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[G1 Android Development] .A.J.:
Wow, thanks. What a pleasant surprise. I've never used metamorph, though, so I'm gonna look into that and see what it entails.

Edit: Do I need MetaMorph or MetaMorph Pro to use this? Feel free to PM me any assistance/tips.

On topic:

I think it would be nice if the Samsung-mode app drawer had the dots on the bottom of the screen on the sides of the house (home button). This way one could go through the apps just like home screens. Just a thought.
[G1 Android Development] rgawenda:
Perhaps it could be confusing, somehow. But I like the idea, maybe optional, of course. I still do prefer the classic-non-samsung scroll.
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
hey guys anymore feedback for the concepts i posted?
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Sorry for the lack of updates here guys :)

Dot's may dissappear the way they are now, so...

Ok, on "big topic" :)

I love your ideas so i'm gonna dissect my/your ideas next:

My "next i wish" feature will be the "bottom shortcuts" thing, but don't know yet howto deal with it:

My first though was kanging helixlauncher style... but i'd prefer a more "themeable" way....

Then I though on a mix between "sense buttons" and "helix buttons", allowing user to select which app link to the buttons, but still showing the themed bg.

These buttons should be enabled/disabled by the user individually, so the user could show/hide them.

And these buttons should contain the app icon on top of the themed BG (this is the part where i'm not sure if it's a good idea)

So if we add buttons down... we can't show "dots" to show screens/scroll through desktop... so:

I love speedysilwady mockup idea of showing the "dots" inside the bottom toolbar (on top/bottom of the drawer button)

Removing dots (or changing their implementation) could make them "difficult to press", hence showing previews/scrolling...

So we need to decide another way to show the previews. Actually i bind them (optional on my latest betas) to the physical Home button, but we could think on alternate solutions.

Making a "slide up drawer" with the previews inside (like speedysilwady mockup) wouldn't be an option because the previews are generated on the fly, so if you slide up that tray to see the previews... it may be empty during 1 second or so till the previews show up...

And if we add a "show previews" button there, the space for shortcut buttons will be reduced... we need to decide on what we prefer :)

And now the last one... the "sliding mini drawers" from speedysilwady mockup... definitely i love them BUT:

ATM, i'm not sure if i have the skills to do that :) (specially the adding widgets inside it)

Like the "show previews" point, if we add a button to slide up a "mini drawer", we loose space for app shortcuts.

So... briefing it:

What we want at the bottom?

A.- 4 shortcuts and the drawer button with the "dots" on top/bottom of them

B.- Dots/shortcut/home button/shortcut/dots

C.- Show previews/home button/slide-up mini drawer (original speedysilwady idea)

D.- leave us alone, we don't care about what you do, little b****rd!

E.- Add your own idea here
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Honestly, i think our screens have enough space for shortcuts. We dont really need them on the handle as well. thts my opinion. I like it the way it is right now. My ideas as i have discussed with you would be to make the notification bar only dissappear when ur viewing the app drawer as in when u open it. Another option i would like to see would be a sense ui type launcher popup animation, so it springs up when u press it. I hope if others share my ideas you will think about implementing it. Good work by the way. Ps: longest setting screen ive seen so far ;)
[G1 Android Development] rgawenda:
Sure!

But this may be less themable, as you said, and then many personal preferences would conflict here.

There is a posible variation here:

F.- Shortcut/Dots/Home/Dots/Shortcut
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
If I were choosing, it would be between option B and C. C just sounds cool and I dug speedysilwady's mock up, but as I'm not a programmer and YOU have to do all the work, I'm not sure how feasible it would be for you. B therefore seems like the best all around solution that would please the masses as well as keep it (relatively) easy enough for you to accomplish.

As for an idea to bring up the screen previews, again I don't even know if this can be done so I just throw it out there, but could a double tap zone be utilized? You know when you're in a call with the dial pad up you have to double tap the lock pad image to unlock the dialpad? Maybe there is a way to "port" that aspect to the launcher. Perhaps defining a certain area (maybe the dots themselves) to double tap could bring them up. Again, if this isn't even possible, then ignore my ignorant ass! lol
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
I'd be fine without the visual dots, so long as a longpress of the App Drawer button popped up the screen previews. That would probably give enough space for the shortcuts.
[G1 Android Development] jasnmb:
I vote for option B (Dots/shortcut/home button/shortcut/dots). That's my ideal layout. Then just give people the option to choose between that or the current look that has no shortcuts.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
B.- Dots/shortcut/home button/shortcut/dots

-Thing this one is a great alternative if you can't do C

C.- Show previews/home button/slide-up mini drawer (original speedysilwady idea)

-If you could do this I think you would have the most feature-packed Launcher

D.- leave us alone, we don't care about what you do, little b****rd!

-I just like the last part and makes a great ending to this post.

Just do it you little b****rd!
[G1 Android Development] deimdos:
I don't have "the need" to put shotcuts at the bottom (and I don't like the idea of make this buttons smaller cause then you'll have to aim to push something), but I have plenty of space in my home-screen... so I'd vote to let it like now (or at least have the opportunity to choose).
[G1 Android Development] Wishu:
A or B ist the best I think
[G1 Android Development] r4d14n7:
I like option A, but am open to any of them. I still don't really understand the need for dots or previews. Seems like I know my phone well enough to know what screen I'm on and what screen I need to go to (not to mention I can scroll screens faster than I can hold the dots then touch the screen). All I know is your launcher is much faster than the stock in most roms.

BTW, anyone have mirrors for the new betas? Latest host is giving me problems.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Here you have, courtesy of JBThemes :)

http://www.jbthemes.com/anderweb/

There's a flashable update.zip and the Launcher.apk alone o push. Both are the same.
[G1 Android Development] bkmo:
all eye candy

To me it is all just eye candy. Looks nice, Ander is doing a super job, I am using it, but for the most part is just eye candy. I can live with the stock launcher. What in my opinion "more than eye candy" would be the addition of 4 shortcuts next to the app drawer button. This would be useful. So I vote for can the dots and go for the shortcuts. :)

Gracias Ander por el gran trabajo que estas haciendo.
[G1 Android Development] knny1491:
Here's a question, could you take an unrooted phone and install the extracted apk to a non rooted phone and get the same results?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
The package name needs to be changed, then the app must be recompiled, then if you're lucky, it will work. But that's the minimum.
[G1 Android Development] knny1491:
Okay I don't have the experience to do ANY of that lol.
[G1 Android Development] zimphishmonger:
He means in other words, just root your phone. its much easier :)

EDIT: Just gotta say this v.6.8 is the best release yet. It is a full-fledged launcher replacement app now, and its working very well :-)
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
Words; my mouth; please do not insert. :) I meant exactly what I said, and I might have done myself it if it could be done with apktool, but my first attempt last time this came up failed to rebuild and I gave up as I don't need it.

Since technically savvy persons around here who happen to have a copy of the Android platform sources lying around (which I believe are required to perform the source build of this launcher, or again I would have already done it) also mostly happen to have rooted phones, the problem is that there are few people with both the motivation and the skill to perform the--actually very simple--change.
[G1 Android Development] knny1491:
Oh i had my 32b rooted mytouch running this, stericson lockscreen, a custom black notification bar all over CM 4.2.15.1 until I woek up this morning to it not wanting to charge. SO I reverted to stock, got a replacement and got my 3.5mm back from my sister. I will be goldcarding this tomorrow to root it and slap a rom onto it as well.
[G1 Android Development] sdinh07:
ram hack?

just wondering if the 10mb ram hack would make this laucher run better or worse. i'm in the process of rebuilding my phone and i've got stock cyanogenmod 2.15.1 running.
[G1 Android Development] MINUS Stl:
So.....I installed the newest beta for this launcher, and HOLY CRAP!! WTH did you do to this thing? It totally f'd my phone. Look!!
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
lmao :D:D

funny as heck.
[G1 Android Development] Mr. Frost:
How can I apply this? If I try to open it with metamorph it always says the file is corrupt...

Best thing would be if someone could delete all of the wallpapers except one. I tried this but I always get a java error if I try to sign the apk.
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
new idea

I will design a new mockup and post it here asap.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
I have no problems adding the small scrolling mini drawer, i already done it :)

The hard part is make it accept what you drop in there, store it, bind it when it's required, unbind it, layout those elements dropped inside, etc...

Think of it as a "mini desktop", so i should duplicate almost every behaviour from the standard workspace inside this "mini tab" :)

I'll wait for your mockups but i'm already working on this :)

Oh, and somewhat loving the "drag down the button to show the previews"! but that for later... maybe much later :P
[G1 Android Development] cloverdale:
It is written for Metamorph pro, otherwise you will have to wait for Stericson to update the non pro version.
[G1 Android Development] r4d14n7:
jbthemes doesn't seem to like to download OTA so it was fine once I got home and on wifi.

Love the 0.6.8 build! The Galaxy S method acts weird to me. It's not as smooth (even with fast drawer enabled) and seems to prefer scrolling 2 pages at a time, even with a very controlled swipe so I went back to standard. I really doubt I'll ever go back to the default launcher. Yours is amazing and thank you for your hard work. Wish I could find the time to do some development on my own.

Also, I'm having trouble with metamorphs as well saying the theme control file could not be read or is missing. I've only tried the blank wallpaper one in order to reduce the footprint of the apk. I'll try a couple other metamorphs and see what happens.
[G1 Android Development] r4d14n7:
Ah... thanks for the info on this. Was typing as you posted this ;)
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
well, there's a well known (by me) "bug" that makes both drawers (specially noticeable with the new one) when you have "drawer animation" turned on.

First time you open it, the scroll lags so its difficult to swipe precisely. But if you close it and open again (or just disable drawer animation) it's smooth.

I've tested the new drawer even with a 6x6 layout and worked smooth, so maybe is that your problem?

Let me know what you find :)
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
Concept X/Y

Center Circle is App Drawer. Background is supposed to be transparent for the launcher not black, but either way works lol

Drag Above arrow to the circle like eclair lock screen and the home preview shows up.

Click on right and left arrows to bring out mini app drawers.

Concept X features dual scrolling app drawers.

Concept Y features 4 app slots.
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
ah i see, like you said, you can try kanging helix launcher lol (which i personally havent tried using before) or maybe someone can help? You have it up on github correct?

oops, the lockscreen imitation idea is a lil difficult to implement too huh? hm....well tell me what you think of the concept and we can think up of something else if needed
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Mi first try is going to "somewhat" kang ruqqq's work on HelixLauncher, but it only can contain app shortcuts, so no widgets&no folders in his implementation. That's an easy and fast approach, so i'm gonna stick on it till i can make something better (and i cannot guarantee i ever can :) )

The "slide the dot up to do something" has a major design failure: if you make it small, will be hard to touch it without interfering the app drawer or other buttons/shortcuts/desktop items. If you make it big... you will be interfering with desktop shortcuts placed over it... remember the lack of space we have in there ;)

So... go thinking again, you're doing it quite well! ;)
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
Yeah app shortcuts alone would be great if its nice and easy.=]

Hmm I think I sized and spaced the arrow well enough to where none of that would be a concern. But let me think a little bit more on it, and see what I can do.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
You spaced it well, but you need to visualize it in context. Its better to take a screenshot of a icon&widgets full desktop to see how it would be. We have not much space (about 50-70 pixels height) and people thumbs may vary in sizes ;)
[G1 Android Development] Mr. Frost:
For everyone having problems to install this with metamorph because you need the pro version I made a smaller launcher.apk with cloverdale's white images instead of wallpapers. Thanks for this.

Now the launcher is only 380 KB.

Simply push to system/app.
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
Check this out: imagine concept x without the top arrow. Make the right arrow bring up the scrolling apps, and make the left arrow drag like the eclair lockscreen to a circle and pop out the home previews on top of the launcher. Perfect, right?
[G1 Android Development] th2811:
V 0.6.8 beta1: WOW!!! perfect work!!!
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Far from perfect mate, but thankyou anyways ;-)
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Leads me to my question, is the beta stable enough to rock as a daily or is it best to wait for the proper and official release? I'm hearing so many good things about it, curiosity is kicking in. On the other hand, 6.2 is that work and you know the saying "if it ain't broke..." so I'd hate to risk messing up a good thing.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
I haven't had any issues and I'm using the "supposed" problem maker (The Galaxy S Drawer). If you don't like it, it's not like you don't have 6.2 somewhere...
[G1 Android Development] MINUS Stl:
Like Jag said, this newest beta definitely stable enough for daily use. It works flawlessly for me. I did have the weird bug where it turned my phone into a giant iphone, but a simple uninstall/reinstall fixed that. :p
[G1 Android Development] DanGrover:
I can't seem to get this to work on ZX's donut build. I have flashed it.... now what?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Sounds like music to my ears. And I believe you already answered my next question with your last sentence JA, but I rather be safe than sorry and just officially ask: since the launcher beta was also released as a flashable zip, I can do that and if for some reason I'm not feeling it or I'm having issues, I can re-flash 6.2 back over the beta? Is that correct? Thanks for the help.
[G1 Android Development] itradio:
:eek:

it turned your WHOLE phone in to a giant iphone? I'm going to flash/reflash until that happens to mine... I hope it happens sooner than later, because I might be here a while and I don't have a snickers!

and i haven't had any issues with daily use either.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Yes, I would turn off features in the new one not found in the old one to be safe though.

I have to ask you WHY?
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Cool. I hope to give this a go tonight then.

Edit: This beta is the business! I can't believe how flushed out this launcher is. And there's still work getting done. Especially digging the home button bringing up bigger previews and all other options like no statusbar. Even the samsung mode works great for me. If this is the beta, well hot damn on the final!
[G1 Android Development] g1junky:
so many new features in 0.6.8 ... I love it
[G1 Android Development] Wishu:
Where can I get the 0.6.8?
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
http://bit.ly/9wiq4p
[G1 Android Development] renn9420:
The best launcher yet can't wait to see what you have coming next!
[G1 Android Development] 1wingangel:
not working w/ theofficial?
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
Works fine with AOSP. It will not work with the TMO builds. What build are you using?
[G1 Android Development] 1wingangel:
tmo build:mad:
[G1 Android Development] Wishu:
Thank you

This Version rocks
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
It was mentioned on the very first post that the TMO builds don't work. Sorry, but thems the breaks.
[G1 Android Development] mejorguille:
Really sweet launcher=p I love all the options I can have, especially hiding the status bar and the galaxy version. One thing I do miss, is the actual "sliding up" that you do on the regular launcher. After not using my phone for a while, out of habit, I still swype up two or three times before i realize that its a simple press....

It would be cool to have the option to slide it up. Also, omethimes when I'm doing heavy multitasking, it takes a couple seconds for the apps to show up, whereas on the other one i could open the drawer right away.

Great Work!
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
Problem with that is that is how he is showing the dock bar.
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
if I flash the latest beta (.9) should I revert my settings in .8 first (I.e. hiding status bar and samsung mode) before doing so? Want to avoid any possible conflicts.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
The only thing added in .9 was the pull-up dock bar, so no.
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
I just flashed it and all was good :D Only non-switchable thing yet I believe is the haptic feedback ;)
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
I don't see a switch for the dock feature, but I doubt that'll get in the way...
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Double thank you to the both of you. Flashing as soon as I get home.
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
By the way, if anyone's wondering, the link to the 0.6.9 Beta 2 is here: http://www.jbthemes.com/anderweb/ADW.Launcher.0.6.9beta2.zip

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I like the app list button jump and vibrate. Nice diagram for those who longpress the app list button as well.

Suggestion:

-Make the dock collapse bar taller.

-I should be able to move an app from the dock bar back to the home screen.

-The app list button should appear above the dock when it's open, so I can select the app list without closing the dock, and so that I can move apps right from the app list to the dock. The button could also be used to pull down the dock.
[G1 Android Development] titsmaster:
Did anybody already reported that pressing the HOME button on the main home screen displays the screens previews ? (no way to change that in preferences (toggling the HOME key thing doesn't work)

(0.6.9beta2, 0.6.8 doesn't have this issue)
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
Yep, confirmed. Regardless of settings, the home button toggles the screen previews.
[G1 Android Development] alan090:
what do you mean reported? this is a feature not a bug
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
He means the feature is not working in the expected fashion, thus, making it a bug.
[G1 Android Development] KAwAtA:
The home screen button also does it sometimes when you're in another menu, such as settings / text messages etc sometimes I get it when I press home instead of going to home. Fixing the home then when it's disabled would be awesome!
[G1 Android Development] nowo:
Found a bug.

Any longpress onto an icon on one of the home screens force crash on my galaxy with galaxo 1.6.2. (0.6.9 Beta 2). I am not able to move or delete any icon.

The previous version 068 works OK.
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Found a small bug w/ .9b2. The ability to pull up the drawer goes away after toggling the statusbar. A reboot does fix it though.
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
It works exactly as expected over here. When I press the Home button I just switch to home, no screen previews. However, when I enable that feature in ADW Settings I get the screen previews.

Works perfectly.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
in my latest beta i added a "new feature" on that.

If you have DISABLED "bind home button to show previews" the home button will work with default behaviour (getting to default screen) BUT if you're already in default screen, it will show the previews.
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
I'd prefer that "disable" really disables the home key usage.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
i'm sure you do, as other people do not :-)
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
Why not make three options for home binding, then, always on, this new half on, and off?
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
what's the point on pressing the home button when you're already on default home screen?
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
I actually prefer this half-on :D
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
Trivial bug, if you hold down the edge of the screen (where the left/right screen buttons are) during a screen change (following the press of another desktop preview), you will get the desktop right/left previews as if you were on the page that you started on not the present one.

Typically you actually have to try do this, but I was trying to break your code, and hehe... :P
[G1 Android Development] titsmaster:
The thing is that even unchecked it shows the previews when I try to exit some apps (for exemple, Camera, XDA App,...). It's not the big deal but hey, kinda weird :)
[G1 Android Development] DopyG:
Tested this with HTC Magic 32a Amon_Ra Rav 1.6.3 did'nt work :(

Keep force closing at bootup ;x

But it works 100 % with latest cyanogenmod
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
yeah, but that's what we get for using a forbidden button :-)
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
Why do I need to see previews on the home button? The dots are there on the screen to provide them. Otherwise, you might as well get rid of the ability to long-press the dots to activate the previews. No point in having two ways to do the same thing.
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
That depends on whether my hypothetical self is wearing gloves (and therefore navigating entirely with hardkeys and the trackball) or not. From a usability standpoint, there is often a point in having two (or more!) ways to do the same thing. See also: Edit->Copy vs. Ctrl+C (or Alt+W or y).
[G1 Android Development] jordanjay29:
Alright, but I don't use my phone with gloves. So it becomes a case of you need this, and I need that. There's already an option for one type, why not make the second type an option as well? Is it really that worrisome to let people disable something?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
I was responding only to the one comment, not to the feature request/suggestion as a whole. I've got no problem with it, but (1) it sounds like you're in the minority for actually wanting such an option, and (2) the author doesn't seem to like it. Of course, you could always fork, patch, and see if he'll take it. :)
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Edit on this bug. It still goes away when you toggle the statusbar but you don't have to reboot to get it back. Just change your orientation, pull it out while in that orientation, and then go back to your original orientation.

Works perfectly for me too.