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[Android Apps and Games] vn1977:
I've searched quite a bit, but I'm hoping someone here has done it: I use Widgetlocker and have not figured out a way to successfully block Swapps from activating while "locked." I've gone back to wave launcher at the moment, but don't like my stock lock screen so was hoping someone who reads this thread has figured it out.
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
I don't think it is possible. I too tried using the option in widget locker to block the package. It doesn't work...
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Dudes, Update..........

long time asked features added:

2.1

✓ Reorder Starred Apps (long press)

✓ Hide Apps from All Apps section (Unlocked users only)

✓ Hopefully fixed galaxy bug for good
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Nice new features.

Sorry it's me again ;)

Dialog for "Starred Reorder" shows title in English. Think the string is missing in translation tool.
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Just wanted to stop by again and say how much I love this app. Swapps+overlays+tasker= pure awesomeness
[Android Apps and Games] PiloteQuadeur:
Can't live without swapps now..! I hope next update will allow a search bar and a restore option :)

Envoyé depuis mon SGH-I317M avec Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
we have a user opinion page at: Swapps.uservoice.com

it holds all the users opinions and feature requests, that's how we know what to implant first.

you should vote there for the ideas you prefer the most.
[Android Apps and Games] PiloteQuadeur:
Thanks for the link. I's done!
[Android Apps and Games] :
May I suggest two more features :)

1) whitelist feature to exclude running Swapps on some apps eg. it may intefere when running some games.

2) option to temporarily disable Swapps on horizontal display and reenable it on vertical display.

Thats all to make it perfect! Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] boyheadkick:
i dunno if this is a bug or something :silly:

but the thing is that, sometimes when i unlock my phone and open Swapps' drawer it doesnt repsond..or more specifically, it seems like it's not running..then i give it some time, about 10-20 seconds and try again and it's there..i cant check on running apps because it happens quickly, i mean Swapps runs again by the time i get to have a look at the running apps

its not annoying or anything, its just kinda weird :D
[Android Apps and Games] PiloteQuadeur:
Check two posts before your

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[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
The android system sometimes kills services when it needs resources, but swapps is running again when killed.
[Android Apps and Games] -CALIBAN666-:
for me the best sidebar app ever,keep it up. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] zedsu:
Awesome!!
[Android Apps and Games] boyheadkick:
i already have it locked in memory
[Android Apps and Games] :
Done! Added in uservoice / suggestions. Everyone pls vote for this pls :D
[Android Apps and Games] hitesh03:
Swapps not working on Samsung Galaxy Note GT N7000

Dear Members,

swapps not working on my samsung galaxy note GT N7000 can somebody pls help on it.

:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] zellleonhart:
Is there a setting so that I can swipe in (whole holding) and release at the highlighted app to launch it, instead of having to click it?

I remember there is an app which can do this other than SwipePad (I am ditching it now because it sometimes delay in launching). I really don't like the extra click.
[Android Apps and Games] boyheadkick:
+1 to this..something like samsung's side launcher feature (i dont know what their side launcher is called) where you can swipe the app icon towards the center and the app will launch

boyheadkick™

Sent from my Xperia Acro S using Tap-Tap-Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] PiloteQuadeur:
There is an app for that indeed(can I name it or not?) , I use both of them. I like having the possibility to use one or other selection method.

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[Android Apps and Games] zellleonhart:
I found it too. The app with initial of G. But I find it weird because the G app's indicator when scrolling down is not matching to the position of the icon.. I am using swapps now, if swapps has this function it will be perfect.

Beamed from my very paranoid and harsh Nexus⁴
[Android Apps and Games] PiloteQuadeur:
Yes that's it! I agree with the issue you're mentioning. But if it comes to swapps, it must be an option and not the default way.
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
So you're saying an ability to drag icon towards the middle will launch the app matters that much?

lemme know what's the G app name in PM please, I'll check that out. If it actually as cool as you describe I'l try adding it :)
[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
I just installed it, and tested it...

It looks good, but i'm missing something...

Is it possible to add folder to the sidebar? I made folders in my app drawer, but i cant add them to the sidebar...

Also, changing icons should be nice too... All the apps have the stock icons...

Also, an option, e.g. after xx sec it would dissappear would be a nice option...

Maybe a bug: the sidebar overlaps the notification-statusbar... (if you are in the settings of swapps, it wont overlap)...
[Android Apps and Games] boyheadkick:
No overlaps on mine

boyheadkick™

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[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
It seems only overlapping on my home screens... Not in my apps.., I use apex pro...

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[Android Apps and Games] boyheadkick:
im running apex pro as well
[Android Apps and Games] flawedlegacy:
I am using TSF Shell (primary), Apex Pro, Launcher Pro, and TouchWiz... no overlap at all.
[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
I changed the opacity in my rom settings,

Seems its now behind my statusbar, overall... (I cant see the title 'Starred' => Behind the statusbar :silly:)

I will also check my romsettings again...

(Rom = Rootbox 4.0)

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I forgot also: If help needed with dutch translations, i'm glad to offer my help...
[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
Will uccw widgets supported? Because for now, widgets are opening outside the sidebar...

Will it be later on also be possible in the sidebar itself?

Because, I want to make have my phone like this:
[Android Apps and Games] little-vince:
Hey [MENTION=2952870]roshga[/MENTION],

Loving the app.

Just a few issues, sometimes when I boot up my device, the service/app doesn't always run. When I swipe the activation area, nothing happens. So I need to manually open the Swapps app from the app drawer before it works.

I'm using the free version on my Galaxy Note running 4.2.2 AOSP.

Also according to your post:

The pad should only be opened when SWIPING to the middle of the screen.

But for me, the Swapps pad still opens even if I just tap the area. This can get quite frustrating if I'm just browsing the web for example, and tapping near the edge of the screen.

Is it possible for you to make it so it actually requires a swipe gesture to open the pad? Cuz I often find myself opening the pad by accident.

And just a few general suggestions. Is it possible for you to make it so that you can hide/show apps from the Swapps pad? Like make a whitelist/blacklist option when displaying all apps? For users with lots of apps, it will make things significantly easier.

In addition, could you make sure that repeated apps are not displayed multiple times?

For example, if I add the Facebook app to my Starred Apps, and I had Facebook open recently, when I open the Swapps pad, Facebook will be repeated 3 times, once in the recent apps, once in the starred apps, and once in the all apps.

The repeats are quite redundant so you could remove them for better usability.

Overall it's a very great app.

I hope you continue to improve it and take my suggestions into consideration.

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] negrobembon:
I love this app, have in both my phone and tablet but i have a problem.

Im gonna try to explain with an example, i could be using chrome browser to view cat pictures(example) and then i use swapps to switch to youtube from the recent apps

Watch a dancing cat video then use swapps recent apps to switch back to chrome and theres my cat pictures tab, all good so far.

Then i close all tabs and completely exit chrome then 4 hours later i open xda in chrome but quickly switch to youtube to watch a how to root video then switch back to chrome using swapps and a new tab opens itself showing me the cats pictures that i have to close to get back to xda

This happens everytime i switch from one app to another using swapps recent apps, its like its stuck in the old screen, but if i use the stock apps switcher i get back to whatever i was doing

TLDR: recent apps gets stuck in one instance of the app and everytime i switch apps it overwrites what im actually doing to show me old stuff, while the stock app switcher always opens at what i was doing when i pressed home
[Android Apps and Games] neu - smurph:
Bug report - adding a shortcut directly to a starred slot also activates the shortcut. Depending on the shortcut activity this can be an issue (e.g. a shortcut for a screen - off or a reboot app can't be added to a starred slot).

Workaround with Apex installed is to add the shortcut as an Apex Activity rather than directly.
[Android Apps and Games] Spamnix:
I'm loving Swapps (paid), but it would be great if there were an option to stop Starred apps appearing in Recently Used. There isn't much point in having them in the list twice and they push out recent apps that aren't on the Starred list.
[Android Apps and Games] Just_s:
Love swapps, but I agree, this is a minor annoyance.
[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
Swapps is nice, but I miss the option to change the icons...

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[Android Apps and Games] L-ViZ:
still got long delay when opening apps while in launcher.

using nova launcher

rasbeanjelly 4.2.2

galaxy nexus
[Android Apps and Games] SagiLo:
Great app !

I have 1 problem with it, whenever i click the physical HOME button, the bar disappears and doesn't come up until i click the notification / launch icon ...

Of course it makes the bar unusable ...

i'm using nexus 4 over CM10.1

Thanks a lot !
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Sorry for disappearing for a while! rough time here... busy with a lot of things at the moment, with Swapps and other projects that we're working on.

Couldn't replecate the issue, for me with Nova it doesn't launch any shortcut that is added to starred...

See my next comment, it'll make you smile for a second ;)

I'll share with you the way Swapps works: On EVERY (Don't worry, it's really quick & you can't even notice it) pad launch, there's a refresh to recently used app list. Now, I'm aware of you're problem as I'm having it as well with some apps. I'll try to explain the issue:

This is not a system app, therefore Swapps can't read the recently used app "internal info" that might have an impact on the displayed content of that app. You can see that it happens on Chrome, Youtube & some other applications that use the same screen to show different contents (browsers, readers ext.. Mostly system apps).

Swapps tried to launch the app in the last state that it was on - from all sections (all,recents,starred) - but sometimes the launched app forces a state of launch. We're looking into a way of fixing it but couldn't find one, and replecating the code of the system's recently used screen is almost impossible (changes a bit in every android version).

I hope that make sense to you & sorry for the long explanation!

1. Weird behavior, do you have the Indicator icon off in the General Settings? if so, try to have it on transparent or just ON.

2. See my next comment about Swapps 2.2 update :)

3. Already there.. Unlocked users have a Blacklist option (General Settings -> Hide Apps)

4. New 2.2 update has an option to exclude starred apps from recents. Combined with the 'Hide Apps' option it does the requested behavior.

Hope my explanation helps ;)

I love that Buzz Launcher theme... The idea of it is really amazing, and we are looking into making Swapps even more complete as a 'Second launcher' with features like that, but I can't gurentee as we have a lot to do before we'll do these kind of things (like folders...)
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Swapps 2.2 Update is out! (Available on Play in an hour or two...)

✓ Option to exclude starred apps from recents

✓ Better sensitivity on high-res devices

✓ Improved swipe gesture detection to prevent unwanted launches

✓ Hidden surprises that you'll see in the future :)
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Thx for the update.

German language updated but not available in current version.

Also miss some strings:

- Promotion code

- Enter promotion code to unlock features

- Enter promotion code:

- Cancel

- Check Code

and

- Buy the unlocked version with Google wallet

Please update translation tool... :D

Btw, is it possible to get an email if new translation strings are available?
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
[MENTION=1873899]User_99[/MENTION]	aren't you something special :D

Well to be honest I didn't upload those strings on purpose. You'll won't see any of these fields in 3 days, they'll automatically disappear.

There's a special promotion for swapps this weekend, be tuned ;)

And I would advice getting AppTurbo app. It's pretty awesome ;)
[Android Apps and Games] ryoen:
I made a sidemenu in UCCW...

But want that in Swapps... I really hope that i can do this in the future...

This is how it looks now:
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Only sometimes :P

Thx for the explanation, but " - Buy the unlocked version with Google wallet" is still missing since two versions ;)
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Yup.. will be disappeared soon and back to the normal string :)
[Android Apps and Games] little-vince:
Doesn't seem to be working for me, despite having it checked and turned on.

I'm not sure if I'm the only one experiencing this or not. I'm running 4.2.2, PACman rom on my Galaxy Note.

A few screenshots:

You can see that I do have it enabled:

But apps like Facebook and Flipboard which are both starred are still being repeated in the Recents.

Other than that, the update is great.

The problem with the swapps bar being enabled even after tap (on high density devices) has been fixed.

Thanks for your awesome work!
[Android Apps and Games] flawedlegacy:
doesn't the slider to the right in red indicate "off"? Try switching that to the left and see what that does. I'd be willing to bet that'll fix it for ya.
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
The Exclude doesn't work on shortcuts, only apps. Is the facebook starred entry there is an app or a shortcut? :confused:

The slider in red is ON in his theme, look at the next option 'Recents on Top', its also red and the recents section is on top in the screenshot...
[Android Apps and Games] little-vince:
Yea, it's an app.
[Android Apps and Games] flawedlegacy:
Red is on.... ugh, my brain cannot process such a radical idea before 7:00AM apparently. I'll shut up now
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Seems like a bug alright... Already found why, I think it won't take long to fix.

lol don't be too hard with yourself... sh*t happens..

I woke up today at 5am to watch LeBron beat the spurs, tried to increase the volume with the channel switch.. took me 2 full minutes and about 10 attempts to understand that that's not the right button.......
[Android Apps and Games] flawedlegacy:
lol, the sad thing is, at the point i posted that, i had already been up for 4 hours and still not functioning properly... you can thank my 2 month old lol
[Android Apps and Games] mrazz_:
nice :good:
[Android Apps and Games] little-vince:
Awesome!

Thanks for your amazing work. :)

Also this is just a small request, but do you think it would be possible to allow installation of icon packs?

Similar to how Apex launcher lets you install themes/icons. That would be great. XD

But I think that might be asking too much. Carry on. :P
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Just a quick announcement:

Told you about some surprises this weekend, get 'app of the day' app by AppTurbo and you'll get a special promotion code to unlock most features off of swapps -

1. No Ads

2. More than 15 starred

3. Widgets in starred

4. BlackList (hide apps)

5. change text & icon sizes

6. More animations

I'm not sure if the promotion started on that app, as it's only downloadable at Germany, UK, Canada, France, Italy & some other European countries.

For the ones that can't get it, more cool stuff will come next week :D
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Sorry to bother you again with a translation "bug" :)

When you want to reorder the apps the dialog shows "Starred Reorder".

Also "Exclude starred from recents" and "Don't show starred apps in recents section"

Translation tool is correct, but APP shows still only English value...

Update: Since the last three updates I get instead oft a "&” an "&AMP;" in 'Bewerten & Kommentieren"
[Android Apps and Games] lbt:
I installed this app today for the first time, I noticed this too. "Bewerten & Kommentare" (Rate & Comments?) in the main menu shows up as "Bewerten & Kommentare", at least in the German version.
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
Also in "Privatsphäre &AMP; Nutzungsbedingungen".

Tested with older Version and there are all strings (exept the new ones) fine shown in German. Is there a way to fix them :D
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Probably didn't notice that I've doubled the '&' sign code (special character)... Stupid mistake, will fix it today, sorry about the frequent updates!
[Android Apps and Games] Paulikid:
A feature I really miss is to activate the Swapps sidebar with gestures (e.g. in Nova Launcher), so that I can show Swapps e.g. by swiping up or down instead of swiping from the edge of the screen.
[Android Apps and Games] iba21:
perfect app, i was trying something like this for a faster multitasking switch, i hate to press and hold the home button!

one thing: why ONLY 15 apps for recent openend? i'm using this bar only for recent apps, and, 15 is a bad limit.. now i opemed 17 different apps, and i cant switch with 2 of those.. :(

any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] licenced:
Swapps is disabled in the standard lockscreen, but not when using WidgetLocker. Big security concern for me. I tried putting the swapps package name in WLs Hide Other option (com.schiztech.swapps) but it didn't work - similar to a commenter a few pages back.
[Android Apps and Games] iba21:
... do you think you have some security on your phone?

If i rub it, i can extract all .img pastitions and open those to see what's in those.. and it's quite simple! :D

With the recovery backup is easyer than the last method, why? No need an hex decompiler, only 7zip :D

That's why i say, it's impossible to have security on those devices if you lose it ;)

And sure, if you create a way to put a code over the download mode or recovery you have to know it's possible to dump the rom directly by the serial cable connected directly with the motherboard, so, it's IMPOSSIBLE.

The best security, put the phone into your underwear!! :P
[Android Apps and Games] neu - smurph:
Hi, I think this is probably device specific or an android limitation but is there any reason that the Swapps touch area becomes inactive with an active HDMI out connection?

Another app full!screen with an overlay touch area is also affected.

Doesn't matter whether an app is open or on the home screen. Apex gestures work fine on home screen and no other touch related issues noted.

RK3066 device JB 4.1.1
[Android Apps and Games] licenced:
You're right of course. Device-level security is a pipe dream, and even if it wasn't the NSA are listening to everything that goes in or out of it anyway.

What a complete fool I am for not seeing that bigger picture and just trying to ensure that a common mugger or pick-pocket can't get to all my data and start making expensive phone calls within three seconds of snatching my phone. Damn I feel so dumb. Thanks for pointing this out to me. \s
[Android Apps and Games] asifbacchus:
Rename starred items?

Loving this app, so much so that I bought it, thank you! It's made my homescreen a million times cleaner! :good:

Quick question: Is it possible to rename starred items? I'm especially thinking for widgets. For example, I use PureMessenger for FB updates and would like it to say "FB Updates" in my starred items instead of "PureMessenger (4x4...". Don't know if this is possible, but thought I'd ask.

Great job! Looking forward to seeing what else you do with this app!
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
Good idea, we're thinking of adding rename option but it won't happen soon.

We want to rewrite a lot of Swapps' code and only then we'll have that.

In the meanwhile - another small update:

2.2.4

✓ Translation fixes (Sorry [MENTION=2578811]User9[/MENTION]9)

✓ Some crashes fixed

Promotion code is up again, on the 15th we'll have another promotion day for all of you that missed it! check out 'App of the day' by AppTurbo, or just use the 'appoftheday' promotion code :)
[Android Apps and Games] decmk:
Free for the 24h with promo code

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schiztech.swapps
[Android Apps and Games] lian_diary:
love it! runs very smooth on my i9500, and the transparent background is much more beautiful than the stock one. That's the one what I’m looking for!

I'll try in 2 days for the battery drain, if not too much I'll buy the ad-free version.
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
Is there any impact on battery/performance?
[Android Apps and Games] iba21:
No.. it's a simple app witch stores in background when screen is on.. and NOT in notification bar or unlock page..

It's perfect
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
thanks :) do you know how to put a home option in the sidebar?
[Android Apps and Games] iba21:
What??
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
where you can go straight to the homepage?
[Android Apps and Games] User_99:
How about pressing the home button?
[Android Apps and Games] iba21:
Download an app witch send the phone ti homepage if you launch it ... and put it in app sidebar
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
really good app
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
I have system ui showing up in the recently used apps? Is this normal?
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
are you using Paranoid android's Halo? if so, it's because Halo is activating System UI process when you launch an app grom halo so it'll appear in the recently used list.
[Android Apps and Games] cheese458:
ahh yes i am!! Thanks for the help!
[Android Apps and Games] dawabz94:
Hi,

I bought SideBar and Glove and some other ones but Swapps is the one that fits best my expectation !

I'd like to know if Swapps's all app drawer could provide paginated scrolling instead of continuous scrolling

Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] roshga:
That's a nice idea... Please add that to our UserVoice page at swapps.uservoice.com, I want to see how many people would like that also :)
[Android Apps and Games] zard:
Count me in.
[Android Apps and Games] dawabz94:
Thanks, will do !

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Just submitted, now hoping...
[Android Apps and Games] Buzz7:
I´ve been using this app since it´s initial release. Good work :good:

At the beginning it was quite strange that the sidebar sometimes opens when I swipe in temple run ;)

(I think it would be possible to solve this problem using Tasker)
[Android Apps and Games] vibes340:
How can I lower my swapps memory usage?
[Android Apps and Games] dawabz94:
Had the same issue but somehow memory usage became more reasonable
[Android Apps and Games] Kameirus:
is there a way to change the icons

cause if there is i sure cant find it
[Android Apps and Games] negrobembon:
i love this app but is laggy on my S4 for some reason