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I have confirmed that AppWidgetPicker work on ICS on Galaxy Nexus. If you are using a third party launcher. You should use AppWidgetPicker to better organize your widgets.
APK Link below.
That is all...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13331116
Push APK to your /System/App directory. Give all R/W permissions.
Someone should modify this for stock launcher. I can buy a coffee/beer for anybody who does
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jkoljo said:
Someone should modify this for stock launcher. I can buy a coffee/beer for anybody who does
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+1
Will definitely donate if someone gets this working on the stock launcher
Android's permission system means that apps cannot normally bind widgets themselves. (This is part of the reason you sometimes see missing widgets when you restore a launcher or WidgetLocker from Titanium Backup or similar). Instead the method third-party-apps use is to call another app (AppWidgetPicker, or a replacement for it like this one) which DOES have the permission because it's a system app (hence the unusual install process for this replacement).
The stock launcher is also a system app, and does have the needed permission to bind widgets itself. It's built to ONLY bind itself, rather than use a third party app. This means that the AppWidgetPicker replacement cannot be modified to make it work, however the launcher itself could be.
Curious, what don't you guys like about the widgets-in-drawer? The grid view versus the list, the lack of grouping-by-app compared with boombuler's mod? Both?
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Curious, what don't you guys like about the widgets-in-drawer? The grid view versus the list, the lack of grouping-by-app compared with boombuler's mod? Both?
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Yeah the lack of grouping by app is the worst thing, because certain apps have dozens of widgets and it takes ages to find the one you want. The iPhone style page-by-page side scrolling doesn't help either. I actually like how we can see previews of the widgets but the navigation is a bit of a nightmare right now.
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Curious, what don't you guys like about the widgets-in-drawer? The grid view versus the list, the lack of grouping-by-app compared with boombuler's mod? Both?
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Oh dear, there's a long list of reasons:
1. I now have 5 pages of widgets!!
2. It's visually shocking because everything is a difference size
3. You don't consistently get a view of what widgets will look like
4. It takes longer to get to and then find a widget
Add and app with 20 widgets built in and you'll see. It sucks in my opinion. We need a list based picker for sure, ideally one with a preview mode.
Since you're here... any chance WL can have an option to hide the soft keys on the Nexus so it runs full screen? Also the 'recent apps' button isn't deactivated by WL so it still pops up...
Thanks, works great with the new Nova launcher
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Hi,
if you post my apps, please take at least the latest version...
Original thread + new version is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780828
Widget picker works with Jelly Bean 4.1 too as I've just tried it on my GNEX. Same procedure as the first post mentions.
First of all, please don't kill me for posting questions that have already been answered as I've already tried looking for them but with such a big thread like that of the Paradox ROM, it's just impossible.
1. On the dock, I know it is possible to change the icons for applications. However, whenever I go into Preferences, I don't know which command to put nor how to switch the positions. Also, it is set to show 5 icons but only shows 4. Oh, and whenever I set it to 3, the remainder one doesn't show up on the application drawer.
2. It seems I'm not getting the best out of battery life. Is there something else I need to do or a mod that there is to install?
3. I think that's it for now. .-.
I would post this under the ROM thread but I can't because I'm new and stuff.
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me out. c:
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I use a different Launcher, but... TW 4.5 (which is what is installed) isn't necessarily finished - so yes, you have to manually remove the apps from the dock before you set the dock count to 3.
do you want to show 5 or 3 icons lol. you are asking about both.
5 icons: you have to add the 5th. when you first do, you can't move the application drawer icon, but it will jump to the middle, so just place your other apps accordingly: the one in the 4th position will end in the 5th, the one in the middle will end up in the 4th.
Battery Life - you running LOVE? or are you running mark 2 (can't remember the name of it) I get great life out of LOVE,..
btw - i run the sony ericson launcher (fixed one) and it's awesome lol. seems really snappy, and I just really like the little details (when you throw something on a homescreen away, the garbage can lid actually bounces, and it vibrates along with the bounce) that have been added. They just give a truly finished feel to the launcher.
Hm, lets go with 5.
How can I add the other one? Also, do I just get the launcher from the Market or do I have to flash anything?
I'm running LOVE. I just don't know what to do to it lol
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hokay - make sure to select 5 icons in the preferences, go to the app drawer, click the menu softkey, click edit... drag an app to the dock. click save... I wouldn't doubt it if you're forgetting to do that.
It took me a while to find the sony launcher, and I dl'd it at work, so I can get back to you with a Dropbox link tomorrow. sorry, but I'm not burning my phone's data when i only have half a gig a month. It's something you just put onto your phones external (or internal) sd card, and install. super easy. but it's stuck at 5 screens - not modifyable in that sense.
Oh wow, thats easy lol
No problem. Do you also know where I could get the CM7 (or whatever) Launcher?
Btw, thanks a lot for helping!
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Wait, I just tried that and didn't work. As soon as I press menu then edit all the pannels fly back (the three window things I have on my home screen). Wah
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Post some screenshots. It's easier if I can see cuz I suck at explaining and no offense but you kinda do too
I want to help you, but it's much easier if I can see
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I just switch home out and replace with ADW. you just drop icons from desktop to the spot where you want or long press and drag off what you don't.
They even have a bar with infinite shortcuts (scrolls) dunno if free one has this one but definitely has the 1 3 5 icon standard launcher.
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Lol I know I do, sorry.
Seems I cant uoad pictures from my app. I get a log in prompt. /:
I'll give the ADW Launcher a try, thanks!
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find Zeam Launcher. it also has infinte dock, and it was made by an XDA member. it's my number... well... IDK. I really like it, but right now I'm running the corners. I also really like the AOSP launcher... as simple as it is, it's snappy.
Okay, will do.
thanks for all your help guys!
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Can anybody post a screen rotation animation, one that works?
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I have one for you!!!
get the ADW Launcher. The easiest way that I have found since I can't post links is to go to 4shared website then in the search window type in adw launcher.apk the first on on the list works perfectly. or you can do it on your phone and that saves you a step.
install it
press the home button on your phone. It's going to give you two options one is going to be like TWLauncher and the other will be the ADWLauncher. At the bottom make sure you check the set as default and then select adw launcher.
Press the menu>more>ADWsetting>UIsetting>General Behavior>Animation and Effects>Screen transition effect>Rotate
there are several different transitional effects on that menu so just play with it until you find the one that you love.
Works on Rooted or non rooted phones
I have used this with my phone since I had the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and pretty much know the ins and outs of this launcher. It's very customizable.
Try it out... I hope it's exactly what you are looking for.
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get the ADW Launcher. The easiest way that I have found since I can't post links is to go to 4shared website then in the search window type in adw launcher.apk the first on on the list works perfectly. or you can do it on your phone and that saves you a step.
install it
press the home button on your phone. It's going to give you two options one is going to be like TWLauncher and the other will be the ADWLauncher. At the bottom make sure you check the set as default and then select adw launcher.
Press the menu>more>ADWsetting>UIsetting>General Behavior>Animation and Effects>Screen transition effect>Rotate
there are several different transitional effects on that menu so just play with it until you find the one that you love.
Works on Rooted or non rooted phones
I have used this with my phone since I had the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and pretty much know the ins and outs of this launcher. It's very customizable.
Try it out... I hope it's exactly what you are looking for.
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i dont think thats what hes looking for. hes probably talking about that screen rotation animation from ics rom. like when you tilt the device it kinda goes like ios effect ya know?
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Yeahh, I have launcher pro. That's called a transition effect. I want the one like the ics or galaxy note.
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Apex's new beta has been rewritten around Jelly Bean and looks just like stock. I have been waiting for this since release as Nova & Apex just did not look right on the Nexus 7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452663
Thanks for sharing this. I was holding off on using it for these reasons.
I've been using Apex since about a week after I got my N7 and as silly as it sounds, I'm glad they finally added the feature of the widgets and icons moving out of the way and auto-resizing when you're adding a widget/icon to the homescreen. Makes my life so much easier lol
gr8
I can't stand the new apex beta, it has the enormous dock bar like stock JB and even when you hide it and also hide the draw line, whenever you exit an app or app drawer sometimes the draw line returns. It's probably a beta bug but I prefer to have my app drawer button and search buttons the way apex 1.2.5 has it.
ya same as above, i went back to 1.2.5 because i prefer the "tablet" mode.
Has apex added the issue to stay in "phone mode" yet, I found that it switched to tablet UI (where as nova doesn't) so had to use Nova on the N7
Lennyuk said:
Has apex added the issue to stay in "phone mode" yet, I found that it switched to tablet UI (where as nova doesn't) so had to use Nova on the N7
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I use tablet mode anyway. App tray and search at the top. Margin set to none. 8x7 layout. Feels great.
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I don't get why a mode selector is such a hard option for launcher developers to add
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Just tried Apex, not nearly as good as GO IMO. I can't get Multi-Picture Live WP working with it. Have 5 screens set in both, but scrolls to a blank screen on each side of home, then to screen #2 and #4 (that should be #1 and #5). Transitions aren't as good (or at least not as many choices). Can't seem to set number of rows and columns in the app drawer. Sticking with GO.
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Just tried Apex, not nearly as good as GO IMO. I can't get Multi-Picture Live WP working with it. Have 5 screens set in both, but scrolls to a blank screen on each side of home, then to screen #2 and #4 (that should be #1 and #5). Transitions aren't as good (or at least not as many choices). Can't seem to set number of rows and columns in the app drawer. Sticking with GO.
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Every launcher requires a different workaround for multipicture wallpaper. Either "ICS fix" or "disable vertical movement" will work.
The ICS fix works (the other doesn't). After playing with it a while, I still went back to GO. The app icons (like N7 Player Widget) end up smaller on Apex than GO, and they are smallish on GO. GO also has more transitions I like. Both are smooth, so I didn't really see any benefit switching.
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Every launcher requires a different workaround for multipicture wallpaper. Either "ICS fix" or "disable vertical movement" will work.
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Maybe I'm dumb I dunno but where on 1.2.5 do u see a option to select tablet mode?
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Also check out Holo Launcher HD, also based off JB
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I'm curious to know what you'd change in the latest version of Samsung's TouchWiz UI for the Note 2. If you could design the next version, what would you add, remove, or tweak? I'm curious to see what the fans, and non-fans, would change.
For me, I would definitely want more functionality from the lock screen in the next revision. Having 5.5' of real screen estate means a lot of space for us to add extra info such as email/message content, info of last dialled/received call, more access to favourite apps, etc. I'd also like to be able to pull down the notification centre in the lock screen and be able to access the relevant notification from there. Lastly, I think the stock icons could go for a revision to give a more high-tech futuristic feel instead of the much cartoonish appearance it has now.
I'd make it look like Apex and just as customizable!
Done.
I would like a 5x5 or 4x5 grid size on the home screen,
Auto correct on the keyboard,
Resizable widgets (like we had on touchwiz 4.0),
Better Facebook integration,
And a few more s pen features
Cheers
Corey
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I know I've probably said this before in another thread, but I really think that TouchWiz (and I mean the whole framework, not just the home launcher) on the Note 2 should be, and should have been from the get go, a hybrid ROM with PAD and PAL (per-app density and per-app layout) options baked right in. I mean, let's face it, some UI layouts of certain apps are just simply better and easier to use than others. YouTube and Gmail, for examples, are simply better experiences in a tablet layout.
Another thing that would have been nice to have would be capacitive buttons that respond to the SPen, instead of having to use gestures (just a minor niggle though).
Hello,
I would love to see a scrollable favorites contact widget with direct dial function (like HTC has.. )
I would lose the freaking gingerbread theme is all the Samsung phones....touchwiz and the whole framework is nice but looks totally dated to 3 years ago.
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cosinav said:
I'd also like to be able to pull down the notification centre in the lock screen and be able to access the relevant notification from there.
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Errhhh - you can pull down the notification centre in the lock screen!
Regards,
Dave
Same as now, but AOSP look
And a partner ship with ParanoidAndroid
foxmeister said:
Errhhh - you can pull down the notification centre in the lock screen!
Regards,
Dave
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It does not work if password or pattern locked!
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pettros said:
Hello,
I would love to see a scrollable favorites contact widget with direct dial function (like HTC has.. )
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It does not work if password or pattern locked!
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Which is exactly what you would expect.
If my phone was locked, I wouldn't want someone to be able to pick it up and read my notifications without having to enter the PIN/password etc.
Regards,
Dave
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A customizable lock screen would be nice, also would love it if I could turn on the screen with voice command.
M
New UI for E-mail
The black UI on the e-mail is shocking. Can never read e-mails outside. THis should change to white, or atleast have the option to change to white.
I would make it able to lock in reverse portrait mode.
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I'd make it look like Apex and just as customizable!
Done.
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I agree. Tried several others, but Apex is easy to use and very customizable. If it were like this most would never look to change to another launcher.
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They should get rid of that ridiculous amount space berween the dock and the app shortcuts. I know theres a mod but they should change that. And ofcourse incread grid size especially with the columns so we can add more folders or apps in a single row. Also add the ability to be able to add folders within the app drawer or at the least allow to reorganize the apps to our liking. Also it would be nice if we could have the option to choose the folder icon background.
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I like the TW UI, it's a lot easier and simpler than other branded UI's. Just some things,
1- Bigger grid size options, I mean, up to 8x8.
2- Enabling custom icons.
3- Scrollable dock.
4- Re-sizable icons, including dock.
5- Vertical menu in App drawer (I am not talking about the list view)
6- Not a must, but it'd be cool if they could allow a custom background for App drawer. I kinda like it and miss it from bloated Go Ex.
Sv: How would you change Samsung's Touchwiz UI for your Note 2?
jujuburi said:
I like the TW UI, it's a lot easier and simpler than other branded UI's. Just some things,
1- Bigger grid size options, I mean, up to 8x8.
2- Enabling custom icons.
3- Scrollable dock.
4- Re-sizable icons, including dock.
5- Vertical menu in App drawer (I am not talking about the list view)
6- Not a must, but it'd be cool if they could allow a custom background for App drawer. I kinda like it and miss it from bloated Go Ex.
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My Androids
-Samsung Galaxy S2
-Samsung Galaxy Tab 10,1
-Samsung Note 2
-Samsung Note 10,1
I love stock android UI so if given an option I would love to see a toggle switch to jump to stock UI and den back to Touchwiz..
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I would definitely want a Pop Up Dialer which should be designed for use with the s pen! and more pop up optimizations like a pop up calculator and such.
Pop ups and multi windows are different in this case !