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Apex Launcher question

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

KentuckyStrong said:
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?

dnilsson said:
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.

5x5 Grid - WORKING

Hello Everyone,
This is not something that I have created, but it is in fact something that I have checked myself and it does work successfully. I am running it now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/themes-apps/4x5-touchwiz-home-t2910243
The only complaint I have is now that I have 5x5 on TW home screen, the widgets that I have on a few pages are made for 4x4 and I cannot resize it, nor center it. Anyone know of any tricks to force a resize or set a permanent resize for each widget?
And yes, I do now that some widgets have the ability to be resized, but not all, so this is one of the ones that is not resizable lol

Ideally, I'd like to see a 4x5 option so that the widgets could be centered, but we still have 5 rows. Just my 2 cents.

bstapley said:
Ideally, I'd like to see a 4x5 option so that the widgets could be centered, but we still have 5 rows. Just my 2 cents.
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He has both on the link

anyone seen or know of a deodexed 5x6 or 5x7 layout to flash ?

why not just use a custom launcher like Nova? It gives all these options plus lots more.

Gavin22 said:
why not just use a custom launcher like Nova? It gives all these options plus lots more.
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NOVA completely changes the stock weather widget if you use the S5 weather widget and it dont let u use the calendar widget like its supposed to. This is the main and only thing i dislike about Nova.

spirodave said:
NOVA completely changes the stock weather widget if you use the S5 weather widget and it dont let u use the calendar widget like its supposed to. This is the main and only thing i dislike about Nova.
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I agree what about making a 5x6 custom launcher for stock touch wiz that will fit the stick weather widget? Is that possible

Show us your OnePlus 5 Home-screens

here is mine
blackberry launcher
an what launcher do u use

Evie launcher.
Such a great launcher. Minimalist and super awesome for navigating around the home screen. Drag down to get recent apps and an instant Google/phone search. Swipe up to get all your apps.

What do you guys think about the Nova Launcher?
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Nova launcher, materialistik icon pack, xperia clock widget, wall by g+

Nova launcher prime
From top to the bottom.
Duckduckgo search
Widget for praying times
My most used apps in two rows
The dock with some more apps that I use frequently and two additional pages. The dock can be scrolled to the left and right. Have three pages of it with the clock app, Spotify and so on.
Pressing and sliding upwards the app list icon on the bottom right opens up an overlay which shows me my eight most used apps plus a search for all apps.

r4f4marques said:
What do you guys think about the Nova Launcher?
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It's best launcher out there...

Binary Assault said:
Evie launcher.
Such a great launcher. Minimalist and super awesome for navigating around the home screen. Drag down to get recent apps and an instant Google/phone search. Swipe up to get all your apps.
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Weather Widget pls ?

nova launcher
icon: viral; wallpaper: xda- palm tree sunset

aydinbahadir88 said:
Weather Widget pls ?
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I spent about 2 hours yesterday installing and testing weather widgets. Finally got this one, it can be about 90% customized. I love it.
Application is named "Transparent clock & weather"
This time with a link:
Https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather

Nova

Here is mine ?

Here is my final setup.

dukat0s said:
Here is mine
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Love wallpaper !
Where did you find it ?

Nova Launcher Prime with 3 dock pages with folders
Moto Z clock and weather widget ported
Antimo and Stealth icon packs
Huawei Mate 9 Wall

Nova launcher with widget overlaps.

new icons

Nova
Andromeda icon

Nova Launcher Prime and Umbra icon pack:
- 2 pages with the Home screen having three eWeather widgets
- Right panel has Any.do widget displaying my various appointments (not shown here)
- Both panels use a dock:
- Left folder contains my most used Google apps and the right folder has my favorite apps
- Other Dock Icons are all essential phone apps (Typeapp, Textra, Phone, Contacts+, Camera)
Theme:
- Substratum theme manager (ROOT) and Swift Black theme
- Wallpaper a fully black 1080x1920 png file made with Linux Gimp
Nova Launcher & OOS Gestures:
- 1 Finger down expands notifications
- 2 Fingers up displays application draw
- 2 Fingers down displays settings
- Long press on Home button triggers Google Assistant as well is saying "OK Google" from any screen
I only like dark themes which helps save battery with an AMOLED screen. I'm also a minimalist and detest screens scattered with icons when they can so easily be accessed from the app draw or an on screen folder. To me it's like looking at a room strewn with discarded cloths.

Nova Launcher, Wafer - Zooper, Whicons - Icons
Edit: Original Wallpaper is in a reply down the thread.

Binary Assault said:
I spent about 2 hours yesterday installing and testing weather widgets. Finally got this one, it can be about 90% customized. I love it.
Application is named "Transparent clock & weather"
This time with a link:
Https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather
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yes its the same i use
just loving it
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Nova vs System Launcher. Which is clear winner?

I do say that the best launcher with customization is Ofcourse Nova launcher.
Nova launcher beta version is now Google companion supported. It will soon roll out for Stable Nova version.
Nova vs System Launcher
[Nova launcher]✓
1-App drawer
2-Change Grid
3-change dimensions
4-Widget resizing overlapping.
5-Custom folder options
6-Backup and restore Configs
7-App drawer Configs
8-Desktop Configs
[System Launcher]✓
1- Lite weight Ram friendly
2-Clean UI
3-Minimal options
4-Supported with Themes
5-beautiful Setup
Some screenshots here with some themes.

Actually System Launcher takes more RAM than nova, both are good in their own features.

MIUI launcher also has live icons for Clock, Calendar and Weather app. Almost all the launchers have live Calendar option now but if I remember correctly, MIUI v6, v7 or maybe both also had seconds display along with hour and minute hands on the clock app icon. That looks pretty if you ask me

I've used Nova launcher before. It's nice. Lots of customization. However. I am using the default MIUI launcher now and I honestly don't miss Nova.

System Launcher

I am more stock admirer so nova hands down... I actually have only one page in nova and launching most apps with appdialer. I use launcher page mainly for some informational widgets and shortcuts

Nova all the way, light and well performing

Nova its customizable, you can turn off / Block screen with Double Tap. Also support 3rd party beauty icons. The bad Thing is some widgets like clock do not work properly.
MIUI stock its very good and support a lot of beautiful themes. Pretty widget and Wallpapers but you can put apps icons by alphabetic order.

smart launcher is way better than both of them, i really dont understand why it isnt more popular

No way default launcher of mi can beat nova...ecen stock Android launcher is better than mi home launcher...After buying a mi phone the first thing I did was to install Nova launcher.
And for the second choise use Buzz launcher

System launcher

kukuteku said:
Nova its customizable, you can turn off / Block screen with Double Tap. Also support 3rd party beauty icons. The bad Thing is some widgets like clock do not work properly.
MIUI stock its very good and support a lot of beautiful themes. Pretty widget and Wallpapers but you can put apps icons by alphabetic order.
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I use this Lock widget in MIUI launcher on every screen, quite handy if you ask me.

kunal00700 said:
No way default launcher of mi can beat nova...ecen stock Android launcher is better than mi home launcher...After buying a mi phone the first thing I did was to install Nova launcher.
And for the second choise use Buzz launcher
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pls share the link of the themes u have applied ?

I liked Nova Launcher but i like simplicity of Evie Launcher. It has double tap lock and supports different icon packs available on playstore. Give it a try. One more thing is its Free and Ad Free. Enjoy.

I like Nova launcher for the fact you can edit truncated app names, and scroll the dock plus other things. The ONE thing MIUI launcher has in its favor is the Quick Function Widget has a toggle that will turn Mobile data on and off directly without going thru the settings. Thats a big plus for me, but you cant edit app names, or scroll the dock Its a real shame that you cant directly toggle mobile data on and off with nova or power toggle, like you can do with Native MIUI launcher

Question Miui 14.0.6 GLOBAL - How to lock app? Option now missing in Nova launcher!

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

k500zm said:
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