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[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Context Pages

My replacement for the Google Now on left experience. This feature allows users to set pages that are available to them as their companion to their homescreen in Sapphyx Launcher. This was an idea based on Luke Klinkers Blur Launcher page concept but built totally different. Context Pages are loaded in an adapter in the launcher settings show you what is available to use, the license it needs to be accessed and if settings are available to it.

Swiftfeed: A powerful and customizable RSS feed with built in Google Assistive Search. A classic imitation to the Android 4.0 Experience Google Now. Loads up an rss feed (Not all feeds are currently supported), displays its contents. The header loads up the classic google now wallpapers and has a built in Google Search widget that will show realtime weather and information if you have the Beta Google Now installed. News items have swipe options for sharing and dismissing and clicking on the title will do an article search on Google Now. You can choose from an array of news articles I have provided or set your own feed. You can also change the bottom scrim color for a personal tint.

Calendar: A calendar...

Search: A basic search page with Native Google Search Widget

Swiftsnap: A selfie cam of sorts just for fun. Don't expect high quality pics from SwiftSnap. It was designed to be a selfie cam but at the same time, a trigger for photographers to get a quick pic of the world. It does consume alot of batter so be careful.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
User Registry

The user registry was built to give Sapphyx Launcher a personal experience. You can set this information by accessing the launcher settings, pulling out the drawer and clicking the header and accessing the Account Settings. In here, it will ask for a profile header image, a profile avatar image, your name and a nickname. This information is used in certain elements in the launcher to give out a more personal vibe. I would like to eventually add a petite ai experience in the future so it can use this information to communicate with you as well. This information is not collected and stored in the launcher database. Your images are broken down into code and stored in the shared preferences. Kinda like getting fisted from Thanos.
[Android Apps and Games] ogre del:
Boom!
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Beta Hotfix Update 7/1

Here's what has changed

-Added the ability to change the launcher settings mini drawer and full drawer size in app settings

-Added the ability to change the height and width of the dock searchbar

-General Maintenence to update checker in Changelog activity

-Removed the wrist twist concept gesture as it collided with the Tilt Gesture

-Fixed Tilt gesture to properly work and added a Show Workspace action to it

-Adjusted the padding to the Swift Pill (Still playing with location)

-Added a higher calculation multiplier to homescreen app title size (May be smaller after the update, you should change it)

-Fixed an oddball compilation bug that named Sapphyx Launcher Pixel Launcher

-Minor performance fixes in launcher workspace

-Added a proper on back press to dismiss Swift Panels

-Deleted and Removed some deprecated and unused Google Code from Stock Launcher 3 framework

-Rebuilt Pill/Date widget header for future tweaks and implementations

-Fixed a bug that suggested users they applied the Search context card when switching pages

-Added Backup and Restore Sapphyx user data functionality (A few more plans are in the making for this utility)

Now I want my users to not get used to the idea I push out updates this fast. It was a very hot n humid day and I had nothing more todo ?? but you should expect an update every week whether it's a quick fix suggested by a user to some major changes im working on.

Side Note: We noticed the Tilt gestures set an incorrect value so when this update installs, movement may return you to your homescreen so check the gesture settings!
[Android Apps and Games] takis:
Thank you for such active support!
[Android Apps and Games] AlisterRodrigues:
Great launcher. Love the features in it
[Android Apps and Games] José Luiz 2017:
Good Launcher ?????
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Working on the next beta update. Should roll out this weekend if my work schedule doesn't get any more busier but on the list so far, here's what's headed your way.

Theirs currently a bug in my math that takes the Swift Pill and Dock Searchbar and blows it up like a balloon animal on android 6 - 7.1 and draws it correctly on Android 8+ this was because I had completely forgotten about the fact of the new display size api in Oreo and up. This is being fixed to where the variables are completely manual now and you can adjust the padding, width and height of these elements. If they look awful on install or past the update, you'll be able to adjust them now.

The launcher settings will now display the changelog after each releases update to show the recent changes that have been implemented. Not many people care about the changes vs where to actually go see the changelog which is in the launcher updater activity.

The launcher settings persistent rate dialog has been revamped to a much more attractive window and the rate at which it ask for feedback has also been increased.

The text size modifiers have been slightly revamped to get better results for bigger screens, higher dp and tablet support.

Ive also refactored alot of my code that I forked from google and rootless pixel mod to hopefully fix a few problems we have on Pixel devices and essential phones. Made several adjustments for performance boost as well based on my results from the google console.

Im working to get a few new features down before I release this update so you guys have some new things to play with vs stability and performance.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
A few screens of the next update.

This includes a new vertical drawer developed specifically for Android Go or low performance devices.

Ive also included an icon size variable thats pretty different compared to how other launchers have done it so we will see how it goes.
[Android Apps and Games] a.broken.star:
Can you add a app collection page just like Aviate Launcher had ? I just love that thing. Its so much better than having folders. Just look into it. If you can implement it, that would be great.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Care to explain this feature? I'm looking for an alternative to folders actually
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
This afternoon il be releasing a new beta update on xda labs and Google Play, I'll notify when the update is ready.

Changes coming in this build

-After changes have been applied in the launcher settings, it will now listen on home button press. Before, only backing out would trigger applying the launcher settings.

-The persuasive rating dialog increment timer has been increased by 5 and now uses Luke Klinker Floating Window Tuturial interface. This window will appear asking if the vibes of the launcher have been positive, negative or if you'd like to issue a report. Positive Vibes sends you to the playstore for a Rating, Negative vibes readies up an email directly to me for discussion, issue reporter launches activity to send a report on github for me to track.

-Changelog will now load up its html after each version changes. This allows you to see the latest changes right away. I am currently working on a better window and the activity itself as a few things have been deprecated.

-Size settings have been implemented for Homescreen/Dock Icons, App Drawer Icons, variable fixes to text size, Swift Pill sizes, and Dock Searchbar sizes variables(Which will allow Android 6-7.1 users to enjoy the dock more). I will continue to work on these variable settings as needed.

-A rare FC caused by Swift Actions should be fixed.

-Compound Drawable padding has been added to app drawer settings.

-App Drawer configuration code and paginated swiping improved for better performance and reliability.

-New Go Vertical Drawer Type added for low end devices that uses an automated process to calculate columns and spacing properly needed for screen size and density.

And a few other background preparations for and fixes to boring to talk about.
[Android Apps and Games] a.broken.star:
Its a separate page where apps appear collection wise.

To open an app from a folder we to through 3 steps, 1) find the folder 2) click on it 3) click on the app

But app collection page does that in 2 steps. 1) swipe left to go to app collection page 2) click on the app.

Pls see any video of aviate launcher. It will explain it better than i can in words or screen shots.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
I found a copy of aviate launcher apk and installed and took a look. This looks like something I would consider as a Context Page or a replacement in Swift Apps panel. Il definitely keep this in mind.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
New 2.00.02 update is live on xda labs

Should be live in an hour or so on Google Play!

Edit: live on playstore
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
If you notice some weird or aweful looking views or launcher elements because of size changes, let me know. I'm working to improve my calculations based on OS specifics and destiny
[Android Apps and Games] PlaidRadish:
I am really enjoying Sapphyx Launcher 2. I have one question and one potential bug:

Question: Can I get a link to a "how-to" page on using icon packs with this launcher?

Bug Potential: I am using MIUI 9.5 on a Redmi Note 5 Pro, and under "Notification Bubbles" in Settings, I can't turn on "Notification Indicators." When I switch on the system notification permission switch for Sapphyx, it crashes the settings app and resets the permission to the "off" position. Tried it dozens of times, reboots, resets, turned off MIUI Optimization, plus a myriad of other attempted fixes. It just keeps crashing the MIUI settings app.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Icon Packs: Being that your on MIUI, Icon Packs are different compared to system icon packs. Simply search icon packs on Google Play, once you find one you like, install it and select icon pack in general settings

I have a Mi 5 Pro myself. What I have discovered with Bubble Indicators is that once you enable them, you'll eed to restart your device to see the changes with MIUI or EMUI or any heavily skinned OS (Reason why I use Linage OS myself). The notification settings crashing is because that particular activity the launcher is looking for isn't available in MIUI framework so not much I can do their. If it automatically disabled it, it could be a permission thing in MIUI security
[Android Apps and Games] PlaidRadish:
Sorry, I'm new to MIUI. Love the phone, but I'm a LineageOS guy, too. Unfortunately, not every phone is bootloader unlocked or easy to force into submission of unlocked status. ;)

I'm actually using Sapphyx Launcher 2 by Ryan Gocal - sounds like you are him?
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Yes sir
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Have a busy work schedule this weekend so our weekly beta update may get delayed till next week with a bigger punch.

A few things I'm currently working on.

The message board in the launcher settings is a way to communicate changes, reports, updates and more and i wanted a way to let users know of any new messages. The next update will include a counter that will notify users of new messages. It simply just monitors a change in the messages counters and a little window pops up to let you know new messages may be available to check out.

The Rating window will now properly dismiss when selecting an item.

I've altered how two line titles calculate how much padding and space is available for the app title characters and set a manual variable so you can change it yourself. Different screen size results changed my mind of how to approach this.

I'm allowing users to change the typeface of app titles. This is a step forward font support soon.

Im adjusting how text size and icon size changes are handled. I'm finding different results around the board. Everything looks clean and well sized on newer generation devices with android 8 whike android 6 and 7 devices are looking choppy and not well formed size calculations. Hopefully we will get better results.

Im going to start work on a new context page soon to rival the One Plus Shelf feature and do some general maintenance to Swiftfeed. I probably can guess hardly anyone uses the calendar or Search page but they are their as examples of usage.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Working on adding Folder customization in next beta update for next week.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Edit: XDA Labs doubled posted for me =/
[Android Apps and Games] Koont:
Crashes when I try to launch it after install. LG V20.. rooted stock ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Probably the dang battery receiver Swift action. Working on fixing it. Seems to have different results on heavily skinned firmwares.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Folder changes coming
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Folder settings coming in next update
[Android Apps and Games] Koont:
Tried again with lineage 15.1 and same thing. Crashes when launched right after install. I'll keep an eye on this project cause I'm loving the features that I've read about this launcher. Keep up the good work.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
I just published a new update so go ahead and try that one
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
This week's weekly update contains the following changes
[Android Apps and Games] Koont:
Will do.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Published a small hotfix update today on xda labs and Google Play.

This patch was focused on the account edit activity. Rebuilt the activity to be material designed and work better with the settings registry. I also updated the profile settings to accept an age counter for a future implementation. Not required at the moment to use it.

Hopefully everything is working well. Will be focusing on Swiftfeed and Context Page enhancements this week.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Weekly update will be delayed this week. Aside from being busy, I have swiftfeed tore apart for maintenance and improvements. Also working on a few more enhancements on the side.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
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[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Reminder ^^^^

codes expire in a week. Onyx License unlocks all launcher customization and all Context Page access on stable release
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Hoping to crank out a nice update this weekend.

In this update, Il be focusing on Context Pages abit and menus. Swiftfeed has gained abit of maintenance and general changes im going to monitor after the update. This may decide whether i need to change the GUI abit or continue where we are and just improve. The Swipe actions are nice but their not playing well with the GUI we have.

The Calendar Page has received a pretty nice revamped look. This revamp at the hint of events coming in the future.

Context Pages are receiving support for Primary, Secondary, Accent and Text Color personalization for pages that don't have settings for them. the first page to see this change is the calendar page. The settings interface has also been revamped by a small portion.

Ive attempted to add support for Kustom Widgets by adding the 5sec delay api. We will see how this works with users who are big into Kustom.

The message board now can allow users to copy the details text by long pressing, this'll be helpful for promotions and give aways.

il be working to bring menu and popup customization by the weekend as well. This will allow users control over shortcut pop-ups and the homescreen menu. Very similar to how action launchers menu works with personalization.

Something im working on for adaptive colors is a way to allow users to choose an image to grab colors to use for their homescreen. This comes in handy when you use a live wallpaper that does not provide a static wallpaper.

So some nice changes coming and more on the way. Il be posting my monthly blog soon as well and you can catch that in the message board or download my GSD Mobile App.

Il also be pushing security and maintenance updates to the license keys and 2.0 support to the Sapphyx Service Pack soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Users will be able to set the actions they want in the homescreen menu soon
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Update 2.00.05 now live on xda labs and Google Play
[Android Apps and Games] nypoxsw:
Not a bad launcher!
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
If you updated to 05 and did a launcher backup and restore, You may notice some settings not properly sticking or being able to be toggled, Try a launcher data reset. This may have been caused by me rebuilding some of the preference data.

I am currently working on 06 which may be just another fixer upper update. my goals are to patch a few things im seeing acure on the google console and get SwiftSnap up and running as a testable object rather than just testing the camera api.

If you have any request, ideas or concerns, please drop a line or post it in the issue reporter option in the launcher settings.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
06 released in xda labs and beta channel on Google Play. Features a few priority fixes i needed to implement and a working SwiftSnap Context Page.

next update will focus on toggles not hitting correctly
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
07 is currently being worked on and should be released by the end of the weekend or next weekend. Im working on adding some additional features in the background but this update will form the base structure to them.

im also working on patching up the launcher settings because pf a few issues we have run into were settings aren't applying correctly.

a new dock search bar is in development and android P adaptions being implemented.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
A new update is expected to drop tomorrow. The Swift Pill and Dock Searchbar are dieing off. Il have notes on changes for release
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
07 update released yesterday evening. If you didn't receive last weeks update due to the beta program, it will also roll over.

This update will the Dock Searchbar and Swift Pill feature from the dock and replace it with the Swift Actionbar which seems to be everyone's favorite addition. its relatively still in testing so you will see redundant usages and toggles but as we play with it, the more il understand what we want from it.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
3 Hotfix updates were released. These updates were to fix the remaining performance hurting bugs and some Material 2 concept style implementation.

I also included a new Sapphyx Font chooser
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Published a hotfix last night that fixed a launcher breaking bug in android 7.1 devices. All of the bugs that pertain to the launcher should be fixed now. Anything else is from my crap 8)

The September update will bring some major game changers
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Not launcher work related but I released a new update for my GSD Mobile app that'll update you on any news regarding Sapphyx Launcher development soon and other news I have to share.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.gsd.com.gsd
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
I've started work on a new update for Drywall. Now, Drywall is the launcher default wallpaper app. If you haven't installed it yet, I suggest you to as im looking for suggestions to improve its worth.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Development for Sapphyx Launcher's next update has started. Il have more info when that becomes available
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
A preview of the revisioned launcher settings
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Sapphyx Launcher 2.0 now has a new set of beta updates releasing on Google Play and Xda Labs. These updates are focused on Android P patchwork. Lots of new changes headed our way.

Ive also added system app support for the launcher settings api that adds a shortcut to the launcher settings in the android settings if the app is converted to a system app
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Released another beta update this morning.

Reverted some code in a overview mode clean up that broke widgets and placing them.

Cleaned up the changelog reader window

Added a Minidrawer pull out indicator (needs work)

Added lock and unlock actions to launcher popup menu

Started on under the hood development for changes coming to Adaptive colors.

Patched up round dialog imitations from Android P
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Something I've been working on Adaptive colors 2
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
New beta update available on Google Play and Xda Labs this morning. Looking for some testers to give it a go
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Published a hotfix to the beta this morning. With changes made to the message board, if the user disabled it or didn't have an active internet connection, the settings window would crash. This issue has been fixed in today's update. I also revisioned the application settings window.
[Android Apps and Games] MishaalRahman:
Can you explain what this feature does exactly?
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Basically the pixel theme engine multiplied by 10. Pulls a Primary, Secondary, Accent and text color from your current wallpaper. If you use a live wallpaper, load a backdrop in the profile settings and choose the colors manually.

Demonstration here

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[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
New beta update this morning

In this update, I focused on Swiftfeed. The user interface was garbage after i had way to many experimental intentions with the recyclerview so i scrapped it and started over. The user interface is now similar to Google now where a searchbar at the top comes into view as you swipe down and transitions up as you navigate up. The titles still search the topic on Google now but come with a mini circular icon as an actionbar indicator. The swipe actions were removed as they interfered with the homescreen swipe listener and replaced with my popup menu with a dismiss and share action (I may add more options later). Images now are handled by Glide and automatically calculate the space it needs to create a preview. Long clicking on a news item will create a dialog preview. Clicking on an item will open the chooser dialog. I do plan on rebuilding the settings soon so its not as confusing.

I added a few things to the dock. A transparent gradient option that adds a glass effect towards the bottom. Added a width padding tweak and general maintenance to my custom P backdrop background for Android P inflation.

Added went ahead and did some touch ups to the message board tinting and image processing. It should be faster and store images now. The feeds scroll timer was decreased by one second. The message board will also hide itself and stop the timer if internet is not available to your device.

Im also experimenting with Tips in the launcher settings. Theirs only one at this time.

Enjoy
[Android Apps and Games] lzwfkv:
I like the approach and it feels smooth using it.

Though, still some bugs, settings menu is a bit confusing/misleading and most of all lacks gestures even the basic ones double touch, swipe up and down.

I don't get why the new fashion is cutting

1 multiple docks or at least one multirow dock

2 Home screens loop

Having them would be a plus.
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
What is misleading may I ask?

Multiple docks/multi row is something I want to look into

Is the settings menu confusing because it's different or confusing because theirs no sort of navigational tuturial
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
New beta update today

Includes a new feature to extract icon colors for shortcuts, tabbed swift drawers, revised swift action panel, new swift settings page and general revision maintenance
[Android Apps and Games] Nx Biotic:
Shortcuts now extract the icon color for appearance and style.