Id Like to be able to move the App Drawer button from the far right where it defaults. To the Middle.
Is there anyway to do this in Stock? And if not do any roms with touchwhiz allow for this?
As far as I know a lot of the things which are to do with customizing touch-wiz features aren't going to be in stock... but I could be wrong?
There is an existing thread about this, and the currently valid answer appears to be no.
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Try a launcher like Apex. All the buttons and other features can be customized, while everything else can be left stock.
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It just dawned on me now that I am using Launcher Pro that when I long press, I no longer get the option to add a Samsung Widget to my home screen.
Any way around this?
... other than just going back to stock launcher ?
Nope. The Samsung widgets are part of TouchWiz.
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Nope. The Samsung widgets are part of TouchWiz.
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So are many other elements of the device (notification panel, different contacts app, etc etc etc). Using another launcher app does not disable Touchwiz as a whole, its just a new launcher. The widgets are still <i>there</i> I'm just not able to get to them right now, so I'm hoping maybe someone is able to yank the APK or something so we're able to use them in non-default launchers.
They were written to be recognized and used by the Touchwiz launcher, they're not compatible with the ASOP launcher which is why they won't show up with other launchers. HTC Sense widgets have the same issue, and aside from completely rebuilding them, they haven't really found a way around it.
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So are many other elements of the device (notification panel, different contacts app, etc etc etc). Using another launcher app does not disable Touchwiz as a whole, its just a new launcher. The widgets are still <i>there</i> I'm just not able to get to them right now, so I'm hoping maybe someone is able to yank the APK or something so we're able to use them in non-default launchers.
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um, no they're not. As I am using the LauncherPro Beta right now. The notification panel is stock, the contact is stock everything is stock except the dock bar at the bottom, which is different and better and the drawer which Is 3D!!! I love it.
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um, no they're not. As I am using the LauncherPro Beta right now. The notification panel is stock, the contact is stock everything is stock except the dock bar at the bottom, which is different and better and the drawer which Is 3D!!! I love it.
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That is exactly what I was saying.
Using a different launcher (i.e. LaunderPro) does not "disable TouchWiz" and therefore you should still be able to use the TouchWiz widgets. Everything else is still there and TouchWiz is most definitely still there, running, etc... changing the Launcher is not disabling TouchWiz.
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That is exactly what I was saying.
Using a different launcher (i.e. LaunderPro) does not "disable TouchWiz" and therefore you should still be able to use the TouchWiz widgets. Everything else is still there and TouchWiz is most definitely still there, running, etc... changing the Launcher is not disabling TouchWiz.
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it does disable touchwiz. touchwiz is the launcher app. so when your not in touchwiz, you don't have it.
just like unless your on the sense home, you don't get the sense widgets.
the touchwiz widgets require the touchwiz launcher.
don't bother asking or repeating again because there is simply no way to make it work short of rebuilding the entire app as has been said.
Touchwiz and the touchwiz launcher are two different things.
You cannot "disable touchwiz" without flashing a custom rom. It IS the modified OS.
You are right that the widgets are built into the twlauncher apk, so you can't use them in any other launcher.
Let's be sure we aren't confusing touchwiz with twlauncher...
touchwiz is a skin on top of the android os just like sense is.......you disable the touchwiz launcher then everything associated with touchwiz is disabled only giving access to basic android widgets.
Oh lawrdy, the fighting...
When I was using launcher pro I couldn't use samsung widgets, but the apps were unaffected.. So just disabling touchwiz launcher disables the widgets (or makes them harder to use at least) but the apps with the phone (including the notification bar) keep going...
So even if you just disable the launcher, you lose the widgets (unless they are just hiding because the samsung widget button was gone and they weren't in my regular widget are either)
im no dev here and my coding knowledge is minimal so sorry if i sound stupid saying this, but if the twlauncher is integrated to the framework, couldnt someone use a modify a launcher replacement by kanging some code from the twlauncher so the launcher replacement utilizes the framework or is it much more complicated than that?
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im no dev here and my coding knowledge is minimal so sorry if i sound stupid saying this, but if the twlauncher is integrated to the framework, couldnt someone use a modify a launcher replacement by kanging some code from the twlauncher so the launcher replacement utilizes the framework or is it much more complicated than that?
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If I'm understanding you correctly then yes it is that simple, but figuring out how to do that is not simple without the code...
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Okay ladies Ill explain all lol, disabling the touchwiz launcher does in no way effect the widgets but you cannot use them in other launchers because they are not programmed to recognize them touchwiz itself is the custom framework that samsung has created for this phone, so if a dev enabled it you could use them in any launcher as long as the system/framework/twframework.jar and twframework-res.apk are there along with some key files in the sytem/lib folder to associate them to the system so really the launcher is nothing but a pretty blind over the window if you will and in no way stops you from using the widgets other than the other launchers are not programmed to look for them.
Has anybody found a way to replace the app drawer for a rooted user? I dislike the screen based grid and would rather have a scrolling grid.
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Has anybody found a way to replace the app drawer for a rooted user? I dislike the screen based grid and would rather have a scrolling grid.
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Get Go launcher EX from Market it is free it have 5-7 types ( you can change theme also I use Honeycomb theme with it)
In the Market, type in 'launcher', there are loads of replacements which have loads of settings etc.
I recommend launcher pro, or launcher7.
Launcher7 is really sexy
Thanks for the suggestions, but these change the GUI more than I want. I only want an app drawer replacement.
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Thanks for the suggestions, but these change the GUI more than I want. I only want an app drawer replacement.
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In that case I'd go with 'ravitejas' suggestion of Go Launcher. It looks similar to touchwiz and you can change the app draw to scrolling type. It just takes a bit of messing about with lots of settings...
Or if you'd like an actual list of apps you can press menu when you're in the app drawer and select list view...
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In that case I'd go with 'ravitejas' suggestion of Go Launcher. It looks similar to touchwiz and you can change the app draw to scrolling type. It just takes a bit of messing about with lots of settings...
Or if you'd like an actual list of apps you can press menu when you're in the app drawer and select list view...
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Unfortunately, my Galaxy S II does not have the list view for some reason. That would have been a decent solution. Oh well.. can't make the phone the same in every market it seems.
What about solutions that work with rooting? I did root the phone awhile back, hoping that I could use this to my advantage. So far, no real use.
Weird that yours doesn't have a list view option...
Can't help you beyond stock rom I'm afraid, haven't rooted...haven't seen any real need to...
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Unfortunately, my Galaxy S II does not have the list view for some reason. That would have been a decent solution. Oh well.. can't make the phone the same in every market it seems.
What about solutions that work with rooting? I did root the phone awhile back, hoping that I could use this to my advantage. So far, no real use.
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The problem is you want to replace part of the launcher program but not the whole thing. Root or not it's hard to replace "half a program". Someone could probably, theoretically at least, hack the program apart and replace it that way but that's a lot of effort.
Are you sure you don't have list view? Open the app menu and hit menu
Pick a launcher, i recommend launcher pro or ADW EX (far better than standard ADW launcher)
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So umm, I see a lot of people talking about "changing the launcher". But I do not know what a launcher is. I see it in my settings (running MIUI on my Infuse 4G).
So my question, and yes I know I probably sound like a knowledgeless-fool. But, what is a launcher?
A launcher is an interface replacement that gives u a new home screen and app drawer. U can customize it a lot according to ur choice
Best are go launcher, adw and launcher pro
I think this will help you. if it does please THANK me.
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Like ICS said, a launcher changes your homescreen and appdrawer, making it prettier and sometimes even more useful. I haven't used MIUI personally. Maybe it comes with a launcher, and maybe it has some features that a new launcher would duplicate. I know CM7 comes with ADW Launcher.
My favourite things about LauncherPro: First, you can change the homescreen grid size. Second, you can swipe between multiple docks. You can make dock icons link to activities, not just applications. And you can assign different shortcuts for swiping a dock icon. So if I press the phone icon, it goes to the dialer; if I swipe it, it goes to the call log. Plus any launcher is going to be prettier than stock, but MIUI is beautiful itself.
There's no harm in trying out a couple of different launchers. I prefer LP, others prefer Go or ADW. I know Go and ADW are much more theme-able. The only thing is that with a rom like MIUI that already looks good, a new launcher might look out of place.
Launcher is the bit you see and use when your not running an app or making a phone call.
You can change it easily by going to the android market and downloading a new one like nemus launcher or go launcher ex.
Once downloaded they will auto install. You can try the new launcher without changing your current one by pressing phones home button.
Menu pops up asking which launcher to use, choose the name of the new one and try it out.
If you want to keep it press home again but before choosing new launcher this time tick the box it shows saying "use as default launcher".
If you don't like it just do the same with the tick but choose your original launcher instead.
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I.. do not understand.. So it is like a theme?
Not exactly. It's a replacement.
For example, suppose ur running the stock eclair with the slide up vertical app drawer
Now, u want a button to launch the drawer., and u want it to be horizontal. How will u do it?
Enter Launchers
It replaces the drawer with its own, and its own dock bar
In short, it is not a theme, but a replacement that CAN BE THEMED
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You know Sense, AOSP and Touchwhiz? Well they are default "Launchers"
Launchers can be downloaded from the market w/o root.
They are like a different style of homescreen...
The launcher is the programm you use to launch or start an app on your phone. The launchers UI (User Interface) is what you see as your home screen. Changing the launchers behaviour means changing the way icons are displayed or the pages flip. It lets you customize the way your phones OS feels and looks.
Does this answer your initial question?
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Exactly on my mind
Well.put
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If you are running ICS, Nova Launcher is a good one to check out too. It can be found in the Google Play Store. There is a pay version, but the normal one is fully featured IMO. Of course, try out a few and see what you prefer for your setup. When I hit the home button on my phone, it lets me select which launcher it uses by default so you can swap them out.
I just installed an AOSP ICS rom (SlimICS) and am missing the long-press left button = search functionality that stock Touchwiz has.
I know that AOSP doesn't include this, so I'm trying to see if there's a mod that may bring it back. I can't find any settings in the otherwise excellent SlimICS (or its ASS extra settings menu), and unfortunately cannot ask in its thread due to having <10 posts and it being in the dev forum. I also searched for a while but may be trying all the wrong keywords because I don't see anything promising for "aosp long press left button search" or similar.
Would anyone happen to know if this functionality is possible with an AOSP rom? Any pointers will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hey.
It is a TouchWiz feature and Slim is an AOSP rom. Therefore there is at the moment no chance to bring it to this rom because it comes without TouchWiz.
Maybe you could install TouchWiz and get the feature back but I don't know.
Hiya. Right that's what I mean, is there a mod or app that may simulate it atleast? I presume it would be something that binds to the left click and on longpress event launches Google Search.
I just recalled that when I tried it, CM7 had something like that in its settings, letting you change what happened on longpress. I don't know if it was using a mod for that, will look around.
Sorry I dont know.
You could try it with TW 4.5:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
but dont know if you will have success.
I'm on Resurrection ics from and missed this feature too. I have bound it to a direct button and long press menu button of the navigation bar. The latest Nova launcher also has this feature. Hope I helped!
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I'm on Resurrection ics from and missed this feature too. I have bound it to a direct button and long press menu button of the navigation bar. The latest Nova launcher also has this feature. Hope I helped!
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It looks like Nova Launcher 1.1.1 may just be doing what I'm describing here. I'm surprised my current choice Go Launcher Ex doesn't have it, considering the multitude of useful features they've managed to add by now.
I'm currently in CM10 nighlty 09/04 using the Touchwiz UX launcher. This launcher typically displays the app name under the apps that are in the dock, which is currently not the case for me (see my screenshot below).
Does anyone knows how to get the app names to show under the apps that are located in the dock? I'm not sure if this is a problem from the launcher I flashed or from the CM10 code because the stock Trebuchet launcher also lacks that functionality.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
OK so I went back to CM9 and flashed the UX launcher we have under our theme section and sure enough, the names are showing under the dock icons. So I think it's safe to say that the fact they are not in CM10 is probably due to the Jelly Bean UX launcher port.
So my question now is, does anybody knows what needs to be modified in the launcher apk so that the app names can be displayed under the icon? Also, is there any plan for someone to port the s3 jelly bean launcher to the s2? If so that would most likely solve my issue at once.
Thanks!
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So you can't figure out what 5 dock icons are without the names being displayed under them? Just curious about why its such a big deal.
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So you can't figure out what 5 dock icons are without the names being displayed under them? Just curious about why its such a big deal.
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Without the names, there is a lot of empty space under the icons as you can see from the screenshot, so it doesn't look as good. I know for a fact that TW UX comes with the labels under the apps that are in the dock, so i'd be nice to be able to have it the same way.
I solved my issue. It seems there's been some sort of corruption during all my flashing that eventually affected the TWUX launcher. I wiped and started from scratch and all is fine now.
Edit: The problem was not due to a corruption, but rather to the fact that I had reassigned the hardware keys and enabled the three-dot menu display. I guess when doing so, the launcher imagine that it's because on-screen buttons are present and thus some additional space is created.