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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Casao:
It feels faster than stock, but that could be my imagination. Rotation is great, but the top button is misaligned (as it is in the screenshots so you probably know this).

Ran into a very major bug though, for some reason I can't interact with the homescreens themselves - I can use the notification tray and the buttons at bottom, but tapping a shortcut or a widget does nothing and swipe to change screens isn't working. I can fix it by launching an app from the tray, but once I rotate again it breaks. I've got a Logcat for the issue, where do you want it?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mrnexusone:
thanks nice work, i love the landscape orientation
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] taif:
Good work

Thank you very much
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
@cyanogen

i guess i need to learn how to do that. :/

@Casao

Could be placebo, even i don't know. :P

Yes, I did get that bug before. It's random. Though, after going through the menu and run apps and go back home, it fixes itself somehow. Does your logcat have details on why? Anyway, just pastebin it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Casao:
http://pastebin.com/gnAHCGht

Big thing I noticed was when I did it, it had some OpenGL errors. I'm having trouble finding them now that it's not colored though, and I rebooted my phone which fixed the issue. There's a bunch of stuff repeated multiple times around the SlackerRadio stuff, that's the rotation logging.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jonata:
Download v0.2 ZipAligned + OptiPNG: HERE -> 402KB

....

how to install ?

with adb or like zip.update ?

tks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
adb push.

@Casao:

hmm.. i think i'll check it later. or one of the pros (cyan, wysie) can. :P
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Wysie:
It's an honour to be considered a pro but I'm not, just learning like everyone else. Moreover, cyanogen's way too good! ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] blue_rocket:
any chance you can make this for non-rooted phones?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jonata:
sorry again, but how to with adb ? in the zip file I see only images ...

with adb I install tke launcher ...

and the aligned ?

I think that the way to install is by recovery ... or not ?

tks for your patience ...

:)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Casao:
Zipaligned is an apk too. Push it exactly the same as the default.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Now that I think about it... are you saying that even though 0.6b2 was pushed as launcher2 as a system app it won't use /data/data/com.android.launcher2?

Is it much work to change this? Could it use a relative data location for example? Or how about dropping a 0.6b2 version that can be used as the system app? Don't know how much effort that is...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
nope. can't use relative. erm.. yeah.. i am gonna release 0.6 as a system app. mentioned it in the first post. ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Hi, the helix launcher 2 requires root access right? I think you better indicate on the market that Root access is required. Or am I wrong?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Ai.alexibarra:
full screen

It would be really sick if you added a way to hide the notification bar altogether :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
hmm. can i -1 on this one? One of the best things about android is the notification bar imho.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Part Four:
-5

Android's notification bar kicks ass. How else do you expect to remain notified about events, apps, etc?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MindEracer:
I can't get this to load on MCR1.9, is anybody else having any issues with it? I'm wondering if it's an app not playing nice? HelixLauncher work great, but I can't get this to load, FC every time..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] serialtoon:
So far this is my default Launcher. Looks great, feels great and smells great! Keep up the amazing work bud!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
@musashiken: the one on the market doesnt require root.. ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MFK DGAF:
how come you have to use adb to install this, why cant you use say Astro to install the apk?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
because the instructions on the OP is only for the system app launcher - Launcher2; for HelixLauncher2, you can use Astro or Market to install. ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Cool, this works much better than Helix Launcher on my unrooted Nexus One.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] milenko11:
Two possible options I'd really like to see are:

-the option to be able to continuously scroll through the homepages. I've seen this done on other home replacements

-i'm not sure if this one can be done, but along the same lines would it be possible to have the app tray continuously scroll around
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Part Four:
System app version please!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Agreed, would be great to see Launcher2 0.6b2 as a system app before any more developments on Helix(2).

But that's just my humble opinion... ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] WingnutStrikesBack:
The Landscape ist little buggy on my Nexus, but is a great Launcher.

Thanks for this holy thing ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Talderon:
I was SOOOOOOO Happy to see that this would work on my stock N1 without Root!!

HelixLuancher2 is fantastic and works as advertised. No function problems at all with it.

The only thing I found a little, quirky, is when rotating, it lagged a little, however, this isn't a key feature for me, so I turned it off.

The shortcuts at the bottom, the ability to add (or subtract) from the default number of screens and tons of other things are just great!

Docs on how to configure it would be nice in the OP.

Love it!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] notxel21:
+1 on this. :cool:

I can't wait, I know it's in the works, but it's my favorite of the 3 Launcher MODS. :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JaydenR:
I was able to make it a system app by doing the following.

Download the beta.

Rename it Launcher2

Download this update zip Here

Open the zip, remove the launcher apk and replace with the one you renamed.

Install the update zip.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Afraid not... tried that some time ago. The Helix launcher is hardcoded to use Helix dirs... there's another post about it somewhere.

It does install you are correct, and works almost perfectly too!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JaydenR:
So did it load for you?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
all i did to make it a system app was:

adb push E:\HelixLauncher2.apk /system/app/Launcher2.apk

everything works perfectly.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Yep, it loads... am using it now but it's not a true system app and doesn't store its data in com.android.launcher2 which causes problems for some other apps like Better Cut. Full details are just a few posts back...

It's functional but not compatible... don't really understand why arctu hasn't released a system version of 0.6 because that's where he started...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
On your phone perhaps but that's not a particularly large sample. :)

Search and you'll see what some of the problems are.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] cicrockets:
I have a question, I wasn't aware that I was supposed to remove all icons and widgets before installing Launcher2. Anyhow, I pushed it to system (0.5 version) and now I have this one screen with icons that is just out of reach on the far left side. Is there any way to get rid of the icons on that screen? What I mean to say is, is there a reset button or something? And if there is, will it reset all icons? Or does this mean I have to push the original launcher back in and redo the whole thing?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
i downloaded it from the market, but i don't see it anywhere?? i'm rooted btw.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] doalittledanse:
press home
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
I keep having FCs on my unrooted Nexus One. Arctu please help.

I attached my logcat with a couple of FCs recorded I think.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
........doh! lol
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
@musashiken: thanks for your logcat. it seems that you'r having insufficient memory issues. something is taking up the RAM of your phone. Does any other unrooted users have this issue?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Ugh, that's what I'm afraid of... could be a limitation of the OS. Custom ROMs have the extra unlocked RAM right?

There are cases of FCs even with the stock Launcher and this was solved by uninstalling apps or using a home replacement... damn.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
why is my app screen doing this??
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
It seems to do this sometimes, just restart the launcher (either kill it with a task manager, or give it a restart through the configure screen).
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
it won't reset all of my icons? i don't wanna do all that work again -____- lol
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
I facing this issue as well randomly, you can simply solved it by disable Auto-Rotate Screen for Launcher2.

It might be some bugs on Launcher2 when Auto-Rotate Screen activate.

Once disable, restart and problem solved.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
Only resets icons if you clear the data for the launcher, not just restarting the app.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
awesome, thanks for the help guys!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drpfenderson:
I was also experiencing this with the official Launcher2, so it's not even mod specific. But restart on app works fine.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] migalito:
Works fast and smooth in my unrooted Nexus One ;) I'm currently with 54.34MB of available space.

Keep on the excellent work you are doing. To keep your motivation I just donate you some bucks ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drauks:
Yep, it force closes constantly.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drigerott:
very very very very nice work..... works on Acer Liquid leacked eclair too ;-)

great job is really fast ;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
What firmware are you using? Perhaps, a screen shot of your phone info page. Thanks. Also, if you could, provide me a logcat.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
Launcher2 system/app uploaded. ;) updating first post..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ggrant3876:
Thank you, have been waiting for this.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
l.e.g.e.n.d
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
Figures, just after I leave for work.... when I get home tonight I will package an update.zip for people who want one. As well as updating my phone and reporting back my findings.

Thanks for this new release.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] milenko11:
does the system app need installed through adb?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] archboy69:
I hate paypal. I would donate but it never works....it just keep saying enter amount even though I do! *arg*
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Sigh both launchers have no love for my unrooted nexus. Keep getting FCs if I try to fill up more than four screens with apps and widgets...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JaydenR:
Please add the hide app/shortcut name option to this Launcher also. :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] htcmagic:
tried latest version HL2 0.6 from the market on stock nexus.

I did not have any fcs like previous version, the switching between screens from the screen preview is much faster than HelixLancher.

One thing i noticed though is that it consumes large amount of memory to run compared to HL . HL amount of memory is the same as any other home replacement.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
can't change anything regarding that. i know the cause. but to make it unrooted compatible, i had to revert some patches which is supposed to save some RAM but is incompatible with standard release of firmwares... aka.. only available on AOSP.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drauks:
Nexus One stock rom.

Attached a logcat.

This was a force close when trying to move a widget. But it happens when trying to move shortcuts too. Sometimes don't even have to do anything.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
@drauks: same issue as i mentioned above then. :/
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ggrant3876:
I sent you a tweet from mgrant76308 with the link to cyan 5.0.5 test.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] stshannon:
When i update the system app, is there anyway to not lose my layout? Like Keep my widgets, and apps, where they are, on the screens they are on?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SiNJiN76:
Doesn't AutoRotate ever since first install...and after unchecking the AutoRotate box.:confused: So, autoRotate is checked under Config...and also under Settings. But still no rotating.

Does it matter what widgets I have on the screen?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MintyFloss:
I LOVE this. Thank you so much, this is amazing.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] psylink:
in post #419 i put up the link to the android apps icon replacement in launcher2 as well as what you need to do.

had a request to do the same with the n1 logo and figured i would post it here incase anyone would like to use it.

N1Logo AppIcon

click for larger view

edit: figured i would do a cyanogenmod one as well

Cyanogenmod AppIcon

click for larger view
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] stshannon:
Thanks for the nexus and cyanogen icon, those are cool.

But I was asking about keeping my layout, and widgets and stuff I have on all my screens. When I re-push an updated launcher2.apk, it resets all the screens to default and I lose all my app/widget placements.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SpaceBoy2000:
I just tried 0.6 as a system app and from the market. Both of them are significantly more sluggish than 0.5 when switching to the app drawer. Again, it seems to me the issue stems mainly from the animation of switching to the app drawer in 0.6 - the text underneath the icons fades in instead of moving in with the icons in 0.5. Can this be tweaked a little so that the extra sluggishness is removed?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] JaydenR:
Lets add the hide icon names to this too Ruqqq.;)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Talderon:
I am unrooted and have yet to have any issues at all with your latest version.

If you need anything from me as to my setup or anything (logs or whatever), let me know.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Richie97:
This is working like a charm on my Droid with Bugless Beast v0.9. Liking 3D launcher with no issues.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Hmm, how many screens do you have and how many widgets do you put on them? I have like three 4x2 widgets and a few other 4x1 widgets and I start having FCs like there's no tomorrow :(

I haven't tried filling up 7 screens with just apps to see if widgets are causing memory leaks or RAM problems.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bqq100:
I have a question about the Custom Icons option for the quickshortcuts. Can you have different icons for different shortcuts from the same package? For example I use FolderOrganizer and I want to create one shortcut for Starred Apps, and one shortcut for the main menu. Right now it shows the same icon for both shortcuts and I was hoping there was a way to make them different.

Thanks!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Talderon:
Here is what I am running:

7 screens

Screen 1: Nothing at the moment

Screen 2: Latitude Widget + 2 picture Frames

Screen 3: Pure Calendar Widget 2x4 and Pure Grid Calendar Widget 2x4

Screen 4: (Home)Beautiful Desktop (large) and Genie News Widgets + 4 App Icons

Screen 5: Beautiful Wi-fi/Silent/Bluetooth/GPS Widgets, Droid Armory Widget + 9 App icons

Screen 6: AnyRSS 1x4 Widget (x2) and AnyRSS Widget 2x4

Screen 7: Nothing at the moment

Wallpaper: Google Maps Live Wallpaper

With all of these running, I am having no issues at all.

Let's count: Widgets = 15 / Icons = 13

Hope this helps! :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ggrant3876:
I sure wish you would get that update zip, I have tried with adb several times and am just giving up. I unzip it in my sdk tools folder and everything goes fine until I get to, adb push Launcher2_0.6.apk /system/app/Launcher2_0.6.apk, and it says file not found.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] psylink:
you dont unzip the apk

when you download Launcher2_0.6.apk just save it to your tools folder as is

adb remount

adb shell rm -r /data/data/com.android.launcher2

adb pull /system/app/Launcher2.apk ./Launcher2.apkBAK

adb push Launcher2_0.6.apk /system/app/Launcher2.apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
Sorry, kind of forgot about this. Been a busy week for me, but I will try to remember to throw this up tonight after work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ggrant3876:
Thanks to both of you, I'll try with out unzipping it. It's been several months since I have used adb it completely slipped my mind not to unzip it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Yeah, should work just fine if you don't unpack the apk.

Nevertheless, I will post a signed l2update.zip when I get home in a few hours if somebody hasn't already done it. I need to do it for myself because it remains the preferred method to install/update system apps.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
This should do the trick.

Launcher2 (system app) version 0.6 in signed update.zip format.

** INSTALL FROM RECOVERY **

** READ THE FIRST POST IN THIS THREAD **

** I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE (quite irresponsible actually) BLAH BLAH **

Enjoy.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Part Four:
Bad news over here. The system app version STILL doesn't work with Better Cut. Very frustrating. Any idea what's up with this?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
logcat? Then we'll have more than just an idea! :)

And exactly what doesn't work? New shortcuts?

I'm still building my new image so haven't tested yet... will do so within the hour.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] daveid:
Works perfectly over here.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
Yes, confirmed Better Cut create and edit shortcut features both work with Launcher2 v0.6 on a fresh install (I used the update.zip format above).

Installed CM 5.0.4.1, Google Apps, Trackball Wake Mod, Launcher2 0.6 all from recovery then Better Cut from the market and results are fine.

Thanks arctu!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Hi thanks for the reply.

Hmm I tried filling up 4 and a half screens with stuff before the FCs start coming...

sigh, maybe it is one app or RAM issue or my nexus doesn't like the Helixlauncher... :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] pakeha:
when installing from market, i do not show the icon in my app tray, or see it in my settings. am i missing something? rooted droid, petes 2.1 v0.9, chevys kernal. any info on that issue?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
I've just noticed this too with 0.6 arctu... not a good (or necessary) change in my opinion and my perception is that it's slower because of it.

Would be great if you could revert to the way the app drawer was drawn in 0.5.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] drpfenderson:
+1 to this.

Speed > Candy
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
Unfortunately I have to agree with this.it had slowed down assist lot with 0.6. I previously had helix 2 as my system app and that was faster than this. Not sure why.it just was.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ConstantineXVI:
Just dropping in to say this solved both issues #1 (phone button) and #2 (landscape launcher) I've had since getting the Nexus.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] doomedromance:
It works on the Droid running Bugless Beast v0.9, pretty stable no CC in the 5hrs I used it. Just seemed a little slow with all the animation the 3D tray has. I went back to the regular Helix that's working great and speedy.

Sorry for all those tools that can't read and gave you 1 star. I marked all their comments as spam if that helps any. Keep up the awesome work. Helix2 should be a 5 star app if it wasn't for the 1star dummies that can't read.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ringolrh:
Hi all, I have a problem after replacing the launcher2, all my shortcuts remain on screen except all the widgets with "Problem Loading Widget" display......so I need to add all the widgets again :-( any way to prevent this happening again?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Wysie:
No... I doubt so.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] MontAlbert:
any chance of adding the 5 column app drawer to helix?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5931496

thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] sthoeft:
Please no 5 column app drawer. I like the 4 column more, it's clearer.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] psylink:
+1 for 5 column
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
I think those features should be rolled into the market apps if anywhere, not the system app.

The only two changes I really think are necessary for the system app to be complete are:

* Fix the animations, I may have to revert to 0.5 until they are sorted

* Center align the quick shortcut icons to the app drawer icon

Then ongoing compatibility with CM roms.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SpaceBoy2000:
Agreed. It would be nice to have the 5 icon drawer as an option, but by no means is it a necessity.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mgorman:
Can you had the 5 column tray to your launcher?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BlueScreenJunky:
lol, someone didn't read the posts above ;-)

Anyway, my vote (as a donator :p) would go to any performance optimisations and the ability to remove text labels, which is the only feature I miss from this otherwise perfect Launcher.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
I at CM 5.0.5 at the moment,

Can anyone confirm the Launcer 2 is working properly without any issue on CM 5.0.5?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ruqqq:
Hi guys,

All thanks to a guy who reported his donation as unauthorized (probably he can't wait for me to send him the donation email),

I'm facing some problems with Paypal as they think I'm conducting a business. And I thought it's easy to resolve but seems they needed quite some bit of information. :S

I'm also working on lots of issues/problems right now and hence, the progress of my Launchers (HelixLauncher, HelixLauncher2) will be stopped until I'm cleared of the problems I'm having. I'm a human too you know. ;)

Till then, hope you guys can live with the current state of the launchers. (I'm working on speed fix for 0.6 and implementing features from 1.3B1; Adding/tweaking features to 1.3B1)

Also, please stop sending donations for the time being.

Thanks, I hope you understand my position.

Regards,

Faruq
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] irishrally:
Helix Launcher2 is working perfectly for me on CM 5.0.5
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
Thanks a lot :) I am going to use it then :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BlueScreenJunky:
Cool, I can't wait... I mean I can wait but I can't wait to see the result :D

And thanx again for your work, you're one of the people who make android better everyday.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djmcnz:
To whoever did that, slap yourself in the face for me please.

I understand your position arctu and hope it gets sorted out soon.

In the meantime I can confirm that launcher2 0.6 pushed as a system app seems to work just the same on CM 5.0.5 as it does on 5.0.4.1. No concerns so far other than those I've mentioned previously.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nDrg:
Just tried this launcher and its excellent! I wanted something based on the original 2.1 launcher but with a little more customization, this does the job perfectly!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Andrewtst:
Just try the current version 0.6 Launcher 2 (system apps), the performance is bad in CM 5.0.5.1, it slow down quite a lot.

Lucky can revert back.

For those that need to

revert back

to original Launcher2, kindly follow instruction below, once done reboot the phone.

adb remount

adb push ./Launcher2.apkBAK /system/app/Launcher2.apk

** Hi, arctu, I know you facing problem now and need to solved it out. Just go ahead. Once settle, don't forget here oh, we all waiting on your great job. :) Launcher2 needs to be updates for working smoothly in CM 5.0.5.1

EDIT: Sorry forgot to mention one important point:

- Make sure you got do adb pull /system/app/Launcher2.apk ./Launcher2.apkBAK before running the HelixLauncher2. Then you just able to restore back original one.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ringolrh:
Yes, I have the above issue not only when I upgraded to V0.6.....it happened too when I upgraded from V0.3 to V0.5....so, what I did was to remove all the widgets and add them again.

Well, it's not a big issue but just troublesome only. I wonder is there any one else faced this problem,