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Apex launcher

Hi guys, I've recently been trying out Apex launcher and somehow I have lost the shortcut icon that launches the app drawer from the home screen in the dock. Anyone know what I've done? Is this a bug? A setting? Anything I can do to get it back?
Thanks for any help/tips
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long press on the main screen
apex actions
app drawer

note 2 launchers

Hello i have not seen a thread about launchers, the only reason i ask is are any of you trying out apex are nova launchers?? what are your experiences with them? are which do you prefer??

I'm using Apex. It's free, simple, and it does what I want. I think Nova would also work for me. I've used Nova on another device, and I only chose Apex on the note because I've never tried it before.
Things I want on my note's launcher:
6x8 grid of icons on the launcher (I like to arrange them in a hex pattern like the old winmo 6.5 start menu)
7 icons on the dock
vertically scrolling app tray because I hate paging.
6x6 grid in the app tray
app tray sorted alphebetically
Losing the special s pen launcher page didn't bother me. It only had the S Note widget on it, and it was easy to put that on another page. It was an excellent trade off for the better use of screen real estate.

press menu on the app tray than choose view type and than choose alphabetical grid

I'm using Holo Launcher HD. I first used it because it was the default launcher in slimbean on my vibrant. I find that the more I use it, the better I like it.

nove prime here. love it.

I use nova too, it's great!

Nova is still the best working one out there for me. Smooth. Customizable. Always end up back at that launcher.
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This is a great thread about launchers and lockscreens for the Note II. :victory:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1936451

I've jumped between Nova and Holo HD on my tablet for a while but ADW EX has been my go to on every phone I've had since my Samsung Moment. And with the update from just a few days ago I'm not changing it anytime soon.
noted for future reference on my Note 2

Good stuff, thanks allot fellas..
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The new adw its amazing . Highly recommend it
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Apex Launcher Pro and Nova Prime here. ...
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Apex Launcher Pro
- I remove the dock
- 6x6 Home/Drawer
- Gestures
--- Swipe Up; Open Drawer
--- Swipe Down: Show Notification Shade
--- Double Tap home screen for menu
I like the gestures on Apex, helps with one-handed operation.
I know others have gestures, but Apex is the only one I tried, recently,
that the 'swipe up' also closes the app drawer. I swipe up to show it and
swipe up again to close it. Other launchers make you hit the 'home' or 'back'
button again. When you are using the stylus, it's quicker and more efficient.
The styus doesn't activate the 'back' button and I'm not using it to hit the 'home' button.

Is there already a launcher 5x6 and more?

Is there already a launcher 5x6 and more?
With SGS3 5x6 was perfect, so no doubts we need something like that here also!
Anyone seen something like that?

You try the Nova launcher. It's not TouchWiz, so you will miss out on the buddy pages for extract pen, insert headphone, etc, but you'll have a lot more additional functionality to play with. I bought Nova launcher and love my 5x7 grid, 7 icons in the dock, resizeable widgets, etc. It's just that little bit extra..
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Also on Nova! Fast, small & reliable. Nearly all functions available in free version too.
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I`m using Nova with my grid set at 10x8. You need to press volume down while in Nova settings to enable the Lab settings and tick the Big Grid Size Options.

You can take a look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1960039

Keep in mind that Nova has wallpaper cropping issue.
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Go Launcher Ex allows this and other enhancements. It seems fast and light on resources, and works with S-Pen functionality like the pop-up Notepad when the S-Pen is taken out of its dock.

Crazyhopscotch said:
Go Launcher Ex allows this and other enhancements. It seems fast and light on resources, and works with S-Pen functionality like the pop-up Notepad when the S-Pen is taken out of its dock.
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That's actually a Note2 function. Works with any good launcher, so Nova too...
There's also a function to be bound to the "insert headphone" act; the only thing missing are the additional buddy pages for these actions, but speaking for myself, that's hardly a miss... YMMV
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How to get app drawer icon on the home screen?

Does anyone know how to add the app drawer icon to the home screen?
I have attached a link to a home screen image showing the app drawer in the top right corner.
http://dash.coolsmartphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/apex-landscape-450x281.png
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Easiest way is to use a custom launcher such as apex or nova and put it in tablet mode.
For launchers, tablet mode is what they used to call it when the drawer icon was in the top right corner and there was no dock.
It's not used by default even on actual tablets now, at least on the stock launcher.

ya use nova launcher prime

TheManii said:
Easiest way is to use a custom launcher such as apex or nova and put it in tablet mode.
For launchers, tablet mode is what they used to call it when the drawer icon was in the top right corner and there was no dock.
It's not used by default even on actual tablets now, at least on the stock launcher.
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Thank you for the info. Do you know why they have gone away from the tablet mode on the more recent tablets?
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Homesceen

Could any one help me how to change my homescreen grid size ? Also the title of each app on my app drawer look alittle fading

If this is the stock launcher, you're gonna want to download apex or nova (or really any other 3rd party option).
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