To save the memory space it is often essential to move large apps to the SD card. But sometimes if you have moved the icon of such app to the launcher screen the icon will disappear after the phone restart.
This is a common problem caused by the fact that in the time the launcher is started the apps are not "linked" to the part moved to the SD card. For the launcher the app is missing and thus the icon is removed.
There are 2 solutions:
Move the apps that you have added to the launcher back the internal memory.
Install a more inteligent launcher that can handle such situation and displays the icon as grayed while the app is unavailable - for example the Nova launcher.
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I put an app button on the launchbar (DoggCatcher). Every once in a while the icon changes from the DoggCatcher icon to a generic Android icon.
The DoggCatcher icon returns when I get an app update from the Market.
Eventually, it goes back to the generic icon and the process repeats over and over.
The functionality remains the same. It's just that the icon changes.
Does this happen to anyone else with any of your icons on the launchbar?
Does anyone have an idea why or how to prevent it from happening?
Thanks
have you tried with another icons? I had change the icons so often without any problem... (I believe your talking about dock application, right? )
Changed app to see what happens
Yes, I am talking about the dock application at the bottom of every screen. I just changed the app on the launch bar to see what happens.
The Google Music icon that I have on the launch bar never changes to a generic Android icon so you could be right.
It might be the DoggCatcher app.
Thanks
Is DoggCatcher on the SD card? If so, try moving it to internal storage and see what happens.
It is on the SD Card
I'll try moving it. Good suggestion.
I have a problem here, the icons of the apps which I have moved to SD disappears from the homescreen after every reboot. Is there any way that I can keep these icons without moving the app to Phone?
Hello, i would like to ask something that annoys me.When i exit an app i have a blank aap drawer without any apps and after 5 seconds i get to see the actual apps on the menu.Is this because the app drawer does not lock itself in the memory and it has to reload? it is kinda annoying
Memory management, your app caused shortage of memory so the OS killed the launcher. Some launchers have options to try staying resident, or you can mess with the memory strategy, which can mess things up if you get it wrong.
Have searched for this for some time now and no one seems to have my problem. I have a Blu Life Play running 4.2.1 and Lockscreen Widgets are enabled and work.
When I installed Dash Clock, I don't see the option for selecting it in the widget list for the lock screen. I only see the stock widgets and a few for other apps installed.
On the home screen, I can get the settings widget, allowing me to change settings and manage extensions. But in the lock screen, the widget is no where to be found.
I tried changing the security settings, used every option available for security, none work.
Any suggestions?
d_originaldappa said:
Have searched for this for some time now and no one seems to have my problem. I have a Blu Life Play running 4.2.1 and Lockscreen Widgets are enabled and work.
When I installed Dash Clock, I don't see the option for selecting it in the widget list for the lock screen. I only see the stock widgets and a few for other apps installed.
On the home screen, I can get the settings widget, allowing me to change settings and manage extensions. But in the lock screen, the widget is no where to be found.
I tried changing the security settings, used every option available for security, none work.
Any suggestions?
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I have the exact same phone, and for me Dash Clock is Working. However I had the exact same problem as you at the beginning. Here is what I did.
Uninstall everything related to Dash Clock from your phone
change your default install location to INTERNAL STORAGE (Mine is always on External SD, this is why it does not work)
Install Dash Clock and all the related extensions that you need (on the internal storage)
Set your default install location back to External SD (Since our phones only have 4GB of internal storage)
Restart you phone and you should be able to see dash clock listed on the widgets
Hope this helps.
The reason for this is that some widgets do not work when they are installed on SD cards.
visordo said:
I have the exact same phone, and for me Dash Clock is Working. However I had the exact same problem as you at the beginning. Here is what I did.
Uninstall everything related to Dash Clock from your phone
change your default install location to INTERNAL STORAGE (Mine is always on External SD, this is why it does not work)
Install Dash Clock and all the related extensions that you need (on the internal storage)
Set your default install location back to External SD (Since our phones only have 4GB of internal storage)
Restart you phone and you should be able to see dash clock listed on the widgets
Hope this helps.
The reason for this is that some widgets do not work when they are installed on SD cards.
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You are awesome! It worked. Never thought of that. I thought I tried everything. Now I have options for other widgets. Thanks a lot
Whenever I close the app in the app switcher, the widget loses the current location for weather updates. What's worse is that all locations which I've added in the app are lost upon restarting and I have to select my location again.
I don't suppose the app has to be constantly running in the app switcher for the widget to work correctly?
Yes, usually if a widget is part of a standalone app, the app needs to always run. At least that has been my experience. I don't know about your specific app there though.
I am sure there are apps that make the widget run independently of the main app, but most I have seen seem to need the app running, or the widget won't function.
Turns out this widget doesn't need the app to be running after all. It's just that I had disabled the storage permission as per Android 6 permission settings and that caused a problem even though the app did not complain. I thought it needed to access storage only when adding custom background pictures, which I didn't intend to use.
What's interesting is that without the storage permission even if I left the app running, but it got bumped out of memory and needed to reload, it would also lose location settings. This makes me think there was some sort of virtual storage created in the absence of storage permission, so that as long as the app was running it could save the location there. But it gets erased as soon as the app is closed. Maybe a fail-safe solution for the lack of permission? I could be wrong.