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LG Optimus "Home Launcher"

OK guys, if you havent heard of the New LG Optimus phones Series that just came out in korea and Might be here soon in the USA,
found some apks & other things from the original "LG Optimus Z phone" first phone
to launch from the Optimus Series
looks like this
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"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 i play around with the apks, ( launcher and widgets ) and it work perfectly
on the evo (not sure if it works for other phones )with no editing necessary,
THE GOODS
-this launcher makes the phone look a little like the HTC sense cuz of the bottom dock , lets you drag any icons from your menu to the dock.
and a Samsung Galaxy Launcher feel because of the dots on top for amount of screens you have.
-It has a new way of controlling your apps in your menu which i havent seen in many other android phones out ( maybe its just me ), which lets you organize your application on your menu as "categories" or "group" , which its really cool and you can drag and put it anywhere in the menu you want.
THE BAD
- Only lets you have 5 to 7 screens only, and it cant let you have less than 5 screens (which sucks)
Some Other Goodies That Work
-World Clock widget
-Analog Clock widgets ( 8 of them )
-Calendar Widget
-Memo Widget
- Home Selector App
-LG Wallpapers
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIX
-Launcher works normal and you can play around with it and no problem but one bug that i wish someone (DEV) to fix is that whenever you open a application and you try to go back by pressing the home bottom on your evo it "Force closes", THE SAME WHEN YOU Launch the "Home selector app" and you pick "LG as your Launcher" Sometimes it "force closes", from there everything else works perfectly and if someone could fix this problem than i might make this my default launcher
- and a way to customize the icons as shortcuts or other way, & drag it to the dock ( not sure if theres other ways ).
but for now ENJOYYY IT AND PLAY AROUND WIT IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK????
*****Make sure you download the LG HOME & HOME SELECTOR apk first than download the widgets to make it work******

do you have a bookmark widget?

awesome! hopefully one day HTC lets you use their widgets with any launcher

thanks for this. good eye. ill be working with it.

I might be missing something but did you not include the clocks?

I might ne missing something too... where is the download link
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This is a very handsome launcher, on par with Sense, totally destroys Motoblur and Touchwiz

Those clocks are part of the Widgets. Which is the zip file And yes all the links to download are there in the post.
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Nice find!! But I too cant find the analog clock widgets, only the world clock widget.
Some things Ive noticed:
1. These widgets work with other launchers which is nice!
2. In the world clock app, I cant seem to delete Seoul as a city.
3. Default Categories in the laucher can only be renamed, not deleted.
4. The notes widget only lets you have 1 note.
p.s. Im not complaining at all! These are very nice additions to android. Hopefully there are some more widgets coming from LG!!
Edit: Ive noitced that in the screen shots you provided, the world clock widget has a settings button. Mine doesnt, is that where the option to load the analog clocks is?

How do I actually install this launcher?? I want to know!!!

Hm, that actually looks really cool. If a Dev could fix the force close problem I REALLY might use this as my default launcher...

tedum88 said:
How do I actually install this launcher?? I want to know!!!
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Download the files that he has listed at the bottom of the Original Post, and open them using something like AndroZip and click the "Install" option.

Greenfieldan said:
Download the files that he has listed at the bottom of the Original Post, and open them using something like AndroZip and click the "Install" option.
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i was able to install the widgets no problem. but the other files show as .bin something... the widgets are really cool but i really do like the launcher.

I don't know if this was said but the bottom tab is like the vibrant dock/tab you need to have the app draw open and drag the icons down to the dock from there.

This is seriously great.
I like 3 screens but this may replace ADW :gasp:
Good find!
Lots of FCs when hitting home from another app.
To install just rename to an apk extension.

Seriously lol how do I get to the analog clocks I've installed and downloaded everything and I can't find them

MY MISTAKE, yea i did forget to put the analog clock widgets sorry , its been updated so download the widget zip pack and its the first apk name as "analog clock apk" .

gonna have to admit, I installed this on my install of cm nightly. I'm really getting into it.
I'd love to see some interest in figuring out how to fix the force closes though. I've looked at my logcat and haven't really come up with thing anything (I'm novice at best though 8P)
Thanks to the OP for the find!

Thanks for the downloads, I just read a review of the device and was hoping someone else was interested in the launcher. Can't wait to use it on my Captivate.
Hopefully it to get noticed by someone who can perfect it to get rid of any FC's.

[HOMESCREEN] Cover Flow Home screen

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"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"
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ok so this is a little guide on how to get the 'cover flow' style homescreen. first off, i think some of you (ok well a small minority) will be happy to know that it doesnt require root. all you need is launcher pro or adw luncher and multipicture live wallpaper. now there is a drawback to this method, which is you cant change your wallpaper unless you edit the .psds provided. oh and just for the record i am currently using miui rom but it is not needed. ok so here we go.
1) download the coverflowwallpapers.zip containing the wallpaper for each page
2) download either adw launcher or launcher pro from the market and apply as default home screen
3) get rid of the dock bar and icons from the launcher. it would be a good idea to set a swipe gesture to show the app drawer so you still have access to all your apps. i would also recommend changing the number of home screen rows to 5 to compensate for the row lost due to the thumbnails.
4) download MultiPicture live wallpaper from the market.
5) go to select wallapaper/live wallapers/then select multipicture and then press settings
5) using the images you downloaded from this post and change the wallpaper for each page. (seeing as im a nice guy i numbered them for you)
6) finally, got to the transition type and choose your favourite one. i chose to go with wipe as it makes the thumbnails look like they are rotating but some of the others look great too.
so there it is. hopefully this tutorial isnt too hard to follow. also if you have your won ideas/modifications, post them here cos i wanna see them too
heres a crappy video of it in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx0uGYOUWR0

thanks for doing this! trying it now.

2) download either adw launcher or launcher pro from the market and apply as default home screen
How'd you make it default?

Hit the home button and then a prompt will show your available home screens and launchers. Check the radio button on the bottom of the pop up and select adw or launcherpro. You can clear the "default" if you decide to do something else and not use LP or ADW.

Omiclops said:
2) download either adw launcher or launcher pro from the market and apply as default home screen
How'd you make it default?
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after downloading a new launcher from the market, press the home button and it should give you an option to which launcher you want to go to. check the make default option and then press the launcher you want.

ok, how do I get rid of the dock bar and how do I set a gesture for getting it back?

sputnik99 said:
ok, how do I get rid of the dock bar and how do I set a gesture for getting it back?
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The way I am doing it is by replacing the icons with a blank icon. Essentially the icons are still there, but invisible and I can still assign a swipe up gesture if I wanted to.

You probably don't want to use the term "cover flow" as I would be willing to bet Apple has a trademark on that term.

2 things :
1. first and foremost, thank you for actually listening to us and making this available for us to use.
2. since no one is really taking the initiative can you make several different walls and icons for us?
Thanks,
SoCal

SoCalSpecialist said:
2 things :
1. first and foremost, thank you for actually listening to us and making this available for us to use.
2. since no one is really taking the initiative can you make several different walls and icons for us?
Thanks,
SoCal
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sorry I simply don't have the time to do that. this setup was initially made for me but some people asked me to share how I done it so I did. I knew not everyone would like the wallpaper and/or icons which is I why I uploaded the .psd file. there's only so much I can. also it doesn't seem like many people are interested but that's cool as i know this kind of setup is not for everyone.

Don't be discouraged. I've liked this setup since I first saw it--it's very different. If I hadn't just rehauled my own homescreens, I'd be slavishly copying yours.
I do have the time and tools to make something out of your .psd too, so maybe when I get home (i.e. to the PC with photoshop installed) I might try my hand at it.

[App] Gravity Home (LWP+Launcher+Physics)

Hi,
We have been working in an experimental app and we whould like to share with this community.
The application is a Live Wallpaper where you can chose some of your installed app icons to be shown in the live wallpaper, hanging arround with physics. The icons will behave as launcher for their respective apps.
In the configuration you can limit the apps movement to only one of your desktops, the center screen.
Any feedback will be apreciated, we will be working on this app adding new features and solving issues if needed.
You can find it on android market, its free and the name is Gravity Home
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"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"
}

Wow this actually looks very good!
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Android market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=physlaunch.kiio.es
Really fun just installed it. Great work, thanks for sharing!
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Feature request:
I had the standard setting icons for bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and Auto-sync previously. it would be nice if these also were available in the list of apps.
Bug:
The people icon doesn't open my address book when I press on it.
I've used it on the following phone:
Device: HTC Desire Z
Version: 2.2.1 stock

Tricky-Design said:
Android market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=physlaunch.kiio.es
Really fun just installed it. Great work, thanks for sharing!
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Feature request:
I had the standard setting icons for bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and Auto-sync previously. it would be nice if these also were available in the list of apps.
Bug:
The people icon doesn't open my address book when I press on it.
I've used it on the following phone:
Device: HTC Desire Z
Version: 2.2.1 stock
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Hi,
The gps/wifi/data widgets and maybe more are in our future plans
About the problem launching the address book, it has an easy solution, we had already fixed the camera , will be the same, probably on next update this week it will be solved
Thanks for the bug report and the feature request!

Will try it .......Maybe it might turn out to be a huge hit.........Anywhos nice concept!!!!!!!!!!

this looks amazing
keep the good work ongoing!

It doesn't look amazing, IT IS AMAZING !
So far so good, will report anything.
Thanks for this lovely thing

I just installed this to try it out and went straight to the settings to see if I could add some apps. I waited for the list to load then something strange happened. The screen froze with a few black lines across it and started getting brighter and brighter like the system was increasing the brightness above the limits or something. Sounds strange I know. I quickly got the cover off and removed the battery, phone is fine now but just before I removed the battery I noticed the usually pitch black background was now light grey! I've now uninstalled and I'm on Darky's ROM 9.5 with the Darky Core 1.4 Kernel. Modem is JVE.

I love it but i wish it worked properly on the EVO 3D, when you go to add apps it just constantly says loading and never loads any of the apps to show on the screen.

Very original and innovative concept. I absolutely love it. The icons move around clean and doesnt appear to bog the phone down to much.
Issue: on vibrant rom kb5 (Stock + rooted myself).
I have 4 screens (which highest is always the real "home" screen). Icons wont show up at all if I dont limit to 1 screen in the options.
If I limit to 1 screen, it shows up on screen 3 instead of screen 4.

Bloody amazing. Words fail me. Glad I have a Mugen barry in my Nexus though!

Amazing ! I love it.
I'd love to be able to shake my phone and have the icons get shuffled, would that be possible ?

Very cool! Great work!

Like the others, excellent!
Work like a charm on my i9003
Have you plan to add more settings? Like speed or bounce force?

always force close
motorola defy
cm7 rc1
android 2.3.4

Trying this on my HTC Sensation and its friggin sweeeeeeet. I loved the falling androids lwp but gave it up a while back but I loved the concept. This went to the next level. It's actually has function than just the looks!
Is it possible to add a custom wallpaper in the background? If its already there I didn't see it in the settings.
+1 to you OP!

Looks sexy, I'm looking forward to it

I can't find it in the market it said not compatable with my i5800 can u give me the apk or something to try?

Very original and very nice. I like it because it doesn't bog the phone down and is visually appealing to look at. No errors or problems what so ever on Nexus S running stock 2.3.4

I like this app. It looks great and works well. I have two suggestions:
1. In settings let me change it from a black background to a picture of my choice. I normally use a static image, but would use your app if I would put a static image behind it.
2. Let me choose which home screen the icons are on.

Lightning Launcher

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"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",
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Lightning Launcher by PierroX
Fastest launcher on Xperia Play. 60KB download. Works on GB and ICS. Customization is incredible.
Lose the fat, keep the muscle. Be warned, Lightning Launcher is on steroïds.
This application has been designed to minimize memory usage and be fast: the more memory you have for your applications, the faster they will run. In other words Lightning Launcher has been built from the ground to preserve your phone's resources and keep it smooth.
In spite of its ridiculously small size (less than 60kb!), Lightning Launcher is packed with a fair amount of features and brings to Android a very unique concept: the home screen can be seen as a giant surface on which you are free to put icons, shortcuts or widgets exactly where YOU WANT, and not limited to a 4x4 grid. Pinch to zoom in or out the desktop, use the home key to switch between a full scale view or the normal size, or double tap on empty space as in the web browser to immediately see all your icons. And everything stay functional whatever the zoom level is: widgets are alive, icons can be clicked, and so on.
Lightning Launcher drops rarely used features and focuses on useful ones but comes nevertheless with numerous customization options. Icons and widgets can be moved, scaled and even rotated freely. Each object can be configured independently, you can change the font, the label, the icon and much more!
The package is extremely small, only a few kilobytes. What it means is that the Android system do not need to load several megabytes to run this app. Lightning Launcher starts faster and run in perfect harmony with your other apps.
Lightning Launcher on Google Play

I have found my launcher.
Thank you sir.

That actually looks really cool if I'm being honest.
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How do I disable icon reflections in the app drawer? and sometimes the grid isn't centered :S

I tried customizing this one, but somehow it just didn't click. :\ maybe i need new ideas

Too weird.
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Couldn't figure out how to add regular android widgets. Interesting idea though.

speedyink said:
Couldn't figure out how to add regular android widgets. Interesting idea though.
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Go to Google Play store > Install LLW Any App Widget > Long Press on home screen > Add LLWidget > Tap LLW Any App Widget > Choose any widget you want

GetPatriotized said:
How do I disable icon reflections in the app drawer? and sometimes the grid isn't centered :S
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Options > Customize > App Drawer > Apps & Shortcuts settings > Reflection > Untick "Enable reflection"
To fix centering: Untick "Enable pinch zoom(multitouch" under the App Drawer section.

rubbergnome said:
I tried customizing this one, but somehow it just didn't click. :\ maybe i need new ideas
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check out the Lightning Launcher youtube video on the Google Play page

Great and smooth Launcher, but i dont find the option to change wallpapers

I'm getting a FC when changing the icon's image, is this a known bug?
Other than that is an awesome sandbox launcher!

I just installed this on my phone. This with a fresh install of TrueAncestor and V6 superchager and my phone has never been faster.

just installed Slim ICS on nexus s and this came with it.
Looks great but there seems to be a huge bug that i couldn't find referenced anyway:
I can't scroll back up once I reach the bottom of either the homescreen or the app draw!
Help?

Disregard

sweet, im gonna give it a try...i was looking for a good n fast launcher without boosting or changing rom

Sounds nice. .. I'll try later
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is it your work?
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First I'd like to thank you for this very responsive and light launcher.
What is a bit difficult for me to understand is the separate installation package on the Play store ("Lightning Launcher Setup"): Is it mandatory to install it? Can I remove it after setup of the launcher? When does it unload from memory?
I installed it on same time i installed the "Lightning Launcher Home" but i'm a bit lost with these two separate packages, although I understand the reason of this.

Maybe he wanted to make the launcher cool so he made an 60kb package and then 100kb+ setup.
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[APP][4.0.3-4.1.2] Hax Launcher {1.0.2}

Hax Launcher is a new take on the conventional Android launcher.
The Android Launcher game is dull, only a few launchers out there really redefine the way the Android launcher works. We are one of those. Our goal is to provide something fresh, but familiar enough to fully utilize from the moment you pick it up. Hax Launcher is still early in development, and features are being added all the time. Let's highlight a few differences between Hax and other launchers out there.
Instead of having lots of information spread out across multiple screens, we try to provide you with a more focused layout, targeting whatever you want to access the moment you want to access it.
{
"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"
}
Hax Launcher uses a custom system of LivePanels. These are third party applications that provide a simple widget-like behavior in the launcher's Main Menu. This is a totally new open system that any developer can tap into. There are multiple examples on GitHub, and we provide instructions for developing on Hax's LivePanel API on thehax.org.
Instead of your choosing apps to place on the dock, Hax uses a more familiar approach of putting your recent apps along the bottom, similar to a taskbar on a PC. Also like a PC, open up the Main Menu by pressing the circular start button in the dock. And you still get your chosen apps in the Main Menu, now in a scrollable list of app panels. Just drop an app on the dock at the bottom of the homescreen. If you want to remove apps from the main menu, swipe them left or right, off the list.
You can kill any running apps in the dock by swiping the icon upward. (Root may be required for full functionality. See Advanced under Launcher Settings to enable.)
Push notifications are built in to facilitate instant updates (and maybe a chat channel in the future...).
Universal search is built in. Nevermind Google's crippled search (and thanks a heap for that, Apple). Search the web, contacts, and installed applications right from the Main Menu. (This is still a very early feature and will be expanded in the future.)
Check out SimpleWeatherPlugin, one of the currently available LivePanel plugins.

Changelog
1.0
Initial Market Release
1.0.2
This release should resolve just about all the major bugs that I've been collecting reports from.
Fixed widgets!
Easy access to changing the default launcher.
MASSIVE speed increases.
Search and Panel framework updates.
Some small ui changes, (full screen search and settings, new settings icon.)
Slightly updated search behavior.
Chat service. Lol, this is just something I thought would be cool. Email me for access!
Updated a few things for maturity rating.

Bugs/Issues/Quirks
Some widgets (those with configuration activities) do not add to the workspace.
No way to add apps to the "dock" directly from the app drawer.
No landscape mode.
No tablet support.

and one more just cuz

A video of this launcher would be nice. Good to see something fresh

ccab said:
A video of this launcher would be nice. Good to see something fresh
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there will be one on the portal in just a bit. i believe azrienoch is upping it today.

Worth giving a shot, keep up the great work ;D

Website said application will be targeted from cupcake to jellybean yet the launcher is targeted on Android v4?

[ANNOUNCEMENT] To Devs, please read

Looks interesting, will give this a try.

Interesting launcher? Not really sure what to say about it.. its sorta different but it is different. I'll stick with apex for now, thanks though!
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What is the OS requirement? I vannot install this because it say its incompatible. I wish I can get the apk so I can test this
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Same here, looks interesting but it says it's not compatible with my device. I have a photon on 2.3.5 hybrid rom. It's the any other way to get the apk?
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dwaynet89 said:
Same here, looks interesting but it says it's not compatible with my device. I have a photon on 2.3.5 hybrid rom. It's the any other way to get the apk?
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I'm runnin 2.3.6 and I would really want to play around this launcher. So far based on the comments on the play store, its ICS or higher :/
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Looks good..

It looks really good. I enjoy something different.
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nightfire37 said:
What is the OS requirement? I vannot install this because it say its incompatible. I wish I can get the apk so I can test this
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Play store says it is 4.0.3 and above. Bummer

I could not add a BeaWeather widget. I selected it but it never showed up in my screen. I was able to add a PhoneWeaver widget with no problem.
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chadness said:
Play store says it is 4.0.3 and above. Bummer
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That just sucks. Oh well. Anyways, if the dev would possibility try and make it work on GB, i would install this in a heartbeat. I always wanted a desktop type launcher on android.

nightfire37 said:
That just sucks. Oh well. Anyways, if the dev would possibility try and make it work on GB, i would install this in a heartbeat. I always wanted a desktop type launcher on android.
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I second that
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