I'm currently using ADW launcher (the free version) and i'm really happy with it. However, there are a couple things i'd like it to do that it can't. I'm looking for opinions and suggestions before i go get/buy another.
Requirements:
-make dock look like stock froyo/gingerbread
-create custom shortcuts
-ability to use icon packs
-add whatever apps/custom shortcuts you like to the dock
-add/remove home screens
-have app drawer as vertical list, not horizontal pages
-some way to hide apps from the main list
-modify app shortcuts in app list (change icon and name)
know of anythign that can do all this? thanks in advance guys.
There are several free launchers,
I personally use ADW launcher ex (not free) but if you want a free launcher with these specifications launcherpro is a very good choice
Check launcher pro. Not sure where the differences really stand between free and Plus, apart from Widgets. You can have scrollable docks with custom shortcuts / icons, hide apps from drawer, vertical scroll (and 4D app drawer like ADWEX) offers and icon support. You can't easily change icons with LPP like you can with ADW, but you can use another app (like Desktop Visualizer) for that. It also has removable / addable(?) Homescreen counts as well. Scrollable Widgets are a bonus, like the Twitter one.
Many options out there though. Not sure about them all.
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Have you tried Go Launcher EX? It does almost everything you ask for. Launcherpro is another one you could try
thanks guys, i'll try them out and my philosophy is free first. you'll usually be able to find what you want online with little to no money
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Check launcher pro. Not sure where the differences really stand between free and Plus, apart from Widgets. You can have scrollable docks with custom shortcuts / icons, hide apps from drawer, vertical scroll (and 4D app drawer like ADWEX) offers and icon support. You can't easily change icons with LPP like you can with ADW, but you can use another app (like Desktop Visualizer) for that. It also has removable / addable(?) Homescreen counts as well. Scrollable Widgets are a bonus, like the Twitter one.
Many options out there though. Not sure about them all.
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Can Launcher Pro make app drawer background transparant?
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Home replacement app
I've seen the one called SPB 3D and it's very cool. The problem is that it does cost $15 beans.
A friend and I attempted to find a copy online and it worked for a few hours and then quit. Very cool UI enhancements though.
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Can Launcher Pro make app drawer background transparant?
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Hopefully someone will correct me if wrong. I'm just seeing your question now and after looking I don't see an option. I was a long running ADW advocate and have only been on LPP for a couple weeks. Truth be told I never looked as I've always like the black BG. Not sure if it is themeable like the Widgets as I haven't looked into it.
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Personally, I'd go with ADW EX. For an app drawer I use Alt Drawer. You can change the background, icons, app name, hide apps, etc. Just remove the app drawer shortcut and replace it with Alt Drawer. The free version of LauncherPro cannot resize widgets, so that's lame. You have to edit the icons as you're applying them, if you want to change the icon later you can't just long-press like in ADW, you have to add it again. I thought LauncherPro was kind of mundane - I prefer ADW's hidden dock to LauncherPro's scrolling one. Two separate custom dock backgrounds, yay! Or even better - you can remove the main dock altogether and use only the hidden dock. Go Launcher felt clunky to me, and I absolutely hated the app drawer.
Whichever you choose is personal preference. Just please don't pirate any apps. The developers work hard to give you really awesome apps, the least you can do is give them a couple bucks.
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plainjane said:
Personally, I'd go with ADW EX. For an app drawer I use Alt Drawer. You can change the background, icons, app name, hide apps, etc. Just remove the app drawer shortcut and replace it with Alt Drawer. The free version of LauncherPro cannot resize widgets, so that's lame. You have to edit the icons as you're applying them, if you want to change the icon later you can't just long-press like in ADW, you have to add it again. I thought LauncherPro was kind of mundane - I prefer ADW's hidden dock to LauncherPro's scrolling one. Two separate custom dock backgrounds, yay! Or even better - you can remove the main dock altogether and use only the hidden dock. Go Launcher felt clunky to me, and I absolutely hated the app drawer.
Whichever you choose is personal preference. Just please don't pirate any apps. The developers work hard to give you really awesome apps, the least you can do is give them a couple bucks.
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That is very true. There are stand alone, customizable drawers as well. The LPP handling of icon changing irks me to no end. I hate using a separate app if I don't have to. I love ADWEX but it was just tweaking out on me and I decided to check out LPP. And yes, along with the widgets, you cannot change widget sizes by default.
The hidden ADW dock wad 'teh sex' too, as I relied on swipe gestures. This is one, of the many things, I've missed from ADW. The handling of the icon packs (apart from just the simple changing of the icons) is another bonus for ADW.
It all depends. The Twitter widget and scrollable dock were jazzy enough to keep me going. I'm sure ill be back, until the rewrite, at least, for LPP. Fede does great work and his launcher runs a helluva lot smoother on my device than Ander's. I got mad redraws that could not be remedied and overall lag that I haven't seen on LPP. Worth noting some have seen as much on LPP. Device specific, sure. That and the Uber Music release have me temporarily pumped.
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I would really go for Go Launcher. It does all you want, has pretty good theme support, has a recent applications drawer and a drawer with running apps where you can close them. It doesn't reduce battery duration and it doesn't slow down your phone.
I've tried out a few of these launches, nothing has beaten ADW yet. I'll look into AltDrawer tho, thanks.
@plainjane - i don't pirate apps
Hey, so, I couldn't seem to find "alt drawer", and I tried "organized drawers" and it sucks.
Anyone have some links to these app drawer replacement apps?
conqu1stador said:
Hopefully someone will correct me if wrong. I'm just seeing your question now and after looking I don't see an option. I was a long running ADW advocate and have only been on LPP for a couple weeks. Truth be told I never looked as I've always like the black BG. Not sure if it is themeable like the Widgets as I haven't looked into it.
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Thnks for answer.. and solid black background can saving battery hehe,
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plainjane said:
Personally, I'd go with ADW EX. For an app drawer I use Alt Drawer. You can change the background, icons, app name, hide apps, etc. Just remove the app drawer shortcut and replace it with Alt Drawer. The free version of LauncherPro cannot resize widgets, so that's lame. You have to edit the icons as you're applying them, if you want to change the icon later you can't just long-press like in ADW, you have to add it again. I thought LauncherPro was kind of mundane - I prefer ADW's hidden dock to LauncherPro's scrolling one. Two separate custom dock backgrounds, yay! Or even better - you can remove the main dock altogether and use only the hidden dock. Go Launcher felt clunky to me, and I absolutely hated the app drawer.
Whichever you choose is personal preference. Just please don't pirate any apps. The developers work hard to give you really awesome apps, the least you can do is give them a couple bucks.
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I am agree with you to dont pirate any apps..
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mtmerrick said:
Hey, so, I couldn't seem to find "alt drawer", and I tried "organized drawers" and it sucks.
Anyone have some links to these app drawer replacement apps?
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*drops this*
THIS (ALT DRAWER)
*runs away*
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
thank you conqu1stador!
I'll install that soon, it looks great!
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What has been your experience with these? How does one compare to the other in terms of memory usage, battery life, and user experience? Which do you prefer and why?
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Launcher Pro wins....just no sense widgets while using
Launcher Pro used less memory by about 0.5MB, I get a little bit better battery out of it with heavy usage (extra hour), the homescreen and app drawer will turn and adjust in landscape, also you can set programs up like the action buttons from froyo since it is included with the launcher. Just remember though the sense widgets will not work while using the launcher so you will have to download third party ones such as beautiful widget if you really still want the weather/clock widget. If know were to look you can find older versions for free so your not paying for something you already have stock with sense. Also follow the link threads and get the 4G widget from rdude (remember to donate since it is useful) so you can still have this toggle on your homescreen like you would be able to in sense.
I switched to Launcher Pro and am not looking back. Battery life is way better but i suspect its because i am not loading any of those heavy Sense widgets like email, friendstream, etc.
Try Fancy Widget instead of Beautiful Widgets. Fancy widget is free and looks *just* like the sense digital clock.
Beside battery life, Launcher Pro is more customizable especially with latest updates (scrolling dock bar, moveable App Drawer button, etc)
Fball02468 said:
Launcher Pro used less memory by about 0.5MB, I get a little bit better battery out of it with heavy usage (extra hour), the homescreen and app drawer will turn and adjust in landscape, also you can set programs up like the action buttons from froyo since it is included with the launcher. Just remember though the sense widgets will not work while using the launcher so you will have to download third party ones such as beautiful widget if you really still want the weather/clock widget. If know were to look you can find older versions for free so your not paying for something you already have stock with sense. Also follow the link threads and get the 4G widget from rdude (remember to donate since it is useful) so you can still have this toggle on your homescreen like you would be able to in sense.
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The only sense widget I seem to be missing from sense is the contact widget. Any idea where to get one of those?
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The only sense widget I seem to be missing from sense is the contact widget. Any idea where to get one of those?
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I use Picture Dial as my sense contact widget replacement.
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I just discovered that I can have 5 rows of icons in LauncherPro. **** Sense.
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I've been using LauncherPro almost since the first version was released, when I was using a Sprint Hero. It just keeps getting better and better with every upgrade. I haven't looked at the Sense UI on my phone in at least a week. And that was just because I was comparing the flip clock/weather widget from Fancy Widgets with the HTC flip clock/weather widget, to see the differences. They are almost identical, pixel for pixel.
Also, to get more of a sense ui feel out of the launcher, you can set up 7 home screens, and download smooth calendar from the market. It looks very similar to the 1 x 4 calendar widget from HTC.
One of my favorite features of the launcherpro is the 3d app drawer. Also, the row of icons at the bottom, that you can configure however you want.
And it's nice with the huge screen, to have 5 rows of icons on the home pages. I turned off auto-orientation, as 5 rows of icons looks like crap in landscape.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So nice.
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Does anybody have issues with the wallpaper not changing after changing it inside of Launcher Pro? I have to go into Sense UI change it there, then go back into Launcher Pro and change it there. For some reason it wants to default to the HTC default wallpaper. The one with the out of focus different colored circles. Has anybody had this issue? If so how did you fix it?
I prefer ADW.Launcher. More customizable than Launcher Pro. You can set the screens as up to 8x8, choose widget sizes, etc.
BTW is there a link to that 'warp speed' star wallpaper?
effluent said:
I prefer ADW.Launcher. More customizable than Launcher Pro. You can set the screens as up to 8x8, choose widget sizes, etc.
BTW is there a link to that 'warp speed' star wallpaper?
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I tried ADW but kept getting FC every ten minutes or so so I ditched it.
For those of you running custom ROMs, do you "ban" Sense while using LP or just set it as default?
Does anyone have a link to dl fancy widget? Is not on the market and can't find on google
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Lostx said:
Does anyone have a link to dl fancy widget? Is not on the market and can't find on google
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I can't seem to find the link I used anymore...I'll keep looking.
The ONLY thing I really miss about sense is the weather animations (i don't know why...). Otherwise, LP has been a perfect replacement for me
AcIdC0R3 said:
I tried ADW but kept getting FC every ten minutes or so so I ditched it.
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First time I tried it a few weeks ago it would FC on my every 30 seconds. Completely unusable. Then went to LP, eventually same thing started happening. Ran ADW for at least two weeks now with no force closes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714927
Here's a link to a thread with the .apk file. I used megaplaud but it got removed :/ this should work just as well though
Lostx said:
Does anyone have a link to dl fancy widget? Is not on the market and can't find on google
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I don't know what the latest version is but HERE is a link to two different versions.
Awesome. Thank you for the links.
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the ONLY reason im not using Launcher PRo is..
i cant control my my 4G and Mobile (3G) internet via a toggle switch and i need that to save my battery. i couldn't find a app or anything similar to the power bar that lets me control that part of my phone with out going into my setting's all the time..
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i cant control my my 4G and Mobile (3G) internet via a toggle switch and i need that to save my battery. i couldn't find a app or anything similar to the power bar that lets me control that part of my phone with out going into my setting's all the time..
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SwitchPro Widget now has 4g toggle. The only thing it lacks now is a toggle for hotspot.
Hey guys, ive made myself some custom icons as i wasn't really happy with what was out there. Ive set them up with Desktop Visualizer so they are bigger.
If anyone else is interested id be happy to upload them and share them to the community.
im also in the process of making a hancent theme to match, and the app market
If anyone does end up wanting them and you need a icon i'll make it for you, only if you request it like this
Application name
[image/link to icon]
Colour you would like (if other colours end up being made)
So i guess this is my contribution to the community lol
My home screen setup with them
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Actual size of icons in .psd, so you can have them pretty big on the homescreen if you want.
INSTRUCTIONS
You'll need
- Home Screen replacement adwEX / Launcher Pro ect... ( I use adwEX so ive only tested on that)
- Home screen setup to 10x10
- Desktop Visualizer + config tool (both free in market)
- Folder Organizer (optional)
First setup your home screen to 10x10 and install DVR
Copy all the .pngs to the dvr folder on your sd card
Long Press the home screen and create a dvr config widget, place it in the top left corner and tap on it, set it to 10x10, exit out. Move it to the bottom right tap on it. It will confirm itself. You can delete that widget off the home screen now.
Long Press the home screen and create a DVR widget 2x1 for the size on my home screen or resize the widget 4x2 to have it double the size, or 8x4 for a HUGE one.
Tap on the widget to set it up, under "icon" select image and navigate to the dvr folder and image of choice.
Under action you can choose what you want the widget todo, ie; Launcher an app.
Leave the label blank, and touch effect to whatever colour you like. (im using blue)
When you are done, tap OK and your new icon/widget will be set up.
If you have folder organizer you can setup the app draw icon to link to the app folder via "other/folder organizer link/applications" in the DVR action menu. ( its how i have it setup)
uploading
Apps:
twitter
facebook
Messaging
Phone
Music
Calender
google talk
App Drw
Browser
Camera
Clock
Contacts
ebay
G Mail
Gallery
Google Maps
Hancent
Market
Nab Bank
Navigon
Photoshop
Root Explorer
Skype
Titanium Backup
Task Killer
Uninstaller
VLC Remote
Xda Forums
You Tube
Zedge
Games:
Angry Birds
Dungeon Defenders
Fruit Ninja
nfs Shift
Gameloft icon for folder link
For the contact template, just place your photo and resize in the photo layer, it will automatically mask out the sides, save as .png.
Click me to download 2x1 / 4x2 / contact templates
Individual Icons can be grabbed from my dropbox gallery
2x1 http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/19166075/1/natious_icons_2x1?h=1552ca
4x2 http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/19166075/1/natious_icons_4x2?h=65d52a
I think dropbox down samples the images?
If you download all i ask for is a simple thanks
Ill upload the 8x4 sizes soon
Looks nice! Good work!
Thanks man I would love to have this icons it looks really sweet and I suggest if your willing to make colors and icons for people go ahead and make a little guide for people thats not to formilar with desktop visulizer
Like wat widget one to select and stuff like 2/1 or 2/2 middle you know lol
I always use it for my themes
But this is great work and looks great im sure you will get alot more people wantinf this omce they see all the setups and stuff they can do with them thanks
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wow..that's great icon, i like it
waiting themes for it
Thanks this is a great guide and kewl looking themes
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This is amazing work, great job.
Ill be giving this a go later! Could you post your banners for 'recent apps' etc?
And for your ADW theme, the link below should give you all you need to work your magic.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/07/adw-launcher-theme-template/
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GANJDROID said:
This is amazing work, great job.
Ill be giving this a go later! Could you post your banners for 'recent apps' etc?
And for your ADW theme, the link below should give you all you need to work your magic.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/07/adw-launcher-theme-template/
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Hy, thanks for the link, the titles are just done with minimalistic app, and the font I'm using for is called eurostile extended
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natious said:
Hy, thanks for the link, the titles are just done with minimalistic app, and the font I'm using for is called eurostile extended
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Would you be able to upload the font?
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great looking icons..
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Would you be able to upload the font?
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No, as its considered as warez :/, but im sure if you google youll be able to find it.
I'd love to get this for my Tab (XXJID), but whenever I install a launcher (Launcher pro or ADWex) my tab reboots after a few minutes and is stuck in a boot loop.
Only way to fix this is removing the launcher in safe mode.
Do you have any idea how i could get this to work?
Does anyone know the actual pixel sizes for all the different sizes for desktop visualizer widgets on the tab?
leus_phress said:
I'd love to get this for my Tab (XXJID), but whenever I install a launcher (Launcher pro or ADWex) my tab reboots after a few minutes and is stuck in a boot loop.
Only way to fix this is removing the launcher in safe mode.
Do you have any idea how i could get this to work?
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That's odd man, are they versions from the market
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Does anyone know the actual pixel sizes for all the different sizes for desktop visualizer widgets on the tab?
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120x102px @ 2x1 if screen is set at 10x10, it varies from whateva you set your screen row/colums as
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natious said:
That's odd man, are they versions from the market
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They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
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They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
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Not really sure then
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They are. Tried it multiple times, but it's always the same.
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Do you get this with any home app? Sounds damn strange :/
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Can't seem to recreate your theme
I've done the DVR config, set ADW EX to 10x10 then set the Widgets up to 2x1 but the icons are too big to fit 5 in a column. Any ideas where I've gone wrong?
Edit: fixed this by enabling 'auto stretch wifgets' in ADW settings
Also, where do we need to put fonts for Minimalist Widgets to be able to use it?
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Do you get this with any home app? Sounds damn strange :/
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Well so far I've tried ADWLauncher Ex, ADW.Launcher, Launcher Pro and GO Launcher EX.
So far GO Launcher EX is the only one that at least works for almost a minute, before the Tab reboots and is stuck (started through the finished installation notification).
Pressing the home button does nothing except vibrating sometimes.
Video by 96edwy:
New widget options on long-press:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
When you are on a home screen and long press on a widget, you now see more options than before including shortcuts to the Application info and Market pages for the app. You can also quickly set up custom shortcuts using ADW’s menus rather than the standard Android process.
New app drawer functions on long press:
These new app drawer functions are probably the most impressive. You can now long press on apps from within the drawer to see a variety of options, giving you more control over the look and feel. You can also add folders directly in, plus a bunch of other shortcuts. After playing with the new app drawer for 30 seconds, you see how amazing these new tweaks will be once this thing gets fine-tuned and is ready for release.
sweet just downloaded..
out of curiosity AnderWeb (sc) still work on this?
for a beta.. it's very.. alpha or RC phase imo..
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sweet just downloaded..
out of curiosity AnderWeb (sc) still work on this?
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According to his posts on Twitter where I got this from, yes.
can you post his twitter account please.
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can you post his twitter account please.
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http://twitter.com/#!/anderwebs
wow I am surprised this is thread isn't getting attention. with so many ADW users I'm surprised I had to stumble upon the beta 2 version. I have been looking forward to a skinnable app drawer launcher for sooooo long and I love ADW.
many people like Adw but as a launcher it does not have anything special. Lets say similar to Go launcher.
Adw has only cosmetic things. None of them are usefull very much.
yken said:
many people like Adw but as a launcher it does not have anything special. Lets say similar to Go launcher.
Adw has only cosmetic things. None of them are usefull very much.
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I disagree with that statement..
second Hidden dock
adjustable column rows
drag and drop apps to the dockbar
probably more that i can't think of on the top of my head..
and to whoever said something about the dockbar background.. if you purchase ADW Ex it offers that feature to easily switch out the dockbar bg :x
Go Launcher is good don't get me wrong, (currently using it) just that only reason I'm not on ADW is cause my theme just works too well to not have the ability to have a looping theme.
with Go launcher:
* you can kill applications
* you can hide icons
* you can uninstall
* you can create folders
* it has built-in task manager
* it has built-in recent
from straight app-drawer.
Adw has none of these. But it has many dock backgrounds, themes, fancy colors...etc.
You decide?
Hidden dock in adw= best feature ever
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Finally I found replacement for stock GB launcher. Looks like it's based on GB launcher but with additional features . Can't wait for new versions
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with Go launcher:
* you can kill applications
* you can hide icons
* you can uninstall
* you can create folders
* it has built-in task manager
* it has built-in recent
from straight app-drawer.
Adw has none of these. But it has many dock backgrounds, themes, fancy colors...etc.
You decide?
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With froyo .. you don't need to KILL any applications..
you can hide icons in ADW by creating categories.. and you don't need to go to a menu to make them show when you "hide" them..
you can uninstall apps from adw by holding them to the trashcan..
you can't have folders in the app drawer in adw but like i said before.. categories..
You can always access recent apps by holding the home button.. which I have always done.
As I've said.. Go Launcher is a GREAT launcher.. but don't cast out ADW that easily..
ms_green said:
Hidden dock in adw= best feature ever
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ADW is awesome, I don't really see much use of this function though. How does it benefit you?
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you can uninstall apps from adw by holding them to the trashcan..
You can always access recent apps by holding the home button.. which I have always done.
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Uninstallig apps works the same way in go launcher, furthermore, you can also uninstall them directly in the drawer.
Accessing recent apps pressing the home button works as well, however, there also is a category for that in the drawer.
Don't get me wrong - I love adw and have been using it for month,but go launcher is really awesome as well.
Lets see what adw launcher 2 will be capable of.
Sry, quoting wasn't working for some reason....
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zerkai said:
ADW is awesome, I don't really see much use of this function though. How does it benefit you?
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I use it this way: the regular dock only has one button which opens the app drawer.
When I swipe my finger up the screen, the hidden dock appears containing all the docks apps.
I like that because it prevents me from accidently starting apps.
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I just downloaded ADW yesterday (no, not the one attached here ... got it from the market).
Can someone tell me how the hidden dock is supposed to work? I have checked it, but don't know how to call/invoke it.
Thanks
You choose open/close dock as swipe up action and when the dock is closed you drop apps on the bottom part of the screen.
Hope that helps.
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This is awesome, but I love me some LauncherPro.
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ms_green said:
Hidden dock in adw= best feature ever
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Totally, it eliminated an entire home screen for me and changed the way I organize entirely.
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yken said:
many people like Adw but as a launcher it does not have anything special. Lets say similar to Go launcher.
Adw has only cosmetic things. None of them are usefull very much.
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Why are you here if you dislike ADW? LOL. This thread is about ADW beta and you can start your own hate thread somewhere else.
That aside, I've just tried the beta and really looking forward to the new functions in ADW EX.
Description
All New UI, Unexpected Experience, Hi Launcher is getting a new design!
Hi Launcher is an Android Home replacement app with powerful functions. Boasting the first to adopt the zoning layout mode, and offering rich home themes, personalized editing and beautifying function, smooth operation as well as many other practical functions, Hi Launcher will sure bring you a brand-new experience.
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Features
1.Distinctive layout design brings unique visual experience
Widget area and icon area are independently laid out. A variety of widgets can be found in the widget area, including OneKey Clean Clock widget, user feedback widget, etc.; the icon area can be displayed in full screen or hidden depending on your choices that you make.
2.Practical and intelligent category management
Without adopting App Mate, Hi Launcher classifies apps automatically, enabling easier and more efficient search.
3.Rich and colorful themes
Hi Launcher offers stunning visual effects through its rich and colorful themes. A wide array of wallpapers and widget skins are available, making your mobile phone interface look more appealing. And partial interface is changeable and customizable, making your mobile phone more trendy and attractive.
4.Collective and unified shortcuts
Powerful OneKey shortcut design, shortcut tools, shortcut contacts, etc. You’ll enter a big world only with just a tap on the screen.
5.WYSIWYG icon customization
Users are allowed to change icons freely. The icon masks will even make every detail on your mobile phone desktop shine with personality and appeal
Downlaod:
-Market: HERE
-Direct: HERE
Very nice launcher with screenshot but it takes some times to test features !
Thank you for ur good job!
There is a pandahome launcher, i guess same people develop this launcher.
Very nice launcher.
seem attractive. gonna try. ty.
Theme Template/Source
hi, do you have a theme template or theme source code i can get hold of to start doing themes for your launcher ?
thanks
Markyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Hi Launcher.... that reminds me of my Palm time, where i used a launcher with the same name. Anyway it is a nice launcher, just have to find out if
1 if i can hide the notification bar
2 if there is folder support to store apps
3 if it supports notifications for new messages, missed phone calls, new email
The cities for the weather are very few, it should have the option to choose other weather services with more cities. Seems also that applying themes for the weather widget does not work.
I like it!
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Screenshots please
Force closed the first few tries. but works.. will run it around
-Very Smooth
-Needs loop widget area scroll feature
-Reorder apps automatically by name
ebe_robert said:
Screenshots please
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what about the ones in post 2?
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I like it, its really smooth
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claus1953 said:
Hi Launcher.... that reminds me of my Palm time, where i used a launcher with the same name. Anyway it is a nice launcher, just have to find out if
1 if i can hide the notification bar
2 if there is folder support to store apps
3 if it supports notifications for new messages, missed phone calls, new email
The cities for the weather are very few, it should have the option to choose other weather services with more cities. Seems also that applying themes for the weather widget does not work.
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More remarks:
Looks like the notification bar cannot be hidden, at least i have not found how.
There is no built in folder support lik many other launchers where you can drop icons on top of others to create folders. Personally i like folders much better then the used groups.
The dock at the bottom cannot be customized, i would like to put some other app shortcuts in there, also a slidable dock would be nice, to be able to accomodate more often used app.
claus1953 said:
More remarks:
Looks like the notification bar cannot be hidden, at least i have not found how.
There is no built in folder support lik many other launchers where you can drop icons on top of others to create folders. Personally i like folders much better then the used groups.
The dock at the bottom cannot be customized, i would like to put some other app shortcuts in there, also a slidable dock would be nice, to be able to accomodate more often used app.
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The dock can be sliden(?) It worked for me...
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gonna give this a try.. so far very nice.. no wat to change the clock widget to 12 hour tho
Very good concept by pandahome team .few updates are needed to make it more smooth.
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I have 3 dock bars going. On the dock bar, while you can't change the main 5, if you have different messaging, dialer, or browser apps, you long press and you can switch from say the stock messaging to a downloaded messaging app.
I'd like to be able to create more folder sections. So favorites, Apps, Games, System, Newest, Times, Add I thought the add would create a new folder (say like a multimedia folder) but it drops in chosen apps from a list.
So I'd like to see it able to resize widgets, change the main first five dock icons, make new folders and rearrange their order. And maybe this is stupid but I'd like to be able to slide the folder area up rather than click and it pops up. It slides down...I'd like it to slide up.
New folder creation and arranging their order ,no problem.widget resizing still not available. Main dockbar icons change not possible,but selection of downloaded apps instead of stock one possible.
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claus1953 said:
More remarks:
Looks like the notification bar cannot be hidden, at least i have not found how.
There is no built in folder support lik many other launchers where you can drop icons on top of others to create folders. Personally i like folders much better then the used groups.
The dock at the bottom cannot be customized, i would like to put some other app shortcuts in there, also a slidable dock would be nice, to be able to accomodate more often used app.
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the dock slides. Also there is a dock item to hide notification bar
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New 1.1 version.
HTC android 2.3.5
I like this launcher.
Anyone tried the latest Hi Launcher v1.8 with Samsung Galaxy S III with Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1?
It says "Unfortunately, Hi Launcher has stopped".
Uninstall and re-install doesn't work.
Anyone have the same problem?
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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First things first, I obviously didn't create ADW Launcher or have any input in its creation and I am in no way affiliated with Ander Web, but after looking for a thread for it I was surprised to see there wasn't one. That's why I've created this thread.
Use this thread to discuss whatever you want about ADW launcher/EX and ask any questions you may have about it.
Visit the official ADW website - http://adwthings.com/launcher/
As per the information on the Play Store, if you need to send an email to the ADW support team, please use the following email address - [email protected]
ADW launcher is a highly customizable home replacement application.
¿What's a home replacement application?
Is an normal android application that will run when you press your android device's HOME key. It's what usually people know as the "android desktop".
¿What makes ADW different?
-It's compatible with android versions from 1.6 to 4.2.1!
-It's highly customizable, almost in every aspect you can think of.
-Thousands of skins and themes with support for most popular launcher themes!
-Mix and match your skins, icons, docks, folders, etc
-Configure your applications in unlimited groups and hide unwanted apps.
-Fast setup screen with fast access to add items or configure everything.
-Gestures for fast operation (swipe up/down, 2-fingers swipe up/down, pinch in/out, etc)
-Configurable Actionbar, similar to android 3.x+ tablet interface.
-Screens editor to add,remove, swap and resize your desktop screens.
-Configurable visual desktop indicators.
-Easy folder tweaking and management, content previews, arrangement, colors, etc.
-New AppWidget picker for devices running Android 4.1 and newer.
-Icons editor to create your own customized shortcuts or edit existing ones
-AppWidget resizing
-AppWidget backup/restore (only for android 4.1 and newer)
-Customizable applications dock with support for unlimited shortcuts with paginated scroll.
-Lots of settings to play with: texts, colours, animations, sizes... you should dig in!
Differences between ADW.Launcher and ADWLauncherEX:
ADWLauncherEX and ADW.Launcher share the same application core, but ADWLauncherEX includes a lot of extra features and improvements, like for example:
-10 different app drawer styles, including 3D waterfall, 3D Roll, 3D Ball, 3D Wall, 3D Cube...
-Lots of new desktop transitions: new animations while navigating through your desktop screens. Try them all, they're crazy!!!
-New icons size configuration to enjoy high quality icons from your preferred themes!
-Save custom configuration presets: Quickly configure and change the whole desktop configuration by 1 click!
-Backup and restore your configuration, easy and painless. You can even share your desktop configuration with your friends!
-More, more more to come!!
Play Store link to ADW Launcher
Play Store link to ADW Launcher EX
If anyone has the apk's for previous versions of the FREE version, or download links for previous versions of the FREE version please let me know by either posting in here or PMing me.
I can then put a list together with all the previous versions included
Changelogs
v1.3.3.8 - Nov 23rd 2012
New App Groups manager to add/remove/rename/reorder Application Groups
New option to change the overall style (Light/Dark).
More visual list of transition effects/Drawer styles.
New way to configure a custom list for random desktop transitions.
4 different icon backgrounds when folder previews are enabled.
2 New orientation settings (portrait sensor/landscape sensor).
New ADWSettings layout for 7″ devices (Android 3.x+)
New Security settings to password-protect desktop/apps.
The ADW Config dialog can be assigned to gestures.
New LauncherActions to scroll through the screens (next/previous).
Changed LauncherActions, shortcuts and apps selection screens.
New themable elements.
Fixed wallpaper glitch when rotating the decive on some android versions.
Fixed direct dial icons not working on some *Samsung* devices…
Fixed some themes issues on android 4.1+
Some more reported errors fixed.
v1.3.3.7 - Oct 23rd 2012
Revamped engine to merge ADW/ADWEx functionalities.
Settings to modify icon sizes
Settings to modify text colors, shadows, etc
New visual configuration helper
New ADWSetup screen for an easier way to add items and access tweaking functionality
Improved android compatibility from 1.6 to 4.1!
New visual AppWidget picker (android 4.1+ only)
New theme engine with improved support for most popular launcher themes
New ADWSettings layout
New animations when moving desktop items
Fling desktop items to send them to the trash
New optional ActionBar for most common actions
New desktop transitions
New desktop indicators
New way to hide apps from your app drawer
New app drawer tabs to manage unlimited application groups
New app drawer visual styles
New app drawer open/close animations
New gestures settings to perform common actions
New easy way to manage folders
New different folder visual styles
New folder previews styles
Manually reorder folder contents by drag-and-drop
Double tap desktop icons to bring up editing menu
Double tap desktop icons to bring up editing menu
Long press desktop Widgets to bring up editing menu
New easy way to adjust screen sizes/margins
New backup/restore system
Reserved.
Post 3 is reserved for themes and icon packs here on XDA, so if you've made any or know of any, let me know and I'll add them in
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Bumping up
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Hehehe.. kidcarter nice to see this thread. I used to use adw launcher but replaced it with launcherpro just posting to bump up this thread.
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ADW Launcher EX has been one of my favorite launchers. I have bought the Nove Launcher and used it but I went back to ADW Launcher because of the feature on having random animation effect on desktop.
ADW rocks. I don't see why people flock to Nova and Apex and totally disregard ADW most of the time.
Does ADW support per dock icon gestures yet? It has some neat features I like but my home screen configuration relies on that (currently using Holo Launcher Plus).
Ics and Jelly beans new widget chooser for Gingerbread?
I'm stuck on gingerbread 2.3.5 and I can not root, so Adw is as close to the Jellybean "look and feel" as I will probably get.
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Interesting..
Is this an open source project? Looks like its not related to the CM ADWLauncher from 2.x versions...
Oh well, will give it a try anyway
ThaiM said:
ADW rocks. I don't see why people flock to Nova and Apex and totally disregard ADW most of the time.
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I don't know either. IMO ADW is much better. I actually bought both Apex and Nova for 25p each on sale before bit haven't used them since then.
GermainZ said:
Does ADW support per dock icon gestures yet? It has some neat features I like but my home screen configuration relies on that (currently using Holo Launcher Plus).
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I don't believe it does, at least, there's nothing relevant I can see in the settings.
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KidCarter93 said:
I don't know either. IMO ADW is much better. I actually bought both Apex and Nova for 25p each on sale before bit haven't used them since then.
I don't believe it does, at least, there's nothing relevant I can see in the settings.
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Lucky you, I bought Nova for $4 and asked the dev whether he can make random animation effects on the desktop and he said NO...really regret have bought it...
tot31 said:
Lucky you, I bought Nova for $4 and asked the dev whether he can make random animation effects on the desktop and he said NO...really regret have bought it...
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Did he say "no" or "no, maybe in the future", or "it's not a planned feature" (and variations)?
Because there's a huge difference and only the first answer is mean.
GermainZ said:
Did he say "no" or "no, maybe in the future", or "it's not a planned feature" (and variations)?
Because there's a huge difference and only the first answer is mean.
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I have asked this simple features on their thread and the answer is NO, they even release the Beta 10 and this simple feature has not been implement. Go Launcher has it as well as Next Launcher and also ADW EX. So ADW EX is the best launcher for me and really worth the money to spend on.
I been using the old layout adw ex the new ui to me is horrible.. I have a galaxy note 2 and going thru multiple screens to hit the selection... The old layout was and looks so much simpler and looks cleaner to me.. Yeh the new updates have some pretty nice features I like.. But overall the new ui terrible. Glad I saved a backup in titanium
wish777 said:
I been using the old layout adw ex the new ui to me is horrible.. I have a galaxy note 2 and going thru multiple screens to hit the selection... The old layout was and looks so much simpler and looks cleaner to me.. Yeh the new updates have some pretty nice features I like.. But overall the new ui terrible. Glad I saved a backup in titanium
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I agree that the new UI isn't quite up to the original standards, but the new features make it worth it for me to use ADW over other launchers.
Remove Catalog
Good day,
Is there anyway to delete an existing group? I am running the latest version of ADW Ex and I cannot delete a group. The wiki states that there is a "remove catalog" button, but I cannot find it.
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I found the answer. You must swipe the arrows near the group name.
J.F.Hudson said:
Good day,
Is there anyway to delete an existing group? I am running the latest version of ADW Ex and I cannot delete a group. The wiki states that there is a "remove catalog" button, but I cannot find it.
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Tinting icons seems to replace the whole icon with whatever color you chose, no matter the transparency of the color.
Has anybody found a way to fix it?
What's happening with ADW Launcher?
It's been 4 months since an update. The support mail box is full,
mail is being rejected - fatally.
Does anyone know what's happening with either the developer or
the software. Has the code been abandoned?
It is referred to as open-source. Anybody kow where the code is?
Is the code for ADW EX v2.3.3.8 (Feb 27, 2013) avaiable anywhere?
I am having trouble with widgets on Jellybean 4.1.1. It also crashes
at every boot up. I'm an old school s/w guy, but have never dealt with Android.
If no one else will and the code is available, I might have a go at it.
Since my initial post of this message, I found this:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/android/21412/disappearing-android-developer