yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] rgawenda:
I'm trying to set up apex as a pure desktop, without dock. Well I did. But I found a blocker that keeps me on nova (prime). If I edit a shortcut icon using Simple Text, the result gets zoomed or so. My idea is to fake the dock with a background effect letting it scroll with desktop. App doesn't allow me to attach screenshots so here they are http://db.tt/xg21bjtB
[Android Apps and Games] Taverius:
Don't use an icon from it directly, create in simple text and save it, then choose image when choosing the icon.
[Android Apps and Games] Simer03:
Please add dock background Ability?!

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Android Apps and Games] Joecascio2000:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] Adevem:
it'd be nice to be able to change the layout of icons in the vertical continuous drawer!

like 5x4 or something :D
[Android Apps and Games] JohnstonF:
Drawer icons getting zoomed when using simple text.

They just don't want to sit properly

Using latest apex from the market
[Android Apps and Games] darkchazz:
an option to fade side pages when scrolling through homescreens (like in Trebuchet) would be lovely, it makes scrolling seem alot smoother.
[Android Apps and Games] allgsmnetwork:
Hi friends,

how Setting icons ICS if you can?

thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Dafuq?????
[Android Apps and Games] Taverius:
10 character
[Android Apps and Games] The Gingerbread Man:
Can I ask where you got your wall paper? It looks awesome :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
I don't know if it's a default honeycomb wallpaper or not, but it's one of the default wallpapers on the original transformer.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] The Gingerbread Man:
If anyone else us interested there's an app for free in the play store called Xoom Wallpapers, its in there.
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
:mad:

From the very post, very first sentences:

Be sure you meet the requirements
[Android Apps and Games] namebrandon:
I have this issue as well.

This has to do with transitions in Multipicture live wallpaper and Apex.

If you go into Multipicture live and set the transitions to an effect that does't "re-draw" / warp the background image in a certain way it works fine. Examples of Multipicture transitions that work with Apex

None

Fade In/Out

3D Rotation (kind of, looks strange at the far side)

Cross fade

I would love to see this fixed, but I can get by with the fading-style transitions.
[Android Apps and Games] ProficienTICS:
Just switched from nova to apex but the wallpaper crop stretches my backgrounds horribly.is there a fix for this? This is theone problem making me consist going back to nova.
[Android Apps and Games] otis_bartleh:
Dodol wallpaper from the market / play store lets you crop wallpapers the way you want to for portrait or landscape mode...
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
Very nice piece of software.

I'm coming from Launcher Pro on Froyo to Apex, so it's quite a huge step for me.

Some suggestions:

1. Swipe gestures with the dock

2. More space on the drawer. Possibility to remove the tabs alltogether?

I usually want only the apps. I know what I downloaded and I don't set up widgets every day, so no real need for those tabs to display all the time.

3. If thats no possible: smooth left/right scrolling on those tabs when continious vertical view is selected

4. "Home"-Button on the drawer. I always have to press 'back" to get to the desktop. Don't like the physical homebutton for this, as it takes too long.

5. The "fly-out" effect looks a bit jerky. Could be smoother.

Thats about all I can think of at the moment.

Ah, yeah: Any source for dock-icons that mimic the original white style?
[Android Apps and Games] LKNim:
You can cancel the tabs in preference;)
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
Unfortunately at least one tab has to remain.
[Android Apps and Games] iluretar:
I flashed a new cm9 build on my cappy, pushed apex to system/app and restored settings and data and everything restored fine but the Widgets on my hone screens, none of them were there.
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
Every launcher generally does that. Nova, trebuchet, and apex. I've even had adw, and go launcher to do that. So that's not necessarily a bug. It should restore apps and folders just fine though.
[Android Apps and Games] dukins:
I don't think I ever had it on this rom. The developer uses his own launcher. Do you happen to have stock launcher apk?
[Android Apps and Games] iluretar:
yes it worked with apps and folders but not Widgets, I thought it was a bug but it seems its just the way it is. It would be awesome to backup Widgets too though.
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
Yeah me too..
[Android Apps and Games] cstayton:
LC's rom 1.x and up work well with nova and this launcher and restore widgets as well as apps,folders and widgets. also Stardroid ICS (based on LC + Twistedumbrella source) widgets restore as well. so may be something with the cm9 that is causing it.
[Android Apps and Games] dennisxl:
We'll consider that.

Thanks for the log. We'll fix it in the next update.

I followed exactly the same settings but was not able to get the blue divider. Could you post a screenshot?

We made the dock lower so there's more space for widgets/icons. We'll try to add an option to control the height in future updates.

Will be fixed in the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
I hope the option to adjust the height of the dock is added in next release =)
[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
Like many others have said, love everything about Apex except one thing that seems to be so common to most launchers on most Android OSs, and that is the frequent redrawing/reloading of all shortcuts and widgets on all homescreens when coming back from random apps or screens.

This happens several times daily even after many wipes and ROM updates since starting to use Apex. It is such a pain to have to wait for all the time, as the phone is useless during this time until it can catch up and it ruins an otherwise fast phone experience every time. And less important, when someone uses my phone and the first thing they see is this redraw/slowness, it gives an overall bad first impression of the speed and power it is supposed to display.

Devs, can you PLEASE please please try to figure out why the screens redraw so frequently?

Is there any known explanation with this

? All most people run is a custom ROM and a launcher, and that doesn't seem to be a decent explanation for this. I know it's not my choice, but in my opinion, I think this should be top priority over any other requested feature or bugfix.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] bagl0312:
Installed on my galaxy nexus.

It works quite well, but some widget does not work.

For example "photo contacts widget" says that the launcher doesn't support scrollable widgets
[Android Apps and Games] Taranis:
Can I make a folder in app drawer in Apex Launcher?

Can I manage pages in app drawer as in TouchWiz launcher (move any icon; not fully filled pages)?
[Android Apps and Games] Masix:
Here is a screenshot! I use two homescreens now so now I dont have any problems :).
[Android Apps and Games] dennishylau:
Hi dev,

Pretty good launcher indeed. Here are some suggestions (I.e. requests :-) ) that you may consider:

1) Disable gestures on scrollable widgets (e.g. gmail widget)

2) Allow splitting different tabs in the app drawer

3) Optimize the preview animation so it doesn't lag

4) Tweak the app so that it doesn't get killed by the system after running other apps

Just my 2 cents. Now publish this onto market and I shall show you my support :-)
[Android Apps and Games] ejatds:
looks great on the nexus s!

can i request these features?:

- creating a new homescreen from the preview page

- home button action: default screen and THEN preview screen (similar to go launcher ex)

- making a folder with a 'checklist' style instead of drag and drop (similar to go launcher, I can choose what goes into the folder all at once)

- folders inside the app drawer

edit: (if possible)

- folders for widgets?

thanks :D
[Android Apps and Games] bananove:
Love the launcher!

I'm a naab so my suggestion is probably stupid but if possible i would LOVE battery %.

Can't understand why thats not standard from google...
[Android Apps and Games] Sebring5:
This launcher works for me. Can't say it is significantly better than Nova but certainly no less of a launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] rsfaze:
anyone install this on a tablet ? I can't find a way to the settings for it
[Android Apps and Games] iluretar:
Open the app drawer and trap on the 3 dots on the top right where the market usually is and there are the apex settings
[Android Apps and Games] jin5:
I have not read through the past 12 pages yet so pardon me if this has already been reported. I'm having issues scrolling on the stock gmail widget. thats the only bug i've noticed. other than that great launcher and really smooth.

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] demo23019:
One request please add ICS tablet transition TIA

edit sorry didn't see request page in OP till now
[Android Apps and Games] alhaya:
goood .... thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pswin09:
Yes, it will be nice if there is an option to remove all tab. By far this is the best ics launcher. Always better than any other launchers.
[Android Apps and Games] kgboris:
sms problem

Hi !!!

First good app

Second excuse my english.

One big problem i can't launch the sms app. it says (translated from french) "this activity can't be launched".

I have installed Apex launcher in the system/app.

Thanks for your help.

SOLUTION :

I replace the link with the real app "Message" from Android 4.0.3 and it works fine.

1- long press on the icon

2- Modify (or change ?)

3- choose "application"

4- select "Message"

5- fun
[Android Apps and Games] ajamils:
Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I can live with 3D Rotation transition for now.

Posted from Samsung Galaxy Note via XDA Premium.
[Android Apps and Games] Fikul:
My suggestions:

- changable dock background

- change dock icon size

- resizing widgets not working properly (when i change grid size to 7x7, large widgets are cut off)

- support for icon packs in app drawer

- built-in widgets like gmail, calendar, memory cleaner etc.

If this launcher had these options, it would be perfect. Good job, guys !
[Android Apps and Games] nalab1:
Unread Email/SMS notifications..

Hi!

I must say that this launcher is brilliant! The only thing that I miss is have the number of unread emails/sms (on the stock apps on Samsung Galaxy S2 - 4.0.3) displayed on the main icons...

Any news on getting this feature added?

Regards,

Alan
[Android Apps and Games] dewatem:
Start app from task switcher

Hi,

I really like the launcher, it's very smooth.

But when i start an app from task switcher and then i close it, it goes back to touchwiz, not Apex launcher. I have to start Apex again from touchwiz.

Any idea hows this happening?

(Samsung Galaxy S2 - Official ICS ROM - no root)
[Android Apps and Games] DJSave:
I use Cube effect in drawer and scrolling in apps is smooth, but in widgets, it lags a bit

also I'm using transparency about 70%

Options to add:

ability to arrange desktops in previews
[Android Apps and Games] dyetheskin:
widgets seem to freeze up with this launcher. have to frequently restart it. problem seems to be any widget. currently I'm noticing it with widgetsoid,launch-x,antutu cpu master,taskiller and the titanium backup widgets
[Android Apps and Games] gbalerdi:
hello ! Great app , thanks!

I noticed that the dock icons are lower than in stock launcher, and the separator line is also much lower. Makes the dock seem like "compressed" , and it lowers the importance of the dock as a visual element.

Is there any way I can configure the dock to look as stock ? (higher icons and higher separation line).

Or maybe could you consider an option in the future?

Many thanks!

Gonzalo

(I searched but couldn't find this asked, sorry if it's already been discussed)
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I'm using this launcher about a month and it's very nice, light a stable. Thanks.

The only think I'm missing is the scrollable widgets support.

Do you plan to support this in the near future?
[Android Apps and Games] imail724:
Had another force close before. Here's the log. http://db.tt/ywJf67Qh
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Apex fully supports scrollable widgets through the ICS APIs. Any scrollable widgets which don't work just need updating to support ICS. Take it up with the widget developers.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] dgwood12:
For all who are requesting custom dock backgrounds please visit http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/forums/146396-apex-general-feedback/suggestions/2660267-customizable-dock-image:

and vote on them along with other requests. Feel free to throw in 3 votes for the custom dock backgrounds though :D
[Android Apps and Games] last0ne:
MIUI + Apex

I use MIUI v4 rom + Apex Launcher.

when i apply change theme in MIUI Theme Manager, icon is not change.

i test on stock MIUI launcher and 360 Launcher, it's change to new theme.

How i can fix it?

thank you in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] max-555:
Apex is normally for ics and not for miui rom.

Miui icons should normally be changed in mtz > icons. Check there.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Android Apps and Games] last0ne:
Thank max-555,

but MIUI v4 is ICS.

some icon is changed when apply .mtz theme., eg. Phone.
[Android Apps and Games] strashak:
hello. Why after install this app i have a normall Touchwizz icon on desktop, only app list change, but icons like phone contacts are same?
[Android Apps and Games] ro_explorer:
No more "Lock Desktop" drawer menu item after the update to beta1.0.3

Also, I support putting the dock icons a little upper ... just few pixels (5-10).

Nice work with this launcher :)
[Android Apps and Games] D3VI0US:
This launcher is great really .. but this system app thing i have to do it everytime i flash new rom and rearrenge all the widgets again on the homescreen it's really painful to do this daily to keep up with cm9 nightly roms so is there is anyway for android to treat the apex launcher like the stock luancher or nova launcher so i won't have to put everything again from 0 everytime i flash new rom?

thanks again for the great launcher
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Apex doesn't have miui theme or icon pack support. That said, you can customise the home screen icons, so you can set them to use those icons manually.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] bedtime_with_the_bear:
Bear in mind you only have to do the system app thing if you want to tap and hold your homescreen to add widgets - if you add through the menus you can leave it as a user app.

Alternatively, you can also keep it as a user app, and when you flash a new nightly, copy the launcher to /system instead of moving. That way you will have a user app with the data that will get backed up/not wiped with the nightly, but you'll also have it in /system so that you can tap and hold to add widgets. When you update, don't integrate the update as a system app, and that will achieve the same thing.

Once I stopped integrating every Apex update as a system app, I haven't needed to reconfigure my homescreens - the user app is always there and takes precedence over the system app.
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
I second this. Unread GMail/calls/sms would be soo nice.

Can we vote for this feature anywhere?

./kroogar
[Android Apps and Games] biggtiny210:
Thanks for this great app...and would see if you can add costumization for the apps in the app drawer...for example to edit the apps rearrange them as in time people might install a camera fx app just an example, and it will install to the front of the app drawer and lets say i have music apps that are in front...if you can make a way to rearrange the camera app so i could move it to camera area were i have camera fx the gallery so it can stay organized...

Thanks again!!
[Android Apps and Games] Nitemare_real:
For any unknown reason, adb doesn't detect my I9000 with TeamICS rom, so, I have created a update zip file with apexLauncher apk to install it via recovery (and have root privileges) but after installing, rebooting and verifing that ApexLauncher.apk is in /system/app directory with right permissions, I still can't add widgets from drawer. Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] mitko76:
nice Launcher, but backup/restore functions doesnot work correctly..

folders on the home screen are not restored..
[Android Apps and Games] Diablotim:
select multiple apps shortcuts to add ?

Happy to have moved on from GO factory to fine Apex. Generally smoother (especially in app drawer). I like the possibility to hide notification / dock bars.

Latest 1.0.3beta1 does better job at scrolling between homes, especially with the scrolling wallpaper.

It's still cumbersome to add apps shortcut from menu to Home though (a little better from app drawer). Takes at least 3-4s on my HD2 with Nexus 1.0.3 to load the 30 odd apps list when I want to Add > Shortcut > Apps from the homescreen. And I have to do that for every single app I want to add to the homescreen.

Would be much better if you could select several shortcuts from the list in one go. I'm surprised it was not suggested before...

> added a request here : goo.gl/1ccr6

please vote up !! ;)

(sorry, I'm too young to post real links yet it seems)
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
There's a link in the OP for feature requests and voting.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] otis_bartleh:
Yes it does, and yes they do. I have used the Backup/Restore Settings and Backup/Restore Desktop Data functions numerous times. I have a lot of folders, and they do get restored, only the widgets don't, but that is Android, not Apex...

Are you sure you are backing up desktop data as well as the settings?
[Android Apps and Games] thejust:
just noticed the second post states Beta updates available via Apex settings > About Apex Launcher > Automatically check for updates > Beta version. Just click the "Download" button when you get the update notification

should be in "advanced settings" not "about Apex Launcher".

just in case someone wanted to know :)

edit: oops just noticed that after 1.0.3b1 update, check update was relocated.
[Android Apps and Games] Glithramir:
Thanks!

But 1.0.3b1 didnt solve the "Smooth Calendar"-widget problem with 4+ items. Bottom row still gets cut in half. :-/
[Android Apps and Games] nikosrs4:
Anyone having this weird folder appearance in 7x7 grid ? (A cut off in right and left)

I have said that twice but no one answered :-P

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
7x7 on the galaxy nexus ? it's not a tablet , I've read when using 7, ics is truncating , so I'm not sure it is due to Apex

currently i'm using 5x4 and it is perfect :)
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
It nearly has the same resolution as my Transformer Prime. So using a 7x7 grid size should be possible on the galaxy nexus (I don't have one so I can't tell for sure)

Greetings from my TF201 and KBanause
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
well , the Galaxy nexus is just a little bit bigger than the Iphone 4 , I have the Galaxy Nexus and I can tell you that 4 or 5 is really perfect with Apex

on my Galaxy Tab : sure I'm using 9 x7 and it is perfect

on your Tablet I know that 7x7 is good ( try 9x7 perhaps you'll be surprised)
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
I'm using "auto" for both portrait and landscape which gives me 8x7 in landscape mode and "i haven't look so far" in portrait mode. But I'm quite happy with the "auto" setting. Even on my Nexus S I'm using it (where I get a 4x4 in portrait and landscape mode anything else is not acceptable for me)

Greetings from my TF201 and KBanause
[Android Apps and Games] ears1991:
Perfect on my atrix, beats all the other ICS launchers, thanks for making it free!!! However on my hp touchpad, nova launcher is way smoother, and the margins on the home screen are correct where as on this they arent great, for example an 8x8 grid on nova launcher still lets me put widgets right up against the edge of the screen whereas i have to do 8x10 on apex launcher, forcing me to resize all my widgets! Also hiding the persistent search bar on tablet seems to hide the app drawer button too! Folders in app drawer or custom sections would be amazing. also wallpapers (not live wallpapers) do not display correctly on the touchpad, they are zoomed in compared to trebuchet which displays them correctly. Dont have this problem on my atrix though

keep up the epic work, best ics launcher
[Android Apps and Games] 4redstars:
Vertical drawer with the alphabet on the side to jump to letter?

Formerly Tuffgong4 on xda
[Android Apps and Games] tbob18:
I notice the margins are messed up on the homescreen after 0.7 on my Touchpad. Automatic grid size always makes too many columns on any version.

For the wallpaper you can use Wallpaper Wizardrii to apply them correctly. I use a 1024x768 wallpaper with scrolling off in Apex and use "crop portrait" in Wizardrii to apply it then it looks correct in landscape.
[Android Apps and Games] Confidentuno:
First off I love the launcher and the customization. I do have one small bug or that seems to pop up in the app draw. Sometimes when I open the app draw the screen will be black instead of transparent which is how I set it. While swiping through my apps it has a weird shadow effect to it and when I get to the end of the app draw I can see some of the home screen but it looks smeared.

I know it sounds weird but it happens all the time I wake up my phone and go into the app draw. Attached is a picture.
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
My hd2 and my inspire are both running ics and have the same apps installed (for most part)....I attempted to copy the backed up settings from hd2 apex launcher to my inspire.....the widgets did not show up and had to be added manually. I figured I should mention this in the hope future releases would restore widgets correctly. Also one difference was I had boat browser on the hd2 and chrome on the inspire....when I restored the hd2 settings the boat browser icon was on the desktop even though the app was not installed...not sure if it matters.
[Android Apps and Games] Joecascio2000:
I have this problem too on both my tab and phone.
[Android Apps and Games] bedtime_with_the_bear:
You've never been able to restore widgets to the homescreen, that's an Android limitation and has nothing to do with the launcher.

As for the browser icon - you just restored the launcher settings so you shouldn't be surprised when your homescreen icons are also restored.
[Android Apps and Games] dumitrudan608:
Greates launcher for ICS. just one proposal for further development, is there any chance it would get a tree like launcher for apps categorized by folders? something like Organised apps:

Here is the market link https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qZHJvaWQubXlhcHBzIl0.

It would be just perfect!!!
[Android Apps and Games] nikosrs4:
I was using 10x10 at my desire with launcher pro..

And its fine with nova.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] djsolidsnake86:
please

miui icons support (mtz pack file)
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
The key feature for this to work, which is currently lacking, is the ability to resize the icons. 7x7 doesn't work with default icon sizes, they're too big. But if it could shrink the icons, theoretically any grid size would work.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
I bet you have changed the dpi of your phone. Using 10x10 on a desire with the default dpi of 240 is not possible. And I guess it's the same on the Galaxy Nexus...
[Android Apps and Games] robbiekhan:
If it had app drawer folders I'd be on it like hot cakes!