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[Android Apps and Games] suriya83:
Sometimes after using another app, when I hit the home button I first see just the wallpaper, and then slowly the apex dock, the other icons and widgets appear. It looks like apex launcher was closed and is restarting again...? Anyone knows this problem?

Galaxy S installed as root
[Android Apps and Games] bedtime_with_the_bear:
Android probably killed Apex to free up memory for the app you were running. It's normal behaviour for Android, I wouldn't worry about it.
[Android Apps and Games] DaOldMan:
This is the best launcher for ICS, period.

Two features I would love to see soon:

1. Backup/Restore fixed. It doesn't work at all. Usually just crashed Apex which restarts and appears free of any icons. That is almost a deal breaker. Setting all the things up every time is a pain (I am a beta tester of roms, so I install a new rom almost every day)

2. More functional screen preview. Now all it does is allow to select one. On other launchers it allows re-arranging screens, adding and removing whole screens. This s a nice feature but I can live without it.

Great work ! Keep it coming :)
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Backup/restore works perfectly here, for icons and folders, anyway. Android limitations prevent restoring widgets.

I'd check 2 things. First, did you make the backup with the same version of Apex as you're restoring to, and second, did you restore the settings and restart before you tried restoring the desktop data?

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] zhzben:
just installed it. really cool and nice.
[Android Apps and Games] djsolidsnake86:
what about miui icons support 90x90 mtz pack?

and what about transparent notification bar? can you add these 2 in next release please
[Android Apps and Games] suriya83:
Thanks for replying, but I think there should be a way to avoide exactly this. Because ie viber, whatsapp and stupid Google maps is always running while this launcher is always closing. As far as I remember I didn't have this problem with trebuchet launcher from cyanogenmod. Anyways it's the best launcher

Edit: my fault. Also trebuchet does the same. Still it would be great having it running if this is possible at all since it takes up to 7 sec to reopen on my phone
[Android Apps and Games] iamnotkurtcobain:
Is there an option to lock the launcher in memory? Android should keep it as default
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
If you can get the icons out of the icon pack you can manually apply them.

And transparent notification bar is a rom feature, nothing to do with the launcher.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] :
Hi !

Since the last update, all the desktop and drawer app icons look way too small on my tablet... Is it on purpose ?
[Android Apps and Games] mashedbymachines:
Same here, the icons are way to small on my transformer.
[Android Apps and Games] ears1991:
+1 on hp touchpad :(
[Android Apps and Games] rugal28:
Since the last update!!!

when i reboot my device (galaxy S)

apex launcher will be stop

but still work fine after
[Android Apps and Games] maxjk:
Same here, although it's not consistent (Osmos HD, Polaris, Reckless Racing and Sprinkle are, among other, normal size).

I did not have this in the beta
[Android Apps and Games] Twilla:
Same on Kindle fire cm9. Apex launcher is version 1.0.3. It's giving me a headache, haha.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Can you try deleting and re-adding the small icons? It might just have cached the icons from before the update, but changes affected the display.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] slonn:
Doesn't work. All icons are small in the drawer as well on my Xoom :-(
[Android Apps and Games] maxjk:
They're inconsistent in the drawer as well. I tried rebooting the Transformer, and restarting Apex, but icons are still inconsistently sized
[Android Apps and Games] vimesUK:
Apex Launcher has just updated via the market and I'm using it on my Xoom along with the latest EOS nightly. Prior to the update all of my icons within the app drawer were of equal size but now they seem to vary from being small to normal. Recreating either icon does not seem to change the size. Most are sized small but then it looks odd when I get a larger one as that looks massive in comparison. For example the game "Paradise Island" has a large icon which dwarfs the game icon of Myth Defense.

Clearing the defaults from the launcher and then clearing the cache and data did not change the inconsistent icon size.

Also using anything other than the fly in / fly out animation for the app drawer is really messy with either stuttering or the screen does not get refreshed, meaning that the new app drawer view gets overwritten over the previous one, if that makes sense, and thus ends up in a garbled screen.
[Android Apps and Games] hetn:
Is there any way to short my apps free in the app drawer?
[Android Apps and Games] tristan202:
Battery percentage isn't part of the launcher. It's in SystemUI.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Finally a good alternative to the Launchers Nova and Trebuchet. This one is probably the most promising one. I like the features so far and can't wait for the coming ones!

Thanks for the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] RED_:
Am i being really stupid? When i move the .apk to the system/app folder nothing happens... Is there more to it..?
[Android Apps and Games] max-555:
you need also install this from folder. Did you ? :D
[Android Apps and Games] RED_:
You mean click on it and install it while it's in the system/app folder? I did that and it now says "Unfortunately, Apex Launcher has stopped working."

Damn thing :(
[Android Apps and Games] mattman83:
Set permissions to match other system apps and then reboot your phone.

M.
[Android Apps and Games] jameslfc5:
Any chance of this having support for changing icons? (Like Nova)

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] jameslfc5:
Make sure you reboot after pushing it to system/app
[Android Apps and Games] ejatds:
thats all i did and it worked fine,no reboot required. just pressed my home key and apex came up as one of the options
[Android Apps and Games] jameslfc5:
I mean a reboot is needed to make the widget drawer appear
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
Not sure if this is known since I am new to Apex(its awesome!)

But restoring the desktop data does not restore widgets.

Also, the Google Search widget seems to be the ugly grey one...not the clear one.
[Android Apps and Games] maha1o:
i think i found a small bug.. if over scroll on one of the homescreens you will get that blue fade. once u let that blue fade go away it wil leave a gray color where the blue used to be and wont go away unless u reboot. anyone else having this problem? ive only noticed it when using a pure black background
[Android Apps and Games] endursa:
i just tried this, and i ain't got that problem!
[Android Apps and Games] aawshads:
ok installed, but I must be missing something, how do you get to setup? All I seem to have is the app drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] VincentDHam:
menu - apex settings.

or in the app drawer click the menu thing in the top right hand corner - apex settings.
[Android Apps and Games] neandertaler19:
Anyone else have an issue with the Aix Weather Widget? I can pull it to the homescreen, select the location, but when I hit "Add Widget" nothing happens. It just stays in the settings-window. Quitting via home or back works but the widget does not appear..
[Android Apps and Games] MohamadKarbi:
Very nice.. just wish for ability to hide app icons like in GO launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] rockerode:
Not sure if it's been posted but what's the skin of the clock widget?

Edit: and also the app of which that large weather widget is fading into view.
[Android Apps and Games] system60:
I've noticed the same on my Nexus S, but it's not consistent. Totally stopped when I turned off elastic scrolling.
[Android Apps and Games] pabl05:
press the menu button/ manage apps search for google search and ...disable. the downside is that it will disable your search button

edit: it works on stock 4.0.3 might work here as well
[Android Apps and Games] MasterTB:
How the hell do I update when I'm using the app as System.

I had it set to auto update, and it did when version 1.03 came out on the market but now it just crashes.

WTF!!!

BTW I did delete and reinstall... but it just freezes no matter what I do.

It didn't happen like this before this update.
[Android Apps and Games] DaOldMan:
It doesn't work at all. I do restore of the settings and desktop in one go (I do restart after every restore !), does it matter ? Settings restore fine. Desktop never (not even apps, nothing). It crashes the launcher then it restores it's self with clean desktops :(
[Android Apps and Games] [SIC]:
The automatic wallpaper scroll doesn't work with lwp, it still scrolls.

Awsomeness nevertheless :-D

Sent from the void, with a blackened Ray S
[Android Apps and Games] PAROVOZ!:
Question

Can we hope for update?
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
So I updated my Galaxy Nexus(CDMA) to 4.0.4 last night and Apex was fine.

Then I updated Apex this morning and upon every reboot when the phone boots up, the first thing is an Apex force close....it seems fine afterwards but it happens every single time I reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] itsmikeramsay:
Same here....also running 4.0.4. The beta worked fine, but the official FCs every time the phone boots.
[Android Apps and Games] inffy:
Having FC even with 4.0.3 Rom (Liquid)
[Android Apps and Games] yiumanchi:
Just installed it. It is very nice.:)
[Android Apps and Games] gaps07:
Folder in app drawer?

+1

Folders in the app drawer would be great. I know Go Launcher has this feature, but I like Apex better for ICS :D. Hope you can implement this sometime
[Android Apps and Games] zero01101:
wow, crazy; apex updated to 1.03 this morning, i just rebooted for the first time today, and immediately i get a force close. dismiss it and everything seems to run fine afterwards, but yeah, confirming force close on boot with apex 1.03. running virtuous inquisition 4.0.0 + socali service packs, android 4.0.3

logcat attached, (hopefully) all personally identifying information redacted ;)

[edit] new release out, logcat removed as irrelevant
[Android Apps and Games] xdå_developer:
just want to say that this bug is still happens after todays update.

EDIT: also noticed that "widget settings" and "other settings" under andvanced settings aren't translated, and are missing from the translation page.
[Android Apps and Games] kara mustafa:
AOPK 4.0.4 and all is fine:)
[Android Apps and Games] sg1969:
Yeah I find this very annoying as well. There's no reason why Apex should be the first app that gets killed... while I still have dozens of others in the background. I have Apex installed as a system app, shouldn't non-system apps get killed first? But no, it's always Apex, and it seems to me like it's also ONLY Apex that gets killed...

So either Apex is using so much RAM that Android has to kill it, or there's some kind of leak, or just poor coding... I don't know, I'm not a dev so can't say. All I know is that it's annoying, stock launcher never does this, and it's almost making me want to ditch Apex altogether cause it happens so frequently...

It would be great to have a way to whitelist, or at least make it so it's one of the last things that gets killed.
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
There is a tool called "RAM Manager Pro" on the market, which can lock the launcher in memory.

Unfortunately, this feature is only available in the payed version.

You can get it here:

http://goo.gl/fUpNN

Maybe worth a try.
[Android Apps and Games] sg1969:
Thanks!

I'll have to read up, I'm generally happy with the way RAM is handled in stock ICS so I really don't want anything extra in that regard. If it's possible to lock the launcher only, and have the app do nothing else to the way RAM is handled, I think 1.50 is a small price to pay :)
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
This script can do the same thing for free, apparently, if you care to wade through those instructions and try to work it.
[Android Apps and Games] SluggoAndroid:
Probs with todays update

Mix of small and large icons plus crash on reboot since todays update I'm afraid.

Galaxy Tab 7" with AOKP build 28, was okay until this update.
[Android Apps and Games] iamnotkurtcobain:
Is it really locked?? I tried it and still redraws...
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
Same with me .. This would add another source of errors, if something goes wrong.

But the market feedback about this tool is quite good, it should provide some 'otpimized' memory settings. Whatever that means .. And you can revert back to your previous settings any time.

But I think this lock option really should be in Apex itself.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Not sure it can be. From what I've seen so far, only way to lock it is to tweak memory management settings, and putting that in the launcher seems like a recipe for disaster to me...
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
Did you try the free version? I wasn't aware that the locked launcher is included there.

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I was aware of this, but honestly the amout of work involved did just scare me ; )
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
lol, me too. :p
[Android Apps and Games] mangoman:
Also got the mix of small and large icons on a 7" tab with ics. Looks ok on a phone with ics.
[Android Apps and Games] -Loom-:
I used LauncherPro on Froyo & Gingerbread, and never experienced a restarting launcher.

I wonder what has changed in ICS ....
[Android Apps and Games] gaz41:
Cause LauncherPro was the best, but it' s not more updated :(
[Android Apps and Games] Glithramir:
Any updates regarding the cropping of the widgets? Working on it?

Thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] imnotaxdanoob:
I have this launcher via a rom.

Works very good :D

I have one question.

Is it or will it sometime be available to customize the lockscreen?

I'd like to add some music buttons but also keep the pattern unlock, don't know if that's possible.
[Android Apps and Games] harise100:
Cool. Smoother with 1.3.
[Android Apps and Games] ex-28:
running this on my 1727 skyrocket , runnign great but have 2 Questions

1. how do you enable landscape mode ,and have text on the icons ? , when i flip phone it looses the text below the icons.

2. does anyone have probs with the scrolling wallper ? , when i set it it zooms in alot and blows up the image , or it wont scroll at all

i am running the leaked ics 4 on i727 skyrocket

thanks !
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
Maybe a bug in new version of apex - I set in drawer settings to not use infinite scroll and after reboot the infinite scroll is there. I go to settings and see that infinite scroll is disabled but in fact it is present. I tried it several times and infinity comes back every reboot. To disable it I need to enable it first and then disable but it will be reset after reboot. I have galaxys2 with lp3 rom. Apex is set as system app with titanium backup.
[Android Apps and Games] ex-28:
edit , i also installed my apex as a system file with the changed permisions :)
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Ok some1 test this, it is very weird bug on latest release:

1. Select ONLY one homescreen (and make sure there is an icon on it)

2. Try to scroll left-right (no over scroll effect)

3. Post a photo of your face here!:D seriously, very odd thing...

.........
[Android Apps and Games] nomisunrider:
Same here, I'm getting force closes on the newest Apex with Liquid ROM 1.2
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
Can anyone confirm that infinity scroll in drawer is not disabling? See my post a few posts above.
[Android Apps and Games] dohclude:
Force Closes all over the place on Sensation 4G with Virtuous Inquisition. Replaced the apk on the /system/app and corrected permissions, rebooted. It worked fine for about an hour then the FC's began. Tried to replace and reboot again, same thing. :/
[Android Apps and Games] monkeydog:
New update made all the app icons really small on Transformer Prime.
[Android Apps and Games] dimako83:
Can confirm on my transformer as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Wsbreda:
Als happens on the galaxy tab 10.1
[Android Apps and Games] bedtime_with_the_bear:
Lockscreen is nothing to do with the launcher. That's provided by your ROM. I'd recommend you ask in THE support thread for your ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] jonoathome:
And on the xoom too.. :(
[Android Apps and Games] dohclude:
latest auto update seems like kind of a turd... :/
[Android Apps and Games] pseudoheld:
and galaxy tab 8.9.

please fix!
[Android Apps and Games] ubas90:
could i create folder in app drawer?
[Android Apps and Games] czonin:
On 1.0.3 and constantly run into a bug where my app drawer is blank past the first page. I have been having this issue since 1.0.3 beta1. Drawer is set on vertical paginated.
[Android Apps and Games] Link_of_Hyrule:
Because of DPI issues on my phone all the icons seem pretty big so it would be great so see custom icon sizes in Home screens, App Drawer, and Dock. Anyways if you did this in a future update that would be great!

I'm sure this has been asked or suggested before anyways thanks for listening and keep up the great work.
[Android Apps and Games] dincdoes.me:
Bought it love it using on my Acer a500 thanks for your hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] RickROM:
I am getting force closes also on the newest update. Did not have issues in the past. Tried redownloading and reinstalling, but I'm still getting them.

The force closes mostly occur when starting the phone for the first time or when unlocking the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] arvylas:
Latest stable apex and liquid 1.2 is working perfectly here.
[Android Apps and Games] The Gingerbread Man:
I keep getting an error trying to update from play store saying try again in a few minutes. Quite annoying
[Android Apps and Games] the1dynasty:
latest update does FC when first starting the phone... but no issues after that and it restarts right up so it's not that big of a deal to me...
[Android Apps and Games] DvTonder:
Personally I like the smaller icons.
[Android Apps and Games] Felimenta97:
Have the same problem here.

Sent from Xperia X10 Mini Pro using ICS by paul-xxx
[Android Apps and Games] The Gingerbread Man:
Trying to update from play for an hour now without luck. Cleared market data etc still won't do it. Has the been pulled cos of this tablet icon issue or something?
[Android Apps and Games] demo23019:
Great update as usual

2 request

can u have option to use custom dock divider.. atm editing apk

And setup paypal for donations for all the hard work
[Android Apps and Games] ex-28:
can anyone tell me how to get text on icons to show up in landscape mode ?

cant seem to find an option for it anywhere.
[Android Apps and Games] hirak99:
Restore desktop does not work at all in SGS 2. Not even for the shortcuts. Lost an hour of customization :(
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
What device are you on, what dpi are you using, and how many rows and columns do you have set? Labels auto hide when there's not enough room for them.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ex-28:
i727r rogers aka skyrocket on the ics leak running apex installed as system app. had no problems at all . just changed it to 4x3 and it all works , thank you so much , i was on 5x4 from default install .

tossing you a thinks !
[Android Apps and Games] chriscsh:
i use at my galaxytab 8.9

and just update to 1.0.3

but i found the icon become smaller than before version

is it a bug or any way to change it?
[Android Apps and Games] max-555:
Updated to 1.0.3 through the play store without problem. Also no problem with icons on lock screen or default screen. Have had replaced default launcher with Apex. Very glad with this so far.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Android Apps and Games] navodwickra:
Force Close

Device : Galaxy Nexus

Android version : 4.0.3

Installed as a system app after every reboot it crashes but works just fine after that. it's bit annoying to see the crash message after every reboot though ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Joecascio2000:
Me too. Just updated and all the icons are really small.

Acer a100 Tab
[Android Apps and Games] gollyzila:
Icons look fine on my Photon but they're shrunken on my HP Touchpad.
[Android Apps and Games] Saety:
Hi,

Will we be able to create folders in app drawer soon? Only thing that i missing in apex:(

Ty
[Android Apps and Games] Aitrus:
i have been playing with 1.0.3 for a few hours now. and i like it better than stock and trebuchet. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] iamnotkurtcobain:
What are your icons? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] rugal28:
Updated to 1.0.4 , still get FC ~"~

1.0.3 beta1 every thing is perfect
[Android Apps and Games] Link_of_Hyrule:
I've noticed some of you think icons are either too small or too big if you have this problem please go here and vote for icon resizing. Thanks for your support.

http://apexlauncher.uservoice.com/f...feedback/suggestions/2697836-change-icon-size
[Android Apps and Games] Doodsz:
Anyone still have this problem?

★ Sent From My Galaxy Nexus :rolleyes: ★
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
I didn't have any problems with 1.0.3 but right after update to the latest, I've got it crushed. SGS2 with lp3.

EDIT: no more issue with infinite scroll in drawer.
[Android Apps and Games] Kerr_Avon:
I am having a problem with Widgets freezing. I re-start Apex several times but they still freeze. I finally have to re-boot my phone (Galaxy Nexus) but it seems like after a while they just start freezing again.
[Android Apps and Games] wildcard30:
I have just started using the Apex launcher with my Galaxy S2 and have to say like it so far.
[Android Apps and Games] hootnath:
can we get one without the bar that has all, downloaded, n widgets n the top-right icon please.

the bar is useless, intrusive n annoying.

BUMP THIS please via "BUMP" in quick-response or press THANKs

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btw, the apps installed on external media (sd/flash) show up as tiny icons compared to the internal apps.

sometimes it gets fixed when you restart the launcher.

some times one has to restart launcher to see the external apps in the drawer too, they dont show up even after waiting for minutes.
[Android Apps and Games] Akabander:
Zen Paradise

My favorite launcher by far. Smooth, fast, plenty of features, and they all get out of your way when you want a clean interface.

Being able to back up my configurations has been a huge time saver too.

Thanks devs, you rock!
[Android Apps and Games] Kyrocera:
Im still getting label cutoffs when in landscape mode using 120 density and 10x10 grid.

Is there a way to fix this (other than remove labels)?

Great launcher btw. Thanks

EDIT: HP Touchpad CM9 Nightly 29/03/2012
[Android Apps and Games] Lesicnik1:
What's that app circle launcher thingy widget you got there?

It looks nice :)
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
Circle Launcher Light
[Android Apps and Games] baseballfanz:
Thanks for the update, now all my icons looks normal again.
[Android Apps and Games] navodwickra:
Yeah Looks much better now and also the FC on My Gnex is gone too. Good JOB Devs!
[Android Apps and Games] Akabander:
Circle Launcher Light

Dammit... ninja'ed. Yah, it's Circle Launcher Light.

Plan to buy the full version sometime, not that I need any paid features, just because I've been using the Light version for so long I'm starting to feel guilty.
[Android Apps and Games] eden1988:
The v1.04 update didn't fix the forced close after reboot for me :(
[Android Apps and Games] the1dynasty:
can someone please upload this so i can install to my phone... market isn't working for me for some reason... or PM me with a download link! thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] DvTonder:
This is off topic but what/where did you get the wallpaper, it is beautiful.
[Android Apps and Games] the1dynasty:
nvm... market was acting up but it's fine now!