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[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
Hey OP, nice launcher. A few things:

Someone else mentioned it here, but the wallpaper isn't positioned correctly or is stretched/not stretched enough, I can't tell. Here are direct screen shot comparisons of Apex (left) vs. Nova (right). Look closely at the wallpaper positions, you can see they are different:

Also:

-Can we have editable homescreen and dock margins like Nova? They give you I think 4 margin options each.

-Most times when I activate the homescreen previews by any method (gesture, pinch, etc), some or all of the homescreen preview boxes will be blank except for the dark background rectangle shape that makes each up. I've rebooted and everything and almost every time, at least the bottom two or three out of five screens are just blank rectangles.

-Also, relating to the homescreen previews, can these be cleaned up a bit? Not to compare too much to Nova, but they give you nice blue-highlited boxes for each that look tidy. These ones remind me of Sense, which is fine, but a little eh looking lol. One upside though is these activate much quicker than Nova's do and the animation goes right into the previews which is nice. Apex's animation into the previews are is a little rough/laggy though.

-Can you make the center dock app drawer icon long press normal like other launchers? Where we can still move it and eventually edit it when you implement that feature? Not sure why we need the settings menu when you long press on it, but I assume it's because not everyone uses a ROM that lets you add menu buttons (visible or invisible) to the softkeys bar at all times, which would let you access this same menu. Tough one here since for some it serves a purpose.

-When dragging an icon or widget to delete it from home screen, the "X Remove" option that you drag it to at the top is behind any Widgets or other things at the top. This may be because I use a 5x4 grid so maybe only custom sizes do this, but still.

-When we enable the app drawer icon vibration, can you make the vibration the lighter stock vibration? It's definitely stronger than the stock app drawer icon press. It's kind of nice but I kind of wish we had the option between the strengths. Possible?

-Looking at my Nova screenshot above (right one), can we have the Google search widget that looks like that? Which is the stock locked one, but we can add to only one screen? Not sure how Nova added it as a widget option, but it's not here in Apex, only the ugly gray one seen above on the left. In Nova, the widget is called "Quick Search Bar". If I knew how a launcher adds a widget option, I would pull it myself..

-Will you be adding a long press homescreen menu option similar to Nova's "Nova Actions"? In there, they have addable icon options for app drawer, show previews, toggle notif. bar, expand notification bar, default screen, voice search, nova settings. Maybe not that needed but an idea.

Thanks!!!

EDIT: Here is a screenshot of the missing previews that I keep getting. The bottom two screens are full of icons and widgets and sometimes other preview boxes are blank as well:
[Android Apps and Games] Masix:
Love this launcher! Especially the gestures. Is is possible to have more that 7 rows? Because when you disable Google search and dock 7 rows is nog enough.

1 error I found:

When you only use one homescreen en swype right or left a blue bar appears where the dock line divider would be.
[Android Apps and Games] Kaspertxd:
I really love this launcher, have translated it in dutch;) But it is not perfect
[Android Apps and Games] sykomaniac:
Also drawer button feedback doesn't work
[Android Apps and Games] Jezz_X:
I agree with the bit in the bold above (blue outline)
[Android Apps and Games] Mao04:
For anyone having force close issues when using 3 desktops with 2 as home, please read El Camino's post below (#559)

Also, if the file you downloaded was a zip, that is because your browser changes the extension when it downloads the file. Just change to apk.
[Android Apps and Games] The Gingerbread Man:
Anyone kind enough to share a copy 0.2 to me through pm? I lost mine updating to the newer one which with my configurations I cannot use due to force closures.
[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
Same here, was just about to post this exact bug.

Only issue I've found so far!
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
Is there anything I have to do in order to make it so how like in .2 when you long-press the app drawer it would bring up a settings menu with apex settings there.

Doesnt seem to do it anymore
[Android Apps and Games] Caipi123:
See attached file...

Reverted to 0.2, too. Every restart of Apex the search widget appeared on my homescreen, although there was an other widget (no, not the persistent search bar)
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
I can also confirm that after a reboot my widget on my default home screen is replaced by 2 google search widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] Spyr0s:
Greek translation is 100% finished, other greek devs please check and feel free to contribute or change anything that i missed.
[Android Apps and Games] tristan202:
+1

qsd reappears after apex restart.
[Android Apps and Games] FroyoShark:
New version is force closing on CM9. Can I get a link to the previous version? (I deleted it)
[Android Apps and Games] AKDMA:
Is there a fix for keeping data and retaining app drawer icon? When I clear data, it;s there. Would rather not redo all homescreens (7).
[Android Apps and Games] Spyr0s:
I have another problem, most of the times my preview screens are empty
[Android Apps and Games] FroyoShark:
Force closes on my tablet too...
[Android Apps and Games] jhericurls:
Just go to manage apps and uninstall update.
[Android Apps and Games] bardiel.w32:
Hi, just want to say that as soon as I updated,I lost App Drawer. Then I read the changelog and realized: "Apex Actions". Epic win. :D

Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] FroyoShark:
Can't, I replaced the app in /system/app

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Am I the only one that gets a force close every time I press the home button?
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
im having no problems.
[Android Apps and Games] FroyoShark:
Are you running stock ICS or CM9? It's force closing on my phone and my tablet running CM9...

EDIT: Previous 2 version were just fine.
[Android Apps and Games] yahyoh:
+1

btw if u like to try 1.2.5 its way smoother than 1.3.3
[Android Apps and Games] Terminator19:
Yeah I tried that version a week or so ago and it was much smoother and iirc version 1.3.0 beta 2 or 4 is also very smooth, but no point using them as they don't have all the latest features so I might as well just use nova since it has all the new features and is super smooth throughout.

Shame this hasn't been fixed since then, as it is ruining what would be the best launcher there is without a doubt!
[Android Apps and Games] cagali:
Apex was the best before JB.

But now in terms of smoothness, this JB launcher > nova > apex.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SyndicateApps.jblauncher

I could feel project butter in this, that 60fps thing.

Down side, it has some ads things.

Nova is smoother than average ICS.

Apex is just ok.

Hope Apex could be the best again soon!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Ditamae:
I have to agree with you. I recently reverted back to v1.2.5 (again). And it is so much smoother than the later versions. Maybe it's my old G2 (tho running ICS), maybe not... at any rate, I've compared Nova and Apex (v1.2.5) at length and Apex wins in every way. I do love Kevin and I couldn't live without WidgetLocker, but on my device/ROM v1.2.5 Apex is where it's at... I'm not really missing any of the newer features anyway...
[Android Apps and Games] :
For some sick reason I've always felt the lack of margins in the drawer.. The latest beta has granted my wish! :D
[Android Apps and Games] yahyoh:
IMO in terms of smoothness

stock launcher > trebuchet >apex ICS build > nova > any launcher >apex JB
[Android Apps and Games] bibi_50:
Multiple configurable drawer tabs not working

Hello.

I have a problem with APEX ( pro version):

from some versions ( I don't remember when i saw it for the first time, because i flash ROM regularly ( CIVATO roms) )

I am not able to create " Multiple configurable drawer tabs " .

I tried un-installing it and re-installing at 2 or 3 times but no changes.

Do you have some Ideas about this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] Fr33L4nc3r:
Check Pro version is registered (Launcher Settings / Bottom section / there should be only 2 things, with "About" tagged with Pro ribbon.)

If so, go to drawer, and press the 3 grey squares in top right corner.

Then, press manage drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] bibi_50:
Ok, thanks a lot.

Apex was registered, BUT what I did wrong was searching small "triangles" under each drawer titles, NOT using the config Menu.

I think these small triangles existed in version 12.x ??

Boooo what a newbee here ! :cyclops::o

Again, :good: for so fast answer!
[Android Apps and Games] stick1300:
The new dock swiping animations are really nice! Have you considered animations when sliding between dock pages?
[Android Apps and Games] Gambler_3:
This launcher is very slow on my mums xperia arc S but works like a boss on my nexus S. Android fragmentation I suppose but I am happy since I believe nexus is the easiest lineup to support due to only a few phones and thus should be on the top list of phones to support for devs. The other companies release so many phones its not reasonable to expect even the bigger devs to test their apps on each and every phone.
[Android Apps and Games] BobbaLouie:
Not a JB launcher. The fact that it gives a JB appearance to any version of Android does not make it a JB launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
Anyone else seeing this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] adeyo:
apex folders

Please help. For some reason i can no longer create a folder on my desktop. I used to just drag one icon onto another. Now whenever I try to do that it always moves the icon out-of-the-way. Did I accidentally change some sort of setting? Cleanrom, sg3
[Android Apps and Games] gaz41:
+1

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[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
Ok, I found more information on the icon labels problem on the latest Beta version.

On the regular version of Apex, I can see my icon labels in portrait orientation, and when it goes into landscape orientation they disappear because there is not enough room to show the labels and all the icons.

On the latest Beta version, I can see my icon labels in portrait orientation, and they still disappear as normal when switching into landscape orientation because there is not enough room to show the labels and all the icons...

... but the new problem I noticed on the beta is when I go back to portrait orientation after being in landscape orientation, the app labels do not reappear like on the normal version. The launcher treats it as is there is not enough room to display the app labels in portrait orientation even though there is enough room in portrait orientation.

On the regular version the orientation successfully controls whether they appear or not, but on the newest beta, once they disappear once they never reappear again unless I restart the app.

Also noticed that this new beta is very slow to switch from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Any other app still switches quickly, but for some reason the new beta is slow to rotate on top of having icon label issues.

Please let me know if you need any other information about this bug. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Okay, I'm seeing icon label issues like you are, and switching between portrait and landscape is certainly the trigger, but unlike you, my landscape setup does still have enough room to display labels. So it's not exactly that it's just forgetting to reenable the labels when you return to portrait, it loses them when I turn to landscape too, even though it can show them in landscape. It's the actual rotation process that's the problem.

Unlike you, though, I don't have a problem with rotation speed on this version. Everything from 1.3.0 beta 5 to the latest stable takes anywhere from 15 seconds to a minute (no exaggeration) to rotate for me, but the latest beta is nice and quick again.

Nexus 7 16 GB, RasBeanJelly (just updated to the latest, but I tested on an older build too), Trinity kernel (alpha 96 for the older ROM, now alpha 180). If I can find some time to play around with it, I'll try and get a logcat up soon.
[Android Apps and Games] toonbobo:
I have the same problem. Samsung Galaxy Nexus, LTE CM10 4.1.2. The odd thing is the labels disappear only on the home screen you are viewing. If you swipe over to another home screen, the labels still appear. If you change the orientation while viewing this screen the labels will go away and show up on the previous screen.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Anybody else dealing with this bull****? Auto rotation lags like 56k dialup. Drive me nuts. I love everything else about the launcher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ0XKiYAcmY
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
Yes, the rotation is slower in the newest beta along with the icon label bugs we mentioned above.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
I'll take this over the last few versions. Literally took up to a minute to show anything on the homescreen after rotating until the latest beta for me.
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
Beta 2 is out! I am still seeing the icon app labels orientation bug even though the changelog states that it was fixed. Can anyone else confirm the bug is still there?

My icon labels show up in portrait mode, and properly disappear in landscape mode since I have a lot of rows and not enough room for them, but they are still not returning when I go back to portrait mode which has enough room for the labels.

Also, I am running Apex in tablet mode with an 8x8 grid in portrait and landscape orientation... hopefully this info helps. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Pfeffernuss:
Yup, same here. Was delighted to see the changelog and disappointed to see the result: the bug is still there (Galaxy Tab8.9 ICS).
[Android Apps and Games] hells_dark:
Last updates are smooth, but it seems the animations are slower (still smooth but slow)..:rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] Albator V:
Please add a scroll indicator (scrollbar to the right edge of screen) when vertical is enable (not paginated) in drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] alen1901:
I cant find/see in latest beta that dock swipe effect thing(in pro).

Sent from SpeedMachine i9023
[Android Apps and Games] clod007:
Thousand excuses, but maybe you can help me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32342832

I upgraded to the beta, but have the same problem.

Sorry for my bad english!

Galaky Nexus 4.1.2 stock
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
I wonder if the orientation icon labels bug was fixed in phone mode, but not tablet mode, since we both seem to be in tablet mode.

Can anyone confirm that the bug was fixed in phone mode?
[Android Apps and Games] bkai:
Is anyone else having an issue with the drawer tabs not scrolling (following along) with drawer page swipes on the Galaxy S3? I can't remember exactly when this started happening and I've installed the latest beta (1.3.3b2) which still seems to have this issue. I have about 10 tabs (not including the widgets) and once I swipe enough to get past the last visible tab, they no longer scroll with the page swipes. The setting for this is Drawer Settings / Join drawer tabs.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJBKkvYjCCk
[Android Apps and Games] Pfeffernuss:
On my phone (SGS2 running JB) it works just fine. Unfortunately I don't use autorotate on that device :D
[Android Apps and Games] Psychosi42:
WTB ability to sort folders :cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
OK, so it seems that the icon label orientation bug is fixed in phone mode, but still broken in tablet mode. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] yahyoh:
**** yeah latest beta fixed the stuttering on my s2 :victory::victory:

edit : tablet transition still laggy on my s1 :/
[Android Apps and Games] chiragvagh:
own order in app drawer

Dear I like your launcher but there is one more thing if you can add it, own order shorting in app drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] lordcloud1:
Yep......

Sent From My S Threeeeeeeeeeee!!!
[Android Apps and Games] niteh@wk:
1.3.3 Beta 2 is smooth again!! Also the extra spaces in app drawer are now gone :thumbup:.. I noticed a bug though, the tabs in app drawer do not automatically scroll when swiping the contents across tabs. Same issue on both tablet and phone.
[Android Apps and Games] KMino:
1.3.3 beta 2 is looking and feeling very good!

Apex is back!

Smooth so far, can't get it to crash, going to keep trying :D

If your on Jelly Bean on a SGS3, get the latest XXDLJ1 release. Samsung fixed the transparency issue. But beware some devs are still putting in the transparency fix that isn't needed and that introduces scrolling lag! ie Omega v29. Replaced libhwui.so from the original release, it's smooth now...

Swyped on GT-I9300 - XXDLJ1 - Siyah kernel 1.7b1 - Thunderbolt tweaks - JKay theme -
[Android Apps and Games] lorikarte:
There is no problem on xperia s and tablet s.

Is it possible add option to dock Icon labels?

And icon shadows like touchwiz or myhome launcher. Screen look more beautiful with icon shadows.

Thank you for your work.
[Android Apps and Games] vivelafrance:
THanks for the valuable info. Where do you get the original .so file if it's already replaced in the ROM please?
[Android Apps and Games] chantoine:
Sorry, but last beta version isn't smoother, talking about docks transitions while my home contains numerous icons (6x7).
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
No it's still laggy on my galaxy tab 2 10.1 with cm10. It has never been good on my tablet. So i'm leaving apex for the moment
[Android Apps and Games] ez075230:
I am trying Apex Launcher on my Android 4.0.4 Samsung Galaxy S3, and was wondering if it has anything like the 7 navigation dots on Samsung's Touchwiz interface. I have found the dots to be indispensable. With one hand you can touch any one of them to jump directly to any screen from any screen. Sliding your finger across them brings up little previews that you can also use to choose a page, but this isn't so important to me.

I know Apex has an indicator bar that looks kind of like what I'm looking for, but it has none of the functionality.

Basically I want to be able to jump to any home screen from any home screen with one hand, without having to swipe through all of them or zooming out to a global view. Is there an option in Apex that does what I'm looking for?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] gaz41:
You can setup Swype up gesture to show thunbnails :rolleyes:

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[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
In Settings/launcher/behavior settings set Home key action to show previews. Then pressing the home key will show you your panels, tap on the one you want.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] ex-28:
some reason i lose the text on my home screen icons , it's weird all other pages have text but on the home screen no text , happends at randome and a reboot fixes it , anyone else have this happen ?
[Android Apps and Games] ez075230:
Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately setting up a gesture and setting the home key to show previews both add an extra step to what Touch Wiz does. Plus I like using my home key to go back to the home screen.

I'm surprised that more people haven't asked for this feature. It's so much faster and more convenient than swiping through or zooming out to thumbnails when you want to go to a screen that isn't adjacent to the one you're on.
[Android Apps and Games] stick1300:
How much memory should Apex be using?
[Android Apps and Games] Ditamae:
Not sure if device/ROM impacts Apex's memory usage in any way, but I often see ~ 35 MB on my G2. Although that *seems* like a lot, performance is good with v1.2.5. What are you seeing?
[Android Apps and Games] KMino:
I'll package it up later on and post.

Am busy now give me 24hrs :)

I got the file from downloading a ROM that didn't modify it. Yes 700 or so meg for a few bytes lol. It's the deodexed stock ROM found in the general section.

Used the transparency patch files found here and just made a new one with 7zip copying over the file...

Interesting to see if this file fixes the issue on older JB's and possibly CM on Samsung devices. Or if Samsung fixed it elsewhere..

Swyped on GT-I9300 - XXDLJ1 - Siyah kernel 1.7b1 - Thunderbolt tweaks - JKay theme -
[Android Apps and Games] Fr33L4nc3r:
If you set the "Show preview" on Home Button and you check "Only in default Screen", you can still go back to the Home at first button push, then show preview if hitting the button a second (or third, depends) time.
[Android Apps and Games] stick1300:
Around 77 mb on my Gnex!
[Android Apps and Games] ARieS_:
App drawer stay too center on 9.7" tablet.

Sorry for my English.

Sent from my 907 Tablet
[Android Apps and Games] niteh@wk:
Version 1.3.3 Beta 2 addressed this issue. Try adjusting horizontal margin in drawer settings to none or small.
[Android Apps and Games] rainbow99:
Hi all, am using note 2 lte. From task manager, after exiting, I often end up in touchwiz launcher instead of apex launcher. Have used apex laughter as default and kept in memory. Anyone with similar experience? Thx
[Android Apps and Games] babylonbwoy:
Still no fix for that.

Please stop asking for theme link on email, I already sent them to you 10 days ago and you did nothing.

Here's some playstore theme link again, I won't send cracked theme link if it's what you're asking about :

Dark Theme : http://goo.gl/X6lIc

Andy Theme : http://goo.gl/Oi2Hr

Thanks Theme : http://goo.gl/x2wiQ

Faenza Theme : http://goo.gl/IJonX

I bought pro key, please show some respect to customers.
[Android Apps and Games] Jaegermeiste:
I have this issue. Saw it on Beta 1 and now Beta 2. I'm also having crashes constantly (CM10). Hoping the next beta resolves them.
[Android Apps and Games] J4n1:
+1

Option to change the appdrawer indicator position right or left is desperately needed
[Android Apps and Games] jantonio23:
BETA 1.3.3 is still wayy lagger than 1.2.5 :(
[Android Apps and Games] Nephilim:
Are you people all using old low-end phones? Not one version of apex has been "laggy" for me since the newest stable and I install all the betas. My gnex is a device that will soon be last years model yet still, no "lag".

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] brotherswing:
My phone was entry level when it was released almost two years ago. I have two more years worth of rent, utilities, food, gas, diapers, and baby wipes to pay for before I can justify replacing a phone that still functions as designed. If the launcher's performance has changed dramatically from one version to the next, I would report it. The age or relative power of the device shouldn't matter.

Repensum Est Canicula
[Android Apps and Games] Nephilim:
Actually it should matter. If your device is 2yrs old chances are it is not receiving an official ICS/JB update, therefore you installed one yourself, otherwise you could not be using apex since it only works on ICS+ devices. If your phone is not receiving official ICS and its that old chances are its not powerful enough to run ICS and almost guaranteed does not have the correct drivers to utilize full hw acceleration or project butter. So basically that means a launcher meant for an os your phone was not built for is not going to run perfect and SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO DO SO, age and the power of the device do matter in the cases I stated above. People really need to stop expecting miracles on old phones and appreciate the fact developers at least take the time to port a decent working ROM for them that does not belong on their device.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] pedro.coba:
hi buddy, how do I hide the shadow on the Home Screen?? I use Apex launcher V1.3.1, help me thanks
[Android Apps and Games] yahyoh:
version 1.2.5 was the fastest one ever and the smoothest :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] jantonio23:
I am using Samsung Galaxy S2 buddy.