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[Android Apps and Games] :
I've emailed that address about quite a few issues, no responses. Some bugs, some feature requests, I guess it seems the project has been abandoned. Would at least be nice to get word from the dev so we'd know to move to another launcher or hold out for fixes on this one.

And you say everything works, not really. There are little issues here and there, nothing major of course, but bugs are bugs, regardless of how small. Having paid software get abandoned, especially without word, makes me less likely to buy apps in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Everyone said the same thing a year ago when apex wasn't updated for 8 months. Then out of nowhere 3 updates released quickly. Don't see how an app that is over 4 years old would affect your decision to pay for other apps. That's just a ridiculous comment and this sense of entitlement by users is getting out of hand. Apps don't get updates forever because people paid for them. You pay for an app because you enjoy the work, updates need to stop being viewed as something users earned by buying an app. It' s a bonus not a given that apps get updates. I used apex for years, bought it for 2$. Used it on 5 different devices, i think i got my money's worth. Also I don't know the dev, but if you look at the address I'm not certain how much he is able to communicate and develop for us.

Sad to think that xda used to be a site where people shared stuff and devs connected with other devs, now it is just a site where people come and demand things... Smh
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yeah, how dare I pay for something and expect it to be fixed. I'm awful.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
It's not broken. I just installed it on my nexus and have no issues with it. When did you buy it, yesterday? Did you test the free version before you purchased? We're the bugs you speak of present then before you purchased? You're not awful for purchasing, you do that as thanks to the dev for his work, it's the expectation part that makes you awful. It's called user entitlement and it's ruining development as far too many devs would rather walk away than deal with users who consistently complain and demand. If you buy a car, does the car company come to you with an upgrade in 4 months? Of course not, that's just idiotic. But if they mail you 6 months free satellite radio as a thank you, it's an awesome bonus. Updates to apps are the same thing. An awesome bonus. No where does it say apps need to be continually updated and monitored, that's only what entitled users expect.
[Android Apps and Games] gladson1976:
:good::good::good::)
[Android Apps and Games] chopper the dog:
Cool your jets there Mr. White Knight. If you read back multiple pages around the release date of 6.0 (very early october), you will see what the annoyances are. I dealt with it for a couple months, but found greener grass on the other side of the fence with a dev that addressed 6.0 issues.

I hope OP is ok and alive and well.

good day.
[Android Apps and Games] BroeselKS:
Have the Launcher Installs Unfortunately, I get the point not of the direct selection on my mate. 8 Errors after linking. not installed app
[Android Apps and Games] Rozapk:
Thanks it's great
[Android Apps and Games] pbonamy:
I can't change or had icon in the dock

Hello,

I have a moto g 2015, I can't change the icon in the dock, when I take an icon from the drawer and put in the dock it don't go in the dock, when I take from the desktop I can only delete it. I can't also move an icon from the dock in the dock.

On my galaxy tab 2 I can but not at each time!!

I find, the place you must put the icon is very very small..
[Android Apps and Games] holymoz:
in cm12 and cm13 the folders opens but are invisible, its random but happens more when scaling animation is set to 0 (in dev options).

hope apex is not abandoned because is the ONLY full customizable launcher existant, clear, functionally and without bloat or useless crap.
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Apex Launcher seems to be dead? No updates since June 27, 2015.... And i bought the damn pro version too :P

Anyone could point me to some good articles about launchers so i would know which one to get?
[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
Best launcher right now is probably Nova...they have added Darkmode on latest beta...
[Android Apps and Games] holymoz:
nova is similar to apex but with less customization.

the big issue, at least for me, it's that can't sort the apps in drawer as we want.
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Yeah, i was thinking about Nova as option. Is there many differences between normal and Prime versions?

And are there any other good alternatives? I am using Galaxy S6 (and how can you change the device you own from more info, in profile you cannot edit it)
[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
Well lightning Launcher is great too but for for normal user as it got the most customization of any launcher out there...
[Android Apps and Games] AppMaker23:
Launcher is crashing from time to time. I use Samsung Galaxy S2. Is it because I have an old smartphone?
[Android Apps and Games] chinouii:
I find the Nova Launcher more practical, but Great Job though =)
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Thanks, i will check it out!

Tried Next Launcher 3D Shell too which looks damn amazing but i bet it drains battery like crazy too :P

Something from middle of Apex and Next Launcher 3D Shell would be nice :)
[Android Apps and Games] Fly2M:
I think this is best launcher
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
I have used Apex (and bought it also) and i think i will continue to. I have backed up my settings to another phones sdcard but my new phone does not have sdcardslot so any idea how to restore settings on new phone?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Take saved settings and move them from phone onto a computer or a file hosting site like dropbox or skydrive. On new device either transfer from computer to internal sdcard or download it from the cloud storage you uploaded it to. Import it and you are good to go.

Thebe?r'$ NeXu$

---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------

Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever quote the op on any thread. Major no no on xda.... Just an fyi.

Thebe?r'$ NeXu$
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
But there is no external sdcard on S6. It cannot load from internal.

Is Apex Launcher dead btw? Last update was July 2015.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Of course it can load from internal storage. That is your sdcard. Doesn't need to only use external. Your storage is your internal. No idea if apex is dead. I am not associated with the developers. They are located on china. Only way to find out would be to email them, can be found in their play store description.

Thebe?r'$ NeXu$
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Oh, thanks! I got it to work now :)

I have tried a littlebit of Nova launcher since Apex seems to be dead and this feels like a damn good launcher and i will buy prime soon too :)

I wish there was some launcher that was like Apex/Nova but had some nice optional GFX gimmicks too :D
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
I use Apex Launcher Pro since my first 'steps' on Android. I've also bought Nova launcher Prime. But I like Apex more.

Used it on ics, kk, lp, now I'm using it on mm. Highly customizable. Works always fine.
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Yeah i like it too more than Nova but it FC's alot and there are other people complaining about that too in reviews @ Google Play. Would be nice to know if they are truly dead and abandoned their app.
[Android Apps and Games] Mr.RS4:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and Apex Launcher Pro.

No problem until now.

I lost my icon in my map/folder. When I open a folder, it is just white wall. And if I push same place where icons was app open/start up.

BUT I want my icons back.

I have restart SGN4, uninstall & install Apex app. Install other launcher(they working fine).

What to do? How to get back my icons?
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
I had that folder whitewall thing too. Usually when it happened i just clicked the folder away and reclicked and it showed up right. I think those errors started happening after Android 5.X and since they stopped supporting their product i do not think there is an fix for that :(
[Android Apps and Games] freibooter:
Does anyone know what's going on with Apex these days? It has almost been a year since the last version, no activity from the developers here or their official Facebook page. Pretty much radio silence, no roadmap, no hints at a new version.

While Nova keeps implementing new features from the Android N dev previews, Apex hasn't even seen any Marshmallow features yet.

Apex and Nova used to always be head to head, but now Apex has simply dropped from the face of the earth.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66178297

Thebe?r'$ NeXu$
[Android Apps and Games] pigmich:
It is un-useable on S7 edge with this launcher, hopefully the developer can get some new update soon coz Nova Launcher App Drawer Folder and Sorting Function is like a crap
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
I can use it on my S7 edge. What is unusable in your opinion?
[Android Apps and Games] gafo84:
Wallpaper gets zoomed

I have installed Nova Launcher in my Xiaomi Redmi 2 recently but I have a problema with the wallpaper. When I first activate Apex Launcher, wallpaper is shown properly -image01-, as it was with the default launcher. But if I set Apex as the default launcher and I reboot the mobile, wallpaper is shown zoomed -image02-. If I return to the default launcher of the mobile, wallpaper is shown normally again. What is happening?

- image01: saretu.eus/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image01.png

- image02: saretu.eus/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image02.png
[Android Apps and Games] BusterBluth:
I really hope they come back with an update. I like Apex so much more than Nova, but so many features have lagged behind.
[Android Apps and Games] teslax:
Does somebody knows what happened with Apex-development? There is no updates since december 2014.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Nope. Would need to email the developer. They are located in China I believe, so i haven't any idea if they can be contacted or not.

Thebe?r'$ NeXu$
[Android Apps and Games] doveman:
I always install Apex on my family's devices as I find it the best launcher but it doesn't seem to get along with my Dad's new Moto G4 Dual Sim. I found with the "Keep Apex in memory" option ticked, the WiFi got stuck off and wouldn't show any networks and when looking at the SIM settings it would first show them both as disabled and neither selected for data but after a while would update to show the proper settings but not always. I tried rebooting several times and it wasn't any better afterwards.

I also wanted to install a WiFi widget as I think it's important to be able to see from Home what network you're connected to, so I installed WiFi Widget https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharp_eu.ste.wifiwidget&hl=en_GB and WiFi Settings https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=diewland.settings.wifi&hl=en_GB and another one which is better than all the others but is no longer on the Play Store but which I've kept the apk for and use myself without problem. I had problems getting any of them to work but after uninstalling them all and reinstalling WiFi Widget it seems to be working (shame it's so damn small and hard to read).

At the moment it all seems to be working but we'll have to keep an eye on it as it seems rather flaky and in need of an update, which I really hope we'll see as it would be sad if we can't use it with newer devices.
[Android Apps and Games] ZaLiTHkA:
Is anyone here having issues accessing the "Manage Screens" settings on Android 7? Ever since my Nexus 6P updated to N, that settings option simply returns me to the home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] 0rigin:
Why would anyone still be using this? It's completely outdated and forgotten about.
[Android Apps and Games] HansKlops:
I use it as I used to it and it's perfect for me. And it is still working so far. I really do regret that it is abandoned. Do you have any alternatives?
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
Nova.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Nova or Action Launcher are my 2 faves, but there are tons of alternatives, Lightning launcher, ADW, Arrow Launcher, etc. Just look in the play store. This hasn't been updated in a looong time. They are from China, so not sure what is going on over there. Nova and Apex were always the most similar to each other...

Doing 120 plowin over mail boxes, radar detector to tell me where the cops is.
[Android Apps and Games] Edinho376:
I am using Apex Launcher since Android 4.0. It is the best IMHO. I came here to see if anybody else is having issues with battery saving mode. When my phone enters battery saving state Apex can't open the drawer and folders.

Recently i disabled drawer animations and it worked, but dev should add an option to disable animations from folders too, so we can use it, because as i read these issues are caused by the animations.
[Android Apps and Games] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
It is sad this project has been forgotten. I used you during ICS, JB, KK, all the way through 6.x, but a few months in with my 6P and I realized this wasn't getting updated. I switched to Nova and never looked back. It was a good run. May Apex RIP with the likes of Helix Launcher, Launcher2, Launcher Pro and all those other abandoned apps.
[Android Apps and Games] DonAndress:
This was such a beautiful eulogy... ;)

TapaTalked from i9506
[Android Apps and Games] HansKlops:
Thanks, I know there are many other launchers, but wanted to know which one is closest to Apex. I installed Nova and it seems to be the one. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
As I remember it this can be fixed by setting the Animator duration scale to something other than off.

I'm on Android 6.0.1 and still use Apex Launcher. It's still the best IMHO. In System settings -> Developer mode I have

Window animation scale: off

Transition animation scale: off

Animator duration scale: .5x
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
I set all animations on 0,5x. Apex works fine.
[Android Apps and Games] usman farhat:
When the stock battery saving option in Nexus 5 Marshmallow is enabled, the animations are disabled on a system level as part of battery saving plan. This interferes with apex in two ways:

1. When we click the app drawer button, the app drawer stops mid way through its launch animation so it's unusable. We can slide the icons and click those which are partly visible though.

2. When we click an icons folder on home screen, the folder expands but the icons do not appear (probably because they have a little fade animation).

Please fix this. Screenshots attached.

Regards,

Usman
[Android Apps and Games] usman farhat:
Also, Chrome says your site contains malware. Check it.
[Android Apps and Games] fbf2201:
I guess nobody will fix anything.

Time to move...
[Android Apps and Games] a g bell:
Just use nova this launcher is over
[Android Apps and Games] fbf2201:
That's what I did - about two years ago.

The last builds were not stable for me and have never been fixed.

Not much earlier I bought the Pro version.

Down the river... c'est la vie
[Android Apps and Games] chumboy:
Is there a way to make Apex Launcher use the system theme?
[Android Apps and Games] razorloves:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70106252&postcount=9714
[Android Apps and Games] chumboy:
Thanks, but that didn't work. I should have been more specific.

Is there a way to use apex or nova but apply one of the custom theme packages that is offered on the Galaxy S7?

I thought that if i set the system theme to a s7 custom theme, then set apex or nova to the "system" theme, the custom theme would be the system theme. No dice. checked all the options in both launchers.

Thanks anyways.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
No way to use system theme unless whoever created the theme includes the app in their theme. Settings may be themed because a lot of stuff is pulled from system framework, but to completely follow whatever theme, the theme creator needs to include the app.

Those who cannot*remember*the past*are condemned to repeat it. The Dark Ages have returned...
[Android Apps and Games] msegmx:
feature request : Lock after timeout

putting icons and widgets on the screen takes only a few minutes until everything is set up like we want it.

on order to make modifications we have to unlock apex, make our desired modifications and then lock it again.

next day when scrolling through a widget (reddit or news widget) I press too long just to recognize that I forgot to lock apex the last time (the widget is moving).

that's very annoying.

a simple "Lock apex screen after N minutes" setting and a second, obligatory "Lock Apex after device restart" setting would solve this problem.

right now I have the "lock - unlock" shortcut on my home screen but since it's always the "locked" icon it doesn't tell me if Apex is in locked mode or not.

a "If it's locked do nothing, if it's unlocked lock it" icon / shortcut would help as well.

note: I'm not talking about locking the phone by pressing the power button. I'm talking about locking Apex to prevent accidentally rearranging icons and widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] 0rigin:
You could read at least a few posts above you, or check the playstore, when was it last updated. Apex = dead
[Android Apps and Games] msegmx:
last update was in 2015.

still, is it 'officially' dead ?

if so it's a shame.
[Android Apps and Games] 0rigin:
Just use Nova, it's more powerful nowadays. The paid version was $0.99 just a few days ago, maybe it still is, dunno.
[Android Apps and Games] msegmx:
I bought both of them years ago and I'm using Apex for a couple of years now. The lack of updates never bothered me tbh.

It's still working just fine, but I will check out Nova.

Thanks for the info.
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Was also using Apex as i found it snappier but it was on my old gs2. On modern devices you won't see a difference.

I just miss the tablet transition and a couple others thing but the lack of updates for MM roms is just a no go sadly.
[Android Apps and Games] piperx:
I have both apex and nova (paid) and still prefer apex on both my Nexus 5 and Google pixel.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
I know everybody always says that Apex is a poor man's Nova but I like the look of it better and it has more visual tweaking etc. All of Nova's animations etc seem to just totally ignore that there is a navbar and it looks crappy in my opinion. I did buy Nova because it was on sale but couldn't convince myself to stay on it.
[Android Apps and Games] Lupask:
so... is apex really dead? that would be most unfortunate.

I've used it for over a year without any trouble. made a backup of most apps+data including apex, moved on to Nougat, restored and voila: crashes in 2 seconds when I try to add widgets to desktop. might have something to do with android 7, because on 6 apex worked fine. I detest setting it all over again :(
[Android Apps and Games] piperx:
I have no problems period with it, using a google pixel with stock and pure nexus
[Android Apps and Games] msegmx:
I used Apex with N, no errors, no incidents. Maybe if you create everything from scratch it will work.

Recently I tried Nova after a very long time and it didn't disappoint me. If you like using widgets like I do I strongly recommend Nova launcher. It gives you the opportunity to resize a widget to full screen, to get rid of the padding between widget and the edge of the screen via a simple option. I even hid the notification (status) bar and cyanogenmod 14.1 doesn't have soft keys enabled by default (HTC One Max). So it is a real full screen experience. I made a request to the Apex team years ago and now I have it in Nova.

Another nice feature is if you're at the top of the app drawer swipe down one more time and you're back at the home screen, so no need for pressing the home or back button. Apex didn't have this simple but useful gesture. Other gestures are also available just like in Apex.

And the biggest plus Nova has over Apex : locking the widgets / icons, just like I described here in a previous post.

If you long-press a widget or icon a dialog appears asking you to long-press again to unlock the home screen. Afterwards you can make desired modifications. If you open a (fullscreen) app or lock and unlock the phone via power button Nova locks the home screen automatically. No need to worry anymore about accidentally long pressing / dragging of widgets / icons and whether the home screen is locked or not, which was the case in Apex.

At this point I don't care for Apex anymore and strongly recommend Nova.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
I recently made the switch to Nova after being a long time Apex user. There were a few visual options that I liked about Apex better but now that I've gotten used to Nova I no longer miss Apex and Nova does many other things better and is still being actively developed.
[Android Apps and Games] Lupask:
Already tried that. No effect :(

From what I can tell now, Nova seems to work just fine, with all the desktop nuances I had, but there's one thing I still miss (and might be missing out somehow): long press on empty desktop to open up a shortcut menu, from where I used to go into system settings (to avoid scrolling down notification area or opening the app from drawer)
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
I use the swipe up gesture for this. I found it even more convenient.
[Android Apps and Games] alphao1:
Hi guys,

I've been using Apex for a couple of years now and got my Nexus 5X back from repair today (new mainboard). It runs with Android 7.0 and I can no longer assign gestures to apps. For example, I used to have Whatsapp on the home screen and if I swiped up, it would open messages. I'm sure it worked before my phone was repaired, but I can't see what difference that would make.

Nova has this function, but Nova is also ugly and I don't want to use it :( Am I the only one with this problem or is it because Apex is no longer updated? Is there another launcher with pretty much the same look?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Ghost_in_love:
i using apex launcher pro version 3 on my LG V10

i can't update it to the new version

any suggestion
[Android Apps and Games] tori729:
Apex is the best launcher I have found to meet my needs. Just started using it. The only think I don't like is the inability to disable animations in the folders so pretty much can't use folders. (I always use Stamina mode on my phone.) BUT there are so many ways to personalize it that I just have an extra page dedicated to all of those folder items and an icon that takes me right to that page! Has anyone else figured out a better way of getting around the folder problem?

I'm a little scared that over time this app will eventually be useless what with the lack of updates and the regular updates of Android. However, I disliked how you had to use the paid version of Nova to be able to change the size of the icons. Not worth $5 to have that feature.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
I was a long time Apex user and made the switch to Nova prime a few months ago and think it's totally worth it.
[Android Apps and Games] BruKnowsBest:
System info: Stock Android 7.1.1

Android Messages: Version 2.1.161 (Newest)

Issue: APEX Notifier keeps giving me a count of unread msgs but there are no new messages, and every time I receive an SMS, the counter keeps increasing and will not decrease even if i read the msg.

anybody having the same problem since Messenger became ANDROID MESSAGE ?????
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
Yes. But not on the same Android version.

I tried everything and even reinstalled the old messenger app. But this got updated within a day or so to Android Messages.

What fixed it for me was to set the SMS app to Apex Notifier and save it.

I just checked it and it has gone back to Android Messages(?!?!?!) but the notification count is working again. Don't ask me why or how...