the widgets than launcher pro. I tested this using pure messenger scroll with both.
fowenati said:
You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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yeah, i have to agree with you that speed is important. i have only ever had lags with adw, but until i have the launchers set up with identical widgets i felt it was unfair to rank them on their perceived speed.
EDIT
Had lags on LPP this weekend...half second delays or so when swiping between screens...
nxdu said:
What you put in the "home screen notes" row is the reason I didn't use LP or Zeam.
I suggest you separate the "gestures" row into two, one for home screen, and one for dock bar.
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done!
cheers
nepentanova said:
done!
cheers
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GO has a up swipe for dock gesture.
tanjinjack said:
I use Arc Launcher. It isn't the most customised one but is indeed one of the most stable and refined. I just love the effects of one removing a widget on Arc Launcher!
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ARC Launcher added (though i don't share your love!!)
nxdu said:
GO has a up swipe for dock gesture.
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i thought there were only 2 gestures in GO Launcher, swipe up / down on home page (not just dock). perhaps we have our terminology mixed up..
Maybe you should add SPB Shell 3D as well - the launcher for users with too much money
nepentanova said:
ARC Launcher added (though i don't share your love!!)
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Thanks for the addition of my favourite non-Sense launcher in it. Really like some of the effects that other launchers will probably never implement (like the effect of moving a widget, deleting a widget, going into app drawers etc.)
There are actually 7 screens version out there, and I got it here also from the link below. And there are some variants as well, including landscape mode (something I think is missing in other launchers.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43
I manage to put apps into the dock as well (Miren browser and Dialer One).
Also about GO Launcher, I believe it does support swipe gestures on dock as well - it pretty much does whatever the free Launcher Pro does, except for the all home-screen views.
Maybe you may want to take a look at the NetFront Screen as well. A launcher of different concept, which I still think more works need to be done and more performance upgrade (have lags on my AOSP-loaded Desire).
Other wise, really good jobs on the spreadsheet. Appreciate it.
Have you tried Sweeter Home?
this is great, but just to let you know LPP has "resizable home screen" of 10x10 also
nepentanova said:
i thought there were only 2 gestures in GO Launcher, swipe up / down on home page (not just dock). perhaps we have our terminology mixed up..
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You can set swipe up actions for dock icons. Just long=tap a dock icon and hit "change gesture."
This means that the dock of GO Launcher can do 10 things instead of 5, or 30 if you use the scrollable dock option.
When you update the dock notes you may want to update the app drawer notes too. You can change the default 4x4 view in the app drawer to 4x5 and 5x5, just like you can for the home screens.
Another GO Launcher note: when you use it it sends data home (probably usage stats). If you don't want GO to phone home you should block it with DroidWall. (Maybe the other launchers phone home too?)

[Q] Which app can give a dock on the sides like Rocket Dock for Windows?

I am looking for an app which can give a Dock bar on wither sides of the Transformer. These areas are currently unused.
I tried VTL launcher and ADW EX launcher and they have this feature. But after installing the Home screen is replaced/hijacked by one of their custom home screen.I just want a dock which can hold icons along the side in the present setup. More like the Rocket Dock we have for Windows.
Thanks
RAMBO29 said:
I am looking for an app which can give a Dock bar on wither sides of the Transformer. These areas are currently unused.
I tried VTL launcher and ADW EX launcher and they have this feature. But after installing the Home screen is replaced/hijacked by one of their custom home screen.I just want a dock which can hold icons along the side in the present setup. More like the Rocket Dock we have for Windows.
Thanks
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And you want the buttons to be on all screens, or just the home screen? There was an app like ButtonSavior that let you choose the buttons, and they stay on screen at all times, accessible by a little button to pull the dock out. I can't remember what it was called though.
Hi
Thank'd.
I just want to put some icons on either sides of Transformer and it would be good to have them only on the home screen. Does a Dock like Rocket Dock not exist for Android?
Launcher Pro puts the dock (or multiple docks) on the right side in landscape mode. You can swipe between 3 different docks I believe. The icons can be used to launch apps, shortcuts, folder links, etc. It's a pretty awesome setup.
I know you want a dock, but check out wave launcher. Doesn't replace your homescreen and adds a hidden dock.
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You could check out CircleLauncher on the Market. They have a light version and a paid version. Not sure what the difference is, but the light version works. It is a widget that you put icons on. There are tons of icons packs for it too. There are probably more like it in the Market as well if you don't like the Circle configuration.

[Q] Can you make home screen show as landscape on stock?

Just curious because the home screen never goes to landscape when you tilt the phone and the other screens to the right and left of the home screen?
I think Launcher Pro will allow you to do this.
ADW launcher also has this feature.
Yeah, you're going to have to use a launcher if you want the home screens to switch to landscape. Launchers are worth it, though. Gives you more room for customizing.
What are these programs you guys mentioned? Are they Apps? Where do I get them? Do I just download and that's that? I'm not rooted....completely stock and unlocked.
I'll throw in my nomination for GO Launcher.
phburks said:
I'll throw in my nomination for GO Launcher.
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I also recommend GO Launcher.
Launcher Pro
+1 on both Launcher Pro / ADWLaunder
+1 for launcher pro
Is Launcher Pro still being updated? I quit using it several months ago because it seemed to be lagging behind in features. GO Launcher receives frequent updates and has a very strong feature set.

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