Hi i am new to android and just started using ADW launcher.
i apologize in advance if this is a dumb question but i have tried searching to no avail.
I just installed ADW launcher on my htc evo and is working great. However i have a question. Is there anyway to put the app drawer into the dock? It seems redundant to have the dock and then the separate thing for the lab/rab and app drawer. I am just trying to minimize the number of screen taps/flicks and would love to be able to launch the app drawer from the dock rather than having the swipe up/down to go from the dock to the app drawer etc
thanks again
heatbball
Two Options...
1. Don't use the dock bar (close it in settings)
2. Don't open the dock bar before trying to open the app drawer
You could also bind it to a button or a gesture in adw setting > system settings.
I relise this is a question but it is very theme related.
I think so. Can you give more information on what you want it to do or look like?
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Lol I didnt want to explain it like this because I dont want to offend the developer at all. Basicly with launcher pro (another great launcher not as good as ADW in my mind but another great launcher none the less) you can actually load your own created dock bars or dock bars someone else created. So basicly can you cusomize the lower dock bar? I know you can change it from 5 icons to 3 icons but other then that can you actually change the dock bar background?
Sorry I dont exactly know how else to explain it.
i think the best you can do is hold down the app drawer button for a few seconds and then swipe up. it'll change to an OSX style launcher bar with mini icons of whatever shortcuts you place on it. took me forever to figure it out after seeing it in the screenshots.
bboydru said:
i think the best you can do is hold down the app drawer button for a few seconds and then swipe up. it'll change to an OSX style launcher bar with mini icons of whatever shortcuts you place on it. took me forever to figure it out after seeing it in the screenshots.
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You can set up swipe up and down guestures too. Yeah I know about this bar I actually store my quick contacts down under there.
He's talking about the separate dock background, not the actual dock.So you have a wallpaper, and then a separate small dock wallpaper too.
blulitespecial said:
He's talking about the separate dock background, not the actual dock.So you have a wallpaper, and then a separate small dock wallpaper too.
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I am talking about the Dock the clear bar at the bottom of the screen that holds 3 to 5 icons. Not the hidden dock underneath the dock or just the clear bar.
bboydru said:
i think the best you can do is hold down the app drawer button for a few seconds and then swipe up. it'll change to an OSX style launcher bar with mini icons of whatever shortcuts you place on it. took me forever to figure it out after seeing it in the screenshots.
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when i do this my dock just disappears! why? how do i get it back besides rebooting my droidx?
ADW vs. LauncherPro..... um.... keeps me up at night.
I like both devs... I like the fact ADW is open source and has themes, and sometimes I feel like using the sideways drawer. But LP has great customization options like the dock theming, and now has some really well done widgets.
Nice to have a hard time choosing between two great choices.
pattherat said:
when i do this my dock just disappears! why? how do i get it back besides rebooting my droidx?
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Set something to change it. It is possible to access it, and not have anything set to turn it off.
In the settings for ADW you can either have it close after opening an item from it, or set one of the swipe gestures to bring it up and down.
bboydru said:
i think the best you can do is hold down the app drawer button for a few seconds and then swipe up. it'll change to an OSX style launcher bar with mini icons of whatever shortcuts you place on it. took me forever to figure it out after seeing it in the screenshots.
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Ok tried this for nearly 20 mins and also played around with the ADW Settings and I still dont see a change. Is it an add on ? a png replacement ? How do I get this ?
bboydru said:
i think the best you can do is hold down the app drawer button for a few seconds and then swipe up. it'll change to an OSX style launcher bar with mini icons of whatever shortcuts you place on it. took me forever to figure it out after seeing it in the screenshots.
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You sir just blew my mind.
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I actually have the opening and closing of the second dock tied to my home button. I love it. To any of you that don't know how to open the second dock, you long press the regular dock and swipe up.you'll see little up arrows when you long press pointing in the direction you should swipe. When you do that and you think it's just hiding your dock, it's not. Drag an icon that area and see what happens.
laydros said:
ADW vs. LauncherPro..... um.... keeps me up at night.
I like both devs... I like the fact ADW is open source and has themes, and sometimes I feel like using the sideways drawer. But LP has great customization options like the dock theming, and now has some really well done widgets.
Nice to have a hard time choosing between two great choices.
Set something to change it. It is possible to access it, and not have anything set to turn it off.
In the settings for ADW you can either have it close after opening an item from it, or set one of the swipe gestures to bring it up and down.
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Also, I did this part through the home button binding setting in the awd settings menu.
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I actually have the opening and closing of the second dock tied to my home button.
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I never knew about the second dockbar in ADW. This changes almost everything layout wise for me. Also, I found a great setting under ADW. Auto close dockbar after application launch, will bring your original bar up after application launch. Pretty cool tip guys thanks alot!
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I never knew about the 2nd hidden dock bar either. Sweet! That has really helped to clean up my homescreens, getting rid of most of the clutter.
Something I'm still trying to figure out on ADW though... is it possible to change the actual dock? Not the dock icons, but the dock itself. Launcher pro has a page with tons of user submitted docks you can use, was just curious if i could do this with ADW. I'm thinking there has to be a way, because I've installed some ADW themes from the market and they actually changed the dock as well... just need to figure out how without having to install a theme.
I'm also looking for a way to change the dock bar background. A work-around you can do is just apply a bar to the bottom of your wallpaper. However, this only works if you want a dockbar that is the same all the way across.
i thought i already replied to this thread. there is a complete guide on customizing the adw dock bar in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851834&highlight=adw+guide
t3project said:
i thought i already replied to this thread. there is a complete guide on customizing the adw dock bar in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851834&highlight=adw+guide
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This doesn't tell you how to change the dock background; probably because you can't without a using a theme.
It is possible to change the dockbar background without changing themes...but it's not nearly as trivial as with Launcher Pro and I believe your phone must be rooted. I have succesfully used Ninjamorph to dynamically swap out the drawable resources in the ADWLauncher apk file which make-up the dock background. Unlike LauncherPro, which uses a single image as a background, the ADWLauncher background is made up of multiple images corresponding to the right, middle, and left action buttons (in both their selected and unselected forms). I was able to replicate one of my preferred LauncherPro docks by using photoshop to slice the image into its right, middle, and left components, and then injecting those images into the apk file with Ninjamorph. The end result was a dockbar identical to the LauncherPro dockbar...but it was quite a bit of effort to get there. Not very practical if you like to frequently switch your dock (though once you've broken the dock down into it's components, it's not too bad switching between them). Theoretically, it would also be possible to change the background for the hidden alternate dockbar using this approach, though I"ve not attempted this.
I too would love to see an easier way to customize the ADW Launcher dock without applying a completely new theme or resorting to using Ninjamorph. After the recent releases of ADW, that's the one remaining thing from LauncherPro that I really miss when I use ADWLauncher. Maybe that's a feature which will show up in the new "EX" version soon.
you can always just unpack the adw apk and change the png then repack/sign and push it to your phone
i've noticed in a lot of homescreen shots that some of them have the notification area hidden. i haven't been able to find out how to accomplish this. any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
This is usually done through a home replacement, like ADW or Launcherpro. There's an option in settings. With ADW & ADW Ex, you can set your swipe up or down gesture to show/hide the notifications. In LauncherPro you can make a gesture on a dock icon to do the same.
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This is usually done through a home replacement, like ADW or Launcherpro. There's an option in settings. With ADW & ADW Ex, you can set your swipe up or down gesture to show/hide the notifications. In LauncherPro you can make a gesture on a dock icon to do the same.
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awesome! thanks (i hit your thanks button). i found it after your direction in the preference section in launcherpro.
No problem. Put a shortcut to it via gesture on one of your dock icons so you can toggle it or expand the notifications when you need to so you don't miss anything.
Glad I could help
Hi
I have the paid version of ADW Ex 1.3.3.1 and after being inspired by the many homescreens of Transformer, tried mine and has problems:
1) I know there is a hidden dock but I cannot get it to show even after ticking show hidden dock in settings.
2) When I try to keep a widge to the sides of screen it goes to the next screen and does not stay there. I have seen screenshots of users with icons on either sides. I did change the rows and columns under UI to 10 and 10. Still no joy.
Any help appreciated.
This is how you get the icons on the edge of the screen
Heres everyones chance for payback
I had ADW setup last night and at some point I was unable to use the left and right 1/2" of the screen for widget placement. I can with Launcher pro but it doesnt have some features I want. (ADW has a widget for selecting a specific homescreen).
What setting did I change to lose the real estate on the left and right part of the screen. This is in landscape BTW, I don't use portrait much.
I have searched so much that I now hate the 60 seconds between searches rule
Please help this dumbass frog in his quest and I will take all smartass comments with humor. Thank you in advance.
I quit looking and found the answer. Thanks SwiftLegend
Originally Posted by SwiftLegend
ADWSettings > UI settings > Main dock > click it off. Your homescreen should shift over a column, or the column on the farthest left should free up.
for the hidden dock, I know its in the UI settings somewhere.
Also you can long press anywhere on the screens and select launcher actions, and then put an icon on the screen that would make the hidden dock, appear and reappear.....their is also a tutorial on how to make the icon transparent.
go to the themes and apps section of the forum and read page 1 of the hubs layout thread on the front page
Thank'd.
Would you know how to make the Dock appear on either sides instead of one below? Does not make much sense to get an icon column for loosing a dock.
RAMBO29 said:
Hi
I have the paid version of ADW Ex 1.3.3.1 and after being inspired by the many homescreens of Transformer, tried mine and has problems:
1) I know there is a hidden dock but I cannot get it to show even after ticking show hidden dock in settings.
2) When I try to keep a widge to the sides of screen it goes to the next screen and does not stay there. I have seen screenshots of users with icons on either sides. I did change the rows and columns under UI to 10 and 10. Still no joy.
Any help appreciated.
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Go into ADW settings and set one of the swipe actions to reveal the hidden bar. Its the easiest way I've found
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Thank'd.
Would you know how to make the Dock appear on either sides instead of one below? Does not make much sense to get an icon column for loosing a dock.
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It's either one or the other. The dock takes up a whole column so you can't have both. If that is what you mean.
If you want the dock to be on the side, you have to use the main one which will then make the big gap on the left of the screen. If you really want it, try VLT Launcher (It's either VLT or VTL) You can have a dock on either side and on the top or bottom. It is built using ADW source code, so it has most, if not all the same settings/features.
Easiest way to turn on and off the secondary dockbar ("hidden dock") you can either use a icon: Long press on Home Screen > Launcher Actions > Hide/Show Dockbar or set it to a swipe action: ADWSettings > General Behavior > Gestures. Mine is set to a swipe down to open/close, swipe up to open/close app drawer.
Also, like previously said, check out the Hub's layout thread. There's a lot of info on manipulating ADW in there, some of it from yours truly . Just gotta look a little.
Thank'd all of you.
I do not know which settings but trying all that was posted here has made the sides usable and Dock still available.
I did try VTL and it was good ,but was too laggy and looked too big(reslution issue?).Anyways happy with ADW. launcher Pro also seems to be good.
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to put more then 5 apps on the bottom of the screen in the app bar? Im currently exploring nova launcher and its working well but I wanna put less apps on the home screen and hopefully put more in the bar at the bottom and maybe if there is something out there that'll let me put a lot of apps in the bar and use it to like scroll through the apps I put in there.
Thank you
You can change the dock to accept up to 7 icons with Nova Launcher
Other than that, create folders on the dock and add shortcuts to each of those would give you unlimited dock icons
Or look for an app in the play store that has some sort of side or bottom bar you can add to like this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.dock&hl=en_GB