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[Android Apps and Games] avss:
First off all, I love this launcher! Highly customizable and totally different than what's already on the market today.

Been playing with it for more then a week now and, being very satified, i do have some questions for the developer tho :)

It's all in the way pictures (wallpapers and icons) are used and stored within ssLauncher.

Evey picture i use gets copied into the data-folder of the app. Ofcourse i understand this makes it easier for ssLauncher to always find the correct pictures, even if you remove them from sdcard.

But in the end the same picture gets stored twice.

There are devices that do not have lots of space available for installing apps... and every wallpaper and/or icon or font takes away some more of that valuable space in the /data folder.

Besides that you end up with having multiple copies of the same pictures on your device.

I wonder if it is possible to make the way ssLauncher works with these picture files optional...thus giving ssLauncher an option to use the picture direct from sdcard instead of copying it first to sslaunchers datafolder ?

The way pictures are shown in ssLaunchers collection screen is also not optimal. Small icons with long names are invisable behind the long name. Sorting is from Z to a instead of the other way around.
[Android Apps and Games] chareos12:
Don't know if already said, but:

to best control widget/objects positioning, you can make smaller the "snap" grid. This will give you more control and make things resizeable/movable by smaller steps.

Also, to have more precise moving control, don't just drag things.

Long-press a widget/shortcut/object, and when the resizing handles appear, then drag the object from its middle. You'll have very precise and real-time-preview movement.
[Android Apps and Games] avss:
In addition, you will see some red "guidelines" when you are in alignment with other icons/widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] EXQEX9:
Guys, im pretty sure the dev doesn't check this thread. Just saying.
[Android Apps and Games] Veiti:
are you sure? check the website of the developer http://chyk-ss.blogspot.com/ and take a look to the links at the right side. press the first and you are HERE!!!:p
[Android Apps and Games] EXQEX9:
Oh! I didn't even know that site existed!

I stand corrected. :P
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
edit - Never mind - must have been something with my patience, as it is working fine if I wait.
[Android Apps and Games] B3311:
Could anyone help me with a "dock" appearance?

Just trying to get 5 icons on the bottom, phone-contacts-apps-messages-browser, but can't get the spacings right at all. Either cutting the right icon or too close together for the left side two.

Many thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] bsbabcock:
Can ssLauncher read MIUI browser bookmarks?

I just bought it as it's just too unique not to try. Running MIUI on a Droid X.
[Android Apps and Games] KaranKapoor:
I just tried and yes, it does.

Another simple one...
[Android Apps and Games] G1032:
Yep. Working now. Settings the bookmarks with stock browser and you can use any browser you like to open bookmark then
[Android Apps and Games] cocoabro:
Alot of it's just trial and error playing with the widths of your icons, spacing, ect. No real magic to it other than resize, move, rinse & repeat until everything's aligned.

BTW, this is easily my favorite launcher; I bought the paid version to support the dev. It took me a while to get everything lined up (like you), but eventually I got it.

*Edit - Also, see chareos12's post 101 for a good tip.
[Android Apps and Games] asifn73:
can you get a direct link to this software
[Android Apps and Games] cocoabro:
First link in the OP.
[Android Apps and Games] Vegasden:
Love the versatility of this launcher. I just hope the dev. will incorporate "unread count" on such things as email, gmail, plume (twitter) etc. unless I've missed it (which is probably the case).
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
You can do that already for missed calls and unread messages. Somewhere in the first part of this thread is the howto
[Android Apps and Games] vallcho:
I'm very impressed of this launcher. Innovative, stable, fast, very customizable! I'm using GO Launcher from 2 years, but now this is my favorite. Respect to developers. It will be perfect if put in future version ability to have icon and text reflection, like Lightning Launcher.

Hire is my customization:
[Android Apps and Games] KaranKapoor:
Yet another simple HS...

From what I've seen here, there are limitless possibilities to HSs. This concept for the launcher is freaking genius -- kudos to the developer!

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Align the centre icon first and then move outwards. Sometimes aligning using the grid will not cut it, in that case, you'll need to try to drag and drop the icon in the right place and then use the grid the align the rest of the icons relative to it.
[Android Apps and Games] KaranKapoor:
Modified a bit...
[Android Apps and Games] avss:
Here some of my screens
[Android Apps and Games] johndijkstra:
This is my homescreen.

Rom NDT Miui 47, with SSLauncher free, CrystalHD icons and Simi clock.
[Android Apps and Games] satshow:
Nice screen.

I like your wallpaper. Can you give me a link to your wallpaper?
[Android Apps and Games] johndijkstra:
Wallpaper

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21756148/XDA/wallpaper-130716.jpg

and the icons

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21756148/XDA/CrystalHD.zip
[Android Apps and Games] satshow:
Thank you for the wallpaper and icons.
[Android Apps and Games] dmarc0706:
Best Launcher Ever!

Thumbs up and hands down! This is the best launcher ever. I believe it deserves much more mentions. I bought the paid version a while after I used the free one. I love the functionality to save/load your settings :D

A few questions:

- How to get contacts appear? Do I need to add or do any special stuff?

- Anyway to get rid of/hide the red line and the bottom side bar on some pages, i.e. Application Drawer, Application Group, Contacts?

A few suggestions to the dev:

- I'm using it on a tablet, so instead of swipe down, it should be swipe up to open the notification bar. Maybe let user customize what they want to do when they swipe up/down like what other browsers are doing too

- Tap on page name to navigate to that page, like Pivot controls on Windows Phone

- Hide the pivot controls
[Android Apps and Games] avss:
Problem with latest update

I write it down here because i cant figure out how to write on the developers Blog site.

Hope he will read it here....

After the last update the "load a template" screen doesn't refresh itself anymore. While swiping through the templates all screens are put on top of each other...so its not readable anymore.

Before the last update it wasn't a problem

Running ssLauncher on a Galaxy S2 Gingerbread 2.3.6
[Android Apps and Games] johndijkstra:
Strange Issue, randomly after starting a program mij phone reboots itself.

I i deinstall ssLauncher no problem. reinstall and problem exists again.

Mainly it starts that launchng an app gives a fc. And then poef out goes the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] todd_10:
Loving this Launcher so far!

Just wondering, I use GO SMS Pro rather than the stock messaging app, is it at all possible to get notifications working through GO SMS? I've managed to get notifications to come up on my homescreen, but that's through the stock messenger.

I've tried making a shortcut of GO SMS on the homescreen, and using the

information option that enables notification of missed messages, but it doesn't work...

Any help would be appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] jeromepearce:
I use a text & information shortcut to Go SMS. The text says Messages, the information part says %d unread (this is a text type of message count IIRC). I make the information part red, and it will disappear if there are 0 unread (that may not happen until there has been one and then you read it, a small buggette).

You could easily do the same with an icon & text, BTW. So many options!

I do the same type of thing for phone calls. If only I could do this for Emails, it would be the prefect solution :D
[Android Apps and Games] todd_10:
I had tried using a text & information shortcut to Go SMS and it didn't seem to work. Perhaps I mucked it up somehow, will have to give that another shot! Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] pdppdp:
Hi

I'm a huge fan of this launcher.

And it works without any problems.

There is just one thing that could be more comfortable: choosing colors

I thing it would be much easier with rgb implementation.

I found this here on xda (I didn't develop it, all credits to the developer)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901579

Maybe you can implement this into color choosing.

Hope to see further updates.

Ever considered a donate version to support you?
[Android Apps and Games] pokey:
There's a paid version "ssLaucher the Original"

On the color chooser, tap the black bar to the right & it will slide out an RGB chooser
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
I installed this launcher on my samsung galaxy y which does not have an internal sd only an external one. Suddendly all apps installed on this ext sd disappeared from the app list.

Edit: after some time after a launcher restart all shortcuts are back again
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
How do you get it to save widgets, I have to add them after each reboot, annoying.

Sent from deep within an ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] macray76:
Hi.

Trying out the launcher - looks great but none of my scrollable widgets seem to work (Gmail, Pure messaging).

Gmail seems to work if I press it with one finger and scroll with the other but after a second it then wants to move the widget.

I've searched and no-one else seems to have an issue. If I can fix this issue I will definitely move full time to this excellent launcher.

I'm on a S2 with a custom ICS rom (wannamlite)

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
This is nice launcher, but i add just two widgets on home page and it became ssssoooooo laggy.
[Android Apps and Games] pb1379:
This launcher is awesome! With all the launchers available, this is the only one that brings great new functionality that is also fun to use (not like the fancies, that give you a headache using them). Yet it is amazingly simple to use and blindingly fast. Many thanks for this work of art!

There is a little mishap on the Galaxy Note you might want to have a look at, as it probably is related to the bigger screen, which might hit on other upcoming phones, too: With the default grid size of 5, moving around stuff on the screens doesn't work, items jump around wildly, even completely off screen. This is easily worked around by setting the grid to at least 10 (no issue, as 5 is too small on the Note IMHO anyways).

Again, applause and thanks for this wonderful, fun to use, launcher!
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
How do you get widgets to stay after a reboot, I always have to re-add them after, annoying...
[Android Apps and Games] rajivshahi:
hmmm i dont have that issue.... my widgets work fine after a reeboot.... did you try saving the theme....
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
Saved multiple themes, no joy.. Some times it won't even save the theme.

The widgets that won't save are Jorte and Astrid.

Maybe someone else could try...?

Sent from deep within an ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
I have a question, after installing some new apps and adding them to the hot page they end up at the bottom of the app list. How can i manage to sort the list alphabetically?
[Android Apps and Games] encho:
Wow, this is nice find. Launcher so customizable you can make it look like anything. I'll try Nokia 3320 look :)

I wonder why it's not publicised more, it is light, fast, packed with features I've never seen before.

Only thing I couldn't figure out is this dock bar, where can you add one? I've seen options for hiding them, but not for adding or showing. Maybe it is only in paid version? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
Maybe the widgets are on your SD card, and its taking some time to reload off the card?

I had a random reboot and my widgets did disappear, but after many different shut downs and manual reboots for other things, thats the first time that my widgets were gone.
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
It`s all good now, since the last update they have been sticking.

There on my phone akaik.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
There is no dock bar. You can add shortcuts and put them at the bottom like a dock bar but you have to do it manually on each page you want them.
[Android Apps and Games] encho:
Thanks, I saw few selections in preferences where the dock bar is mentioned, as well as dockbar backgrounds. They might be placeholders for future version? Let's hope.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
This is to hide/show the dockmenu in the pages which have one like hot apps contacts etc
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
Why do the pictures I add as widgets end up sideways?

Really annoying...

Sent from deep within an ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] D1358531:
program monitor widget doesn't show up using ssLauncher

Is there any way to get this to work? When I press and hold on the screen, the add menu appears and when I select widgets, the program monitor isn't there like it is when using the normal Samsung launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] salahmed:
The program monitor widget is part of the touchwiz UI so it is normally shown in touchwiz launcher, I had this issue previously in my galaxy tab p1000 when I was on gingerbread but now I install ICS AOKP so I don't need it, but I have galaxy y duos and it is shown even if I choose another launcher.

Salah
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
For me it is working when i choose add a widget a list of the available widgets is shown
[Android Apps and Games] Gandalf67:
My Home Screen. BTW - I've tried to use many of "wave" live wallpapers and only a couple are working on SGS2. WTF? Some of them worked excellent on HD2 :confused:.

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[Android Apps and Games] michkan:
360 louncher

Is the 360 louncher heavy for battery drain on galaxy s plus?
[Android Apps and Games] Cothek:
Here is a layout I just finished...
[Android Apps and Games] kil43:
IMO this is by far the best launcher out there. I have shown it to people and have had very mixed responses but for my needs i have not found better (and i have used most launchers out there).

Keep up the excellent work!
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
Mine for the time being...
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
My Daily

Heres my setup, went with a nice minimal theme. The shortcuts are as follows:

Date - stock calender; Hours - desk clock; minutes - dock; network - settings; phone - exdialer; text - Gosms; mail - stock email; internet - stock internet; sounds - sound settings; bluetooth - bluetooth settings.

the missed calls indicator - exDialer and the missed text indicator goes to Gosms as well.

I think I packaged the theme correctly. Hope I got the wallpaper this time!

And I greatly improved the landscape theme as well.

Hope you enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] abhifx:
WTF!! this is so unbelievably awesome. tut/theme plz

:D
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
So......???
[Android Apps and Games] abhifx:
edited.. my internet went ballistic. curse you Vodafone
[Android Apps and Games] mloc33:
Still did`nt answer the question...
[Android Apps and Games] vertig:
I searched through the thread but didn't see anything specific to my problem. I am running ICS and when I go to SSL>preferences and set the "Lock" option, i cannot access SSL preferences anymore. Originally I had preferences set to open on back button, but with my setup locked, the back button does not go to preferences. Also, I tried to get to the menu through the page preview, but when I click the soft button for the menu, it doesn't work either. The only way I could get back into SSL was to clear defaults, which scrubbed all of my data.

I'm new to this app, and any help would be appreciated on this problem.
[Android Apps and Games] rdster:
Manage Templates - Apply button missing

I have a HTC One X. I have loaded the launcher and keen to try some themes. I have downloaded several themes and can apply them but when I go to manage templates I can see the different templates but the 'Apply' button does not appear. I have also loaded to my ASUS Transformer and on there the Apply button appears and works fine. both are running ICS. How do I apply a template on the One X? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Redmartianducky:
Rdstr, have you figured this out yet? Try long pressing on your home screen and using the template button there.
[Android Apps and Games] jveres:
I installed ssLauncher (SGS2) and it works except the Contacts page. There is no any contacts listed?????
[Android Apps and Games] Florendroid:
Sinjiyo, what do you use as news widget ?

Terrific launcher. Here is my layout after spending a full day to configure and set everything the exact way I wanted.
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
Guys, have been using this since it first came out. Loved it from the get go, and now just fell in love some more. Playing around with it, learned a new trick.

Oh, for those looking to create folders, its easy!

first, go to applications page, and hit menu. See that box with the check in it, click it and you will see boxes next to each app. click on the apps you want in a folder. Then hit your menu button again and you will see the box with the top open and an arrow pointing into it? hit that, and scroll all the way up. You will see in the far upper left corner, a new icon called 'Parcel'. Thats your folder. You can change name and location like any other icon. To remove a single icon, press and hold, then choose 'unpack', or to unpack the whole thing, same thing, hold till options come up, and hit 'unpack'

so back to what I learned. I can now have widgets only show up when I want. For example, I have Facebook in a text icon. But when creating it, press and hold, choose shortcut, then choose type 'widget' instead of 'application', and choose your widget. After that, you will be able to choose its size. If you press and hold the edges, you will see the markers. Once you get it to the size you like (that doesn't represent the whole screen!), you can determine the entire background color and even where it will popup. now hit your back arrow. Then choose the icons style, background, etc.

Remember to apply setting each time!

then when your done, there is the icon only! But hit it, and viola, your widget only appears when you want it!

Again, I love this thing! I have so much to redo now, its making me dizzy!
[Android Apps and Games] iRhyiku:
Question, can you disable sliding to change slides? I just want links to each one? thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] przemczan:
I've tried many launchers, but this is... an entirely new thinking. It's really an outstanding application.

It takes some time to customize the screens, bu the effects are amazing :) As a matter of fact, managing screen content could be more... well, i don't know, automated? :) like adding many apps in one step.
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
I tried that once, but couldn't figure out how to do it. It seems you can only link to pages that are set up, so unless there is a majic trick out there, thats not an option.
[Android Apps and Games] BMamba550:
Only discovered sslauncher about month ago and wow... didn't take long for me to buy the paid version and say goodbye to GO Launcher :) My top rants for this launcher that put it in a league above the rest:

1. Place icons anywhere! Finally we are no longer confined to sticking icons/widgets in a fixed grid. With sslauncher the screen is now a canvas to paint as I like. Icons/widgets can be resized, moved anywhere, and they can overlap!

2. Highly customizable shortcuts. Icons can be customized in so many ways by modifying images, fonts, font size, font scaling(stretching), icon backgrounds, etc. Unbelievable flexibility.

3. Popup widget shortcuts. This is really great for optimizing screen real estate and provides for some cool actions that make iphone users envious. Heck, it even impresses Android users using other launchers.

4. Individual custom home screen backgrounds. Now (if I want) I can have a separate background for each page. Best part is the Android wallpaper is still in the background so I can overlay a semi-transparent background in sslauncher to get a cool effect.

Unfortunately I do see some stability issues that need to be fixed or its just me and my phone (HTC Sensation with ARHD3.6.1 ROM):

1. Frequent force closes. Force closes can happen several times in an hour while editing shortcuts or while in other applications or even when doing nothing. This seemed to happen at some point after I added more widgets or popup widgets. Based on what I googled on the web, this is a common issue for many and I haven't found a definitive solution so still looking into it.

2. Once in a while widgets will disappear after phone crashes. On normal reboots, all my widgets appear fine but once in a while when the phone reboots due to some abnormal error, sslauncher loses all its widgets. It has no problem retaining all of its shortcuts which should be the case.

The features of this launcher are just too awesome for me to abandon it despite the issues! If anyone has any tips to share regarding the above problems, that would be great.
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
Not sure about problem #1, That is an issue that I rarely have, not enough to notice. And yes, its usually when I am trying to do too much too fast.

As for problem #2, make sure your widgets are not on your SD. I found that can be a problem. Also, sometimes if you are using the 'lock' on your screen (mene>more>lock(or unlock)) you may have to unlock then lock to get it to work. Sometimes my time wont update, and I have to do that just once to fix the problem. Might for you too?
[Android Apps and Games] BMamba550:
Thanks although my widgets are not on SD and I don't use the lock thing. Anyway after more weeks of experimenting and using alogcat to troubleshoot, I realize that sslauncher is a very memory-sensitive launcher, i.e. it will force close when dynamic memory for images exceeds a certain limit. After minimizing the number of widgets (and also widget size on popup widgets) and optimizing custom images to smaller sizes, I managed to eliminate force closes while using sslauncher itself. However I will still see sslauncher force closing when running other apps in the foreground that use up memory for bitmaps, for example when I edit a Tasker scene containing a number of "large" images. I've come to accept this "bug" in return for the fantastic features that other launchers don't even come close to providing. However, I'm still hopeful that the dev will find a way to make sslauncher more resilient to these external memory usage fluctuations.

As for my widgets disappearing problem#2, somehow by optimizing my widgets and image sizes, it also got rid of this problem. I'm not sure what happened but my theory is that when there were too many large widgets and large images, sslauncher would crash fatally and somehow this also corrupted/deleted sslauncher's binding to widgets the Android OS. Now I can reboot and all my widgets are there :)
[Android Apps and Games] jerrya:
Strange! I am using several large widgets (APW facebook 4x4, APW calendar 4x4 and APW bookmarks and APW messaging 2x4) on different pages, and haven't had that issue. Wonder if you thought about trying this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276

It requires root, but it really did do the trick for me, especially before I found SSLauncher.Email the developer, I am sure he will work on it!
[Android Apps and Games] BMamba550:
Thanks jerrya for the tips! What I did initially was to increase the dalvikvm-heap size in build.prop to 48MB and that got rid of the force closes. Then I applied the V6 Supercharger as you mentioned and it did help further to increase the smoothness and really minimize launcher redraws. Now I can add all the widgets I need without feeling restricted and I'm enjoying sslauncher more than ever :)