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[Android Apps and Games] b8drf:
I agree - I purchased both launchers a few years back, but I have been a long time Apex fan until recently, a few strange quirks with Android 7.x it seems stability is beginning to suffer with its lack of support and having re-tried Nova today, It is looking very slick and now handles badge counts, widgets and a few other things better than Apex.

Apex uninstalled today on 3 devices.

R.I.P Apex
[Android Apps and Games] xlollomanx:
For anyone who was interested seems apex launcher will be back soon. Apex team have announced it! https://m.facebook.com/ApexLauncher/

Sent from my Oneplus One
[Android Apps and Games] Mardon:
https://medium.com/apex-launcher/apex-launcher-is-back-1734becfe15c

Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] DonAndress:
That's a good news!

For me it's enough if it worked properly on Nougat ;)

Having Nova at the moment but Apex was just a notch better...

TapaTalked from i9506
[Android Apps and Games] tori729:
Good news! Mine is actually working better on Nougat than it did on MM!
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
Big thanks for this news update Mardon / xlollomanx !

Looking forward to Apex's next Launcher. Contacted them numerous times and was waiting for this news ;)

Edit: Vote or suggest new features here: https://apexlauncher.uservoice.com
[Android Apps and Games] taytev:
Works very well !
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
Glad Apex isn't dead. I'm hoping the current version works well with Android 7.1+
[Android Apps and Games] xlollomanx:
Yes, it's working well maybe even better than mm

Sent from my Oneplus One
[Android Apps and Games] DonAndress:
Is new version available yet?

TapaTalked from i9506
[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
New version will be release in May...
[Android Apps and Games] usopjidin:
Apex is the best, smooth and fast..
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
Update today :D
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
Where sir?

EDIT: https://medium.com/apex-launcher/calling-for-beta-testers-354fd7cd3d19
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
I guess I enrolled in the Beta tests a while ago. Even though the settings on my phone are set to stable, I still received a beta update through the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
The one reason I never used 3.1 is still present in 3.2b1 nl when starting an app on home screen the background of the app icon doesn't show the blue glow. So no indication you pressed the icon. In version 2 that I use it is.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
I don't have a blue glow around the icon but do have a whitish glow of the icon itself so I can tell it was pressed.
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
This is also what I see.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
Any changelog or is it pretty much just a compatibility build for nougat? Not noticing much difference from previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
Do you use a theme? I don't. Android version?
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
I haven't seen an updated changelog yet. The previous version was running fine on my Pixel XL with 7.1.2. Not sure what's changed.
[Android Apps and Games] piperx:
The old one worked fine on my nexus5 and pixel both running nougat
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
Look forward to seeing if Apex can win me back from Nova after I was an Apex user for several years. Many things such as custom icon selection are way more polished on Nova.
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
3.2.0 released today.

https://medium.com/apex-launcher/apex-launcher-v3-2-0-released-afc6961abe86
[Android Apps and Games] Takamoto:
Hello..I'm trying new version and works very well but one of my favourite "Nova Launcher features" is Bring to front or send to back widgets..lost with Apex.

Anyway good work!!
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
Latest update still has that feature.
[Android Apps and Games] Takamoto:
Excuse me I'm on V3.2.0..must I get use another one?
[Android Apps and Games] replica9000:
I'm also on v3.2.0
[Android Apps and Games] Cps777:
I had to install this to 'fix' the problem with the pull down status bar not working on my HTC One E9 (very bad, HTC). Works well :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Takamoto:
Ah ok..mine is not pro version:) tnx..
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
In version 3.2.0 still the same. No theme installed on Android 6.

Only icons in app drawer change when pushed. Not on home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] TeamHackura:
I did not have this option. Same version
[Android Apps and Games] djsam.ua:
Where is delete shortcut option? Feeling confused with last update ...
[Android Apps and Games] MrWasdennnoch:
I think there never was a delete option in the menu, you have to drag it to the top to remove it just as before.
[Android Apps and Games] djsam.ua:
As I remember was, maybe. Now got it! Anyway - many thanks!:)
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
There was a delete and an uninstall option.
[Android Apps and Games] TeamHackura:
Yes, this has changed
[Android Apps and Games] ingenious247:
My brother who's used Apex for about 4 years now is having an issue on his Galaxy S8

When you use Tablet mode, there's a tiny portion of the remove icon dialog at the very top of the screen that never goes away. I am sure it's caused by the odd screen ratio of the S8, but I am wondering if there's a way to correct it without asking for an update? Maybe something in settings I'm missing?

He absolutely has to use the Tablet UI because reasons so I cannot convince him to use the regular mode.. so he's back to TW for now
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
Updated to 3.3.0b2
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
Changelog?
[Android Apps and Games] tweakradje:
See it in play store.
[Android Apps and Games] ingenious247:
Thank you. As a long time supporter of Apex (I got half my family on it lol) I appreciate the quick response/update. Kudos
[Android Apps and Games] mariosm1cy:
Would be nice to see a app search bar in app drawer
[Android Apps and Games] Winb33:
HI all !

I'm using apex for a very very long time (pro version)

I' ve recently switch to a S7 Edge , so using Samsung Theme. I' ve extract some icons from sammy theme to use them in Apex (replacing icon manually).

But as you can see on my desktop, folders (named Google and Systeme) icons are really bigger than my other icons (simple app not folders)

Is there a way to reduce them ?

I' ve already tried to change icons size with standard options but difference stays ..

I someone has a tip i'll be very grateful :)

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] DARKKi:
Yeah, this is my biggest gripe with this app compared to other launchers. I have also bought the pro version so i would not like to switch back to Nova :\
[Android Apps and Games] Coneyaw:
Grayed out icons?

I'm not sure what's causing this, but it's got to be fixed. I've included a screenshot so you can see for yourself, but basically I don't have icons where there used to be icons. I recently drilled through all of the options and settings on my phone including on apex. Is there something wrong?

Instagram com/p/Bds3ZMDFSSk/

(It won't let me link yet)
[Android Apps and Games] PetoLuky:
Does the development of this launcher continue?
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
A new version!

Thnx
[Android Apps and Games] xclub_101:
4.0.1 Beta really sucks

4.0.1 Beta really, really sucks - I had to return to 3.3.0 but that has costed me a lot of time and nerves.
[Android Apps and Games] DonAndress:
Any details?
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
It's a beta. So there are still imperfections.

The app drawer will not show up immediately after you changing something in the settings.

The upper folders are not responsive after changing settings.

The folder preview iOs setting shows very little icons.

The transition effect 'flip' is not as smooth as should be. There is a flicker while changing/rotating the home screens.

But therefore it's a beta.
[Android Apps and Games] stargate125645:
How do you sign up for the beta? I don't see it on the Google+ page.
[Android Apps and Games] Reechings:
Look forward to development on this app. Used to be my go to launcher a few years back but seems to be a long way behind Nova at this point.
[Android Apps and Games] kremmit:
I would like to know this too.
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
https://phandroid.com/2017/05/12/apex-launcher-beta-launched/
[Android Apps and Games] stargate125645:
People always say that, but Nova lacks a major item: ability to have a different icon layout for landscape (I have not found a single other launcher that does this correctly like Apex does, actually). I don't know if it's still the case, but at one point at least Nova also lacked the same level of gesture customization.

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How are we supposed to find that if it's not on the Google Plus page? Sometimes Google makes things way too difficult. Or is that something the developers need to do?
[Android Apps and Games] stargate125645:
Welp, the beta version has some major bugs that should have been caught. Namely, it entirely removes landscape capability, which is all this launcher had that couldn't be found elsewhere. I'll have to go back to old version. Just wow.
[Android Apps and Games] eRPeeX:
It's s pity. I 'm a little bit disappointed, but this beta is not usable as my daily launcher. For the first time since 06/2012 I've switched to another launcher (Nova). So I hope the developers are busy for the next beta or final version! Back to former version of Apex isn't also an option because it was always crashing in Oreo.
[Android Apps and Games] pierre.hellner:
What's better with Apex compared tog for ex Nova launcher wich I idé as a daily driver for since I got My Galaxy S2.

It's a honest question. I dont have the time or interest to test all the different launcher. Pierre Gothenburg Sweden.

Skickat från min Moto G (5S) via Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] kremmit:
Evie is pretty good and free. Action launcher is also very good.
[Android Apps and Games] bryanus:
What happened with the new update released today July 17? It broke everything! It completely changed the settings and styles I had for the previous version. Swipe Up from dock to launch app drawer crashes for me everytime. I have white rings around folders now, that I can't change the styling of. Happy to have found the APK for the previous version here and get back to a working launcher again.
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
I thought the same thing :) I don't style my phone that much. Apex offers to not show the wallpaper and has a better option for changing the grid size than other launchers IMHO.

I'm sad to see the long press to add an app to my home screen disappear. Now I HAVE to unhide an app in the app drawer if I want to add it to a screen.

Where did u find the old apk?
[Android Apps and Games] bryanus:
I tried the one linked in the first post, but it was an older apk and had some bugs. I then just googled for it and found v3 3.3, which seems to be the last available version. I'm not sure if it was the final v3 release, though.

Here's the one I installed. So far it's working fine. Hopefully it's a clean apk. ?

https://apex-launcher.en.uptodown.com/android/download
[Android Apps and Games] jonoathome:
Great launcher..

Bugs in v7..

In the app drawer whole screen is bleeding at the sides with previous and next page of apps or widgets with horizontal.

Vertical scrolling offsets app/ widget list to the left in the app draw..

Using Motorola Zoom in landscape mode..
[Android Apps and Games] nqk:
Since 0.6, this great launcher dropped swipe action in drawer ( :( ) while adding other features, such as double touch on homescreens.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
I love the vertical scroll options in 0.7, but I noticed something odd.

If you have Vertical Continuous selected, the apps section works fine, but the Widgets section shows up as Vertical Paginated. Is this a bug, or is it deliberate? If so, why?

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] D79_:
Is there any chance we can have non alphabetical so that we can put our app icons where we want, rather than "mostly used" or "alphabet" order please :-)
[Android Apps and Games] AcmE85:
The overscroll blue tilt effect seems to be gone for the homescreen and appdrawer with 0.7 Beta. There is only the tilt without the glow now.
[Android Apps and Games] kawaiiDango:
Bug: No kinetic scrolling in widget gallery

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] stephenjason89:
bug report: in landscape mode, tablet mode.

go to apex setting change transition speed to 0 on desktop

scroll scroll scroll smooth..

now go to portrait mode.. try scrolling, you will feel suddenly scrolling speed went up and fast... go back to landscape mode and scrolling is really fast... i dont like the fast transition of scroll...
[Android Apps and Games] SiNJiN76:
Wow... .7 messed things up bad. Using on a transformer and now the wallpaper is zoomed in...the widgets are not aligned....the app drawer is not aligned..home screen lags big time. This was an upgrade...saw the bus and uninstalled and then reinstalled....same thing.

Now where is that .6 version? Hope i can find it. :D
[Android Apps and Games] KBanause:
I had the same problem. But I found out that it was due to some settings that were not set after the update. Check your Apex launcher settings.

Greetings from my TF201 and KBanause
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
I noticed the scrolling speed gets reset very easily...everytime the launcher reloads it seems it goes back to 50.
[Android Apps and Games] SiNJiN76:
Can someone tell me what saving desktop data does? I thought it was to save the widget layout and thought that the widgets would be placed back in it's grid...but it seems to do nothing.

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Hmmm....then I guess restoring the saved settings didn't go through. Ooh well...I'll wait for the next release...as I have no complaints about v.6.
[Android Apps and Games] gunswick:
Same issues on Transformer running 4.0.3 ICS.

Long press on home screen does not work anymore.

All my icons are gone from the home screen.

It is very unresponsive - i have restarted and force closed the app (i upgraded from v 0.6 FYI).

Cannot open apex setting at all.
[Android Apps and Games] wej1976:
Widget Issue

1st off. Excellent launcher.

Congrats, each release seems to tick off each feature that I currently think damn this would be made so much better if only it'd do xxx thing. then it does :)

Just to visually point out my problem I'll post a screen shot

Now the top widget is Weatherbug Elite widget. this is in it's normal 1 row setting which as you can see misses out half of the temperature text. If I resize the widget to two rows as per the second widget on the screen then you can read the temperature fully. Now I understand that devs need to rewrite their widgets maybe to fully support Android 4. However I think the next widget is an inbuilt (with maps or navigation) which I would hope fully support ICS.as you can see the lefthand widget displays no "label" if I extend the widget to fill 2 rows then it displays correctly.

Also if I leave the amount of rows and columns to their default settings they work fine. So I guess it's something to do with my 6x5 screen setup.

Hope this makes sense. I appreciate all your (and your teams) efforts in improving the stock launcher and look forward to future releases.

Many Thanks

Will
[Android Apps and Games] inffy:
Long pressing on the desktop doesn't bring up anything anymore after upgrading to v7
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
Yea, you gotta go into Behavior Settings and put it back to whatver you want.

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It will restore your icons and folders etc. but not your widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] Thracks:
It seems you cannot alter the icon of a folder with Apex. Is this the case? :) I love how liquid smooth this is, but that's something of a dealbreaker for me (I know it's minor).
[Android Apps and Games] Azure465:
I still have a problem with all dock icons getting duplicated. It first happened on 0.5 i think. It really slows down the launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] thomasmatt25:
I'm running 7 on CM9 Photon. When I set the scrolling speed Max for home screen and drawer all I well. Then when I launch a game or an app and to back to homescreen the speed is back to normal.
[Android Apps and Games] dpaine88:
I noticed this as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
Long press icon>edit>click icon.

Sent from The Past into The Future via The Present. :)
[Android Apps and Games] kroogar:
v3.3.3 seems to be the latest according to APKMirror: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/android-does/apex-launcher/apex-launcher-3-3-3-release/

Another thing I noticed is that when using Apex Notification I will no longer be able to select Google Inbox as my email app. Only Gmail.

It seems that they've rushed the release a bit. Hopefully there'll be an 4.0.1 update soon :)
[Android Apps and Games] otis_bartleh:
Yeah, I'm not liking the new Apex either. I've been using Apex for years and years and love it. But now, the dark folder background ring is gone in place of a horrible light one, I can't get icon's all the way on the bottom of the screen now, there's about 3/8" between the bottom dock and the lowest most desktop icons. I also can't get pinch in to preview desktops to work... I'm also going back to the old version, which was, in my opinion, perfect.

Edited: On top of those, on the old version, I had it set to double tap the desktop for the Apex Menu to come up, but if I tapped on a folder and quickly clicked on an app icon, the app would open. Now, with the new version, if I tap to open the folder and tap too quickly on the app icon, it will open up the Apex Menu instead of the app, which is SUPER annoying. I actually have to slow down while using my phone just to accommodate Apex now, when before I could just tap through folders and icons as fast as I wanted.
[Android Apps and Games] kevinff:
Horrible update! The side screens and drawer keep on disappearing. You can't individually change icons. This update sucks. I'm going back to stock launcher unless this is fixed. You really f-ed this up. Horrible, horrible, horrible
[Android Apps and Games] Hitti2:
Thank god for twrp and it's features. I had to restore an image backup. Thankfully, i did a backup few days before updating. Seems like the developer don't care even after all the neg reviews going on play store including mine. Latest update wiped my entire home page and I could not space out my icons up and down it was for and I said it to 7 and it stayed at 4 so the update is borked. All around this is so bad for Apex. And I'm a paying customer to so yeah not too happy.

There are some typos in my paragraph speech to text isn't all that right..
[Android Apps and Games] Hitti2:
I also had to use uninstaller app to uninstall as the uninstall under options apps was grayed out so they make it nearly impossible uninstall.
[Android Apps and Games] XTCrefugee:
On Android 4.4.2 (Samsung Galaxy S4) I am getting a force close when attempting to open the "Layout & Style", "Scrolling & Transition", "Wallpaper" and "Search Bar" options from the "Home Screen" section of Apex settings, others seem to be working OK. I get a "long press to configure screens" message when pressing menu from the home screen (where the wallpaper, widgets and settings options appear below), but long pressing does nothing. Under "Restore from Backups" Apex doesn't seem to find the backup made from previous versions (intentional?)

I can't find a way to switch the app drawer to horizontal paginated, which is how I have all my Android devices. I also can't find the option to segregate different apps by tab any more, that's a big problem as everything lumped together seriously harms usability for me (I don't wish to use folders inside the drawer either).

I'll be going back to 3.3.3 until these are resolved as this really isn't usable right now.
[Android Apps and Games] romuloxiii:
I too am having many of the problems. The two most annoying are the disappearing dock and the lack of horizontal paginated app drawer. When those are fixed ill reinstall.

Im a big fan of this launcher and I'm sure the bugs will be ironed out. I just hope it's soon.
[Android Apps and Games] DominatingSystem:
I searched this thread on Google only to see the developer burn. Now I grab my popcorn :D
[Android Apps and Games] anisjolly:
Same here. Hate everything about the update. Cannot change the colours for the App Drawer text etc, Dock isn't sticky anymore - the settings to stop it scrolling do not work, the app drawer is stuck to one design - I prefer to swipe left where I can only swipe up. Uninstalling it until it's fixed - quite a shame
[Android Apps and Games] Hitti2:
Just go back to 3.3.3
[Android Apps and Games] xhepera:
I tried going back to 3.3.3, but it still couldn't see my backup. That, combined with no response (on any venue I've seen) from the developer, doesn't encourage me. I used Pro for years and lost all of my meticulously crafted screens in a matter of minutes. Since I have to recreate them from scratch anyway, I just said screw it and downloaded Nova Prime, for which I have also had a license for years. I loved Apex with a passion and was a big evangelist for the app for years. Can't do it anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] ST Dog:
You normally can't uninstall the default launcher. Set a different default and it uninstalls normally.

Format changed. One file instead of 2 (setting and desktop).

Saving new backup erases old backup files too.
[Android Apps and Games] lartomar2002:
Thank God I finally checked this thread and found out about this problem and that I am not the only one pulling his hair out all day now. This has to be fixed I have been a loyal Apex Pro user for years now. My Home page has completely disappeared, I can not restore backups, I use landscape mode and the dock will not rotate from portrait to landscape. If this is not fixed soon I will be asking for a refund even if I did buy it years ago. This is not right. Aren't you supposed to do extensive testing before releasing a update? Until this is fix how about releasing the old version? I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 on Oreo.
[Android Apps and Games] Hitti2:
For some reason I believe in that they did this intentionally.
[Android Apps and Games] lartomar2002:
Why would they do it intentionally?
[Android Apps and Games] iamelton:
if i re-sign the v3.3.3 apk, and use it instead of the original v3.3.3 (so as to stop it from updating in play store), will my pro app and pro features still function?

pls let me know if anyone does try this.. tia..
[Android Apps and Games] ST Dog:
Why not just try it?

At worst it doesn't work and you revert to the original.
[Android Apps and Games] lartomar2002:
Because the original is not working properly?
[Android Apps and Games] ST Dog:
3.3.3 works just fine.

The question is if that's modified so it won't update will the pro license still work.
[Android Apps and Games] Ænimal:
To all those cry-babies: Version 4 works just as fine as I've expected after using apex for years.. Whenever devs ask you to clean install xposed installer or magisk manager (for a good reason) you just shy away and comply, but when your pathetic hell-o kitty desktop gets messed up, you start bashing until devs quit their efforts (FOR FREE) just widicuwous..
[Android Apps and Games] lartomar2002:
What the heck are you saying? And mind was not free I paid for the Pro.

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3.3.3 pro license still works for me. ?