I'm currently using Asus Launcher at the moment but I tried downloading Apex Launcher. But I have some problem with the widget with apex. Apex is working properly but I have some widget on the home screen which won't survive reboots. Everytime I set up my home screen with a few widgets, after reboot, all the widgets disappears, leaving only the Google Search bar (which came out of the box when I first ran apex before configuring it). I tried nova but this won't happen.
The reason I chose apex over nova is because of the double tap gesture in the free version of apex.
Can anyone test it out and see if the problem exist with you too?
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What is the best LAUNCHER in ur comparison..and the best feature that makes it awesome...(eg. mine is goLauncherex coz it have swipe in the screen to do additional options like swipe down for notification or open helicopter view of all home screens).....REPLY PLZ
I use adw ex because its fast. But when Zeam has widget scrolling back i will use that mainly cause, adw ex is fast but it uses more memory and sacrifices graphics. You can check this by using a dark/black coloured widget and then scrolling, you will see it distort.
I use ADW Launcher Ex, it has the same swipe features and many themes available
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+1 for ADW Launcher Ex, it just seems to move smoother and more fluidly than others ive tried.
Tried several all they all have advantages, still, surprisingly, I am now quite used to TouchWiz on the Galaxy S2 2.3.3 and while it is not perfect, decided to stop bothering with other launchers for now. It does a fair, fast/fluid job and I complement it with a couple of widget-thingies like Elixir and a couple of apps like Tasker and ZDTools.
The good part is that it appears to be very stable. I'll probably keep using it until something amazing shows up.
LauncherPro, tried Zeam and Go Ex, both rather slowly working. But I like the feature on GoEx launcher to open the recent apps out of the appdrawer...
I like Go Launcher's ability to uninstall an app just by long-pressing on the app icon in the drawer of home screen, and that you could add up to 30 screens--something few launchers can do.
ALso the many themes and icons that it has for free download. Font packs though, are not its strength. You'd have to look elsewhere for fonts.
Borat38 said:
I like Go Launcher's ability to uninstall an app just by long-pressing on the app icon in the drawer of home screen, and that you could add up to 30 screens--something few launchers can do.
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30 screens -> will be BAD SLOW! i have 3 screens and it is really enough...
launcher pro: tap long on an icon, drag it over the trash can and wait -> so you can uninstall it
I love adw launcher being able to hide app labels, looks much cleaner.
Quite like transparent app drawer too!
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Hi I've got a stock GSM GNexus with software v4.0.2 and tried to install Nova Launcher in order to have more screens with Widgets installed. But as soon as the Nova Launcher is launched and I try to switch back to stock launcher, the Stock Launcher just keep crashing and nothing seems to respond unless I switch right back to Nova. Even when I force close the Stock Launcher,it doesn't stop the problem. What do I do to make both launchers run side by side? Cheers
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I've recently installed Apex Launcher on my N7 and am very pleased with the extreme customization options with the exception of one thing, its petty, but it bothers me.
With the Apex Launcher lock screen, there is no option to directly unlock to google now. Does anyone know of a workaround to make that happen?
I have looked all over the Apex options but cannot find any answer. Thanks
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I've recently installed Apex Launcher on my N7 and am very pleased with the extreme customization options with the exception of one thing, its petty, but it bothers me.
With the Apex Launcher lock screen, there is no option to directly unlock to google now. Does anyone know of a workaround to make that happen?
I have looked all over the Apex options but cannot find any answer. Thanks
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AFAIK, Apex Launcher does not have a custom lock screen It still uses the stock one, or whatever custom lockscreen you are using.
Maybe you have installed a custom one? Or are you using a ROM with a customizable lockscreen?
Lockscreen is part of the rom, look in your rom's lockscreen settings if you're on a rom with a customisable lockscreen eg. CM10, AOKP, CNA based roms
What are you talking about? Apex doesn't affect the lockscreen. I m on stock with apex n I can slide it up n unlock to Google just fine.
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You were right man! Some how Holo locker got enabled. Thanks Budd!!
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Instead of starting a new thread about apex launcher I hope I can borrow your thread.
I have a question about Apex and N7, on my other devices I can hide the statusbar, but not on N7.
It works fine with Nova, but it lacks some settings.
Can you all hide the statusbar with apex and Nexus 7?
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Instead of starting a new thread about apex launcher I hope I can borrow your thread.
I have a question about Apex and N7, on my other devices I can hide the statusbar, but not on N7.
It works fine with Nova, but it lacks some settings.
Can you all hide the statusbar with apex and Nexus 7?
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Under behavior settings I have a swipe up gesture set to toggle status bar. Works. I swipe up and status bar shows. swipe up again and it hides.
Not sure if it would help, but somewhere under Apex's options is the ability to use Beta updates instead of Stable. The latest Beta updates were re-build with Jellybean launcher standards instead, which may help with things I guess.
Just wondering what launchers people are using on their zenfones? Do you stick with zen, use google now, or one of the other launchers? I like Zen well enough, and it's nice to have double tap sleep functionality in any space across the home screen, but on the other hand Zen is kind of wasteful of space, which negates the effect of having a large screen.
I'm using Google Now Launcher and I use Gravity Screen to turn screen on and off. Works well and doesn't seem to drain battery badly.
Out of the box launcher in use here and it's the smoothest launcher I've ever used... and I've used quite a lot. This device is truly a pleasurable one to use.
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The zen launcher is OK, but I keep going back to ADW.
NOVA Launcher
I use Nova Launcher. It's the best. It's pretty light as well.
the double tap to sleep and double tap to wake works well with this launcher as well.
Nova Launcher here too!
nova launcher
Hi , How you enable double tap functionality in Nova launcher?
harpreet.s said:
Hi , How you enable double tap functionality in Nova launcher?
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Use soft lock screen
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Nova launcher prime here....
The Google Now launcher is pretty good, so is Nova launcher.
I am still a fan of the ZenUI launcher. Very smooth, lots of features.
Google now, double tap still works on the lock screen, haven't rooted it yet but got used to do the greenify+lock thing.
Edit: Just found by mistake that double tap to lock still works on the status bar, no matter what are you running in the foreground.
crack HTC Blinkfeed (sense launcher) working very well...
TSF Launcher 3D Shell works fine
Dodol Launcher or Smart Launcher 3
I used to always use SL and when I got this phone I started running SL3 on it. Works great if you like the way SL changes how your phone's basic functions work. I was looking for something a little more simple and since then, I installed Dodol Launcher. I run it with status bar and dock both hidden, and instead just use gestures to open app drawer, launcher menu and notifications. For me, it feels really nice running it like this.
Have been using the stock Zen launcher in the new single layer mode for a couple of days now. Really like it - simple, clean and very fluid, with an economy of swipes and taps needed to do stuff. It's like iOS (and therefore appeals to my ocd need for neatness and the symetry of a nice grid ) but is better because you still have all the Android/ASUS UI customisability if you want it.
I use action Launcher 3
+1 For Nova Launcher Prime, most tweakable, very light 25-35Mb RAM and very fast. :good:
I was using SlimLauncher (Lightest I have tested other than my poor man's MTK 5Mb Launcher LoL) from slimroms with another phone and for ~5Mb more RAM you get all these with Stock ROM since SlimLauncher does barely has any customization or a settings app. Never looked back again for over a year since using Nova.
Asus Launcher is not bad. It necessitate an option to reduce all these visual effects and decrease the heavy RAM usage versus Nova Launcher Prime.
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I use action Launcher 3
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Same here, I was using Nova Launcher but I like the simplicity of Action Launcher 3
So I updated to miui 14 and the option to lock apps is not available anymore. In previous versions you would just hold the app down in the recents list and then the options would come up to to lock the app or not.
I have two identical phones and it is the case in both of them.
Ok it seems the option has just gone in Nova Launcher if I revert back to the normal system launcher the options are there!
So a temporary work around until Nova Launcher is updated is to switch to the system launcher and lock apps there and then switch back to to Nova Launcher.
I have now contacted Nova Launcher to see see whether this can be implemented
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Ok it seems the option has just gone in Nova Launcher if I revert back to the normal system launcher the options are there!
So a temporary work around until Nova Launcher is updated is to switch to the system launcher and lock apps there and then switch back to to Nova Launcher.
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I have the same issue, and that what i do too. there is no other troubleshoot yet.
when playing with four fingers, the navigation bar opens with the notification bar even with the option of do not disturb as I anchor to the game without interruptions