Today I finally got my S4 rooted (running 4.3) and have been screwing around with customizing it. I started using Smart Launcher which i really like but unfortunately there is no way to get back to Touchwiz once the home button has been mapped to Smart Launcher. I have searched high and low for a way to map single-click to Smart Launcher and double-click to Touchwiz and have come up with nothing. Is there anyway you can think of that I can do this?
*** I have tried home2shortcut but it will not let double-click map to touchwiz home
You could use the xposed module "xposed additons" to control the hardware buttons but I don't think you can use to go to different launchers. I would just not set a default launcher then simply pick which launcher I want to use when I hit the home button
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I might end up having to do that but i seems like such a clunky solution to a seemingly simple problem. To be honest i would be happy just to have some quick way of getting back to touchwiz once in the launcher.
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I'm currently using launcher pro plus and while I'm aware that there is no shortcut support (unless you are using froyo) I had read that it was possible to switch the dock functions by first setting their gesture, then opening a different launcher and editing a file with root explorer then rebooting.
Every time I do this, launcher pro still edits the file (located in /data/data/come.fede.launcher/shared_prefs). If anyone knows of a different way to do this, or if I am just missing something I'd like to know.
Also, I have been working on an application for a while that was a hybrid of google gesture search and the gestures in dolphin browser, I finally got the app to be able to map not only application openings but functions like volume up and down and back and menu.
A) is there a way to give this app a perma-soft key similar to the one in dolphin
B) is there a way to make the notification bar disappear when this app is running, so that in all other apps the notification bar is also gone.
C) I'd actually prefer to a softkey a long home press to open it up...maybe...or the option to pick. I cant for the life of me make the nook respond to a long n click...and I dont really wanna remap the volume buttons.
I am considering just mapping a button from soft keys to the app as of now, and then try to make it not so bandaided...but hell doing anything on the autonook is just kinda lame.
There was a suggestion a while back to install launcher pro on an android phone and set it up accordingly. Afterward, back your launcher pro settings. Launcher pro will back up to sd card and you can transfer to the nook
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I actually did everything suggested in that thread, and the only thing that came close to working was pulling it from my phone, but even that resets after a reboot...my ONLY thought is that it may have something to do with the kernel I'm running...maybe...maybe?
On my Android phone if I hold down the Home key I get the list of running apps on my phone and I can do multi tasking going app to app but on my G Tablet It does nothing happens when I hold down on the Home key ( I am using the stock rom)
, I read the manual word for word. How in the world do I get that on the GTablet.
How do you go from app to app on the gtablet ?
i just held my home key on the bezel and it brought up my running apps. I pressed on one of the apps and it took me right to it.
I think it just doesn't work on the on screen home key. Works with the bezel one.
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I am assume the one on the "Bezel" is the one on the right , little icon of the house. below the magnifying glass icon on the touch buttons.
Mine does nothing. I know it works as I can go to the home screen is I tap it but holding down my finger on the house icon does absolujtley nothing. and as I mentioned no custom rom here. Stock. Strange.
I believe that is normal behavior for the stock ROM and dashboard launcher. Try using the standard launcher or try an alternative like Launcher Pro.
Using the standard launcher ( only use the dashboard once in a while) . Guess somethings up. Anyways thanks ya'll.
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I believe that is normal behavior for the stock ROM and dashboard launcher. Try using the standard launcher or try an alternative like Launcher Pro.
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so i rooted my girlfriends Nook Tablet and left it stock but installed adw launcher. i was curious to know if there are any third party launchers that have on screen controls like on cm7 for tablets or something like that. when using the adw launcher there are no controls to go back or to get to the menu in some apps. she doesnt want me to fully flash a new rom so thats the current issue we are having. any help will do!
There's an alternate SystemUI.apk in the apps section that will do this.
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you can use "button savior" app (can be downloaded from Market, absolutely free).
I'm using button savior even though I'm on CM7, just so I can let some apps go full screen without losing the ability to use the "back" button. It works pretty well.
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
Also, I'd like to do something about the wake-up delay. When pressing power or home to wake the screen up, there's a wait of a good half a second - I want it instantaneous, like my old phone was.
Any ideas?
Bump.
Afaik this delay is caused by waking up from deep sleep. There isnt much you can do, unless you want to force your phone to stay awake it will drain the battery quickly, though.
Try apex or nova launcher..
For multitasking try "wave launcher".not an ordinary launcher, check market
Editr try gesture launcher
Edit 2: or dock4droid also cool 4 multitasking
setspeed said:
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
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Bump for this.
I'd really like to be able to open the multitasking menu, with a single press of the home button.
Home2 shortcut in the market is.pretty useful.for key shortcuts like double click home or double click search key. Check it out
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Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
fenstre said:
Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
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What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
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What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
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Multitask Shortcut. Perhaps there are other apps that do this, but I haven't looked.
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
zodiaxe66 said:
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
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I found a way to swipe into multitasking, so I won't bother with the Home button:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28899928#post28899928
Most convenient app I have ever used (really dislike the default double-tap for S Voice). :good:
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You can do this with Nova Launcher already. Under the settings in Gestures and Buttons, set home button to camera, I checked the next box so that it only works on default home screen. So now I just hit the home button to go to the default home screen then tap it again to open the camera(holding the home button still opens the recent apps, etc even on the default home screen). I also set long press menu to open voice search which is Google now.
In that same section, I also use the two finger swipe down gesture to open the Droidlight (flashlight) app I have installed on my phone for quick access to the flashlight.
Nova launcher is awesome!
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open1your1eyes0 said:
Most convenient app I have ever used (really dislike the default double-tap for S Voice). :good:
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Did this app add Easy Launcher also? I just noticed it along with Touchwiz...
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Tada10 said:
Did this app add Easy Launcher also? I just noticed it along with Touchwiz...
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Easy Launcher is actually just the launcher for "Easy Mode" on the Galaxy S4. It confused me as well but you can just ignore it.
REally thanks