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App, 4.0+, HomeFlip

I made a small home button launcher replacement, mainly for myself to overcome my new note 2 'bulkiness' when it comes to switch tasks quickly. Give it a try and let me know if you found it useful.
Google play download: HomeFlip

very useful app. thanks for sharing.
an idea from me: add a swipe option for opening the app. for ex. horizontal swipe open up the HomeFlip.

Noted.
feroxxx said:
very useful app. thanks for sharing.
an idea from me: add a swipe option for opening the app. for ex. horizontal swipe open up the HomeFlip.
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Noted, but this will require a background service so it will have to be optional, I like to keep thing lightweight (my daughter use my old Nexus S...)
Thanks!.

Thanks for sharing, I love it! Its fast and super lite!
Noellenchris

I do like the app.. I'm not sure if i'm missing something but I have an alternate launcher for my home screen, it seems that it defaults to that. Can i change the default home screen homeflip takes me to after its activated?

Knether said:
I do like the app.. I'm not sure if i'm missing something but I have an alternate launcher for my home screen, it seems that it defaults to that. Can i change the default home screen homeflip takes me to after its activated?
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Your not missing anything, this is a oversight from my part, I should have known that the xda crowd was likely to have at least one custom launcher in addition of the stock one installed!.
Thanks for the feedback, will fix this soon.

noellenchris said:
Thanks for sharing, I love it! Its fast and super lite!
Noellenchris
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Thanks..

Google Play Store Link for HomeFlip
Here ya go this looks pretty nifty btw.

Verry handy, great app
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PoorCollegeGuy said:
Here ya go this looks pretty nifty btw.
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This is really nice of you.
Thanks.

Thank you very much for making this app. It's nice and light. I tried it, but I will have to wait till the option to choose "default" launcher available to install it again :highfive:.
And is there anyway that I could replace the default recent apps with your app ? I have a button for recent apps, but it takes age to load

redguardsoldier said:
Thank you very much for making this app. It's nice and light. I tried it, but I will have to wait till the option to choose "default" launcher available to install it again :highfive:
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The support for fallback launcher selection should be available latter this week, I'll post the update info's on this thread, so keep watching.
redguardsoldier said:
And is there anyway that I could replace the default recent apps with your app ? I have a button for recent apps, but it takes age to load
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It depend on the ROM you are running, most stock Android will popup the task manager when pressing Home for few seconds, HomeFlip should preserve this behavior by default.
I'll check CM9 (this is what you are running right ?) internals to see if there is a way to hijack this, but keep in mind that I try to keep HomeFlip as non-invasive as possible, so any features that require additional permissions or dirty tricks is a no go for me, Respect peoples phone is my policy
Thanks.

id0x12345 said:
The support for fallback launcher selection should be available latter this week, I'll post the update info's on this thread, so keep watching.
It depend on the ROM you are running, most stock Android will popup the task manager when pressing Home for few seconds, HomeFlip should preserve this behavior by default.
I'll check CM9 (this is what you are running right ?) internals to see if there is a way to hijack this, but keep in mind that I try to keep HomeFlip as non-invasive as possible, so any features that require additional permissions or dirty tricks is a no go for me, Respect peoples phone is my policy
Thanks.
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I know the long-press home action, and of course, I don't like it . I have a cheap and weak phone (HTC explorer), so your animation seem a bit laggy . I have a dedicated button for recent apps, but it take about 1-1.5 second to load . So go to home and tap app icon is even faster than using the recent apps menu .
Looking for the update . By the way, the apk size is tiny, but cached process need 10MB, is that normal ?

redguardsoldier said:
I know the long-press home action, and of course, I don't like it . I have a cheap and weak phone (HTC explorer), so your animation seem a bit laggy . I have a dedicated button for recent apps, but it take about 1-1.5 second to load . So go to home and tap app icon is even faster than using the recent apps menu .
Looking for the update . By the way, the apk size is tiny, but cached process need 10MB, is that normal ?
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You can disable the animation from settings (context menu).
HomeFlip to not not cache anything by itself, but it is possible that the OS itself cache information (i.e. icons), I'll have a look.
Anyway, Android is getting good at managing memory itself, the times where you had to manually kill tasks are hopefully over.
Thanks.

HomeFlip 1.01 available now.
HomeFlip Version 1.01 available now:
changes:
- Settings / Added support for multiple launchers.
- Settings / Added background dimming customization.
Full theme customization coming up next, stay tuned.
Enjoy.

I'm probably missing the obvious here, but I absolutely can not find the settings. Awesome app though, if I could only find the settings to change the default launcher!
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kcls said:
I'm probably missing the obvious here, but I absolutely can not find the settings. Awesome app though, if I could only find the settings to change the default launcher!
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Hit Home to launch HomeFlip, then the Menu button.
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chp said:
Hit Home to launch HomeFlip, then the Menu button.
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I have a Nexus 4, and when using homeflip, there is no menu button.
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I like this a lot. Running it on my Nexus along with ADW launcher. Very fast and smooth. Subscribing to this thread to keep an eye on things

@above How did you get to the settings on your nexus?
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[Q] goggle chrome beta add to homescreen

This morning I have noticed on my s4 and n7 the menu option for add to home screen has disappeared from both devices.
Why would this be? I loved this feature.
Version 31.0.1650.60 on both devices.
The option has completely gone.
Any help?

Any idea why add to home screen has disappeared?
When I press on pages I have already saved it says "app is not installed"

ProficienTICS said:
This morning I have noticed on my s4 and n7 the menu option for add to home screen has disappeared from both devices.
Why would this be? I loved this feature.
Version 31.0.1650.60 on both devices.
The option has completely gone.
Any help?
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Using the costumizle launcher.
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ProficienTICS said:
Any idea why add to home screen has disappeared?
When I press on pages I have already saved it says "app is not installed"
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Google / Chrome devs acknowledge this, and say the feature will be back. Really annoying, as we factored it into a solution - i.e., build a proof of concept as a web app, and run it in fullscreen app mode on the phone and tablets. Incredibly disappointing that they handled it this way. There's also an experimental flag you can set to supposedly re-enable it (type Chrome://flags in URL bar, and scroll down till you see the option to enable it). Seems to work on ICS, but not on JB or KK (at least on my devices). Horribly disappointed.

Dhe Constantine said:
Using the costumizle launcher.
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Well that's pretty lame, loved GEL up until now.
jonstrong said:
Google / Chrome devs acknowledge this, and say the feature will be back. Really annoying, as we factored it into a solution - i.e., build a proof of concept as a web app, and run it in fullscreen app mode on the phone and tablets. Incredibly disappointing that they handled it this way. There's also an experimental flag you can set to supposedly re-enable it (type Chrome://flags in URL bar, and scroll down till you see the option to enable it). Seems to work on ICS, but not on JB or KK (at least on my devices). Horribly disappointed.
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Thanks for the help, but no success.. This was one of my most anticipated features going into release. Especially because of the fullscreen mode... Where am I left with this? Removing GEL? Will this be available again sooner rather than later?
Thanks.

ProficienTICS said:
Well that's pretty lame, loved GEL up until now.
Thanks for the help, but no success.. This was one of my most anticipated features going into release. Especially because of the fullscreen mode... Where am I left with this? Removing GEL? Will this be available again sooner rather than later?
Thanks.
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Wish I knew. It was a mistake relying on a beta feature, but this was so good that we already adopted it for use in a product mockup / wireframe demo. Looked perfect on Android phones and tablets in Chrome...A real web app. Now...not so much.
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moto g 4.42 KitKat apps menu icons problem

Hi I have a problem with my 8gb moto g occasionally the apps disappear I can click somewhere on the screen and it will start that app but can't see anything.

Seems like that's a glitch with the launcher. Try switching to nova launcher or apex launcher (you can download them from google play). You'll get more features from them too.
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pisherthefisher said:
Seems like that's a glitch with the launcher. Try switching to nova launcher or apex launcher (you can download them from google play). You'll get more features from them too.
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Ah thanks i'll give nova launcher a try have used it before on my last phone it worked well.

tje1991 said:
Ah thanks i'll give nova launcher a try have used it before on my last phone it worked well.
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You're welcome, it seems that the default firmware on the moto g has issues with transparency in general, because sometimes chrome graphically glitches like this too. Maybe try a custom rom like cyanogenmod if you get more issues.
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pisherthefisher said:
You're welcome, it seems that the default firmware on the moto g has issues with transparency in general, because sometimes chrome graphically glitches like this too. Maybe try a custom rom like cyanogenmod if you get more issues.
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Hi i'd like to try and keep the phone standard don't want to void the warranty by putting a custom ROM on there anyway I'm on nova launcher now it is working great love the resizable widgets, thanks so much for your help. This is a very strange problem my last phone was a Chinese dual sim phone the standard launcher on that worked perfect I suppose for the great price of this phone we can expect a few small issues.

Talking about transparency... I noticed it with incoming call contact image. It displays only half of the image and the part where are the buttons is black.
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Same issue
I am also facing this same menu apps disappearing issue. But I dont want to install any launcher. Is there any other way to solve this issue? In settings whats the function for Home? Inside Home setting there are Launcher and other my Network Operator. Whats their functions I dont know.

sakitobaki said:
Talking about transparency... I noticed it with incoming call contact image. It displays only half of the image and the part where are the buttons is black.
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I notice the same issue. In you have root try to instal xpose framework + gravitybox. In gravitybox enable call image to fullscrean. It works very well.

simoniub said:
I am also facing this same menu apps disappearing issue. But I dont want to install any launcher. Is there any other way to solve this issue? In settings whats the function for Home? Inside Home setting there are Launcher and other my Network Operator. Whats their functions I dont know.
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Hi i'd say the only solution if you don't want to install a different launcher is to wait for Motorola to release a software update. As for the home menu, you can change your default launcher with that and network operator just let's you automatically or manually select your operator.

[HOW TO] Set a custom launcher as default home application

Soon after I bought the fire HD6 I quickly realized that upon installing an alternative launcher, the device would not allow you to set that launcher as default. Today I figured out a way around this issue and put together a quick video showing all the steps. This tutorial should work for all Fire devices spanning from the Fire HD6 and HD7. Before going through the tutorial I suggest you get ADB set up and working on the computer for your Fire device. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6_2GoSz5N4
Help setting up ADB in Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJlmTtLsIg
Following this guide will make it so you cannot use the Amazon Book app. A way around this issue would be to side-load the Kindle app. But not any Kindle app, a hacked version I made with a different signature and package name. That way your device will allow the installation and will not downgrade each boot. Download the APK below to get your books working:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx_94ujbh0qobVBJbWFyVzNzeUU/view?usp=sharing
Now you will be able to access your books.

You're awesome! Thanks! :laugh::good:

This works great, thanks!
Anyways to change the wallpaper?

D600abc said:
This works great, thanks!
Anyways to change the wallpaper?
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No problem! I do not know how to do that yet. I hope it is plausible

Thank You! This was driving me crazy
Since Amazon "upgraded" the OS to Fire 4.x.x this has been a problem.
You are a gentleman and a scholar. Works for unrooted kindles as well.
Thank YOU!!!

RyanNerd said:
Since Amazon "upgraded" the OS to Fire 4.x.x this has been a problem.
You are a gentleman and a scholar. Works for unrooted kindles as well.
Thank YOU!!!
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no problem (;

Could you share what exactly you changed in the hacked Kindle app? AFAIK it's a pretty old version and I'd like to have a more recent one on my Kindle. Thanks a lot either way!

crytic said:
Could you share what exactly you changed in the hacked Kindle app? AFAIK it's a pretty old version and I'd like to have a more recent one on my Kindle. Thanks a lot either way!
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I basically just changed the package name and resigned it so that it will think it is a different app so it allows you to install it. I used apktool to decompile but had problems compiling till I removed some services from the Manifest file. I tried newer versions but could not get them to run without force closing.

Unable to set launcher
Hi, I followed your tutorial, now I am unable to see my kindle on adb devices list.
Can you please help me out with this.

pulnarayana1 said:
Hi, I followed your tutorial, now I am unable to see my kindle on adb devices list.
Can you please help me out with this.
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try taking a look at this developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/connect-adb.html

I set up KK Launcher as my launcher but it cannot get it to rotate to landscape mode at all. Is this a problem with other launchers you guys are using or is it just me?

argrr101 said:
I set up KK Launcher as my launcher but it cannot get it to rotate to landscape mode at all. Is this a problem with other launchers you guys are using or is it just me?
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I use Apex and I can not get it to rotate either.
The best solution I've found so far is the app "Ultimate Rotation Control". It will allow you to manipulate the display as you see fit and even set parameters per app.

I got GEL working, but cannot set background pictures... Anyone else able to?

bilago said:
I got GEL working, but cannot set background pictures... Anyone else able to?
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I believe this requires root.

I recently purchased a Fire HD 6 and this worked perfectly for me. Thank you for this. I chose to use Nova Launcher Prime as my default home launcher.
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I forgot to revert to the stock dash before the last update (yesterday) and now I don't have ADB access. It just shows the device as 'offline' so I can't get it back to the stock dash and it's stuck at the Fire loading screen. It's the same in Windows/Ubuntu. Just a notice for anyone else to undo the custom dash before proceeding with the update.

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I forgot to revert to the stock dash before the last update (yesterday) and now I don't have ADB access. It just shows the device as 'offline' so I can't get it back to the stock dash and it's stuck at the Fire loading screen. It's the same in Windows/Ubuntu. Just a notice for anyone else to undo the custom dash before proceeding with the update.
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oh god, you scared the **** out of me for a second - I had gotten the update but had never used adb since then. tried just now, and ... nothing.
but! then I remembered, I had turned adb off on the HD, lol. turned it on and all is well.
I am running Nova launcher, and have the real launcher permanently blocked, along with a few other things:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58360063&postcount=5
maybe your problem is something else? (or hopefully, maybe like me, just pilot error and usb debugging was turned off.)

I don't remember turning debugging off. I wouldn't have had any reason to disable it. I just assumed it was reset by the update. Either way, I had to do a factory reset to get it working again. To be honest, the custom dash was mostly a novelty. I'm happy enough with stock. Being able to use Google apps is all I'm worried about.

No body else appears to have mention having problems making widgets on your home screen. Every time I place a new widget it, just takes me to the main setting screen and on going back home there is no new widget.
I have been assuming that this is something else that requires root, but I thought I'd better check.

Thanks for kindlehack.apkill give it a try, ps use nova beta for wallpaper

[app] mLauncher home replacement 2/28/16

This is mLauncher It's built for the nexus player and may work on other androidTV products. It lists all your apps including your sideloaded ones. Only has a couple features but here they are:
Display all your apps, set wallpaper, reboot, power off.
update: 2/28/16
changed the ui a little
DECREASED APP SIZE BY SEVERAL MBS!!!!!!
fixed the built in wallpaper switcher so that it displays all pictures in /sdcard/Pictures
Things to note:
Reboot and power off require root (Why haven't you done it yet?).
For the wallpapers function to work you have to sideload a wallpapers app on your NP.
To open quick settings press play on the remote Y on the game pad.
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update 8/23/15
changed ui a little
added clock
fixed settings issue

Isn't it unnecessary to have a power off function on the Nexus Player? If it's an actual shut down rather than a sleep mode, then it would require the user to unplug power from their device and plug it back in before it could be used again.

I've got mine hooked up to a light switch so when I'm about to go to sleep and too lazy to get up it works great. Next day just flip the switch. I was experimenting with deep sleep but the way the stock Rom is set up to get it to work you have to remove daydream from the system and it takes a minute. I think on cm12 it would work. I could add the feature pretty easily. I was gonna add a shortcut to overscan and fix a small issue this week. Just let me know I'll put it in there.

By wallpaper app you mean a live wallpaper right?
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seniorstew said:
By wallpaper app you mean a live wallpaper right?
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No I mean wallpapers period unless I'm missing something there aren't any native apps that run regular wallpapers. Haven't tried live wallpapers yet.

will this work if I have lollipop 5.02 still on my ADT-1 ?

It should it's built with Android 5.0 if it gives you an error let me know

Asadullah said:
It should it's built with Android 5.0 if it gives you an error let me know
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the screen was cut off, i was able to run the apk though. It doesn't fit well on the screen

Gotta change the dimensions for it I'll see what I can do

Asadullah said:
Gotta change the dimensions for it I'll see what I can do
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That will be great ... Thank you again

Here's a beta release that fixes an issue I've been having with the app list not updating when you uninstall or install an app. It's a pretty dirty hack but seems to work okay. Remember this is beta and I'll be looking at different ways to implement it. So if your uninstalling and installing apps a lot give it a shot but if not pass on this.
update removed link since it's in the updated apk

rgill420 said:
That will be great ... Thank you again
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Can you upload a screenshot of how it looks on your device?

Beta release
Here's a beta release with new sleep function. It requires root access click it and screen goes into deep sleep. There's another way to do this without root but it requires you to change backdrop to none and it takes 10 seconds. Not very functional in my book. Everything else is working great. Thanks

How about live wallpaper support?

Codename_Falcon said:
How about live wallpaper support?
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On the stock rom google removed what is necessary to have live wallpapers but if you use a custom rom this will support it.

Will I be able to set mLauncher as the default launcher? (Sorry, new NP owner here)

Sorensiim said:
Will I be able to set mLauncher as the default launcher? (Sorry, new NP owner here)
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If you have marshmallow you'll have to use adb to hide the default launcher
Look here if you need to know how

Asadullah said:
If you have marshmallow you'll have to use adb to hide the default launcher
Look here if you need to know how
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new update out on first page and on google market