Apologizes and update. ADW’s back
And once again, I add more bugs than I fix! :P (v1.3.2 out)
Sorry for the last update, there were 2 major bugs in there:
- Scrolling between desktops suddenly stopped in between screens when the desktop scrolling speed was set up very high.
- If you added a folder to the dock or dockbar, you got a nice FC loop :(
So i’ve “kind of” fixed them and released v1.3.2… hopefully this one lasts a bit longer. On a side note, I think I’ve fixed a bug regarding some devices (like the dell streak one) where the “portrait orientation” was not being properly applied…. but as I don’t own such device the “fix” is unconfirmed.
My apologizes again!
Previous post (v1.3.1):
Rebember, with great power comes great responsibility, and with ADW updates, come .1′s :).
I’ve made a few fixes on ADWLauncher EX v1.3.1 for some minor annoyances and reported bugs, nothing big.
There’s a new option (ADWSettings/UI Settings/Icons) called “Density Hack“. This is enabled by default on large and xlarge MDPI devices to load HDPI icons instead of the MDPI ones. This is what google did on Honeycomb’s launcher… and although I don’t like the way they did it, is quite “cool” or whatever and otherwise some honeycomb users would get very tiny icons on their “awesome” tablets…
Anyways, some other users may like smaller “real state” icons so I’ve added it as an option (options? inside ADW? what?) ;)
I’ve also been noticed about some of the transition effects causing strange graphic glitches in some devices (mostly the cube inverse, but may be other ones too). I’m working on it, but isn’t fixed yet on this release.
Enjoy!
Old post:
Hi everyone.
First of all I want to apologize for the lack of updates…I’d like to give you all a clear explanation about it:
As some of you may know, I started the ADW project long ago as a learning/having fun thing. I was unemployed and wanted to learn things to do with my phone. I spent between 5/8 hours a day on it during the first year, releasing weekly updates (sometimes even daily). You all made the project grow up with constant requests, suggestions, ideas, etc, and the most important thing: you made me get a new full time job dedicated to android on a cool spanish company called Iphonedroid.
The bad news? After a full year unemployed, getting back to work changed everything, and it’s taken longer than expected setting up a “daily development schedule” for my personal projects. Well, I’m trying to find a good way of going on devvin’ (:P) ADW in my very limited free time and without getting my family mad at it. This is how i’ve managed to push today’s update.
I can’t promise weekly updates, but I really want to do more regular stuff. One of my top priorities is putting something back into “ADW2″ project (which its been succesfully worked on by Florian Sundermann with very cool additions) porting some of the EX goodies into it and the opensource world.
Also, I DO read EVERY email I get, sometimes the answer is fast, sometimes I need to find some time to sit down and reply… But feel free to go on sending suggestions, requests, bug reports, etc!
Ok, enough boring stuff for today, now the good news:
ADWLauncher EX v1.3.0
Changelog:
- Completely redone the app drawers code from scratch to improve memory usage and scrolling performance, even with transparencies, live wallpapers, etc
- Scroll snapping on the vertical drawer/4d drawer “a la launcher 2″. (option enabled by default)
- “True” home screen looping (enabled by default) ported from ADW2.
- New theme management screen with added functionality (and more will come)
- Dock and dockbar background customization moved into the new theme management screen.
- Users now can select a different theme for icons/dock/dockbar/all the rest.
- Removed the persistence option due to being removed from android 2.3 (and it was really hacky btw).
- New transitions from popular demand: cube, cube inverse and wheel.
- New “desktop zoom” option when opening the app drawers (enabled by default)
- Drawer swiping in the opposite direction of the scroll to change app groups (disabled by default, and I’ll add more visual feedback on next update).
- Experimental Honeycomb compatibility with enabled hardware acceleration.
- Better large and xlarge screens compatibility (wether on android 1.6, 2.x or 3.0)
- New quickactions implementation for desktop long pressing items with new actions. (ported from ADW2)
- New implementation for the counter bubbles with improved appearance.
- New error reporting system to send (if you want to) direct crash feedback and spam to me :)
- Lots of minor fixes here and there from user reports.
- Other things I might have forgotten :P
I know is not a “big biggie”, but… hey… we’re back!
For themers out there:
If you’ve made themes for ADW.Launcher and/or ADWLauncher EX, you should add this lines to your res/values/theme_config.xml :)
<!-- remove this line if you don't want it to show --> <string name="authorName">Your real name/nickname</string> <!-- remove this line if you don't want the market link --> <string name="developerName">Your android market developer name</string> <!-- remove this line if you don't have one --> <string name="authorLink">http://your.web.site</string>
Also, you can now include in your themes a proper activity and “call to ADW” to apply the theme. I’ve included an intent for this:
Intent i=new Intent("org.adw.launcher.SET_THEME");i.putExtra("org.adw.launcher.theme.NAME","x.x.x");startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i,"Apply theme to..."));
This will be compatible with ADW, ADWEX and any other fork after I push the changes to git, but currently will only work on this version of ADWEX.
Next release:
Next week I’ll be pushing another release with all the community translations for ADWEX, so if your language is not there, feel free to join and submit! :-)
Also my TO-DO list for ADW is BIG, so expect always some new option, bug, etc ;-)
Hi,
There’s a problem with 1.3.1 update : the screens sometimes don’t scroll completely. I mean you can only see half of the sreen.
Keep the good job going.
Same thing here. Running CM7 – HTC Desire
Yes it happen here too. It’s a bit strange.
I’m back on 1.3 and here it’s fine.
Just to add some further info to the reports above, happens to me to on a nexus s.
Running 5×5 columns/rows, non infinite scrolling.
Ends up looking like this :<
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15682112/Android/snap20110509_095956.png
Tapping the screen re-centers the view but as soon as you scroll left or right it breaks again.
Im having the same issue with screen stopping halfway through during a swipe. Didn’t happen before the latest update Sunday night. EVO 2.2.1 Virus Airborne MOD. Using EX version of ADW and have loved it since I bought my phone 9 months ago, thanks fror making such an amazing Launcher!
I installed a new app and the icon shows up in the apps drawer, however when I upgraded an app (replaced with new version) the app’s icon is missing, I had to restart the phone to make it show again.
SE X10 mini pro, Android 2.1 use Link2SD with auto link, with ADW EX 1.22 I dont have this problem..
Same here, on SGS.
Great work btw :)
Can anyone confirm that the latest update works on Galaxy Tabs?
Update 1.3 worked fine on my Droid X but after installing 1.3.1 I’m experiencing the same problems with home screen switching that others are having. It freezes half-way through the screen. More importantly than that though is now my Gallery won’t open! It opens for a split second and closes again. Can I go back to the 1.3 or is there going to be another update ASAP? I can’t live without a picture gallery.
Hi. I’m running CM7.1 nightlies and I see two issues as of 1.3.2
- Cannot add “Make your own clock” widget. This was not a problem on versions of ADW before 1.3.0, so I’m guessing this is something new in the launcher. I don’t have problems with the widget with other launchers
- How do I get the icon background to be transparent? I used to be be able to do that but I can’t find the options anymore. All I see is the grey bar
Love your product, always have. Used it on my original droid, now as part of CyanogenMod7 on my rooted phone.
Know you’re busy and this is a low priority, but I would really love to be able to utilize the Open/Close App Drawer and View ADW categories like an app with the widgets created by Desktop Visualizer. I know that the majority of this rests in DVR’s hands, but if you have any other solutions, that would be great.
When using such other customizing apps, ADW’s launcher actions are not available as options, nor are the ADW Categories.
Thanks for listening
Hi, can you try to get this option? when you move between groups in app list, appear the group´s name…can we remove this?
Any way to get rid of the top bar on the motorola xoom? It isn’t showing up when I use adw with the galaxy s II or the nexus one but on the xoom there is a bar at the top that takes up important screen real estate.
Love your product, so much so I bought it. I noticed (at least on my D1/rooted/stock) I’m getting a lot of redraws and re-population on the desktop and app drawer. Sometimes it takes 10-15 secs to redraw. I had no problems with this prior to the 1.3.1, now it is an everyday thing. I can find no rhyme or reason to the redraws. Is anyone else having this issue?
yeah, same issue. something to do with removing the persistency option, i believe?
i’m no expert though.. but on slower phones, this is quite an issue.
Love the new update. Please make a default ADW Notifier bubble color selector. It is great that one can set the colors for calls/sms/gmail. But, I run Plume and some other apps that show notifications… I would like to be able to have a global setting so that they are all the same color and/or be able to set a global color for all the ones that you don’t have specifically listed.
Maybe, we could have a global setting and then the user could go back and change the separately listed options (sms/gmail/calls)?
Otherwise, it’s great!
Thanks,
Shane
Austin, Texas
The launcher keeps redrawing itself.
hope you can fix it. Thanks!
Htc desire leedroid
Not sure if it’s just me, but the launcher keeps on getting killed by the system when I start another application. I don’t use any task killers and there’s plenty of RAM on my system – I usually have 70-80MB free. I’ve also checked the ‘system persistent’ option in the settings, but it didn’t work.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
ADW Launcher EX is the best.
Thank you for it.
Can you restore options “system persistent”.
The system constantly kills launcher.
A lot of people still use the old Android (2.1, 2.2 .*).
We will be grateful
I agree….
An old bug reappeared in a new way. With the fullscreen drawer, if you press menu -> unlock desktop within the drawer, the dock appears.
Just bought the app, love it!
Is there a way to increase the home screen number to 7 from just 5?
Thanks
http://crowdin.net/project/adw-launcher-ex/ko
Update works great on the motorola defy
Yes please.
Very fast work on the 1.32 bug fix. Well played, sir.
Hi,
one bug in 1.3x still not fixed:
when I create shortcut and rename it after restart shortcut text go back to original :( :( :( with v1.2 everything is ok.
Hi,
Just wanted to congratulate you on the new job, and thanks for keeping ADW alive! :D
Hola ander, decirte que he actualizado a la version 1.3.2, funciona bien la aplicacion pero ahora el adw notifier no funciona solo me noticica los sms y los correos de gmail, seria posible a ver si se puede arreglar el bug, un saludo
Ander perdona, otro bug, bueno no estoy seguro si es un bug pero antes en versiones anteriores 1.2.2 abria las aplicaciones y tenia el icono por defecto de la rom, en esta nueva version el adw pone ella los originales de cada aplicacion no la de la rom, es posible ponerlo como en versiones anteriores?, utilizo un Nexus S con android 2.3.4 y miui rom
Since the last update on the epic if I leave home orientation on portrait mode, when I. Slide th keyboard out instead of going to landscape liked it’s supposed to, it forces the screen to stay in portrait mode
i love the new catalog gestures. but on my ancient mytouch 3g the launcher now resets every time i exit an app. please put persistence back in, it’s barely usable for me as is.
When u will add widgets like LP Pro only thing that will make it outstanding
i m fan of dockbar but not using adw only due to widgets
Hope u will add them soon
I have used ADW since forever, but without persistence it is hardly able for me to use it. I run a lot of widgets, so every time it reloads it takes about a minute. And it reloads after every single time I open something else. Please, please help!
on my adw desktop screen i cannot select any of my widgets i can only scoll through the screens it is makeing it hard to use
Thanks for the update. :)
Need to be able to add more items to the Main Dock for tablet users
Updated to 1.3.2 and now the home screen is blank! I can still interact with it, but visually all i can see is my wallpaper. By selecting menu > settings, I can briefly see the desktop how it should be before the settings menu opens.
Stock Motorola Droid 2.
Never mind. It appears that it was an issue with my Verizon account. Activating another phone then reactivating the original phone fixed the issue.
I bought the ADW Launcher app some months ago. Since then my son “upgraded” my Mytouch phone with Froyo ROM. Ever since, I cannot download paid apps or their updates. Free apps load and run OK. I have tried everything from clearing Market cache to new SD and SIM cards. Can I possibly download the updated app which I bought to my PC and transfer it to the SD card for use on my phone? Maybe there is another solution?
Thanks,
Paul DeLeeuw (pauldeleeuw369@gmail.com)
Hi,
I’ve been having a lot of problems with the latest update (1.3.2). It’s frequently either crashing/restarting…when I leave apps and get back to the launcher, it’s blank and has to completely reload everything, which takes about 20 seconds. I notice it most with the Facebook and Browser app, but that’s probably because I use those most and happens several times a day.
Let me know if there’s anything I can do/submit to help with diagnosing.
Hi, can you please add an option to uninstall the App instead of having to go to “Manage Apps”?
Other than that, AWESOME application, great job!
Hi,
I use GO SMS Pro and GO Dialer as replacements for the stock Android Dialer and SMS-MMS applications. In ADW Ex when I touch the dock icons for dialer/contacts/SMS it launches the stock applications instead of GO SMS Pro/Go Dialer. In other launchers I got the choice of the default/Go, where I can select which application to launch or set my defaults. Off course I can replace the dock shortcuts with the Go applications, but this does not seem right because most ADW themes look wrong if I do this (they do not replace Go icons in the dock, but themes do replace the stock Dialer/SMS icons). I really like Go SMS/Dialer and I’d like to better integrate them in ADW Ex, specially when I use themes.
Is there a workaround/solution to this problem?
thanks
Alejandro
I am getting constant force closes using 1.32 on Droid X 2.3.340….never had it with 1.22….please look into it…love this launcher but the FC’s are making me crazy :(
Hello
Please active the checkbox “rest of the world” in your developer console so I can buy this apps.
Regards Roman
One feature I’d really like to see added would be a way to LOCK the launch bars. I can’t tell you how many times I have swiped up to reveal the hidden launch bar and accidentally ‘dislodged’ one of my icons. It’s a real pain and it seem to me that it would be trivial to add this feature. Or am I missing something that already exists?
YES! My sentiments exactly…this would be such a wonderful option and would help a great deal.
Can it be done?
Answering my own post – I see there already is an option for this; on the menu, choose “Lock Desktop” and this will lock all dragging out. Hope his helps someone else, including the person who replied to my post.
Hey! Plz add more app opening transitions.. maybe like in open home 6 or beyter! Cuz now only the fade animation is ok.. the other just no good! And keep them updates comin!
Please address the force close crap. I’ve had to revert to dxtop til my ADW gets fixed. Please help us out!! Just turn the persistence back on, please.
After installing 3.1 for Honeyccomb, settings menu went away. Running adw ex.
Same here. I believe it has to do with the depreciation of the “Persistent” option. I used to have it on and had no issues. Since the feature was removed, I often go back to a blank home screen which takes some time to load. This usually happen after I stay in apps like TweetDeck for a prolonged period, hence I suspect Android closed ADW Launcher EX as an “inactive” app.
I use the version 1.3.2 of ADW.Launcher.
Since i update to 1.3, names of softwares are truncated in folders i created. I didn’t find the way to resolve it. Thanks.
Stock OG Droid – Left launcherpro for this… Big fan of ADW, but the system killing the launcher is driving me crazy. Any good temporary replacements?
I had to go back to version 1.22 to avoid the constant foce closes on my Droid X, I am waiting for a fix.
Hello! I bought ADW Launcher EX in Market but in last versions I notice that the opening and closing effect of the app drawer is working very bad. In previous versions this was very smoothly. I have a Milestone with CM7 7.1.0-RC2.1-11.05.11 (ANDROID 2.3.4). Please add a new option in the settings tab to choose between the effects to use, just like the Old Vertical and the New Vertical option of the app drawer. Thanks you so much!
Lucas
I bought ADWEx and I’d love to have “Density Hack“ working on my device. At the moment switching it on/off changes nothing. It’s Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro, it has 2.55″ screen with 240×320 resolution. So I figure perhaps it’s “LDPI” device, not “MDPI”? It would be lovely if ADWEx “Density Hack” would also show MDPI icons on LDPI devices.
Thank you