So I am currently running one of the nook froyo's on internal (samuelhaff's I believe), and I love it. My only problem is the icon spacing is rdiculous. One icon on my backround has virtual borders around it that could fit in an extra icon on every side. I believe when I was running eclair I had an option that allowed me to expand how many row's columns I had in a grid on my homepage. How do I do that on these nookie froyo builds?
Only other quirk I currently have is my vplayer wont play videos on froyo, even though it did on eclair.
NM, Zeam had this option.
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Hi,
I'm hanging up my life of lurking on XDA to give you all a tip. While the default Honeycomb launcher is great, ADWlauncherEX is amazing! With the 1100 overclock, I've never seen smoother or faster navigation, including stock, Eclair or Nookie Froyo. The only problem is that the icons are really small, and when you use LCD Density to set it to anything other than 140, you loose the nifty Honeycomb status bar softkeys To overcome this, go into ADW icon settings and up the icon size to around 150, than enable fancy backgrounds. This make the icons the "right size." The only downside to using ADW on Honeycomb is that you lose the awesome new UI for adding widgets, and wallpaper seems to act a little funny. Trust me though, this is golden, it really makes Honeycomb on EMMC my favorite nook configuration yet!
PS: Leave any other tips/tricks about ADW on Honeycomb you find.
I just saw this on the xda homepage:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017451
Its a new tablet-centric launcher based off of the adw open-source code but removes the phone-like dock bar and ads launchers thatbare highly customizable and scrollable. It is also suppossed to add support for scrollable Widgets as well!
Here is the description:
This Launcher is designed with landscape tablets in mind! (that's not to say it doesn't also function well in portrait mode..... as it does)
First off this launcher is based HEAVILY on ADW.Launcher's Source code so I would like to thank anderweb for all the ground work.
What I have done is begun to remove the tired old Phone Like dock bar we are used to in just about every android launcher and replace it with a sleek Scrollable/Drag-able/Drop-able/Rearrangeable "ALONG the BOTTOM" (NOW WITH TOGGLEABLE SIDE DOCKS AS WELL!) Application and Shortcut Dock.
You can drag any Application, Shortcut, Browser Shortcut, Folder, etc. onto or off of and even drag them to different positions along the bar. Basically just about anything you can usually place on the desktop (except widgets, sorry that is not going to happen) you can place on the dock bar.
So feel free to fill your desktop with widgets and clocks and weather and that cool picture of your cat , because all your favorite apps are a fling away at the bottom.
So far scrolling widget support is fully functional. If an app complains/or warns that it doesn't detect a compatible launcher ignore it and continue they should work (as long as they are ADW Compliant).
This should work on virtually any device. Though non large screen devices may have issues with the layouts so you will have to play with the desktop column and row numbers etc.
UPDATE Info: -Fixed all Paddings to be dynamic with regard to which docks are visible. -Increased the Folder Columns by one for both Orientations. -Fixed Animations and Reflections for proper directions on all dockbars. -Added Toggle Setting to Show/Hide the dockbar when the app drawer is open. -Added Right-Hand Dockbar w/Toggle Setting. -Added Left-Hand Dockbar w/Toggle Setting. -Changed Dock Style to be be centered instead of left justified. -Fixed a fling issue when there were less icons than cells that would cause the icons to fing right and stick. -Changed the default setting of drawer type to the vertical scroll style as it is smoother. -Changed the default setting of drawer color to have a slight alpha to it so you can see your wallpaper a bit.
Latest screenshot shows the new side docks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------Project site: http://vegantab.gojimi.com/vt-labs/vtl-launcher
BETA 1.4 Download: http://vegantab.gojimi.com/download/Launcher.apk
I am not in any way affiliated with the author, just thought I should pass the information along.
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Here is a screenshot of my setup. The launcher is a little buggy but the concept is cool and if they can clean up the code, it could be a serious contender for the tablet launcher crown.
http://db.tt/6PeGchD
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PS. sorry about the crappy pic and link for pic. Screenshot er isn't working and tapatalk wont let me embed a pic from my xoom.
Cool - I'll give it a shot and post results!
I like the stock launcher better. The widgets are too small. Unless there is something similar with how the stock launcher transitions from screen to screen I will be set with the current setup.
It still feels very beta, the transitions seem "meh" however, it being a beta and all its expected. Uninstalled for now, but I'll be looking for updates soon.
Thanks.
Looks promising. I ran VEGAN on my G Tab and it was a nice alternative to stock. I will be interested to see how it turns out in the near future.
silly question...is there a home switcher that works with honeycomb? if not how are you switching back and forth between stock and this launcher?
Awesome, I was wondering when some tablet based launchers would emerge.
And also can you share that wallpaper
xoppaw said:
silly question...is there a home switcher that works with honeycomb? if not how are you switching back and forth between stock and this launcher?
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Try homesmack from the market
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Updated to v1.6.2 here
does this work good on the xoom
I'm not very impressed with it. It was kind of slow and the app drawer interface leaves alot to be desired.
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Is there a way to make the notification bar wider? Old age is making it difficult to read the time.
And while I'm at it, is there any way to make icons larger? Same problem. Same cause.
Thanks in advance.
Humphster
Samsung Galaxy S i9000
Android 2.3.3
I am not so old but even then wanted more options in notification bar so can it be customized to slide left & right & have more items to display by user choice.
There is no way that I know of to make the notification bar wider... if you want to increase the size of icons you can get a custom launcher from the market eg. launcher pro or adw launcher(you will need to get the paid versions), this will allow you to click and hold onto WIDGETS to resisze them
I know not every icon you use is/has a widget, so if you get desktop visualizer(free in market) it adds widgets to the size you want and you can like it to other widges, shortcuts apps and more
does take some time to get use to it... here is a link to some phones that used this method to make larger icons... they did use custom icons put you can use regular app icons
http://androidforums.com/android-themes/199936-android-phone-7-theme.html
So, I am working on a stripped, rooted 2.2.2 (nothing special, just a modded version of 2.2.2) and I have set the LCD density to 120. In the dell stage UI, designed specifically for 480x800 at 160dpi, it doesn't work too well.
I am looking for a launcher that will adapt the widget and application rows and columns to an appropriate number based on screen density, has a good UI (preferably Honeycomb or a 3D UI) and is well-polished, something people would use as an everyday UI. Any ideas?
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So, I am working on a stripped, rooted 2.2.2 (nothing special, just a modded version of 2.2.2) and I have set the LCD density to 120. In the dell stage UI, designed specifically for 480x800 at 160dpi, it doesn't work too well.
I am looking for a launcher that will adapt the widget and application rows and columns to an appropriate number based on screen density, has a good UI (preferably Honeycomb or a 3D UI) and is well-polished, something people would use as an everyday UI. Any ideas?
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Try LauncherPro, there is a free version. It has the ability to change the number of rows and columns.
You may have tried it, but I know that with LauncherPro you can choose 5 or 6 columns or rows of icons.
I'm not sure how it works when you modify the dpi.
Zeam Launcher is my new favourite. You can set your rows/columns, as well. Smooth and quick, and I rarely get redraws (when I do, they render very quickly).
I've been hearing good stuff about those launchers, especially LaucnherPro. I'll look into them
VTL Launcher
I use VTL on my tablets. You can select the numbers of rows and columns to make widgets and icons fit to you liking.
The other beauty is that you can have up to 3 dock bars (left, right and bottom). You can vary the size, thickness, of these dock bars as well. This can be used to fine tune the spacing of widgets/icons.
You can also lock the desktop so once you have it the way you want it so nothing get dragged out of place.
No free version, but it's cheap. It's worth a look.
Hi, I've been having this issue for a very long time now, actually ever since I started to use the said music player app. It's an amazing app, no doubt, as it gives you a very good music player with a zune-like ui. The problem I have is with the widget. If you put an Ubermusic widget 4x4 on your screen, and the orientation is in portrait, you'll get 6 buttons: prev, play/pause and next at the bottom of the widget, and playlist, repeat, shuffle on the right side. But for some reason, whenever I rotate my screen into landscape, the last three buttons (playlist, repeat, shuffle) inconveniently disappears.) I tried 'resizing' the widget in landscape to see if it will fix the problem, but I find out that even if you resize it in the maximum size that it can get (10x10), it still won't let you see those buttons IF IT'S IN LANDSCAPE. It functions fine in portrait, but the problem is I always use my device (a NookColor running CM7,) in landscape. I tried this on various launchers as well. I primarily use ADW EX and I tried it in Go Launcher but it still won't solve the problem. I tried contacting the developer, he said that since the widget was designed with phone constraints in mind, it will always be that way. I suggested a widget usable in landscape but he didnt respond. I love this app, and I woukd greatly appreciate it if someone can help me out. Is there any way to modify the APK and correct the widget or at least 'trick' the widget into thinking that it's in landscape? By the way, the widget skin I used was the Clear Widgets Skin (transparent one).
Tapatalkin' it from my rooted NookColor running CM7 MiRaGe [KANG] [7.2 RC] overclocked @ 1.2 GHz
Hope someone can help out. :'(