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[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Some bugs I've noticed:

icon_search_widget.png does not seem to be used. The icon of the search widget when adding new widgets still shows the default one. I've tried with other themes and it's the same as well.

The icon_search_widget I'm using is this:

But when I try to add new widgets, I get this:

I've a problem with the wallpaper turning weird when pulling up the drawer... :(. I've uploaded it, please download and take a look. Sorry it's in *.mov format, recorded it with whatever I had :X. Update: Upon more testing, it only happens with Normal transition as well. As I've stated earlier, Normal transition also feels a lot laggier than the others :(.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/y21gngyyzwe/P1030845.zip

Mirror: http://rapidshare.com/files/307651584/P1030845.zip

kron2: It's on the market :).
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
on the g1 i see icon_search_widget and the wallpaper is ok pulling up the drawer.
[G1 Apps and Games] eminembdg:
I downloaded and installed the one new skin that said had wallpaper included. But when I use the GDE wallpaper selector, there was just a blank black screen with no wallpaper and a button "Set Wallpaper". Did i do something wrong?

I installed the one by bkmo.

**** EDIT ****

Nevermind. I just installed ElcairTheme (new drawer) and those wallpapers were visible. So i'm not sure what was wrong with the install of bkmo's one skin
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
kron2: I've updated my post with screenshots, still not able to get icon_search_widget.png to show up correctly.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I'm on the G1 and the wallpaper is fine too. He is right though, if you change the icon for the search widget, it still shows the original one. It does not change.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
bkmo: Try changing your transition to Normal? :) It works fine for me on all other transitions but normal.
[G1 Apps and Games] stronggeek:
My droid does this.

I agree, great update!

I purchased this app a few days ago, patiently waited and was rewarded with this great work.

Makes my droid that much better!

Anyway, even after shutting down as many apps and processes as I could I still experience the issue described.

Normally slow-down occurs after 12-14 page flicks.

Slow down and flickering occur while in stretch mode as well.

Other than this issue, I wish could:

(1) use the center "app" button and menu button to execute separate functions (for instance allow the caenter/action button or whatever it is to open an app or folder while allowing the menu buttion to maintain its's current attributes).

And (2), figure out how to delete the application dock widget. (No, I havent read the manual yet).

Great App!
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
stronggeek: Long-press at the extreme sides (either left or right) of the app dock widget to remove/move it around :).
[G1 Apps and Games] stronggeek:
Thanks Wysie!

Good lookin out as that did the trick.

The app dock is a great idea (and yep you were right I just to move it down- not really trash it).

And man, your themes also.

You do nice work!
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Thanks stronggeek :)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@ Wysie

Looking into the normal transition ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
I found another bug but i dont know how to reproduce it. Sometimes when pressing an app to launch it, the first item in the menu also gets highlighted. I will post a video when i can.
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
wysie you are right the icon don't change and on normal the wallpaper looks like it is zooming out.i was looking at the other widget icon
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
UhHuh, as soon as I touch the drawer handle in normal it resizes the wallpaper.
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
have any other themers tried changing the menu_roe ad Menu_group files? i tried but when i put it on my phone they didnt change? even restarted the phone to see if that would work but it didnt.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Thanks Wysie for the logcat! Ill fix the drawable state change... when did this occur?

The canvas size etc was there to debug for Droid 2.0, but ill take it out in the next update.

menu_row should work correctly but i still have to implement menu_group. Ill add this together with the dialog menu background color.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
rogro82: I was using the jog dial to move from app to app as I was testing out the new drawables, and then it FC-ed :P. Thanks! One more thing, I *feel* that it's slower when opening menus now, I've about 7 sub-menus and clicking on Applications takes about 1 to 2 seconds before I can see the folders :(.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Rogro, can we get different images for the list select, and grid select. All we have now is menu_switch maybe you can also add a menu_grid.png
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
yup... going to add that one.. im going to put up a list with drawables that still needs changing features. If you have any more please let me know.

Everything else ok on the theming side?
[G1 Apps and Games] msiviter:
It's a bit faster than the last version but is still very slow to go back to the home screen from any different screen, I find myself doing multiple presses as it takes so long I can't believe the hardware button has detected the press.

O2 Galaxy Modaco ROM (1.5)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@msiviter could you give me some more information on what you have on your phone?

Do you still have widgets on the original homescreen, how many widgets are you using that use constant running services to update? These are some key factors that can really slow down a switch to a home replacement.

I hope I can help you out getting it a bit more snappy.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo

about the wallpapers repeating... the theme wallpaper-chooser shows wallpapers from all installed themes ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I haven't gone nuts looking for bugs, but it looks like I can confirm the ones Wysie has found. Text colors seem to be ok for what I have changed so far. I have a bunch of theme updates, so I may break down and get market access. I know it is $25 down the drain unless I charge for a theme.
[G1 Apps and Games] msiviter:
djosiah - any chance of implementing the status slider on the top of the 'menu' thingy at the bottom of the screen aka the Hero one that displays where you are amongst the home screens. Open gesture has one as well.

My Home has weather widget donate, superdial, email, google calendar, handcent and battery widget on the primary home and 6 other home screens with 27 widgets in total. Open gesture worked quicker as does the proprietary home but panda home was as slow as GDE is.

Matt
[G1 Apps and Games] SizeOfAPlanet:
if i had 27 widgets running, i'd expect my galaxy to explode :D

@ rogro: the search widget still won't work for me, would it be possible to add a search shortcut to the left/right buttons?

otherwise i'm completely satisfied with gde!
[G1 Apps and Games] sebx_g1:
Hmmm ... maybe it is time to plan a localisation of GDE , I can help with Polish ?
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
not sure if its possible and i just havent seen it, but it would be nice to change the colour of the font in menu_row and menu_group.

sorry not sure if i can do this as i think it would involve adding extra code which i cant do.
[G1 Apps and Games] Pinesal:
It's instant for me with Cyanogen's rom. I have the home app stay in memory option checked in spare parts.

Also, since updating to the new version, the apps screen, where I have 7 folders set up, in the drawer takes a long time to load and often caused GDE to stop responding for a bit making me have to press the wait button. It was instant in the last version. Anyone else have this issue?
[G1 Apps and Games] jay652:
I created a new thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=585297) specifically for GDE theming -- hopefully this will clear up some of the congestion in this one. That way, this thread could deal with bugs and improvements, without tackling too many issues at once.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
0.1.7.6 in the market... basically fixes the wrong rendering of the normal transition background when opening the menu and it should also speed up the normal transition.

Let me know if its correct and if its faster then it was.

@Pinesal

Ill look into the issue. Thanks for reporting. Havent really changed anything in the Applications Menu but ill see what i can find.
[G1 Apps and Games] foolie:
Rogro82, using this on my Moto Droid, it's blowing my mind! Definitely enhanced my Android experience ten fold, though I found a few quirks

The wallpaper scrunches up when i pull up the settings tab

And there is minor lag when scrolling through the applications list, which I'm assuming will be fixed with a latter update?

Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@foolie

The wallpaper glitch should be gone with version 0.1.7.6. Let me know if it is.. about speed... im always working on getting the most out of it so yes ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
normal transition looks to be fixed and the app is fast for me
[G1 Apps and Games] foolie:
Oh nice, just updated, and yes it is fixed! thanks for the quick updates
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
The top left icon in the app tray still goes to pressed state when you press one of the other icons. Also the scrolling of the apps (I use grid display) is still a bit jumpy compared to the stock launcher. I have no folders so I cannot report about the delay with the folder display.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo ill look into it... i somehow cant replicate the issue that the top left icon is changed to the pressed state
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I think Wysie reported it earlier too. Try one of our themes to see if it is theme specific.

Edit: still does it on the default "GDE" theme too.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Can you email me a screenshot of when it happens?
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I think I know when it does it. When you open the app drawer without touching the trackball, then the default icon with the selected and pressed images is the top left. It is not focused at this point so the menu_grid pressed and selected are actually hidden. Then when you touch another icon to launch it, this top left icon shows as pressed too. If I select via the trackball, then it works as designed.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
icon issue

Rogro, If I replace an app with one that has a changed icon GDE does not change it until reboot. If I go to the stock launcher the app has the new icon. I can delete it from the desktop, and then re-add it, but it still has the old icon.

No biggie, just a small cosmetic glitch.
[G1 Apps and Games] pcm2a:
I have a Droid (on 1.7.5) and everything seems to work great except an issue with the 'Cube' mode of changing screens. It worked perfectly for a while and now when I change homescreens it just goes to a black screen and then the next homescreen shows up.

All other modes (Normal, Stretch, Fade) still work fine.

I have tried rebooting with nothing fixed. I also tried reinstalling and this fixed the issue for a while, then it started up again. I will upgrade to 1.7.6 and report back.
[G1 Apps and Games] rutger1413:
Its a memory issue with the Droid. I switched to fade temporarily until it gets worked out.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
bkmo: That's the bug I was talking about! The one where the first icon get's highlighted as well. I've no idea how to reproduce it. It happens, and then it doesn't. Oh well :(. Changing the transition mode from one to another seems to get rid of the bug temporarily, and then it happens again. No idea how to reproduce it at all :(.

rogro82: Thanks for the update! Normal transition is good now. However, the lag from Applications to the screen showing the sub-folders/menus is still there. Hope it gets sorted out soon :D. Thank you!
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i just want the delay before auto-scroll fixed/minimised or at least user-changeable while we are on a wish list topic..... :D
[G1 Apps and Games] Slope69:
Google search widget issue

Hello all,

Is anyone having an issue with the Google search widget? It appears to be grayed out for me on the desktop and I cannot input text? I am running Android 1.5 on a Samsung Moment. Other than that seems to be working great.

Slope69
[G1 Apps and Games] chaoticzdh:
I just had to stop by and say I fully support this! lol. Well I at least payed for it! I love it! Keep up the good work man.

I bought this for my droid and its running great. alittle slow down but not much. I have a good question. Can the droids GPU be used to render this? wouldnt it be far quicker if it was rendered by the amazing PowerVR SGX? or is there other issues that stop that from happening?
[G1 Apps and Games] pcm2a:
I assumed that the GPU would just automatically be used when rendering any graphics. I haven't seen any special APIs that one has to call to use onboard GPUs, but the game I wrote also isn't that great.
[G1 Apps and Games] jewbrad:
I used a visa and it is telling me that it is invalid
[G1 Apps and Games] realsol:
OK. I bought this, then returned it as I found it kind of slow. But, I missed it so I bought it again, but then unininstalled. Still miss it, so I reinstalled, but now I can't even get it to run. When I hit the home button, I don't get a GDE option. I am running it on Droid. Any thoughts?
[G1 Apps and Games] HostFat:
I saw that the "apps menu" is using a transparency effect that really slow down the scrolling of them ( apps ).

Can you add a simple option ( ON/OFF ) to disable this "transparency effect" ?
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
HostFat, the transparency is in the png itself from what i know...
[G1 Apps and Games] HostFat:
Hmmm, anyway it's like ... laggy. The normal scroll ( from the apps menu of the normal home ) it's just better.

I hope that you have understood where I saw this "problem".

I'm not talking about effects on the home/desktop ... I'm talking about the apps menu, the one with "all installed application".
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I agree, it is jumpy compared to the stock home app. I am going to do a test theme without the transparency to see if it helps.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Bkmo: less transparency is indeed faster, but about 10 to 15 percent transparency doesn't hurt much! :p the main source of lag for me is still going from apps to the screen which shows all the folders.
[G1 Apps and Games] pcm2a:
Has anyone gotten the double widget phenomenon? I've seen it twice nice with the Beautiful Widgets main clock/weather widget. There will be a "loading widget" message behind the main widget that I have on my home screen. I can even move the top working widget down, and then remove the doppleganger, then move my widget back in place.

Not really a big issue, just something that I've noticed happens with GDE.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
pcm2a: Yes, I experienced it after a reboot.
[G1 Apps and Games] htcmagic:
i have noticed the trnsparency lag, changed from hero theme to eclair opaque and no lag. I think the default gde should not have any trasnparency in the apps menu.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
How many apps do you have installed? I want to replicate the slow down in the app tray, but for me its as fast as the original app tray. I have about 60~65 apps installed.
[G1 Apps and Games] HostFat:
yes, please :)

I have 97 apps installed :D
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Hmmmm, I removed the transparency from the background of my theme, and it is still jumpy compared to the default launcher.

I have 62 apps.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Yep, experienced the same issue with the "double widget" thing too. It's really weird. I ended up uninstalling/reinstalling, and it seems to have fixed it. PITA setting up appdocks and folders again, but it's fixed.
[G1 Apps and Games] rich-:
Clock and Weather Widget

What Clock and Weather Widget's are you using in the video?
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
overground: Surely there is a way to fix it without uninstalling/reinstalling? :( A restart of GDE doesn't cause this bug to happen for me, but a reboot does.

rogro82: Could you implement an export menu/folder options in case we really have to uninstall/reinstall?

Thanks guys :).

Update: I made a video earlier and have uploaded it. It shows , in the following order:

1. Double widget phenomenon

2. Lag/delay in displaying Applications (I'm referring to the one that shows All Applications together with all the personal folders.)

It's really quite a delay for me. Entering let's say "All Applications" or say "Games" folder is ok, but to return back to Applications from Games is slow. Also, entering Applications from the main menu (with control panel and all) is also slow.

Link to video: http://rapidshare.com/files/308559965/P1030847.zip

Mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5gnmdwmqm2t/P1030847.zip

Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] Pinesal:
Sorry for reposting this, not sure if it was noticed or not.

I would like to request the ability to place 1x1 widgets into the app dock widget. So for example the task killer widget or the overclock widget.

Is this possible?

EDIT: I would also like to reiterate the slowness when returning to the apps screen with the folders.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@Pinesal and Wysie

I am looking into the folder problem and the double widgets.

Ill add the 1x1 widgets to application-dock to the request list.
[G1 Apps and Games] Mr. Moe:
WOW how come I didn't find this sooner., will download now .
[G1 Apps and Games] sebx_g1:
Since 0.1.7.3 on my G1 I've noticed even more lags than before , maybe G1 is to weak for GDE . Ringtones problem is still not resolved .

rogro82 : What about releasing Application Dock widget as stanalone utility , it is really cool ?
[G1 Apps and Games] msiviter:
Any chance you can do a wiki or put more in the initial post about how the application dock works. I've done a bit of searching but at the moment it seems difficult to add, difficult to remove and succeeds only in reducing ones ability to display 4 widgets to 2 in a 4x1 space! I obviously can't work out how to use it.

There are loads of home screen replacements about (open home, ahome and panda home also seem to be inter-compatible to some extent), a good way to set this one apart would be to make the documentation the best. It seems that documentation is the weak point in all of them at the moment. If it was demonstrably easy to create themes rather than just applying other peoples it would engender loyalty as users are far more likely to persevere with their own theme IMHO.

NB I'm not an expert; I can't even get eclipse running!
[G1 Apps and Games] Jonno12345:
Requires the GDE widget framework, it won't work on the regular home, or any others without them adding support for it ^^
[G1 Apps and Games] sebx_g1:
Too bad ... :-( .
[G1 Apps and Games] mknoebel:
I just found GDE and downloaded onto my Droid. So far I really like it! I will take some time to skim through this thread (95 pages!!)

In the meantime, I see that it is possible to customize the buttons. I have the phone on the left side, but I was wondering if it was possible now, or in the works, to have the bottom right button go to my email messages?

Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
mknoebel: I agree, or at the very least, a Gmail option will be great! :D

rogro82: As above ^^ :P. Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Yah Gmail...me too me too.
[G1 Apps and Games] Jeliz187:
Trouble with widgets? Look here!

Hey i was noticing that a lot of people are having problems with widgets. Try this it worked for me in several different scenarios:

1.)Simply just set up the widgets how you want them (even if they don't appear the phone still recognizes that they are there).

2.) Next just restart your phone. Thats it! Everything should be working like normal now.

Let me know if this is only working for me on my phone or if it is helping others with getting their widgets to work also.
[G1 Apps and Games] msiviter:
Wow, I've just uninstalled GDE and my Galaxy flies. Sorry, I'd love a good looking homescreen but I prefer one that works fast. You can keep the cash though, I'll look back in a few weeks to see if it's changed, keep up the good work.
[G1 Apps and Games] Picolini:
I just installed GDE yesterday.

Everything works great for the most part, but I have a problem with the widgets. Sorry if it's the one mentioned in the previous post.

First off, when I create widgets/icons with Better Cut it duplicates them on the regular home screen as well.

Second, when I restarted my phone for the first time (I've only restarted it once since GDE was installed), on the GDE home screen it duplicated every icon and widget. They were doubled up on their spot. And when the widgets were doubled, the ones behind the top one didn't load up right. So I had to remove one of each icon on every screen. Pretty annoying, especially if this happens EVERY reboot of the phone. But really only a minor inconvenience.

So far, this is my favorite home screen replacement.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Picolini: For your first problem, it's been stated before. I think it's the way GDE handles the intent or something. Simply remove the one on your regular home screen :D.

For your second problem, it's a problem that rogro82 is currently looking into. I've experienced it with each reboot so far :(.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
For those who have root, you could try backing up/pushing back /data/data/com.rogro.gde. I have a feeling that would put the problem back, though. Don't worry, I've been *****ing @ rogro for backup/restore, too.:p

You can't put widgets in the app dock, only shortcuts for apps. To move/remove app-docks long press top-right corner and drag to where you want it, or to trash can.
[G1 Apps and Games] g1ghost27:
is it possible to pay with paypal? how?
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
The bettercut problem is something we just have to deal with for now. The problem is that bettercut broadcasts it's shortcuts to all home apps installed that are set to receive them. I keep HomeSwitcher (free) installed just for this purpose. Hopefully this can be worked out in the future. As I reported before, the double widget thing can be remedied with an uninstall/reinstall of GDE, or just wait until Rogro fixes it. Annoying, I agree.
[G1 Apps and Games] eminembdg:
This happened to me after a reboot as well. None of my shortcuts were done with bettercut. EVERY single shortcut and widget had a duplicate under it. Very annoying.

I really hope this issue can be fixed. I've had this app since maybe the 2nd day it hit market, and today after this whole reboot problem, it's the first time i've considered going back to making Open Home my default. :(

P.S.- also, i've tried the uninstall then reinstall and i still get the problem
[G1 Apps and Games] grooves12:
GREAT application... just a few dislikes.

1) I don't like that the slider button is ALWAYS set to go to whatever the last menu you were in. I would like to be able to customize the behavior of this button just as you can the menu button. Having it stuck to the last window almost makes it a useless button to me, as you're never quite sure where you're gonna end up.

2) Adding application to folder that you create in the applications menu is sort of cumbersome. Any way to make it so you can add a shortcut in the subfolders without having to press+hold, go to slider, then select which folder you like?

3) I can't figure out how to delete an application dock widget from the desktop once it is placed there.

4) Any way to set custom icons for folders?
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Good news...kinda. Rogro has finally got to experience our problem and we're working on it. Hopefully get a fix today.

1) That's on the feature todo list...gotta work out some bugs before we start adding features, but it'll come eventually.

2) You can also open the folder you want to add items to, leave it open, open the drawer, and drag apps to the open folder.

3) Delete app dock by long-pressing top right corner of dock, and dragging to trash.

4) Added to the features todo list :)
[G1 Apps and Games] koticphreak:
great app, i love it! There are a few things I wish could be implemented... Haven't read the whole 96 pages, but here's a thread about the app on another forum, got some good suggestions :)

http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/18821-guys-try-out-gde-homescreen-cube-amazing.html