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Custom Launcher App

Hey guys. Sorry if this is a stupid question. I've searched and google'd and couldnt find the answer. Could someone explain how to use this app?
I've seen docks with four icons with different apps linked to them, but im stuck with the three buttoms (apps, phone, personalize).
I want to change the dock and some icons but after watching some tutorials for this app the phone doesn't have some of the options in the tutorials.
Im on 2.2.1, S-OFF, and rooted.
Can someone teach me how to do this with this app? And if this app can't do that can someone direct me to one that can?
Thanks!! Sorry for being a noob

To have custom items in your dock use an other launcher then Sense. Something like ADW or launcher pro. Hope this helps
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good launchers:
GO Launcher (EX) - my favorite so far
ADW Launcher (EX)
Launcher Pro
OpenHome
Panda Home
Launcher 7 - Windows Phone 7-styled, usable but not really similar to the real WP7 experience

if only go launcher had the ability to disable the dock and use adw icon themes, it would have been perfect.

hussainmushahid said:
if only go launcher had the ability to disable the dock
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Well, you could just leave all of the icons in the blank, the go launcher has an option for that.
and use adw icon themes, it would have been perfect.
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Yeah, that would've been neat, but I'm sticking to Desktop VisualizeR right now where this wouldn't help either way.

hisbrightsky said:
Well, you could just leave all of the icons in the blank, the go launcher has an option for that.
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I want to put something in that empty space, only ADW has the option to completely disable the dock.

hussainmushahid said:
I want to put something in that empty space, only ADW has the option to completely disable the dock.
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Yup, that's true.

do any of these launchers have the ability to change the icons in the app drawer?

chris_barsoum said:
do any of these launchers have the ability to change the icons in the app drawer?
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I don't think so.

chris_barsoum said:
do any of these launchers have the ability to change the icons in the app drawer?
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Launcher pro + customer launcher icons.
change icons, and the dock itself.
Excellent. Gives the phone a new look at any time.

jaztim said:
Launcher pro + customer launcher icons.
change icons, and the dock itself.
Excellent. Gives the phone a new look at any time.
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thats just on the launcher dock, i mean inside the app drawer

does Goluncher can change the lock screen??? if yes: how? if no: which app could help me?

hisbrightsky said:
good launchers:
GO Launcher (EX) - my favorite so far
ADW Launcher (EX)
Launcher Pro
OpenHome
Panda Home
Launcher 7 - Windows Phone 7-styled, usable but not really similar to the real WP7 experience
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where i can download these? can i use these apps even my fone is unrooted.

johnnyoch said:
where i can download these? can i use these apps even my fone is unrooted.
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You can find them in the Market on your phone.
And yes you can use them without root.
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chris_barsoum said:
do any of these launchers have the ability to change the icons in the app drawer?
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launcher pro+ and adw launcher ex both have the option to change the icons in the app drawer. Just download a .apk icon/theme file, try out ADWi2 theme.

Love GoLauncher, but need things changed

I run MIUI and am sick of the launcher (app drawer, etc.) I like GoLauncher with its widgets and such. There are a few things I want changed though, and I would like to know if it has been done.
First, I like how the icons in MIUI are really large, in GO, they are very small. Can they be changed in GO?
Secondly, I like how the text under the icons in MIUI do not have the black background. Is this possible in GO?

RyanTX said:
I run MIUI and am sick of the launcher (app drawer, etc.) I like GoLauncher with its widgets and such. There are a few things I want changed though, and I would like to know if it has been done.
First, I like how the icons in MIUI are really large, in GO, they are very small. Can they be changed in GO?
Secondly, I like how the text under the icons in MIUI do not have the black background. Is this possible in GO?
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not possible at present i guess
There r lots of users out there including me who want the above changes.
why dont u head over to their thread in xda and request for the feature?

nessqn said:
not possible at present i guess
There r lots of users out there including me who want the above changes.
why dont u head over to their thread in xda and request for the feature?
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I didn't know they had one. I will take a look.

Launcher Pro is the only launcher I think that can remove the icon label backgrounds.
One of the reasons I love it. I do wish it had bigger icons and maybe a 4 icon dock.

GetPatriotized said:
I do wish it had bigger icons and ...a 4 icon dock.
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Agree 100%.

sawari said:
Agree 100%.
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Agree 1000000%.

I like GoLauncher better because of home swipe actions,the ease of changing icons on both homescreen n dock and overall smoothness...

This is why I use ADW EX.. you can customize everything to do with the icons.. Size, background of icon, text color, size, fully customize the dock, instantaneous drawer (I find go launcher drawer to always have SOME lag), tons of themes, same swipe gesture options and screen animations.. The only thing you lose is the widgets and there are other market Apps that take care of that.
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civicvx94 said:
This is why I use ADW EX.. you can customize everything to do with the icons.. Size, background of icon, text color, size, fully customize the dock, instantaneous drawer (I find go launcher drawer to always have SOME lag), tons of themes, same swipe gesture options and screen animations.. The only thing you lose is the widgets and there are other market Apps that take care of that.
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Same here.. LPP and GO are great, but ADW customization go further (no dock is a sweet feature too)... but ADW is not as smooth as the two others, I mean that when you want to edit stuff (widget size, placing shortcut elsewhere, etc) it feels weird, not as responsive, I don't like it but it's the only negative point so I live fine with it.. pros and cons..

In go launcher i use desktop visualizer to get some real big icons, miui style. It gives me even the option to open shortucs to folder organizer.
Cheers,
PC
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P C said:
In go launcher i use desktop visualizer to get some real big icons, miui style. It gives me even the option to open shortucs to folder organizer.
Cheers,
PC
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I just downloaded Desktop Visualizer and I did not find the option in there for icon size. How are you doing it?

Long press the icon from dvisualizer that you just added to your home screen and choose resize.
Dvisualizer is a widget, you can resize it just like any other widget.
PC
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RyanTX said:
I just downloaded Desktop Visualizer and I did not find the option in there for icon size. How are you doing it?
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A nice guide here

agreee 1000000%

[Q] How to correctly apply a new theme?

How do I correctly apply a custom theme? I'm running CM7, and I downloaded the Honeybread theme. When I want to use it I select it with the CM Theme Chooser, and after the reboot it only changed the icons and stuff. I would like to have the 'app bar', at the bottom of every homescreen, to be changed to the one from the theme. How do I fix this?

Go to settings > adw settings and you can change the dock in themes. The cm7 theme chooser only effects icons and status bar as well as a few apps menus.
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itsbeertimenow said:
Go to settings > adw settings and you can change the dock in themes. The cm7 theme chooser only effects icons and status bar as well as a few apps menus.
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Thanks for your help, but the in the ADW settings I can only choose the ADW.Default theme. Where do I have to place my theme apk files?
Excuse me, found out that there are special ADW themes. Thanks!

Excerpt from same question asked by me
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Question: how do I set the dock bar to use downloaded dock bars instead of the adw dock bar? When I set it to no icons it takes away the dock bar and when I set it to anything else the dock bar displays the slots for the launcher icons to go in as + signs .... confused.
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lundberg512 said:
,Im using adw ex launcher but think its similar to adw.
1. Adw settings / theme Preferences / Main dock / Custom / adw dock catalog
2 Choose your dock / goto Ui settings/main dock/main dock style select example 3 icons.
3.Now goto homescreen longpress icon in dock choose edit click icon select picture and select adw docks catalog choose your dock again voila its gone....and you have a clean dock.....hope it makes sense.....
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itsbeertimenow said:
Wow cool I also have ex forgot to mention that lol. Worked great I just had to select my dock picture for all three icons and now I realize I can create my own docks in photoshop. Thanks a lot.
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itsbeertimenow said:
Excerpt from same question asked by me
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That's pretty helpfull too, thankksss!

Huh, I'm trying some themes now, but when I change the theme, actually only the background changes, including some icons. I've selected the option to Use theme icons. When I drag the statusbar down, the wifi widgets etc have a strange white glow wich won't dissapear and the place down under those widgets has an opacity of like 20%. I guess this is a setting from the theme, but how do I change this?
Edit: The icons aren't changing too, just like the battery and wifi indicator. The only thing that changes when I change my theme is the background.
Juist noticed that the dock image is changing too.

Maybe Theme Chooser App which is preinstalled?
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Silversniper said:
Maybe Theme Chooser App which is preinstalled?
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doh. Didn't try that because I should use ADW to change my theme But that worked, thanks again!

"Allign to grid effect"

Hye there!
Is there any way to remove "allign to grid" effect for icons/widgets?
I want to move and arrange them but there is that space between them that drives me crazy.
I'm using a rooted One with Nova Launcher.
Thanks in advance.

Settings desktop advanced widget overlap

gunnyman said:
Settings desktop advanced widget overlap
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hye sir.
doesn't work. they snap back to grid :-|
i have already tried it.

Show your homescreens!

This thread is for showing off your homescreen/themes/setups. It would be nice if you would include details. ​

Nova prime
Parrot Zooper
Pixit icons.
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Icons: light extravagant gold theme
Statusbar and navbar icons i edited by myself

Polycon icons, and wallpaper from the pack:good

NikiFue said:
Icons: light extravagant gold theme
Statusbar and navbar icons i edited by myself
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Hi. Nice job! Those icons might go real nice on my mocha gold phone. Is it possible to download them? I see they are used with Buzzlauncher but I don't quite see how to get the icons themselves. Thanks!
EDIT: Ah! Found them in the theme app!

mscion said:
Hi. Nice job! Those icons might go real nice on my mocha gold phone. Is it possible to download them? I see they are used with Buzzlauncher but I don't quite see how to get the icons themselves. Thanks!
EDIT: Ah! Found them in the theme app!
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Thank you!
Unfortunately the pack includes only the stock icons (as always :/ )

My setup:
Nova launcher prime
Retrorika iconpack

Here is mine:
Nova Launcher
Zooper Widget Pro
Power Toggles
DIGI Clock
Weather & Clock Widget
Multi Icon Packs

Mine

with smart launcher

Mine :victory:
Nova prime
Pixel lp icons
What's the weather widget pls?
Greetz benji

mR.fR34ky said:
Mine
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I like it how does one finds this theme?

emmanuelw said:
I like it how does one finds this theme?
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Called "Tou net" its in the theme store!

Benji1983 said:
Mine :victory:
Nova prime
Pixel lp icons
What's the weather widget pls?
Greetz benji
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hi, my nova app closed when i use some apps for example; i use dealer, talk anyone after this i press back and my launcher turns automaticlly stock launcher? are you know why it happend or the solution of this issue?

-Sniper- said:
hi, my nova app closed when i use some apps for example; i use dealer, talk anyone after this i press back and my launcher turns automaticlly stock launcher? are you know why it happend or the solution of this issue?
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Mine too it's because of some widgets
Clock widget for examole
Greetz benji

Nova Launcher Prime
Chronus
Devo Icons Pack

Nothing special..

Stock
Icons Glass Fun
Clock Digital Clock Xperia
-heh...do this all the time with a new phone.

Nova Launcher, Moonshine icon pack, and status bar and navigation bar edited with Theme Editor app.