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[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Oh, sorry misunderstood ya :)

longpress those dots bottomsides :)
[G1 Android Development] chief2842:
Hmm I thought Adv Launcher was installed by default with Enom's TheOffical TMO U.S. rom?
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
oh, sorry, i didnt know...

then, if flashing my launcher on top of this don't get you to it, maybe you have both installed... go to applications management in settings and check if you have both launchers!
[G1 Android Development] xaueious:
Thanks. Might be too lazy to look into that right now though :)
[G1 Android Development] chim4ira312:
I would like to request this launcher on eclair please :)

Launcher2 with the eclair roms is just way to unstable. is there any way we could port this? its good enough for me to be on eclair!
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
I think helixlauncher (1.2 version) does pretty much the same than my hacky one, and comes with other neat features... so if you're on a eclair rom, look for it in market and give it a try!
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
I tried it and it was slower than yours.

BR.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Slower? The 1.2 version? i don't think so, but... where is it slower?
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
Opening app menu and moving desktops.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Hmmm... i think we both use same code for those things, but the main difference is Helix supporting LiveWallpapers and being run on an eclair rom. So maybe the "is slower than" thing is caused by the rom and not by the launcher... so porting mine would end up being slower too... :)

But who knows.
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
I don't know but your launcher is more faster than the other in my rom :)
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
I have a question will hiding apps be implented ?

Because i want to hide apps like sim toolkit because the icon is horiibly :P
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
You can remove the apk too: rm /system/app/Stk.apk

BR.
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
If it is system apk i cant
[G1 Android Development] yukkio:
Ops, I thought your phone was rooted :)

BR.
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
My phone is rooted but i cant remove system apk's
[G1 Android Development] holysmokesbatty:
You can by using Terminal, or a su assisted file browser (Root Explorer).

You just have to make sure your system folder is mounted as r/w. Type mount -a before trying to delete from /system.
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
Okay thank you ;) But i hiding option is nice too maybe you have a app like

terminal installed and u use it just once a mounth you hide it and when you need it you unhide it for a while ;)
[G1 Android Development] holysmokesbatty:
Word is the dev has no intentions of implementing a feature like that. :(

The closest you'll get is irrenhaus' Advanced Launcher.
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
Yes how can we just copie the code which hide apps and implent it in the adw launcher ?
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Downloading both source trees, finding the righ code parts on the right files over Irrenhaus' Adv.Launcher code, then copying it to the same files of my launcher's code, then compile it and cross fingers :)

Btw, if it were that easy, i wouldn't mind to do it, but i don't like that feature so much to spend the required time on it.... atm :)
[G1 Android Development] KAwAtA:
I like you so far! Everything you like is what I like too! =)

If it helps you guys, I personally don't like the hiding apps because it doesn't speed up my phone or anything and I am pretty sure that it slows my phone down. After using it, I've noticed my phone slowing down a lot so thats why I don't like hiding my apps. Maybe for fun though, I'll go through adv launcher and adw's and check it out when I have time!
[G1 Android Development] alongenemylines:
Any chance of getting the ability to hide apps from the drawer? I LOVE this launcher, but I always go back to Advanced Launcher so I can hide dialer, contacts, etc.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
I would check two posts above yours
[G1 Android Development] alongenemylines:
ouch. I made a very noobish error.

I still would like to see the ability to hide apps though!
[G1 Android Development] holysmokesbatty:
From the looks of it, some of the people with a little more understanding of how to build this (I really wish I was one of them) are considering looking into this, so we may have a separately built and maintained branch of this launcher if they feel motivated enough.

I think we might have a better chance of seeing this is we bribe these guys with money and beer.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Yay, i usually do freelance jobs, so if you wanna pay the price i would be happy to do it for you ;)
[G1 Android Development] bluedragon1982:
you need an donation link in your signature :)
[G1 Android Development] rgawenda:
THIS could be a useful approach: Hide from the drawer apps that are on any desktop. But it should be an "option", cause it can slow down, and many of us want speed+stability over features (at least, on such a key component of the UI).
[G1 Android Development] deimdos:
Some people definitely need to grow up...
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
Why it can slow downs the phone ? When the code is clear it dont slow downs the phone:D
[G1 Android Development] kapsidi:
Great work!!

Thanks!!!! :D
[G1 Android Development] holysmokesbatty:
Quotes or it didn't happen.

AnderWeb, do you have anything more that you're planning to add to this, feature-wise. Just curious, I love this launcher (rethemed just slightly to unify colors in a fashion I like a little better) and wanna know where it's going. :)
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Yeah, i do :)
[G1 Android Development] holysmokesbatty:
Gah! That's all we get?!

It's cool, I'm looking forward to anything you plan to add.
[G1 Android Development] athakur999:
Just upgraded from 0.6 to 0.6.2 and all is good!

One quick suggestion - would it be possible to make the target area for the trash can bigger? I'm finding I have a hard time deleting stuff from the desktop because the icon you're dragging has to be pretty much exactly on top of the trash can now, and it's hard to see what you're doing because your finger is in way. Maybe I just have fat fingers or something :) I never had this problem with the stock launcher's trash can. With the stock launcher you just had to drag the icon/widget in the general area of the trash can, not exactly on top of it.

Otherwise, this launcher is awesome and a big improvement from the original. Thanks for your great work!
[G1 Android Development] pdudek:
I have tried it but then comes this

# mount -a
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory

#
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory

#
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory

# mount -a /system
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
[G1 Android Development] HunteronX:
Stuck on 1.5

Is there any way this could be edited to work with Android 1.5 - I have a T-Mobile Pulse - bad choice on my part.
[G1 Android Development] mattg:
Is there anyway the method for getting the popup home screen selection could be changed to a double tap? The current long press is too slow and its quicker just to swipe between screens.
[G1 Android Development] rgawenda:
It would delay the single tap action, which, currently, is as speedy as swiping between desktops, with the plus of being cleaner to our screens
[G1 Android Development] jasnmb:
Hey guys, noob here. just to make sure I know what I'm doing, to install this (after I make a Nandroid backup) in recovery mode do I just select "apply any zip from sd" and then the ADW.testLauncher.6.2.zip file? then reboot after the install is done?

will I loose my current files/photos/apps, etc.?

I'm currently using an original MT3G with Cyanogen 4.2.15.1
[G1 Android Development] athakur999:
Yep, you got it. You won't lose any settings, photos, etc. by flashing this ZIP file.
[G1 Android Development] jasnmb:
thanks. works great!
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Just flashed Super D 1.10.3 and noticed there is a choice between nexus launcher and regular home on first boot. Does this mean the nexus launcher is recognized as a home replacement instead of the stock launcher? If not, is there any way you can make a version that the system does not recognize as the android launcher when installing? The reason I ask is because my brother has a non rooted mytouch and wants this launcher. If it could be made to install as a home replacement instead of trying to replace the system app (which non rooted phones can't do) that would be awesome. And I would just root his phone but it is a 1.2 mytouch and I don't have the patience to make a gold card!

EDIT: Never mind. The nexus launcher in super D's latest build is called NexusLauncher.apk so I'm assuming it will install as a separate app. Now I want to know how to take a system app like the launcher or contacts app and make it installable as a non-system app. If anyone knows how that'd be great. I have source built so I just need some general instructions..
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Have u tried adb install -r <drag apk here>

From my experiences, it keeps /system/app/Launcher intact and puts the launcher in /data/app/ which shud not be restricted

Let me know if that works.
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
It won't install from the app manager. Can you use adb on non rooted phones?
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
You can use adb to do anything but change system files (May be a few other things, but this encompasses most of adb's shortcomings on non-rooted devices).... installing apps works perfectly fine
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Yes u definitely can. Ull get the $ symbol instead of # to indicate you dont have root. So try the method i mentioned above n let us know how it goes.
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Alright I have adb on my bros computer and when I type "adb devices" it shows my phone but it won't recognize his. Anything special I need to do to get adb working with his phone?
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Ok I got adb working but got a failure when using install -r. Not sure what to do
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Em have u installed the drivers ?

My advice download this, it comes with everything u need to get adb working

http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/39922

Wait so when u type adb devices ur device shows up ?
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Yeah. It shows up, starts to install the app. Then failure
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Whats the error ?
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Thanks for the help. I'm putting this off for tonight. I have to call my brother because he's not here. I'm having him do it from his computer. I'll get the error from him tomorrow and post here. I'm really trying to get some of these system apps installed on his phone though because the features kill the stock apps. Thanks again. Will post more tomorrow.

p.s. sorry this is the wrong thread for this. But I AM trying to install this app mainly so I guess it's sort of the right place.

EDIT: Actually, this is the error:

adb install -r /Users/Family/Android/NexusLauncher.apk
1037 KB/s (3001992 bytes in 2.826s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/NexusLauncher.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION]
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Re: [MOD]2010.04.6-Donut Launcher, now with quick uninstall

k try this push launcher to /data/app/ n restart see if u get nething.

adb push (drag apk here) /data/app/

Ill continue tomoro gotta sleep
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Just tried on my phone to see if it worked. And that's bad lol. Totally messed up /data/app. Makes /data/app empty and all apps are gone and force close. Just fastboot flashed data image so no big deal. But definitely does not work
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
I think you left the trailing slash off of /data/app/ when you specified it as your push destination based on the symptoms. But that's definitely not right.
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
Firstly, it goes in /system/app/, secondly you type...

OR
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Yea you forgot the last slash probably, in effect u replaced your whole /data/app directory with launcher.apk

K for future references, if u think this might happen again do something like

adb push <drag apk here> /data/app/NexusLauncher.apk
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
I don't think that's true though because I'm on a mac and leaving off the last slash doesn't usually matter. I'm gonna make a new nandroid and try it with the last slash on there but I don't think that's the problem.
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
Yeah I know this but I'm trying to install it on a non-rooted mytouch. So can't push to system..

Edit: Wow that actually was the problem. When I push to /system/app/ I don't have to include the last slash because terminal recognizes it as a directory and copies it there. That's why I didn't do it for /data/app/ but I guess that's all it needed because it worked. I actually tried it with a different apk on my phone and pushed to /data/app/apkname.apk and that worked

Edit: Never mind. It copied the .apk but it didn't install. So all it did was put the .apk in there but nothing else.
[G1 Android Development] ashr:
Just installed the latest via the APK, works a treat :) very cool feature.

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] matt_stang:
I'm guessing you installed it on rooted phone...?
[G1 Android Development] olearyp:
Yeah, the push won't do the full install rigamarole--it won't create a user, it won't create an appropriate /data/data/package/ folder. I'm not sure how to get this to work in a non-rooted environment. It should be possible, just don't know how to get there from here.
[G1 Android Development] mr2t32:
good stuff... works well with the official rom.
[G1 Android Development] sturmeh:
How is being on a mac going to change how the ADB interfaces with the android file system? :\
[G1 Android Development] Deadbolt:
Works fantastic on my G1, no FCs, no problems so far. Thank you!
[G1 Android Development] acejoker25000:
The newest beta release on his twitter is amazing! i love the new app drawer and the screen selecting! everyone should go give it a try!!!
[G1 Android Development] KAwAtA:
The beta is amazing. Unfortunately, not something you can really use yet but oh i can't wait!
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Care to explain why u cant use it yet ?
[G1 Android Development] .A.J.:
I gave it a go. HTC Dream/G1 running Cyan. 4.2.15.1 No Apps2SD, No Compcache, no theme. Just Cloverdale's black notification bar and black calender mods.

The program worked fine for me. It is very nice work. The only issue I had was that I couldn't remove it. When I went to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Home > Uninstall updates - and selected to do so it froze and my phone rebooted from the Cyan Android screen (This happened twice). When the phone finished rebooting the new Home was still installed (and working properly, I must add). A Nandroid backup got me back to version 0.6.2 and all is well.

Nice work, AnderWeb. The only reason I'm not sticking with it is that I have limited memory and it uses 2 MB.
[G1 Android Development] KAwAtA:
Cause it's a beta lol, totally slow, buggy, and not ready to be used yet. I can use it but I wouldn't be able to put up with it. Disabling the samsung launcher w/e thing sometimes doesn't disable either. My apps take forever to show up when I launch it. Sliding from screen to screen in the launcher takes forever. The new home screen thing is cool but I doubt that is ready as well. Just nandroid and try it for yourself.
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Yay, you could help tracking dow those bugs, i've not faced none of them myself... and usually betas are meant for getting feedback so things can get better... right? ;)

Btw, thankyou very much all the people wasting their time helping me out on testing and improving things, you're all awesome!
[G1 Android Development] M..N:
No problems so far on your new beta, an idea for the preview cards, to launch them maybe some form of gesture could be used i.e place two fingers on the screen and it launches.
[G1 Android Development] KAwAtA:
Yeah sure, once my exam tomorrow is over I'll try and find/post bugs. The thing where it didn't disable the samsung launcher worked after several tries. But I can't show anything since I nandroided (I didn't keep it longer than an hour because I don't really wanna set up my widgets again until the stable release). By the way, is the scrolling fast for you? I found it too slow to use right now (the side to side in the launcher)

And one last thing about the Home Button. Will you be leaving it the way it is? (It's amazing) I ask because I have a slight issue with it myself (others might like it but yeah I'm not used to it lol.) I like pressing home and returning to my home screen... Anyway, I also have a hero and used the 2.1 sense on it. When you're at home screen and you press home, it displays all the screens. Your launcher displays them regardless of which screen you're on. Will you be leaving it that way or are you by any chance going to do it like the sense 2.1 roms

2.1 sense also has that feature if you pinch the screen. That'd be nice too if you can't do the screens on the home thing I suggested above.

Anyways, I'll try out your launcher sometime tmrow and if any bugs ill try to post details
[G1 Android Development] mr2t32:
I got a suggestion. Do something like in the legend rom. When you do a quick press on the home button while in the default screen, it brings out the mini screen. I think that will be nice to have. Overall, been playing with it for a day now and everything is running smooth and fast.
[G1 Android Development] Daneshm90:
Ur way behind my friend. Hes already done tht :)
[G1 Android Development] pedrosanta:
Re: [MOD]2010.04.6-Donut Launcher, now with quick uninstall

This launcher is friggin' awesome! Just like nexus, better than AOSP one. Works great with CM 4.2.15.1.

BIG thank you dude!

Sent from my HTC Magic using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Also installed the beta Launcher. First experiences:

* Samsung launcher is not handy, it takes too long to go from the first to the last apps. Without it enabled you just give it a big swipe and you're at the bottom. Not possible with the Samsung launcher, also disabled ;)

* The Home-button pressing stuff is amazing! Do agree though that it should only do this while you're ON the "main-homescreen" and not on the other screens (or make it selectable).

[Edit] After using it some more I have to admit that pressing the home-button on every screen is rather handy indeed... So either leave it as is or make it a selectable option :rolleyes: Only thing that bothers me slightly is the scrolling speed of the screens when changing them. Could be a bit faster (or completely disabled, option wise ;) ).

* I do find it smooth, fast and so on. Will leave the beta on the phone, with the Samsung launcher disabled.

Again, truly amazing work! :) The home-button-stuff is awesome!

Some screenies for the people doubting to try it :D
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
The new galaxy drawer is a bit hacky yet, sorry, but if you fling "hard enough" it goes to the first/last screen.

And the other advantage is, you can put 5columns&rows and still smooth scolling pages, and you got less "pages" to scroll.

Btw, i love your themed previews! Mine were a fast mockup :)
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
Ah, indeed, that does work! But as you say it's a bit hacky as sometimes it's getting registered as a "normal" swipe ;)

This is true, but there is a small delay after each swipe. So you can't do swipe-swipe-swipe to go to the third screen, rather it's swipe-delay-swipe-delay-swipe. Presumably it's because of the dots at the top which need to be updated.

All in all, great work and respect that you've been able to implement it, but the option to disable it I do have to use as of yet :rolleyes:

Thanks. Thought it would be handy for people who had no idea what the "2.1-preview" looked like :cool:
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Wow, I didn't think this launcher could get better, but judging from those screenies, we are in for something truly spectacular. Can't wait till it's out of Beta because it looks like you are putting WORK in!

PS. Thanks again Pfeffernuss from the screenies. Being able to see the updates in action without installing the beta is appreciated.
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
You're welcome! ;) Here two more, showing the new "Samsung-mode" with the appdrawer-screen-number-dots :rolleyes:
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Thank you once again. I love the fact that we will have so many choices/variations/customizations to do on the fly. By the way is that the new drawer handle for the launcher or your own custom theme?
[G1 Android Development] Pfeffernuss:
No, it's not the default handler... I found this metamorph to look nice(r) with the wallpaper I use :rolleyes: To each his own, no? ;)

(although I didn't use the metamorph from the opening post, but rather this one...)
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
Anderweb asked me to post a couple concepts for his launcher in this thread. I made 2 of them.

(Note: Don't knock my GIMP skills, these are just a concept and i dont have time to make them look much nicer lol)

I present "Sensual Nexus" xD

In both concepts the center circle icon serves the same purpose as the nexus launcher icon [::::] touch it to bring up the app drawer. the screen indicator is right above the center circle icon.

Concept #1 (at the very bottom farthest left) is a very basic concept. Easy to implement. its simply a small tab above the center circle icon you pull up to see your home screen preview.

Concept #2 (every other screen that isnt the very bottom farthest left one lol) is a little more complicated but more functional.

*The left tab with the Home Icon pulls up the Home Screen preview (I got too lazy to draw this up lol)

*The right that pulls up shortcuts to any app you want up to 4 or 5 (maybe you can scroll through that tab and add more, depends how Anderweb codes it if he decides to use this concept). You create shortcuts by dragging the icons to the right tab.

Ideally (for me), id love to be able to drag a 1x1 widget there and have it fully functional in that tab as well..

Specifically because I use Manups Hero Widgets to activate/disable wifi, brightness, ringer, and lockscreen. and i have all 4 of them taking up space on my home screen and i like to keep things uncluttered...of course idk how complicated that would be to implement or if its possible, but i put it in the concept pictures anyway.

*Drag icons to the center circle icon and youll have the option to uninstall/hide the app like advanced launcher.

Any feedback, opinions, suggestions? Thanks again anderweb for this awesome launcher hack!
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
I'm interested in what the "home" tab is
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
the home screen preview, cleaned up the post a lil bit to make things a bit more clear. lol
[G1 Android Development] cloverdale:
Try this metamorph with his Launcher, it will replace the wallpapers with blank images and in doing so make the apk only about 400KB.
[G1 Android Development] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Ah, got you. Thanks for the info.

This sounds ambitious and I dig! If this is what the launcher will end up being, then we will all truly be in for one helluva treat. I'm liking it a lot.
[G1 Android Development] speedysilwady:
Thank you very much! That would be my ideal launcher.and I think if enough people support either concept Anderweb might wanna give it a shot, but he alrdy expressed. That he likes them both in another thread. So we'll see.