So im seeing a lot of launchers where the dock icons have a reflection to them (which i think is badass) however I cant for the life of me get them to do that. I have downloaded and bought the pro versions of apex and nova but cant find the setting to enable that. Can some one please point me in the right direction?
go to settings applications all running processes find ur launcher or launchers u got clear data on them and hit home button once u do that. that should refresh it so show the homescreen option. also i just noticed if u have nova launcher go into nova setttinvs scroll down hit nova default launcher and itll brg up ur homescreen options too. gl!
I think I might have worded it wrong. I would like my dock to have the reflection to my apps on my dock.
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... I have flashed a few roms that use ADW as the default home. I have seen a few screen shots that show a shortcut bar that contains 4 shorcuts instead of 2. How can I do that? I have tried everything I can think of the adw settings and cant figure it out. Thank you in advance.
There is a launcherpro option that makes it looks like that I tihnk it's called froyo wide dock background. u gotta use launcherpro tho
Well, more precisely, you first need to enable LAB/RAB, and I think also the Secondary Action Buttons. Then, you'll be able to simply drag an app shortcut to those locations.
I'm on CM7 and figured out if I close the dock bar on the bottom I can still pin icons down there and it has a cool reflective effect. When I reboot I have to close the dockbar everytime. How can I make the settings stay?
I'm using the shortcut from longpressing homescreen- launcher actions- open close dockbar and keeping it on my homescreen.
Gone through adwsettings still nothing.
jessesse said:
I'm on CM7 and figured out if I close the dock bar on the bottom I can still pin icons down there and it has a cool reflective effect. When I reboot I have to close the dockbar everytime. How can I make the settings stay?
I'm using the shortcut from longpressing homescreen- launcher actions- open close dockbar and keeping it on my homescreen.
Gone through adwsettings still nothing.
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Good question...I was wondering the same.
And does anyone know whether CM7 has ADW or ADW Ex and can I install ADW Ex without causing problems?
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Cm7 does not use ex, but you can install ex and use it if you like. Well, I can so you SHOULD be able to anyway
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The second dockbar is considered the "hidden dockbar", and is hidden by default whenever ADW launches. I'm pretty sure there's no way to use it over the main dock, you have to "close" the main one.
I use both. You can also close the dock by swiping up on the middle icon (app drawer by default). I've actually got rid of my app drawer icon altogether. With gestures on the homescreens, swipe up opens app drawer, swipe down open/closes the dock. You can set your gestures to do whatever.
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Good question...I was wondering the same.
And does anyone know whether CM7 has ADW or ADW Ex and can I install ADW Ex without causing problems?
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Yes you can install ADW EX without any problems, it's well worth it. I use EX and it is way faster and smoother. Just be sure to uninstall the regular ADW launcher AFTER you install ADW EX so you can save memory.
Thank you for the input. I do prefer the hidden dock. Too bad there is no way to make it default. oh well still cool as hell. You can get lost in those adw settings...
Wow I wasn't aware you could put other apps in there ... hah, thanks! Looks cool, indeed unfortunate can't make it default.
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are u on ADW ex? theres kind of a way to do it not exactly sure what your settings are but in ADW ex settings/ui settings/main dock/main dock style/none(expanded desktop) you wont have a launcher. then enable hidden dockbar.
someone else also mentioned you can swipe gesture appear or disappear hidden dock. i have mine swype up to do that but u can command whichever u like.
adw settings/general behavior/gestures...then choose your actions.
-hope that helps! adw ex is cool..
Hmm I'm not using ex and I can set it to none (expanded desktop) however I don't see an option for hidden dock
Thank you though I will give ex a try out.
Will I still be able to use adw settings from menu->settings-> adw settings?
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jessesse said:
Hmm I'm not using ex and I can set it to none (expanded desktop) however I don't see an option for hidden dock
Thank you though I will give ex a try out.
Will I still be able to use adw settings from menu->settings-> adw settings?
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Instead of menu > settings > ADW settings you will have menu > settings and menu > ADW settings separately. You can rearrange the order of the menu in ADW Ex by going to ADW settings > general behavior > system preferences > customize menu. This will put whatever you put at the end under "more".
I also don't think you can choose "none" for the main dock but keep the hidden one. I'll try & let you know if I can.
EDIT: You can choose none for the main dock bit still use the hidden dockbar. However, I think that when it launches (ie after a reboot) the dock will be hidden by default. Unless you just don't like the main dock, you might as well keep it. This is probably something only available in Ex. Another cool Ex only feature is that you can change the background for both docks separately. I love ADW Ex
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jessesse said:
Hmm I'm not using ex and I can set it to none (expanded desktop) however I don't see an option for hidden dock
Thank you though I will give ex a try out.
Will I still be able to use adw settings from menu->settings-> adw settings?
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hidden dock? its not under adw sett/UI settings....at the bottom?
try adw ex 3.22 in the market
I'm still using adw free that comes with cyanogenmod7..so nope
Edit: yes I see hiddendock settings.. only 3 options gonna play around with it.. but at work now. Thanks I'm blind apparently
Edit: seems to just make the original dock transparent.. cool but the reflection is gone then.. oh well
I would post this in the ROM thread but since this is my first post I can't, but I'm using the LiquidSmooth 4.0.4 Rom and was wondering if there was any way to keep the stock look without changing anything but add more pages to my home screens.
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Matt
download "nova launcher or apex launcher"
So installing those launchers won't affect the way my home screens look or make my phone look less "stock"? I like how clean the ROM I currently have looks and want to keep everything the same more or less, just add more pages.
LampeMW said:
So installing those launchers won't affect the way my home screens look or make my phone look less "stock"? I like how clean the ROM I currently have looks and want to keep everything the same more or less, just add more pages.
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Both Nova and Apex are based off the stock launcher, and so don't change the look/feel of your phone greatly, but also both have plenty of customisation options so that you can make your home screen march to the beat of your tune.
I've got Nova Prime with one homescreen, dock turned off, additional page in the app drawer for most used apps (as well as hiding apps that I don't use), and have swipe gestures to open the drawer/access other features.
Apex and Nova have free versions in the Play Store that you can try, and if you don't like them, just un-install. The beauty of Android.
P.S. Some of the customisations I've made are only available in the paid version of Nova.
Nova launcher is just the stock launcher with enhancements, one being the ability to add more home screens. Highly recommended.
delete home pages
hi i'm marley, i know that this is the wrong thread but, i couldn't find any solution to my "problem", well i just did a pre-order on the nexus 7 because i'm switching from my iPhone, and unlikely iOS we don't have the home page, just the menu instead, and all i wanted to know is if it's possible to disable all the pages in the jelly bean, leaving the home screen alone, by that i mean disable like from the code, so nobody can turn them on again.
hi, i was just wondering if its possible to make google now my home screen. i realized i don't need a launcher because i have a ton of apps and instead of swiping through my drawer i often find myself just typing in the app in the search bar. With the new swype keyboard in 4.2 its much quicker to launch an app that way, i also put my dock apps in my lmt launcher and don't use widgets except for the search bar of course. so has anyone figured out how to make google now their HS? i would love for it to just open when i press home and open right after unlocking the lockscreen.
No launcher = no Android
Closest you could manage would be a single launcher page with a clock widget that looks like Google now plus some minor themeing.
Lets tweak your idea and make it a widget for Now, that would be pretty sweet.
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Lets tweak your idea and make it a widget for Now, that would be pretty sweet.
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yeah it would be pretty cool to have a full screen scrollable google now widget. i just don't have the know how to produce something like that
there is a launcher, i believe it is called sflauncher that is modeled after google now you could try.
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there is a launcher, i believe it is called sflauncher that is modeled after google now you could try.
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yeah ive tried it but im looking to just make google now the home launcher not just something that looks like it. does anyone know if i can remap the home button to just open google now?
With a custom launcher i think you can. For example i'm using nova launcher, and under the gesture and behavior menu you can choose the home button behavior with several action and all you app. The only thing i'm not sure about is if you can set only an app or even an app's activity (like is gnow)...
Nover is my default launcher. When I switch all of my icones are spread over 4 windows in a random order .
420benz said:
Nover is my default launcher. When I switch all of my icones are spread over 4 windows in a random order .
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You mean you want to switch back? Settings>applications>default applications>home
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Home screen in nova looks like this.
In tstock touchwiz it looks like this.
Sorry for the duplicat nova screen.
I just want to set up the stock launcher
and keep that way after I go there from nova.
420benz said:
Home screen in nova looks like this.
In tstock touchwiz it looks like this.
Sorry for the duplicat nova screen.
I just want to set up the stock launcher
and keep that way after I go there from nova.
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If I understand you, you want fewer apps on your home screen with more space between them. Stock has 4 in each row, and looks like your Nova has 5.
You can change this in the Nova settings.
Hold your recent apps button down (lower left of the phone), you should get a menu with Wallpaper, Manage Apps, Nova Settings, System settings.
hit Nova settings, then hit the first item on the next screen "Desktop Grid"
you can change the number of rows and columns so there is more space (with fewer icons), or more icons (and less space) on your home screens. Play around with the numbers and I'm sure you'll find a setting you like.
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