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[Android Apps and Games] Hammerfest:
Right, so, long time user of ADW Launcher and ADW Launcher EX, sadly, any of the updates after 1.5.5.1 are TRASH, and ICS support is buggy as all piss...

That being said, while its starting to really annoy me, there are some things with APEX that just make it a non-option (which isnt saying much since im still using ADW EX).

After playing with it for a good hour I have the following issues on my Tablet (I understand support is preliminary, so im just making the early note here):

Despite all setting I try, there is still a gap in the right and left side of the desktop in the form of a good single icon width, I am a minimalist and at the same time I utilize all space available, so when I had my desktop setup... the long gaps along the side bug the piss outta me... That being said, I know many launcher suffer from this either this issue, or an issue of trying to make a 10x10 grid, when in reality, the screen IS NOT A SQUARE... and seeing as either way you put the tablet there is added length one way or another, a good way to fix this and the margin issue is to make it possible, number one, to utilize the extra space, and number two, to make it possible to do 10x12 or 12x10 (depending on portrait or landscape)! Solving an issue that I would ALSO have on my PHONE as well, making this an issue for both tablets and phones!!!

The App drawer: again, minimalistic and utilistic (har har har) as I claim, I hate having the wasted space all around the app drawer... even with other launchers EXCEPT ADW, the wasted space on the "name" tabs bugs the piss outta me (in attempting to remove all tab's from APEX it tells me ERROR that it cannot do this), I use the HDPI or xHDPI (largest) icon settings, and I like to fill the screen from top to bottom (and I used vertical scroll), with all my apps, so I only have to scroll if necessary! And to make that more of a "necessary" thing, I use the "hidden apps" feature to hide apps I dont use often, or are what you would call "key" or "background" app's, with 50~ apps installed on my tablet, i manage to only have 1 page of apps in ADW EX, in APEX... I stopped counting after 3 full pages (or maybe I cant count higher, who knows really, thats probably the limit of my attention span as well, so double trouble for me)! EDIT: I should add here, that the feature just like I requested in the desktop to do 12x10 and 10x12 would also be nice here considering it would maximize the ability to utilize a full screen of app's for selection...

Ill try to SS my setup on ADW, but I thought I would post here, I am also going to sign up and do the vote system as I see a few little things that would be nice, but thats my 2 biggest gripes because those 2 places, the desktop, and the app drawer, can be considered the HUB on any device, tablet or smartphone... Fix those, and I can pretty much ignore any other issue...

*I probably had more to add, but I seem to have re-written portions of this after reading each item over... and in the process forgot about it while thinking about how much these issues annoy the unreasonable piss outta me... meh meh meh meh...
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow-Nexus:
Thanks for the update
[Android Apps and Games] prdog1:
Complete Restore of Apex Home Screen Setup

There are many complaints of losing apps, widgets and basic Homescreen setups. After many hours spent setting up your Home Screens it is time to flash again. No problem. Make a Nandroid of your rom/setup which is standard procedure. Wipe as recommended and flash new rom. Default to your preferred launcher whether it be Sense, Apex, Nova or any other 3rd party launcher. Download or install all apps. Most are using Amon Ra but this also works with CWR. Boot back to recovery and go to Restore Backup. Uncheck all options except DATA. Restore backup. You will get all Home Screen Icons, Widgets and apps just as they were on your last setup. You may need to replace Wallpaper. You may get an error if the base leak or OTA changes but it usually works anyway for the most part. Hope this helps you enjoy flashing new releases and reduces the stress of resetting up. Happy flashing.:cool:

---------- Post added at 08:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:59 AM ----------

Just flashed Cleanrom 3.7. Replaced complete 3.6 Home screen setup without problems according to above procedure. Updated to Apex 1.02. Everything remains intact.:)
[Android Apps and Games] nhocpoping:
For me it works just fine, i decided to use Apex after a long time try stock, Trebuchet and also Nova, I like this the most. On my tf101 with stock rom, sometime transition speed setting no use (change to 0 or to 100 just the same) but relaunch fixed it. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] jcompagner:
Yes that is enabled but i have the exact same problem, i can't resize widgets beyond 4 wide. I guess if the widget doesn't really supports resizing. This is quite annoying because now i can only get 4 app icons in a row which is way to little :(
[Android Apps and Games] Fr33L4nc3r:
http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/

Any thoughts ?
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
I had a quite similar asking on Folder

http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/f...s/2666524-large-folder-icons-4-1-2-1-2-2-etc-

possible to set a comment on it asking for Apps too , I had just this idea 2 minutes ago :)
[Android Apps and Games] zakun:
is it possible to rearrange apps on the app drawer ?
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
yes :

you can sort them by

1) name

2) installation date

3) frequently used

look in Apex settings , under Drawer
[Android Apps and Games] Fr33L4nc3r:
Just added 3 votes :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ik4rus:
Finally scrollable widget works good!! Great!
[Android Apps and Games] bryant_16:
I have a problem of the launcher keep redrawing when I did not go back to 'home' after quite some while.

Dev, can please look into it?
[Android Apps and Games] mauaus:
I have the same issue
[Android Apps and Games] rizcom:
Does anyone know how to remove this gray bar from screen or the name of the png image..Thanks:)
[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
Same issue here...so often. And having to do the Supercharger script and wait for an update to that for each rom sucks and still doesn't always keep home in memory.
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Same here.
[Android Apps and Games] lindahl85:
subscribed
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
oh ok. Im using a Droid 3. Wish i had a gnex for gummy rom.
[Android Apps and Games] thegendler:
I put the app in the system folder but it wouldn't work as a launcher. What do I have to do when I put it in the system app folder?
[Android Apps and Games] Gahh Its Lee:
Fix the permissions to rx-r-r. So if its root explorer your using. Two checks first box then one for the two under.
[Android Apps and Games] k.caleb.cole:
I installed the apk as a a system app. I moved the apk to /system/app using root explorer. I installed from there. The launcher is fine and I can get to settings okay.

I can't open the widgets tab in the drawer and can drag the widget to the desktop. However, when I try to drop it I get the "must be installed as system" message.

America I missing something?

Tapatalked from an Icy D2
[Android Apps and Games] kendall316:
When you put it in the system folder, go into system and just click on the apex sdk. It will then ask you to install it
[Android Apps and Games] k.caleb.cole:
Thanks for the help. Turns out I had to change the ownership of the apps to 0-root to get them to work.

Tapatalked from an Icy D2
[Android Apps and Games] iluretar:
I've been using this on my kf for a while and now I switched my cappy to it too, awesome launcher the transparent app drawer is just gorgeous, one thing I miss from trebuchet though is the joint with apps option the Widgets have, it would awesome to have, amazing work.
[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
Has this been updated yet? Just wondering because I haven't been prompted to update yet but the OP does not have any release info or changelog (yet) to check on.
[Android Apps and Games] Aaron78:
I love this launcher over stop and over Nova. It is awesome!!! Good work!
[Android Apps and Games] chopper the dog:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21554668&postcount=2 :rolleyes:

good day.
[Android Apps and Games] Raymond Ebertt:
Loving this launcher and that it has full swiping similar to Sense.

Question: Will there be any changes to the speed of the swipe? Sense is much faster between panels. It would be good to have quicker access while swiping left or right.
[Android Apps and Games] lazy_ursache:
The best launcher! Hope to see this out of beta!
[Android Apps and Games] dukins:
Everytime I click apex settings, force close. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
What phone are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] dukins:
Nexus, using CodenameAndroid Rom. Currently using Nova. I pushed the apk to system/app, still force closes.
[Android Apps and Games] chopper the dog:
Did you freeze or delete the stock launcher2.apk?

good day.
[Android Apps and Games] speed_speed:
Thank you for this great job
[Android Apps and Games] slydog43:
great launcher

Thanks for a really great and feature rich launcher for ics. I was looking for a feature though, Can I have my phone automatically go to my home screen when I turn on the screen. I have it set to go to the home screen when I hit the home button, but I really want to always start at my home screen.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] thomasmatt25:
Apex Settings>Dock Settings>check the "Hide Dock Divider" box and presto!
[Android Apps and Games] robba16296:
Just like this??

Apex settings -> dock settings -> the bottom one

Edit: just too late :)
[Android Apps and Games] rizcom:
Don't know how i missed that : )
[Android Apps and Games] dialmformostyn:
Does this have swipe-up gestures for secondary actions on dock icons? Having a play with it at work, but can't seem to find them if they are there!
[Android Apps and Games] Fr33L4nc3r:
Not yet, but :

http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/f...k/suggestions/2527086-dock-icon-swipe-gesures

http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/f...swipe-gestures-on-dockbar-to-lauch-second-app

Seems planned :D
[Android Apps and Games] dialmformostyn:
Cheers old chap!
[Android Apps and Games] Valdeck:
Just a heads up. It could be my phone (although no other apps are doing this) but in the market when I clicked on the apex launcher it only lets me open not update or uninstall. I grabbed the update manually so no biggie but just a heads up.
[Android Apps and Games] bedtime_with_the_bear:
@Valdeck, that's probably because you've the latest update integrated as a system app. I could uninstall until I moved into /system, now I can only "open".
[Android Apps and Games] fguy:
Block repeated copying of applications in a folder - at application duplication in one folder to delete a copy it is impossible - after restarting in a folder there are 2 icons of one application
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
just go to setting Apex

use the first option and tick the "before last option" : Mask the shadows

Sorry I have the french version and I don't know the exact wording

edit : sorry I thought about shadows and not the separator
[Android Apps and Games] Sc4ryB3ar:
Apex settings - dock - at the bottom check the hide divider box
[Android Apps and Games] sbenson1226:
Do margins work? I'm running this on my G-Nex and the margin adjustment doesn't seem to do anything. On Nova launcher, my clock widget filled the screen side-to-side, but on Apex, there's a significant gap all the way around. I figured adjusting the margin would fix this but it does nothing. This is my only gripe, everything else has been flawless. If there a fix for this or possibly a bad install? Maybe a setting that I'm missing?
[Android Apps and Games] Master619:
Downloaded both versions (stable and beta) and the phone said the package is error. Re-downloaded and same result.
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
yes it works

but seems no difference between No Margin and Little margin

big difference with Big margin , just tried it !
[Android Apps and Games] rav3nous66:
Icon Labels. . .

This doesn't seem to be the case. I've changed the grid size to allow for adequate space, and the icon labels are still missing. Using a Galaxy Nexus.
[Android Apps and Games] sbenson1226:
Strange, none of the margin settings (vertical or horiz.) make any difference...

EDIT: I really didn't want to do this, but went ahead and cleared data and cache for Apex and it fixed my issue.
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
do you use "restart Apex" after that ?

or reboot and restart Apex

strange as it is working on my device(Galaxy nexus stock Rom) without using restart or reboot but with a little Margin (not zero even zero selected)

seen your edit :)

just for my understanding : how do you clear cache for Apex ?
[Android Apps and Games] Valdeck:
Maybe but I have not had that issue before. I got apex as part of the gummy mod and manually updated it once and then updated it once off the market but after that market update it was doing this weird behavior lol. It is ok though after I did the manual update it is back to letting me uninstall/update or open in the market again.
[Android Apps and Games] GenesisNemesis:
Does this happen with Apex or is it happening to other applications too?

Do you get an "invalid package file" message?

I had this problem before and putting the phone into gsm mode did the trick.
[Android Apps and Games] gonsa:
hi,

this launcher is very good but what i miss most from GO launcher is the ability to go directly to a page in the app drawer by clicking in the desirable drawer indicator and having a middle "home" button in the app drawer to return to the homescreen.

could you implement these two features in the future?

thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] JamesRC:
Great launcher. The only issue I have is when using the infinite scrolling home screen - the the end-start transition or the "overlap point" of the wallpaper lags quite significantly.
[Android Apps and Games] rcfreak07:
+1. Pls add an acceptable transition effect when switching from last to first homescreen.
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Yup, same here.
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Is it normal that it uses 90MB of RAM? That's A LOT for a launcher...
[Android Apps and Games] Taverius:
If I give a folder a custom icon the highlight icon is still the highlight icon for the circle icon.

I've also had an issue where I was trying to remove the shortcut to the app drawer, and after I removed it, it would remain in the dock until I restarted APEX.
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
Shure as the highlight icon is a separate icon and you would need to change that too
[Android Apps and Games] claus1953:
Something not good, for me 28 MB.
[Android Apps and Games] kratos313:
This launcher has replaced the stock launcher on my transformer. Its a great launcher and everything works but I can't install from the market it says my device is not compatible

Sent from my EVO Titan 3D
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
Maybe because there hasn't been any updates since that?

Greetings,

KBanause
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
Apex is running on ICS ROMs only. Maybe you are using a Gingerbread ROM?

Greetings,

KBanause
[Android Apps and Games] inffy:
I noticed that the dock folders bug should be fixed...my folders still overlap with normal icons
[Android Apps and Games] ock:
Thanks for fixing the trigger of gesture operations when scrolling widgets. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
That is not what was fixed... the fixed thing was the annoying thing that a dock icon duplicates itself and the duplicates are deleted when launcher is restarted, so it caused losing folders...

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] loqan:
Is there "Dock icons swiping" yet?
[Android Apps and Games] fatspirit:
No, there are folders instead. Not the same, but useful anyway (:
[Android Apps and Games] brotherswing:
Dig it, nice work!

Sent from the BACKside of Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] hachoo:
Is the widget resizing issue still there? I've got my home screen set on 7 x 6 Portrait and i can't get the widget to reach the entire width of the screen (Nexus S).

~ seems to be an issue with None/Small horizontal margin sizing. When on medium or large, you are able to resize to the entire horizontal width.
[Android Apps and Games] navahoo:
Great launcher with just one issue, after every reboot the Google folder restores previous deleted apps again. Is this settings related? Can't find a solution...
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Delete it for good;) put the apps you need in a new floder and name it google;)

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] leo.benveniste:
URGENT - Bug report

+1 to that, I have the same problem, I can't use the phone at all, it just keeps redrawing the homescreen.

I'm still trying to access the setting to get bak to trebuchet as a launcher but I can't use nothing, not the buttons, nothing at all. This just started with the latest version, the 1.0.2, the 1.0.1 worked just fine.

I already tryed re-installing it, but I only lost all my home screen setup (the backup doesn't save the widget information!) but nothing else, the problem is still there.

please review this ASAP
[Android Apps and Games] rashid.fairus:
cant get it lock to memory..it keep redraw..hope dev can fix it cause i really love this launcher

from the ARC
[Android Apps and Games] bringonblink:
+1 for a setting to lock in memory
[Android Apps and Games] just4747:
+10000000 lol but one that actually works..
[Android Apps and Games] :
Suggestion :

I dont know about other devices but on my asus transformer, the internal storage is mounted as the SD (/mnt/sdcard is the internal memory), and the SD is mounted in /Removable/MicroSD.

Because of that, the Apex backups are of course deleted when i wipe data to change my ROM.

So, would it be possible to add the ability to choose the backup storage path ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
Why don't you just copy it with away with the ASUS file manager (I assume you don't change your settings that often)?
[Android Apps and Games] sh00kre:
I dont know if it is hard, but if possible please add posibility to Launch shortcut in swipe actions....

My idea is to use double tap action to launch shortcut for Soundhound instant search ;)
[Android Apps and Games] rovex:
Looks beautiful, but none of my Scrollable widgets work. scrollable news says the launcher isnt scroll enabled and Colorize widgets just displays nothing.
[Android Apps and Games] LSD DREAMER:
I had the same problem when the widget was a 4x2 but my screen was 6x7 u should use a widget 5x2 uneven number Widgets seems to work better
[Android Apps and Games] Master619:
That's the correct cause. Stupid me not noticing the requirements.
[Android Apps and Games] Simer03:
Its funny how Nova launcher prime costs $4 when Apex does the same for free! Lol

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Android Apps and Games] LSD DREAMER:
I find apex a lot faster than nova .
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
That's a widget problem. The ICS API for scrollable widgets is different to the gingerbread one. Ask the widget devs to update.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] jookdakang23:
Yea but apex takes too long to redraw the home screen. Very annoying imo
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Yes... bad thing...
[Android Apps and Games] dylyxcore:
Waiting on individual dock icon swiping to launch another app just like launcher pro paid, go launcher, and nova prime offers.
[Android Apps and Games] frantic912:
can u make a setting for drawer grid on lanscape n potrait...i like to set 5x8 in drawer when using tablet UI...
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
+ 10000
[Android Apps and Games] oli20021978:
+1

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] brunoisa10:
is there really an issue with the last version ?

I've seen some posts about issue with 1.0.2
[Android Apps and Games] LSD DREAMER:
i dont seem to have that problem on my very slow wildfire
[Android Apps and Games] TwinkyOfHope:
I never get redraws on my Samsung captivate. Restarting apex only takes a few seconds if i manually restart the launcher
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Fine enough, but it shouldn't re-draw at all.
[Android Apps and Games] jookdakang23:
Yea it shouldn't redraw at all. My lg g2x overclocked to 1.5 redraws. Nova doesn't at all. Not saying nova is better because I prefer apex just saying
[Android Apps and Games] elandune:
just installed and....great work guys!! I really like it:)
[Android Apps and Games] Taverius:
That's due to the ADJ values in default ICS. It's deliberately set so as to drop the home launcher from memory very early for some reason.

Since the only way to change those in ICS is to modify framework/services, all a developer can do is keep ram usage down ... which is easier said than done - all icons and assets must be allocated in memory somehow or another ...
[Android Apps and Games] flolep:
Or set the launcher to a very high priority... Supercharger script can "bulletproof" the app you want (including a launcher if you know its real name apk).

I did that and my apex launcher is not redrawing...

+ +
[Android Apps and Games] xmsxms:
Apex launcher seems to get extremely laggy and slow after a few minutes use. Restarting the launcher via the menu seems to fix it temporarily. (Running on BCM, HTC Desire)

Is anyone else seeing this? I read about it being a known issue in one of the ROM threads, hence they stick to an older version, but there seems to be no mention of it here.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
I've never seen that. Which ROM thread? Which versions?

Also, logcat and some basic info on your setup would probably help the dev figure out what's going on. ;)

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] SiNJiN76:
Swiping up or down to hide the notification bar would be cool, but the hide notification option doesn't even work right now, right? At least on a tablet. Using this launcher on the OG Transformer.
[Android Apps and Games] xmsxms:
I'm sure I saw mentioned in this thread the developer using earlier versions of Apex Launcher due to the gradual slow down problem in later versions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1403113&highlight=apex+launcher

But I can't seem to find it anymore. Here are a couple posts I found, but nothing substantial:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23104349&postcount=842

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23226571&postcount=334
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Which version are you using right now?

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
[REQ] Direct access from drawer to hidden apps

Would it be possible to add a link directly to the Hidden apps settings from the settings menu on the drawer? I'm a neat freak so I clean up my drawer all the time and having to go through Apex setting, drawer settings, hidden apps every time is tedious :-)

Thumbs up for a great product!

./kroogar
[Android Apps and Games] xmsxms:
I'm using 1.0.2, although the issue has occurred with all versions for the past month or so.

I have removed the calendar widget (agenda mode) from my homescreen and it seems to have improved a bit. It could just be the reduction in memory use, although I have very little else on my homescreens.
[Android Apps and Games] kelvs:
not reading whole thread... but is there a way to change dock background ?