ADWLauncher EX 1.2.2 released

Hi people!

Another “small update”. Here’s the changes list:

  • Reorderable main menu can disable elements and reorder by drag and drop(ADWSettings/General behavior/System settings).
  • Added transparency support for the 4D drawer (yes, it’s choppier, i told you, I’m not that good programmer).
  • Added an option to show black fading edges, when using transparent background on the 4D app drawer.
  • Support for custom images for dock and hidden dockbar.
  • Added a small catalog of dock pictures based on my own themes.
  • Option to change app drawer icons text color.
  • Menu/Lock now locks app drawer too.
  • Fixed old style previews when statusbar was hidden.
  • Fixed fancy backgrounds transparency issues.
  • Fixes more “ForceCloses” and added stability and code improvements.

Hope you enjoy!

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  • Comments (142)
    • davis
    • February 1st, 2011 5:26pm

    I hope you will add a function in the drawer: apps folder like china develop app “go launcher” it is easy to grouping the appear in a folder by drop and pull. Not the function of select the appear in a group, it is a bad function.
    I hope my suggestion are useful.

      • mtm
      • February 7th, 2011 10:17pm

      +1 for this feature.
      Lest make folders in app drawer ;)

    • tobiasth
    • February 1st, 2011 10:02pm

    tobiasth :
    any chance of getting custon “home” button actions? can’t find the options to set different actions. for example switch directly to the default home screen.

    just forget what i wrote, i found the options in the menu!!! ;) big thanks for that great launcher!

    • Edwinek
    • February 2nd, 2011 8:12am

    Lately, ADWLanucherEX regularly has to rebuild the desktop. When I press home, it shows me an empty screen with plusses in the bottom bar. After that, it takes about 10 seconds before all the icons and widgets are visible again. Very annoying.

  1. Hi, AnderWeb

    There are lots of Chinese android fans are using ADW, however, if it’s in Chinese you would get much more users! I am willing to provide the Chinese language pack for you and I’d like to be a vendor for ADW Launcher EX in China, if you are also interested in, please drop me an email via intogphone@gmail.com.

    • Ben Dover
    • February 2nd, 2011 10:57am

    Jp: You can disable sense previews. Adw settings – general behavior – animation & effects – sense previews.

    • João Rocha
    • February 2nd, 2011 1:07pm

    How I can change the number of desktops?

    Thanks

    • Junior
    • February 3rd, 2011 1:19am

    To set the app 4d drawer to transparent set the background color to #33000000 and tap the middle circle enjoy

    • Tony
    • February 3rd, 2011 4:37pm

    Love adw ex. A couple comments though: 1. Can you enable wallpaper scrolling? 2. I cannot find adw notifier in the market anymore, I did purchase it some time back so I would like to be able to use it. 3. The transparency in the Vertical 4D does not seem to be working on my Samsung galaxy or Nexus one

      • Tony
      • February 3rd, 2011 4:38pm

      got the transparency worked out, from above post, sheesh

    • Charlie
    • February 3rd, 2011 5:48pm

    How can I get the EX version to read the settings I worked out for the free version?

      • Charlie
      • February 3rd, 2011 6:17pm

      Just figured it out: copy the two backup files and change the beginning of their names from adw_ to adw_ex_

    • gogi
    • February 4th, 2011 2:33pm

    great laucher!!
    i love the opening program animation (fade and zoom)

    * plz add a close animation/transition option too!!

    • cool_k30
    • February 5th, 2011 1:51am

    I am a Japanese using ADW of the pay version.

    Though Japanese supports, as for the free copy, why does not the pay version support Japanese?

    I am very disappointed.

    I strongly expect Japanese correspondence of the pay version.

    • personperson
    • February 5th, 2011 6:42am

    I would love to see a WebOS style app drawer (paginated, scrollable, reoderable). That would be great. Reorderable icons would be awesome in itself, too. In order to move the icons from within the drawer, you could default long-pressing to just moving inside the drawer, and have a home icon on the bottom of the drawer allowing you to exit to the normal home-screen (or dock) placement.

    • Sarreq Teryx
    • February 5th, 2011 8:54am

    I was wondering if out would be possible to allow for 7 icons on the dock (the primary, one, I don’t use the hidden ones)

    • Jean-Christophr
    • February 5th, 2011 10:04am

    Hello,
    First of all I’d like to thank you for your great work. Your launcher has brought a new dimension to my galaxy s. I just had a request.
    Would it be possible to implement language support especially French in your inextricable version please?

    • wilberfan
    • February 6th, 2011 6:14am

    Can’t seem to return to default theme after installing a custom theme. Even after uninstalling custom theme! Tried rebooting, too… Any advice?

    • Michael Eibel
    • February 6th, 2011 7:53am

    I love that ADW.Launcher makes it possible to remove the dock bar so I don’t have redundant shortcuts on all of my homescreens. It would be even more awesome if I could do this while preserving the catalog navigation buttons in the app drawer. Thanks for the best launcher EVER!

    • kastell
    • February 6th, 2011 5:41pm

    Anderweb Hello, first, congratulations for your wonderful work of ADW Launcher. I would ask permission to include your application “ADW Launcher Free” in a Rom cooked for me, as part of my Rom to include this great application of yours, of course I will put the thanks in the credits as the creator of the ADW application Launcher.
    The Rom in particular would be “Froy Rom” by Kastell. I say, you approve or not?. Thanks.

    • chivyboy
    • February 7th, 2011 1:16am

    Hello Mr Anderweb,

    Thank you for all your great work. I use a x10 mini pro and ADW Launcher EX has made the experience much more enjoyable. I was wondering though would it be possible for you to set up the app draw so that each group has a title showing? it would be nice to have the option of turning off the group that shows all apps so that only the groups created are shown?

    Thanks

    chivyboy

  2. chivyboy :
    Hello Mr Anderweb,
    would it be possible for you to set up the app draw so that each group has a title showing? it would be nice to have the option of turning off the group that shows all apps so that only the groups created are shown?
    Thanks
    chivyboy

    I agree, the groups would be easier to navigate if there was some form of title. The ability to hide the primary app group would be excellent, also.

    Can you shed some light on this issue I am having with the way icons are rendering? I’m experiencing it in both ADW, and ADW ex. The icons are not rendering cleanly. It looks as if they are being run through some compression, and have more jagged edges between fields of color.When I compare the icons placed on the screen with ADW, versus ones done by Desktop Visualizer – the difference in render quality is quite noticeable. I also tested the “new icons” features and found that when you increase the size of the icons, the quality does not scale. I am using icons that are 256×256, but it looks like ADW is caching the bitmap data, and then scaling that data instead of rendering the original asset at a larger dimensions.This screenshot shows ADW icons at 153% on the left and desktop visualizer icons on the right. This happens in both ADW.Launcher and ADW.Ex.

    • gerald cole
    • February 7th, 2011 11:48pm

    In this picture, I’m curious which widget you using for the power controls.

    http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CAP201012241830.jpg

    I have checked everyone I could find, if you could just let me know which you use and what settings to have the appearance just like that. I would greatly appreciate it.

      • Serg Junior
      • February 8th, 2011 5:58am

      Switch Pro

    • Tom
    • February 9th, 2011 3:40am

    Hi,

    I’m debating whether or not to get the LG Optimus 2X when my contract comes to an end in a couple of months, but I don’t fancy LG’s skin/UI so I wanted to know if ADW will work on the LG Optimus 2X, because if it does that will make my mind up to get that phone as I really like ADW.

    Sorry if this is a noob question, but I only started using a home replacement/launcher a couple of weeks ago and I don’t know what kind of compatibility issues there might be.

    Thanks a lot!

    Tom

    • 陈浩
    • February 9th, 2011 5:00am

    我是中国的朋友, 我用你的这个桌面助手,我用的是ME 511 每次旋转开的时候屏幕都会黑屏1秒钟,能不能解决这个问题

    • KnappyT
    • February 12th, 2011 4:29am

    I would really like to be able to configure which edge of the screen to put the dock. I am using button savior and when I am in landscape both ADW and button savior are competing for the right edge. Please add option.

    • Brett
    • February 12th, 2011 6:47am

    Hello,

    I have tried to contact you multiple ways, maybe they wre all the wrong ways. Sorry. I tried many launchers and ADW Launcher EX is the best one. Thanks you.

    I have one question. It may be operator error (my part) or a bug. When I hit the “MENU” button (both the hard and soft buttons on my G2, the “NOTIFICATION” tab is no longer there.

    thanks again,

    • Jenny
    • February 13th, 2011 5:31am

    Any chance to add two small features?

    1. Add the option for home button to be turn screen off.
    2. Add a link to Manage Apps when on Gingerbread (that’s the Gingerbread task manager).

  3. nice

    • ravpsu
    • February 14th, 2011 6:12pm

    Would like to see option in ADW LauncherEX that will either arrange the folder apps automatically or custom instead of just arranging them as they are added to the android folders.

    • Mark
    • February 15th, 2011 3:30am

    ok i have just one suggestion for next update and ADW will be perfect for me…you know how the app drawer has animations and you can change the zoom effect speed…well most home replacements do too…but how about add more animations there…such as a sliding drawer as seen in old versions of android (1.6 and before) i always loved that feature and reinstall zeam 1.5.1 just so i can but i uninstall because of a lack of features…i’ll be happy to donate or help in anyway if you make my dreams come true

    • Michael
    • February 16th, 2011 2:34pm

    How do you set the dock to close when you open the app draw?

    • Javi
    • February 16th, 2011 5:05pm

    Hello,
    First of all I’d like to thank you for your great work! I downloaded the last code from your Git report and when I tried to compile it I got some errors. It looks really strange because it is some missing variables declaration. I just create a new android project form existing source! Could you help me?

    Thanks in advance!

    • Ping
    • February 18th, 2011 11:42am

    Hi,
    If you want i can make a French version

    Goodbye

    • ChrisLsn
    • February 19th, 2011 10:24am

    Hello,
    I really love this software but there is oe point I don’t like: “Highlight press color”. Is threre a way to disable it? Even when I choose white nothing changes and with the alpha ar on the right or on the left it’s the same. Thank you by advance and congratulation again for that great soft.

    • ChrisLsn
    • February 19th, 2011 10:27am

    ChrisLsn :
    Hello,
    I really love this software but there is oe point I don’t like: “Highlight press color”. Is threre a way to disable it? Even when I choose white nothing changes and with the alpha ar on the right or on the left it’s the same. Thank you by advance and congratulation again for that great soft.

    Forget my question, I tried one more time to put the bar on the left and it works. I believe I did something wrong.

    • Filip Deleersnijder
    • February 21st, 2011 5:53pm

    Just bought ADW EX.
    Love it. Adding a feature to reorganize the app drawer by drag and drop would be great !

    • stef_ladefense
    • February 21st, 2011 11:17pm

    hello,
    it would be nice to implement a simpler system for moving screens, such a long support after a nip, like on the Samsung system.

    stef

    • RDML
    • February 22nd, 2011 9:28am

    Hello, thank you for this amazing app. The only think i miss is the possibility of using the NEW icons settings in the drawer. When I use the fancy bg, the text is pressing on the edge of it, maybe, if the new icons settings could be applied to all icons, including the drawer ones it would be great.

    • ODIN
    • February 23rd, 2011 4:39pm

    Is it just me or the backups are not working….? Every time I restore it nothing or almost nothing gets restored… Only the number of shortcuts on the dock bar go from 3 to 5…..

    • Justin
    • February 25th, 2011 4:14am

    K-9 Mail no longer works with ADWNotifier since their new update as of Feb. 9, 2011.

    • Kevin
    • February 25th, 2011 10:02am

    Is there any way to remove the “snap” or “align to grid” feature of ADW? I want to place widgets and icons wherever they will fit, but ADW likes to snap them into particular places?

    • Scott John
    • February 25th, 2011 2:54pm

    I an using adwLauncher EX on my Notion Ink Tablet and i would love to be able to expand the dockbar to like 9 icons so that it fills the entire with of the screen. Please add the ability to configure it past 5 icons! I would be willing to beta test just email me!

    • Briankbl
    • February 25th, 2011 11:59pm

    Please, please, please…bring back the silky-smooth 4D Drawer from the previous build! I can’t stand how laggy the new one is with transparency.

  4. I am just loving this. I had HTC Desire HD and i dont like their drawer. Your app has given me freedom to change everything the way i want to.
    Thanks again for such a wonderful app.
    Is there a support email ID ? I have 1-2 question only.

  5. Well my question – can we control the gap between the rows and column grid? On my HTC Desire HD the 4×4 icon grid is touch down almost to my icon dock panel. I want to reduce the gaps between the grid and centre it on the screen.

    • Tim
    • February 26th, 2011 3:47pm

    I love this launcher, but I have a request. Would it be possible to add the swipe gesture to the App Drawer? So you can quickly change between groups.

    • partisano
    • February 26th, 2011 4:25pm

    Hi,

    I was using your launcher until 3 weeks ago: I started using Launcherpro. Why? Because it allows many docks and gestures over the dock icons. Will you add these features for next verssion? If so I will use ADWLauncher again instead of Launcherpro.

    Regards.

  6. I have brought your app and i am loving it. One think i would like to suggest. For the drawer/All-Applications screen, you are sorting apps Alphabetically. Which is very difficult to find newly installed apps among some 100. Can you have a preference to set sort order as Newly added or Alphabetically ?
    This feature is there in stock Drawer/all apps screen in HTC Desire HD, on which i have installed your homescreen.

    • Ken Sun
    • March 2nd, 2011 11:26am

    Dear,
    I am a maker of color pad. We are considering to license ADW or ADW EX launcher on our pad device. How can I contact you?

    Regards,

    Ken Sun
    Foxconn

    • Aaron
    • March 2nd, 2011 12:18pm

    Please make HTC / HTC Sense widgets compatiable with EX

    • Rocko
    • March 3rd, 2011 7:00pm

    Please fix the autorotate bug. When waking and switching from lanscape to normal it causes a soft reboot.

    • Andrew
    • March 3rd, 2011 7:56pm

    I would like more control over the dock icons – I want just 3 but space farther apart – so i would like a big dial icon on one side and a big email icon on the other. I can think of few scenarios:

    1. allow dock icon spacing and greater sizing.
    2. Custom dock background with “hot spots”
    3. ability to create invisible no-action icons to take up spaces in 5 icon layout.

    So the end result would be like senseUI or MotoBlur. One app drawer in the center and a large icon/shortcut on each size.

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