I'm wondering if there are any launchers out there for ICS 4.0.x that are basically a cross-breed between the ICS launchers (homescreen) and the stock Gingerbread launcher (app drawer).
I'm using a Galaxy S2 with ICS XXLPH by teju4u and am quite enjoying the new ICS looks, the homescreen bit of the launcher (Nova, but as far as I could find out Trebuchet and Apex are pretty much the same) is good too, but the new ICS app drawer is annoying. New apps add icons to the beginning of the drawer, you can't rearrange them, make folders, hide icons (though that's not that important for me), and there's the widget tab which I don't need.
Until now I was using a stock GB 2.3.5 (KI5) and in the app drawer I had the first page reserved for my most commonly used applications, then second was games (5-6 icons only rest of page empty, important!!) and the following pages were for all the random apps that I use occasionally (and the 'junk' folder for apps I don't use at all and can't be bothered to remove, or stuff that I launch from widgets only e.g. calendar).
I know features like this have been requested in Nova and Apex, and at least Nova is working on it now (folders, customisable tabs), but I want to know if anything out there can do it now.
Long story short, any ICS 4.0+ launchers out there with app drawers from (or behaving like) ginger?
EDIT: yes, I can just patch TW launcher back in, and I did that for now. Still, TW is not very customizable so looking for more.
im looking for this laucer too for my sgs2
its kinda annoying not having a folder in appdrawer
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I am trying to get away from sense for obvious reasons. I'm only missing the friendstream, news, twitter scrollable widgets. Shopping revealed Pure Messenger/News widget as a viable option. Although to be useful to me it needs to be scrollable.
-Running CM7 nightlies #130
-ADW Launcher stock with CM7
-Verizon Droid Incredible 2
-Rooted, obviously.
Pure Messenger states that ADW is supported, but scrollable widgets must be enabled and it isn't currently. I find no setting for scrollable widget enable and the documentation for this version (latest) doesn't list it. However a previous version had a setting from what I find online. Maybe the non CM7 version?
Anyone have a solution for pure messenger or alternative app? I'm certain many people running CM7 desire these widgets so there must be a solution but a search didn't reveal anything within 6 months.
Note: I was having this same issue with other phones, and other launchers [read: go launcher, launcher pro], so this should apply to everyone. Including me when I buy the Galaxy Nexus upon release.
Regards, JAWyered.
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I love colorize widgets and android pro widgets (both very similar and have a nice timeline feature with the paid versions) adw does support scrolling widgets but I'm not sure if you need the ex version for that(that's the version I have) I also don't see a setting for it but both my colorize widgets and android pro widgets scroll automatically
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I gave up on the Pure Widgets and went with Colorize. Scrolling works fine and I got the paid version and it looks really nice.
I thought the Pure Widgets were the most popular which would lead to less bugs and better support but obviously not.
Now the only problem is Colorize doesn't have a RSS feed selector or news widget like sense but I think I can get around it with customizing Google RSS feeds.
Thanks for the reply.
Regards, JAWyered. Sent from DInc2.
Ok, somebody should explain the need for scrollable widgets, or indeed most widgets, to me.
You swipe homescreens to get to the one you want, e.g Calender, Twitter.. and then you scroll it to find what you want etc...
Why not just open the Twitter or Calender app instead?
This sums up my pet peave with Android really. So much bloat. So much unnecessary carp. Why do one thing well when you can do it three different ways, badly.
I'm still not sold on the idea of multiple homescreens, in fact i'm as perplexed by the notion now as i was three years ago. Android has an app drawer. It has shortcuts for every app within. Open app drawer, select shortcut, use app! Why would i need shortcuts all over my homescreen?
And while i'm busy derailing the thread with my rant, what's with the honking great clocks and weather on the homescreens? There's a clock in the status bar and the weather is right outside. Use a window!
Obviously i'm in the minority here so i'll just crawl quietly back into my minimalistic hole. Good to get it off the chest though!
Running CM9 (coffeebeans 4/30 build with latest pershoot kernel) on wi-fi 10.1, using Apex Launcher Pro.
I really enjoyed the old app drawer that didn't eat up the entire screen. In the new update, the apps in the app drawer take up the whole screen (similar to Nova Launcher, very different from Trebuchet). This is annoying because I love tapping the left or right of the screen to fast-switch app drawer screens. Yes I know technically the feature is still there, but more often than not, I hit an app instead of making the screen change because the space is so small now (beefy thumb syndrome).
Anyone here know if there's an option to go back to the old app drawer look? I posted at the Apex forum, but that place is a ghost-town filled with pr0n
[APP][2.2+] Holo Launcher Beta (Real ICS Launcher for Android 2.2+)
***EDIT*** haven't had great luck with this on XT720, widgets don't work. It's great for other phones! Maybe try it to see if I am wrong.
Holo Launcher is a highly customizable launcher replacement based on the stock ICS 4.0.4 Launcher. But you can run it on Android 2.2+
Features:
Full ICS Style
ICS Icons, Folders, Outlines, Drawer Tabs, etc.
Custom Desktop Pages/Grid
Up to 9 desktop pages and 10 x 10 grid.
Custom Drawer Portrait/landscape Grid
Set different drawer grid for portrait and landscape screen.
Scrollable Dock
Up to 7 icons per page and up to 3 pages.
Infinite Scrolling
Loop through your desktop/drawer/dock continuously.
Desktop Previews
Pinch to access desktop previews.
Backup and Restore
Backup and restore your settings and shortcuts.
Other Customization Options
Keep in memory, home key action, hide labels, etc.
I Will test it and let you know after
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works great on my Evo. thanks.
That's the best launcher I've ever had. Light, fast, smooth, and really nice. Thanks!
I've been using Holo for about a month now....was waffling between it and Zeam after going a long time on Go Launcher. I was looking for a way to simplify my desktop into one screen with folders that feature my most used apps and trying to get a memory use reduction out of my launcher. Zeam was doing the memory thing well, but the folders were absolutely bland and unappealing, not to mention they wouldn't close after selecting an app to use. Holo does all those things well, but my only gripe is I can't seem to keep it in memory. After using a memory hungry app on my phone for an extended amount of time, the launcher has to restart when going back home. I guess I should stop expecting "smartphone" performance out of my Milestone and realize it's a touchscreen phone that can do some smart things....eventually.
Posted this on Rootz as well but I wanted to ask here.
My main wants are:
Ability to hide bottom dock and Notification bar and use gestures to bring them back. Would be nice to utilize all that wonderful screen landscape.
Use my ADW and LP icon packs if possible.
Easy to use shortcuts for moving between screens along with smooth transitions when doing so.
Long press icons to change icon image.
Hi-res display
Resizeable widgets
Keep in memory setting that works well and/or the ability to set custom wallpaper dimensions. It's a pain in the butt to have to reset my wallpapers with Wizardrii because LP got booted from memory and had ot restart.
Set non-scrolling wallpapers.
Do both Apex and Nova have all of these features? Guess I could consider ADW too. Is there one you would recommend over the other? Thanks in advance.
All the features that you want are there in apex dude.. Just try it out..
Icon packs I'm not very sure but definitely sure about the other features
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I've used both Apex and Nova, and I guess it's just a personal preference as they at least seem to be quite similar. They're both based on the stock launcher in ICS / JB, and basically have the same features. Only differences I noticed were very specific, but feature-wise they're quite similar. You should just try them out.
I prefer Apex though, if you wondered.
Hi
I am on Yoda ICS v8 and I want to try a de sensed version of it.
Until now, my biggest argument for sense is that it merges my contacts from different sources, such as google, touchdown, facebook and linkedIn
Is either nova or apex having that possibility also?
Nova and apex are only launchers means they are only home screens and app drawer. Launchers can't change the looks and behaviour of anything else (for example the people app). While Sense is a full user interface that includes not only launcher (home screens and app drawer) but it is in almost every part of the OS including notification drawer, settings, popup windows, gallery and every app that have the similar looks ( mostly tabs at bottom or the gry colored buttons and bars ) . Even if you replace or remove the sense launcher every sense app except widgets should work. The people app or any other app ( except widgets)has nothing to do with sense launcher but they have everything to do with the sense framework .You can just install nova or apex on your current Rom and it well not affect anything except homescreen and app drawer. And most de sensed roms comes with all sense functionality. But if the rom you are about to flash does not contain the sense people app then automatic contact merging will not work. But if that rom contains enough sense then pushing the stock people app and its dependencies to system should work.
EDIT : I see you edited it yourself.
try contracts+